Jan 29, 2024

A treatment's overall favourable benefit-risk profile does not imply that every individual patient will benefit from the treatment. We describe a statistical methodology for quantifying the benefit-ri...

Jan 29, 2024

We enhance the Bayesian Mendelian Randomization (MR) framework of Berzuini et al. (Biostatistics 21(1):86-101, 2018) by allowing for interval null causal hypotheses, where values of the causal effect...

Jan 29, 2024

The present study examined whether dietary diversity is associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in community-dwelling older Japanese adults.Participants comprised 8,195 older adults (mean age was...

Jan 29, 2024

The aim of this sub-study was to evaluate the relationship between echocardiography (echo) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) variables and to utilize echo to assess the effect of macitenta...

Jan 29, 2024

To examine the associations between catheter ablation treatment (CA) vs. medical management and cognitive impairment among older adults with atrial fibrillation (AF).Ambulatory patients who had AF, we...

Jan 29, 2024

Older adults form a fast-increasing proportion of the world population. However, gains in increasing quantity of life have not been accompanied by similar gains in quality of life. Older people freque...

Jan 29, 2024

Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is genetically heterogenous, driven by beta cell dysfunction and insulin resistance. Insulin resistance drives the development of cardiometabolic complications and is typically ...

Jan 29, 2024

Drug-eluting stents (DESs) have become the first-line treatment for symptomatic peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Currently, there are many types of DESs on the market. The same type of DESs has diff...

Jan 29, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. Patient knowledge about AF and its management is paramount but often limited...

Jan 29, 2024

TeleCheck-AF is a novel remote on-demand mobile health infrastructure around teleconsultations for patients with atrial fibrillation. Social media (SoMe) communication on Twitter contributed to the di...

Jan 29, 2024

Understanding trends in the representation of women and individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations in cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular subspecialty fellowships is essenti...

Jan 22, 2024

Conversion total hip arthroplasty (THA) is considered the main treatment plan for patients with first-line treatment failure of acetabulum fracture. This meta-analysis aims to assess the effect of the...

Jan 22, 2024

Fatigue, a common problem following a stroke, can have negative effects on a person's daily life. There are no good interventions thus far for alleviating fatigue among those affected.This review aime...

Jan 22, 2024

Data on impact of financial hardship on coronary artery disease (CAD) remain incomplete.Consecutive subjects referred for clinical rest/stress cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) were enrolled....

Jan 22, 2024

Cuffless blood pressure measurement technologies have attracted significant attention for their potential to transform cardiovascular monitoring. This updated narrative review thoroughly examines the...

Jan 22, 2024

Oral insulin therapies targeting the liver and further simulating close-looped secretion face significant challenges due to multiple trans-epithelial barriers. Herein, we designed ursodeoxycholic acid...

Jan 22, 2024

Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) has endocrine and paracrine functions and has been associated with metabolic and cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to investigate the association between EAT, de...

Jan 22, 2024

This study aimed to design an end-to-end deep learning model for estimating the value of fractional flow reserve (FFR) using angiography images to classify left anterior descending (LAD) branch angiog...

Jan 22, 2024

South Asians are at higher risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) than many other race/ethnic groups. Ectopic adiposity, specifically hepatic steatosis and visceral fat may partially explain this. Our objecti...

Jan 22, 2024

This study aims to investigate the correlations between red cell distribution width (RDW), homocysteine (Hcy), lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], and left atrial diameter (LAD) measured by echocardiography in ne...