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  1. Heart failure (HF) is a major public health issue worldwide, affecting approximately 64.3 million people in 2017. Non-adherence to medication is a common and serious issue in the management of HF. However, new...

    Authors: Ameneh FarzanehRad, Atefeh Allahbakhshian, Leila Gholizadeh, Azizeh Farshbaf Khalili and Hadi hasankhani
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:244
  2. The aim of this study was to evaluate the recovery rate of the left ventricular systolic function of women diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy receiving specialized care in rural Tanzania.

    Authors: Andrew Katende, Laurine Roos, Victor Z. Urio, Evance Mahundi, Victor Myovela, Dorcas Mnzava, Chipegwa Mlula, Christamonica Chitimbwa, Dominick M. Raphael, Winfrid Gingo, Fabian C. Franzeck, Daniel H. Paris, Luigia Elzi, Maja Weisser and Martin Rohacek
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:243
  3. Cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is a complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) that increases the risk of morbidity and mortality by disrupting cardiac innervation. Recent evidence suggests that CAN may manife...

    Authors: Nazira Bekenova, Ainur Sibagatova, Alisher Aitkaliyev, Tamara Vochshenkova, Balzhan Kassiyeva and Valeriy Benberin
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:242
  4. The COVID-19 virus has had wide-ranging effects on all healthcare systems and a direct impact on all areas of human life in all countries around the world. Therefore, it is necessary to take preventive actions...

    Authors: Naser Sharafkhani, Mostafa Yousefi Ghaleh Gazhdomi, Samaneh Norouzi, Mahmoud Ghasemi and Arash Salahshouri
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:228
  5. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has various sequelae, one of which might be hypertension. We aimed to evaluate COVID-19’s impact on blood pressure (BP) in non-hospitalized patients at one-year follow-up.

    Authors: Pouria Azami, Reza Golchin Vafa, Reza Heydarzadeh, Mehrdad Sadeghi, Farhang Amiri, Alireza Azadian, Amin Khademolhosseini, Mina Yousefi, Mohammad Montaseri, Nazanin Hosseini, Seyed Ali Hosseini and Javad Kojuri
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:240
  6. Cerebral malperfusion (CM) is a common comorbidity in acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD), which is associated with high mortality and poor neurological prognosis. This meta-analysis investigated the surgic...

    Authors: Kang He, Xiaoli Qin, Mei Li, Longrong Bian, Honghua Yue, Weitao Liang and Zhong Wu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:239
  7. Heart failure is a serious medical condition that occurs when the heart is unable to pump sufficient blood to meet the needs of the tissues. Good self-care is an essential behavior in long term management and ...

    Authors: Ermias Sigebo Sugebo, Teshager Worku Kassie, Tesfaye Gobena, Temesgen Kechine Tibore, Sisay Foga Sebro and Tadesse Lelago Ermolo
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:238
  8. Some individuals who go to fitness centers for various purposes perform resistance exercise (RE) alone, while others engage in combined exercise (CE) by including cardio exercises along with RE. Studying the e...

    Authors: Ahmet Kurtoğlu, Alkame Akgümüş, Ahmet Balun, Engin Aydın, Ertuğrul Kurtoğlu, Bekir Çar, Nurettin Konar, Özgür Eken and Hadi Nobari
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:237
  9. This study was designed to investigate the mechanism by which miR-30a-5p mediates cardiomyocyte apoptosis after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) induced by hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R).

    Authors: Guoxin Liang, Chang Guo, Hongyue Tang and Mingming Zhang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:236
  10. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an underdiagnosed cause of acute coronary syndrome, particularly in younger women. Due to limited information about SCAD, case reports and case series can provi...

    Authors: Kaveh Hosseini, Parisa Fallahtafti, Payam Roudbari, Hamidreza Soleimani, Negin Abiri Jahromi, Mana Jameie, Yaser Jenab, Ali Moradi, Ali Ajam, Narges Heydari, Toshiki Kuno, Nupoor Narula and Polydoros N. Kampaktsis
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:235
  11. Insulin resistance (IR) can lead to cellular metabolic disorders, activation of oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunction, contributing to in-stent restenosis (ISR). The triglyceride-glucose index (TyG ind...

