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Cardiology General

Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on hospitalizations and outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction in a Japanese Single Center.

Mar 22, 2021

There are a few Japanese data regarding the incidence and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. We retrospectively reviewed the data of ...

Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in COVID-19 Patients: A Multicenter Study and Review of Literature.

Mar 22, 2021

COVID-19 infection has been known to predispose patients to both arterial and venous thromboembolic events such as deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, and stroke. A few ...

Localization of myocardial infarction with multi-lead ECG based on DenseNet.

Mar 22, 2021

Myocardial infarction (MI) is a critical acute ischemic heart disease, which can be early diagnosed by electrocardiogram (ECG). However, the most research of MI localization pay more attention on the ...

Ramucirumab in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and elevated alpha-fetoprotein: outcomes by treatment-emergent ascites.

Mar 22, 2021

REACH and REACH-2 investigated ramucirumab versus placebo in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Ascites is common in HCC and associated with poorer outcomes. This exploratory, pool...

Metabolic effects two years after renal denervation in insulin resistant hypertensive patients. The Re-Shape CV-risk study.

Mar 22, 2021

Denervation of renal sympathetic nerves (RDN) is an invasive endovascular procedure introduced as an antihypertensive treatment with a potential beneficial effect on insulin resistance (IR). We have p...

MicroRNA-191 blocking the translocation of GLUT4 is involved in arsenite-induced hepatic insulin resistance through inhibiting the IRS1/AKT pathway.

Mar 22, 2021

Environmental exposure to arsenic can cause a variety of health problems. Epidemiological and experimental studies have established a diabetogenic role for arsenic, but the mechanisms responsible for ...

A qualitative study of patient perspectives of diabetes and diabetic retinopathy services in Vanuatu.

Mar 22, 2021

Diabetes mellitus is an increasing global health problem, particularly in Vanuatu, where it poses a major health burden. There is paucity of information on how patients in Vanuatu perceive diabetes, d...

Impact of physical activity and cooking oil amongst diabetes with coexisting hypertension patients on economic cost and length of stay: a 1914 patients observational study.

Mar 22, 2021

of the study The study aimed to investigate the impact of the patients' physical activity status and the type of cooking oil consumed by patients in their daily routine on glycemic profile, lipid prof...

Multi-organ coordination of lipoprotein secretion by hormones, nutrients and neural networks.

Mar 22, 2021

Plasma triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRL), particularly atherogenic remnant lipoproteins, contribute to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Hypertriglyceridemia may arise in part from hy...

Clinical characteristics of patients with ischemic stroke after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, a multi-center study.

Mar 22, 2021

To investigate the clinical characteristics of patients with ischemic stroke following the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake.We retrospectively studied patients with ischemic stroke admitted to 5 stroke center...

Coronary artery aneurysm presenting as acute coronary syndrome: two case reports and a review of the literature.

Mar 22, 2021

Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is an uncommon coronary disease, with a reported incidence in adults ranging from 0.33 to 4.9%.It is usually considered a variant of coronary artery disease (CAD). CAA i...

Clinical Characteristics and Factors Associated with Poor Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with Novel Coronavirus Infection COVID-19.

Mar 22, 2021

Aim      To evaluate the clinical picture and factors associated with unfavorable outcomes in admitted patients with COVID-19.Material and methods This study included all patients admitted to the...

Safety of Inpatient Dofetilide Initiation per Cardiology Services: A Retrospective Review.

Mar 22, 2021

Dofetilide is an antiarrhythmic medication that has the potential to cause life threatening arrhythmias, such as Torsade de pointes. The 2014 ACC/AHA/HRS guidelines for the management of patients with...

[Screening and diagnosis of atrial fibrillation].

Mar 22, 2021

Screening and diagnosis of atrial fibrillation. Screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) is crucial as this arrhythmia is asymptomatic in a third of patients and 5% of patients present a stroke as the f...

Interventions for preventing thrombosis in solid organ transplant recipients.

Mar 18, 2021

Graft thrombosis is a well-recognised complication of solid organ transplantation and is one of the leading causes of graft failure. Currently there are no standardised protocols for thromboprophylaxi...

Risk for deep venous thrombosis in pediatric cancer patients undergoing surgery.

Mar 18, 2021

Cancer is a well-established risk factor for deep venous thrombosis (DVT). We sought to assess the incidence of DVT in pediatric cancer patients undergoing select surgical procedures at our institutio...

Adherence to risk-assessment protocols to guide computed tomography pulmonary angiography in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism.

Mar 18, 2021

The use of computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) in the detection of pulmonary embolism (PE) has considerably increased due developing technology and better availability of imaging. The und...

Novel flat-panel cone-beam CT compared to multi-detector CT for assessment of acute ischemic stroke: A prospective study.

Mar 18, 2021

Cone beam CT (CBCT) imaging assessment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients with large-vessel occlusion (LVO) in the angiosuite may improve stroke workflow and decrease time to recanalization. In o...

A perfusable, multifunctional epicardial device improves cardiac function and tissue repair.

Mar 18, 2021

Despite advances in technologies for cardiac repair after myocardial infarction (MI), new integrated therapeutic approaches still need to be developed. In this study, we designed a perfusable, multifu...

Recent testosterone drop-off and risk of cardiovascular events.

Mar 18, 2021

Low baseline testosterone level has been associated with the development of risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as insulin resistance and obesity. In addition to the absolute testosterone lev...