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Cardiology General

Pharmacological treatment after acute coronary syndrome: Baseline clinical characteristics and gender differences in a population-based cohort study.

Nov 01, 2021

To describe baseline socio-demographic and clinical characteristics and drugs prescribed for secondary prevention after a first episode of ACS and to assess differences between men and women.PHC in Ca...

Intermedin attenuates macrophage phagocytosis via regulation of the long noncoding RNA Dnm3os/miR-27b-3p/SLAMF7 axis in a mouse model of atherosclerosis in diabetes.

Nov 01, 2021

Atherosclerosis in diabetes is a leading cause of cardiovascular complications. Intermedin (IMD) is a calcitonin peptide that is known to inhibit macrophage phagocytosis in atherosclerosis, but the ex...

A validated reduced-order dynamic model of nitric oxide regulation in coronary arteries.

Nov 01, 2021

Nitric Oxide (NO) provides myocardial oxygen demands of the heart during exercise and cardiac pacing and also prevents cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and platelet adhesion and aggrega...

Atrial High-Rate Event Incidence and Predictors in Patients With Permanent Pacemaker Implantation.

Nov 01, 2021

The present study aims to investigate the incidence and predictors of atrial high-rate events (AHREs) in patients with permanent pacemaker implants. A total of 289 patients who were implanted with a...

Attenuating persistent sodium current induced artial myopathy and fibrillation by preventing mitochondrial oxidative stress.

Nov 01, 2021

Mechanistically driven therapies for atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common cardiac arrhythmia, are urgently needed, the development of which require improved understanding of the cellular signalin...

The absence of large portal collateral vessels is concerned with spontaneous improvement of cirrhotic portal vein thrombosis.

Oct 25, 2021

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a major complication in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC). In some cases, PVT decreases spontaneously, but the factors that predict this are still not fully understood...

Meta-analysis and systematic review: Prevalence, graft failure, mortality and post-operative thrombosis in liver transplant recipients with pre-operative portal vein thrombosis.

Oct 25, 2021

This study seeks to evaluate the association between pre-transplant portal vein thrombosis (PVT) and overall survival, graft failure, waitlist mortality, and post-operative PVT after liver transplanta...

Transcranial Doppler 6 h after Successful Reperfusion as a Predictor of Infarct Volume.

Oct 25, 2021

The aim of the study is to analyze the hemodynamic changes in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) after endovascular revascularization in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to large vessel occlusion and its...

Hospital Revisits for Post-Ischemic Stroke Epilepsy after Acute Stroke Interventions.

Oct 25, 2021

Improvements in acute stroke care have led to an increase in ischemic stroke survivors, who are at risk for development of post-ischemic stroke epilepsy (PISE). The impact of therapies such as thrombe...

Risk of acute atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in patients with acute and chronic pancreatitis.

Oct 25, 2021

The association between pancreatitis and acute myocardial infarction or stroke remains incompletely understood. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term risk of acute atherosclerotic cardiovascular ...

LncRNA MIAT enhances cerebral ischaemia/reperfusion injury in rat model via interacting with EGLN2 and reduces its ubiquitin-mediated degradation.

Oct 25, 2021

Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) MIAT (myocardial infarction associated transcript) has been characterized as a functional lncRNA modulating cerebral ischaemic/reperfusion (I/R) injury. However, the under...

Understanding low mobilization for non-communicable diseases among people living with NCDs: A qualitative study on hypertension in urban South India.

Oct 25, 2021

There is low civil society mobilization for NCD policies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) despite a growing NCD burden. While existing research explains low mobilization largely through con...

Acute and longer-term cardiovascular conditions in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Coast Guard Cohort.

Oct 25, 2021

In 2010, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) led a clean-up response to the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill. Human studies evaluating acute and longer-term cardiovascular conditions associated with oil spil...

Sulfide-quinone oxidoreductase is required for cysteine synthesis and indispensable to mitochondrial health.

Oct 25, 2021

Mitochondrial dysfunction is related to common age-related disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic syndrome, and carcinogenesis. Therefore, maintaining the functionality and integri...

Predisposing and Precipitating Risk Factors for Delirium in Elderly Patients Admitted to a Cardiology Ward: An Observational Cohort Study in 1,042 Patients.

Oct 25, 2021

Although the risk factors for delirium in general medicine are well-established, their significance in cardiac diseases remains to be determined. Therefore, we evaluated the predisposing and precipit...

Transvalvular pulmonic stent angioplasty: procedural outcomes and complications in 15 dogs with pulmonic stenosis.

Oct 25, 2021

Balloon valvuloplasty is the treatment of choice for dogs with severe type A pulmonic stenosis (PS), but less successful for dogs with annular hypoplasia and unsuitable for supravalvular stenosis or ...

Extracting Features from Poincaré Plots to Distinguish Congestive Heart Failure Patients According to NYHA Classes.

Oct 25, 2021

Heart-rate variability has proved a valid tool in prognosis definition of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Previous research has documented Poincaré plot analysis as a valuable approach ...

Predictive factors of surgical complications in the first year following kidney transplantation.

Oct 25, 2021

In the recent years, an increased use of marginal donors and grafts and a growing prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in the recipients have been observed. Meanwhile, the open surgical technique...

Ankle-brachial index and subsequent risk of incident and recurrent cardiovascular events in older adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.

Oct 25, 2021

The ankle-brachial index (ABI) is a diagnostic test for screening and detecting peripheral artery disease (PAD), as well as a risk enhancer in the AHA/ACC guidelines on the primary prevention of ather...

Automatic Mobile Health Arrhythmia Monitoring for the Detection of Atrial Fibrillation: Prospective Feasibility, Accuracy, and User Experience Study.

Oct 25, 2021

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common tachyarrhythmia and associated with a risk of stroke. The detection and diagnosis of AF represent a major clinical challenge due to AF's asymptomatic and in...