Health care in the United States has seen many great innovations and successes in the past
decades. However, to this day, the color of a person's skin determines—to a considerable …

Social determinants of health are implicated in the geographic variation in cardiovascular
diseases (CVDs). The social vulnerability index (SVI) is an estimate of a neighborhood's …

Abstract Aim The “2023 AHA/ACC/ACCP/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline for the Management
of Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease” provides an update to and consolidates new …

Importance Some studies based on proportions of patients with perforated appendicitis (PA)
among all patients with acute appendicitis (AA) have found an association between …

Aims To investigate whether the adverse impact of lower educational attainment on mortality
risk in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) is mediated by the activation of …

Background Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. Prior research suggests that social determinants of health have a compounding …

There have been many studies associating various aspects of greenspaces with physical
health. Very few of these investigations are available for developing countries such as …

Epidemiological studies have established that noise from transportation sources exceeding
the safe limits elevates the risk for cardiovascular diseases. The results however have …

Background Socioeconomic status has an important effect on cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Data on the economic implications of CVD by socioeconomic status are needed to inform …

Background/objectives Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of global mortality.
Systematic studies on cardiovascular-related mortality at national and subnational levels in …