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  1. The anticoagulation effect of warfarin is usually evaluated by percentage of time in therapeutic range (PTTR), which is negatively correlated with the risk of warfarin adverse reactions. This study aimed to ex...

    Authors: Bao Sun, Siqing Ma, Feiyan Xiao, Jianquan Luo, Mouze Liu, Wenhui Liu and Zhiying Luo
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:279
  2. Hypertension is a major public health problem, resulting in 10 million deaths annually. Undiagnosed hypertension affects more people than ever before. It is more likely to be linked to severe hypertension, whi...

    Authors: Gizachew Ambaw Kassie, Afework Alemu, Amanuel Yosef Gebrekidan, Getachew Asmare Adella, Kirubel Eshetu, Abiyot Wolie Asres and Yordanos Sisay Asgedom
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:278
  3. One of the main therapy for coronary artery disease is surgery. Prolonged mechanical ventilation in patients with cardiac surgery is associated with high mortality. This study aimed to determine the factors re...

    Authors: Shahram Rahimi, Alireza Abdi, Nader Salari, Shamarina Shohaimi and Mehran Naghibeiranvand
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:276
  4. This study aims to investigate the association of lysine methyltransferase 2 C (MLL3) and transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) signaling-related gene polymorphisms with the susceptibility of Stanford type B ao...

    Authors: Qinghua Yuan, Yafei Chang, Peipei Jiang, Ling Sun, Yitong Ma and Xiang Ma
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:275
  5. Exploring reliable prediction scoring systems is valuable for the poor prognosis of patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Herein, we explored and compared the predictive performance of vasoact...

    Authors: Yanping Du, Wensu Li, Qingjuan Chen, Haichuan Shi, Qiong Li, Chunying Zhang, Yunxu Zhuang, Junying Li and Li Tang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:274
  6. Limited data are available for risk stratification in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and combined heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). We aimed to explore the prognostic utility of ...

    Authors: Bum Sung Kim, Chang Hee Kwon, Haseong Chang, Ji-Hoon Choi, Hyun-Joong Kim and Sung Hea Kim
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:273
  7. Little research has been done on ischemic outcomes related to left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF).

    Authors: Ming-Shyan Lin, Po-Chang Wang, Meng-Hung Lin, Ting-Yu Kuo, Yu-Sheng Lin, Tien-Hsing Chen, Ming-Horng Tsai, Yao-Hsu Yang, Chun-Liang Lin, Chang-Min Chung and Pao-Hsien Chu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:272
  8. Hypertension affects 31.1% of adults worldwide, with higher prevalence of great than 60% in elderly. Advanced hypertension stage was associated with the higher risk of mortality. However, little is known about...

    Authors: Jingyi Wu, Xiaojie Han, Di Sun, Jie Zhang, Jiong Li, Guoyou Qin, Wei Deng, Yongfu Yu and Huilin Xu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:270
  9. The relationship between serum apolipoprotein A1 (APOA1) and atrial fibrillation (AF) is not known. Therefore, we sought to investigate the associations between APOA1 and AF in the Chinese population.

    Authors: Xia Zhong, Jie Yu, Dongsheng Zhao, Jing Teng and Huachen Jiao
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:269
  10. This study aimed to investigate the possible role of serum galectin-3 (Gal-3) levels in the diagnosis and assessment of significant epicardial artery lesions in patients with suspected coronary artery disease ...

    Authors: Ivica Bošnjak, Dražen Bedeković, Kristina Selthofer-Relatić, Hrvoje Roguljić, Ivica Mihaljević and Ines Bilić-Ćurčić
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:268
  11. Diabetic cardiomyopathy results in cardiac structural and functional abnormalities. Previous studies have demonstrated that inhibiting the RhoA/ROCK signalling pathway increases the injury resistance of cardio...

    Authors: Yanchao Qi, Zhiyan Chen, Bingyan Guo, Zhe Liu, Lijie Wang, Suyun Liu, Lixiang Xue, Meifang Ma, Yajuan Yin, Yongjun Li and Gang Liu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:266
  12. Dextrocardia with situs inversus (DSI) is a very rare congenital anomaly. Catheter manipulation and ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with this anatomical variant is challenging for the operator...

    Authors: Qingzhi Luo, Yun Xie, Liqun Wu and Qi Jin
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:265
  13. Considering that ablation of atypical AVNRT may be unsuccessful after ablation at the right posterior septum, in this study, we aimed to present an optimal method for ablation of atypical AVNRT. Also, we evalu...

    Authors: Amir Aslani, Shahab Shahrzad, Mehdi Bazrafshan, Mahdi Rahmanian, Reza Fakhar, Kasra Pirahesh, Hanieh bazrafshan and Hamed Bazrafshan
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:264
  14. Preexisting impaired renal function (IRF) and contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are important...

