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Cardiology General

Dulaglutide reduces binge episodes in type 2 diabetic patients with binge eating disorder: A pilot study.

Apr 15, 2020

Binge eating disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder in the United States and Europe and is associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Presence and severity of BED have been associat...

Effect of green tea extract on lipid profile in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Apr 15, 2020

Previous studies have indicated controversial results regarding the efficacy of green tea extract (GTE) in improving the lipid profile of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. We aimed to conduct ...

Statin Lipophilicity and the Risk of Incident Heart Failure.

Apr 15, 2020

To compare the risk of incident heart failure (HF) between initiators of hydrophilic and lipophilic statins.Using claims data for commercial health insurance program enrollees in the USA (2005-2014), ...

A Single Motivational Lecture Can Promote Modest Weight Loss: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Apr 15, 2020

Obesity is a public health problem worldwide. To widely disseminate weight-loss interventions across the target population, a cost-effective approach is needed.We aimed to test whether a single motiva...

Antidiabetic Therapy and Rate of Severe Hypoglycaemia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease of Different Stages - A Follow-up Analysis of Health Insurance Data from Germany.

Apr 15, 2020

The presence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) influences the type of antiglycaemic therapy and the risk for hypoglycaemia.In 2006, 2011 and 2016 health insurance data of people with diabetes type 2 wer...

atherosclerosis: gone with the Wnt?

Apr 15, 2020

Atherosclerosis, a pathology affecting large and medium-sized arteries, is the major cause of cardiovascular morbidity/mortality in industrialized countries. During atherosclerosis, cells accumulate l...

Serum osteoprotegerin as a long-term predictor for patients with stable coronary artery disease and its association with diabetes and statin treatment: A CLARICOR trial 10-year follow-up substudy.

Apr 15, 2020

Elevated circulating levels of osteoprotegerin (OPG) are known to add to the prediction of cardiovascular mortality. Our objective was to clarify the long-term risk associated with serum OPG and the p...

Electrical stimulation inhibits Val-boroPro-induced pyroptosis in THP-1 macrophages via sirtuin3 activation to promote autophagy and inhibit ROS generation.

Apr 15, 2020

The incidence of atherosclerosis (AS), a major contributor to cardiovascular disease, is steadily rising along with an increasingly older population worldwide. Pyroptosis, a form of inflammatory progr...

Evaluation of the Efficacy of Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography in Assessing Coronary Artery Morphology and Physiology: Rationale and Study Design.

Apr 15, 2020

Computed tomographic coronary angiography (CTCA) is a non-invasive imaging modality, which allows plaque burden and composition assessment and detection of plaque characteristics associated with incre...

Thrombo-Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease: An Expert Consensus Document from the Third Maastricht Consensus Conference on Thrombosis.

Apr 15, 2020

Thrombo-inflammation describes the complex interplay between blood coagulation and inflammation that plays a critical role in cardiovascular diseases. The third Maastricht Consensus Conference on Thro...

[Position paper of the Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology (SICI-GISE): Management of patent foramen ovale in patients with cerebral or systemic thromboembolism - 2020].

Apr 15, 2020

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is implicated in the pathogenesis of different clinical syndromes in which it plays variable roles. In 2017 and 2018, four randomized clinical trials were published, allowin...

Altered calcium-handling produces reentry-promoting action potential alternans in atrial fibrillation-remodeled hearts.

Apr 15, 2020

Atrial fibrillation (AF) alters atrial-cardiomyocyte (ACM) Ca2+-handling, promoting ectopic-beat formation. Here, we examined the effects of AF-associated remodeling on Ca2+-related action-potential (...

Prognostic indicators of new onset atrial fibrillation in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

Apr 15, 2020

This study aims to estimate prognostic indicators of new onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) through 3 to 5 years of follow-up.For patients with ACS, some p...

A Closer Look at Triglycerides, Cardiovascular Risk, and Statin Use

Apr 13, 2020

The incidence of cardiovascular (CV) disease continues to be high despite widespread statin use. The residual CV risk in statin-treated patients accounts for a large proportion of the healthcare burde...

Preoperative anemia and total hospitalization time are the independent factors of preoperative deep venous thromboembolism in Chinese elderly undergoing hip surgery.

Apr 06, 2020

This study was designed to explore the prevalence and risk factors of preoperative deep venous thromboembolism (DVT) in Chinese elderly with hip fracture.From January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2018, 27...

DETERMINING THE RISK OF THROMBOSIS AMONG THE PATIENTS WITH ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA.

Apr 06, 2020

The aim of the studywas to determine the risk of thrombosis among patients with Essential thrombocythemia based on the modern criteria of diagnosis and to reveal the treatment accordingmethods of rese...

Quantifying the impact of surgical decompression on quality of life and identification of factors associated with outcomes in patients with symptomatic metastatic spinal cord compression.

Apr 06, 2020

Metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) imposes significant impairment on patient quality of life and often requires immediate surgical intervention. In this study the authors sought to estimate the...

The Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism and Impact on Survival in Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Apr 06, 2020

Thrombosis increase the acute and long-term morbidity and mortality in malignancy patients. We analyzed venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, the impact of VTE on survival, p...

Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease.

Apr 06, 2020

Primary prevention of coronary artery disease (CAD) is an important means to reduce the burden of the disease. Aspirin has been widely prescribed over the last several decades as part of primary CAD p...

2019 vs. 2016 ESC/EAS statin guidelines for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Apr 06, 2020

The 2019 vs. 2016 European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society (ESC/EAS) dyslipidaemia guidelines contains new recommendations for primary prevention with statins; however, the pote...