Severe acute hypertension occurring with end-organ damage (hypertensive crisis) increases the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke ... a reduction in both preload and afterload.

11 Elevated preload as a primary ... in ejection fraction while maintaining stroke volume, a phenomenon known as heterometric adaptation under Starling law of the heart. 15 Over time, the RV adapts to ...

This vortex flow, initially stronger than the preceding rotational flow in the LA during early diastole, generates kinetic energy that facilitates LV filling by increasing its diastolic volume ... for ...

BACKGROUND: High-volume physical activity (PA) is associated with a higher prevalence of subclinical coronary artery disease ...

“Ultimately, we hope that people feel like there’s a hopeful message in here — that there are actually so many things that you can work on, and then not only your risk of stroke is ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli said in a death certificate released on Monday for the 88-year-old pontiff. The certificate ...

Over the last two decades, ischemic stroke mortality rates in the U.S. have grown, with almost 3 in 10 deaths occurring at home, and increases particularly among racial minorities and rural residents.

A new antibiotic to treat stubborn urinary tract infection (UTI) and a blood-clot-dissolving intravenous treatment for acute ischemic stroke have been granted approval by the US Food and Drug ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli said in a death certificate released on Monday for the 88-year-old pontiff.

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