    Authors: Haodong Jiang, Yuntong liu, Haoyu Guo, Zhihao Liu and Zhibo Li
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:234
  12. This study aimed to examine the changes in absolute value and decline rate of early serum cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in neonates who received veno-arter...

    Authors: Wen-Peng Xie, Yi-Nan Liu, Ya-Ting Zeng, Yi-Rong Zheng and Qiang Chen
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:233
  13. Physical activity (PA) is essential and effective for chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. A greater understanding of the longitudinal change in PA and its influencing factors during the postdischarge transit...

    Authors: Yingtong Meng, Tingting Zhang, Xiaohua Ge, Qingru Zheng and Tienan Feng
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:232
  14. Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) can initiate and affect almost all atherosclerotic events including endothelial dysfunction. In this text, the role and underlying molecular basis of procyanidin B2 (P...

    Authors: Limei Yuan, Lihua Fan, Zhiqiang Zhang, Xing Huang, Qingle Liu and Zhiguo Zhang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:231
  15. The study aimed to explore the association between manganese concentration and all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related, and cancer-related mortality in the general population of the United States.

    Authors: Jianyun Ou, Yunfei Sun, Jie Tong, Weihong Tang and Genshan Ma
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:229
  16. Heart failure (HF) has a high prevalence in an elderly population and leads to a substantial hospitalization and mortality. The objective of this study was to investigate factors that affect hospitalization an...

    Authors: Johan Björklund, Louise Pettersson and Björn Agvall
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:227
  17. Pathogenesis and diagnostic biomarkers of aortic dissection (AD) can be categorized through the analysis of differential metabolites in serum. Analysis of differential metabolites in serum provides new methods...

    Authors: Yun Gong, Tangzhiming Li, Qiyun Liu, Xiaoyu Wang, Zixian Deng, Lixin Cheng, Biao Yu and Huadong Liu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:226
  18. Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, and primary prevention efforts are poorly developed in people at high cardiovascular risk. On this background, we performed the Hje...

    Authors: Hilde Bergum, Jostein Grimsmo, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen and Tor Ole Klemsdal
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:225
  19. Careful interpretation of the relation between phenotype changes of the heart and gene variants detected in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is important for patient care and monitoring.

    Authors: Karolina Mėlinytė-Ankudavičė, Marius Šukys, Gabrielė Kasputytė, Ričardas Krikštolaitis, Eglė Ereminienė, Grytė Galnaitienė, Vaida Mizarienė, Gintarė Šakalytė, Tomas Krilavičius and Renaldas Jurkevičius
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:224
  20. Long-term exposure to a high altitude environment with low pressure and low oxygen could cause abnormalities in the structure and function of the heart. Myocardial strain is a sensitive indicator for assessing...

    Authors: Yanqiu Sun, Chenhong Zhang, Bo He, Lei Wang, Dengfeng Tian, Zhiqiang Kang, Lixin Chen, Ruiwen Li, Jialiang Ren, Yong Guo, Yonghai Zhang, Dingda Duojie, Qiang Zhang and Fabao Gao
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:223
  21. The most common mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction include free-wall rupture, ventricular septal rupture (VSR), papillary muscle rupture and pseudoaneurysm. It is rare for a patient to exp...

    Authors: Qianqian Wang and Jingwei Zhou
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:222
  22. In this study, we sought to investigate the mechanisms of action of miR-195-5p in the osteogenic differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), and thereby provide novel insights and a reference for ...

    Authors: Wei Lin, Lianglei Hou, Jialyu Tang, Anwu Huang and Zhuyin Jia
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:221
  23. Neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) is a genetic disorder characterized by the tumor’s development in nerve tissue. Complications of NF1 can include pigmented lesions, skin neurofibromas, and heart problems such as...

    Authors: Maryam Pourirahim, Golnaz Houshmand, Leyla Abdolkarimi, Majid Maleki and Samira Kalayinia
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:220
  24. Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy (S-IVL) is widely used during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of calcified coronary arteries. Ventricular capture beats during S-IVL are common but arrhythmias are ...

    Authors: Lars Jakobsen, Evald Høj Christiansen and Troels Thim
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:219
  25. The coexistence of cardiac arrhythmias in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) usually exhibits poor prognosis. However, there are few contemporary data available on the burden of cardiac arrhythmia...

