High blood pressure (BP) is the leading cause of worldwide cardiovascular disease
morbidity and mortality. Patients and clinicians dealing with hypertension have benefited …

Background Coronary heart disease, a leading cause of death globally, is amenable to
lifestyle interventions. The family environment can affect the ability or willingness of …

Background Hypertension alone is a poor predictor of the individual risk of cardiovascular
disease. Hereditary factors of which hypertension is merely a marker may explain why some …

BACKGROUND Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a well-known target organ damage.
Concentric hypertrophy is the strongest predictor of increased risk of cardiovascular events …

There is accruing evidence from general population studies that serum bilirubin and liver
enzymes affect blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular risk, but it is unclear whether these …

Background Pre-operative ejection fraction (EF) and comorbidities affect post-op outcomes.
We aimed to compare the mortality and adverse events of patients with different baseline EF …

Objectives: Vascular aging represents a mediating step between risk factors and
cardiovascular events, and preclinical target organ damage (TOD) integrates the cumulative …

Background Recognizing patterns of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk in families helps to
identify and target individuals who may have the most to gain from preventive interventions …

Family history (FHx) of premature coronary artery disease (CAD) is a risk factor for
development of incident cardiovascular disease. However the association between FHx and …

Objective: This study investigated the association of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its
components with cardiac, macro-, and micro-circulatory abnormalities in an elderly Chinese …