Acute myocarditis is correlated with cardiac arrhythmia in 25% of cases; ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) constitute a third of these arrhythmias.
Visceral adiposity has been associated with altered microstructural properties of white matter in adolescents.
Mitral stenosis is less frequent than mitral regurgitation (MR) in developed countries. MR was reported to be present in > 1% of Western type population after 70 years old and associated with an increased mortality.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide
Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease and death in the world.
