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  1. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients are at high cardiovascular risk, and myocardial fibrosis (MF) accounts for most of their cardiac events. The purpose of this study is to investigate the prognostic value...

    Authors: Hua-yan Xu, Zhi-gang Yang, Yi Zhang, Wan-lin Peng, Chun-chao Xia, Zhen-lin Li, Yong He, Rong Xu, Li Rao, Ying Peng, Yu-ming Li, Hong-ling Gao and Ying-kun Guo
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:12
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    The Retraction Note to this article has been published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:407

  2. This study investigated the value of layer-specific strain analysis by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) for evaluating left ventricular (LV) systolic function and synchrony in mainten...

    Authors: Chang Liu, Zi-Ning Yan, Li Fan, Jun Huang, Dan Shen and Xiang-Ting Song
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:126
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  3. Postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock (PCS) that is refractory to inotropic support remains a major concern in cardiac surgery and is almost universally fatal unless treated with mechanical support. While reported ...

    Authors: Mariusz Kowalewski, Giuseppe Maria Raffa, Kamil ZieliÅ„ski, Musab Alanazi, Martijn Gilbers, Sam Heuts, Ehsan Natour, Elham Bidar, Rick Schreurs, Thijs Delnoij, Rob Driessen, Jan-Willem Sels, Marcel van de Poll, Paul Roekaerts, Paolo Meani, Jos Maessen…
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:10
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  4. Inflammatory reaction is an essential factor in the occurrence, development and prognosis of femoropopliteal disease (FPD). The ratio of platelets to lymphocytes (PLR) is a new indicator reflecting platelet ag...

    Authors: Yanhua Zhen, Zhihui Chang, Zhaoyu Liu and Jiahe Zheng
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:9
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  5. Ischemic cardiomyopathy is a high-cost, resource-intensive public health burden that is associated with a 1-year mortality rate of about 16% in western population. Different in patient ethnicity and pattern of...

    Authors: Nattawut Wongpraparut, Sarawut Siwamogsatham, Tomorn Thongsri, Pornchai Ngamjanyaporn, Arintaya Phrommintikul, Kompoj Jirajarus, Tarinee Tangcharoen, Kid Bhumimuang, Pinij Kaewsuwanna, Rungroj Krittayaphong, Rungtiwa Pongakasira and Harvey D. White
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:8
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  6. Previous clinical studies have suggested that trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) could contribute to the development of atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease. However, the synthetic analysis in coronary heart dise...

    Authors: Miao-En Yao, Peng-Da Liao, Xu-Jie Zhao and Lei Wang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:7
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  7. Kidney transplant patients suffer from vascular abnormalities and high cardiovascular event rates, despite initial improvements post-transplantation. The nature of the progression of vascular abnormalities in ...

    Authors: Joey Junarta, Nina Hojs, Robin Ramphul, Racquel Lowe-Jones, Juan C. Kaski and Debasish Banerjee
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:6
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  8. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a very rare complication following acute myocardial infarction, which results from a free wall rupture. Hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade caused by rupture of the free wa...

    Authors: Xin Li, Yu Wang, Dong Wang, Chaohui Lai and Chenxin Wang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:5
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  9. Preclinical studies indicate iron deficiency (ID) plays an important role in cardiac remodelling. However, the relationship between ID and cardiac remodelling remains unknown in clinical setting. This retrospe...

    Authors: Yan Chen, Jing Wan, Haidan Xia, Ya Li, Yufeng Xu, Haiyan Lin and Hassah Iftikhar
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:4
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  11. While rheumatic mitral stenosis has been effectively treated percutaneously for more than 20 years, mitral and tricuspid regurgitation treatment appear as a contemporary unmet need. The advent of transcatheter...

    Authors: Pavel Overtchouk, Nicolo Piazza, Juan Granada, Osama Soliman, Bernard Prendergast and Thomas Modine
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:1
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  12. Chymase is the major angiotensin II (Ang II)-forming enzyme in cardiovascular tissue, with an important role in atrial remodeling. This study aimed to examine the association between chymase 1 gene (CMA1) polymor...

