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Cardiology General

Are there sex differences in risk for exertional heat stroke? A translational approach.

May 23, 2022

What is the topic of this review? This review discusses the current status of the literature in sex differences in exertional heat stroke. What advances does this review highlight? We utilize a transl...

Evaluation of pulmonary arterial stiffness and comparison with right ventricular functions in patients with cirrhosis preparing for liver transplantation.

May 23, 2022

Pulmonary complications are common in patients with liver cirrhosis. Devolopment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with a poor prognosis in these patients. Pulmonary arterial stiffness (PAS...

Clinically Elevated Parent Depressive Symptoms and Stress at Child Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis: Associations with Parent Diabetes Self-Efficacy at 18-Months Post-Diagnosis.

May 23, 2022

Eighteen percent of new diagnoses of type 1 diabetes (T1D) occur in children ages 9 and younger, and the burden of diabetes management in young children predominantly falls on parents. Despite the sig...

Continuous metabolic syndrome severity score and the risk of CVD and all-cause mortality.

May 23, 2022

The dualistic diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome overlooked the severity of metabolic syndrome, and the relationships between the severity of metabolic syndrome and adverse health conditions a...

Feasibility of nitroglycerin patch as a pretreatment for the distal radial approach: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (DRANG study).

May 23, 2022

The distal radial approach (DRA) is a novel catheter cannulation technique to access the distal radial artery for coronary angiography (CAG). It is associated with less occurrence of puncture site occ...

Assessment of post-dilatation strategies for optimal stent expansion in calcified coronary lesions: Ex vivo analysis with optical coherence tomography.

May 23, 2022

Interventional cardiologists make adjustments in the presence of coronary calcifications known to limit stent expansion, but proper balloon sizing, plaque-modification approaches, and high-pressure re...

Population-Level Impact of the Guidelines Update on Patient Selection and Outcomes After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.

May 23, 2022

This study sought to analyze the impact of the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Heart Rhythm Society (ACC/AHA/HRS) guidelines for cardiac resynchronization therapy with ...

Major adverse cardiovascular events in bulgarian patients with chronic coronary syndrome.

May 23, 2022

In primary prevention, most guidelines rely on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk assessment to determine the appropriateness and intensity of risk factor modification.This study aimed to ana...

Characteristics, & Outcomes of COVID-19–Associated (AM)

May 20, 2022

Acute myocarditis (AM) is considered an uncommon cardiovascular consequence of COVID-19, while data beyond case reports is limited. Therefore, based on a retrospective cohort from 23 hospitals, resear...

Muscle LIM Protein Mediates Sarcomeric Signaling in Human Familial HCM

May 20, 2022

The most prevalent hereditary heart illness is familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which is caused by abnormalities in genes encoding sarcomeric proteins that govern ventricular contractility....

Congenital Heart Disease: Fetal Brain Volume Predicts Neurodevelopment

May 20, 2022

In children with congenital heart disease (CHD), neurodevelopmental impairment is widespread, yet postnatal factors only account for 30% of the diversity in outcomes. For a study, researchers sought t...

Proteomic & Mendelian Randomization Identifies Heart Failure

May 20, 2022

Heart failure (HF) is a common condition for which the underlying processes are yet unknown. The identification of disease-associated proteins with causal genetic evidence opens the door to novel trea...

Type 2 MI: Coronary Artery & Cardiac Disease

May 20, 2022

Myocardial oxygen supply-demand imbalance causes type 2 myocardial infarction, which is becoming more prevalent as high-sensitivity cardiac troponin testing becomes available. Despite the fact that th...

RLR of Cardiovascular Disease Among Middle-Aged Adults

May 20, 2022

At any given age, the residual lifetime risk (RLR) is the chance of developing an outcome throughout the rest of one's life. Data from a single community-based cohort study of primarily White particip...

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Statins for the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

May 20, 2022

Primary prevention statin medication is often prioritized in cholesterol recommendations based on a 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease. With the introduction of generic prices, statin eligibility ...

QOL Outcomes With Invasive Vs. Conservative Management of Chronic Coronary Disease

May 20, 2022

In 5,179 patients with chronic coronary disease and moderate or severe ischemia, ISCHEMIA (International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches) compared an ini...

hPSC-CMs Form Grafts With Enhanced Structure & Function in Injured Hearts

May 20, 2022

Cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) produced from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) offer a lot of promise for heart regeneration, but their immature nature hampers their translational potential. Researchers...

Genetic Landscape of the ACE2 Coronavirus Receptor

May 20, 2022

SARS-CoV-2 penetrates human cells via the ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme protein as a receptor. Thus, ACE2 is critical for coronavirus infection and therapy. ACE2 is abundantly expressed in the h...

The Benefits of Higher Protein Intake During Caloric Restriction

May 20, 2022

While patients who are dieting to reduce body weight might try to maintain protein intake, protein levels often fall below what is recommended. Although previous studies have reported on the ef...

Vitamin K2 & D in Aortic Valve Calcification (AVC) Patients

May 20, 2022

Menaquinone-7 (MK-7), commonly known as vitamin K2, is a cofactor for the carboxylation of proteins involved in arterial calcification inhibition and has been shown to slow the course of aortic valve ...