Increased risk of arrhythmias, heart failure, and thrombosis in SARS-CoV-2 positive individuals persists at one year post-infection.

Risk of cardiovascular events is increased after COVID-19. However, information on cardiovascular risk trends after COVID-19 infection is lacking and estimates by sex are inconsistent. Our aim was to examine cardiovascular outcomes and mortality in a large cohort (164,346 participants) of SARS-CoV-2 positive individuals compared to non-positive individuals, stratified by sex.

Measuring Cardiorespiratory Fitness without Exercise Testing: The Development and Validation of a New Tool for Spanish Adults.

Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is an important component of overall physical fitness and is associated with numerous health benefits, including a reduced risk of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. However, direct measurement of CRF is time-consuming and therefore not feasible for screening purposes. A maximal treadmill exercise test with the Bruce protocol was performed to estimate VO in 1047 Spanish men and women aged 17 to 62 years.

Genetic characteristics involved in COVID-19 severity. The CARGENCORS case-control study and meta-analysis.

Pre-existing coronary artery disease (CAD), and thrombotic, inflammatory, or virus infectivity response phenomena have been associated with COVID-19 disease severity. However, the association of candidate single nucleotide variants (SNVs) related to mechanisms of COVID-19 complications has been seldom analysed. Our aim was to test and validate the effect of candidate SNVs on COVID-19 severity.

Analysis of myocardial infarction incidence and case-fatality in the last three decades in the province of Girona.

Introduction And Objectives: Myocardial infarction (MI) incidence and case fatality trends are highly informative but relatively untested at the population level. The objective of this work was to estimate MI incidence and case fatality in the Girona population aged 35-74 years, and to determine their 30-year trends (1990-2019).

Methods: The REGICOR (Girona Heart Registry) monitored MI incidence and case fatality rates from 1990 to 2008.

Five-Year Changes in Inflammatory, Metabolic, and Oxidative Biomarkers and 10-Year Cardiovascular Disease Incidence: The REGICOR Cohort Study.

Ischemic cardiovascular diseases (CVD) originate from an imbalance between atherosclerotic plaque formation, instability, and endothelial healing dynamics. Our aim was to examine the relationship between 5-year changes in inflammatory, metabolic, and oxidative biomarkers and 10-year CVD incidence in a population without previous CVD. This was a prospective cohort study of individuals aged 35-74 years (n = 419) randomly selected from 5263 REGICOR participants without CVD recruited in 2005.