Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is the leading cause of vascular cognitive impairment
and is associated with COVID-19. However, contributing factors that often accompany CSVD …

Statins are a class of widely prescribed drugs used to reduce low-density lipoprotein
cholesterol (LDL-C) and important to prevent cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Most statin …

Background It remains unknown whether the presence of coronary microcirculatory
dysfunction (CMD) correlates with its equivalent condition in the brain, cerebral small vessel …

White matter lesions have been implicated in the setting of stroke, dementia, intracerebral
haemorrhage, several other cerebrovascular conditions, migraine, various …

Background: White matter hyperintensities (WMH), identified on T2-weighted magnetic
resonance images of the human brain as areas of enhanced brightness, are a major risk …

Objective Recently, increasing epidemiological evidence has shown that there is a
correlation between serum uric acid level (SUA) and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) …

Background Ischemic heart disease (IHD) has been linked with poor brain outcomes. The
brain magnetic resonance imaging–derived difference between predicted brain age and …

Background Cardiovascular diseases have been considered the primary cause of disability
and death worldwide. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is an important indicator of the severity …

Heart failure (HF) is a chronic condition affecting millions of people worldwide. While the
cardinal manifestations of HF are related to the cardiovascular system, it has become …

White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are the most compelling risk factors of stroke,
dementia, and early mortality. We aimed to investigate the associations between WMH and …