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  1. Early recognition and risk stratification are crucial in cardiogenic shock (CS). A lower adherence to recommendations has been described in women with cardiovascular diseases. Little information exists about d...

    Authors: Elena Collado-Lledó, Isaac Llaó, Mercedes Rivas-Lasarte, Victor González-Fernández, Francisco J. Noriega, Francisco José Hernández-Perez, Oriol Alegre, Alessandro Sionis, Rosa M. Lidón, Ana Viana-Tejedor, Javier Segovia-Cubero and Albert Ariza-Solé
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:189
  2. Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are commonly used as a treatment for many cardiovascular diseases, but their safety has been called into question. The VALUE trial found an increased risk of myocardial inf...

    Authors: Yara Wanas, Rim Bashir, Nazmul Islam and Luis Furuya-Kanamori
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:188
  3. Diabetes patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) scheduled for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have an increased risk of contrast induced-acute kidney injur...

    Authors: Qi Yu, Jia-Jia Zhu and Wen-Xian Liu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:187
  4. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent sustained arrhythmia worldwide and it aggravates cardiovascular morbidity and mortality; however, this is largely under-diagnosed. Moreover, among end-stage renal...

    Authors: Izzat AlAwwa, Reham Al-Hindi, Nadeen Alfraihat, Ahmad Obeid, Sarah Ibrahim, Shatha Jallad, Ahmad Al-Awwa and Akram Saleh
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:186
  5. It is increasingly recognized that a significant proportion of patients suffered from acute myocardial infraction (AMI) who did not have obstructive coronary artery disease (≥50% diameter stenosis). The term “...

    Authors: Menghuan Li, Yang Liu and Hui Wang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:185
  6. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common metabolic disorder that can occur during pregnancy and is associated with a long-term risk of both maternal and neonatal comorbidities. This study aimed t...

    Authors: Jing Liu, Guang Song, Tao Meng and Ge Zhao
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:184
  7. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether serum cystatin C could serve as a predictor of multivessel coronary artery disease identified by coronary angiography in type 2 diabetes patients with normal renal...

    Authors: Shaoyi Wang, Qiaohui Liu, Fangfang Guo, Xiaocong Zhou, Jie Shi and Qing Xie
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:183
  8. Combined oral contraceptive pills are associated with an established risk for venous thrombosis; however, their risk for arterial thrombosis remains uncertain, especially with the development of low dose new g...

    Authors: Alaa Rahhal, Fadi Khir, Mohammad Adam, Amer Aljundi, Mohammed Khalil Mohsen and Jassim Al-Suwaidi
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:182
  9. In population studies of heart failure (HF), diabetes has been shown to be an independent risk factor. However, the evidence evaluating diabetes mellitus (DM) as an independent risk factor in incident HF in pa...

    Authors: Senbeta Guteta Abdissa, Wakgari Deressa and Amit J. Shah
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:181
  10. Elderly patients have a relatively high cardiovascular risk due to increased arterial stiffness, elevated blood pressure and decreased amounts of elastin in the arteries. The composition of the media layer in ...

    Authors: Ida Åström Malm, Urban Alehagen, Peter Blomstrand, Ulf Dahlström and Rachel De Basso
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:180
  11. Heart failure is associated with ventricular dyssynchrony and energetic inefficiency, which can be alleviated by cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with approximately one-third of non-response rate. Thus ...

    Authors: Xue Gong, Zhonghan Sun, Zheyong Huang, Qian Zhou, Ziqing Yu, Xueying Chen, Wenqi Shao, Yan Zheng, Yixiu Liang, Shengmei Qin, Yangang Su and Junbo Ge
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:178
  12. After the publication of the original article [1], we were notified that one of the corresponding author’s name and her related institution were wrongly spelled.

