Cardiology General
Jul 20, 2020
Subendothelial collagen exposed to platelets after rupture of atherosclerotic plaques is the main trigger of platelet activation und acute arterial thrombotic occlusion leading to myocardial infarctio...
Jul 20, 2020
There is a paucity of studies investigating the impact of mid-range ejection fraction (mrEF) on clinical outcomes, including ventricular arrhythmias, in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STE...
Jul 20, 2020
During the process of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (MIRI), the intracellular Ca concentration ([Ca]) continues to increase, leads to the cardiomyocyte apoptosis and eventually causes myocard...
Jul 20, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact that the revised American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) hypertension diagnostic criteria would have on the prevalence o...
Jul 20, 2020
Computed tomography (CT) is the actual gold standard diagnostic tool for monitoring patients after decompressive craniectomy. It is validated and provides a wide number of information. However, it tak...
Jul 20, 2020
Chronic liver disease (CLD) has no effective treatments apart from reducing its complications. Simvastatin has been tested as vasoprotective drug in experimental models of CLD showing promising result...
Jul 20, 2020
This study was aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between postpartum nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use among women with hypertensive disorders o...
Jul 20, 2020
Oxyntomodulin (OXM) was identified as a glucagon (GCG) receptor (GCGR) and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor (GLP-1R) dual agonist to suppress appetite, increase energy expenditure, and induce ...
Jul 20, 2020
Hyperglycemia is common in acute ischemic stroke patients and is associated with poor clinical outcome. However, aggressive reduction of post-stroke hyperglycemia did not improve clinical outcome, sug...
Jul 20, 2020
Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is increasing in developing countries. Different definitions of MS lead to discrepancies in prevalence estimates and applicability. We assessed the prevalence of MS as defined ...
Jul 20, 2020
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of recommendations to limit troponin testing to patients with either chest pain or ischemic electrocardiographic changes.We included all adult pat...
Jul 20, 2020
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is underdiagnosed in primary care settings, partly because of a limited accuracy of the Doppler ankle-brachial index (ABI). This study aims to assess the diagnostic a...
Jul 20, 2020
Long-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution has been linked with increased cardiovascular events and mortality, however, studies had shown inconsistent associations between PM exposure...
Jul 20, 2020
Onco-cardiology services are expanding rapidly in Japan. To provide a better service, it is important to consider the needs of oncologists. However, little is known regarding specific needs for which ...
Jul 20, 2020
Open repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA) that have developed secondary to chronic aortic dissection (CD) is often more complex than repair of degenerative aneurysms (DA). However, the l...
Jul 16, 2020
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a clinically efficacious surgical option for end-stage knee osteoarthritis. However, TKA increases the risk of serious bleeding and blood transfusion. The objective of...
Jul 16, 2020
Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) are a common but preventable cause of morbidity and mortality among people who inject drugs (PWID). They can be severe, and hospitalisations of PWID with SSTI ar...
Jul 16, 2020
Pancreatic cancer patients are at risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE); the value of thromboprophylaxis has not been definitively established.This trial randomized cancer patients initiating a new re...
Jul 16, 2020
Background The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is an inexpensive, reliable, and easy-to-implement measure of lower-extremity physical function. Strong evidence links SPPB scores with all-cau...
Jul 16, 2020
Therapeutic angiogenesis with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is promising for the clinical treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD). However, the heterogeneous proangiogenic nature of MSCs is a key...