This Clinical Report was retired May 2012. This clinical report replaces the 1998 policy
statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics on cholesterol in childhood, which has …

This article discusses the perioperative management of antithrombotic therapy and is part of
the American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th …

Objectives: To review studies of patient compliance/persistence with cardiovascular or
antidiabetic medication published since the year 2000; to compare the methods used to …

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES affect 80 million people and are collectively the leading
cause of death in the United States (3). Impaired endothelial vascular signaling leading to …

Heart failure, a common syndrome in developed countries worldwide, is associated with
poor quality of life, frequent rehospitalizations, and early death. Self-care is essential to …

Aims To determine in a multicentre, multivendor trial the diagnostic performance for
perfusion-cardiac magnetic resonance (perfusion-CMR) in comparison with coronary X-ray …

The discovery of an exceptionally potent series of thrombin receptor (PAR-1) antagonists
based on the natural product himbacine is described. Optimization of this series has led to …

Background: Predicting aphasia recovery after stroke has been difficult due to substantial
variability in outcomes. Few studies have characterised the nature and extent of recovery …

Background—Atherothrombosis is the underlying cause of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular,
and peripheral arterial disease and is the leading cause of death in the industrialized world …

At present, the deployment of an intravascular stent has become a common and widely used
minimally invasive treatment for coronary heart disease. To improve these coronary …