Ausgabe 1/2019
Inhalt (305 Artikel)
Modes of death and clinical outcomes in adult patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Thailand
Nattakorn Songsirisuk, Veraprapas Kittipibul, Nilubon Methachittiphan, Vorawan Charoenattasil, Nath Zungsontiporn, Ittikorn Spanuchart, Saranya Buppajarntham, Charoen Mankongpaisarnrung, Sudarat Satitthummanid, Suphot Srimahachota, Pairoj Chattranukulchai, Smonporn Boonyaratavej Songmuang, Sarinya Puwanant
A genetic variant c.553G > T (rs2075291) in the apolipoprotein A5 gene is associated with altered triglycerides levels in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with lipid lowering drug
Neda M. Bogari, Ashwag Aljohani, Amr A. Amin, Faisal A. Al-Allaf, Anas Dannoun, Mohiuddin M. Taher, Atalla Elsayed, Dareen ibrahim Rednah, Osama Elkhatee, Massimo Porqueddu, Francesco Alamanni, Soud Abdulraof A. Khogeer, Ahmed Fawzy
Ablation of unmappable ventricular parasystole originating from the right ventricular outflow tract: a case report
Huan Wang, Lihong Wang
Gender differences in association between uric acid and all-cause mortality in patients with chronic heart failure
Viera Stubnova, Ingrid Os, Aud Høieggen, Marit D. Solbu, Morten Grundtvig, Arne S. Westheim, Dan Atar, Bård Waldum-Grevbo
Circulating microRNA-1 in the diagnosis and predicting prognosis of patients with chest pain: a prospective cohort study
Tong Su, Xiaonan Shao, Xiaopu Zhang, Zhijun Han, Chengjian Yang, Xun Li
The influence of LV geometry on the occurrence of abnormal exercise tests in athletes
Danny A. J. P. van de Sande, Jan Hoogsteen, Pieter A. Doevendans, Hareld M. C. Kemps
Cardiovascular imaging approach in pre and postoperative tetralogy of Fallot
Sotiria C. Apostolopoulou, Athanassios Manginas, Nikolaos L. Kelekis, Michel Noutsias
First cardiovascular event in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus of a cardiovascular risk management program of a poor Colombian population: a cohort study
Pablo Miranda-Machado, Fernando Salcedo-Mejía, Justo Paz Wilches, Juan Fernandez-Mercado, Fernando De la Hoz-Restrepo, Nelson Alvis-Guzmán
Myocardial contrast echocardiography in the diagnosis of postoperative takotsubo myocardiopathy: case report and literature review
Jia-Hui Zeng, Wei Li, Feng-Juan Yao, Dong-Hong Liu, Cui-Ling Li, Yan-Qiu Liu, Rui Fan, Min Ye, Hong Lin
In-hospital and post-discharge outcomes of pediatric acute myocarditis underwent after high-dose steroid or intravenous immunoglobulin therapy
Ming-Shyan Lin, Yu-Hsiang Tseng, Mei-Yen Chen, Chang-Min Chung, Ming-Horng Tsai, Po-Chang Wang, Jung-Jung Chang, Tien-Hsing Chen, Yu-Sheng Lin
Effect of using cardiovascular risk scoring in routine risk assessment in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: an overview of systematic reviews
Krzysztof Studziński, Tomasz Tomasik, Janusz Krzysztoń, Jacek Jóźwiak, Adam Windak
Long-term treatment effect and adverse events of a modified jailed-balloon technique for side branch protection in patients with coronary bifurcation lesions
Wenduo Zhang, Fusui Ji, Xue Yu, Xinyue Wang
Why complicate an important task? An orderly display of the limb leads in the 12-lead electrocardiogram and its implications for recognition of acute coronary syndrome
T. Lindow, Y. Birnbaum, K. Nikus, A. Maan, U. Ekelund, O. Pahlm
Usefulness of apical area index to predict left ventricular thrombus in patients with systolic dysfunction: a novel index from cardiac magnetic resonance
Yodying Kaolawanich, Thananya Boonyasirinant
A case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy combined with muscular ventricular septal defect and abnormal origin of right coronary artery
Guang-mei Zheng, Jiao Bai, Jun-ming Tang, Fang-cheng Zhu, Hong-xia Jing
Critical appraisal of international guidelines for the screening and treatment of asymptomatic peripheral artery disease: a systematic review
Qinchang Chen, Lingling Li, Qingui Chen, Xixia Lin, Yonghui Li, Kai Huang, Chen Yao
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Ahmed AlTurki, Riccardo Proietti, Ahmed Dawas, Hasan Alturki, Thao Huynh, Vidal Essebag
Cardiovascular outcomes among elderly patients with heart failure and coronary artery disease and without atrial fibrillation: a retrospective cohort study
Qi Zhao, Li Wang, Paul A. Kurlansky, Jeff Schein, Onur Baser, Jeffrey S. Berger
Morbidity and mortality in a population of patients affected by heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an observational study
Eugenio Roberto Cosentino, Matteo Landolfo, Crescenzio Bentivenga, Luca Spinardi, Daniela Degli Esposti, Arrigo Francesco Cicero, Rinaldo Miceli, Virna Bui, Emanuela Berardi, Claudio Borghi
Phosphorylated proteomics analysis of human coronary artery endothelial cells stimulated by Kawasaki disease patients serum
Shui-Ming Li, Wan-Ting Liu, Fang Yang, Qi-Jian Yi, Shuai Zhang, Hong-Ling Jia
Clinical results of bioresorbable drug-eluting scaffolds in short and long coronary artery lesions using the PSP technique
Christine Reichart, Jochen Wöhrle, Sinisa Markovic, Wolfgang Rottbauer, Julia Seeger
Association between transitional care factors and hospital readmission after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a retrospective observational cohort study
Andrew Czarnecki, Peter C. Austin, Stephen E. Fremes, Jack V. Tu, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Dennis T. Ko
Correction to: does stress perfusion imaging improve the diagnostic accuracy of late gadolinium enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance for establishing the etiology of heart failure?
