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Cardiology General

Association of Troponin Levels With Mortality in Italian Patients Hospitalized With Coronavirus Disease 2019: Results of a Multicenter Study.

Aug 31, 2020

Myocardial injury, detected by elevated plasma troponin levels, has been associated with mortality in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the initial data were rep...

Oral Anticoagulants vs. Warfarin in Venous Thromboembolism

Aug 28, 2020

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a condition where a blood forms in deep veins and travels in the circulation. If the clot is large, it can stop blood from reaching the lungs. Warfarin is the routinely...

Endovascular Strategy vs. Open Repair for Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Aug 28, 2020

A ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is the rupture of the abdominal aorta. Ruptured AAA causes massive bleeding and is associated with a high mortality rate (80%). Recent studies have suggested...

Incremental Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs

Aug 27, 2020

The prevalence of hypertension across the globe has almost doubled over the past 25 years. While antihypertensive drugs have been routinely used as the first-line treatment of hypertension, their adve...

Low Cigarette Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Aug 27, 2020

Heavy smoking of cigarettes is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke. However, how does low cigarette consumption impact the risk of CVD is not yet clear. The ob...

The Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Associated with Migraine

Aug 27, 2020

Migraine is a neurological disorder characterized by intense, throbbing headaches, usually on one side of the head. In women and patients with aura, migraine is also associated with cardiovascular eve...

Cardiovascular Outcomes with Canagliflozin Vs. Other Antidiabetic Drugs

Aug 27, 2020

Canagliflozin is a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor drug used to treat type-2 diabetes. While not certain, the use of canagliflozin had been linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular eve...

Evaluation of stability of deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremities using Doppler ultrasound.

Aug 27, 2020

This study aimed to assess using Doppler ultrasound for analyzing stability of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the lower extremities.Patients with DVT of the lower extremities who were treated from Au...

COVID-19 versus HIT hypercoagulability.

Aug 27, 2020

A striking feature of COVID-19 is the high frequency of thrombosis, particularly in patients who require admission to intensive care unit because of respiratory complications (pneumonia/adult respirat...

Venous Thromboembolism Chemoprophylaxis in Burn Patients: A Literature Review and Single-Institution Experience.

Aug 27, 2020

Hospitalized burn patients meet the criteria for Virchow's triad (endothelial damage, hypercoagulability, and stasis), predisposing them to venous thromboembolism (VTE). While the disease burden of VT...

Presentations of stroke and acute myocardial infarction in the first 28 days following the introduction of state of emergency restrictions for COVID-19.

Aug 27, 2020

To determine if Victorian state of emergency (SOE) measures to combat COVID-19 were associated with delayed presentations or management of acute stroke and acute myocardial infarction (AMI).This was a...

Current utilization and future directions of robotic-assisted endovascular surgery.

Aug 27, 2020

Endovascular surgery has become the standard of care to treat most vascular diseases using a minimal invasive approach. The CorPath system further enhances the potential and enables surgeons to perfor...

[Analysis on the efficacy and safety of fibrinolytic therapy in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction during the COVID-19 epidemic].

Aug 27, 2020

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of fibrinolysis strategy in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) during the COVID-19 epidemic, and to provide reference value for...

[Efficacy comparison of primary percutaneous coronary intervention by drug-coated balloon angioplasty or drug-eluting stenting in acute myocardial infarction patients with de novo coronary lesions].

Aug 27, 2020

To compare the safety profile, angiographic and clinical outcomes between drug-coated balloon(DCB) only strategy versus drug eluting stent(DES) implantation in primary percutaneous coronary intervent...

Does non-invasive ventilation change metabolic markers in children with obstructive sleep apnoea? A systematic review and meta-analysis study protocol.

Aug 27, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is not only common within paediatrics but is associated with critical childhood metabolic morbidity such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and glucose tolerance impairm...

[Comparative analysis on amenable mortality with main non-communicable diseases in urban and rural areas in China, 2010 and 2017].

Aug 27, 2020

To analyze the composition and differences of amenable mortality in urban and rural areas in China, 2010 and 2017. With the national mortality rates in 2010 and 2017 calculated by the National Burea...

[Analysis of incidence and risk factors of neonatal ventilator associated pneumonia in a hospital in Hunan Province, 2016-2018].

Aug 27, 2020

To investigate the incidence and risk factors of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and to provide evidence for the prevention and control of VAP. A total ...

[A prospective cohort study on blood pressure control and risk of ischemic stroke in patients with hypertension].

Aug 27, 2020

To explore the association between blood pressure control and risk of ischemic stroke (IS) in patients with hypertension. A total of 5 488 patients with hypertension from 60 communities were randoml...

[Study on the relationship between dietary quality and the risk of diabetes and prediabetes in urban women].

Aug 27, 2020

To explore the relationship between dietary quality and the risk of diabetes and prediabetes among urban women based on alternative healthy eating index-2010(AHEI-2010). From March to July 2016, a...

[Association between family history of diabetes and incident diabetes of adults: a prospective study].

Aug 27, 2020

To evaluate the association betweew family history of diabetes and incident diabetes of adults. A total of 49 266 participants in the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) study from Wuzhong district of Suzh...