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Cardiology General

Effects of Compression Stockings on Body Balance in Hemiplegic Patients with Subacute Stroke.

Dec 12, 2022

(1) Background: Stroke patients with hemiplegia have an increased risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT). DVT increases the risk of life-threatening pulmonary embolism and is associated with po...

A Comparison among Nonvitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Asian Patients with Venous Thromboembolism: A Multi-Institutional Study.

Dec 12, 2022

The comparison of clinical effectiveness and safety across different nonvitamin K antagonist direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in Asian patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) remains unclear. The...

Imaging mismatch between Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score and perfusion imaging may be a good variable for endovascular treatment.

Dec 12, 2022

Some patients with acute large vessel occlusion (LVO) presented imaging mismatch, low Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) with small ischemic core, or high ASPECTS with large ischemic core...

Attempt to mitigate marine engine emissions with improved performance by the investigation of alcohol inclusion in sunflower biodiesel-sunflower oil-diesel blend.

Dec 12, 2022

The quaternary blends (diesel-biodiesel-vegetable oil-alcohol) offer enormous potential for reducing fossil fuel usage and mitigating air pollution caused by marine diesel engines. Biodiesel and alcoh...

Experimental study on co-culture of DiI-labeled rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and neonatal rat cardiomyocytes to induce differentiation into cardiomyocyte-like cells.

Dec 12, 2022

Myocardial infarction is a serious clinical disease with high mortality and poor prognosis. Cardiomyocytes (CMs) have limited regeneration abilities after ischemic injury. Their growth and differentia...

Interaction of Vitamin D with Peptide Hormones with Emphasis on Parathyroid Hormone, FGF23, and the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System.

Dec 12, 2022

The seminal discoveries that parathyroid hormone (PTH) and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) are major endocrine regulators of vitamin D metabolism led to a significant improvement in our understand...

Effects of Melissa officinalis Extract Containing Rosmarinic Acid on Cognition in Older Adults Without Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Dec 12, 2022

Previous in vitro and in vivo studies on Alzheimer's disease (AD) models have reported that rosmarinic acid (RA) can inhibit the formation of amyloid-β fibrils as well as the oligomerization and depo...

Characterization of advanced glycation end products and aggregates of irisin: Multispectroscopic and microscopic approaches.

Dec 12, 2022

Glycation of proteins leading to the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) has been demonstrated to contribute to the pathogenesis of several diseases. Irisin is a clinically significant...

Heart rate variability and cognitive performance in adults with cardiovascular risk.

Dec 12, 2022

Heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of autonomic function, has been associated with both cardiovascular disease and cognitive dysfunction. In turn, cardiovascular risk has been linked to an increa...

Controlled and Synchronised Vascular Regeneration upon the Implantation of Iloprost- and Cationic Amphiphilic Drugs-Conjugated Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts into the Ovine Carotid Artery: A Proteomics-Empowered Study.

Dec 12, 2022

Implementation of small-diameter tissue-engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) into clinical practice is still delayed due to the frequent complications, including thrombosis, aneurysms, neointimal hyperp...

Digital Biomarkers of Gait and Balance in Diabetic Foot, Measurable by Wearable Inertial Measurement Units: A Mini Review.

Dec 12, 2022

People with diabetic foot frequently exhibit gait and balance dysfunction. Recent advances in wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs) enable to assess some of the gait and balance dysfunction assoc...

Autopsy-Inconclusive Cases of Sudden Cardiac Death: Concealed Cardiomyopathy

Dec 07, 2022

Despite the difficulties of autopsy investigation and emerging evidence that malignant arrhythmia may begin before structural abnormalities in hereditary cardiomyopathy, or so-called "concealed cardio...

Patients With Annular Calcification, Rings, and Bioprostheses: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Outcomes

Dec 07, 2022

The MITRAL (Mitral Implantation of Transcatheter Valves) experiment was the first prospective investigation employing balloon-expandable aortic transcatheter heart valves to treat valve-in-mitral annu...

Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease by Adding Salt to Foods

Dec 07, 2022

Recent research has revealed a substantial correlation between life expectancy and the frequency with which salt is added to meals, which may represent a person's long-term salt taste preference and s...

Internal Medicine Trainees' Views on Cardiology

Dec 07, 2022

A poll from a decade ago found a discrepancy between internal medicine residents' professional development priorities and their views on cardiology, and no data from the present day supports this find...

Oral Anticoagulation and Race/ethnicity in Atrial Fibrillation

Dec 06, 2022

Patients of color with atrial fibrillation (AF) are less likely to receive oral anticoagulation (OAC). However, how uneven OAC prescribing contributes to disparities in AF outcomes is little known. Th...

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and SGLT2 Inhibitors Cure Diabetes and CVD

Dec 06, 2022

There is a lack of information regarding the actual use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) in modern community practice for ...

ADAPTABLE Compares EHRs to Patient-reported Measures

Dec 06, 2022

Gathering clinical events in pragmatic clinical trials may be aided by patient-reported health data. However, there needs to be more information about the viability of using patient-reported data in p...

Outcomes of Kidney and Dapagliflozin in Heart Faliure Patients with Preserved or Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction

Dec 05, 2022

In patients with heart failure and a lower ejection fraction, sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors have been shown to prevent heart failure episodes and delay the course of renal disease. The pur...

US Sodium-glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors and Ejection Fraction

Dec 05, 2022

The EMPEROR-Preserved (Empagliflozin Outcome Trial in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction) and DELIVER (Dapagliflozin Evaluation to Improve the Lives of Patients with ...