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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Ausgabe 1/2022

Inhalt (579 Artikel)

Open Access Case report

Fatal pulmonary tumour thrombotic microangiopathy in patient with ovarian adenocarcinoma: review and a case report

Gintare Neverauskaite-Piliponiene, Kristijonas Cesas, Darius Pranys, Skaidrius Miliauskas, Lina Padervinskiene, Jolanta Laukaitiene, Giedre Baksyte, Gintare Sakalyte, Egle Ereminiene

Open Access Research

High prevalence and low awareness of hyperuricemia in hypertensive patients among adults aged 50–79 years in Southwest China

Yang Zhang, Feng-Qin Nie, Xiao-Bo Huang, Weiwei Tang, Rong Hu, Wen-Qiang Zhang, Jian-Xiong Liu, Rong-Hua Xu, Ya Liu, Dong Wei, Tzung-Dau Wang, Xu Fan

Open Access Research

Impact of nutritional status on prognosis in acute myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Daisuke Kanda, Yoshiyuki Ikeda, Takuro Takumi, Akihiro Tokushige, Takeshi Sonoda, Ryo Arikawa, Kazuhiro Anzaki, Ippei Kosedo, Mitsuru Ohishi

Open Access Research

Level of advanced oxidation protein products is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis

Zsolt Bagyura, Angéla Takács, Loretta Kiss, Edit Dósa, Réka Vadas, Tin Dat Nguyen, Elek Dinya, Pál Soós, Zsolt Szelid, Orsolya Láng, Éva Pállinger, László Kőhidai, Béla Merkely

Open Access Study protocol

Protocol for detecting unrecognized sleep apnea in patients with atrial fibrillation by a home-monitoring device: the DAN-APNO study

Mads Hashiba Jensen, Frederik Dalgaard, Rasmus Rude Laub, Vibeke Gottlieb, Morten Lock Hansen, Olav Vendelboe, Jim Hansen, Morten Lamberts

Open Access Research article

Acceptance and safety of femoral versus radial access for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI): results from a large monitor-controlled German registry (QuIK)

Jörg Reifart, Stefan Göhring, Alexander Albrecht, Winfried Haerer, Benny Levenson, Gerd Ringwald, Patrick Gärtner, Nicolaus Reifart

Open Access Research

The utility of SYNTAX score predictability by electrocardiogram parameters in patients with unstable angina

Mohammad Reza Hatamnejad, Amir Arsalan Heydari, Maryam Salimi, Soodeh Jahangiri, Mehdi Bazrafshan, Hamed Bazrafshan

Open Access Research

Usefulness of estimated pulse wave velocity for identifying prevalent coronary heart disease: findings from a general Chinese population

Xiao-Wu He, Jieun Park, Wen-Sheng Huang, Li-Hua Leng, Yan Yu, Yi-Bin Pei, Gao Zhu, Shaohui Wu

Open Access Research article

The association of allergic asthma and carotid intima-media thickness in adolescence: data of the prospective early vascular ageing (EVA)-Tyrol cohort study

Bernhard Winder, Sophia J. Kiechl, Nadja M. Gruber, Benoît Bernar, Nina Gande, Anna Staudt, Katharina Stock, Christoph Hochmayr, Ralf Geiger, Andrea Griesmacher, Markus Anliker, Stefan Kiechl, Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Michael Knoflach, Carmen Reiter, Christina Schreiner, Julia Klingenschmid, Julia Marxer, Martina Kothmayer, Maximilian Pircher, Manuela Bock-Bartl, Mandy Asare, Maximilian Bohl, Raimund Pechlaner

Open Access Research

Comparison of the empirical linear ablation and low voltage area-guided ablation in addition to pulmonary vein isolation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation: a propensity score-matched analysis

Noriyuki Suzuki, Shinji Kaneko, Masaya Fujita, Masanori Shinoda, Ryuji Kubota, Taiki Ohashi, Yosuke Tatami, Junya Suzuki, Hitomi Hori, Kentaro Adachi, Ryota Ito, Yoshinori Shirai, Satoshi Yanagisawa, Yasuya Inden, Toyoaki Murohara

Open Access Research article

Procedural characteristics of pulmonary vein isolation with high-power short-duration setting compared to conventional setting

Naoko Hijioka, Takashi Kaneshiro, Takeshi Nehashi, Kazuaki Amami, Minoru Nodera, Shinya Yamada, Masashi Kamioka, Takafumi Ishida, Yasuchika Takeishi

Open Access Research

Comparing methods of adenosine administration in paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Phruek Daengbubpha, Borwon Wittayachamnankul, Krongkarn Sutham, Boriboon Chenthanakij, Theerapon Tangsuwanaruk

Open Access Research

Relationship of a new anthropometric index with left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients among the Han Chinese

Shuang Cai, Jing Dong, Bokai Cheng, Anhang Zhang, Jin Sun, Man Li, Yongkang Su, Qiligeer Bao, Ping Zhu, Shuxia Wang

Open Access Research

Resveratrol ameliorates myocardial fibrosis by regulating Sirt1/Smad3 deacetylation pathway in rat model with dilated cardiomyopathy

Qingquan Chen, Yu Zeng, Xiulin Yang, Yue Wu, Shuyu Zhang, Shirong Huang, Yameng Zhong, Min Chen

Open Access Research

Prevalence and associated risk factors of hypertension and pre-hypertension among the adult population: findings from the Dubai Household Survey, 2019

Heba Mamdouh, Wafa K. Alnakhi, Hamid Y. Hussain, Gamal M. Ibrahim, Amal Hussein, Ibrahim Mahmoud, Fatheya Alawadi, Mohamed Hassanein, Mona Abdullatif, Kadhim AlAbady, Sabya Farooq, Nabil Sulaiman

Open Access Research article

Choice of home blood pressure monitoring device: the role of device characteristics among Alaska Native and American Indian peoples

Ashley F. Railey, Denise A. Dillard, Amber Fyfe-Johnson, Michael Todd, Krista Schaefer, Robert Rosenman

Open Access Case report

Successful percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion for atrial fibrillation in a patient with mirror-image dextrocardia: a case report

Jizhe Xu, Gaxue Jiang, Lu Zhang, Zixian Chen, Hao Wang, Ming Bai, Jie Zeng

Open Access Research article

The short term influence of right ventricular pacing burden on echocardiographic and spiroergometric parameters in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction

Akram Youssef, Christian Pfluecke, Maciej Dawid, Karim Ibrahim, Michael Günther, Steffen Kolschmann, Utz Richter, Alexander Francke, Carsten Wunderlich, Marian Christoph

Open Access Research

MiR-138-5p targets RUNX2 to inhibit osteogenic differentiation of aortic valve interstitial cells via Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

Fei Yan, Qiang Huo, Weimin Zhang, Tingting Wu, Daniyaer Dilimulati, Lin Shi

Open Access Research

Comparison of cardiovascular magnetic resonance characteristics and clinical prognosis in left ventricular noncompaction patients with and without arrhythmia

Zi-qi Zhou, Wen-chong He, Xiao Li, Wei Bai, Wei Huang, Rui-lai Hou, Yi-ning Wang, Ying-kun Guo

Open Access Research

Secondary prevention of rheumatic heart disease in Ethiopia: a multicenter study

Wubishet Belay, Azene Dessie, Hayat Ahmed, Etsegenet Gedlu, Abinet Mariyo, Abdulkadir Shehibo, Zemene Tigabu, Muktar H. Aliyu, Jonathan Soslow

Open Access Case report

Immunoglobulin G4-related constrictive pericarditis and the importance of a thorough workup: a case report

Sérgio Maltês, Margarida Cabral, Pedro Freitas, Catarina Albuquerque, Carolina Fernandes, Diana Moura, Beatriz Santos, Miguel Mendes, José Neves

Open Access Case report

Acute left ventricular insufficiency in a Burkitt Lymphoma patient with myocardial involvement and extensive local tumor cell lysis: a case report

Maren Schmiester, Eva Tranter, Alessandro Lorusso, Florian Blaschke, Dominik Geisel, Lars Bullinger, Frederik Damm, Il-Kang Na

Open Access Research article

Potential influencing factors of aortic diameter at specific segments in population with cardiovascular risk

Tingting Chen, Xingan Yang, Xiaoxin Fang, Lijiang Tang, Yang Zhang, Yingzheng Weng, Hongliang Zhang, Juntao Wu, Ping Mao, Baohui Xu, Jianjun Jiang, Xiaofeng Chen

Open Access Research

Diagnostic performance of deep learning and computational fluid dynamics-based instantaneous wave-free ratio derived from computed tomography angiography

Jingyuan Zhang, Kun Xu, Yumeng Hu, Lin Yang, Xiaochang Leng, Hongfeng Jin, Yiming Tang, Xiaowei Liu, Chen Ye, Yitao Guo, Lei Wang, Jianjun Zhang, Yue Feng, Caiyun Mou, Lijiang Tang, Jianping Xiang, Changqing Du

Open Access Research article

Stable patients with suspected myocardial ischemia: comparison of machine-learning computed tomography-based fractional flow reserve and stress perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging to detect myocardial ischemia

Dirk Lossnitzer, Selina Klenantz, Florian Andre, Johannes Goerich, U. Joseph Schoepf, Kyle L. Pazzo, Andre Sommer, Matthias Brado, Friedemann Gückel, Roman Sokiranski, Tobias Becher, Ibrahim Akin, Sebastian J. Buss, Stefan Baumann

Open Access Research article

A baseline profile of the Queensland Cardiac Record Linkage Cohort (QCard) study

Son Nghiem, Clifford Afoakwah, Paul Scuffham, Joshua Byrnes

Open Access Research

Whole-exome sequencing reveals a rare missense variant in DTNA in an Iranian pedigree with early-onset atrial fibrillation

Mahshid Malakootian, Masoumeh Jalilian, Samira Kalayinia, Maryam Hosseini Moghadam, Mona Heidarali, Majid Haghjoo

Open Access Case report

Severe coronary artery spasm during left atrial appendage closure plus catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: case presentation

Xin Xie, Zijun Chen, Yu Luo, Xiaorong Li, Jian Zhou, Jinbo Yu, Bing Yang

Open Access Case report

A 45-year-old man with sudden cardiac death, cutaneous abnormalities and a rare desmoplakin mutation: a case report and literature review

Cátia Santos-Ferreira, Rui Baptista, Tiago Teixeira, Lino Gonçalves

Open Access Research article

Cumulative incidence and predictors of acquired aortic stenosis in a large population of men followed for up to 43 years

Silvana Kontogeorgos, Erik Thunström, Georgios Lappas, Annika Rosengren, Michael Fu

Open Access Original Research

Risk of aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection with the use of fluoroquinolones in Korea: a nested case–control study

Nayeong Son, Eunmi Choi, Soo Youn Chung, Soon Young Han, Bonggi Kim

Open Access Original Research

The systemic-immune-inflammation index predicts the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after cryomaze concomitant with mitral valve surgery

Yu Luo, Jian Zhang, Tao Liu, Zongtao Yin, Yan Jin, Jinsong Han, Zhipeng Guo, Huishan Wang

Open Access Case report

Nilotinib related acute myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries: a case report and literature review

Weiwei Chen, Beibei Du, Kun Liu, Zhixi Yu, Xingtong Wang, Ping Yang

Open Access Research

Hyperlipidemia and hypertension have synergistic interaction on ischemic stroke: insights from a general population survey in China

Chang Wang, Zhi Du, Ning Ye, Chuning Shi, Songyue Liu, Danxi Geng, Yingxian Sun

Open Access Research

Mortality in cardiogenic shock patients receiving mechanical circulatory support: a network meta-analysis

Qun Zhang, Yu Han, Shukun Sun, Chuanxin Zhang, Han Liu, Bailu Wang, Shujian Wei

Open Access Research article

Pharmacodynamic evaluation and safety assessment of treatment with antibodies to serum amyloid P component in patients with cardiac amyloidosis: an open-label Phase 2 study and an adjunctive immuno-PET imaging study

Ashutosh Wechalekar, Gunnar Antoni, Wasfi Al Azzam, Mats Bergström, Swethajit Biswas, Chao Chen, Joseph Cheriyan, Matthew Cleveland, Louise Cookson, Paul Galette, Robert L. Janiczek, Raymond Y. Kwong, Mary Ann Lukas, Helen Millns, Duncan Richards, Ian Schneider, Scott D. Solomon, Jens Sörensen, James Storey, Douglas Thompson, Guus van Dongen, Danielle J. Vugts, Anders Wall, Gerhard Wikström, Rodney H. Falk

Open Access Original Research

Stroke-related health problems and associated actions identified with the post-stroke checklist among nursing home residents

Emma K. Kjörk, Martha Gustavsson, Nohad El-Manzalawy, Katharina S. Sunnerhagen

Open Access Original Research

Liver stiffness for predicting adverse cardiac events in chinese patients with heart failure: a two-year prospective study

Qian Wang, Yuqing Song, Qiming Wu, Qian Dong, Song Yang

Open Access Research article

The best QT correction formula in a non-hospitalized population: the Fasa PERSIAN cohort study

Mohammad Hosein Yazdanpanah, Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh, Sepideh Sayyadipoor, Mojtaba Farjam

Open Access Research

Preoperative evaluation of pulmonary hypertension in lung transplant candidates: echocardiography versus right heart catheterization

Tal Abu, Amos Levi, David Hasdai, Mordechai R. Kramer, Tamir Bental, Tali Bdolah-Abram, Arthur Shiyovich, Abed Samara, Hana Vaknin-Assa, Leor Perl, Dror Rosengarten, Yaron Shapira, Ran Kornowski, Keren Skalsky

Open Access Research article

Surgical outcomes of bridge-to-bridge therapy with extracorporeal left ventricular assist device for acute myocardial infarction in cardiogenic shock

Chiho Tokunaga, Atsushi Iguchi, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Fumiya Chubachi, Yuto Hori, Akitoshi Takazawa, Jun Hayashi, Toshihisa Asakura, Akihiro Yoshitake