    Authors: Lihong Yang, Anne F. Fish, Yuanyuan Zhu, Xiaodan Yuan, Jianing Li, Xiaoyun Wang, Li Yuan, Zhumin Jia, Chao Liu, Chenyun Xu and Qingqing Lou
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:177

    The original article was published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:301

  13. Renal denervation (RDN) targeting the sympathetic nerves in the renal arterial adventitia as a treatment of resistant hypertension can cause endothelial injury and vascular wall injury. This study aims to eval...

    Authors: Enyong Su, Linwei Zhao, Xiaohang Yang, Binbin Zhu, Yahui Liu, Wen Zhao, Xianpei Wang, Datun Qi, Lijie Zhu and Chuanyu Gao
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:176
  14. Human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) was proved to be a novel biomarker for left heart failure. The purpose of this exploratory study was to evaluate the role of HE4 in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial ...

    Authors: Qi Jin, Yi Tang, Zhihong Liu, Wenlin Xie, Qin Luo, Zhihui Zhao, Qing Zhao, Zhiwei Huang, Xue Yu, Lu Yan, Changming Xiong, Xinhai Ni and Yinkun Yan
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:175
  15. The purpose of the research was to explore the extent of interaction between triglycerides (TG) and serum uric acid (SUA) level with blood pressure (BP) in middle-aged and elderly individuals in China.

    Authors: Lin Zhang, Jin-long Li, Lei-lei Guo, Hong Li, Dan Li and Guang Xu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:174
  16. In resource poor countries, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are common and form one of the deadly triads, along with hemorrhage and infection, which contribute greatly to maternal and fetal jeopardy.

    Authors: Mekoya D. Mengistu and Tilahun Kuma
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:173
  17. Data of susceptible gene polymorphisms related to progression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with three-vessel disease (TVD) is limited in China. This case-control study aimed to analyze the differenc...

    Authors: Ru Liu, Lei Song, Lin Jiang, Xiaofang Tang, Lianjun Xu, Zhan Gao, Xueyan Zhao, Jingjing Xu, Runlin Gao and Jinqing Yuan
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:172
  18. Insertable cardiac monitors are utilized for the diagnosis of arrhythmias and traditionally have been inserted within hospitals. Recent code updates allow for reimbursement of office-based insertions; however,...

    Authors: Khaled Awad, Raul Weiss, Asim Yunus, Jon M. Bittrick, Rajasekhar Nekkanti, Mahmoud Houmsse, Toshimasa Okabe, Teagan Adamson, Crystal Miller and Abdul K. Alawwa
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:171
  19. Systemic inflammation is an important feature of post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS). This study was designed to determine whether the plasma concentrations of some circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines (inte...

    Authors: Yu-Gang Zhuang, Yuan-Zhuo Chen, Shu-Qin Zhou, Hu Peng, Yan-Qing Chen and Dong-Jie Li
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:170
  20. To study the genetic forms and pathophysiology of arterial hypertension by evaluating plasma renin activity in the Shors, minor indigenous peoples inhabiting the south of Western Siberia.

    Authors: Tatyana Mulerova, Evgenya Uchasova, Michael Ogarkov and Olga Barbarash
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:169
  21. Chest pain is one of the most common complaints among patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). Causes of chest pain can be benign or life threatening, making accurate risk stratification a critica...

    Authors: Nan Liu, Dagang Guo, Zhi Xiong Koh, Andrew Fu Wah Ho, Feng Xie, Takashi Tagami, Jeffrey Tadashi Sakamoto, Pin Pin Pek, Bibhas Chakraborty, Swee Han Lim, Jack Wei Chieh Tan and Marcus Eng Hock Ong
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:168
  22. Short supraventricular tachycardias with atrial fibrillation (AF) characteristics are associated with an increased risk of developing AF over time. The aim of this study is to determine if presence of very sho...

    Authors: Tove Fredriksson, Katrin Kemp Gudmundsdottir, Viveka Frykman, Leif Friberg, Faris Al-Khalili, Johan Engdahl and Emma Svennberg
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:167
  23. Patient self-management (PSM) of vitamin K antagonists (VKA) seems a very promising model of care for oral anticoagulation in terms of efficacy and safety. In comparison with other management models of VKA the...