Gaurav S. Gulsin, Abhishek Shetye, Jeffrey Khoo, Daniel J. Swarbrick, Eylem Levelt, Florence Y. Lai, Iain B. Squire, Jayanth R. Arnold, Gerry P. McCann
Metabolic syndrome increases operative mortality in patients with impaired left ventricular systolic function who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective observational study
Shuangkun Chen, Jiahui Li, Qianzhen Li, Zhihuang Qiu, Xijie Wu, Liangwan Chen
Genome-wide association study of myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, acute stroke, acute kidney injury and delirium after cardiac surgery – a sub-analysis of the RIPHeart-Study
Sabine Westphal, Christian Stoppe, Matthias Gruenewald, Berthold Bein, Jochen Renner, Jochen Cremer, Mark Coburn, Gereon Schaelte, Andreas Boening, Bernd Niemann, Frank Kletzin, Jan Roesner, Ulrich Strouhal, Christian Reyher, Rita Laufenberg-Feldmann, Marion Ferner, Ivo F. Brandes, Martin Bauer, Andreas Kortgen, Sebastian N. Stehr, Maria Wittmann, Georg Baumgarten, Rafael Struck, Tanja Meyer-Treschan, Peter Kienbaum, Matthias Heringlake, Julika Schoen, Michael Sander, Sascha Treskatsch, Thorsten Smul, Ewa Wolwender, Thomas Schilling, Frauke Degenhardt, Andre Franke, Soeren Mucha, Lukas Tittmann, Madeline Kohlhaas, Georg Fuernau, Oana Brosteanu, Dirk Hasenclever, Kai Zacharowski, Patrick Meybohm, Ana Stevanovic, Rolf Rossaint, Marc Felzen, Andreas Goetzenich, Tobias Moormann, Katharina Chalk, Pascal Knuefermann, Olaf Boehm, Andreas Hoeft, Michael Winterhalter, Sonja Iken, Christian Weber, Carolin Wiedenbeck, Gerhard Schwarzmann, Karin Pense, Andreas Zierer Stephan Fichtlscherer, Gerold Goerlach, Matthias Wollbrueck, Ursula Boening, Markus Weigand, Julia Strauchmann, Konrad August, Kai U. Morsbach, Markus Paxian, Konrad Reinhard, Matthias Gruenewald, Jens Scholz, Ole Broch, Helga Francksen, Martin Albrecht, Bernd Kuhr, Hermann Heinze, Hauke Paarmann, Hans-Hinrich Sievers, Stefan Klotz, Thomas Hachenberg, Christian Werner, Susanne Mauff, Angela Alms, Stefan Bergt, Norbert Roewer
Extreme ST-segment elevations in seemingly no significant angiographic coronary artery abnormalities: a case report
M. Piels, T. Faes, J. Vainer
Assessment of hypertension management and control: a registry-based observational study in two municipalities in Cuba
Esteban Londoño Agudelo, Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Addys Díaz Piñera, René García Roche, Pol De Vos, Tullia Battaglioli, Patrick Van der Stuyft
Trends in electrocardiographic abnormalities and risk of cardiovascular mortality in Lithuania, 1986–2015
Abdonas Tamosiunas, Janina Petkeviciene, Ricardas Radisauskas, Gailute Bernotiene, Dalia Luksiene, Mindaugas Kavaliauskas, Irena Milvidaitė, Dalia Virviciute
Low expression of PRMT5 in peripheral blood may serve as a potential independent risk factor in assessments of the risk of stable CAD and AMI
Buchuan Tan, Qian Liu, Liping Yang, Yushuang Yang, Dongna Liu, Long Liu, Fanbo Meng
Rationale and design of a prospective, randomised study of retrograde application of bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) through coronary sinus in patients with congestive heart failure of ischemic etiology (the RETRO study)
L. Pleva, P. Kukla, K. Vítková, V. Procházka
Correction to: “in-vitro examination of the positive inotropic effect of caffeine and taurine, the two most frequent active ingredients of energy drinks”
R. Chaban, A. Kornberger, N. Branski, K. Buschmann, N. Stumpf, A. Beiras-Fernandez, C. F. Vahl
Serum IL8 is not associated with cardiovascular events but with all-cause mortality
Ilais Moreno Velásquez, Ashwini Gajulapuri, Karin Leander, Anita Berglund, Ulf de Faire, Bruna Gigante
Association between coronary dominance and acute inferior myocardial infarction: a matched, case-control study
Li Wang, Jiamei Li, Ya Gao, Ruohan Li, Jingjing Zhang, Dan Su, Tao Wang, Guang Yang, Xiaochuang Wang
The predictive value of the renal resistive index for contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with acute coronary syndrome
Zheng-rong Xu, Jun Chen, Yuan-hui Liu, Yong Liu, Ning Tan
Interatrial block in prediction of all-cause mortality after first-ever ischemic stroke
M. A. Baturova, A. Lindgren, Y. V. Shubik, J. Carlson, P. G. Platonov
Risk factors for medication non-adherence among atrial fibrillation patients
Stephanie R. Reading, Mary Helen Black, Daniel E. Singer, Alan S. Go, Margaret C. Fang, Natalia Udaltsova, Teresa N. Harrison, Rong X. Wei, In-Lu Amy Liu, Kristi Reynolds