Open Access Research

Echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and geometry in Chinese chronic hemodialysis patients: the prevalence and determinants

Xinju Zhao, Li Zhu, Wenying Jin, Bing Yang, Yan Wang, Mengfan Ni, Yuchao Zhao, Liangying Gan, Li Zuo

Open Access Research

Risk prediction in pulmonary hypertension due to chronic heart failure: incremental prognostic value of pulmonary hemodynamics

Ruilin Quan, Shian Huang, Lingpin Pang, Jieyan Shen, Weifeng Wu, Fangming Tang, Xiulong Zhu, Weiqing Su, Jingzhi Sun, Zaixin Yu, Lemin Wang, Xianyang Zhu, Changming Xiong, Jianguo He

Open Access Research article

Mapping and ablation of left atrial roof-dependent tachycardias using an ultra-high resolution mapping system

Shinsuke Miyazaki, Kanae Hasegawa, Kazuya Yamao, Eri Ishikawa, Moe Mukai, Daisetsu Aoyama, Minoru Nodera, Junya Yamaguchi, Yuichiro Shiomi, Naoto Tama, Hiroyuki Ikeda, Yoshitomo Fukuoka, Kentaro Ishida, Hiroyasu Uzui, Yoshito Iesaka, Hiroshi Tada

Open Access Research

Safety profile of bivalirudin in Chinese female patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a multi-center study

Fan Wu, Xueying Liu, Huazhong Ran, Qiwei Tang, Cheng Zhong, Yanqing Wu, Jun Xiao

Open Access Research article

Echocardiographic study of myocardial work in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Lisi Liao, Bobo Shi, Zhimin Ding, Lixin Chen, Fajin Dong, Jian Li, Yulin Zhong, Jinfeng Xu

Open Access Research

Exosomes derived from human placental mesenchymal stem cells ameliorate myocardial infarction via anti-inflammation and restoring gut dysbiosis

Libo Yang, Ting Wang, Xiaoxia Zhang, Hua Zhang, Ning Yan, Guoshan Zhang, Ru Yan, Yiwei Li, Jingjing Yu, Jun He, Shaobin Jia, Hao Wang

Open Access Research

Optical coherence tomography: evaluating the effects of stent boost subtract imaging on stent underexpansion in STEMI patients

Yuanyuan Duan, Limin Jing, Shi Pan, Sujuan Yan, Fang Wang, Hong Yu, Beibei Zhang, Guangsheng Wei, Ming Zhang, Jiao Zhang

Open Access Case report

Percutaneous intravenous catheter forceps biopsy in right atrial mass: two case reports and literature review

Lei Chang, Chenyi Gong, Haitao Lu, Yihai Liu, Lina Kang, Jianzhou Chen, Lian Wang, Biao Xu

Open Access Research

Clinical outcomes of patients with hepatic insufficiency undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Wenkai Jiang, Zeyi Cheng, Shiyan Tu, Xing Wang, Caifei Xiang, Wence Zhou, Lin Chen

Open Access Research

Rosuvastatin exerts cardioprotective effect in lipopolysaccharide-mediated injury of cardiomyocytes in an MG53-dependent manner

Jiawei Zhuang, Gangyi Cheng, Jian Huang, Hongwei Guo, Yiquan Lai, Jiamao Wang, Zhonggui Shan, Shaoyi Zheng

Open Access Research

Identification of cardiovascular risk factors among urban and rural Malaysian youths

Noor Shafina Mohd Nor, Yung-An Chua, Suraya Abdul Razak, Zaliha Ismail, Hapizah Nawawi

Open Access Case report

A novel use of small ballons to reduce the risk of subintimal hematoma formation during recanalization of chronic total occlusion: two case reports

Yanzhuo Ma, Xinxing Song, Lingfeng Kong, Gang Wang, Xiaoye Wang, Leisheng Ru

Open Access Research article

Regional variation in coronary angiography rates: the association with supply factors and the role of indication: a spatial analysis

Julia Frank-Tewaag, Julian Bleek, Christian Günster, Udo Schneider, Dirk Horenkamp-Sonntag, Ursula Marschall, Sebastian Franke, Kathrin Schlößler, Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, Leonie Sundmacher

Open Access Research

Ex vivo biomechanical analysis of flexible versus rigid annuloplasty rings in mitral valves using a novel annular dilation system

Yuanjia Zhu, Annabel M. Imbrie-Moore, Robert J. Wilkerson, Michael J. Paulsen, Matthew H. Park, Y. Joseph Woo

Open Access Research

Safety and efficacy of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention via distal transradial artery access in the anatomical snuffbox: a single-centre prospective cohort study using a propensity score method

Feng Li, Gan-Wei Shi, Xiao-Long Yu, Rui-Xiao Song, Jian-Qiang Xiao, Hao-Min Huang, La-Mei Li, Liu-Yan Zhang, Chun Gong, Gao-Jun Cai

Open Access Research

Comparing clinical outcomes in patients with diabetes undergoing coronary artery bypass graft and percutaneous coronary intervention in real world practice in Iranian population

Arezo Arabi, Behshad Naghshtabrizi, Hamid Reza Baradaran, Yousef Moradi, Mohsen Asadi-Lari, Ali Mehrakizadeh

Open Access Research

Relationship between epicardial fat volume on cardiac CT and atherosclerosis severity in three-vessel coronary artery disease: a single-center cross-sectional study

Yu Sun, Xiao-gang Li, Kai Xu, Jie Hou, Hong-rui You, Rong-rong Zhang, Miao Qi, Li-bo Zhang, Li-sheng Xu, Stephen E. Greenwald, Ben-qiang Yang

Open Access Research

Major vault protein attenuates cardiomyocyte injury in doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy through activating AKT

Yu Qi, Jianzhou Chen, Junfeng Duan, Lina Kang, Kun Wang, Ziwei Chen, Biao Xu, Rong Gu

Open Access Research

The abnormal distribution of peripheral B1 cells and transition B cells in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: a pilot study

Quan Tang, Zhihong Cen, Jing Lu, Jingwei Dong, Lin Qin, Feiyu Lu, Weifeng Wu

Open Access Research

Using HEART2 score to risk stratify chest pain patients in the Emergency Department: an observational study

Chet D. Schrader, Darren Kumar, Yuan Zhou, Stefan Meyering, Nicholas Saltarelli, Naomi Alanis, Chukwuagozie Iloma, Rebecca Smiley, Hao Wang

Open Access Research

Geographical inequalities in the decreasing 28-day mortality following incident acute myocardial infarction: a Danish register-based cohort study, 1987–2016

Niels Asp Fuglsang, Elisabeth Zinck, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Bjarne Kjær Ersbøll, Gunnar Hilmar Gislason, Thora Majlund Kjærulff, Kristine Bihrmann

Open Access Research

D-dimer as a predictor of cardiovascular outcomes in patients with diabetes mellitus

Lan Cheng, Qianyu Fu, Longhua Zhou, Yuqin Fan, Fenfen Liu, Yuanyuan Fan, Xin Zhang, Weiqing Lin, Xiaohe Wu

Open Access Case report

Post myocardial infarction left ventricular intramural dissecting hematoma: a case report describing a very rare complication

Hitesh Gurjar, Muhammad Saad, Nisha Ali, Sudiksha Regmi, Prakash Upreti, Sumit Karna, Sandhya K. Balaram, Gayathri Kamalakkannan, Timothy J. Vittorio

Open Access Research

Safety and efficacy of anti-inflammatory therapy in patients with coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ying Niu, Nan Bai, Ying Ma, Peng-Yu Zhong, Yao-Sheng Shang, Zhi-Lu Wang

Open Access Original Research

Effectiveness of indapamide/amlodipine single-pill combination in patients with isolated systolic hypertension: post-hoc analysis of the ARBALET study

Zh. D. Kobalava, Eteri L. Kolesnik, E. K. Shavarova, L. A. Goreva, L. V. Karapetyan

Open Access Research

Circulating long non-coding RNA TTTY15 and HULC serve as potential novel biomarkers for predicting acute myocardial infarction

Jiajia Xie, Wenjun Liao, Wuqi Chen, Disheng Lai, Qidong Tang, Yuhui Li

Open Access Research

Influence of cardiopulmonary exercise test on platelet function in patients with coronary artery diseases on antiplatelet therapy

Chun Yin, Yanhui Wang, Chunhua Mo, Zong Yue, Yihong Sun, Dayi Hu

Open Access Research

A nationwide registry study on heart failure in Norway from 2008 to 2018: variations in lookback period affect incidence estimates

Kristina Malene Ødegaard, Sandre Svatun Lirhus, Hans Olav Melberg, Jonas Hallén, Sigrun Halvorsen

Open Access Case report

Eisenmenger syndrome with left main compression syndrome: a case report

Charlotte Johanna Cool, Fathy Fathini, Ibnu Adams, Aninka Saboe, Nuraini Yasmin Kusumawardhani, Astri Astuti, Achmad Fauzi Yahya

Open Access Research article

Association between self-management behaviour and quality of life in people with heart failure: a retrospective study

Eui-Young Choi, Jin-Sun Park, Deulle Min, Hye Sun Lee, Jeong-Ah Ahn

Open Access Research

Patient-level comparison of heart failure patients in clinical phenotype and prognosis from China and Sweden

Yizhou Feng, Xiaojing Chen, Maria Schaufelberger, Qing Zhang, Michael Fu

Open Access Research

What is the role of cardiorespiratory fitness and sedentary behavior in relationship between the genetic predisposition to obesity and cardiometabolic risk score?

Ana Paula Sehn, Caroline Brand, João Francisco de Castro Silveira, Lars Bo Andersen, Anelise Reis Gaya, Pâmela Ferreira Todendi, Andréia Rosane de Moura Valim, Cézane Priscila Reuter

Open Access COVID-19 Review

Cardiovascular disturbances in COVID-19: an updated review of the pathophysiology and clinical evidence of cardiovascular damage induced by SARS-CoV-2

Ismaheel O. Lawal, Mankgopo M. Kgatle, Kgomotso Mokoala, Abubakar Farate, Mike M. Sathekge

Open Access Research

Predictors and outcomes of postoperative tracheostomy in patients undergoing acute type A aortic dissection surgery

Dashuai Wang, Su Wang, Yu Song, Hongfei Wang, Anchen Zhang, Long Wu, Xiaofan Huang, Ping Ye, Xinling Du

Open Access Research

Common genetic variants do not predict recurrent events in coronary heart disease patients

P. L. Thompson, J. Hui, J. Beilby, L. J. Palmer, G. F. Watts, M. J. West, A. Kirby, S. Marschner, R. J. Simes, D. R. Sullivan, H. D. White, R. Stewart, A. M. Tonkin

Open Access Research

Recombinant human endostatin combined with radiotherapy promotes cardiomyocyte apoptosis in rats via TGFβ1/Smads/CTGF signaling pathway

Weiwei Ouyang, Shimei Fu, Xing Zhao, Shengfa Su, Jun Zhang, Daxian Luo, Lina Liu, Wenjin Ding, Dongdong Cao, Likun Liu, Zhixu He, Bing Lu

Open Access Research

Conventional fluoroscopy-guided versus zero-fluoroscopy catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardias

Tine Prolič Kalinšek, Jernej Šorli, Matevž Jan, Matjaž Šinkovec, Bor Antolič, Luka Klemen, David Žižek, Andrej Pernat

Open Access Research article

Left atrial dysfunction may precede left atrial enlargement and abnormal left ventricular longitudinal function: a cardiac MR feature tracking study

Di Zhou, Wenjing Yang, Yingxia Yang, Gang Yin, Shuang Li, Baiyan Zhuang, Jing Xu, Jian He, Weichun Wu, Yong Jiang, Xiaoxin Sun, Yining Wang, Arlene Sirajuddin, Shihua Zhao, Minjie Lu

Open Access Research

Characteristics of United States military pilots with atrial fibrillation and deployment and retention rates

Andrea N. Keithler, Andrew S. Wilson, Alexander Yuan, Jose M. Sosa, Kelvin N. V. Bush

Open Access Research

The expression of SAH, IL-1β, Hcy, TNF-α and BDNF in coronary heart disease and its relationship with the severity of coronary stenosis

You Wu, Lin Wang, Yu Zhan, Zhixin Zhang, Dan Chen, Yang Xiang, Cui Xie

Open Access Research

Left atrial reservoir strain as a predictor of cardiac outcome in patients with heart failure: the HaFaC cohort study

Sjoerd Bouwmeester, Jonna A. van der Stam, Saskia L. M. van Loon, Natal A. W. van Riel, Arjen-Kars Boer, Lukas R. Dekker, Volkher Scharnhorst, Patrick Houthuizen

Open Access Research

Impact of nodular calcification in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

Abigail Demuyakor, Sining Hu, Ekaterina Koniaeva, Minghao Liu, Ziqian Weng, Chen Zhao, Xue Feng, Luping He, Yishuo Xu, Ming Zeng, Wei Meng, Yanli Sun, Boling Yi, Zhanqun Gao, Yuhan Qin, Haibo Jia, Gary S. Mintz, Bo Yu

Open Access Research

Metabolically healthy versus unhealthy obese phenotypes in relation to hypertension incidence; a prospective cohort study

Behrooz Hamzeh, Yahya Pasdar, Shima Moradi, Mitra Darbandi, Negin Rahmani, Ebrahim Shakiba, Farid Najafi

Open Access Research

Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in venous thromboembolism patients: a meta-analysis of real-world studies

Zhi-Yan Liu, Han-Xu Zhang, Ling-Yue Ma, Guang-Yan Mu, Qiu-Fen Xie, Shuang Zhou, Zi-Ning Wang, Zhe Wang, Kun Hu, Qian Xiang, Yi-Min Cui

Open Access Research article

SERPINB1 overexpression protects myocardial damage induced by acute myocardial infarction through AMPK/mTOR pathway

Hongliang Wang, Jun Hua, Shiyuan Chen, Ying Chen

Open Access Research

Custodiol HTK versus Plegisol: in-vitro comparison with the use of immature (H9C2) and mature (HCM) cardiomyocytes cultures

Rafał Nowicki, Mikołaj Berezowski, Julita Kulbacka, Katarzyna Bieżuńska-Kusiak, Marek Jasiński, Jolanta Saczko

Open Access Research

Clinical characterization of familial hypercholesterolemia due to an amish founder mutation in Apolipoprotein B

Katie B. Williams, Michael Horst, Millie Young, Christine Pascua, Erik G. Puffenberger, Karlla W. Brigatti, Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui, Alan R. Shuldiner, Samuel Gidding, Kevin A. Strauss, Devyani Chowdhury

Open Access Research

Cardiovascular risks before myocardial infarction differences between men and women

Alice Nyström, Susanne Strömberg, Karin Jansson, Åshild Olsen Faresjö, Tomas Faresjö

Open Access Research

Effect of CYP2C19 genetic polymorphism on the pharmacodynamics and clinical outcomes for patients treated with ticagrelor: a systematic review with qualitative and quantitative meta-analysis

Qiufen Xie, Qian Xiang, Zhiyan Liu, Guangyan Mu, Shuang Zhou, Zhuo Zhang, Lingyue Ma, Yanjun Gong, Jie Jiang, Yimin Cui

Open Access Research article

The impact of implementing an endocarditis team in comparison to the classic heart team in a tertiary referral centre

F. M. A. van den Heuvel, M. Bos, G. S. C. Geuzebroek, E. H. J. G. Aarntzen, I. Maat, H. J. Dieker, M. Verkroost, L. Rodwell, J. ten Oever, R. van Crevel, J. Habets, I. J. E. Kouijzer, R. Nijveldt

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Does Losartan reduce the severity of COVID-19 in hypertensive patients?

