Coronary atherosclerotic heart disease is a common cardiovascular disease, which is also the leading cause affecting public health and contributing to death [1]. The main treatment for coronary disease consists of drug administration, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the common complications after CABG,...

Yu Ming-Huan et al.
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2022; 22(1): 564
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Kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment choice for end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) yet remains under-utilized in the United States because of barriers to access [1, 2]. These barriers are further exacerbated by extant health disparities and social determinants of health. People who are older age, Black race, female sex, of lower education, and of lower income have less access to kidney transplantation...

Aljurbua Rafaa et al.
BMC Nephrology 2022; 23(1): 414
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Cardiovascular disease is among the leading causes of death worldwide, especially among older adults, and has increased in prevalence since the emergence of coronavirus disease in 2019. The American Heart Association has predicted that by 2035, > 130 million American adults will have some type of heart disease; at present, one in four deaths in the United States is caused by cardiovascular...

Obiweluozor Francis O. et al.
Journal of Biological Engineering 2022; 17(1): 1
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