    Authors: Xu Xu, Zhao Wang, Jingang Yang, Xiaohan Fan and Yuejin Yang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:218
  26. During normal sinus rhythm, atrial depolarization is conducted from right atrium to left atrium through Bachmann’s bundle, and a normal P wave axis which is measured on the frontal plane is between 0º and + 75...

    Authors: Changjun Li, Nan Wang, Qinghua Chang and Dianzhu Pan
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:217
  27. Acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) often indicates a poor prognosis.

    Authors: Dabei Cai, Tingting Xiao, Qianwen Chen, Qingqing Gu, Yu Wang, Yuan Ji, Ling Sun, Jun Wei and Qingjie Wang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:216
  28. Research shows women experience higher mortality than men after cardiac surgery but information on sex-differences during postoperative recovery is limited. Days alive and out of hospital (DAH) combines death,...

    Authors: Angela Jerath, Christopher J. D. Wallis, Stephen Fremes, Vivek Rao, Terrence M. Yau, Kiyan Heybati, Douglas S. Lee, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Jason Sutherland, Peter C. Austin, Duminda N. Wijeysundera and Dennis T. Ko
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:215
  29. Cardiovascular disorders (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide. Lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as Bangladesh, are also affected by several types of CVDs, such as heart failure and s...

    Authors: Sorif Hossain, Mohammad Kamrul Hasan, Mohammad Omar Faruk, Nelufa Aktar, Riyadh Hossain and Kabir Hossain
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:214
  30. Atrial fibrillation is the most prevalent sustained cardiac arrhythmia. Electrical cardioversion, a well-established part of the rhythm control strategy, is probably underused in community settings. Here, we d...

    Authors: Artemiy Okhotin, Maxim Osipov, Vasilij Osipov and Anton Barchuk
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:213
  31. One of the pathogenic causes of thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), a dangerous vascular condition that can cause aortic rupture, is autoimmune disorders. Currently, immune cell clustering is becoming more and mor...

    Authors: Guoli Liu, Sha Pan, Hongli Xia, Mincai Li and Ansen Wu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:212
  32. C-reactive protein (CRP) is an acute inflammatory protein detected in obese patients with metabolic syndrome. Moreover, increased CRP levels have been linked with atherosclerotic disease, congestive heart fail...

    Authors: Ivana Nemeckova, Samira Eissazadeh, Jana Urbankova Rathouska, Jan Silhavy, Hana Malinska, Michal Pravenec and Petr Nachtigal
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:211
  33. Cardiovascular disease continues to be a leading cause of mortality worldwide, highlighting the need to explore innovative approaches to improve cardiovascular health outcomes. Time-restricted fasting (TRF) is...

    Authors: Zhengqi Qiu, Emma Yun Zhi Huang, Yufei Li, Ying Xiao, Yancheng Fu, Jun Du and Juntao Kan
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:210
  34. Regular transient limb ischemia (RTLI) can prevent atherosclerosis (AS) progression in hypercholesterolemic rabbits. This study aimed to investigate the minimum effective intensity and possible mechanisms of R...

    Authors: Nan-rong Zhang, Yi Wen, Jing Li, Wan-jun Zheng and San-qing Jin
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:209
  35. Obesity and hypertension are major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases that affect millions of people worldwide. Both conditions are associated with chronic low-grade inflammation, which is mediated by ad...

    Authors: Ou Wu, Xi Lu, Jianhang Leng, Xingyu Zhang, Wei Liu, Fenfang Yang, Hu Zhang, Jiajia Li, Saber Khederzadeh, Xiaodong Liu and Chengda Yuan
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:208
  36. This study aimed to investigate the serum levels of Peptidase M20 domain containing 1 (PM20D1) in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) patients and examine its association with lipid metabolism, e...

    Authors: Lin Wang, Jiaxiang Liu, Liufang Zhou and Qingmei Fu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:207
  37. COVID-19 has been associated with cardiac troponin T (cTnT) elevations and changes in cardiac structure and function, but the link between cardiac dysfunction and high-sensitive cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) in...

    Authors: Tarjei Øvrebotten, Albulena Mecinaj, Knut Stavem, Waleed Ghanima, Eivind Brønstad, Michael T Durheim, Tøri V. Lerum, Tony Josefsen, Jostein Grimsmo, Siri L. Heck, Torbjørn Omland, Charlotte B. Ingul, Gunnar Einvik and Peder L. Myhre
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:206
  38. Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major cause of death across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In parallel, non-communicable disease and especially cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden has increased substantially in...