    Authors: Dongchen Zhou, Yuewei Chen, Jiaxin Wu, Jiabo Shen, Yushan Shang, Liangrong Zheng and Xudong Xie
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:321
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  13. A number of published literature has reported that, physiologically, heart rate variability (HRV) in patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) to be greatly confounded by age, sex, race, p...

    Authors: Joel Swai, Zixuan Hu, Xiexiong Zhao, Tibera Rugambwa and Gui Ming
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:320
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  14. Serum immunoglobulins (Igs) play a critical role in modulating the immune response by neutralizing pathogens, although little is known about the effect of Igs in development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular d...

    Authors: Dee Lin, Mary Barna Bridgeman and Luigi Brunetti
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:319
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  15. Ticagrelor and clopidogrel, P2Y12 receptor antagonists, can prevent thrombotic events and are used to treat cardiovascular diseases such as acute coronary syndrome and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in wh...

    Authors: Zhuyin Jia, Yiwei Huang, Xiaojun Ji, Jiaju Sun and Guosheng Fu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:318
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  17. Non-cardiac surgery for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is considered to require meticulous perioperative care. β-blockers are considered the first-line drugs for patients with HOCM, and they pl...

    Authors: Yoichi Imori, Hitoshi Takano, Hiroshi Mase, Junya Matsuda, Hideto Sangen, Yuki Izumi, Yukichi Tokita, Takeshi Yamamoto and Wataru Shimizu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:316
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  18. Transesophageal echocardiography may be used to assess pulmonary veins for atrial fibrillation ablation. No study focused on the role of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in evaluating the diameter and anat...

    Authors: Qing-Qing Dong, Wen-Yi Yang, Ya-Ping Sun, Qian Zhang, Guang Chu, Gen-Qing Zhou, Gang Chen, Song-Wen Chen, Shao-Wen Liu and Fang Wang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:315
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  19. Genetic susceptibility to the development of coronary artery disease (CAD) and myocardial infarction (MI) is well established. However, lack of replication, and difficulty in the identification of specific gen...

    Authors: Yi-Dan Hao, Bright Eric Ohene, Shi-Wei Yang and Yu-Jie Zhou
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:314
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  21. Whipple’s disease is a clinically relevant multi-system disorder that is often undiagnosed given its elusive nature. We present an atypical case of Whipple’s disease involving pan-valvular endocarditis and con...

    Authors: Christina S. Thornton, Yinong Wang, Martin Köebel, Kathryn Bernard, Tamara Burdz, Andrew Maitland, Jose G. Ferraz, Paul L. Beck and Andre Ferland
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:312
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  22. The most significant manifestation of heart failure is exercise intolerance. This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to investigate whether dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors or glucagon-lik...

    Authors: Chengcong Chen, Ying Huang, Yongmei Zeng, Xiyan Lu and Guoqing Dong
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:311
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  23. Coronary artery disease (CAD) and plasma lipid levels are highly correlated, indicating the presence of common pathways between them. Nevertheless, the molecular pathways underlying the pathogenic comorbiditie...

    Authors: Liuying Chen, Yinghao Yao, Chaolun Jin, Shen Wu, Qiang Liu, Jingjing Li, Yunlong Ma, Yizhou Xu and Yigang Zhong
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:310
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  24. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Due to increased CAD risk factors in Saudi Arabia, research on more feasible and predictive biomarkers is needed. We aimed t...

    Authors: Mohammed Ewid, Hossam Sherif, Syed Muhammad Baqui Billah, Nazmus Saquib, Wael AlEnazy, Omer Ragab, Saed Enabi, Tawfik Rajab, Zaki Awad and Rami Abazid
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:309
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  25. The optimal level of heart rate (HR) control in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is unknown. To assess the effect of rate control on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity and quality of life (QoL) in permane...

    Authors: Fei She, Yuan Ma, Yi Li, Lei Li, Weixian Xu, Hongyan Wang and Ming Cui
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:308
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  26. Resting heart rate (RHR) is an obtainable, inexpensive, non-invasive test, readily available on any medical document. RHR has been established as a risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity, is related to other...

    Authors: Michal Ehrenwald, Asaf Wasserman, Shani Shenhar-Tsarfaty, David Zeltser, Limor Friedensohn, Itzhak Shapira, Shlomo Berliner and Ori Rogowski
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:307
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  27. Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is an atheroinflammatory process; finally it leads to progressive calcification of the valve. There is no effective pharmacological treatment for CAVD and many of the under...