Progression of coronary atherosclerotic plaque burden and relationship with adverse cardiovascular event in asymptomatic diabetic patients
Junjie Yang, Guanhua Dou, Christian Tesche, Carlo N. De Cecco, Brian E. Jacobs, U. Joseph Schoepf, Yundai Chen
The expression profile analysis of atrial mRNA in rats with atrial fibrillation: the role of IGF1 in atrial fibrosis
Jiangrong Wang, Zhan Li, Juanjuan Du, Jianhua Li, Yong Zhang, Jing Liu, Yinglong Hou
Late presentation of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in an octogenarian associated with a pathogenic variant in the plakophilin 2 gene: a case report
Yusuke Adachi, Takekuni Hayashi, Takeshi Mitsuhashi, Kenichi Sakakura, Yoko Yamada, Yuko Wada, Minoru Horie, Shin-ichi Momomura, Hideo Fujita
The relationship between serum uric acid and lipid profile in Bangladeshi adults
Nurshad Ali, Sadaqur Rahman, Shiful Islam, Tangigul Haque, Noyan Hossain Molla, Abu Hasan Sumon, Rahanuma Raihanu Kathak, Md Asaduzzaman, Farjana Islam, Nayan Chandra Mohanto, Mohammad Abul Hasnat, Shaikh Mirja Nurunnabi, Shamim Ahmed
Sociodemographic factors and choice of oral anticoagulant in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation in Sweden: a population-based cross-sectional study using data from national registers
Venkatesh Kumar Gurusamy, Gunnar Brobert, Pareen Vora, Leif Friberg
Single-center evaluation of a next generation fully repositionable and retrievable transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Karolina Berntorp, Sasha Koul, Shahab Nozohoor, Jan Harnek, Henrik Bjursten, Matthias Götberg
Gender differences in plaque characteristics of nonculprit lesions in patients with coronary artery disease
Jiangtian Tian, Xuedong Wang, Jinwei Tian, Bo Yu
Impact of timing on in-patient outcomes of complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot in infancy: an analysis of the United States National Inpatient 2005–2011 database
Shihai Yang, Linlin Wen, Shuguang Tao, Jiangrong Gu, Jiangang Han, Junping Yao, Jianming Wang
A risk score for predicting atrial fibrillation in individuals with preclinical diastolic dysfunction: a retrospective study in a single large urban center in the United States
Dan L. Li, Renato Quispe, Nidhi Madan, Lili Zhang, Cynthia C. Taub
Nepal Pioneer Worksite Intervention Study to lower cardio-metabolic risk factors: design and protocol
Archana Shrestha, Dipesh Tamrakar, Biraj Man Karmacharya, Abha Shrestha, Rajeev Shrestha, Rajendra Dev Bhatta, Prajjwal Pyakurel, Polyna Khudyakov, Vasanti Malik, Josiemer Mattei, Donna Spiegelman
Fractional flow reserve-guided complete revascularization versus culprit-only revascularization in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multi-vessel disease patients: a meta-analysis and systematic review
Li-jie Wang, Shuo Han, Xiao-Hong Zhang, Yuan-Zhe Jin
The combination of nonthyroidal illness syndrome and renal dysfunction further increases mortality risk in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study
Jun-Wei Wang, Ying Ren, Zhi-Gang Lu, Jing Gao, Cui-Chun Zhao, Lian-Xi Li, Meng Wei
Increase in ticagrelor use over time is associated with lower rates of ischemic stroke following myocardial infarction
Robin Henriksson, Anders Ulvenstam, Lars Söderström, Thomas Mooe
Strain-encoded cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: a new approach for fast estimation of left ventricular function
Tomas Lapinskas, Victoria Zieschang, Jennifer Erley, Lukas Stoiber, Bernhard Schnackenburg, Christian Stehning, Rolf Gebker, Amit R. Patel, Keigo Kawaji, Henning Steen, Remigijus Zaliunas, Sören J. Backhaus, Andreas Schuster, Marcus Makowski, Sorin Giusca, Grigorious Korosoglou, Burkert Pieske, Sebastian Kelle
Cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator pocket infection caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum: a case report and review of the literature
Jun Zhu, Qingluan Yang, Junjie Pan, Haiming Shi, Bo Jin, Qiying Chen
Treatment of aortic thrombosis with retrievable stent filter and thrombolysis: a case report
Yonghua Bi, Hongmei Chen, Wenguang Zhang, Jianzhuang Ren, Xinwei Han
Hypercoagulability and the risk of recurrence in young women with myocardial infarction or ischaemic stroke: a cohort study
Alberto Maino, Ale Algra, Flora Peyvandi, Frits Richard Rosendaal, Bob Siegerink