Mohammadreza Mirjalili, Moslem Taheri Soodejani, Mehdi Raadabadi, Ali Dehghani, Fateme Salemi

Open Access Research

Partial upper sternotomy for extensive arch repair in older acute type A aortic dissection patients

Zhihuang Qiu, Jun Xiao, Qingsong Wu, Tianci Chai, Li Zhang, Yumei Li, Liangwan Chen

Open Access Research article

Clinical relevance of circulating angiogenic cells in patients with ischemic stroke

Francisco Rodríguez-Esparragón, Laura B. Torres-Mata, Juan Carlos López-Fernández, Laura Cappiello, Jesús M. González-Martín, Bernardino Clavo, Jaime A. Serna-Gómez, Lidia Estupiñán-Quintana, Cristina Torres-Ascensión, Jesús Villar

Open Access Research

Comparative analysis of the association between traditional and lipid-related obesity indicators and isolated systolic hypertension

Jian Dong Qian, Xiao Mei Li, Dong Shui Chen, Jian Qin Zhu, Xing Zhen Liu

Open Access Research

Assessment of radial artery atherosclerosis in acute coronary syndrome patients: an in vivo study using optical coherence tomography

Zixuan Li, Zhe Tang, Yujie Wang, Zijing Liu, Guozhong Wang, Libin Zhang, Yongxia Wu, Jincheng Guo

Open Access Research article

The use of serotonin reuptake inhibitors increases the risk of bleeding in patients with assist devices

Bianca Auschra, Markus J. Wilhelm, Claudia Husung, Josef Jenewein, Andreas J. Flammer, Lena Jellestad

Open Access Review

An evidence appraisal of heart organoids in a dish and commensurability to human heart development in vivo

Dilip Thomas, Vinicio A. de Jesus Perez, Nazish Sayed

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Impact of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibition on mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients with pre-existing hypertension: a prospective cohort study

Kei Sato, Nicole White, Jonathon P. Fanning, Nchafatso Obonyo, Michael H. Yamashita, Vinesh Appadurai, Anna Ciullo, Meryta May, Elliott T. Worku, Leticia Helms, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Dafsah A. Juzar, Jacky Y. Suen, Gianluigi Li Bassi, John F. Fraser, Rakesh C. Arora, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Jacky Y. Suen, Heidi J. Dalton, John Laffey, Daniel Brodie, Eddy Fan, Antoni Torres, Davide Chiumello, Alyaa Elhazmi, Carol Hodgson, Shingo Ichiba, Carlos Luna, Srinivas Murthy, Alistair Nichol, Pauline Yeung Ng, Mark Ogino, Eva Marwali, Ian Yang, Grad Dip, Giacomo Grasselli, Robert Bartlett, Aidan Burrell, John F. Fraser

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Health care centre and emergency department utilization by patients with episodes of tachycardia

Ann-Katrin Nordblom, Gabriella Norberg Boysen, Mia Berglund, Anna Kjellsdotter

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Meta-analysis of the association between Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and risks of myocardial infarction

Aiyu Shao, Jikang Shi, Zhuoshuai Liang, Lingfeng Pan, Wenfei Zhu, Sainan Liu, Jiayi Xu, Yanbo Guo, Yi Cheng, Yichun Qiao

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Strain-based discoordination imaging during exercise in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: Feasibility and reproducibility

Louis S. Fixsen, Philippe C. Wouters, Richard G. P. Lopata, Hareld M. C. Kemps

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Epidemiologic features and management of hypertension in Tunisia, the results from the Hypertension National Registry (NaTuRe HTN)

Leila Abid, Rania Hammami, Ikram Chamtouri, Meriam Drissa, Selim Boudiche, MohamedAmine Bahloul, Hedi BenSlima, Khaled Sayahi, Selma Charfeddine, Emna Allouche, Lamia Rais, Badr Kaab, Hassen IbnHadjamor, Lilia BenFatma, Riadh Garbaa, Sabrine Boukhris, Manel Ben Halima, Nesrine Amdouni, Chaima Ghorbel, Sabrine Soudani, Imen Khaled, Syrine Triki, Feten Bouazizi, Imen Jemai, Ouday Abdeljalil, Yemna Ammar, Amani Farah, Adnen Neji, Zeineb Oumayma, Sana Seghaier, Samir Mokrani, Hamza Thawaba, Hela Sarray, Khalil Ouaghlani, Houssem Thabet, Zeineb Mnif, Fatma Boujelban, Mohamed Sghaier, Roueida Khalifa, Sami Fourati, Yasmin Kammoun, Syrine Abid, Chihab Hamza, Syrine Ben Jeddou, Lassaad Sabbah, Rim Lakhdhar, Najla Dammak, Tarek Sellami, Basma Herbegue, Alia Koubaa, Faten Triki, Tarek Ellouz, Aicha Hmoudi, Ikhlas BenAmeur, MohamedMongi Boukhchina, Neila Abid, Wejdene Wachtati, Nizar Nasrallah, Yousra Houidi, Fathia Meghaieth, Elhem Ghodhbane, Mounira Chayeb, Sarra Chenik, Samira Kaabachi, Nizar Saadaoui, Ines BenAmeur, Moufida Affes, Sana Ouali, Mouna Chaker, Hela Naanaa, Meriem Dghim, Mourad Jarrar, Jihene Mnif, Ahmed Turki, Ihsen Zairi, Jamel Langar, Safa Dardouri, Imen Hchaichi, Rafik Chettaoui, Wajih Essmat, Amel Chakroun, Khadija Mzoughi, Rachid Mechmeche, Afef BenHalima, Sahar BenKhala, Slim Chtourou, Abdelkader Maalej, Mohsen Ayari, Moufid Hadrich, Rami Tlili, Fares Azaiez, Imen Bouhlel, Samira Sahnoun, Habib Jerbi, Imtinene BenMrad, Leila Riahi, Mohamed Sahnoun, Abdelhamid BenJemaa, Amel BenSalem, Bassem Rekik, Maroua BenDoudou, Rachid Boujneh, Anissa Joulak, Yosra Mejdoub, Imen Gtif, Gouider Jribi, Elyes Naffeti, Habib Gamra, Soraya BenYousef, Wissem Sdiri, Najeh BenHalima, Youssef BenAmeur, Salem Kachboura, Sondes Kraiem, Wafa Fehri, Leila Bazdeh, MohamedSami Mourali, Sami Milouchi, Habiba Drissa, Faouzi Maatouk, Lilia Zakhama, Faouzi Addad, Samir Kammoun, Salem Abdesselem

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Relationship of leisure-time and household physical activity level and type with cardiovascular disease: secondary analysis of the Takashima Study data

Hiroaki Iwase, Sachiko Tanaka-Mizuno, Naoyuki Takashima, Aya Kadota, Kenji Matsui, Yasuyuki Nakamaura, Katsuyuki Miura, Hirotsugu Ueshima, Yoshikuni Kita

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Metabolism disorder promotes isoproterenol-induced myocardial injury in mice with high temperature and high humidity and high-fat diet

Taohua Lan, Qiaohuang Zeng, Wei Jiang, Tong Liu, Wenjing Xu, Ping Yao, Weihui Lu

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Comparison of fibrosing mediastinitis patients with vs. without markedly increased systolic pulmonary arterial pressure: a single-center retrospective study

Xinyuan Zhang, Shu Zhang, Jianfeng Wang, Wei Jiang, Lanlan Sun, Yuanzhi Li, Dichen Guo, Yuanhua Yang, Xiuzhang Lu, Yidan Li

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Preprocedural and procedural variables that predict new-onset conduction disturbances after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Wongsaput Boonyakiatwattana, Adisak Maneesai, Vithaya Chaithiraphan, Decho Jakrapanichakul, Pranya Sakiyalak, Narathip Chunhamaneewat, Worawong Slisatkorn, Chunhakasem Chotinaiwattarakul, Rungtiwa Pongakasira, Nattawut Wongpraparut

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Cardiac disease and prognosis associated with ventricular tachyarrhythmias in young adults and adults

Kathrin Weidner, Michael Behnes, Tobias Schupp, Jorge Hoppner, Ibrahim El-Battrawy, Uzair Ansari, Ahmad Saleh, Gabriel Taton, Linda Reiser, Armin Bollow, Thomas Reichelt, Dominik Ellguth, Niko Engelke, Thomas Bertsch, Dirk Große Meininghaus, Ursula Hoffmann, Ibrahim Akin

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Peak oxygen uptake is a strong prognostic predictor for pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease

Xiu-Jun Zhong, Rong Jiang, Lu Yang, Ping Yuan, Su-Gang Gong, Qin-Hua Zhao, Ci-Jun Luo, Hong-Ling Qiu, Hui-Ting Li, Rui Zhang, Jing He, Lan Wang, Jie Tang, Jin-Ming Liu

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Case report: Vascular graft infection due to Aspergillus species presenting with recurrent vascular occlusion

Ayami Tano, Koichi Kato, Yoshimasa Seike, Hitoshi Matsuda, Takashi Suzue, Yoshihiro Kaneko, Misato Kodama, Yuichi Sawayama, Akashi Miyamoto, Noriaki Yagi, Yoshihisa Nakagawa

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Cardiovascular health in pediatric heart transplant patients

Carmel Bogle, Amanda Marma Perak, Sarah J. Wilkens, Alaa Aljiffry, Karen Rychlik, John M. Costello, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, Elfriede Pahl

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Study protocol: MyoFit46—the cardiac sub-study of the MRC National Survey of Health and Development

Matthew Webber, Debbie Falconer, Mashael AlFarih, George Joy, Fiona Chan, Clare Davie, Lee Hamill Howes, Andrew Wong, Alicja Rapala, Anish Bhuva, Rhodri H. Davies, Christopher Morton, Jazmin Aguado-Sierra, Mariano Vazquez, Xuyuan Tao, Gunther Krausz, Slobodan Tanackovic, Christoph Guger, Hui Xue, Peter Kellman, Iain Pierce, Jonathan Schott, Rebecca Hardy, Nishi Chaturvedi, Yoram Rudy, James C. Moon, Pier D. Lambiase, Michele Orini, Alun D. Hughes, Gabriella Captur

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Impact of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone-system inhibitor drugs on mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation and hypertension

Wei Xu, Yan-min Yang, Jun Zhu, Shuang Wu, Juan Wang, Han Zhang, Xing-hui Shao

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Temporal trends in treatment strategies and clinical outcomes among patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and ST-elevation myocardial infarctions: results from the Bremen STEMI registry

Johannes Schmucker, Andreas Fach, Rico Osteresch, Luis Alberto Mata Marin, Tina Retzlaff, Stephan Rühle, Daniela Garstka, Uwe Kuhlmann, Ingo Eitel, Rainer Hambrecht, Harm Wienbergen

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Multiparametric CMR imaging of myocardial structure and function changes in diabetic mini-pigs with preserved LV function: a preliminary study

Guozhu Shao, Yukun Cao, Yue Cui, Xiaoyu Han, Jia Liu, Yumin Li, Na Li, Heshui Shi

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Electrocardiographic patterns predict the presence of collateral circulation and in-hospital mortality in acute total left main occlusion

Chunwei Liu, Fan Yang, Jingxia Zhang, Yuecheng Hu, Jianyong Xiao, Mingdong Gao, Le Wang, Ximing Li, Zhigang Guo, Hongliang Cong, Yin Liu

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Knowledge of diabetes among Gambian adults: evidence from a nation-wide survey

Owen Nkoka, Peter A. M. Ntenda, Yohane V. A. Phiri, Gugulethu N. Mabuza, Sihle A. Dlamini

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Impacts of eosinophil percentage on prognosis acute type A aortic dissection patients

Yue Shao, Liu Ye, Hao-ming Shi, Xin-mei Wang, Jun Luo, Lu Liu, Qing-chen Wu

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STIM1-Orai1 interaction mediated calcium influx activation contributes to cardiac contractility of insulin-resistant rats

Aysegul Durak, Yusuf Olgar, Kardelen Genc, Erkan Tuncay, Fırat Akat, Sinan Degirmenci, Belma Turan

