Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women. Decades of grassroots
campaigns have helped to raise awareness about the impact of cardiovascular disease in …

The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS)/American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Expert
Consensus Statement on the Perioperative Management of Patients with Implantable …

Recent interest in the regulation of telomerase, the enzyme that maintains chromosomal
termini, has lead to the discovery and characterization of the catalytic subunit of telomerase …

Background Sudden death from cardiac causes remains a leading cause of death among
patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Treatment with amiodarone or an implantable …

Background Patients with heart failure who receive an implantable cardioverter–defibrillator
(ICD) for primary prevention (ie, prevention of a first life-threatening arrhythmic event) may …

Importance Catheter ablation is effective in restoring sinus rhythm in atrial fibrillation (AF),
but its effects on long-term mortality and stroke risk are uncertain. Objective To determine …

Background—Prospective studies defining the risk associated with pacemaker or
implantable cardioverter-defibrillator replacement surgeries do not exist. These procedures …

Pacemakers, implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs), and cardiac resynchronization
therapy (CRT) devices are lifesaving treatments for a number of cardiac conditions. Device …

The MITOMAP () data system for the human mitochondrial genome has been greatly
enhanced by the addition of a navigable mutational mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) …

Importance Catheter ablation is more effective than drug therapy in restoring sinus rhythm in
patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but its incremental effect on long-term quality of life (QOL) …