Dec 18, 2020

Evidence about sex differences in outcomes and management of critical limb ischemia (CLI) is contradictory. Fee-For-Service Medicare patients were identified within the 5% enhanced sample file diagnos...

Dec 17, 2020

This study sought to evaluate the incidence, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of portal vein thrombosis after hepatectomy. Furthermore, we proposed a novel classification and treatment strategy for...

Dec 17, 2020

To compare the hemostatic effect and safety in primary unilateral total hip arthroplasty (THA) receiving nadroparin calcium, enoxaparin sodium, rivaroxaban, or apixaban after anti-fibrinolysis with tr...

Dec 17, 2020

Background The association of pulmonary embolism (PE) with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains unclear, and the diagnostic accuracy of D-dimer tests...

Dec 17, 2020

Ischemic stroke seems to be one of the most serious neurologic complications in patients with COVID-19 infection. Herein, we report a series of 10 ischemic stroke patients with concomitant COVID-19 di...

Dec 17, 2020

Increasing patient age has been identified in clinical trials as a poor prognostic factor for functional independence after endovascular treatment (EVT) for acute ischemic stroke. These findings may n...

Dec 17, 2020

The objective of this systematic review is to assess the relationship between chromium supplementation and inflammatory biomarkers levels (hs-CRP, TNF-α, IL-6) as risk factor for cardiovascular disea...

Dec 17, 2020

Protease inhibitors have been widely used in several therapeutic applications such as in the treatment of bleeding disorders, hypertension, cancer and pulmonary diseases. In a previous work, we demons...

Dec 17, 2020

Despite the abundance of data addressing the influence of patient's age on surgery-related complications, its impact on cardiometabolic outcomes following bariatric surgery has been overlooked.Retrosp...

Dec 17, 2020

This study aimed to explore the new role of telomere length (TL) in the novel classification of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients driven by cluster analysis.A total of 541 T2DM patients were di...

Dec 17, 2020

This study aimed to investigate the impact of a 16-week dance-based aerobic exercise program on lymphocyte function in healthy and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) women. We enrolled 23 women: 11 with ...

Dec 17, 2020

White matter lesions (WML) are common structural alterations in the white matter of the brain and their prevalence increases with age. They are associated with cerebral ischaemia and cognitive dysfunc...

Dec 17, 2020

Cognitive impairment and depression in patients with heart failure (HF) are common comorbidities and are associated with increased morbidity, readmissions and mortality. Timely recognition of cognitiv...

Dec 17, 2020

Atherosclerosis can lead to most cardiovascular diseases. Although some biomimetic nanomaterials coated by macrophage membranes have been reported in previous studies of atherosclerosis, to our knowle...

Dec 17, 2020

During the development of atherosclerosis, nicotine activates macrophage inflammation. However, whether nicotine induces macrophage pyroptosis and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study ...

Dec 17, 2020

Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is emerging as an important noninvasive testing modality for coronary angiography. The performance characteristic of CCTA in patients with advanced kidn...

Dec 17, 2020

Heart failure is a common and devastating complication of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Prompt recognition of heart failure may avert hospitalization, facilitate use of guideline-directed therapies, and impa...

Dec 17, 2020

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have a significant increased risk of embolic stroke. End stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on dialysis have an increased risk of both embolic stroke and bleedi...

Dec 17, 2020

Elderly patients represent a rapidly growing part of the population more susceptible to acute coronary syndromes and their complications. However, literature evidence is lacking in this clinical setti...

Dec 17, 2020

Limited data suggest that hydroxychloroquine may affect risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with lupus erythematosus (LE).To investigate whether hydroxychloroquine treatment is associated with ...