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Analysis of 61 SNPs from the CAD specific genomic loci reveals unique set of SNPs as significant markers in the Southern Indian population of Hyderabad

Manjula Gorre, Pranavchand Rayabarapu, Sriteja Reddy Battini, Kumuda Irgam, Mohan Reddy Battini

Open Access Case report

Scapular renal cell carcinoma metastasis as a cause of high-output heart failure: a case report

Rémy Hamdan, Vincent Petit, Sylvie Zanetta, Jean-Christophe Eicher, Mathieu Mourot

Open Access Case report

De Winter electrocardiogram pattern due to type A aortic dissection: a case report

Qing Zhang, Dong-dong Yang, Yi-fei Xu, Yuan-gang Qiu, Zhuo-yi Zhang

Open Access Case report

Idiopathic posterior papillary muscle rupture; a case report

Ioannis Milioglou, Matthew R. Janko, Hafeez ul Hassan, Mohammed ElHaq, Steven J. Filby, Marc P. Pelletier

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Long noncoding RNA MALAT1 polymorphism predicts MACCEs in patients with myocardial infarction

Tong Zhang, Jun-Yi Luo, Fen Liu, Xue-He Zhang, Fan Luo, Yi-Ning Yang, Xiao-Mei Li

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Association of latent class analysis-derived subphenotypes of acute kidney injury with mortality in critically ill patients with cardiovascular disease: a retrospective cohort study

Yongqing Huang, Zhanchao Xiao, Yong Xie, Shaoxin Zheng, Taihui Yu, Zhixuan Guo, Dan Su, Anqi Song, Yangxin Chen, Shuxian Zhou, Qi Guo, Jingfeng Wang

Open Access Case report

Rupture of sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: a case report in a child

Kunfeng Jiang, Jingyu Chen, Xu Zhu, Huan Xiao, Tingting Ran, Yi Tang, Xiaojuan Ji

Open Access Case report

Pulmonary valve perforation with multiple cardiac anomalies: a case report

Yan Chen, Huanhuan Gao, Yun Mou, Zhelan Zheng

Open Access Research

Prevalence of orthostatic hypertension and its association with cerebrovascular diagnoses in patients with suspected TIA and minor stroke

Farzaneh Barzkar, Phyo K. Myint, Chun Shing Kwok, Anthony Kneale Metcalf, John F. Potter, Hamid Reza Baradaran

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Ten-year atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk score and its components among an Iranian population: a cohort-based cross-sectional study

Fatemeh Zibaeenejad, Seyyed Saeed Mohammadi, Mehrab Sayadi, Fatemeh Safari, Mohammad Javad Zibaeenezhad

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Association between short-term neurological outcomes and extreme hyperoxia in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who underwent extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a retrospective observational study from a multicenter registry

Masahiro Kashiura, Hideto Yasuda, Yuki Kishihara, Keiichiro Tominaga, Masaaki Nishihara, Ken-ichi Hiasa, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Takashi Moriya

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Elevated N-terminal pro C-type natriuretic peptide is associated with mortality in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Po Hu, Han Chen, Li-Han Wang, Ju-Bo Jiang, Jia-Min Li, Meng-Yao Tang, Yu-Chao Guo, Qi-Feng Zhu, Zhao-Xia Pu, Xin-Ping Lin, Stella Ng, Xian-Bao Liu, Jian-An Wang

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Serum total bilirubin and long-term prognosis of patients with new-onset non-ST elevation myocardial infarction: a cohort study

Yi Yang, Jun Wang, A Ji Gu Li Wai Si Ding, Yanan Xu, Haibing Jiang, Kezhong Ma, Tongjian Zhu

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Perioperative coronary artery spasm after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in the non-manipulated coronary artery

Yunpeng Bai, Yiming Bai, Nan Jiang, Qingliang Chen, Zhigang Guo

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Association of serum creatinine with aortic arch calcification in middle-aged and elderly adults: an observational cross-sectional study from China

Feifei Zhang, Nannan Hao, Lei Wang, Guoming Sun, Xiaoke Feng, Chunjian Li, Wenfeng Tan, Fang Wang

Open Access Case report

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy complicated with acute myocardial infarction and diffuse fibrosis: surgery or not?

Yunhong Wang, Xuemei Zhao, Mei Zhai, Yan Huang, Qiong Zhou, Yuhui Zhang, Yi Mao, Jian Zhang

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Ventricular tachycardia ablation guided or aided by scar characterization with cardiac magnetic resonance: rationale and design of VOYAGE study

Alessio Lilli, Matteo Parollo, Lorenzo Mazzocchetti, Francesco De Sensi, Andrea Rossi, Pasquale Notarstefano, Amato Santoro, Giovanni Donato Aquaro, Alberto Cresti, Federica Lapira, Lorenzo Faggioni, Carlo Tessa, Luca Pauselli, Maria Grazia Bongiorni, Antonio Berruezo, Giulio Zucchelli

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The correlation between lipoprotein(a) elevations and the risk of recurrent cardiovascular events in CAD patients with different LDL-C levels

Lijun Zhu, Jiamin Zheng, Beibei Gao, Xiangbo Jin, Ying He, Liang Zhou, Jinyu Huang

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MicroRNA profile of circulating CD4+ T cells in aged patients with atherosclerosis obliterans

Siwen Wang, Suiting Jiang, Ruijia Feng, Jiawei Liu, Longshan Liu, Jin Cui, Yi Shi, Junjie Ning, Benyuan Jia, Zuojun Hu, Shenming Wang

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Health-related quality of life in Italian children and adolescents with congenital heart diseases

Giulia Amodeo, Benedetta Ragni, Giulio Calcagni, Simone Piga, Salvatore Giannico, Marie Laure Yammine, Fabrizio Drago, Marta Luisa Ciofi degli Atti, Angela Rossi, Simona De Stasio, Teresa Grimaldi Capitello

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Impact of the inspiratory oxygen fraction on the cardiac output during jugulo-femoral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the rat

Fabian Edinger, Emmanuel Schneck, Charlotte Schulte, Goetz Schmidt, Johannes Gehron, Michael Sander, Christian Koch

Open Access Research article

Prognostic value of left atrial mechanics in cardiac light-chain amyloidosis with preserved ejection fraction: a cohort study

Xiao-hang Liu, Jia-yu Shi, Ding-ding Zhang, Fu-wei Jia, Xue Lin, Yan-lin Zhu, Jun-ling Zhuang, Li-gang Fang, Wei Chen

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Wellens’ syndrome: incidence, characteristics, and long-term clinical outcomes

Li Zhou, Xuhe Gong, Tianhui Dong, He-he Cui, Hui Chen, Hongwei Li

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Diagnostic performance of quantitative coronary artery disease assessment using computed tomography in patients with aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic-valve implantation

Daniel Malebranche, Maximilian K. M. Hoffner, Adrian T. Huber, Aleksandar Cicovic, Giancarlo Spano, Benedikt Bernhard, Joanna Bartkowiak, Taishi Okuno, Jonas Lanz, Lorenz Räber, Fabien Praz, Stefan Stortecky, Stephan Windecker, Thomas Pilgrim, Christoph Gräni

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Impact of baseline impedance of pulmonary vein antrum on success of catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation guided by ablation index

Yuanjun Sun, Xianjie Xiao, Xiaomeng Yin, Lianjun Gao, Xiaohong Yu, Rongfeng Zhang, Zhongzhen Wang, Shiyu Dai, Yanzong Yang, Yunlong Xia

Open Access Research

Normalization strategy for selection of reference genes for RT-qPCR analysis in left ventricles of failing human hearts

Zdenko Červenák, Filip Červenák, Adriana Adamičková, Barbara Šalingová, Andrea Gažová, Ján Kyselovič

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The effect of subdiaphragmatic vagotomy on heart rate variability and lung inflammation in rats with severe hemorrhagic shock

Fateme Khodadadi, Farzaneh Ketabchi, Zahra Khodabandeh, Alireza Tavassoli, Gregory F. Lewis, Aminollah Bahaoddini

Open Access Research

A clinical study of genetic testing to guide the dosing of warfarin after heart valve replacement

Fan Zhang, Congcong Zhang, Chengxiong Gu, Yang Yu, Jingxing Li

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Accuracy of the Euro CTO(CASTLE) score obtained on coronary computed tomography angiography for Predicting 30-minute wire crossing in chronic total occlusions

Yan-tan Yu, Zhi-yi Sha, Shu-min Chang, Du-tian Zhai, Xiao-jiao Zhang, Ai-jie Hou, Wen-jie Feng, Dao-wei Li, Yong Wang, Bo Luan

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Clinical features and predictors of outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Taketo Sonoda, Hideki Wada, Manabu Ogita, Daigo Takahashi, Ryota Nishio, Kentaro Yasuda, Mitsuhiro Takeuchi, Shoichiro Yatsu, Jun Shitara, Shuta Tsuboi, Tomotaka Dohi, Satoru Suwa, Katsumi Miyauchi, Tohru Minamino

Open Access Research article

Glycemic status, non-traditional risk and left ventricular structure and function in the Jackson Heart Study

Chizobam Ani, David Shavlik, Synnove Knutsen, Islam Abudayyeh, Jimmie Banta, Emily O’Brien, Robert J. Mentz, Alain G. Bertoni, Gary Fraser

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3-Year outcomes in patients with heavily calcified lesions undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention using cutting balloons

Wei Liu, Yutong Yao, Zhi Jiang, Longhai Tian, Bo Song, Hui Liu, Shiyan Deng, Rui Luo, Fang Wei

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Independent factors affecting hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke in patients aged 40–69 years: a cross-sectional study

Takahisa Mori, Kazuhiro Yoshioka, Yuhei Tanno, Shigen Kasakura

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Comparison of carotid atherosclerotic plaque characteristics between symptomatic patients with transient ischemic attack and stroke using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging

Mingming Lu, Lichen Zhang, Fei Yuan, Peng Peng, Hongtao Zhang, Shitong Liu, Yao He, Jianming Cai, Xihai Zhao

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GLUT4 gene rs5418 polymorphism is associated with increased coronary heart disease risk in a Uygur Chinese population

Fei Yu, Fen Liu, Xiao-Mei Li, Qian Zhao, Jun-Yi Luo, Jin-Yu Zhang, Yi-Ning Yang

Open Access Research

Diagnosis, management, and outcome of cardiac sarcoidosis and giant cell myocarditis: a Swedish single center experience

Emanuele Bobbio, Clara Hjalmarsson, Marie Björkenstam, Christian L. Polte, Anders Oldfors, Ulf Lindström, Pia Dahlberg, Sven-Erik Bartfay, Piotr Szamlewski, Amar Taha, Egidija Sakiniene, Kristjan Karason, Niklas Bergh, Entela Bollano

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Reconsidering treatment guidelines for acute myocardial infarction during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jing Gao, Peng-Ju Lu, Chang-Ping Li, Hui Wang, Ji-Xiang Wang, Nan Zhang, Xiao-Wei Li, Hai-Wang Zhao, Jing Dou, Miao-Na Bai, Yu-Tian Shi, Jia Zhao, Chun Zan, Yin Liu

Open Access Research

Lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio associated with severe post-stenotic aortic dilation in a case–control study

Shanghao Chen, Zezhong Wu, Yan Yun, Hechen Shen, Diming Zhao, Yanwu Liu, Chengwei Zou, Haizhou Zhang, Zhengjun Wang, Xiaochun Ma

Open Access Research

Association of physical activity with the incidence of atrial fibrillation in persons > 65 years old: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

Grace Fletcher, Aniqa B. Alam, Linzi Li, Faye L. Norby, Lin Y. Chen, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Alvaro Alonso

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High rates of undiagnosed and uncontrolled hypertension upon a screening campaign in rural Rwanda: a cross-sectional study

Evariste Ntaganda, Regine Mugeni, Emmanuel Harerimana, Gedeon Ngoga, Symaque Dusabeyezu, Francois Uwinkindi, Jean N. Utumatwishima, Eugene Mutimura, Victor G. Davila-Roman, Kenneth Schechtman, Aurore Nishimwe, Laurence Twizeyimana, Angela L. Brown, W. Todd Cade, Marcus Bushaku, Lisa de Las Fuentes, Dominic Reeds, Marc Twagirumukiza

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Effect of 3D-printed hearts used in left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: a multicenter study

Xianzhi Wang, Jixiang Liang, Cunfu Mu, Wenlin Zhang, Chunzhu Xue, Yang He, Gen Zhang, Dianyuan Li

Open Access Research article

Protective effect of the Impella on the left ventricular function after acute broad anterior wall ST elevation myocardial infarctions with cardiogenic shock: cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging strain analysis

Daisuke Fukamachi, Akimasa Yamada, Akihito Ohgaku, Yutaka Koyama, Hidesato Fujito, Riku Arai, Yasunari Ebuchi, Suguru Migita, Tomoyuki Morikawa, Masaki Monden, Norio Takei, Takehiro Tamaki, Keisuke Kojima, Naotaka Akutsu, Nobuhiro Murata, Yuki Saito, Daisuke Kitano, Mitsumasa Sudo, Yasuo Okumura

Open Access Research

Early initiation of tolvaptan is associated with early discharge in patients with heart failure regardless of age

Shunsuke Kiuchi, Shinji Hisatake, Takayuki Kabuki, Takashi Oka, Shintaro Dobashi, Yoshiki Murakami, Takahide Sano, Takanori Ikeda

Open Access Research

National trend in heart failure hospitalization and outcome under public health insurance system in Thailand 2008–2013

Satit Janwanishstaporn, Khemajira Karaketklang, Rungroj Krittayaphong

Open Access Review

Anemia and iron deficiency in patients with atrial fibrillation

Nicole Hanna-Rivero, Samuel J. Tu, Adrian D. Elliott, Bradley M. Pitman, Celine Gallagher, Dennis H. Lau, Prashanthan Sanders, Christopher X. Wong

Open Access Case report

Diagnosis of cardiac occupancy as metachronous carcinoma using multimodal imaging: a case report