    Authors: Yi Lao, Kaitong Chen, Li Feng, Yong Yuan, Jin Zhang, Liting Zhang, Xuansheng Huang, Mingxing Li, Zidi Wu, Jianping Bin and Yulin Liao
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:263
  15. Authors: Seyed Mohammad Riahi, Ahmad Yousefi, Farhad Saeedi and Seth Shay Martin
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:262

    The original article was published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:236

  16. Authors: Jing Zhen, Jing Wang, Yi‑Lin Wang, Jin Jiao, Jing Li, Xiao‑Jing Du and Yan‑Ling Li
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:261

    The original article was published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2022 22:419

  17. Uncontrolled blood pressure is an important medical and public health problem in developing countries like Ethiopia. Improving the management of hypertension requires a better comprehension of the factors infl...

    Authors: Menawork Solomon, Yohannes Mekuria Negussie, Nardos Tilahun Bekele, Mihiret Shawel Getahun and Abenet Menene Gurara
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:258
  18. Acute type B aortic dissection (ABAD) is a life-threatening cardiovascular disease. A practicable and effective prediction model to predict and evaluate the risk of in-hospital death for ABAD is required. The ...

    Authors: Meng-meng Wang, Min-Tao Gai, Bao-zhu Wang, Gulinazi Yesitayi, Yi-Tong Ma and Xiang Ma
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:257
  19. There is a close relationship between blood pressure levels and the risk of cardiovascular events, strokes, and kidney disease. For many years, the gold standard instrument for blood pressure measurement was a...

    Authors: Ahmed Abdel-Galeel, Nader N. Fawzy, Wageeh A. Ali and Doaa A. Fouad
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:255
  20. The study of polymorphisms and their relationship with diseases is very important for risk assessment. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between early risk of coronary artery disease(CAD)...

    Authors: Hoorak Poorzand, Bahareh Fazeli, Omid Khajavi, Arash Gholoobi, Faeze Keihanian and Negar Morovatdar
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:254
  21. ST elevation myocardial infarction is defined as acute myocardial injury with necrosis due to myocardial ischemia. The frequent cause is thrombotic occlusion of atherosclerotic coronary arteries. In particular...

    Authors: Christopher Paul Bengel, Denisa Müller-Gastell, Bassam Al-Najjar, Irina Cherednichenko and Rifat Kacapor
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:253
  22. Depression, generalized and cardiac anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder negatively affect disease severity, participation, and mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease. Psychological treatments...

    Authors: Matthias Bethge, Friederike Thome-Soós, Luka Marko Rašo, Lisa Weier and Dieter Benninghoven
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:252
  23. There are limited data on the impact of imaging modality selection for the assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) risk on downstream resource utilisation. This study sought to identify differences between...

    Authors: Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau, Emily Vandenbroucke, Minyi Lu and Olivia Li
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:251
  24. This is a reply to the letter titled “Understanding lactate and its clearance during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for supporting refractory cardiogenic shock patients” by Eva Rully Kurniawati et al. In ...

    Authors: Fernando Luís Scolari, Daniel Schneider, Débora Vacaro Fogazzi, Miguel Gus, Marciane Maria Rover, Marcely Gimenes Bonatto, Gustavo Neves de Araújo, André Zimerman, Daniel Sganzerla, Lívia Adams Goldraich, Cassiano Teixeira, Gilberto Friedman, Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Luis Eduardo Rohde, Regis Goulart Rosa and Rodrigo Vugman Wainstein
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:250
  25. Renal denervation (RDN) has emerged in recent years as a possible treatment for hypertension. The first sham-controlled trial showed a small magnitude and non-significant in the blood pressure (BP) lowering ef...

    Authors: Adriana Fernandes, Cláudio David, Fausto J Pinto, João Costa, Joaquim J Ferreira and Daniel Caldeira
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:249
  26. Revascularization in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease remains a challenge in cardiology practice. Although clinical trials have reported the mid-term superiority of coronary artery bypass graftin...

    Authors: Parmida Sadat Pezeshki, Farzad Masoudkabir, Mina Pashang, Ali Vasheghani-Farahani, Arash Jalali, Saeed Sadeghian, Kaveh Hosseini, Soheil Mansourian, Shahram Momtahan and Abbasali Karimi
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:248
  27. Congenital absence of the pericardium (CAP) is rare in clinical practice, the symptoms vary among patients, and most doctors do not have enough knowledge of the condition. Most reported CAP cases are incidenta...

    Authors: Xiang-Yi Li, Yan Jiang, Hao-Wen Li, Yong-Kang Liu and Jing Bai
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:247
  28. To investigate whether left atrial (LA) volume and left ventricular filling pressure (LVFP) assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) change during adenosine delivered myocardial hyperaemia as part o...

    Authors: Pankaj Garg, Wasim Javed, Hosamadin Assadi, Samer Alabed, Ciaran Grafton-Clarke, Andrew J Swift, Gareth Williams, Abdallah Al-Mohammad, Chris Sawh, Vassilios S Vassiliou, Mohammed Y Khanji, Fabrizio Ricci, John P Greenwood, Sven Plein and Peter Swoboda
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:246
  29. Individual risk estimation is an essential part of cardiovascular (CV) disease prevention. Several imaging parameters have been studied for this purpose. Based on mounting evidence, international guidelines re...

    Authors: Karri Parkkila, Y. Antero Kesäniemi and Olavi Ukkola
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:245
  30. Diabetes is a serious and quickly expanding global health problem. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. Coronary slow flow (CSF) is characterise...

