Mar 04, 2020

Endothelial cells (ECs), as one of the most important types of vascular cells, line the innermost layer of all blood vessels throughout human body and regulate vascular tone and homeostasis. ECs are c...

Mar 04, 2020

The relationship of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) with cardiovascular risk is still controversial. We aimed to determine whether erythrocyte n-3 and n-6 PUFAs are related to the risk of carotid ...

Mar 04, 2020

This study aimed to investigate the level of soluble tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis (sTWEAK) and its correlation with micro-inflammation and atherosclerosis in continuous ambulat...

Mar 04, 2020

In the 2016 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation (AF), the definition of AF type has been modified compared with the 2010 guidelines and its 2012 f...

Mar 04, 2020

Our study aimed to present the clinical characteristics of aetiological and risk factors of ischemic stroke (IS) in young adults in order to provide reference to the early prevention and management.Da...

Mar 02, 2020

Sociodemographic disparities in health outcomes are well documented, but the effects of such disparities on preoperative presentation of pituitary adenomas (PA) and surgical outcomes following resecti...

Mar 02, 2020

Internal jugular vein thrombosis is a rare critical cardiovascular emergency, which has potential catastrophic clinical outcomes by resulting in stroke and pulmonary embolism. Several etiologies have ...

Mar 02, 2020

Loss of graft function after liver transplantation (LT) inevitably requires liver retransplant. Retransplantation of the liver (ReLT) remains controversial because of inferior outcomes compared with t...

Mar 02, 2020

There is an unmet need for antithrombotic treatments for venous thromboembolic disease that do not increase bleeding risk. Selectins are cell adhesion molecules that augment thrombosis by activating i...

Mar 02, 2020

Elastic compression stockings (ECSs) are used to treat symptoms of venous insufficiency. However, lack of patient compliance can limit their effectiveness. In a secondary analysis of the SOX Trial, a ...

Mar 02, 2020

There is limited evidence on the effectiveness and safety of direct-acting oral anticoagulants in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). This s...

Mar 02, 2020

Ischemic stroke is a serious threat to human life and health, which is often accompanied by cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury in clinic. Ischemic postconditioning (IPostC) is a short period o...

Mar 02, 2020

The roles and the underlying mechanisms of M1-type macrophages in angiogenesis and postmyocardial infarction (MI) cardiac repair have remained unclear. In this study, we investigated the role of M1-li...

Mar 02, 2020

BAY 81-8973 (Kovaltry ), a full-length, unmodified, recombinant human factor VIII, provided excellent bleeding control for patients with haemophilia A in the pivotal 1-year LEOPOLD I trial. The LEOPOL...

Mar 02, 2020

Streptokinase is used worldwide as a cost-effective treatment for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Manufacturers use the WHO International Standard (IS) for Streptokinase to potency label their prod...

Mar 02, 2020

Background The increase in soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) both in the diagnosis and prognosis of heart failure is well established; however, existing data regarding sST2 values as the ...

Mar 02, 2020

The safety of CAS in elderly patients remains controversial. And the aims of this study were to evaluate 30-day outcomes after CAS in elderly patients (≥70 years) and to investigate the risk factors...

Mar 02, 2020

High salt (HS) intake is closely associated with the ignition and progression of hypertension. The mechanisms might be involved in endothelial dysfunction, nitric oxide deficiency, oxidative stress, a...

Mar 02, 2020

We developed and validated a nomogram to predict coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in northern China. We analyzed a cohort of RA patients admitted to the Departme...

Mar 02, 2020

Pre-eclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy complication and one of the leading causes of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in the world. PE is characterized by high blood pressure and signs of dama...