or therapeutic medical strategies. However, the ESC Guidelines do not override in any way
whatsoever the individual responsibility of health professionals to make appropriate and …

Mounting evidence has firmly established that low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF)
are associated with a high risk of cardiovascular disease, all-cause mortality, and mortality …

Increasing awareness of the importance of cardiovascular prevention is not yet matched by
the resources and actions within health care systems. Recent publication of the European …

always refer to the full text version, which is freely available on the ESC and EACTS
websites. The National Societies of the ESC are encouraged to endorse, translate, and …

BACKGROUND Significant regression of coronary and femoral atherosclerotic lesions has
been documented by angiographic studies using aggressive lipid-lowering treatment. This …

Background—The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of systemic exercise
training on endothelium-mediated arteriolar vasodilation of the lower limb and its relation to …

Background Immune activation in patients with chronic heart failure may be secondary to
endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide) action. We investigated the hypothesis that altered gut …

Background—Inflammatory immune activation is an important feature in chronic heart failure
(CHF). Little is known about the prognostic importance of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) …

OBJECTIVES.: The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of an ambulatory
training program on ultrastructural morphology and the oxidative capacity of skeletal muscle …

Aims Mortality in cardiogenic shock (CS) following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains
unacceptably high despite percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the infarcted artery …