Identification and management of patients at high bleeding risk undergoing percutaneous
coronary intervention are of major importance, but a lack of standardization in defining this …

Propensity scores (PS) are an increasingly popular method to adjust for confounding in
observational studies. Propensity score methods have theoretical advantages over conventional …

Background Pretreatment drug resistance in people initiating or re-initiating antiretroviral
therapy (ART) containing non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) might …

Background Patients at high risk for bleeding who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI) often receive bare-metal stents followed by 1 month of dual antiplatelet therapy. …

Background Long-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with
contemporary drug-eluting stents, as compared with coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG), in …

Background Patients with dilated cardiomyopathy whose symptoms and cardiac function have
recovered often ask whether their medications can be stopped. The safety of withdrawing …

Background Dementia and obesity are increasingly important public health issues. Obesity
in middle age has been proposed to lead to dementia in old age. We investigated the …

Background : Although recent studies suggest that measuring coronary artery calcification (CAC)
may be superior to indirect atherosclerotic markers in predicting cardiac risk, there are …

Background The emergence and spread of high levels of HIV-1 drug resistance in resource-limited
settings where combination antiretroviral treatment has been scaled up could …

Objective To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
investigating the association of arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury, and copper with cardiovascular …