Acute effect of healthy walking on arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes and differences by age and sex: a pre-post intervention study
Rosario Alonso-Domínguez, José I. Recio-Rodríguez, Maria C. Patino-Alonso, Natalia Sánchez-Aguadero, Luis García-Ortiz, Manuel A. Gómez-Marcos
The characteristics of two LDL-cholesterol level reduction treatment strategies, “treat-to-target” and “percent reduction”: an observational study without intervention
Albert Császár
MRI-detected brain lesions in AF patients without further stroke risk factors undergoing ablation - a retrospective analysis of prospective studies
Juliane Herm, Johannes Schurig, Martin R. Martinek, Reinhard Höltgen, Alexander Schirdewan, Paulus Kirchhof, Marcus Wieczorek, Helmut Pürerfellner, Peter U. Heuschmann, Jochen B. Fiebach, Karl Georg Haeusler
Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds for percutaneous treatment of chronic total coronary occlusions: a meta-analysis
Alberto Polimeni, Remzi Anadol, Thomas Münzel, Martin Geyer, Salvatore De Rosa, Ciro Indolfi, Tommaso Gori
Review of the cardiovascular safety of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and the clinical relevance of the CAROLINA trial
Marile Santamarina, Curt J. Carlson
Increases in statin eligibility to reduce cardiovascular risk according to the 2013 ACC/AHA cholesterol guidelines in the Africa Middle East region: a sub-analysis of the Africa Middle East Cardiovascular Epidemiological (ACE) study
Omar Hamoui, Mohamed I. Omar, Frederick J. Raal, Wafa Rashed, Abdoul Kane, Mohamed Alami, Paula Abreu, Walid Mashhoud, Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali
Long-term statin adherence in patients after hospital discharge for new onset of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a population-based study of real world prescriptions in Taiwan
Shu-ting Chen, Shih-ting Huang, Wen-Yi Shau, Chao-Lun Lai, Jim Z. Li, Selwyn Fung, Vicki C. Tse, Mei-Shu Lai
Associations between ADIPOQ polymorphisms and coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis
Xia Zhang, Yan Jun Cao, Hong Yu Zhang, Hongliang Cong, Jian Zhang
Real-world adherence for direct oral anticoagulants in a newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation cohort: does the dosing interval matter?
Phuong N. Pham, Joshua D. Brown
Medium and long-term follow-up after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in a sub-Saharan Africa population: a prospective cohort study
Hermann Yao, Arnaud Ekou, Aurore Hadéou, Jean-Jacques N’Djessan, Isabelle Kouamé, Roland N’Guetta
Identification of hypertriglyceridemia based on bone density, body fat mass, and anthropometry in a Korean population
Jeong Hee Chi, Moon Sun Shin, Bum Ju Lee
Acute changes in morphology and renal vascular relaxation function after renal denervation using temperature-controlled radiofrequency catheter
Enyong Su, Linwei Zhao, Chuanyu Gao, Wen Zhao, Xianpei Wang, Datun Qi, Lijie Zhu, Xiaohang Yang, Binbin Zhu, Yahui Liu
Impaired myocardial perfusion is associated with increasing end-systolic- and end-diastolic volumes in patients with non-ischemic systolic heart failure: a cross-sectional study using Rubidium-82 PET/CT
Christina Byrne, Philip Hasbak, Andreas Kjaer, Jens Jakob Thune, Lars Køber
Good safety practice in a randomized controlled trial (CadColdEx) involving increased cardiac workload in patients with coronary artery disease
Tiina M. Ikäheimo, Miia Länsitie, Rasmus Valtonen, Heidi E. Hintsala, Niilo Ryti, Juha Perkiömäki, Matti Mäntysaari, Arto J. Hautala, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola
Correction to: Extreme ST-segment elevations in seemingly no significant angiographic coronary artery abnormalities: a case report
M. Piels, T. Faes, J. Vainer
Unsatisfactory risk factor control and high rate of new cardiovascular events in patients with myocardial infarction and prior coronary artery disease
Jarle Jortveit, Sigrun Halvorsen, Anete Kaldal, Are Hugo Pripp, Ragna Elise S. Govatsmark, Jørund Langørgen
The interaction effects between TLR4 and MMP9 gene polymorphisms contribute to aortic aneurysm risk in a Chinese Han population
Tan Li, Xu Zhang, Liang Sang, Xin-tong Li, Hai-yang Sun, Jun Yang, Yuan Yuan
Long-term survival and quality of life in Jehovah’s witnesses after cardiac surgery: a case control study
Pierre Wauthy, Charalampos Pierrakos, Louis Chebli, Redente Tortora
CHA2DS2-VASC score as a preprocedural predictor of contrast-induced nephropathy among patients with chronic total occlusion undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a single-center experience
