To derive and validate a clinical rule that stratifies the risk of cardiac complications in patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and compare its performance to the pneumonia severity index (PSI) score.

To examine 18-year trends in short-term and long-term stroke mortality and the prognostic influence of comorbidity.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) other than aspirin have been linked to heart failure, salt retention, adverse ventricular remodeling, and thrombosis. We therefore sought to assess their impact on cardiovascular events in outpatients with stable atherothrombotic disease.

A Sociedade Internacional de Aterosclerose (IAS) atualizou as suas recomendações sobre o tratamento da hipercolesterolemia e dislipidemias para reduzir o risco de doença cardiovascular aterosclerótica (ASCVD) em Dezembro 2013.