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Cardiology General

Impact of diabetes mellitus on mortality rates and outcomes in myocardial infarction.

Dec 03, 2020

Diabetes mellitus (DM) represents a major cardiovascular risk factor for increased risk of coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction (MI). DM is also associated with a poorer clinical outcome ...

On-ticagrelor platelet reactivity and clinical outcome in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome.

Dec 03, 2020

A strong association between on-thienopyridines platelet reactivity (PR) and the risk of both thrombotic and bleeding events in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients undergoing percutaneous coronary ...

Association of erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular diseases: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Dec 03, 2020

Erectile dysfunction, a common problem in men, has been shown to be associated with cardiovascular diseases. However, the underlying data are partly contradictory and the strength and mechanism of the...

High Prevalence of Perineural Cysts in Patients with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Dec 03, 2020

Pain in fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is assumed to originate from central sensitization. Perineural cysts or Tarlov cysts (TCs) are nerve root dilations resulting from patholog...

Cushing's Syndrome in a Pregnant Patient Secondary to Adrenal Adenoma: Treatment With Unilateral Adrenalectomy.

Dec 03, 2020

A pregnant woman presented with Cushing's syndrome (CS) secondary to adrenal adenoma and was treated with laparoscopic-assisted right adrenalectomy during the second trimester of pregnancy.Our patient...

Approach to the Diagnosis of Hepatocutaneous Syndrome in Dogs: A Retrospective Study and Literature Review.

Dec 03, 2020

Superficial necrolytic dermatitis (SND) is a rare and often fatal disease in dogs that has been associated with pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasia (SND/EN) and hepatocutaneous syndrome (SND/HCS). Alt...

Effects of a One-week Vacation with Various Activity Programs on Metabolism and Adipokines.

Dec 03, 2020

This study was conducted as part of a larger study of East Tyrolean health tourism, and investigates the effects of an active seven-day vacation on metabolic parameters and adipokines. Fifty-two healt...

Nanoparticles target intimal macrophages in atherosclerotic lesions.

Dec 03, 2020

Oxidized phosphatidylcholines (oxPCs) enriched on the oxidized LDL (oxLDL) surface are responsible ligands for binding oxLDL to the CD36 receptor of intimal macrophages in atherosclerotic lesions. We ...

Risk of Ischemic Stroke after an Inpatient Hospitalization for Transient Ischemic Attack in the United States.

Dec 03, 2020

A diagnosis of transient ischemic attack (TIA) must be followed by prompt investigation and rapid initiation of measures to prevent stroke. Prior studies evaluating the risk of stroke after TIA were c...

Acute Hepatopathy in a Dog Secondary to Hypothyroidism-Induced Atherosclerotic Infarction and Necrosis.

Dec 03, 2020

A 7 yr old male beagle was examined because of lethargy, anorexia, and cranial abdominal discomfort. Significant clinicopathologic abnormalities included severe liver enzyme elevations and hypercholes...

Impact of Modifiable Risk Factors on Long-Term Outcomes after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.

Dec 03, 2020

 Risk factors control and secondary prevention measures are often reported to be suboptimal in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and may lead to worse clinical outcomes. We ...

Carotid Artery Plaque Characteristics and Cardiovascular Events

Dec 02, 2020

Carotid artery (CA) plaque characteristics are often measured using asymptomatic community-based cohort magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures. However, whether these measures are independently ass...

Visit-to-Visit Variability in Kidney Function in Heart Failure

Dec 02, 2020

In patients with heart failure, kidney dysfunction and abnormalities are associated with serum electrolyte levels are associated with poor clinical outcomes. However, how does visit-to-visit variabili...

Echocardiographic LV ESV, LVEF, and Chronic Aortic Regurgitation

Dec 02, 2020

Transthoracic echocardiogram measurements are found to be better at reflecting left ventricular (LV) remodeling that conventional LV dimensions. However, how LV volumes affect mortality in patients wi...

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes During COVID-19

Dec 02, 2020

Recent studies have suggested that communities severely affected by COVID-19 had lower rates of sustained return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in case of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA). Ho...

Self-Care Intervention and 90-Day Outcomes for Acute Heart Failures

Dec 02, 2020

A significant portion of patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) for acute heart failure (AHF) is discharged without hospitalization. Often, the patients are assigned to receive self-care i...

Clinical Course of Acute Ischemic Stroke Due to MeVO

Nov 30, 2020

This study aims to determine the clinical course of acute ischemic stroke due to MeVO with and without intravenous alteplase (IA) treatment. Patients with MeVO from the INTERRSeCT and PRoveIT studies ...

Mechanical Thrombectomy in MeVOs

Nov 30, 2020

The mechanical thrombectomy procedures for intracranial MeVOs (medium vessel occlusions) have been developed in recent years, although the optimal approach remains unclear. This study was aimed to inv...

Link between High Glucose & Poor Outcome Post EVT

Nov 30, 2020

This study aimed to assess the association between glucose concentrations and clinical outcomes in patients who underwent endovascular treatment (EVT). From the MR CLEAN Registry, adult patients with ...

Intracranial Pulsatility related to Severity & Progression of Cerebral WMH

Nov 30, 2020

Several studies have been done to prove the correlation between an increase in pulsatility of the intracranial artery and microangiopathic white matter hyperintensities, also known as WMH. However, th...