    Authors: Moataz Ali Hasan Ali Elsanan, Islam Hussein Hassan Hussein Tahoon, Ghada Ibrahim Mohamed, Shimaa Gamal ZeinElabdeen and Islam Elsayed Shehata
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:244
  31. Low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs) are the mainstay of treatment for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, bleeding, the main side effect, is associated with prolonged hospitalization and mortality. There...

    Authors: Adisak Weerasaksanti, Sarawut Siwamogsatham, Yotsaya Kunlamas and Krittin Bunditanukul
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:243
  32. The integration of patient–reported outcome measures (PROMS) into health care delivery systems is being increasingly recognized as an important component of quality, person-centered care, especially for chroni...

    Authors: Pilly Chillo, Jackson Mlay, Precious W Akanyirige, Naizihijwa Majani, Mohamed Janabi, Sylvia Kaaya, Claudia Hawkins and Lisa R Hirschhorn
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:242
  33. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is considered an independent risk factor for COVID-19. However, no study has specifically examined the clinical manifestations and outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with ischemic h...

    Authors: Marzieh Tajmirriahi, Ramin Sami, Marjan Mansourian, Niloufar Khademi, Nastaran-sadat Hosseini, Mehrneagar Dehghan and Forogh Soltaninejad
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:241
  34. Serum vitamin D deficiency is common in the patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the association between serum vitamin D levels and risk of all-cause mortality in patients with CVD is controversial.

    Authors: Ben Hu, Jian Chen, Yihang Shi and Linlin Hou
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:240
  35. Restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) limits therapeutic revascularization. Neuropeptide Y (NPY), co-stored and co-released with the sympathetic nervous system, is involved in this process,...

    Authors: Song Peng, Wei-qiang Wu, Lin-yu Li, Yan-chuan Shi, Shu Lin and Zhi-yuan Song
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:239
  36. Currently, in the majority of patients with stable angina pectoris (SAP) treatment consists of optimal medical treatment, potentially followed by coronary angiography and subsequent coronary revascularisation ...

    Authors: Joyce M. Heutinck, Iris A. De Koning, Tom Vromen, Robert-Jan M. Van Geuns, Dick H.J. Thijssen and Hareld M.C. Kemps
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:238
  37. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality around the globe and psychosocial factors are not sufficiently understood.

    Authors: Seyed Mohammad Riahi, Ahmad Yousefi, Farhad Saeedi and Seth Shay Martin
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:236

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:262

  38. Mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia (MSIMI) frequently occurs in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), and is even more common in patients with co-occurring CAD and depression/anxiety. MSIMI appea...

    Authors: Nan Nan, Lei Feng, Wei Dong, Bingyu Gao, Huijuan Zuo, Hongzhi Mi, Gang Wang, Xiantao Song and Hongjia Zhang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:235
  39. The importance of inflammation in thrombosis is increasingly appreciated. Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and monocyte to high-density lipoprotein ratio (MHR) are important indicators of systemic inflammatio...

    Authors: Yingjian Deng, Faguang Zhou, Qiang Li, Jincun Guo, Binni Cai, Guiyang Li, Jianghai Liu, Linlin Li, Qi Zheng and Dong Chang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:234
  40. Hypertension, among diabetic patients, is a worldwide public-health challenge and a number one modifiable risk factor for other cardiovascular diseases and death. The prevalence of hypertension among the diabe...

    Authors: Eyosiyas Abreham Anjajo, Shimelash Bitew Workie, Zegeye Gelan Tema, Beshada Zerfu Woldegeorgis and Efa Ambaw Bogino
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:233
  41. ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) still causes significant mortality and morbidity despite best-practice revascularization and adjunct medical strategies. Within the STEMI population, there is...

    Authors: Florian Bönner, Christian Jung, Amin Polzin, Ralf Erkens, Lisa Dannenberg, Rojda Ipek, Madlen Kaldirim, Mareike Cramer, Patricia Wischmann, Oana-Patricia Zaharia, Christian Meyer, Ulrich Flögel, Bodo Levkau, Axel Gödecke, Jens Fischer, Nicolaj Klöcker…
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:232
  42. The prognostic value of in-hospital hemoglobin drop in non-overt bleeding patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) remains insufficiently investigated.

    Authors: Pengfei Li, Meixiang Chen, Yuekang Huang, Ruixin Wang, JiaNing Chi, Jiaman Hu, Jianyu Huang, Ningxia Wu, Hua Cai, Hui Yuan, Min Li and Lin Xu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:231
  43. Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a serious cardiovascular disease. High thrombus burden is an independent risk factor for poor prognosis of acute myocardial infarction. However, ther...

    Authors: Jie Bai, Liang Chen, Louyuan Xu, Qingquan Zhang, Jun Liu and Koulong Zheng
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:230
  44. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are subject to bias if they lack methodological quality. Furthermore, optimal and transparent reporting of RCT findings aids their critical appraisal and interpretation. Thi...

    Authors: YueGuang Yang, YuBo Han, GuoLiang Zou, YanBo Sui, Juan Jin and Li Liu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2023 23:229

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