Atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) disease (ASCVD) incidence and mortality rates are
declining in many countries in Europe, but it is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality …

Osteoarthritis (OA) remains the most challenging arthritic disorder, with a high burden of
disease and no available disease-modifying treatments. Symptomatic early-stage OA of the …

Background: Transgender healthcare is a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field. In the last
decade, there has been an unprecedented increase in the number and visibility of …

Self‐care is essential in the long‐term management of chronic heart failure. Heart failure
guidelines stress the importance of patient education on treatment adherence, lifestyle …

Abstract Treatment of hypertension and its complications remains a major ongoing health
care challenge. Around 25% of heart attacks in Europe are already attributed to …

First developed in 1990, the Agatston coronary artery calcium (CAC) score is an
international guideline-endorsed decision aid for further risk assessment and personalized …

Dietary supplements are products containing nutrients sold in various medicinal forms, and
their widespread use may stem from the conviction that a preparation that looks like a drug …

Alcohol has a hormetic physiological behavior that results in either increased or decreased
cardiovascular risk depending on the amount consumed, drinking frequency, pattern of …

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) represents the most common HF
phenotype of patients aged> 65 years, with an incidence and a prevalence that are …

The high-sensitivity immunoassays for cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) and cardiac troponin T (hs-
cTnT) are recommended by all the most recent international guidelines as gold standard …