    Authors: M. Corrochano, B. Jiménez, J. Millón, I. Gich, M. Rambla, E. Gil, P. Caparrós, R. Macho and J. C. Souto
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:166
  24. Long term β-blocker therapy after myocardial infarction (MI) reduces mortality and recurrent MI but evidence for this treatment predates contemporary acute coronary care. β-blocker treatment is a key quality o...

    Authors: Tora Hagsund, Sven-Erik Olsson, J. Gustav Smith, Bjarne Madsen Hardig and Henrik Wagner
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:165
  25. Several models have been developed to predict asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS), however these models did not pay much attention to people with lower level of stenosis (<50% or carotid plaques, especially in...

    Authors: Junxiong Yin, Chuanyong Yu, Hongxing Liu, Mingyang Du, Feng Sun, Cheng Yu, Lixia Wei, Chongjun Wang and Xiaoshan Wang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:164
  26. The COngenital HeARt Disease in adult and Pulmonary Hypertension (COHARD-PH) registry is the first registry for congenital heart disease (CHD) and CHD-related pulmonary hypertension (PH) in adults in Indonesia...

    Authors: Lucia Kris Dinarti, Anggoro Budi Hartopo, Arditya Damar Kusuma, Muhammad Gahan Satwiko, Muhammad Reyhan Hadwiono, Aditya Doni Pradana and Dyah Wulan Anggrahini
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:163
  27. Aortic intramural hematoma is a life-threatening condition reported with increasing frequency. It can be classified into Stanford type A or B depending on whether the ascending or descending aorta are involved...

    Authors: Kai Zhang, Song-Bo Dong, Xu-Dong Pan and Li-Zhong Sun
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:162
  28. Catheter ablation (CA) has emerged as an effective treatment for symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF). However practice patterns and patient factors associated with referral for CA within the first 12 months a...

    Authors: Robert N. D’Angelo, Rahul Khanna, Robert W. Yeh, Laura Goldstein, Iftekhar Kalsekar, Stephen Marcello, Patricia Tung and Peter J. Zimetbaum
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:161
  29. Previous studies have reported that being overweight, obese, or underweight is a risk factor for ischemic cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, CVD also occurs in subjects with ideal body mass index (BMI). Re...

    Authors: Yuji Nishizaki, Kazunori Shimada, Shigemasa Tani, Takayuki Ogawa, Jiro Ando, Masao Takahashi, Masato Yamamoto, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Tetsuro Miyazaki, Katsumi Miyauchi, Ken Nagao, Atsushi Hirayama, Michihiro Yoshimura, Issei Komuro, Ryozo Nagai and Hiroyuki Daida
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:160
  30. The target of this study was to explore the outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in diabetic versus non-diabetic patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery.

    Authors: Xiaolong Ma, Ran Dong, Pengfei Chen, Yichen Zhao, Caiwu Zeng, Meng Xin, Qing Ye and Jiangang Wang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:159
  31. Aim of the study was to find predictors of allocating patients after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) to geriatric (GR) or cardiac rehabilitation (CR) and describe this new patient group based on...

    Authors: Sarah Eichler, Heinz Völler, Rona Reibis, Karl Wegscheider, Christian Butter, Axel Harnath and Annett Salzwedel
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:158
  32. We studied the course of plasma concentrations of 4 cardiovascular biomarkers: natriuretic peptides (BNP, NT-proBNP; mid-regional (MR) pro-atrial NP); and soluble endothelial CD146 (sCD146), in patients with s...

    Authors: Marc Badoz, Mattia Arrigo, Anne-Claire Mogenet, Malha Sadoune, Nicolas Meneveau, Alexandre Mebazaa and Marie-France Seronde
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:157
  33. Danon disease (OMIM 300257) is an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder, characterized by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), skeletal myopathy, variable intellectual disability, and other minor clinical features.

