Dec 10, 2020

We present the results of 51 stroke patients with free central visual fields of which about half suffer from clear deficits of midlevel vision undetected by standard clinical tests. These patients yie...

Dec 10, 2020

Atherosclerotic plaques develop as a result of a low-grade, chronic, systemic inflammatory response to the injury of endothelial cells arising from lipid deposition within the intima. Increased white ...

Dec 10, 2020

The adult mammalian heart consists of mononuclear and binuclear cardiomyocytes (CMs) with various ploidies. However, it remains unclear whether a variation in ploidy or number of nuclei is associated ...

Dec 10, 2020

A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was 'In patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, is endoscopic radial artery...

Dec 10, 2020

Supported by a Pilot Grant from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness (to D.C.). D.C. is also supported by the NIH/NIDDK (K23 DK125670). G.T. was supporte...

Dec 10, 2020

By April 26, 2020, infections related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affected people from 210 countries and caused 203,818 reported deaths worldwide. A few studies discussed the outcome of COV...

Dec 10, 2020

Adherence to low salt diets and control of hypertension remain unmet clinical needs in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.We performed a 6-month multicentre randomized trial in non-compliant patien...

Dec 10, 2020

Aggregation of protein causes various diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and type II diabetes. It was found that aggregation of protein depends on many factors like temperatu...

Dec 10, 2020

Post-transplant liver fibrosis (PTLF) is a common and severe complication in liver recipients. In this study, we assessed the impact of donor liver genetics on the development of PTLF. A total of 232 ...

Dec 10, 2020

Regenerative therapies like cell-assisted lipotransfer or preclinical experimental studies use adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ASCs) as the main therapeutic agent. But there are also factors depend...

Dec 10, 2020

5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency is a rare hereditary disease characterized by defects in folate and homocysteine metabolism. Individuals with inherited gene mutations have...

Dec 10, 2020

Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA) possesses potent anti-atherogenic function, however, the underlying pharmacological mechanism remains incompletely understood. Previous studies suggest that oxidized LDL (oxLD...

Dec 10, 2020

To evaluate whether abdominal atherosclerosis was associated with poorer outcome in a single-centre cohort of patients suffering from nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI).From January 2009 to Decem...

Dec 10, 2020

The new guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation (AF) were published by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Tho...

Dec 10, 2020

Despite wide usage of digoxin for various diseases in cardiology practice, its benefit is controversial and moreover it had been associated with unfavorable outcomes in some previous studies. The aim ...

Dec 08, 2020

Although cardiovascular disease (CVD) metrics define risk in individuals aged over 40, CVD's most initial lesions appear well before this age. Despite the role of metabolism in CVD predecessors, the s...

Dec 08, 2020

HIV patients on effective antiretroviral therapy are often at an increased risk of cardiovascular complications, possibly attributed to off-target drug effects. Previous studies have associated antire...

Dec 08, 2020

Bleeding in patients occurs frequently when treated with oral anticoagulant therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF); this might be the first manifestation of underlying cancer. This study aimed to invest...

Dec 08, 2020

The rates of failure after revascularization surgery are high for both vein grafts (VG) and in arterial interventions. One approach to improve outcomes is the upregulation of the gaseous transmitter�...

Dec 08, 2020

Inflammation plays a major role in the complications and clinical manifestations of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Colchicine is an often used treatment for gout, and has recently emerged as a therape...