Abstract. There is strong evidence that hypertension is a major risk factor for heart failure (HF). Hypertension contributes to incident HF through direct

Annet Kirabo, DVM, MSc, PhD, has been ranked as a 2025 Top Scholar by the global academic analytics platform ScholarGPS.

Annet Kirabo, DVM, MSc, PhD, has been ranked as a 2025 Top Scholar by the global academic analytics platform ScholarGPS.

Jeffrey Rathmell, founding director of the Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, this summer will begin a new chapter in his career at the University of Chicago.

Nature Reviews Cardiology - In this Review, Kirabo and colleagues discuss the mechanisms that underlie the sex-related differences in salt sensitivity of blood pressure and hypertension,...

Nature Reviews Cardiology - In this Review, Kirabo and colleagues discuss the mechanisms that underlie the sex-related differences in salt sensitivity of blood pressure and hypertension,...

BACKGROUND: Fermentation of dietary fiber by the gut microbiota leads to the production of metabolites called short-chain fatty acids, which lower blood pressure and exert cardioprotective effects. Sh...

JJ Halliburton, 4, is living a better life thanks to a new liver he received at the Vanderbilt Transplant Center, now the third busiest in the U.S.

BACKGROUND: Fermentation of dietary fiber by the gut microbiota leads to the production of metabolites called short-chain fatty acids, which lower blood pressure and exert cardioprotective effects. Sh...

The American Heart Association’s 2025 statistical update confirms cardiovascular diseases claim more US lives than all forms of cancer and accidental deaths.