The arterial vasculature is the second most frequently calcified structure in the human body after the skeleton. Calcification of the aorta and aortic valves occurs in most individuals in westernized ...

BACKGROUND: Right ventricular failure drives both morbidity and mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), but the mechanism of transition from compensated right ventricle (cRV) to ...

Children born with single-ventricle heart disease, a rare and serious heart defect, often undergo multiple surgeries in their first years of life. A new study shows the challenges for these children ...

New concepts in device therapy for advanced heart failure presented in early reports ...

Background Although the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with SLE is well-documented, effective tools for risk stratification remain elusive. This study sought to explore the ...

High blood pressure has become increasingly common. While it may seem harmless daily, it silently increases the risk of several severe complications. From your heart to your kidneys, prolonged high ...

Pressure is mounting on France's far left political party France Unbowed, in the wake of the brutal killing of a far right student activist last week. 11 people have been arrested in connection with ...

France's radical left is under pressure after the killing of a student in Lyon was blamed on "anti-fascist" militants. Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old maths student and nationalist activist, died on ...

Iran has sought for years to build closer military ties with China and Russia, but its powerful friends are proving reluctant to step forward as the regime faces the most acute U.S. threat to its ...

High blood pressure is a permanent medical condition which requires patients to take medication and follow strict dietary rules and make significant changes to their daily routines. Medical treatment ...

For the better part of the last decade,we have engaged in a comfortable fiction around security and development. If we could only "shift left" and get developers to take a modicum more responsibility ...