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The objectives of this study were to gather all relevant literature reporting features of vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) pertaining to atherosclerosis, with the aim to help provide evidence that may guide clinical practice in the use of manual therapy interventions and to raise awareness of the manifestations that VBI may present.

This study aims to evaluate the influence of osteopathic listening tests on heart rate and heart rate variability markers, including the root mean square of successive differences and the low-frequency/high-frequency ratio, in healthy participants, and to contextualize the findings within existing osteopathic research on autonomic nervous system modulation.

Treatment options for peripheral artery disease (PAD) are often underutilized, and a major limiting factor in PAD care is the ability to efficiently identify and screen at-risk patients. This article describes the creation of a PAD patient screening and clinician decision support tool to improve access to high-quality, evidence-based care to drive improved clinical outcomes.

The Strong Hearts program was designed as a secondary prevention program to help improve cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in the CVD population. This study evaluated the long-term efficacy of the program up to 2 years after program completion.

The purpose of this report is to highlight what is known about the long-term cardiovascular sequelae of COVID-19 and implications on the presurgical cardiac evaluation in an adult patient.

The objectives of this article are to review the pharmacotherapy guidelines for heart failure provided by the American College of Cardiology and offer an update on the current trials conducted on these agents.

The authors review the efficacy of aspirin, statins, colchicine, and IL-1 inhibitors in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular events to provide clinical practitioners with evidence-based practice approaches and determine any unmet needs in their utilization.

Sudden cardiac death is a rare but tragic event that can occur in endurance sport athletes. The authors present a case of an otherwise healthy young male runner who collapsed during a marathon and could not be resuscitated despite aggressive measures.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of systolic blood pressure in the emergency department with stroke severity in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Strong Hearts program (a 9-week structured intensive cardiac rehabilitation program) in cardiovascular patients following a major cardiovascular event.