Simulation-Based Neonatal Resuscitation Education for Undergraduate Anesthesia Students: A Pre- and Post-Evaluation of Knowledge and Clinical Skills by Debas Yaregal Melesse, Henos Enyew Ashagrie

“…We used a validated checklist to follow the students’ performance (American Heart Association, 2005, and Ogunlesi et al., 2012). …”
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Late Treatment and Recurrence of Kawasaki Disease in a Moroccan Infant by R. Elqadiry, O. Louachama, N. Rada, G. Draiss, M. Bouskraoui

“…The diagnosis of recurrent KD was made according the five criteria of the American Heart Association. The echocardiography was normal again. …”
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Sexual and Cardiovascular health.Factors Influencing on the Quality of Sexual Life of Coronary Heart Disease Patients - a Narrative Review by Piegza M, Smolarczyk J, Piegza J

“…The 4th Princeton Conference (P4) recommends the use of the 2019 regimen developed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) to assess the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in men with ED (ACC/AHA ASCVD 2019). …”
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Prevalence, outcome and conduct of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation in government hospitals of Nepal. by Pawan Kumar Hamal, Surendra Kunwar, Kapil Gautam, Ramesh Bhattarai, Rupesh Kumar Yadav, Ritesh Lamsal, Radeep Singh, Sonam Pathak, Nabin Pokhrel

“…A total of 80 resuscitations were evaluated using a questionnaire based on the American Heart Association 2020 guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. …”
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Current Indications for Surgical Repair in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Ascending Aortic Ectasia by Christian D. Etz, Martin Misfeld, Michael A. Borger, Maximilian Luehr, Elfriede Strotdrees, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr

“…Current guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the joint guidelines of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) recommend elective repair in symptomatic patients with dysfunctional BAV (aortic diameter ≥45 mm). …”
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Socioeconomic risk factors of hypertension and blood pressure among persons aged 15–49 in Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Sushant Joshi, Bishnu Bahadur Thapa

“…Objectives This study estimated the prevalence of hypertension, in accordance with the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association’s 2017 guidelines, and examined the association between various socioeconomic factors and systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and hypertension.Setting and design We used nationally representative data from the 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey. …”
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Association between the aromatase (CYP19A1) gene variant rs10046 and cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women by Betânia Rodrigues dos Santos, Gislaine Casanova, Thais Rasia da Silva, Karen Oppermann, Poli Mara Spritzer

“…The patients’ estimated 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk was calculated using the ASCVD Risk Estimator Plus, as recommended by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association. Genotyping of the rs10046 polymorphism of the CYP19A1 gene was carried out using real-time polymerase chain reaction with allelic discrimination assays. …”
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Associations between asthma and Life’s Essential 8: a cross-sectional study by Jiao Xu, Jianlei Tang

“…The Life’s Essential 8 (LE8), introduced by the American Heart Association, aims to improve and maintain cardiovascular health. …”
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Identifying Factors for Low-Risk Participation in Alternative Cardiac Rehabilitation Models for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Using MI’S SCOREPAD by Eric J. Brandt, Joshua Garfein, Chih-Wen Pai, Joseph Bryant, Eva Kline-Rogers, Samantha Fink, Melvyn Rubenfire

“…Although a recent joint society scientific statement (the American Association of Cardiovascular Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology) suggests home-based cardiac rehab (CR) is appropriate for low- and moderate-risk patients, there are no paradigms to define such individuals with coronary heart disease. …”
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Secondary Prevention Using Cholesterol-Lowering Medications in Patients with Prior Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis by Xue Han, Steven Fox, Michelle Chu, Jeff McCombs

“…**Objectives:** To estimate the effects of delaying treatment on the risk of cardiovascular-related hospitalization and on costs for patients who meet the criteria for secondary prevention as specified in the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Guidelines for Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults. …”
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Evolving View of Coronary Artery Calcium: A Personalized Shared Decision-Making Tool in Primary Prevention by Omar Dzaye, Cara Reiter-Brennan, Albert D. Osei, Olusola A. Orimoloye, S. M. Iftekhar Uddin, Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk, Michael J. Blaha

“…The 2018 American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) cholesterol management guideline considers current evidence on coronary artery calcium (CAC) testing while incorporating learnings from previous guidelines. …”
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Effectiveness of Four-Decontamination Techniques on Bacterial Growth on CPR Manikins after Use in a CPR Course