Yong Wang, Hong-wei Zhao, Xiao-jiao Zhang, Bao-jun Chen, Guo-ning Yu, Ai-jie Hou, Bo Luan
The association of religious affiliation with cholesterol levels among South Asians: the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America study
Grishma Hirode, Eric Vittinghoff, Nazleen H. Bharmal, Namratha R. Kandula, Alka M. Kanaya
Prevalence and determinants of Hyperpolypharmacy in adults with heart failure: an observational study from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Peter J. Kennel, Jerard Kneifati-Hayek, Joanna Bryan, Samprit Banerjee, Irina Sobol, Mark S. Lachs, Monika M. Safford, Parag Goyal
The safety of antithrombotic therapy in patients with cerebral microbleeds and cardiogenic cerebral embolism due to nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
Jiayu Wang, Jia Zhang, Yuan Shen, Xiaowei Xu
Type D personality in Russian patients with cardiovascular disease: validity of the Russian DS14 (DS14-RU)
Georgiy Pushkarev, Johan Denollet, Vadim Kuznetsov, Viola Spek, Elena Yaroslavskaya
Regressed coronary ostial stenosis in a young female with Takayasu arteritis: a case report
Tetsuro Yokokawa, Hiroyuki Kunii, Takashi Kaneshiro, Shohei Ichimura, Akiomi Yoshihisa, Makiko Yashiro Furuya, Tomoyuki Asano, Kazuhiko Nakazato, Takafumi Ishida, Kiyoshi Migita, Yasuchika Takeishi
Left ventricular free-wall rupture, a potentially lethal mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction: an unusual and illustrative case report
Dulman O. Pineda-De Paz, Jorge E. Hernández-del Rio, Christian González-Padilla, Ramón M. Esturau-Santaló, Joseph Romero-Palafox, Fernando Grover-Paez, David Cardona-Muller
Left ventricular apical hypertrophy in a transplanted heart: a case report
Uzochukwu Ibe, Kathir Balakumaran, Sabeena Arora
Serum ferritin, an early marker of cardiovascular risk: a study in Chinese men of first-degree relatives with family history of type 2 diabetes
Jun-Ru Liu, Yang Liu, Fu-Zai Yin, Bo-Wei Liu
Subclinical thyroid dysfunction is associated with adverse prognosis in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction
Guodong Yang, Ya Wang, Aiqun Ma, Tingzhong Wang
Segment-specific association of carotid-intima-media thickness with cardiovascular risk factors – findings from the STAAB cohort study
Lara Müller-Scholden, Jan Kirchhof, Caroline Morbach, Margret Breunig, Rudy Meijer, Viktoria Rücker, Theresa Tiffe, Tino Yurdadogan, Martin Wagner, Götz Gelbrich, Michiel L. Bots, Stefan Störk, Peter U. Heuschmann
Association of sex, age and education level with patient reported outcomes in atrial fibrillation
Kelly T. Gleason, Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb, Daniel E. Ford, Harold Lehmann, Laura Samuel, Hae Ra Han, Sandeep K. Jain, Gerald V. Naccarelli, Vikas Aggarwal, Saman Nazarian
Regional variations in trajectories of long-term readmission rates among patients in England with heart failure
Ahsan Rao, Dani Kim, Ara Darzi, Azeem Majeed, Paul Aylin, Alex Bottle
Effects of intravenous hydration on risk of contrast induced nephropathy and in-hospital mortality in STEMI patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Yong Liu, Daqing Hong, Amanda Ying Wang, Rui Guo, Brendan Smyth, Jin Liu, Guoli Sun, Shiqun Chen, Ning Tan, Meg Jardine, David Brieger, Ahmed Shaman, Shariful Islam, Jiyan Chen, Martin Gallagher
Sedentary lifestyle and Framingham risk scores: a population-based study in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia
AlJohara M. AlQuaiz, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Ambreen Kazi, Mohammad Ali Batais, Ali M. Al-Hazmi
Modified balloon-stent kissing technique avoid side-branch compromise for simple true bifurcation lesions
Wen-Bo Qu, Wei Zhang, Jun-Yan Liu, Fan Zhang, Shuai-Nan Mu, Sheng-Ming Zhang, Hao Tang, Xi-Qian Liu, Xue-Qi Li, Bing-Chen Liu
Unique electrocardiographic pattern “w” wave in lead I of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias arising from the distal great cardiac vein
Teng Li, Qiong Xu, Xian-zhang Zhan, Yu-mei Xue, Hong-tao Liao, Yi-fu Li, Konstantinos P. Letsas, Shu-lin Wu
Complete versus culprit-only revascularization in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease: a meta-analysis of randomized trials
Haiyan Xu, Xiwen Zhang, Jiangjin Li, Hailang Liu, Xiao Hu, Jing Yang
