The aim of this ESC Guideline is to help health professionals manage people with heart
failure (HF) according to the best available evidence. Fortunately, we now have a wealth of …

1. Specific recommendations for prevention strategies often depend on the ischemic
stroke/transient ischemic attack subtype. Therefore, new in this guideline is a section …

Document Reviewers: Luis Alcocer (Mexico), Christina Antza (Greece), Mustafa Arici
(Turkey), Eduardo Barbosa (Brazil), Adel Berbari (Lebanon), Luıs Bronze (Portugal), John …

Continuous and reliable monitoring of blood pressure and cardiac function is of great
importance for diagnosing and preventing cardiovascular diseases. However, existing …

Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease in the USA and the world. It is a
subclinical condition until complicated by fracture (s). These fractures place an enormous …

Abstract Document Reviewers: Rudolf A. de Boer (CPG Review Coordinator)(Netherlands),
P. Christian Schulze (CPG Review Coordinator)(Germany), Magdy Abdelhamid (Egypt) …

Importance Observational studies have consistently proposed cardiovascular benefits
associated with light alcohol consumption, while recent genetic analyses (ie, mendelian …

Importance Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the
United States, affecting nearly 800 000 individuals annually. Observations Sudden …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in women, who have a notable
increase in the risk for this disease after menopause and typically develop coronary heart …

Beyond conventional risk factors for cardiovascular disease, women face an additional
burden of sex-specific risk factors. Key stages of a woman's reproductive history may …