Aims The first aim was to critically evaluate the extent to which familial
hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is underdiagnosed and undertreated. The second aim was to …

Since the first description of the association between chronic kidney disease and heart
disease, many epidemiological studies have confirmed and extended this finding. As …

Surveys and registries are needed to verify that real-life daily practice is in keeping with what
is recommended in the guidelines, thus completing the loop between clinical research …

Wytyczne dotyczące nadciśnienia tętniczego opublikowane w 2013 r. przez Europejskie
Towarzystwo Nadciśnienia Tętniczego (ESH) i Europejskie Towarzystwo Kardiologiczne …

ESC Guidelines 3039 administrative staff and by the referees and supervisory committees of
the two organizations. It is our hope that this huge effort has generated guidelines that will …

Although mortality rates from coronary heart disease in the western countries have declined
in the last few decades, morbidity caused by this disease is increasing and a substantial …

Many developments have occurred since the publication of the widely-used 2009 Canadian
Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Dyslipidemia guidelines. Here, we present an updated …

Considerable progress has been made during the past decade in research on
cardiovascular effects of stress. Early-life stressors, such as childhood abuse and early …

Background Serelaxin, recombinant human relaxin-2, is a vasoactive peptide hormone with
many biological and haemodynamic effects. In a pilot study, serelaxin was safe and well …

The role of inflammation in the propagation of atherosclerosis and susceptibility to
cardiovascular (CV) events is well established. Of the wide array of inflammatory biomarkers …