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Intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) is a leading cause of ischemic stroke worldwide, with a particularly high prevalence among Asian populations. While early research primarily attributed this to systemic risk factors such...
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the second most common cause of death in Korea. We investigated the incidence rate of CVD in the Korean adult population using the Korean National...
Hypertension remains a leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide, yet rates of blood pressure control remain suboptimal despite the availability of multiple classes of antihypertensive agents....
Background: Although retinal imaging–based artificial intelligence (AI) tools have recently been introduced for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment, little is known about the distribution of these AI-derived scores across the...
Background: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) exhibit not only hypoglycemic effects but also protective effects against nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and cardiovascular diseases, conditions that are associated with dyslipidemia.
Methods: To...