Zihan Wang, Xiang Xiao, Shuying Lv, Chunyan Li, Hong Jiang

Open Access Research

Safety and efficacy of immediate heparin reversal with protamine after complex percutaneous coronary intervention

Jin Hee Choi, Kook Jin Chun, Soon Myung Jung, Soo Yong Lee, Min Ku Chon, Sang Hyun Lee, Ki Won Hwang, Jeong Su Kim, Yong-Hyun Park, June Hong Kim

Open Access Research

The association between glycosylated haemoglobin and newly diagnosed hypertension in a non-diabetic Sudanese population: a cross-sectional study

Saeed M. Omar, Imad R. Musa, Omer Abdelbagi, Manal E. Sharif, Ishag Adam

Open Access Research

Transferrin predicts trimethylamine-N-oxide levels and is a potential biomarker of cardiovascular disease

Lamuel D. Bean, Jeffrey J. Wing, Randall E. Harris, Suzanne M. Smart, Subha V. Raman, M. Wesley Milks

Open Access Research

Mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis among patients with malignancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Muhammad Umer Siddiqui, Omar Yacob, Joey Junarta, Ahmed K. Pasha, Farouk Mookadam, Mamas A. Mamas, David L. Fischman

Open Access Research

Association of serum sclerostin and osteoprotegerin levels with the presence, severity and prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Xing Shui, Ruimin Dong, Zhen Wu, Zefeng Chen, Zheqi Wen, Leile Tang, Xujing Xie, Lin Chen

Open Access Research

Is waist-to-height ratio the best predictive indicator of cardiovascular disease incidence in hypertensive adults? A cohort study

Shu Zhang, Xin Fu, Zhi Du, Xiaofan Guo, Zhao Li, Guozhe Sun, Ying Zhou, Hongmei Yang, Shasha Yu, Liqiang Zheng, Yingxian Sun, Xingang Zhang

Open Access Research

Clinical value and expression of Homer 1, homocysteine, S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine, fibroblast growth factors 23 in coronary heart disease

Zhixin Zhang, Lin Wang, Yu Zhan, Cui Xie, Yang Xiang, Dan Chen, You Wu

Open Access Case report

Surgical treatment of acute aortic dissection in a patient with SLE and prior antiphospholipid syndrome on therapy for over 30 years: a case report

Taira Yamamoto, Daisuke Endo, Akie Shimada, Satoshi Matsushita, Tohru Asai, Atsushi Amano

Open Access Research

Effects of Sacubitril/Valsartan on biomarkers of fibrosis and inflammation in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Giovanni Battista Bolla, Antonella Fedele, Andrea Faggiano, Carla Sala, Gloria Santangelo, Stefano Carugo

Open Access Research

Usefulness of echocardiographic myocardial work in evaluating the microvascular perfusion in STEMI patients after revascularization

Wenying Jin, Lan Wang, Tiangang Zhu, Yuliang Ma, Chao Yu, Feng Zhang

Open Access Research

Novel biomarkers of inflammation in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: analysis from a large prospective cohort study

Nicholas W. Carris, Rahul Mhaskar, Emily Coughlin, Easton Bracey, Srinivas M. Tipparaju, Ganesh V. Halade

Open Access Research

Effect of CPB glucose levels on inflammatory response after pediatric cardiac surgery

Zhi-Hua Zeng, Xin-Yi Yu, Xiao-Cheng Liu, Zhi-Gang Liu

Open Access Research

The sham effect of invasive interventions in chronic coronary syndromes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Catarina Palma, Cláudio David, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Fausto J. Pinto, João Costa, Joaquim J. Ferreira, Daniel Caldeira

Open Access Research

Evaluation of cardiometabolic risk markers linked to reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)

Marjan Mahdavi-Roshan, Zeinab Ghorbani, Mahboobeh Gholipour, Arsalan Salari, Amir Savar Rakhsh, Jalal Kheirkhah

Open Access Research

Prevalence of major electrocardiographic abnormalities in patients with hypertension in a primary care clinic in Hong Kong

Yuen Ying Tin, Lit Ping Chan, Jonathan Gabriel Sung, Shuk Yun Leung, Eric Ming Tung Hui, Maria Kwan Wa Leung

Open Access Research

Segmental strain for scar detection in acute myocardial infarcts and in follow-up exams using non-contrast CMR cine sequences

Malgorzata Polacin, Mihaly Karolyi, Matthias Eberhard, Ioannis Matziris, Hatem Alkadhi, Sebastian Kozerke, Robert Manka

Open Access Research

Myocardial injury and inflammatory response in percutaneous device closures of pediatric patent ductus arteriosus

Zeng-Rong Luo, Ling-Li Yu, Guo-Zhong Zheng, Zhong-Yao Huang

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Associations between IL-1α, IL-1β, TNFα, and IL-6 variations, and susceptibility to transposition of the great arteries

Latife Atasoy Karakas, Duygu Tugrul, Nihal Sahin Uysal, Sertac Esin, Niyazi Kursat Tokel, Yunus Kasim Terzi

Open Access Research

Patterns and associated factors of electrocardiographic abnormality among type 2 diabetic patients in Amhara National Regional State Referral Hospitals, Ethiopia: a multicenter institution-based cross-sectional study

Deresse Sinamaw, Mihret Getnet, Mohamed Abdulkadir, Kassa Abebaw, Mohammed Ebrahim, Mengistie Diress, Yonas Akalu, Adugnaw Ambelu, Baye Dagnew

Open Access Research

Left atrial phasic function remodeling during its enlargement: a two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography study

Chuyun Chen, Ying Yang, Wei Ma, Litong Qi, Baowei Zhang, Yan Zhang

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Association between arthritis and cardiovascular risk factors in community-based adults: an opportunity to target cardiovascular risk

Julia Sewell, Sultana Monira Hussain, Yuanyuan Wang, Anita E. Wluka, Yuan Z. Lim, Melinda J. Carrington, Katherine Samaras, Flavia M. Cicuttini

Open Access Research

The application of myocardial contrast echocardiography in assessing microcirculation perfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction after PCI

Wei-yang Lyu, Chuan-yu Qin, Xiao-tong Wang, Sheng-long Shi, Hui-lin Liu, Jia-wei Wang

Open Access Research

Texture analysis of T2-weighted cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging to discriminate between cardiac amyloidosis and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Shan Huang, Ke Shi, Yi Zhang, Wei-Feng Yan, Ying-Kun Guo, Yuan Li, Zhi-Gang Yang

Open Access Research

Triglyceride glucose index exacerbates the risk of future cardiovascular disease due to diabetes: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS)

Zixiang Ye, Enmin Xie, Siqi Jiao, Yanxiang Gao, Peizhao Li, Yimin Tu, Ziyu Guo, Qing Li, Yaxin Wu, Xiaozhai Yu, Yike Li, Changan Yu, Jingyi Ren, Jingang Zheng

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Challenges faced by patients with dyslipidemia and systemic arterial hypertension in Brazil: a design of the patient journey

Jose Rocha Faria-Neto, Carlos Yarleque, Luiz Fernando Vieira, Eliane Naomi Sakane, Raul D. Santos

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The effects of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) adherence on survival in patients undergoing revascularization and the determinants of DAPT adherence

Shuqi Zhang, Mithlesh Chourase, Nupur Sharma, Sujata Saunik, Mona Duggal, Goodarz Danaei, Bhanu Duggal

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Clinical characteristics and misdiagnosis of spontaneous isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection

Yuanli Lei, Jinying Liu, Yi Lin, Huiping Li, Wenxing Song, Zhangping Li, Weijia Huang, Shouquan Chen

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Clinical genetic testing in four highly suspected pediatric restrictive cardiomyopathy cases

Min Zheng, Hong Huang, Xu Zhu, Harvey Ho, Liling Li, Xiaojuan Ji

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High-sensitivity C-reactive protein and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol association with incident of cardiovascular events: Isfahan cohort study

Amirhossein Nafari, Noushin Mohammadifard, Fahimeh Haghighatdoost, Shima Nasirian, Jamshid Najafian, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Hamidreza Roohafza, Nizal Sarrafzadegan

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Management strategies and outcomes of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) during Covid-19 pandemic

Mingliang Zuo, Shoubo Xiang, Sanjib Bhattacharyya, Qiuyi Chen, Jie Zeng, Chunmei Li, Yan Deng, Chungwah Siu, Lixue Yin

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Correction: A time-series prediction model of acute myocardial infarction in northern of Iran: the risk of climate change and religious mourning

Hamid Sharif Nia, Ozkan Gorgulu, Navaz Naghavi, Erika Sivarajan Froelicher, Fatemeh Khoshnavay Fomani, Amir Hossein Goudarzian, Saeed Pahlevan Sharif, Roghiyeh Pourkia, Ali Akbar Haghdoost

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The prevalence and predictors of cardiovascular diseases in Kherameh cohort study: a population-based study on 10,663 people in southern Iran

Najibullah Baeradeh, Masoumeh Ghoddusi Johari, Leila Moftakhar, Ramin Rezaeianzadeh, Seyed Vahid Hosseini, Abbas Rezaianzadeh

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Illness perception and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in Iran

Aysan Thagizadeh, Akram Ghahramanian, Vahid Zamanzadeh, Naser Aslanabadi, Tonia C. Onyeka, Nargess Ramazanzadeh

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The relationship between ambulatory arterial stiffness index and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in HFpEF: a prospective observational study

Hanwen Zhang, Weiwei Hu, Yu Wang, Jie Liu, Linna You, Qian Dong, Guanglei Chang, Xiaocheng Cheng, Zhiqiang Liu, Dongying Zhang

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Association between high serum Nogo-B and hypertension in Chinese Han

Shunuo Li, Jianmeng Zheng, Xiaoxia Dong, Shasha Bi, Liqin Duan, Wei Zheng, Peishi Yan

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Association of blood lipids with coronary artery plaque among Saudi patients referred to computed tomography

Sumaya Al Helali, Muhammad Abid Hanif, Ahmad Al Majed, Nura Alshugair, Abdullah Belfageih, Hamad Al Qahtani, Sameer Al Dulikan

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The correlation of atherosclerosis and triglyceride glucose index: a secondary analysis of a national cross-sectional study of Japanese

Xingping Yang, Zhao Gao, Xuming Huang, Mingxing Zhang, Zhuoming Chen

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Decreased flow-mediated dilation in healthy Chinese adolescent with a family history of type 2 diabetes

Yingwei Wang, Guangxia Li, Jing Qi, Ting Gong, Xiudong Li, Fanghe Liu, Xuejing Bi, Yang Zhao, Meihua Liang, Xiaodong Zheng, Yuandong Qiao

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Ventricular fibrillation arrest after blunt chest trauma in a 33-year-old man, commotio cordis?

Neha Patel, Clarissa Pena, Zeid Nesheiwat, Fnu Zafrullah, Ehab Eltahawy

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Non-invasive quantification of pressure–volume loops in patients with Fontan circulation

Pia Sjöberg, Petru Liuba, Håkan Arheden, Einar Heiberg, Marcus Carlsson

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Diagnosis of fast-growing thoracic aneurysm with microscopic evidence of dissection over 6 months follow-up in an asymptomatic middle aged gentleman: a case report

Mohammadbagher Sharifkazemi, Mohammadhassan Nemati, Seyed Mohammad Owji, Leila Ahmadi

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Spontaneous left main coronary artery dissection occurred in a young male: a case report and review of literature

Yongjun Li, Mingming Yang, Xi Chen, Xiaoguo Zhang, Rui Zhang, Pengfei Zuo, Lei Jiang, Genshan Ma

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Longitudinal changes in cardiac function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy population as measured by magnetic resonance imaging

Abhinandan Batra, Alison M. Barnard, Donovan J. Lott, Rebecca J. Willcocks, Sean C. Forbes, Saptarshi Chakraborty, Michael J. Daniels, Jannik Arbogast, William Triplett, Erik K. Henricson, Jonathan G. Dayan, Carsten Schmalfuss, Lee Sweeney, Barry J. Byrne, Craig M. McDonald, Krista Vandenborne, Glenn A. Walter

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Prevalence and prognosis of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in community hypertension patients

Dan Zhou, Mengqi Yan, Qi Cheng, Xiaoxuan Feng, Songtao Tang, Yingqing Feng

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Rheumatic heart disease prevalence in Namibia: a retrospective review of surveillance registers

Panduleni Penipawa Shimanda, Stefan Söderberg, Scholastika Ndatinda Iipinge, Ebba Mwalundouta Neliwa, Fenny Fiindje Shidhika, Fredrik Norström

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Body fat percentage, cardiorespiratory fitness and arterial blood pressure in children and adolescents: a longitudinal analysis

Caroline Brand, Ana Paula Sehn, Camila Felin Fochesatto, João Francisco de Castro Silveira, Jorge Mota, David Martinez Gomez, Anelise Reis Gaya, Cézane Priscila Reuter, Jane Dagmar Pollo Renner

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A model combining rest-only ECG-gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging and cardiovascular risk factors can effectively predict obstructive coronary artery disease

Bao Liu, Wenji Yu, Jianfeng Wang, Xiaoliang Shao, Feifei Zhang, Mingge Zhou, Yunmei Shi, Bing Wang, Yiduo Xu, Yuetao Wang

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Genetically predicted higher educational attainment decreases the risk of stroke: a multivariable Mendelian randomization study

Weihao Zhang, Yuanjin Li, Yuming Li, Kai Zheng, Shenghui Zou, Xing Jia, Hua Yang

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A pragmatic effectiveness-implementation study comparing trial evidence with routinely collected outcome data for patients receiving the REACH-HF home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme

Paulina Daw, Alexander Harrison, Patrick J. Doherty, Jet J. C. S. Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Hasnain M. Dalal, Rod S. Taylor, Samantha B. van Beurden, Sinéad T. J. McDonagh, Colin J. Greaves

