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Chronic heart failure affects approximately 26 million people globally. World Health Organization data show that only approximately half of chronically ill patients in developed countries adhere to recommended...
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) pose a significant threat to public health. Evidence indicates that the combination of central obesity and normal body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased risk of ca...
Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is recommended as the preferred thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This study aimed to explore tPA-related adverse events (AEs) reported in the Unite...
This study aims to construct a clinical prediction model and create a visual line chart depicting the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) following resuscitation in cardiac arrest (CA) patients. Additionally, th...
The objective of this study is to investigate the incidence, potential risk factors, and clinical outcomes of incomplete device endothelialization (IDE) in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients undergoing Watchman...
Empowerment is a comprehensive concept involving intrapersonal, interactional, and behavioral aspects. However, there is a lack of a specific empowerment scale for Coronary artery disease (CAD) related to know...
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is known to be associated with a negative emotional state. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are important tools for evaluating the endpoints of AF management. This study aims to examin...
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a type of coronary heart disease (CHD), which is responsible for one-third of total deaths in people older than 35 years. Even though cardiac troponin is the gold standard for ...
Currently, the treatment outcomes for complex congenital arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) remain unsatisfactory. This article reports on the utilization of an abdominal aortic stent graft, in conjunction wit...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a supraventricular arrhythmia associated with uncoordinated atrial activation. Atrial fibrillation is complication of rheumatic heart disease and is associated with substantial morb...
The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:481
The elevated blood pressure (BP) and lower cardiac autonomic modulation (CAM) are associated with higher morbidity mortality risk among older adults. Although exercise is an important intervention for cardiova...
Heart failure (HF), which is caused by cardiac overload and injury, is linked to significant mortality. Writers of RNA modification (WRMs) play a crucial role in the regulation of epigenetic processes involved...
Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis (AS). Endothelial mesenchymal transition (EndMT) refers to the process in which endothelial cells lose endothelial cell morphology ...
Both atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) are common cardiovascular diseases. If the two exist together, the risk of stroke, hospitalization for HF and all-cause death is increased. Currently, resea...
A relatively common complication of COVID -19 infection is arrhythmia. There is limited information about myocardial deformation and heart rate variability (HRV) in symptomatic post COVID patients presented by...
Portal hypertension is a common diagnosis in Sub-Saharan African countries, with the majority of patients presenting late. This study aimed to understand Clinical characteristics, aetiology, the treatment offe...
The Smoking paradox has generated inconsistent findings concerning the clinical prognosis of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, while providing limited insights into coronary an...
Owing to a lack of data, this study aimed to explore the effect of cardiac preload on myocardial strain in patients with sepsis.
In patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest and displaying no ST-segment elevation on initial electrocardiogram (ECG), recent randomized trials indicated no benefits from early coronary angiography. How the r...
The prevalence of waterpipe smoking (WPS) has been increasing worldwide. This trend is alarming as WPS can negatively impact cardiovascular health. In the present study, we explored the association between WPS...
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a serious cardiovascular disease that severely affects the quality of life and longevity of patients. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a key role in the progression of ACS with signific...
Despite impressive improvements in the safety profile of Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), the risk for peri-procedural stroke after TAVR has not declined substantially. In an effort to reduce per...
Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias (IVAs) arising from different portions of the communicating vein of the left ventricular summit (summit-CV) are not a rare phenomenon. Whereas its electrocardiographic (ECG) ...
Accurate prediction of survival prognosis is helpful to guide clinical decision-making. The aim of this study was to develop a model using machine learning techniques to predict the occurrence of composite thr...
Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is a rare cause of heart attack, which may not receive sufficient attention from patients during post-discharge treatment, especially among...
Intravitreal injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor is considered the first-line treatment for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. It has potential risks for circulatory system, which should be pa...
Mutations in fibrillin 1 (FBN1) is the main cause of Marfan syndrome (MFS) with thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) as the main complication. Activation of the complement system plays a key role in the formation of th...
Patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM) have a substantial humanistic, clinical, and economic burden due to the array of symptoms and complications associated with the disease. The objecti...
Ischemia reperfusion (IR) causes impaired myocardial function, and autophagy activation ameliorates myocardial IR injury. Isoliquiritigenin (ISO) has been found to protect myocardial tissues via AMPK, with exe...
The development of acute kidney injury (AKI) post-cardiac surgery significantly increases patient morbidity and healthcare costs. Prior researches have established Syndecan-1 (SDC-1) as a potential biomarker f...
After COVID-19 infection, 10–20% of patients suffer from varying symptoms lasting more than 12 weeks (Long COVID, LC). Exercise intolerance and fatigue are common in LC. The aim was to measure the maximal exer...
Clinical events such as angina pectoris, acute coronary syndrome, and sudden death caused by myocardial bridge (MB) have attracted increasing attention. It is still a challenge to diagnose whether MB can cause...
To assess the correlation between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (Hs-CRP) and the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among individuals with diabetes.
Premature coronary artery disease (PCAD) is prevailing. We aimed to investigate the evaluation value of atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) for the occurrence and...
This study evaluated the effects of concurrent isolated training (T) or training combined with the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on cardiac remodeling and oxidative stress in spontaneously hypertensive rats ...
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a leading cause of death worldwide. Mitochondrial dysfunction is a key determinant of cell death post-AMI. Preventing mitochondrial dysfunction is thus a key therapeutic st...
COVID-19 infections can result in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Cardiovascular manifestation or exacerbation of cardiovascular diseases...
Myocardial infarction (MI) is a major disease with high morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, existing treatments are far from satisfactory, making the exploration of potent molecular targets more impera...
Atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome are the main causes of cardiovascular events, but their underlying mechanisms are not clear. In this study, we focused on identifying genes associated with diagnostic bio...
New-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a common complication after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, increasing the risk of embolism and stroke. There is a lack of information on t...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) significantly impacts patients’ lives, affecting not only their physical health but also their spiritual well-being. While holistic care acknowledges the importance of addressing s...
The efficacy of dapagliflozin in patients with acute heart failure remains unclear.
Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) often have coronary artery disease (CAD), but the biological link between them remains unclear. This study aims to explore the common pathogenesis of AF and CAD and ident...
Pacemakers (PMs) are used to treat patients with severe bradycardia symptoms. They do, however, pose several complications. Even with these risks, there are only a few studies assessing PM implantation outcome...
Hypertension is the leading risk factor for subclinical target-organ damage (TOD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Little is known about the relationship between different pressure measures and subclinical TO...
Stroke and thromboembolism in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) primarily arise from thrombi or sludge in the left atrial appendage (LAA). Comprehensive insight into the characteristics of these formation...
The association of hypertension (HTN) and different types of dietary amino acids is not yet clear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association of branch chain amino acids (BCAAs) and the pr...
Individually, diabetes mellitus and dementia are associated with poorer outcomes after stroke. However, the combined impact of these pre-existing factors on acute ischemic stroke (AIS) outcomes has not been ex...
High-intensity statin therapy is currently recommended initial guideline therapy in ACS treatment. However, only a minority of patients are achieving LDL-C attainment goal at 6 months. Proprotein convertase su...
To examine the influences and mechanisms of MicroRNA-19a-3p (miR-19a-3p) on endothelial dysfunction in atherosclerosis.
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