    Authors: Marcello S. Scopazzini, Pamela Chansa, Edith D. Majonga, Nina Bual, Albertus Schaap, Kondwelani J. Mateyo, Remmy Musukuma, Veronica Mweemba, Maina Cheeba, Chipili C. Mwila, Lucheka Sigande, Isabel Banda, Joseph Ngulube, Kwame Shanaube, Dominik Zenner, Helen Ayles…
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:205
  39. While coronary artery calcification (CAC) is recognized as a reliable marker for coronary atherosclerosis, the relationship between the concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP) and the incidence and progressi...

    Authors: Amirhossein Tajani, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Navid Omidkhoda, Amir Hooshang Mohammadpour, Sara Samadi and Vahid Jomehzadeh
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:204
  40. In patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), ischemic myocardial fibrosis assessed by late gadolinium enhancement (I-LGE) using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) have been reported. However, the c...

    Authors: Yang Zhi, Fu-dan Gui, Meng Xue, Yi-tian Long, Wen Miao, You Yi, Liang-chao Gao, Fu Bing and Shu-yue Pan
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:203
  41. The latest evidence indicates that ATP-binding cassette superfamily G member 2 (ABCG2) is critical in regulating lipid metabolism and mediating statin or cholesterol efflux. This study investigates whether the...

    Authors: Yang Liu, Yuan Chen, Baozhu Wei, Hang Li, Yuanyuan Peng and Zhi Luo
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:202
  42. Individuals with diabetes mellitus are at increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, which in turn are the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in the diabetic population. A peculiar feature of cardiov...

    Authors: Tigist Seleshi, Theodros Alemneh, Dufera Mekonnen, Demu Tesfaye, Sura Markos, Yitagesu Getachew, Konno Taddese and Senbeta Guteta
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:201
  43. IgG4-related disease is a fibro-inflammatory disorder with an unknown etiology, which can affect multiple organ systems, including the cardiovascular system. While most reported cases of cardiovascular involve...

    Authors: Golnaz Houshmand, Najme-Sadat Moosavi, Amirhossein Shahbazkhani and Hamidreza Pouraliakbar
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:200
  44. The study set out to develop an accurate and clinically valuable prognostic nomogram to assess the risk of in-hospital death in patients with acute decompensated chronic heart failure (ADCHF) and diabetes.

    Authors: Linlin Liu, Lei Feng, Cheng Lu, Jiehan Zhang, Ya Zhao and Lin Che
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:199
  45. Migraine is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Several retrospective studies have suggested that the closure of the Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) may provide relief from migraines. However, three randomized...

    Authors: Yang Zi-yang, Li Hezhi, Luo Dongling, Wang Ximeng and Zhang Caojin
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:198
  46. An increasing body of evidence suggests that serum albumin levels play a role in cardiovascular diseases. However, the specific causal relationship between serum albumin levels and cardiovascular disease remai...

    Authors: Taoke Huang, Zhifeng An, Ziru Huang, Weiyang Gao, Benchuan Hao and Juan Xu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:196
  47. Using the cardiac surgery database is of high importance in referral centers and can lead to a better quality of care for patients. Tehran Heart Center (THC) is a cardiovascular referral center that was inaugu...

    Authors: Masih Tajdini, Amir Hossein Behnoush, Mina Pashang, Mana Jameie, Amirmohammad Khalaji, Saeed Sadeghian, Ali Vasheghani-Farahani, Hamidreza Poorhosseini, Farzad Masoudkabir, Kaveh Hosseini, Saeed Davoodi, Mohammad Sahebjam, Khosro Barkhordari, Haleh Ashraf, Akbar Shafiei and Abbasali Karimi
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:195
  48. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is shown to be an independent protective factor against coronary artery diseases (CAD). Yet there are limited studies focusing on the association between HDL-C and ...

    Authors: Sara Montazeri Namin, Ali Moradi, Hamed Tavolinejad, Ali Vasheghani-Farahani, Arash Jalali, Mina Pashang, Saeed Sadeghian, Jamshid Bagheri, Soheil Mansourian, Mehdi Mehrani, Kaveh Hosseini, Sina Rashedi and Masih Tajdini
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:194

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