Heart disease remains the top global killer. Learn about its impact on health, key risk factors, and approaches to prevention ...

The combination of acute coronary events and arrhythmias can lead to sudden cardiac deaths, while acceleration of the heart failure disease process can lead to deaths from progressive heart failure.

Necropsy studies suggest that a new thrombotic coronary event underlies 50–70% of sudden deaths caused by ischaemic heart disease. Given the importance of thrombosis as the trigger for acute ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death among men and women in the U.S., and type 2 diabetes is one of the leading causes of heart disease - along with obesity, a lack of physical movement and ...

Know the pathophysiology of heart failure at the molecular, cellular, and organ levels, with emphasis on the roles of neurohormonal activation and left ventricular remodeling in disease progression.

Chronic heart failure is a syndrome, not a specific disease, and occurs as a final common pathway in multiple disease states. The pathophysiology of chronic heart failure (HF) exists when either ...