Aug 20, 2020

RENASCENT is a prospective, multi-center first-in-human clinical study to evaluate the clinical performance of the novel sirolimus-eluting 150-μm strut thickness FORTITUDE® BRS for percutaneous coro...

Aug 20, 2020

This study sought to assess the contemporary outcomes of patients transferred after receiving fibrinolytic therapy ('drip-and-ship') for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in the Unite...

Aug 20, 2020

Comparative safety data on the risk of pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS) with different hormonal contraceptives is absent. We sought to quantify the risk of PTCS with eight different types of hormon...

Aug 20, 2020

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infectious complications among renal transplant patients. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is routinely used as first-line prophylaxis ag...

Aug 20, 2020

Gaucher disease (GD) is associated with peculiar metabolic abnormalities (i.e. hypermetabolic state, peripheral insulin resistance, dyslipidemia), partially reverted by enzyme replacement therapy (ERT...

Aug 20, 2020

Stroke has detrimental effects in multiple health domains not captured by routine scales. The International Consortium for Health Outcome Measurement has developed a standardized set for self-reported...

Aug 20, 2020

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are single-strand endogenous and non-coding RNA molecules with a length of about 22 nucleotides, which regulate genes expression, through modulating the translation and stability of...

Aug 20, 2020

Apolipoprotein A1 (APOA1) is essential to reverse cholesterol transport, a physiologically important process that protects against atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. APOA1 is a 28 kDa protein com...

Aug 20, 2020

Myocardial ischemia may occur as a result of pathophysiological and therapeutical applications such as atherosclerosis, thromboembolism, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, coronary artery...

Aug 20, 2020

Identifying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients who warrant a primary-prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator(ICD) is crucial. ICDs are effective in terminating life-threatening arrhy...

Aug 19, 2020

Chrysanthemum zawadskii Herbich (CZH) is used in traditional medicine to treat inflammatory diseases and diabetes. However, the effects of CZH on muscle wasting remains to be studied. Here, we investi...

Aug 18, 2020

Diclofenac is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug prescribed to treat painful conditions and inflammatory diseases, like gout. One of the rare side effects of using diclofenac is the risk of cardiov...

Aug 18, 2020

Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the most common heart diseases that occur in both men and women. But if the risk factors of MI are associated with sex differences is unclear. This study aims to e...

Aug 18, 2020

Heart and lungs from hepatitis C viremia (HCV)-infected donors are not transplanted, but the rise of direct-acting antiviral agents for HCV has raised the possibility of safe transplants. The objectiv...

Aug 18, 2020

Ticagrelor is a P2Y12 inhibitor drug used in the prevention of stroke, ischemia, heart attack, and other cardiovascular events in people with the acute coronary syndrome. One of the major concerns wit...

Aug 18, 2020

Both total and non-total arterial revascularizations (AR) are used to improve short- and long-term mortality in patients with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, the long-term outcomes of...

Aug 18, 2020

Type-2 diabetes is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular events. Recent evidence suggests the safety of oral semaglutide in improving cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type-2 diabetes...

Aug 18, 2020

Stable coronary disease is often associated with an increased risk of arterial fibrillation. Antithrombotic therapy is one of the treatments in patients with arterial fibrillation, but the results are...

Aug 18, 2020

Patients with diabetes mellitus and stable coronary disease are at higher risk of cardiovascular events, like stroke or myocardial infarction. Ticagrelor-aspirin combination is known to reduce the ris...

Aug 17, 2020

Arterial fibrillation is a condition of irregular, rapid heart rate that occurs when the two upper chambers of the heart experience chaotic electrical signals. Immediate restoration of sinus rhythm us...