    Authors: Jonna Weisell, Pauli Ohukainen, Juha Näpänkangas, Steffen Ohlmeier, Ulrich Bergmann, Tuomas Peltonen, Panu Taskinen, Heikki Ruskoaho and Jaana Rysä
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:306
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  28. Coronary artery spasm (CAS) is an underdiagnosed disease especially in heart transplant patients, and in those patients the etiology and pathophysiology remain largely unknown, although it has been associated ...

    Authors: M. Pagnoni, J. Regamey, J. Adjedj, G. Rogati, O. Muller and P. Tozzi
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:305
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  29. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with risk of poor adult health, including cardiometabolic diseases. Little is known about the correlates of ACEs for adults who have already developed cardio...

    Authors: Robert G. Maunder, David W. Tannenbaum, Joanne A. Permaul, Melissa Nutik, Cleo Haber, Mira Mitri, Daniela Costantini and Jonathan J. Hunter
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:304
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  30. Due to epidemiological transitions, Sub-Saharan Africa is facing a growing burden of non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Among their risk factors, hypertension is a major deter...

    Authors: Ileana Desormais, Salimanou Ariyoh Amidou, Yessito Corine Houehanou, Stephan Dismand Houinato, Gwladys Nadia Gbagouidi, Pierre Marie Preux, Victor Aboyans and Philippe Lacroix
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:303
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  31. Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) represents the most common cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy worldwide. Despite a high prevalence in tropical regions, it occasionally occurs in patients who have never visited ...

    Authors: Gernot Wagner, Markus Haumer, Gerhard Poelzl, Dominik Wiedemann, Andreas Kliegel, Robert Ullrich, Gerald Gartlehner, Andreas Zuckermann, Ludwig Müller, Harald Mayr and Deddo Moertl
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:302
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  32. Cardiovascular disease has become a serious public health problem in recent years in China. The aim of the study was to examine sex differences in cardiovascular risk factors and 10-year ischemic cardiovascula...

    Authors: Lihong Yang, Anne F. Fish, Yuanyuan Zhu, Xiaodan Yuan, Jianing Li, Xiaoyun Wang, Li Yuan, Zhumin Jia, Chao Liu, Yunchen Xu and Qingqing Lou
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:301
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:177

  33. Most coronary spastic angina patients are responsive to coronary vasodilators therapy, and stent implantation is not recommended for regular use. We reported the angiographic and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS...

    Authors: Haoran Wang, Geng Peng, Yancai Dong and Dongliang Liu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:300
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  34. The optimal dosage for cryoablation of atrial fibrillation (Cryo-AF) is still unknown. To evaluate the efficacy of an individualized freeze duration, we compared the clinical outcome of patients treated with a...

    Authors: Jun Ding, Jing Xu, Wei Ma, Bingwei Chen, Peigen Yang, Yu Qi, Shan Sun and Aijuan Cheng
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:299
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  35. Patients with some mutations in the lamin A/C (LMNA) gene are characterized by the presence of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), conduction abnormalities, ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VT), and sudden cardiac death (...

    Authors: Tetsuro Yokokawa, Shohei Ichimura, Naoko Hijioka, Takashi Kaneshiro, Akiomi Yoshihisa, Hiroyuki Kunii, Kazuhiko Nakazato, Takafumi Ishida, Osamu Suzuki, Seiko Ohno, Takeshi Aiba, Hiroshi Ohtani and Yasuchika Takeishi
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:298
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  36. Blood glucose (BG) is a risk factor of adverse prognosis in non-diabetic patients in several conditions. However, a limited number of studies were performed to explore the relationship between postoperative BG...

    Authors: Wan-zi Hong, Yu Wang, Hongjiao Yu, Xue-biao Wei, Danqing Yu, Chun-xiang Zhang, Ning Tan and Lei Jiang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:297
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  37. Coronary artery ectasia (CAE) is an uncommon finding in patients undergoing coronary angiography and acute myocardial infarction is an extremely uncommon condition in the presence of coronary artery ectasia. T...

