Activation of intestinal peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-{alpha} increases high-density lipoprotein production 21 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm

Aims Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-α is a transcription factor controlling lipid metabolism in liver, heart, muscle, and macrophages. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α ...

Relation between serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and prognosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 21 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm

Aims To determine the relation between serum concentrations of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and prognosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Methods and resu...

Exploring causal associations between alcohol and coronary heart disease risk factors: findings from a Mendelian randomization study in the Copenhagen... 21 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm

Aims To explore the causal effect of long-term alcohol consumption on coronary heart disease risk factors. Methods and results We used variants in ADH1B and ADH1C genes as instrumental variables (I...

The rationale for Heart Team decision-making for patients with stable, complex coronary artery disease 21 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm

Stable complex coronary artery disease can be treated with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), or medical therapy. Multidisciplinary decision-making has g...

Late migration of balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve 21 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm

The Notch pathway: a crossroad between the life and death of the endothelium 21 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm

Vessel repair: do progenitor cells hitchhike a piggyback ride? 21 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm

One for the road... 21 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm

To BNP or not to BNP 21 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm

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