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Short term outcome after left atrial appendage occlusion with the AMPLATZER Amulet and WATCHMAN device: results from the ORIGINAL registry (saxOnian RegIstry analyzinG and followINg left atrial Appendage cLosure)

Lucie Kretzler, Christoph Mues, Carsten Wunderlich, Anke Langbein, S. G. Spitzer, Ulrich Gerk, Sebastian Schellong, Thomas Ketteler, Hans Neuser, Marcus Schwefer, Ruth Strasser, Karim Ibrahim, Steffen Schoen, Marian Christoph

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Length of stay and cost of care associated with admissions for atrial fibrillation among patients with cancer

Avirup Guha, Anubhav Jain, Ankita Aggarwal, Amit K. Dey, Sourbha Dani, Sarju Ganatra, Francis E. Marchlinski, Daniel Addison, Michael G. Fradley

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Predictive value of LDL/HDL ratio in coronary atherosclerotic heart disease

Ting Sun, Mengyun Chen, Huanhuan Shen, PingYin, Li Fan, Xin Chen, Jun Wu, Zuojun Xu, Junfeng Zhang

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Xiaojie Cai, Longfu Jiang, Shanshan Zhuo, Hao Wu

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The association of hyponatremia and clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional study

Andres Cordova Sanchez, Kunal Bhuta, Gary Shmorgon, Nicholas Angeloni, Ryan Murphy, Debanik Chaudhuri

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MicroRNA expression profiles in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with myosin-binding protein C3 (MYBPC3) gene mutations

Li-rong Lin, Xue-qun Hu, Li-hong Lu, Jia-zhen Dai, Ning-ning Lin, Re-hua Wang, Zhang-xin Xie, Xue-mei Chen

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Association of body mass index with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction among ambulatory individuals with diabetes mellitus in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Boniface Amanee Elias Lumori, Edwin Nuwagira, Fardous Charles Abeya, Abdirahman Ali Araye, Godfrey Masette, Charles K. Mondo, Samson Okello, Conrad Muzoora, Anthony Muyingo

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The association between cardiac drug therapy and anxiety among cardiac patients: results from the national DenHeart survey

Camilla Rotvig, Anne Vinggaard Christensen, Knud Juel, Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, Martin Balslev Jørgensen, Trine Bernholdt Rasmussen, Britt Borregaard, Lars Thrysoee, Charlotte Brun Thorup, Rikke Elmose Mols, Selina Kikkenborg Berg

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The association between serum Sestrin2 and the risk of coronary heart disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Xue Tian, Yu Gao, Min Zhong, Mowei Kong, Lihua Zhao, Zengbin Feng, Qitian Sun, Jianqiu He, Xiaoyan Liu

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High serum levels of N-epsilon-carboxymethyllysine are associated with poor coronary collateralization in type 2 diabetic patients with chronic total occlusion of coronary artery

Le-Ying Li, Shuai Chen, Fei-Fei Li, Zhi-Ming Wu, Ying Shen, Feng-Hua Ding, Xiao-Qun Wang, Wei-Feng Shen, Qiu-Jing Chen, Yang Dai, Lin Lu

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Construction and validation of molecular subtypes of coronary artery disease based on ferroptosis-related genes

Lina Ding, Fei Long, Dan An, Jing Liu, Guannan Zhang

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Association of genetic polymorphisms of PCSK9 with type 2 diabetes in Uygur Chinese population

Meng-Meng Wang, Chen-Fei Lu, Shi-qi Yan, Bao-Zhu Wang, Gulinazi Yesitayi, Yong-Liang Tian, Xiang-Ma, Yi-Tong Ma

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Identification of a circulating microRNAs biomarker panel for non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease: case–control study

Hoda Y. Abdallah, Ranya Hassan, Ahmed Fareed, Mai Abdelgawad, Sally Abdallah Mostafa, Eman Abdel-Moemen Mohammed

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Agonist-induced Piezo1 activation promote mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells

Qing Yin, Guangyao Zang, Nannan Li, Chenchen Sun, Rongzeng Du

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Machine learning to predict post-operative acute kidney injury stage 3 after heart transplantation

Tingyu Li, Yuelong Yang, Jinsong Huang, Rui Chen, Yijin Wu, Zhuo Li, Guisen Lin, Hui Liu, Min Wu

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Effect of single ventricular premature contractions on response to cardiac resynchronization therapy

Eperke Dóra Merkel, András Mihaly Boros, Walter Richárd Schwertner, Anett Behon, Attila Kovács, Bálint Károly Lakatos, László Gellér, Annamária Kosztin, Béla Merkely

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The healing response of LAMax LAAC™ left atrial appendage occluder in a canine model: the potential influence of the implantation technique on the healing response

Xiaoxia Wu, Dongxing Ma, Tao Wan, Yuezhi Meng, Yilong Chen, Yejia Shen, Wei Huang

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Educational approaches for patients with heart surgery: a systematic review of main features and effects

Leila Shahmoradi, Nafiseh Rezaei, Sorayya Rezayi, Mitra Zolfaghari, Babak Manafi

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Peripheral arterial disease progression and ankle brachial index: a cohort study with newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes

João Soares Felício, Franciane Trindade Cunha de Melo, Giovana Miranda Vieira, Vitória Teixeira de Aquino, Fernanda de Souza Parente, Wanderson Maia da Silva, Nivin Mazen Said, Emanuele Rocha da Silva, Ana Carolina Contente Braga de Souza, Maria Clara Neres Iunes de Oliveira, Gabriela Nascimento de Lemos, Ícaro José Araújo de Souza, Angélica Leite de Alcântara, Lorena Vilhena de Moraes, João Felício Abrahão Neto, Natércia Neves Marques de Queiroz, Neyla Arroyo Lara Mourão, Pedro Paulo Freire Piani, Melissa de Sá Oliveira dos Reis, Karem Mileo Felício

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Benefits of cardiac rehabilitation following acute coronary syndrome for patients with and without diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Birgitte Bitsch Gadager, Lars Hermann Tang, Maiken Bay Ravn, Patrick Doherty, Alexander Harrison, Jan Christensen, Rod S. Taylor, Ann-Dorthe Zwisler, Thomas Maribo

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Outcomes in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention or pharmacoinvasive strategy in a Latin American country

Manuel Chacón-Diaz, Piero Custodio-Sánchez, Paol Rojas De la Cuba, Germán Yábar-Galindo, René Rodríguez-Olivares, David Miranda-Noé, Luis Marcos López-Rojas, Akram Hernández-Vásquez

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The association between prothrombin time-international normalized ratio and long-term mortality in patients with coronary artery disease: a large cohort retrospective study with 44,662 patients

Liwei Liu, Ming Ying, Shiqun Chen, Qiang Li, Guanzhong Chen, Huanqiang Li, Ziling Mai, Yibo He, Bo Wang, Danyuan Xu, Zhidong Huang, Xiaoming Yan, Ning Tan, Zhujun Chen, Jin Liu, Yong Liu

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Association study between polymorphisms in MIA3, SELE, SMAD3 and CETP genes and coronary artery disease in an Iranian population

Sima Rayat, Nasim Ramezanidoraki, Nima Kazemi, Mohammad H. Modarressi, Masoumeh Falah, Safoura Zardadi, Saeid Morovvati

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Identification of risk factors for delirium, cognitive decline, and dementia after cardiac surgery (FINDERI—find delirium risk factors): a study protocol of a prospective observational study

Monika Sadlonova, Jonathan Vogelgsang, Claudia Lange, Irina Günther, Adriana Wiesent, Charlotte Eberhard, Julia Ehrentraut, Mareike Kirsch, Niels Hansen, Hermann Esselmann, Charles Timäus, Thomas Asendorf, Benedict Breitling, Mohammed Chebbok, Stephanie Heinemann, Christopher Celano, Ingo Kutschka, Jens Wiltfang, Hassina Baraki, Christine A. F. von Arnim

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Endothelial nitric oxide synthase Asp298Glu (894G/T) gene polymorphism as a possible risk factor for the coronary slow flow phenomenon among Iranians

Yeganeh Karimi, Fatemeh Sehati, Ali Sarreshtedari, Mina Mirzad, Yasaman Khalili, Reza Kiani, Elham Taheri Bajgan, Maryam Hosseini Moghadam, Farzaneh Mehrvarz, Hooman Bakhshandeh, Maryam Parham, Mahshid Malakootian, Parham Sadeghipour

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Assessment of myocardial salvage in patients with STEMI undergoing thrombolysis: ticagrelor versus clopidogrel

Stylianos Petousis, Michalis Hamilos, Konstantinos Pagonidis, Panos Vardas, Georgios Lazopoulos, Ioannis Anastasiou, Evangelos Zacharis, George Kochiadakis, Emmanouil Skalidis

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Outcomes of one-staged procedures to treat aortic coarctation complicated by cardiac anomalies

Hongyuan Lin, Yi Chang, Xiangyang Qian, Cuntao Yu, Xiaogang Sun

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Association of functional variant of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 with acute myocardial infarction of Chinese patients

Qixia Jiang, Xiaoguang Li, Rukun Chen, Chuhong Wang, Xin Liu, Xingyu Wang

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Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery as a rare cause of mitral valve prolapse: a case report

Xuefeng Wang, Xiaorong Xia, Weiyi Huang, Xin Li, Yingcai Liu

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The value of myocardial work in assessment of ventricular function in patients with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Chenguang Yang, Ying Guo, Xiang Wang, Ruisheng Zhang, Fang Wang, Huolan Zhu

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Evaluation of the significance of interleukin-6 in the diagnosis of postoperative pneumonia: a prospective study

Wei Chen, Kai Zhong, Yan Guan, Hai Tao Zhang, He Zhang, Tuo Pan, Jun Pan, Dong Jin Wang

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Validation and derivation of short-term prognostic risk score in acute decompensated heart failure in China

Hong-Liang Zhao, Xiao-Li Gao, Ying-Hua Liu, Sen-Lin Li, Qi Zhang, Wei-Chao Shan, Qun Zheng, Jiang Zhou, Yong-Zheng Liu, Li Liu, Nan Guo, Hong-Sen Tian, Qing-Min Wei, Xi-Tian Hu, Ying-Kai Cui, Xue Geng, Qian Wang, Wei Cui

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The prognostic value of admission lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio in critically ill patients with acute myocardial infarction

Yuanyuan Zhao, Chunshu Hao, Xiangwei Bo, Zhengri Lu, Hao Qian, Lijuan Chen

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Prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and associated factors among adults from southwest Iran: Baseline data from Hoveyzeh Cohort Study

Nader Saki, Majid Karandish, Bahman Cheraghian, Habib Heybar, Seyed Jalal Hashemi, Maryam Azhdari

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Spatial correction improves accuracy of catheter positioning during ablation of premature ventricular contractions: differences between ventricular outflow tracts and other localizations

M. Nies, R. Schleberger, L. Dinshaw, N. Klatt, P. Muenkler, C. Jungen, L. Rottner, M. D. Lemoine, B. Reißmann, A. Rillig, A. Metzner, P. Kirchhof, C. Meyer

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Association of NFKB1 gene rs28362491 mutation with the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events

Jun-Yi Luo, Fen Liu, Tong Zhang, Ting Tian, Fan Luo, Xiao-Mei Li, Yi-Ning Yang

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Clinical assessment and molecular mechanism of the upregulation of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) in myocardial infarction

Ming-Jie Li, Shi-Bai Yan, Hao Dong, Zhi-Guang Huang, Dong-Ming Li, Yu-lu Tang, Yan-Fang Pan, Zhen Yang, Hong-Bo Pan, Gang Chen

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Mitral and aortic valve regurgitation following surgical and transcatheter perimembranous ventricular septal defect closure in children and adolescents: midterm outcomes

Mohammadreza Edraki, Mohammadjavad Nobakhti, Amir Naghshzan, Hamid Amoozgar, Ahmadali Amirghofran, Bahram Ghasemzadeh, Elahe Nirooie, Nima Mehdizadegan, Hamid Mohammadi, Kambiz Keshavarz

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Excimer laser ablation combined with drug-coated balloon versus drug-coated balloon in the treatment of de novo atherosclerotic lesions in lower extremities (ELABORATE): study protocol for a real-world clinical trial

Xiaolang Jiang, Longhua Fan, Bin Chen, Junhao Jiang, Jianjun Liu, Guanyu Qiao, Shuai Ju, Yun Shi, Tao Ma, Changpo Lin, Gang Fang, Daqiao Guo, Xin Xu, Zhihui Dong, Weiguo Fu

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Exploration of dilated cardiomyopathy for biomarkers and immune microenvironment: evidence from RNA-seq

Chenggang Fang, Zhan Lv, Zhimin Yu, Kexin Wang, Chengkai Xu, Yixuan Li, Yanggan Wang

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Increased expression of miR-224-5p in circulating extracellular vesicles of patients with reduced coronary flow reserve

Kreema James, Paulina Bryl-Gorecka, Björn Olde, Olof Gidlof, Kristina Torngren, David Erlinge

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The association between blood albumin level and cardiovascular complications and mortality risk in ICU patients with CKD

Fengming Huang, Jinmao Fan, Xin Wan, Huogen Liu, Yundi Shi, Hailin Shu, Ying Liu, Tongan Lu, Zhenbin Gong, Ling Gu

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Correction to: Preoperative evaluation of pulmonary hypertension in lung transplant candidates: echocardiography versus right heart catheterization

Tal Abu, Amos Levi, David Hasdai, Mordechai R. Kramer, Tamir Bental, Tali Bdolah‑Abram, Arthur Shiyovich, Abed Samara, Hana Vaknin‑Assa, Leor Perl, Dror Rosengarten, Yaron Shapira, Ran Kornowski, Keren Skalsky

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EnSite NavX mapping system guided implantation of a dual-chamber permanent pacemaker in a 41-year-old pregnant woman with a 4-year follow-up

Peng Wang, Guang-Sheng Wei, Jun-Hua Wang, Yan-Jie Cao, Wei-Wei Zhu, Hang Shen, Zhi-Yue Zhang, Li Ai, Meng Wang