The role of informal carers in the diagnostic process of heart failure: a secondary qualitative analysis
Frances Bell-Davies, Clare Goyder, Nicola Gale, F. D. Richard Hobbs, Clare J. Taylor
Cardiovascular outcomes associated with crush versus provisional stenting techniques for bifurcation lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Feng Huang, Zu-chun Luo
Ischemic stroke risk estimation in patients without oral anticoagulation: an observational cohort study based on secondary data from Germany
Felix S. Wicke, Martin A. Schaller, Kateryna Karymova, Martin Beyer, Beate S. Müller
Symptoms of depression are associated with physical inactivity but not modified by gender or the presence of a cardiovascular disease; a cross-sectional study
Retze Achttien, Jan van Lieshout, Michel Wensing, Maria Nijhuis van der Sanden, J. Bart Staal
Female sex and cardiovascular disease risk in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional, population-based study
Itai M. Magodoro, Maggie Feng, Crystal M. North, Dagmar Vořechovská, John D. Kraemer, Bernard Kakuhikire, David Bangsberg, Alexander C. Tsai, Mark J. Siedner
Optimal INR level for warfarin therapy after mechanical mitral valve replacement
Itthidet Kamthornthanakarn, Rungroj Krittayaphong
Association between dental health and obstructive coronary artery disease: an observational study
Ho Lee, Hack-Lyoung Kim, Kwang Nam Jin, Sohee Oh, Yoon-Sic Han, Da-Un Jung, Hye-Young Sim, Hee-Sun Kim, Woo-Hyun Lim, Jae-Bin Seo, Sang-Hyun Kim, Joo-Hee Zo, Myung-A Kim
Self-management of heart failure in dementia and cognitive impairment: a systematic review
Janaka Lovell, Tony Pham, Samer Q. Noaman, Marie-Claire Davis, Marilyn Johnson, Joseph E. Ibrahim
Transvenous dual-chamber pacemaker implantation in patients with persistent left superior vena cava
Teng Li, Qiong Xu, Hong-tao Liao, Dimitrios Asvestas, Konstantinos P. Letsas, Yifu Li
Pulmonary embolism causing atrial fibrillation with slow ventricular response: a case report
Mohammad A. Abdulsalam, Mohammed N. Elganainy, Ahmad J. Abdulsalam
The diagnostic and prognostic utility of risk factors defined by the AHA/ACCF on the evaluation of cardiac disease in liver transplantation candidates
Sarah Alexander, Meron Teshome, Hena Patel, Edie Y. Chan, Rami Doukky
Dysglycemia and increased left ventricle mass in normotensive patients admitted with a first myocardial infarction: prognostic implications of dysglycemia during 14 years of follow-up
Gokulan Pararajasingam, Brian Bridal Løgstrup, Dan Eik Høfsten, Thomas Brøcher Christophersen, Søren Auscher, Jørgen Hangaard, Kenneth Egstrup
Predictors of cardiac arrhythmic events in non coronary artery disease patients
C. Balla, F. Vitali, A. Brieda, F. Gualandi, A. Ferlini, M. Bertini, R. Ferrari
Low triiodothyronine syndrome and selenium deficiency - undervalued players in advanced heart failure? A single center pilot study
Magdalena Fraczek-Jucha, Katarzyna Zbierska-Rubinkiewicz, Małgorzata Kabat, Krzysztof Plens, Radoslaw Rychlak, Jadwiga Nessler, Andrzej Gackowski
Parathyroidectomy improves cardiovascular risk factors in normocalcemic and hypercalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism
Selvihan Beysel, Mustafa Caliskan, Muhammed Kizilgul, Mahmut Apaydin, Seyfullah Kan, Mustafa Ozbek, Erman Cakal
Significant association between admission serum monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and early changes in myocardial function in patients with first ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction after primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Yong Zhu, Chengping Hu, Yu Du, Jianwei Zhang, Jinxing Liu, Hongya Han, Yingxin Zhao
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement- management of patients with significant coronary artery disease undergoing aortic valve interventions: surgical compared to catheter-based approaches in hybrid procedures
Hardy Baumbach, Eva R. Schairer, Kristina Wachter, Christian Rustenbach, Samir Ahad, Alina Stan, Stephan Hill, Peter Bramlage, Ulrich F. W. Franke, Tim Schäufele
Comparison short time discharge with long time discharge following uncomplicated percutaneous coronary intervention for Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction patients
Guozhong Wang, Quanming Zhao, Qing Cheng, Xiaoxia Zhang, Lei Tian, Xiaofan Wu
Clinical study of chlamydia pneumoniae infection in patients with coronary heart disease
Lei Xue, Yan-Hong Liang, Yuan-Yuan Gao, Xiao-Juan Wang
