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Cardiology General

AT II Receptor Blockade and Renal Denervation: Different Interventions with Comparable Renal Effects?

May 27, 2021

Angiotensin II (Ang II) and the renal sympathetic nervous system exert a strong influence on renal sodium and water excretion. We tested the hypothesis that already low doses of an Ang II inhibitor (c...

Bifidobacterium reduction is associated with high blood pressure in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

May 27, 2021

Children with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) have an elevated risk of abnormal blood pressure (BP) measurements and patterns. Both hypertension and T1DM are well-known risk factors for cardiovascular...

Baseline Characteristics of Patients with Symptomatic Carotid Webs: A Matched Case Control Study.

May 27, 2021

The baseline characteristics of patients with symptomatic carotid web (CaW) are unclear. We investigate demographic and cerebrovascular risk factors in patients with this overlooked stroke etiology.We...

Grading right ventricular dysfunction in left ventricular disease using echocardiography: a proof of concept using a novel multiparameter strategy.

May 27, 2021

Grading right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in patients with left ventricular (LV) disease has earned little attention. In the present study, we established an echocardiographic RVD score and investig...

Responding to Discriminatory Patient Requests.

May 27, 2021

Julia is a 13-year-old White adolescent girl who was referred for psychological counseling given concerns related to mood, nonadherence, and adjustment secondary to her new diagnosis of type 1 diabete...

Evaluation of Meal Carbohydrate Counting Errors in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes.

May 27, 2021

Correct estimation of meal carbohydrate content is a prerequisite for successful intensified insulin therapy in patients with diabetes. In this survey, the counting error in adult patients with type 1...

Cerebrovascular insufficiency and amyloidogenic signaling in Ossabaw swine with cardiometabolic heart failure.

May 27, 2021

Individuals with heart failure (HF) frequently present with comorbidities, including obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Many patients with HF experience cardiogenic dementia,...

Beyond Lipoprotein (a) plasma measurements: Lipoprotein (a) and Inflammation.

May 27, 2021

Genome wide association, epidemiological, and clinical studies have established high lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] as a causal risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Lp(a) is an apo...

UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap HRMS-based quantitative lipidomics reveals the chemical changes of phospholipids during thermal processing methods of Tan sheep meat.

May 27, 2021

Thermal processing affects the lipid compositions of meat products. The study determined the effects of boiled, steamed and roasted processing methods on the lipidomics profiles of Tan sheep meat with...

Performance versus Risk Factor-Based Approaches to Coronary Artery Disease Screening in Waitlisted Kidney Transplant Candidates.

May 27, 2021

Current screening algorithms for coronary artery disease (CAD) before kidney transplantation result in many tests but few interventions.The aim of this study was to study the utility of 6-minute walk ...

Beyond cardioversion, ablation and pharmacotherapies: Risk factors, lifestyle change and behavioral counseling strategies in the prevention and treatment of atrial fibrillation.

May 27, 2021

It has been suggested that atrial fibrillation (AF) is the new cardiovascular disease epidemic of the 21st century. Clinical cardiology has largely focused on AF treatment and associated stroke preven...

American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification as a reliable predictor of postoperative medical complications and mortality following ambulatory surgery: an analysis of 2,089,830 ACS-NSQIP outpatient cases.

May 24, 2021

Seventy percent of surgical procedures are currently performed in the outpatient setting. Although the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Classification ability to predict risk has b...

Primary and secondary liver failure after major liver resection for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.

May 24, 2021

The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and risk factors of primary and secondary liver failure after major liver resection for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.All patients who underwent a...

TIPS for Noncirrhotic Adults with Chronic Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis and EHPVO Refractory to Standard of Care Therapy.

May 24, 2021

Extrahepatic portal vein occlusion (EHPVO) from portal vein thrombosis is a rare condition associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy...

Relationship between classic vascular risk factors and cumulative recurrent cardiovascular event burden in patients with clinically manifest vascular disease: results from the UCC-SMART prospective cohort study.

May 24, 2021

The aim of the current study was to assess the relationship between classic cardiovascular risk factors and risk of not only the first recurrent atherosclerotic cardiovascular event, but also the tota...

Wide-ranging clinical spectrum of paradoxical embolism.

May 24, 2021

The purpose of this review is to raise the index of suspicion for paradoxical embolism among generalists. The review is based solely on anecdotal reports compiled from EMBASE, MEDLINE, Googlescholar a...

Machine Learning Analysis of MicroRNA Expression Data Reveals Novel Diagnostic Biomarker for Ischemic Stroke.

May 24, 2021

Ischemic stroke (IS) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Circulating microRNAs have a potential as minimally invasive biomarkers for disease prediction, diagnosis, and p...

Association of Medicaid Expansion With In-Hospital Outcomes After Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

May 24, 2021

Multiple studies have shown improved outcomes and higher utilization of care with the increase of insurance coverage. This study aims to assess whether Medicaid expansion (ME) has changed the utilizat...

Cognitive impairment and affective disorder: A rare presentation of cerebellar stroke.

May 24, 2021

The awareness of the "Cerebellar Cognitive Affective Syndrome" (CCAS) as a clinical entity is emerging. The CCAS is characterized by impaired executive functions, linguistic skills, visuospatial cogni...

Systematic monitoring for detection of atrial fibrillation in patients with acute ischaemic stroke (MonDAFIS): a randomised, open-label, multicentre study.

May 24, 2021

Systematic electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring improves detection of covert atrial fibrillation in stroke survivors but the effect on secondary prevention is unknown. We aimed to assess the effect of s...