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Occluding morphologically complicated left atrial appendage using the small-umbrella LAmbre device

Hong-Da Zhang, Ming Yang, Yang-Bo Xing, Si-Xian Weng, Lei Ding, Xiao-Tong Ding, Li-Xing Hu, Ying-Jie Qi, Feng-Yuan Yu, Jing-Tao Zhang, Pi-Hua Fang, Wei Hua, Shu Zhang, Min Tang

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Efficacy of intravascular imaging-guided drug-eluting stent implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

Ying Niu, Nan Bai, Ying Ma, Peng-Yu Zhong, Yao-Sheng Shang, Zhi-Lu Wang

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Risk probability and influencing factors of stroke in followed-up hypertension patients

An-le Li, Ying Ji, Shuai Zhu, Zhi-hao Hu, Xue-jin Xu, Ya-wei Wang, Xin-zhi Jian

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Surgical outcomes associated with sleep apnea syndrome in Stanford A aortic dissection patients

Zeng-Rong Luo, Ling-Li Yu, Liang-Wan Chen

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Prediction of rehospitalization in patients with acute heart failure using point-of-care lung ultrasound

I. Rattarasarn, T. Yingchoncharoen, T. Assavapokee

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Clinical characteristics and thrombotic risk of atrial fibrillation with obstructive sleep apnea: results from a multi-center atrial fibrillation registry study

Wei Xu, Yan-min Yang, Jun Zhu, Shuang Wu, Juan Wang, Han Zhang, Xing-hui Shao, Ran Mo, Jiang-shan Tan, Jing-yang Wang

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Coronary angiography causes Rumpel-Leede symptoms

Yang Gui, JingYa Wang, Lifang Ye, GuangXin Pen, Lihong Wang

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Early and midterm results of frozen elephant trunk operation with Evita open stent-graft in patients with Marfan syndrome: results of a multicentre study

Kazimierz Jan Widenka, Monika Kosiorowska, Heinz Jakob, Davide Pacini, Wolfgang Hemmer, Martin Grabenwoeger, Thanos Sioris, Anton Moritz, Konstantinos Tsagakis

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Severe hypoxemia in a patient with right ventricular myocardial infarction and SARS-CoV-2 infection

Francisco Albuquerque, Pedro M. Lopes, Catarina Brízido, Christopher Strong, Maria João Andrade, Pedro de Araújo Gonçalves, António Tralhão

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Short-term prognostic value of clinical data in hospitalized patients with intermediate-risk acute pulmonary embolism

Jichun Liu, Yuanyuan Liu, Feilong Zhang, Cong Fu, Yang Ling, Ping Fang, Xiangrong Xie, Xianghai Wang, Hao Yang, Youquan Wei, Jinfeng Wang

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Is cell regeneration and infiltration a double edged sword for porcine aortic valve deterioration? A large cohort of histopathological analysis

Li Li, Xuejing Duan, Hongyue Wang, Yang Sun, Wei Zhao, Yang Lu, Hongyu Xu, Yiwei You, Qingzhi Wang

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Platelet-hemoglobin ratio predicts amputation in patients with below-knee peripheral arterial disease

Nail Burak Ozbeyaz, Gokhan Gokalp, Engin Algul, Haluk Furkan Sahan, Faruk Aydinyilmaz, Ilkin Guliyev, Kamuran Kalkan, Hilal Erken Pamukcu

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Surgical treatment of patients with infective endocarditis: changes in temporal use, patient characteristics, and mortality—a nationwide study

Andreas Dalsgaard Jensen, Lauge Østergaard, Jeppe K. Petersen, Peter Graversen, Jawad H. Butt, Henning Bundgaard, Claus Moser, Morten H. Smerup, Ivy S. Modrau, Kasper Iversen, Niels E. Bruun, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Gunnar Gislason, Andrew Wang, Sigurdur Ragnarsson, Jonas A. Povlsen, Lars Køber, Emil L. Fosbøl

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Role of ferroptosis-related genes in coronary atherosclerosis and identification of key genes: integration of bioinformatics analysis and experimental validation

Qingwen Meng, Yiqian Xu, Xuebin ling, Huajiang Liu, Shun Ding, Haolin Wu, Dongming Yan, Xingyue Fang, Tianfa Li, Qibing Liu

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Clinical features of patients with septic shock-triggered Takotsubo syndrome: a single-center 7 case series

Chengqiao Jing, Yan Wang, Chunmiao Kang, Daoran Dong, Yuan Zong

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Blunt traumatic right coronary artery dissection presenting with second-degree atrioventricular block and late-onset severe cardiogenic shock

Maria Paparoupa, Lenard Conradi, Malte Lennart Warncke, Lennart Well, Christoph Burdelski, Christopher Cramer, Hanno Grahn, Mathias Kubik, Stefan Kluge

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Kinetics of 2 different high-sensitive troponins during targeted temperature management in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with acute myocardial infarction: a post hoc sub-study of a randomised clinical trial

Alf Inge Larsen, Anders Morten Grejs, Simon Tilma Vistisen, Kristian Strand, Øyvind Skadberg, Anni Nørgaard Jeppesen, Christophe H. V. Duez, Hans Kirkegaard, Eldar Søreide

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Prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors in adult patients with haemophilia: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital clinic in Sri Lanka

Thamudika Vithanage, Visaka Ratnamalala, Chandana Wickramaratne, Gaya Katulanda, Chithramali Hasanthika Rodrigo

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The blood microbiome and its association to cardiovascular disease mortality: case-cohort study

Graeme Lawrence, Ingvild Midtervoll, Sven Ove Samuelsen, Anne Karin Kristoffersen, Morten Enersen, Lise Lund Håheim

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TG/HDL-C ratio predicts in-hospital mortality in patients with acute type A aortic dissection

Yan-Juan Lin, Jian-Long Lin, Yan-Chun Peng, Sai-Lan Li, Liang-Wan Chen

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Long-term outcome of a pragmatic trial of multifaceted intervention (STROKE-CARD care) to reduce cardiovascular risk and improve quality-of-life after ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack: study protocol

Christian Boehme, Lena Domig, Silvia Komarek, Thomas Toell, Lukas Mayer, Benjamin Dejakum, Stefan Krebs, Raimund Pechlaner, Alexandra Bernegger, Christoph Mueller, Gerhard Rumpold, Andrea Griesmacher, Marion Vigl, Gudrun Schoenherr, Christoph Schmidauer, Julia Ferrari, Wilfried Lang, Michael Knoflach, Stefan Kiechl

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Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion in a frail, high-risk, octogenarian patient population, after having undergone transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Ioannis Drosos, Roberta De Rosa, Sebastian Cremer, Philipp C. Seppelt, Katrin Hemmann, Jana Oppermann, Recha Blessing, Silvia Mas-Peiro, Mariuca Vasa-Nicotera, Andreas M. Zeiher, Zisis Dimitriadis

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Assessing the risk factors for myocardial infarction in diet-induced prediabetes: myocardial tissue changes

Nompumelelo Gumede, Phikelelani Ngubane, Andile Khathi

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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia post-cardiovascular interventional therapy: a case report

Lishui Shen, Xiaohua Liu, Lian Chen, Xiaofei Gao, Yizhou Xu

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Safety and effectiveness of a novel dielectric mapping system: one-year, two chinese centers experiences

Lei Ding, Xiao Huang, Cong Dai, Hongda Zhang, Sixian Weng, Fengyuan Yu, Yingjie Qi, Shu Zhang, Ruizheng Shi, Min Tang

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Missed opportunities in medical therapy for patients with heart failure in an electronically-identified cohort

Amrita Mukhopadhyay, Harmony R. Reynolds, Arielle R. Nagler, Lawrence M. Phillips, Leora I. Horwitz, Stuart D. Katz, Saul Blecker

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Association of serum apoA-I with in-stent restenosis in coronary heart disease

Xin Wang, Min Zhang, Jie Cheng, Hua Zhou

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Statins are associated with reduced likelihood of sarcopenia in a sample of heart failure outpatients: a cross-sectional study

Rui Valdiviesso, Ana Rita Sousa-Santos, Luís F. Azevedo, Emília Moreira, Teresa F. Amaral, José Silva-Cardoso, Nuno Borges

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Novel homozygous stop-gain pathogenic variant of PPP1R13L gene leads to arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

Samira Kalayinia, Mohammad Mahdavi, Golnaz Houshmand, Mahshid Hesami, Maryam Pourirahim, Majid Maleki

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Effects of adaptive left bundle branch–optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy: a single centre experience

Xiang-Fei Feng, Ling-Chao Yang, Yan Zhao, Yi-Chi Yu, Bo Liu, Yi-Gang Li

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Outcome of life-threatening arrhythmias among patients presenting in an emergency setting at a tertiary hospital in Accra-Ghana

Alfred Doku, Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare, Richard Osei, Christian Owoo, Robert Djagbletey, Joseph Akamah, Ernest Aniteye, Dzifa Ahadzi

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Relationship between increased systemic immune-inflammation index and coronary slow flow phenomenon

Xin-tong Dai, Tian-zhong Kong, Xiao-jiao Zhang, Bo Luan, Yong Wang, Ai-jie Hou

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Symptom recognition and treatment-seeking behaviors in women experiencing acute coronary syndrome for the first time: a qualitative study

Elnaz Asghari, Leila Gholizadeh, Leila Kazami, Mohammadreza Taban Sadeghi, Ahmad Separham, Naser Khezerloy-aghdam

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Correction: Discussion on the causes of thrombolysis failure in a patient with STEMI: a case report

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Atherogenic index of plasma is an independent predictor of mitral annular calcification

Sezen Baglan Uzunget, Kader Eliz Sahin

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The value of the ACEF II score in Chinese patients with elective and non-elective cardiac surgery

Zhiming Mo, Penghua Hu, Zhiyong Xie, Yanhua Wu, Zhilian Li, Lei Fu, Yuanhan Chen, Xinling Liang, Huaban Liang, Wei Dong

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Epicardial adipose tissue thickness is related to early subclinical myocardial dysfunction, particularly in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a case control study

David Eduardo Prestegui-Muñóz, Daniel Rabindranath Benítez-Maldonado, Karen Rodríguez-Álvarez, José Ángel de Jesús Prestegui-Muñoz, Alberto Melchor-López, Juan Antonio Suárez-Cuenca

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Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and associated factors among inpatients with severe mental illness in Botswana: a cross-sectional study

Billy M. Tsima, Philip Opondo, Mosepele Mosepele, Emang Mautle, Warren B. Bilker, Robert Gross

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The value of cardiac CT in the diagnosis of unroofed coronary sinus syndrome

Junqing Ma, Yongze Zheng, Sunan Xu, Hewei Teng, Lei Lv, Yanpei Li, Yongfeng Liang, Yang Zhang

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Circ_0004104 participates in the regulation of ox-LDL-induced endothelial cells injury via miR-942-5p/ROCK2 axis

Yuanyuan Zhang, Shaojun Wang, Sicong Guo, Xinzhong Zhang, Chuan Yang, Guangsheng Su, Jiye Wan

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Protective effect of ischaemic postconditioning combined with nicorandil on myocardial ischaemia‒reperfusion injury in diabetic rats

Zongyi Xia, Bing Chen, Chi Zhou, Yitian Wang, Jinyang Ren, Xujin Yao, Yifan Yang, Qi Wan, Zhexun Lian

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Short- and long-term survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Kaunas (Lithuania) from 2016 to 2018

Linas Darginavicius, Ilona Kajokaite, Nerijus Mikelionis, Jone Vencloviene, Paulius Dobozinskas, Egle Vaitkaitiene, Dinas Vaitkaitis, Asta Krikscionaitiene

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ELN missense variant in patient with mid-aortic syndrome case report

Thao Nguyen Phan, Long Hoang Luong, The Huy Nguyen, Hoang Duc Nguyen, Tran Thuy Nguyen

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Associations between myeloperoxidase and paraoxonase-1 and type 2 diabetes in patients with ischemic heart disease

Katarzyna Nessler, Rafal Grzybczak, Michal Nessler, Jarosław Zalewski, Grzegorz Gajos, Adam Windak

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2D perfusion angiography: an alternative method to evaluate endovascular intervention for acute lower limb ischemia

Wanghai Li, Huimin You, Yan Zhang, Hong Zhang, Chengzhi Li

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Evaluation of (sdLDLc*HCYc)/HDLc ratio in clinical auxiliary diagnosis of primary cerebral infarction

Chunhua Luo, Yucheng Luo, Qin Ma, Chunyan Chen, Sheng Xian, Feng Gong, Wu Zhao, Jingjing Zeng, Jun Luo

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Cardiomyopathy among first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden: a nationwide total population study

Per Wändell, Xinjun Li, Axel C. Carlsson, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist

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Prognostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging parameters in left ventricular noncompaction with left ventricular dysfunction

Wei Bai, Rong Xu, Xiao Li, Huayan Xu, Hang Fu, Ruilai Hou, Ziqi Zhou, Wei Huang, Yining Wang, Yingkun Guo

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Organ damage evaluation in a temperature-controlled circulatory arrest rat model

Yaoyao Xiong, Quan Zheng, Chunle Wang, Wei Yan, Wei He

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Isolated right ventricular Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in Guillain–Barré syndrome

Xiaojing Song, Cheng Chi, Junxian Song, Jihong Zhu

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Comparison of the red blood cell indices based on accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity to predict one-year mortality in heart failure patients

Morteza Hosseinpour, Mohammad Reza Hatamnejad, Mohammad Nima Montazeri, Hamed Bazrafshan drissi, Ali Akbari Khezrabadi, Ehsan Shojaeefard, Shokoufeh Khanzadeh

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Surgical treatment of Shone’s syndrome and patent ductus arteriosus in an adult

Yanzhong He, Yang Jiang, Feng Wan, Xiaodong Feng, Yifei Hua

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Evaluation of the efficacy of signal-averaged electrocardiogram testing in the cardiac assessment of beta-thalassemia major patients

