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Cardiology General

Can total joint arthroplasty be safely performed in patients with chronic kidney disease?

Jul 30, 2020

Patients suffered from chronic kidneydisease are at greater risk of perioperative and postoperative complications. Actually there is no systerm review study demonstrating advantages of total joint art...

Early evaluation of myocardial injury by means of high-sensitivity methods for cardiac troponins after strenuous and prolonged exercise.

Jul 30, 2020

All the latest international guidelines recommend that cardiac troponin (cTn) I and T should be considered the preferred biomarkers for diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. However, only in the l...

MiR-30d inhibits cardiomyocytes autophagy promoting ferroptosis after myocardial infarction.

Jul 30, 2020

To investigate the effect of microRNA-30d (miR-30d) on autophagy and reveal the mechanism of autophagy promoting ferroptosis in H9C2 cells.First, we detected miR-30d expression of myocardial tissue in...

Safety of exercise therapy after acute pulmonary embolism.

Jul 30, 2020

The role of exercise therapy after acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is unknown. Exercise therapy is safely used after myocardial infarction and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The aim of this stud...

AMPK in myocardial infarction and diabetes: the yin/yang effect.

Jul 30, 2020

There has been considerable progress in our understanding of cardiac cell metabolism in health and disease, yet important gaps remain in basic knowledge and its translation to clinical care. AMP-activ...

The Study of Clustering Effects of Behavior Risk Factors in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome in Southern China: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Jul 30, 2020

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is now becoming a serious public health threat. Some behaviors risk factors were considered to be associated with MetS and interacted to adversely affect MetS. However, the c...

Maternal folate, one-carbon metabolism and pregnancy outcomes.

Jul 30, 2020

Single nucleotide polymorphisms and pre- and peri-conception folic acid (FA) supplementation and dietary data were used to identify one-carbon metabolic factors associated with pregnancy outcomes in 3...

Cardiovascular effects of repeated subanaesthetic ketamine infusion in depression.

Jul 30, 2020

Ketamine produces significant rapid-onset and robust antidepressant effects in patients with major depressive disorder. However, this drug also has transient cardiovascular stimulatory effects, and th...

The Effect of Dietary Vitamin K1 Supplementation on Trabecular Meshwork and Retina in a Chronic Ocular Hypertensive Rat Model.

Jul 30, 2020

The pathophysiologic relationship between vitamin K and glaucoma remains largely unknown. The aim of the study was to explore the effect of dietary vitamin K supplementation in a rat glaucoma model.Ra...

ACA Medicaid Expansion Associated With Increased Medicaid Participation and Improved Health Among Near-Elderly: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study.

Jul 30, 2020

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) dramatically expanded health insurance, but questions remain regarding its effects on health. We focus on older adults for whom health insurance has greater potential to ...

Predicting the Development of Type 2 Diabetes in a Large Australian Cohort Using Machine-Learning Techniques: Longitudinal Survey Study.

Jul 30, 2020

Previous conventional models for the prediction of diabetes could be updated by incorporating the increasing amount of health data available and new risk prediction methodology.We aimed to develop a s...

Vitamin D is an endogenous partial agonist of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 channel.

Jul 30, 2020

25OHD is a partial agonist of TRPV1 whereby 25OHD can weakly activate TRPV1 yet antagonize the stimulatory effects of the full TRPV1 agonists capsaicin and oleoyl dopamine. 25OHD binds to TRPV1 within...

[Lipid-Lowering Therapy for Primary Cardiovascular Prevention in Older Adults. Consensus Statement of the Russian Association of Gerontologists and Geriatricians, National Society on Atherosclerosis, Russian Society of Cardiology, Association of Clinical Pharmacologists].

Jul 30, 2020

 Completed randomized clinical studies did not have a sufficient statistical power for demonstrating clearly the efficacy of lipid-lowering therapy for primary prevention in patients aged 75 years an...

Person-specific contributions of brain pathologies to progressive parkinsonism in older adults.

Jul 30, 2020

Mixed-brain pathologies are the most common cause of progressive parkinsonism in older adults. We tested the hypothesis that the impact of individual pathologies associated with progressive parkinsoni...

Relationship Between Platelet to Lymphocyte Ratio and Stable Coronary Artery Disease: Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.

Jul 30, 2020

Recent studies have reported a relationship between the platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and acute coronary syndromes. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between PLR and...

Stroke prevention and guideline adherent antithrombotic treatment in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation: A real-world experience.

Jul 30, 2020

Patients aged ≥75 years with the diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF) are at a higher risk of stroke and, according to recent recommendations, should receive oral anticoagulant (OAC) therapy. This ...

Updated Guideline for Vascular Access in Dialysis Patients

Jul 27, 2020

The National Kidney Foundation has released an update to its Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) clinical practice guidelines for vascular access in patients with chronic kidney diseas...

Fixed-Dose Combo Hypertensive Therapy: A Double-Edged Sword?

Jul 27, 2020

Combo increases risk for therapeutic inertia, but achieves better BP control Therapeutic inertia is more likely in hypertensive patients treated with triple-pill fixed-dose combination (FDC) therapy ...

Evaluation of static ulcer on lower extremities using wireless wearable near-infrared spectroscopy device: Effect of deep venous thrombosis on TRiggered Angiography Non-Contrast-Enhanced sequence magnetic resonance imaging.

Jul 27, 2020

Venous leg ulcers, or static leg ulcers, are chronic wounds associated with ambulatory venous hypertension of the lower extremities as a consequence of venous valve reflux, reduce venous capacitance, ...

Incidence of silent venous thromboembolism after total hip arthroplasty: A comparison of rivaroxaban and enoxaparin.

Jul 27, 2020

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is associated with a significant risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Different thromboprophylaxis strategies have been used to prevent VTE. The primary aim of this study...