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Cardiology General

Impact of COVID-19 and comorbidities on health and economics: Focus on developing countries and India.

Sep 07, 2020

Presence of comorbidities in patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have often been associated with increased in-hospital complications and mortality. Intriguingly, several developed countr...

Fusion imaging with a mobile C-arm for peripheral arterial disease.

Sep 07, 2020

Fusion imaging makes it possible to improve endovascular procedures and is mainly used in hybrid rooms for aortic procedures. The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of fusion imag...

Immediate Post-Operative Hyperglycemia After Peripheral Arterial Bypass is Associated with Short-Term and Long-Term Poor Outcomes.

Sep 07, 2020

While the impact of poorly controlled Diabetes on surgical outcomes of patients undergoing lower extremity revascularization is well-known, it is not clear if immediate postoperative hyperglycemia (IP...

Association between coronary atherosclerotic burden and all-cause mortality among patients undergoing exercise versus pharmacologic stress-rest SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.

Sep 07, 2020

Patients with suspected coronary artery disease who undergo stress SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and require pharmacologic stress are at substantially increased mortality risk compared to t...

Clinically Meaningful Change in Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.

Sep 07, 2020

Background Among older patients with atrial fibrillation, there are limited data examining clinically meaningful changes in quality of life (QoL). We examined the extent of, and factors associated wit...

Apelin increases atrial conduction velocity, refractoriness, and prevents inducibility of atrial fibrillation.

Sep 07, 2020

Previous studies have shown an association between elevated atrial NADPH-dependent oxidative stress and decreased plasma apelin in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), though the basis for this rel...

2020 Heart Failure Society of South Africa perspective on the 2016 European Society of Cardiology Chronic Heart Failure Guidelines.

Sep 07, 2020

Heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a condition frequently encountered by healthcare professionals and, in order to achieve the best outcomes for patients, needs to be managed op...

Determinants of placental leptin receptor gene expression and association with measures at birth.

Sep 07, 2020

The leptin signalling pathway is important in metabolic health during pregnancy. However, few studies have investigated the determinants and extent of leptin receptor gene (LEPR) expression in the pla...

Risk of Heart Failure After Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Sep 04, 2020

Pneumonia is a respiratory infection in one or both lungs leading to inflammation in alveoli. Significant attention has been on pneumonia and the subsequent risk of cardiovascular outcomes. This study...

Dairy Consumption and the Risk of Hypertension

Sep 04, 2020

Consuming dairy containing saturated fat is known to increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes, but no substantial relationship between dairy consumption and hypertension is known. Besides, prev...

Active Commuting and Incident Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and Mortality

Sep 04, 2020

Several studies have established associations between long commuting hours and the risk of stress and hypertension. This study aims to evaluate the risk of incident cardiovascular disease, cancer, and...

Optimal dose of topical tranexamic acid considering efficacy and safety in total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled study.

Sep 03, 2020

This study aimed to evaluate the optimal dosage of topical tranexamic acid (TXA) considering the efficacy and safety for controlling bleeding after total knee arthroplasty (TKA).This prospective rando...

Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism following Knee Arthroscopy: Effectiveness of a Risk-Based Stratified Chemoprophylaxis Protocol.

Sep 03, 2020

The incidence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) has been reported in up to 10.9% of patients undergoing knee arthroscopy without chemoprohylaxis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate th...

External validation of the YEARS diagnostic algorithm for suspected pulmonary embolism.

Sep 03, 2020

Validated diagnostic algorithms are used to manage patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE). The recently published YEARS study proposed a simplified diagnostic strategy to reduce the use of co...

[Analysis of risk factors for lymphoma patients dying of cardiovascular disease].

Sep 03, 2020

To understand and explore the risk factors of the death of lymphoma patients from cardiovascular disease. The medical records and death information of 1 173 patients with lymphoma were collected, ca...

Neurological complications of coronavirus infection; a comparative review and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sep 03, 2020

Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to grow all over the world. Several studies have been performed, focusing on understanding the acute respiratory syndrome and treatment strategies....

Cerebral Collaterals In Acute Ischemia: Implications For Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Receiving Reperfusion Therapy.

Sep 03, 2020

The cerebral collaterals play an important role in penumbral tissue sustenance after an acute ischemic stroke. Recent studies have demonstrated the potential role of collaterals in the selection of ac...

Comparison of optical coherence tomography-guided versus intravascular ultrasound-guided percutaneous coronary intervention: Rationale and design of a randomized, controlled OCTIVUS trial.

Sep 03, 2020

The clinical value of intracoronary imaging for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) guidance is well acknowledged. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) are the m...

Outcomes following revascularization with radial artery bypass grafts: Insights from the PREVENT-IV trial.

Sep 03, 2020

The optimal role of radial artery grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains uncertain. The purpose of this study was to examine angiographic and clinical outcomes following CABG among p...

"Effect of Calcifediol Treatment and best Available Therapy versus best Available Therapy on Intensive Care Unit Admission and Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Pilot Randomized Clinical study".

Sep 03, 2020

The vitamin D endocrine system may have a variety of actions on cells and tissues involved in COVID-19 progression especially by decreasing the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Calcifediol can rap...