"prevalent heart" is a valid phrase used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a feeling of being deeply affected by emotion, or to a situation in which strong emotions are experienced. For example, "The song brought a prevalent heart to the wedding, as guests were reminded of lost loved ones."
The relatively lower prevalence rate of current smoking in patients with prevalent heart disease and heart disease risk factors in Jordan is easy to explain on the basis of patients quitting the habit after diagnosis with these conditions.
Coronary artery disease is the most prevalent heart disease that occurs because of stenosis/narrowing and blockage of coronary arteries, restricting the blood flow to myocardium (heart muscles).
Participants with prevalent heart failure, myocardial infarction and atrial fibrillation and flutter were excluded.
In subsequent cohorts, the medical records of all participants are screened for prevalent heart failure.
In turn, participants with prevalent heart failure or atrial fibrillation had greater levels of all adiponectin measures, while those with CHD or using β-blockers exhibited lower concentrations.
Prevalent heart failure cases were obtained through a database containing hospital discharge diagnoses from all hospitals in the Rotterdam area as of January 1 , 1991[ 20].
Sensitivity analyses excluding participants with prevalent coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, and stroke at baseline did not materially alter the association between HbA1c and incident hypertension.
Heart failure is also more prevalent and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction more common, especially in older women.
In addition, we conducted sensitivity analyses excluding individuals with prevalent coronary heart disease, stroke, or congestive heart failure (n = 9,166, excluding 437 participants from the primary analytic sample).
Although some authors describe no relationship between adiponectin and mortality (9), others describe an association of high adiponectin with increased mortality specifically in populations with prevalent coronary heart disease (CHD) (10), chronic kidney disease (11), chronic heart failure (12), healthy community dwellers (13), and in the elderly (14).
Statin medication was administered to 69.2% of persons with prevalent coronary heart disease and known diabetes compared with 31.6% of those with known diabetes but without coronary heart disease (supplementary table 1).
