Atrial fibrillation increases the risk of stroke by a factor of four- to fivefold, and dementia is a common consequence…
Role of High-Dose Beta-Blockers in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Elevated Heart Rate
Beta-blockers in high target doses are recommended for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) but not for preserved ejection…
Vitamin D Status and Exercise Capacity in Older Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Background: Older patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction have severe exercise intolerance. Vitamin D may play a role…
Sleep Duration and Risk of Fatal Coronary Heart Disease, Sudden Cardiac Death, Cancer Death, and All-Cause Mortality
Sleep duration has been shown to be associated with all-cause mortality; however, its relationship with cause-specific fatal events remains uncertain.…
Ideal Cardiovascular Health Is Inversely Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Prospective Analysis
Cardiovascular health has been proven to be associated with major cardiometabolic diseases. However, little is known of associations between cardiovascular…
Motor Neuron Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management
Patients with motor neuron diseases may present to primary care clinic or may be initially encountered in the inpatient setting.…
A Unifying Diagnosis: IgG4-Related Disease
The patient had long grappled with a disease attributed to toxin exposure after the World Trade Center attack on September…
Not All It’s CrAged Up to Be: Disseminated Cryptococcosis
Phenomena known as cognitive biases, when applied to the details of a patient’s medical history, evidently steered the first attempts…
The Meaning of Vermoulu in Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts
In 1881, Henrik Ibsen’s play Ghosts shocked the theatrical world by bringing to center stage the taboo topic of venereal…
Febrile Calcinosis in Scleroderma
The collagen vascular diseases can be challenging for the internist and are associated with higher utilization of resources and less…