Correction [Correction] 15 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am

Basilar Artery Diameter Is an Independent Predictor of Incident Cardiovascular Events [Clinical and Population Studies] 15 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am

Objective— Basilar arterial (BA) dolichoectasia is associated with cerebral small-vessel disease and stroke. However, the association between moderate dilation of the BA and cerebral small-vessel dis...

Insulin Resistance Is Associated With Significant Clinical Atherosclerosis in Nondiabetic Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction [Clinical and Popu... 15 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am

Objective— The prevalence of insulin resistance (IR) is increasing worldwide because of increasing age, obesity, and physical inactivity. Emerging evidence supports a direct proatherogenic effect of ...

Cardioprotective Effects of Exenatide in Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventio... 15 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am

Objective— Experimental evidence suggests that exenatide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor analogue, has significant cardiovascular protective effects in various conditions. We examined whether rou...

Genetic Risk Prediction and a 2-Stage Risk Screening Strategy for Coronary Heart Disease [Clinical and Population Studies] 15 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am

Objective— Genome-wide association studies have identified several genetic variants associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the genetic risk discrimination...

Multilocus Genetic Risk Scores for Coronary Heart Disease Prediction [Clinical and Population Studies] 15 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am

Objective— Current guidelines do not support the use of genetic profiles in risk assessment of coronary heart disease (CHD). However, new single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with CHD and inter...

Progression of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness as Predictor of Vascular Events: Results from the IMPROVE Study [Clinical and Population Studies] 15 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am

Objective— To investigate whether several different measures of carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) progression are associated with subsequent vascular events and whether such associations are indep...

Genomic Medicine for Improved Prediction and Primordial Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease [Editorials] 15 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am

Moving Vessel Wall Research Beyond the Plaque: Basilar Artery Dilation as a Window to Systemic Cardiovascular Events [Editorials] 15 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am

Vav Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors Regulate Atherosclerotic Lesion Development in Mice [Basic Science] 15 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am

Objective— Atherosclerosis requires migration of monocytes to the arterial intima, with subsequent differentiation into foam cells. We showed previously that the scavenger receptor CD36 contributes t...