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Cardiology General

Analysis on risk factors of lung cancer complicated with pulmonary embolism.

Sep 17, 2020

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially fatal complication, and its morbidity together with fatalness will further increase when in patients with malignant tumors. Fast and accurate early diagnosi...

Deep Venous Thrombosis Recurrence and Its Predictors at Selected Tertiary Hospitals in Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Sep 17, 2020

Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a common clinical problem associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Knowledge of the global burden of DVT recurrence is deficient in Africa, including Ethiop...

Aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a review of recent literature and updated guideline recommendations.

Sep 17, 2020

Recent clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of aspirin in primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) have suggested the risk of aspirin may outweigh its benefit in individ...

Persistent Racial and Sex Disparities in Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Retrospective Clinical Registry Review in the Drug-eluting Stent Era.

Sep 17, 2020

The purpose of this study was to assess the temporal trends in 30-day mortality by race group for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) between 2011 and 2018 and to investigate th...

Aerobic Exercise After Left-sided Stroke Improves Gait Speed and Endurance: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Sep 17, 2020

Investigate the effects of aerobic exercise (AE) on individuals who have had a stroke and showed baseline scores lower than the standard scores for the 6-minute and 10-Meter walk tests (6MWT and 10MWT...

von Willebrand Factor Antigen, von Willebrand Factor Propeptide, and ADAMTS13 in Carotid Stenosis and Their Relationship with Cerebral Microemboli.

Sep 17, 2020

 The relationship between von Willebrand factor antigen (VWF:Ag), VWF propeptide (VWFpp), VWFpp/VWF:Ag ratio, ADAMTS13 activity, and microembolic signal (MES) status in carotid stenosis is unknown.�...

Development and Internal Validation of a Discrete Event Simulation Model of Diabetic Kidney Disease Using CREDENCE Trial Data.

Sep 17, 2020

The Canagliflozin and Renal Endpoints in Diabetes with Established Nephropathy Clinical Evaluation (CREDENCE) study showed that compared with placebo, canagliflozin 100 mg significantly reduced the r...

Pre-procedural image-guided versus non-image-guided ventricular tachycardia ablation-a review.

Sep 17, 2020

Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography in patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) after myocardial infarction (MI) helps to delineate scar from healthy tissue. Image-guided VT ablation ...

Pleiotropic actions of factor Xa inhibition in cardiovascular prevention - mechanistic insights and implications for anti-thrombotic treatment.

Sep 17, 2020

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease in which atherothrombotic complications lead to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. At advanced stages, myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke and...

LifePearl microspheres loaded with irinotecan in the treatment of Liver-dominant metastatic colorectal carcinoma: feasibility, safety and pharmacokinetic study.

Sep 17, 2020

To evaluate pharmacokinetic and safety profile of LifePearl microspheres loaded with irinotecan (LifePearl-IRI) in the treatment of liver-dominant, metastatic colorectal carcinoma (LM-CRC) by transart...

Effect of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockade on Long-Term Outcomes in Postacute Kidney Injury Patients With Hypertension.

Sep 17, 2020

Renal replacement therapy-requiring acute kidney injury frequently occurs in ICUs, which require evidence-based medical attention. However, in the postacute kidney injury patient population, the evide...

Effects of Combined 17β-estradiol and progesterone on weight and blood pressure in postmenopausal women of the REPLENISH trial.

Sep 17, 2020

To examine the impact of a single-capsule 17β-estradiol (E2)/progesterone (P4) on weight and blood pressure (BP) when treating moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms in postmenopausal women with a ute...

Increasing age and non-liver comorbidities in patients with chronic hepatitis B in Taiwan: A nationwide population-based analysis.

Sep 17, 2020

Data from the US suggest that chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients have aged in the past decade. However, the burden of non-liver comorbidities have not been well characterized in Taiwan, where CHB is v...

How Much Weight Loss is Required for Cardiovascular Benefits? Insights From a Metabolic Surgery Matched-cohort Study.

Sep 17, 2020

The aim of this study was to determine the minimum amount of weight loss required to see a reduction in major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE).Although obesity is an established risk factor for mo...

Incidence of type 1 diabetes by socio-demographic characteristics among South Australian children: Whole-of-population study.

Sep 17, 2020

To describe and compare the incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in South Australia by individual and area-level socio-economic characteristics among children aged ≤11 years.This is a whole-of-popul...

Relationship between sclerostin and coronary tortuosity in postmenopausal females with non-obstructive coronary artery disease.

Sep 17, 2020

Coronary tortuosity (CT) is commonly encountered in postmenopausal females and is usually present without obstructive lesions. Circulating sclerostin levels are elevated in postmenopausal females. In ...

Association of Body Mass Index with Endothelial Function in Asian Men.

Sep 17, 2020

The association of body weight with cardiovascular events is still controversial. We evaluated the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and endothelial function.We measured flow-mediated vasodil...

The Society for Vascular Surgery Alternative Payment Model Task Force Report on Opportunities for Value-Based Reimbursement in Care for Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease.

Sep 17, 2020

The Society for Vascular Surgery Alternative Payment Model Taskforce document explores the drivers and implications for developing objective value-based reimbursement plans for the care of patients wi...

A Systematic Review of the Spectrum of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Sep 17, 2020

Major structural cardiovascular diseases are associated with cardiac arrhythmias, but their full spectrum remains unknown in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which we addressed in this systematic review. Atr...

Catheter-based electrical interventions to study, diagnose and treat arrhythmias in horses: From refractory period to electro-anatomical mapping.

Sep 17, 2020

Minimally-invasive catheter-based interventional cardiology is a mainstay for the diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias in human medicine. Very accurate imaging using fluoroscopy, CT and MRI is essen...