Abstract The discipline of Cardio-Oncology has seen tremendous growth over the past
decade. It is devoted to the cardiovascular (CV) care of the cancer patient, especially to the …

Carotid ultrasonography is useful for the assessments of the risk stratification for stroke or
coronary artery disease, because it is a simple, repeatable, and noninvasive procedure. The …

Background Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) has been
proposed and diagnosed based on modified criteria. However, evidence for the risks of …

Background: Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease worldwide,
including in China. Primary prevention, through lipid-lowering, could avert development of …

Given advances in antiretroviral therapy, the mortality rate for HIV infection has dropped
considerably over recent decades. However, people living with HIV (PLWH) experience …

Atherogenic lipoproteins (particularly, very low-density lipoproteins, VLDL) are associated
with subclinical atherosclerosis. The present study aims at evaluating whether routinely …

The association between hypertension in adulthood and cardiovascular morbidity and death
is well known. Based on that association, a diagnosis of elevated blood pressure in children …

Background Atherosclerosis is the leading underlying cause of coronary heart disease
(CHD). In patients with CHD, intima-media thickness of common carotid arteries (IMT-CC) is …

Objective: To elucidate the independent associations of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and
sleep duration (SD) as well as the potential inflammatory and metabolic mediators on carotid …

Background The aim of this cross‐sectional study was to investigate the association
between carotid intima‐media thickness (c‐IMT) values and periodontal and peri‐implant …