Dec 14, 2020

The P-wave duration (PWD) is an electrocardiographic measurement that represents atrial conduction. Prolonged or shortened PWD is associated with atrial fibrillation (AF). Exome-chip data was utilized...

Dec 14, 2020

Glycosylated acetyls (GlycA), a systemic marker of inflammation, were associated both with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and incident cardiovascular (CV) disease. This study evaluates the p...

Dec 14, 2020

Despite diabetes being an independent risk for HF, only some DM patients develop HF and hence our aim was to compare the clinical features of DM with and without HF and non-DM with and without HF.A re...

Dec 14, 2020

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a systemic manifestation of atherosclerosis that is associated with a high risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). LDL aggregation contributes to atheros...

Dec 14, 2020

Cardiac arrhythmia is associated with high morbidity, and its underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Computational modelling and simulation approaches have the potential to improve standard-of-c...

Dec 14, 2020

The aim of this study is to analyse the prevalence, epidemiology, and anticoagulation prevention of stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) in Czech patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).Retrospec...

Dec 14, 2020

Although international guidelines recommend use of the Global Registries of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) risk score (GRS) to guide acute coronary syndrome (ACS) treatment decisions, the prospective u...

Dec 14, 2020

Data obtained recently demonstrates favourable effects on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and left ventricular dysfunction improvement following ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) in pati...

Dec 13, 2020

Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is an upcoming nonthermal ablation technology used for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients for performing pulmonary vein (PV) isolation. The data obtained previously s...

Dec 13, 2020

Heart failure (HF) is the most widespread chronic complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI). This study aimed to understand the plasma proteins associated with post-MI HF and their gene express...

Dec 13, 2020

The approaches at present fail to distinguish patients at low versus high risk for ventricular arrhythmias due to overreliance on left ventricular ejection fraction measure. In this study, statistical...

Dec 13, 2020

A sedentary lifestyle is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Smartwatches enable accurate daily activity monitoring for physical activity measurement and intervention. Few...

Dec 11, 2020

To understand the intrinsic cardiac developmental and functional abnormalities in pulmonary atresia with the intact ventricular septum (PAIVS) free from effects secondary to anatomic defects, we perfo...

Dec 11, 2020

Automated interpretation of echocardiography by deep neural networks could support clinical reporting and improve efficiency. Whereas previous studies have evaluated spatial relationships using still ...

Dec 11, 2020

Endothelial cells are thought to newly emerge from the mesoderm to form the entire circulatory system. Lately, erythro-myeloid progenitors (EMPs) have been proposed to be a remarkable developmental or...

Dec 11, 2020

Dysbiosis of gut microbiota plays an essential role in cardiovascular diseases, but the molecular mechanisms are complex. An association between the gut microbiome and the variance in HDL-C (high-dens...

Dec 11, 2020

In this study, the EC-derived factors that advance pericyte recruitment around endothelial cells and tube maturation were identified. Moreover, it was determined that the five primary endothelial cell...

Dec 11, 2020

In the DAPA-HF trial, dapagliflozin was added to guideline-recommended therapies, reducing the risk of mortality and heart failure (HF) hospitalization. In this study, the significance and frequency o...

Dec 11, 2020

Ischemic stroke patients non-LVO (large vessel occlusion) patients would require rapid IV thrombolysis in the nearest center. Whereas patients having LVO benefit from direct transportation for endovas...

Dec 11, 2020

Inflammation has emerged as a vital component of the pathophysiology of intracranial aneurysms. Mast cells have been identified previously in human intracranial aneurysm tissues, and their presence wa...