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Cardiology General

Risk for post-thrombotic syndrome after lower-limb deep vein thrombosis: location of the thrombus or residual thrombi?

Jun 28, 2021

Many works aimed to determine factors that influence the onset of postthrombotic syndrome after an acute episode of deep venous thrombosis. We aimed to compare the prognostic value of the most proxima...

Unfractionated Heparin TID Dosing Regimen is Associated with a Lower Rate of Pulmonary Embolism when Compared to BID Dosing in Patients Undergoing Craniotomy.

Jun 28, 2021

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) may complicate the post-operative course of patients undergoing cranio...

Does Chronic Kidney Disease Have an Impact on the Use of Oral Anticoagulants after Stroke? An Observational Follow-Up Study.

Jun 28, 2021

Chronic kidney disease is common in patients with acute ischemic stroke. We investigated whether chronic kidney disease has an impact on anticoagulation treatment recommendations after ischemic stroke...

Expression of versican mRNA transcript to predict cardiac remodelling after myocardial infarction.

Jun 28, 2021

Adverse left-ventricular remodelling (LVR) is defined as an increase in end-diastolic left-ventricular volume by 20% 6 months after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). LVR is associated with cardiac dy...

Hypertension genetics past, present and future applications.

Jun 28, 2021

Essential hypertension is a complex trait where the underlying aetiology is not completely understood. Left untreated it increases the risk of severe health complications including cardiovascular and ...

Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomal miR-143-3p suppresses myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by regulating autophagy.

Jun 28, 2021

Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is considered as a major obstacle of myocardial perfusion to save acute myocardial infarction, and causes a serious threat to human health. An extensive bo...

Methamphetamine and heightened risk for early-onset stroke and Parkinson's disease: A review.

Jun 28, 2021

Methamphetamine users are typically young adults, placing them at risk for significant drug-related harms. Neurological harms include stroke and Parkinson's disease, both of which may develop prematur...

Classification of blood pressure in critically ill patients using photoplethysmography and machine learning.

Jun 28, 2021

The aim of this study was to evaluate the capability of features extracted from photoplethysmography (PPG) based Pulse Rate Variability (PRV) to classify hypertensive, normotensive and hypotensive eve...

Glucose Homeostasis Is Dysregulated in Ducks Infected with Duck Hepatitis B Virus.

Jun 28, 2021

The association between hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and the development of diabetes remains controversial. This study examined the effect of HBV infection on glucose homeostasis using a duck HBV...

Paediatric Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Disease: Long-Term Sequelae in the Hypothalamic Endocrine System.

Jun 28, 2021

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a disorder of the mononuclear phagocyte system that can affect almost any organ and system. The most common central nervous system (CNS) manifestation in LCH is ...

Causes of Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes and Non-athletes: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young.

Jun 28, 2021

The etiology of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young people continues to attract much attention. This meta-analysis aimed to identify the most frequent causes of SCD in individuals aged ≤35 years, th...

Exome sequence association study of levels and longitudinal change of cardiovascular risk factor phenotypes in European Americans and African Americans from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

Jun 28, 2021

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for 31% of all deaths worldwide. Among CVD risk factors are age, race, increased systolic blood pressure (BP), and dyslipidemia. Both BP and blood lipids le...

Evaluation of metabolic parameters and aortic elasticity in normotensive children with premature adrenarche.

Jun 28, 2021

Premature adrenarche may be associated with an intrauterine programmed metabolic syndrome which should be considered as a warning sign for coronary heart disease due to accelerated atherosclerosis, hy...

Real world data on clinical profile, management and outcomes of venous thromboembolism from a tertiary care centre in India.

Jun 24, 2021

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. This study describes a real-world scenario of VTE presenting to a tertiary care hospital in India.All patients prese...

[Incidence and risk factors of venous thromboembolic events after resection of various brain tumors].

Jun 24, 2021

Venous thromboembolic events (VTE) can significantly complicate postoperative period in neurosurgical patients. It is known that patients with brain tumors are especially susceptible to VTE.To determi...

Eliminating Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries Caused by Graduated Compression Stockings.

Jun 24, 2021

The purpose of this evidence-based practice project was to reduce the incidence of pressure injuries (PIs) from the use of graduated compression stockings in patients on a gastrointestinal (GI) sarcom...

Poor patient awareness of peripheral arterial disease, it is time to optimize the clinical visit.

Jun 24, 2021

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a growing public health burden. The development and progression of PAD is influenced by vascular risk factor management and lifestyle changes. However, public awar...

Early Cerebrovascular Ultrasonography as a Predictor of Hemorrhagic Transformation After Thrombectomy.

Jun 24, 2021

To determine the predictive value of early transcranial color-coded sonography (TCCS) for intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in patients with large artery occlusion (LAO) stroke of carotid circulation, who...

Diving-related disorders in commercial breath-hold divers (Ama) of Japan.

Jun 24, 2021

Decompression illness (DCI) is well known in compressed-air diving but has been considered anecdotal in breath-hold divers. Nonetheless, reported cases and field studies of the Japanese Ama, commercia...

Effects of Aging on Hemodynamic Kinetics in Different Intensities of Dynamic Exercise.

Jun 24, 2021

Healthy aging hemodynamics is known to exhibit a time-dependent loss of function. We aimed at verifying whether older men would have a slowed cardiac output and stroke volume dynamics in response to t...