Jul 13, 2020

With early and effective antiretroviral therapy and improved survival for persons living with human immunodeficiency virus infection (PLHIV), this patient population now faces an increasingly elevated...

Jul 13, 2020

Transfemoral aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been studied extensively in patients with improving safety and efficacy in high to intermediate-risk patients with aortic stenosis. TAVR has been now a...

Jul 13, 2020

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder with prevalent hypertension and renal disease. To avoid side effects of immunosuppressive drugs, alternative therapies are needed. Curcumin...

Jul 13, 2020

We sought to investigate the psychosocial characteristics of patients with uncontrolled hypertension and examine factors that influence blood pressure (BP) control. A total of 1011 patients with uncon...

Jul 13, 2020

Interval walking training has demonstrated more pronounced positive effects on physical fitness and metabolism in type 2 diabetes (T2D), compared to continuous walking. One of the pathogenic mechanism...

Jul 13, 2020

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been reported to negatively affect the health of skeletal muscle, though the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Myostatin, a myokine whose increased expression is associated ...

Jul 13, 2020

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has become an important therapy in patients with heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). The effect of diabetes on long-term outco...

Jul 13, 2020

The mortality of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) in Asian patients predicted by Western population-based risk models is not ideal. We aimed to develop a risk scoring system based on a mult...

Jul 13, 2020

Approximately 25% of coronary arteriovenous fistulas present aneurysmal dilatation; however, spontaneous rupture of the aneurysm is rare. Most coronary arteries branching the feeding arteries demonstr...

Jul 13, 2020

As a result of contraindications (eg, frailty, cognitive impairment, comorbidities) or patient refusal, many patients with stroke and atrial fibrillation cannot be discharged on oral anticoagulant. Am...

Jul 13, 2020

Even though continuity is essential after discharge, there is a lack of reliable questionnaires to measure and assess patients' perceptions of continuity of care. The Patient Continuity of Care Questi...

Jul 13, 2020

There is recent new evidence regarding the combined use of direct oral antiocoagulants and antiplatelet agents in patients with Atrial Fibrillation undergoing PCI.To compare the efficacy of dual antit...

Jul 13, 2020

The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is an inflammatory disorder associated with an increased risk for diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Studies in patients and animal models of ob...

Jul 13, 2020

Failure to address hypertension among people living with HIV (PLWH) may undermine the significant progress made toward reducing mortality among this high-risk population in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). H...

Jul 09, 2020

Graft reconditioning by dual hypothermic oxygenated perfusion (D-HOPE) is an emerging method to minimize ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), but it has never been applied in split liver transplantation...

Jul 09, 2020

A remarkably high incidence of VTE has been reported among critically ill patients with COVID-19 assisted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). However, VTE burden among non-ICU patients hospitalized for ...

Jul 09, 2020

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of accelerated pharmaco-mechanical thrombolysis (PMT) with low-dose second-generation urokinase for the management of cases with lower-extremity dee...

Jul 09, 2020

The global incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes have been escalating in recent decades. The total diabetic population is expected to increase from 415 million in 2015 to 642 million by 2040. Pa...

Jul 09, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak is currently the major public health concern worldwide. This infection, caused by the novel coronavirus Sars Cov2, primarily affects respiratory system, but there is increasing e...

Jul 09, 2020

Previous studies suggest an association between short-term exposure to carbon monoxide and myocardial infarction. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess current evidence on this ...