Oct 05, 2021

Recent studies have linked coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection with an increased risk of ischemic stroke and acute myocardial infarction (AMI).1,2 However, the evidence base is small and cur...

Oct 04, 2021

Atherosclerosis is a complex disease involving pathophysiological activation of multiple cell types, such as smooth muscle cells (SMCs), endothelial cells, and immune cells.1 With the development of s...

Oct 04, 2021

Rupture and erosion of advanced atherosclerotic lesions with a resultant myocardial infarction or stroke are the leading worldwide cause of death. However, we have a limited understanding of the ident...

Oct 04, 2021

This study states that A systemic proinflammatory state has been hypothesized to mediate the association between comorbidities and abnormal cardiac structure/function in heart failure with preserved e...

Oct 04, 2021

This study states that Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) unloading and hemodynamic support in patients with advanced chronic heart failure can result in significant improvement in cardiac function...

Oct 04, 2021

This study depicts that Despite advances in the fields of resuscitation and intensive care management, the outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remains poor. Optimal care after out-of-hospital ca...

Oct 04, 2021

The benefit of emergency coronary angiography after resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is uncertain for patients without ST-segment elevation. The aim of this randomized trial was to ev...

Oct 04, 2021

To compare the safety profile of Seasonique, a 91-day levonorgestrel-containing combined oral contraceptive (COC), to 28-day COC regarding the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and arterial thrombo...

Oct 04, 2021

D-dimer is included in the diagnostic algorithm for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. However, its role in the diagnosis of splanchnic vein thrombosis (SVT) is still controversial. The aim ...

Oct 04, 2021

Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is an alternative nonpharmacological therapeutic option for stroke prevention in patients with NVAF. However, no data exist on potential LAAO candid...

Oct 04, 2021

The current study reports the use of small amplitude oscillatory rheometry to investigate the dynamics of blood clot formation upon heparin neutralization under three different oscillatory frequencies...

Oct 04, 2021

Several items pertaining to dysphasia and dysarthria of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), originally designed in the United States, were identified as culturally unsuitable in Si...

Oct 04, 2021

Belimumab was recently approved for treatment of lupus glomerulonephritis (LN).To evaluate renal response and its predictors in LN patients receiving belimumab in real-life.We considered all patients ...

Oct 04, 2021

The discovery of the sGC stimulators and sGC activators provided valuable tools to elucidate NO-sGC signalling and opened novel pharmacological opportunities in cardiovascular indications and beyond. ...

Oct 04, 2021

Managing diabetes that is a global life-threatening problem, remains a challenge for the scientific community. The inhibition of α-amylase and α-glucosidase enzymes which are responsible for the dig...

Oct 04, 2021

Carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), plaque quantification and coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring have been suggested to improve risk prediction of cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly for ...

Oct 04, 2021

The formation of fat-laden foam cells plays an important role in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis (AS). Amentoflavone (AF) is found in various traditional Chinese medicines, such as ,...

Oct 04, 2021

Atrial fibrillation and heart failure with preserved left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (HFpEF) are of high importance in cardiology due to the increasing number of cases. Both diseases can mutua...

Oct 04, 2021

Oral anticoagulants (OACs), including warfarin and newer direct-acting OACs (DOACs), have been used for decades to prevent thromboembolic diseases. A drug utilization study was performed to determine ...

Oct 01, 2021

This study states that Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is increasingly used to treat cardiogenic shock. However, VA-ECMO might hamper myocardial recovery. The Impella unload...