Mitochondrial DNA copy number (mtDNA-CN) is a biomarker of mitochondrial function and
levels of mtDNA-CN have been reproducibly associated with overall mortality and a number …

Although acute coronary syndromes (ACS) remain one of the leading causes of death, the
clinical presentation has changed over the past three decades with a decline in the …

Objective—Three distinct human monocyte subsets have been identified based on the
surface marker expression of CD14 and CD16. We hypothesized that monocytes were likely …

Background: Mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia (MSIMI) is frequent in patients with
coronary artery disease and is associated with worse prognosis. Young women with a …

A Cardiologia Intervencionista tem experimentado extraordinário avanço nos últimos anos,
sendo atualmente o método de revascularização do miocárdio mais empregado em todos …

Background Emerging data suggest that young women with coronary heart disease (CHD)
are disproportionally vulnerable to the adverse cardiovascular effects of psychological …

Background The associations between high‐sensitivity troponin I (hsTnI) levels and
coronary artery disease (CAD) severity and progression remain unclear. We investigated …

Background and aims We aimed to comprehensively describe a spectrum of retinal vessel
measures including fractal dimension (D f) and their associations with indices of coronary …

The substantial burden of heart disease promotes an interest in new ways of screening for
early disease diagnosis, especially by means of noninvasive imaging. Increasing evidence …

Background Black patients tend to develop coronary artery disease at a younger age than
other groups. Previous data on racial disparities in outcomes of myocardial infarction (MI) …