    Authors: Mohammad Rafi Noori, Bo Zhang and Lifei Pan
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:296
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  38. Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) characterizes myocardial disease and predicts an adverse cardiovascular (CV) prognosis. Myocardial abnormalities, are present in early c...

    Authors: Anna M. Price, Manvir K. Hayer, Ravi Vijapurapu, Saad A. Fyyaz, William E. Moody, Charles J. Ferro, Jonathan N. Townend, Richard P. Steeds and Nicola C. Edwards
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:295
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  39. Postoperative atrial fibrillation occurs in up to 30% of patients after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and its cause is unknown. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether concentration of resistin in s...

    Authors: Maciej Rachwalik, Marta Obremska, Dorota Zyśko, Małgorzata Matusiewicz, Krzysztof Ściborski and Marek Jasiński
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:294
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  40. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of mortality globally, yet mitochondrial genetic mutations associated with CHD development remain incompletely understood.

    Authors: Zhenxiao Zhang, Mingyang Liu, Jianshuai He, Xiaotian Zhang, Yuehua Chen and Hui Li
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:293
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  41. Recent scientific reports have brought into light a new concept of goal-directed perfusion (GDP) that aims to recreate physiological conditions in which the risk of end-organ malperfusion is minimalized. The a...

    Authors: Marceli Lukaszewski, Rafal Lukaszewski, Kinga Kosiorowska and Marek Jasinski
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:292
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  42. Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are among the most common congenital malformations. It is estimated that the incidence of CHD is constant worldwide, but data are rare for most African countries including Tanza...

    Authors: Antke Zuechner, Tumaini Mhada, Naizihijwa G. Majani, Godwin G. Sharau, William Mahalu and Matthias W. Freund
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:291
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  43. Psychological factors, such as self-efficacy, are important in understanding the progress and management of coronary heart disease (CHD), and how patients make lifestyle modifications to compensate for the dis...

    Authors: Aya Barham, Reem Ibraheem and Sa’ed H. Zyoud
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:290
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  45. Coronary slow flow phenomenon (CSFP) is an angiographic entity characterized by delayed coronary opacification in absence of evident obstructive lesion in the epicardial coronary artery. However, whether patie...

    Authors: Yonghuai Wang, Jinyang Li, Shuang Liu, Lixin Mu, Guangyuan Li, Hang Yu, Jun Yang and Chunyan Ma
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:288
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  46. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with right ventricle metastasis without inferior vena cava and right atrium involvement is very rare and the prognosis of HCC with RV metastasis is generally poor. The mass in th...

    Authors: Xin-tong Zhang, Ying Li, Si-hua Ren, Wei-dong Ren, Guang Song, Yang-jie Xiao, Fei-fei Sun, Lu Sun, Xiang-hong Yang and Xue-ying Tan
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:287
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  47. Patients after aortic coarctation (CoA) repair show impaired aortic bioelasticity and altered left ventricular (LV) mechanics, predisposing diastolic dysfunction. Our purpose was to assess aortic bioelasticity...

    Authors: Theresa Pieper, Heiner Latus, Dietmar Schranz, Joachim Kreuder, Bettina Reich, Kerstin Gummel, Helge Hudel and Inga Voges
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:286
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  48. Complete and simplified Selvester QRS score have been proposed as valuable clinical tool for estimating myocardial damage in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We sought to comprehensive...

    Authors: Christina Tiller, Martin Reindl, Sebastian Johannes Reinstadler, Magdalena Holzknecht, Michael Schreinlechner, Alexander Peherstorfer, Nicolas Hein, Ivan Lechner, Agnes Mayr, Gert Klug and Bernhard Metzler
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:285
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  49. AAA is a disease affecting predominantly male patients ≥65 years and its dreaded complications such as rupture led to population-based screening programs as preventive measure. Nonetheless, the supposed preval...

    Authors: Anna Hohneck, Michael Keese, Gerhard Ruemenapf, Klaus Amendt, Hannelore Muertz, Katharina Janda, Ibrahim Akin, Martin Borggrefe and Martin Sigl
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:284
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  50. Advanced echocardiography techniques such as speckle tracking imaging are sensitive diagnostic tools frequently used in various clinical and scientific scenarios. Importantly, imperfect reproducibility and dep...

    Authors: Kai O. Hensel
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:281
    Content type: Commentary Published on:
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