Inflammation in ST- elevation myocardial infarction: risk factors, patterns of presentation and association with clinical picture and outcome, an observational study conducted at the Institute of Cardiology-National Hospital of Sri Lanka
Mitrakrishnan Rayno Navinan, Sepalika Mendis, Sumudu Wickramasinghe, Ambiga Kathirgamanathan, Tharanga Fernando, Jevon Yudhisdran
Cerebrovascular events, bleeding complications and device related thrombi in atrial fibrillation patients with chronic kidney disease and left atrial appendage closure with the WATCHMAN™ device
Blerim Luani, Conrad Genz, Joerg Herold, Andreas Mitrasch, Julius Mitusch, Marcus Wiemer, Alexander Schmeißer, Rüdiger C. Braun-Dullaeus, Thomas Rauwolf
Comparing clinical outcomes of NOACs with warfarin on atrial fibrillation with Valvular heart diseases: a meta-analysis
He Qiyu, Sze Chun-Yat, Shum Tin-Yau, Hao Guang, Wong Nga-Yin Belinda, Sin Tat-Hang, Wei Wei, Xia Sujian
A novel marker of persistent left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy: monocyte count- to- HDL cholesterol ratio
Firdevs Aysenur Ekizler, Serkan Cay
Oestradiol: any role in cardiovascular risk factors in female centenarians of Hainan?
Qiao Zhu, Yao Yao, Chao-Xue Ning, Xiao-Ping Chen, Fu-Xin Luan, Liang Liu, Qiong Liu, Na Wang, Fu Zhang, Ya-Li Zhao
The influence of calcium-phosphate metabolism abnormalities on the quality of life in patients with hemodynamically significant mitral regurgitation
Olga Mozenska, Jacek Bil, Agnieszka Segiet, Dariusz A. Kosior
Contribution of fibrin glue in the surgery of cyanogenic and non-cyanogenic congenital cardiopathies: retrospective cohort study
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Mahmoud Yousef Ibrahim Abuharb, Xiao Ming Bian, Jian He
Functional aging in health and heart failure: the COmPLETE Study
Jonathan Wagner, Raphael Knaier, Denis Infanger, Konstantin Arbeev, Matthias Briel, Thomas Dieterle, Henner Hanssen, Oliver Faude, Ralf Roth, Timo Hinrichs, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss
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Life’s simple 7 and cardiovascular disease risk knowledge in Hong Kong
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Bárbara Menéndez-Jándula, José Antonio García-Erce, Clara Zazo, Luis Larrad-Mur
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Young Hoon Seo, Yong-Kyun Kim, In Geol Song, Ki-Hong Kim, Taek-Geun Kwon, Jang-Ho Bae
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Chun-Hui Lu, Chih-Wun Fang, Hao-Ming Chen, Yi-Ping Fang, Chein-Tang Fang, Yaw-Bin Huang, Chung-Yu Chen, Kuang-Ming Liao, Shu-Chuan Jennifer Yeh
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Anna Gozdzik, Krzysztof Letachowicz, Barbara Barteczko Grajek, Tomasz Plonek, Marta Obremska, Marek Jasinski, Waldemar Gozdzik
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Raissa Perrault, Alexander Omelchenko, Carla G. Taylor, Peter Zahradka
Swallow syncope: a case report and review of literature
Kelvin Shenq Woei Siew, Maw Pin Tan, Ida Normiha Hilmi, Alexander Loch
Downregulation of long non-coding RNA nuclear enriched abundant transcript 1 promotes cell proliferation and inhibits cell apoptosis by targeting miR-193a in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury
Lingyun Ren, Shanshan Chen, Wei Liu, Pan Hou, Wei Sun, Hong Yan
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Mi Kyoung Son, Nam-Kyoo Lim, Hyun-Young Park
Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist use after hospitalization of patients with heart failure and post-discharge outcomes: a single-center retrospective cohort study
Matthew S. Durstenfeld, Stuart D. Katz, Hannah Park, Saul Blecker
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Jonatan Jacobsson, Christian Reitan, Jonas Carlson, Rasmus Borgquist, Pyotr G. Platonov
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Manik Chopra, Yam-Hong Wong, Lars Søndergaard, Ole De Backer
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Critical appraisal of international guidelines for the prevention and treatment of pregnancy-associated venous thromboembolism: a systematic review
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Effects of ezetimibe/simvastatin 10/10 mg versus Rosuvastatin 10 mg on carotid atherosclerotic plaque inflammation
Minyoung Oh, Hyunji Kim, Eon Woo Shin, Changhwan Sung, Do-Hoon Kim, Dae Hyuk Moon, Cheol Whan Lee
