Caroline S. Fox

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .e3 1. About These Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .e7...

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2011 Update

Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agen...

Gamma Glutamyl Transferase and Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality Risk

Objective— To determine whether serum γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT) predicts cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality, accounting for temporal changes in known CVD ri...

Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 Update

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2014 Update

Author(s): Go, Alan S; Mozaffarian, Dariush; Roger, Veronique L; Benjamin, Emelia J; Berry, Jarett D; Blaha, Michael J; Dai, Shifan; Ford, Earl S; Fox, Caroline S; Franco, Sheil...

Parental Atrial Fibrillation as a Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation in Offspring

Parental AF increases the future risk for offspring AF, an observation supporting a genetic susceptibility to developing this dysrhythmia. Further research into the genetic fact...