Mar 09, 2020

There is a scarcity of literature exploring the consequences of Failure To Extubate (FTE) and Delayed Reintubation (DRI) in spine surgery. While it is reasonable to believe that patients who FTE or un...

Mar 09, 2020

Breast cancer patients treated with radiotherapy are at increased risk of subsequent acute coronary syndromes (ACS). We aimed to study if radiotherapy also influences the prognosis of these ACS.We inc...

Mar 09, 2020

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) exhibit antiapoptotic and proangiogenic functions in models of myocardial infarction which may be mediated by secreted small extracellular vesicles (sEVs). However, MS...

Mar 09, 2020

Co-existence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and electrocardiography (ECG) abnormalities heightens the risk of sudden cardiac death. However, there is a gap in evidence of how ECG changes cluster among c...

Mar 09, 2020

Significant practice-changing developments have occurred in the care of heart transplantation candidates and recipients over the past decade. This Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Cardiac Tran...

Mar 09, 2020

Papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC) represents 10%-15% of renal carcinomas. No standard treatments exist for metastatic PRCC (mPRCC) patients. Axitinib is indicated as second-line treatment in metas...

Mar 09, 2020

Portal venous pressure (PVP) measurement is of clinical significance, especially in patients with portal hypertension. However, the invasive nature and associated complications limits its application....

Mar 09, 2020

Exposure to air pollution has been linked to elevated blood pressure (BP) and hypertension, but most research has focused on short-term (hours, days, or months) exposures at relatively low concentrati...

Mar 09, 2020

Polymorphisms of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene are strongly associated with hypertension incidence, although such association is inconsistent among ethnicities studied. However, eff...

Mar 09, 2020

Despite recent advances in immunosuppressive therapy for patients with primary nephrotic syndrome, its effectiveness and safety have not been fully studied in recent nationwide real-world clinical dat...

Mar 09, 2020

To study and explore the intervention of the flash glucose monitoring system (FGMS) on diabetes-related distress (DRD) in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D).A 12-week prospective stud...

Mar 09, 2020

The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasing. As a strong association between these two diseases exist, it is unsurprising that the number of pa...

Mar 09, 2020

Incretin therapy is a common treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus. We have previously reported an anti-prostate cancer effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist exendin-4. The atte...

Mar 09, 2020

Patients with cirrhosis often have concomitant coronary artery disease and require percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). PCI in cirrhotics can be associated with significant risks due to thrombocy...

Mar 09, 2020

The recently reported ISCHEMIA trial will reignite the debate regarding the optimal first diagnostic test when evaluating chest pain in patients suspected to have coronary artery disease. This article...

Mar 09, 2020

Myocardial bridge (MB) may cause angina in patients with no obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). We previously reported a novel stress echocardiography (SE) pattern of focal septal buckling with...

Mar 09, 2020

The concentration-response relationship between mortality and long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) has not been fully elucidated, especially at high levels of PM concentrations.We aimed ...

Mar 09, 2020

Diabetes mellitus (DM) plays an important role in restenosis and late in-stent thrombosis (ST). The current study using optical coherence tomography (OCT) aims to compare target lesion neointima in p...

Mar 09, 2020

Caring for athletes with cardiac disease requires an approach that caters to the specific needs of the athlete.A 27-year-old professional rugby player was admitted with decompensated heart failure and...

Mar 09, 2020

Making a firm diagnosis of chronic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) remains a challenge. We recommend a new stepwise diagnostic process, the 'HFA-PEFF diagnostic algorithm'. Step...