“…The American Red Cross and American Heart Association are strong advocates of preventing disease transmission during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training by promoting careful and consistent manikin decontamination. …”
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Subsequent Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Patient with Monocular Vision Loss Associated with Isolated Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion: A Case Report by Jessica Seetge, Balázs Cséke, Zsófia Nozomi Karádi, Eszter Szalai, Valéria Gaál, László Szapáry

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Acute retinal ischemia, including central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO), is recognized as a stroke equivalent by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA), necessitating immediate multidisciplinary evaluation and management. …”
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Integrated Management of Cardiovascular–Renal–Hepatic–Metabolic Syndrome: Expanding Roles of SGLT2is, GLP-1RAs, and GIP/GLP-1RAs by Nikolaos Theodorakis, Maria Nikolaou

“…Cardiovascular–Kidney–Metabolic syndrome, introduced by the American Heart Association in 2023, represents a complex and interconnected spectrum of diseases driven by shared pathophysiological mechanisms. …”
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Correlation between atherogenic index of plasma and cardiovascular disease risk across Cardiovascular–kidney–metabolic syndrome stages 0–3: a nationwide prospective cohort study... by Yaohua Hu, Yu Liang, Jian Li, Xinyang Li, Mengyuan Yu, Wenpeng Cui

“…Abstract Background The Cardiovascular–kidney–metabolic (CKM) syndrome, a concept recently proposed by the American Heart Association (AHA), highlights the intricate connection between metabolic, renal, and cardiovascular illnesses. …”
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Defining patient-reported outcomes in diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease for clinical practice guidelines - perspectives of the taskforce of the... by Katharine Barnard-Kelly, Tadej Battelino, Frank C. Brosius, Antonio Ceriello, Francesco Cosentino, James R. Gavin, Francesco Giorgino, Jennifer Green, Linong Ji, Monika Kellerer, Sue Koob, Mikhail Kosiborod, Nebojsa Lalic, Nikolaus Marx, Prashant Nedungadi, Christopher G. Parkin, Helena W. Rodbard, René D. Rötzer, Lars Rydén, Wayne Huey-Herng Sheu, Eberhard Standl, Britta Tendal Jeppesen, Pinar Topsever, Per Olav Vandvik, Christoph Wanner, Oliver Schnell

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Accuracy of Large Language Models for Infective Endocarditis Prophylaxis in Dental Procedures by Paak Rewthamrongsris, Jirayu Burapacheep, Vorapat Trachoo, Thantrira Porntaveetus

“…Methods: Twenty-eight true/false questions based on the 2021 American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for IE were posed to 7 popular LLMs. …”
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Association between life's essential 8 and Parkinson's disease: a case–control study by Jiaxin Fan, Yanfeng Wang, Xingzhi Guo, Shuai Cao, Shuqin Zhan, Rui Li

“…The LE8 metrics were calculated according to the American Heart Association criterion, and participants were divided into 3 groups using tertile range. …”
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Cohort profile: Noncommunicable diseases and ideal cardiovascular health among people living with and without HIV in Zambia and Zimbabwe (NCDzz cohort) by Gilles Wandeler, Samuel Bosomprah, Cleophas Chimbetete, Belinda Varaidzo Chihota, Guy Muula, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Tinei Shamu, Ardele Mandiriri, Esau Banda

“…Here, we describe the study design and population and evaluate their ideal cardiovascular health (ICVH) using the Life’s Simple 7 (LS7) score according to the American Heart Association.Participants Antiretroviral therapy-naïve people living with HIV (PLWH) and people living without HIV (PLWOH) 30 years or older were recruited from three primary care clinics in Lusaka and Harare, and underwent comprehensive clinical, laboratory and behavioural assessments. …”
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Echo- and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Follow-Up versus Symptom-Guided Follow-Up: Comparison of the Outcome in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients by Gani Bajraktari, Nicola Riccardo Pugliese, Andreina D’Agostino, Gian Marco Rosa, Pranvera Ibrahimi, Luan Perçuku, Mario Miccoli, Gian Giacomo Galeotti, Iacopo Fabiani, Roberto Pedrinelli, Michael Henein, Frank L. Dini

“…Recent European Society of Cardiology and American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Guidelines did not recommend biomarker-guided therapy in the management of heart failure (HF) patients. …”
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