Maryam Bahmani Jahromi, Amir Hossein Hassani, Mohammad Kasaei, Zahra Hooshanginezhad, Amir Aslani, Omidreza Zekavat, Mohammad Mortezaie, Shahdad Khosropanah

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Midterm outcomes of simultaneous carotid revascularization combined with coronary artery bypass grafting

Songhao Jia, Maozhou Wang, Ming Gong, Hongjia Zhang, Wenjian Jiang

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Coronary calcium density in relation to coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease in adults with diabetes or metabolic syndrome: the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Yanglu Zhao, Shaista Malik, Michael H. Criqui, Matthew A. Allison, Matthew J. Budoff, Veit Sandfort, Nathan D. Wong

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A successful case of electrical storm rescue after acute myocardial infarction

Bin Liu, Bo Xie, Xun Chen, Ke Zhu, Cheng-Ming Wang, Shu-Hong Guo

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Increased protein phosphatase 5 expression in inflammation-induced left ventricular dysfunction in rats

Ashmeetha Manilall, Lebogang Mokotedi, Sulè Gunter, Regina Le Roux, Serena Fourie, Colleen A. Flanagan, Aletta M. E. Millen

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Clinical outcomes of bicuspid versus tricuspid aortic valve stenosis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement with self-expandable valves

Qinchun Jin, Shasha Chen, Xue Yang, Mingfei Li, Wei Li, Xiaochun Zhang, Daxin Zhou, Yat-Yin Lam, Junbo Ge

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Systemic thrombo-embolic events in a middle-aged male with Loeffler endocarditis without peripheral eosinophilia—a case report

Mintje Bohné, Sebastian Bohnen, Hans-Christian Voigt, Hendrik van der Schalk, Da-Un Chung, Stephan Willems, Karin Klingel, Dietmar Kivelitz, Edda Bahlmann

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The overestimated prevalence of hypertension in a population survey: a cross-sectional study from Hebei province, China

Xue Geng, Yaqing Zhou, Xiaoli Gao, Feng Li, Guoqiang Gu, Long Bai, Wei Cui

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Mitral valve repair and concomitant maze procedure versus catheter ablation in the treatment of atrial functional mitral regurgitation

Xingli Fan, Yangfeng Tang, Ye Ma, Boyao Zhang, Jie Lu, Lin Han, Yongbing Chen

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Effects and mechanism of renal denervation on ventricular arrhythmia after acute myocardial infarction in rats

Jian Ye, Rongxue Xiao, Xu Wang, Ruiqing He, Zongjun Liu, Junqing Gao

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Comparison of epicardial adipose tissue volume quantification between ECG-gated cardiac and non-ECG-gated chest computed tomography scans

Yuancheng Xu, Stanislau Hrybouski, D. Ian Paterson, Zhiyang Li, Yulong Lan, Lin Luo, Xinping Shen, Lingyu Xu

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Predictive value of TRPV2 expression from peripheral blood mononuclear cells on the early recurrence of atrial fibrillation after radiofrequency catheter ablation

Xuebin Ling, Jun Wang, Xue Qin, Chufen Lin, Wei Jie, Yane Chen, Dajia Fu, Yang Yang, Qingwen Meng, Jing Lin, Hui Liu, Tianfa Li, Junli Guo

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Association between gender-based violence and hypertension among women in the Kyrgyzstan Republic

Mustapha S. Abba, Chidozie U. Nduka, Seun Anjorin, Olalekan A. Uthman

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Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography help identify breast cancer therapeutics–related cardiac dysfunction

Wei Liu, Wei Li, Hairu Li, Ziyao Li, Peng Zhao, Zihong Guo, Cong Liu, Litao Sun, Zhenzhen Wang

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Sex differences involved in persistent atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency ablation

Haiwei Li, Zefeng Wang, Zichao Cheng, Yingming Zhu, Zhongyu Yuan, Jianwei Gao, Xiaoping Zhang, Yongquan Wu

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Quality of life in pregnancy after percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect guided by transthoracic echocardiography

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Subclinical left ventricular myocardial dysfunction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: insights from noninvasive left ventricular myocardial work analysis

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Ultrasonography in the assessment of primary myxofibrosarcoma in the left atrium: a case report

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Elevated circulating levels of gasdermin D are related to acute myocardial infarction and pyrogptosis

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HMGB1 promotes Ox-LDL-induced endothelial cell damage by inhibiting PI3K/Akt signaling pathway

Xin Huo, Boyou Su, Guoti Qin, Liming Zhao

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High prevalence of dyslipidaemia among persons with diabetes mellitus and hypertension at a tertiary hospital in Blantyre, Malawi

Kondwani G. H. Katundu, Victoria Mukhula, Tamara Phiri, Chimota Phiri, Florence Filisa-Kaphamtengo, Pascal Chipewa, George Chirambo, Mwapatsa Mipando, Henry C. Mwandumba, Adamson S. Muula, Johnstone Kumwenda

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Correction: Effects of adaptive left bundle branch–optimized cardiac resynchronization therapy: a single centre experience

Xiang-Fei Feng, Ling-Chao Yang, Yan Zhao, Yi-Chi Yu, Bo Liu, Yi-Gang Li

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Health care professionals’ perceptions about atrial fibrillation care in the Brazilian public primary care system: a mixed-methods study

Elisabete Paschoal, Tiffany E. Gooden, Rodrigo D. Olmos, Paulo A. Lotufo, Isabela M. Benseñor, Semira Manaseki-Holland, Gregory Y. H. Lip, G. Neil Thomas, Kate Jolly, Emma Lancashire, Deirdre A. Lane, Sheila Greenfield, Alessandra C. Goulart, Ajini Arasalingam, Abi Beane, Peter Brocklehurst, Kar Keung Cheng, Wahbi El-Bouri, Mei Feng, Yutao Guo, Mahesan Guruparan, Gustavo Gusso, Rashan Haniffa, Lindsey Humphreys, Sue Jowett, Chamira Kodippily, Balachandran Kumarendran, Xuewen Li, Yan-guang Li, Trudie Lobban, David Moore, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Paskaran Pirasanth, Uruthirakumar Powsiga, Carla Romagnolli, Itamar S. Santos, Alena Shantsila, Vethanayagan Antony Sheron, Kanesamoorthy Shribavan, Isabelle Szmigin, Kumaran Subaschandren, Rajendra Surenthirakumaran, Meihui Tai, Bamini Thavarajah, Timo Toippa, Ana C. Varella, Hao Wang, Jingya Wang, Hui Zhang, Jiaoyue Zhong

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Safety and efficacy of a cardiovascular polypill in people at high and very high risk without a previous cardiovascular event: the international VULCANO randomised clinical trial

José M. Mostaza, Carmen Suárez-Fernández, Juan Cosín-Sales, Ricardo Gómez-Huelgas, Carlos Brotons, Francisco Pestana Araujo, Gabriela Borrayo, Emilio Ruiz, Pablo Pérez, Jacinto Espinosa, Javier Sobrino, Antonio Posé, Juan Antonio Arroyo Díaz, Olga García Vallejo, Maria Pilar Cubo Romano, Sergio Jansen Chaparro, Jesús Cabezón Mariscal, Miguel Angel Rico Corral, José Abellán Alemán, Domingo Orozco Beltrán, Luis Escobar Jimenez, Pedro Valdivieso Felices, Juan Carlos Pedro-Botet Montoya, Luis Masana Marín, Carlos Guijarro, Ángel Díaz Rodríguez, José Luis Díaz Díaz, Andrés De la Peña Fernández, Emmanuel Coloma Bazán, Rafael Cuenca Acevedo, Carmen Suárez Fernández, Fernando Civeira, José María Castellano Vázquez, José María Mostaza Prieto, Manuel Suárez Tembra, Joaquín Alfonso Megido, Jesús Castiella Herrero, Juan José Tamarit, Miguel Ángel Martínez-Hervás Alonso, Francisco Javier Carrasco Franco, Luis Álvarez Sala, Enrique Calderón Sandubete, Eduardo Rovira Daudi, Fernando Bonilla Rovira, Juan Manuel Murcia Zaragoza, Lluís Cuixart Costa, José Luis Bianchi Llave, Carmen Álvarez Sánchez, Pedro Marqués Da Silva, Vitória Cunha, Catarina Santos, Francisco Araujo, José Moura, Martín Rosas Peralta

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Vitamin C alleviates LPS-induced myocardial injury by inhibiting pyroptosis via the ROS-AKT/mTOR signalling pathway

Pu Zhang, Meirong Zang, Zhenzhen Sang, Yunxia Wei, Yan Yan, Xiaohua Bian, Shimin Dong

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Hypothetical interventions on emergency ambulance and prehospital acetylsalicylic acid administration in myocardial infarction patients presenting without chest pain

Amalie Lykkemark Møller, Helene Charlotte Wiese Rytgaard, Elisabeth Helen Anna Mills, Helle Collatz Christensen, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Fredrik Folke, Kristian Hay Kragholm, Freddy Lippert, Gunnar Gislason, Lars Køber, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Christian Torp-Pedersen

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High relative amount of nodular calcification in femoral plaques is associated with milder lower extremity arterial disease

Mae Azeez, Mirjami Laivuori, Johanna Tolva, Nina Linder, Johan Lundin, Anders Albäck, Maarit Venermo, Mikko I. Mäyränpää, Marja-Liisa Lokki, A. Inkeri Lokki, Juha Sinisalo

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Association of LDL to HDL ratio with new-onset atrial fibrillation after on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Ming-Huan Yu, Ren-Jian-Zhi Zhang, Xin-Yi Yu, Jian-Wei Shi, Zhi-Gang Liu

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Cryptococcus neoformans endocarditis in an immunocompetentpatient a case report

Colin N. McGuire, Dylan J. Walter

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Performance of the pooled cohort equation in South Asians: insights from a large integrated healthcare delivery system

Neha M. Mantri, Maqdooda Merchant, Jamal S. Rana, Alan S. Go, Seema K. Pursnani

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Diagnostic signature for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): a machine learning approach using multi-modality electronic health record data

Nazli Farajidavar, Kevin O’Gallagher, Daniel Bean, Adam Nabeebaccus, Rosita Zakeri, Daniel Bromage, Zeljko Kraljevic, James T. H. Teo, Richard J. Dobson, Ajay M. Shah

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The prognostic utility of GRACE risk score in predictive adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with NSTEMI and multivessel disease

Xiaokang Chen, Hao Wu, Liangpeng Li, Xiaofang Zhao, Chao Zhang, Wei Eric Wang

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Exercise-induced myocardial ischemia presenting as exercise intolerance after carbon monoxide intoxication and smoke inhalation Injury: case report

Yu-Mei Wang, Chao-Chun Huang, Kuan-Fu Liu, Chen-Liang Chou, Jen-Ting Lee, Su-Ying Hung, Po-Cheng Hsu

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Establishment of a nonshockable rhythm cardiac arrest model caused by asphyxia

Chenyu Zhang, Haohong Zhan, Dawang Zhou, Tian Li, Qiang Zhang, Cong Liu, Hongyan Wei, Chunlin Hu

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A young patient with heart failure was diagnosed with extra-adrenal paraganglioma: a case report

Jing Zhang, Lihua Cao, Lina Yan, Cong Jin, Dan Zhang

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Influence of genetic polymorphisms in P2Y12 receptor signaling pathway on antiplatelet response to clopidogrel in coronary heart disease

Yan-Jiao Zhang, Dong-Jie Li, Zhong-Yi Li, Xiao-Lei Hu, He Li, Qi-Lin Ma, Xiao-Ping Chen

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Left atrial myxoma: an unusual cause of pre-syncope and symptomatic bradycardia

Kenny Vongbunyong, Steven Sinfield, Ned Premyodhin, Kevin Chen, Emin Zargarian, Angie Ng, Morton Kern

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Correction: Effect of an increase in Lp(a) following statin therapy on cardiovascular prognosis in secondary prevention population of coronary artery disease

Lijun Zhu, Yangliang Fang, Beibei Gao, Xiangbo Jin, Jiamin Zheng, Ying He, Jinyu Huang

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Association between basal septal hypertrophy and left ventricular geometry in a community population

Lan Gao, Wei Ma, Min Li, Ying Yang, Litong Qi, Baowei Zhang, Chonghui Wang, Yan Zhang, Yong Huo

Screening-Mammografie offenbart erhöhtes Herz-Kreislauf-Risiko

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Routinemäßige Mammografien helfen, Brustkrebs frühzeitig zu erkennen. Anhand der Röntgenuntersuchung lassen sich aber auch kardiovaskuläre Risikopatientinnen identifizieren. Als zuverlässiger Anhaltspunkt gilt die Verkalkung der Brustarterien.

Niedriger diastolischer Blutdruck erhöht Risiko für schwere kardiovaskuläre Komplikationen

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Wenn unter einer medikamentösen Hochdrucktherapie der diastolische Blutdruck in den Keller geht, steigt das Risiko für schwere kardiovaskuläre Ereignisse: Darauf deutet eine Sekundäranalyse der SPRINT-Studie hin.

Therapiestart mit Blutdrucksenkern erhöht Frakturrisiko

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Beginnen ältere Männer im Pflegeheim eine Antihypertensiva-Therapie, dann ist die Frakturrate in den folgenden 30 Tagen mehr als verdoppelt. Besonders häufig stürzen Demenzkranke und Männer, die erstmals Blutdrucksenker nehmen. Dafür spricht eine Analyse unter US-Veteranen.

Adipositas-Medikament auch gegen Schlafapnoe wirksam

24.04.2024 Adipositas Nachrichten

Der als Antidiabetikum sowie zum Gewichtsmanagement zugelassene Wirkstoff Tirzepatid hat in Studien bei adipösen Patienten auch schlafbezogene Atmungsstörungen deutlich reduziert, informiert der Hersteller in einer Vorab-Meldung zum Studienausgang.

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