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Body composition is a strong predictor of local carotid stiffness in Swedish, young adults – the cross sectional Lifestyle, biomarkers, and atherosclerosis study
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Clinical characteristics and prognosis of heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction: insights from a multi-centre registry study in China
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Effect of pre-discharge cardiopulmonary fitness on outcomes in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention
He Cai, Yang Zheng, Zhaoxi Liu, Xinying Zhang, Rongyu Li, Wangshu Shao, Lin Wang, Lin Zou, Pengyu Cao
Autonomic nervous system response to remote ischemic conditioning: heart rate variability assessment
Daniel Noronha Osório, Ricardo Viana-Soares, João Pedro Marto, Marcelo D. Mendonça, Hugo P. Silva, Cláudia Quaresma, Miguel Viana-Baptista, Hugo Gamboa, Helena L. A. Vieira
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Alexandra Yannoutsos, Manon Fontaine, Alexandre Galloula, Diane Damotte, Gilles Chatellier, Patrizia Paterlini-Bréchot, Guy Meyer, Jean Pastre, Véronique Duchatelle, Valéria Marini, Karl-Léo Schwering, Isabelle Lazareth, Parinaz Ghaffari, Audrey Stansal, Hélène Sanson, Cécile Labrousse, Hélène Beaussier, Nesrine Ben Nasr, Marc Zins, Sergio Salmeron, Emmanuel Messas, Jean-Patrick Lajonchère, Joseph Emmerich, Pascal Priollet, Jean Trédaniel
Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism and the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes
Sudong Liu, Jing Liu, Ruiqiang Weng, Xiaodong Gu, Zhixiong Zhong
Prevalence of first-degree atrioventricular block and the associated risk factors: a cross-sectional study in rural Northeast China
Zhi Du, Liying Xing, Min Lin, Yuanmeng Tian, Li Jing, Han Yan, Boqiang Zhang, Shuang Liu, Shiwen Yu, Yingxian Sun
Going beyond classic echo in aortic stenosis: left atrial mechanics, a new marker of severity
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Infantile hepatic hemangiomas associated with high-output cardiac failure and pulmonary hypertension
Xin-tong Zhang, Wei-dong Ren, Guang Song, Yang-jie Xiao, Fei-fei Sun, Nan Wang
Cardiac power output accurately reflects external cardiac work over a wide range of inotropic states in pigs
Dawud Abawi, Alessandro Faragli, Michael Schwarzl, Martin Manninger, David Zweiker, Karl-Patrik Kresoja, Jochen Verderber, Birgit Zirngast, Heinrich Maechler, Paul Steendijk, Burkert Pieske, Heiner Post, Alessio Alogna
Serum uric acid and risk of cardiovascular mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies of over a million participants
Fatemeh Rahimi-Sakak, Mahsa Maroofi, Jamal Rahmani, Nick Bellissimo, Azita Hekmatdoost
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Impact of multi-disciplinary treatment strategy on systolic heart failure outcome
Shyh-Ming Chen, Yen-Nan Fang, Lin-Yi Wang, Ming-Kung Wu, Po-Jui Wu, Tsung-Hsun Yang, Yung-Lung Chen, Chi-Ling Hang
Glucose associated NETosis in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: an observational study
Ragnhild Helseth, Eva Cecilie Knudsen, Jan Eritsland, Trine Baur Opstad, Harald Arnesen, Geir Øystein Andersen, Ingebjørg Seljeflot
Short- and medium-term follow-up of transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects
Hao Li, Youyang Shi, Songyue Zhang, Yue Ren, Xing Rong, Zhenquan Wang, Tianhe Xia, Tingting Wu, Haitang Xu, Yaoyao Yan, Yi Zhan, Maoping Chu, Rongzhou Wu
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Yi Sun, Rong Chen, Shaowei Lin, Xiaoxu Xie, Hailing Ye, Fuli Zheng, Jie Lin, Qing Huang, Shuna Huang, Qishuang Ruan, Tingxing Zhang, Huangyuan Li, Siying Wu
Modeling lifetime abuse and cardiovascular disease risk among women
Kelly A. Scott-Storey, Marilyn Hodgins, Judith Wuest
Bilateral vessel-outlining carotid artery calcifications in panoramic radiographs: an independent risk marker for vascular events
Maria Garoff, Jan Ahlqvist, Linda-Tereza Edin, Sofia Jensen, Eva Levring Jäghagen, Fredrik Petäjäniemi, Per Wester, Elias Johansson
Do ultrathin strut bare-metal stents with passive coating improve efficacy in large coronary arteries? Insights from the randomized, multicenter BASKET-PROVE trials
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Correction to: Meta-analysis for the value of colchicine for the therapy of pericarditis and of postpericardiotomy syndrome
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