    Authors: Valeria Novelli, Antonio Bisignani, Gemma Pelargonio, Guido Primiano, Maria Lucia Narducci, Vincenzo Palmieri, Francesco Danilo Tiziano, Paolo Zeppilli, Serenella Servidei, Filippo Crea and Maurizio Genuardi
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:156
  34. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) is one of the leading causes of maternal and neonatal mortality, increasing the long-term incidence of cardiovascular diseases. Preeclampsia and gestational hypertensi...

    Authors: Yamin Hou, Lin Yun, Lihua Zhang, Jingru Lin and Rui Xu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:155
  35. Globally, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have continued to ravage the human existence through the premature deaths of its workforce. Despite this burden, many studies in Nigeria have focused on determining the...

    Authors: Olaniyan Akintunde Babatunde, Sunday Olakunle Olarewaju, Adeleye Abiodun Adeomi, Joel Olufunminiyi Akande, Adebobola Bashorun, Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo and James Olusegun Bamidele
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:154
  36. Studies have not demonstrated consistent outcomes following thrombus aspiration in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI). We investigated the relationship between thrombus aspiration and microvascu...

    Authors: Doni Firman, Amir Aziz Alkatiri, Imammurahman Taslim, Surya Buana Wangi and Raymond Pranata
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:153
  37. Tobacco smoking is one of the most important risk factors of coronary heart disease (CHD). Hence, smoking cessation is considered pivotal in the prevention of CHD. The current study aimed to evaluate smoking c...

    Authors: D. Goettler, M. Wagner, H. Faller, K. Kotseva, D. Wood, R. Leyh, G. Ertl, W. Karmann, P. U. Heuschmann and S. Störk
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:152
  38. This study aimed to determine whether a focused 2-day cardiac ultrasound training course could enable physicians to obtain and interpret focused cardiac ultrasound (FCU) images from critically ill patients.

    Authors: Hongmin Zhang, Wei He, Hui Lian, Xiukai Chen, Xiaoting Wang, Yangong Chao and Dawei Liu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:151
  39. miR-92a-3p and oxidative stress are reportedly associated with venous thrombosis. However, the role of miR-92a-3p and oxidative stress in catheter-related thrombosis (CRT) remains ambiguous. Herein, we studied...

    Authors: Xiao Gan, Huihan Zhao, Yan Wei, Qingjuan Jiang, Cui Wen and Yanping Ying
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:150
  40. Cardiac myxoma (CM) is the most common type of primary cardiac tumors. The prevalence of primary cardiac tumors is 0.0017–0.28% in various autopsy studies. The clinical symptoms of CM which includes embolism, ...

    Authors: Shulun Ma, Qian Xu, Ruizheng Shi, Xin Zhang and Xuliang Chen
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:149
  41. Where each patient has all three conduits of internal mammary artery (IMA), saphenous vein graft (SVG) and radial artery (RA), most confounders affecting comparison between conduits can be mitigated. Additiona...

    Authors: Alistair Royse, William Pamment, Zulfayandi Pawanis, Sandy Clarke-Errey, David Eccleston, Andrew Ajani, William Wilson, David Canty and Colin Royse
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:148
  42. Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) has been recognised as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and cardiovascular events such as acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Since it is also known to r...

    Authors: Michael R. Le Grande, Alison Beauchamp, Andrea Driscoll and Alun C. Jackson
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:147
  43. In bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVSs), there is some concern about a possible increase in the rate of scaffold thromboses (ScTs). Although several characteristics similarly contribute to the development o...

    Authors: Cheol Hyun Lee, Yun-Kyeong Cho, Hyuck-Jun Yoon and Seung-Ho Hur
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:146
  44. We hypothesized that discriminating the early subclinical organ damage would serve as a great opportunity for prevention against atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Brachial-ankle pulse wave veloci...

    Authors: Qiaowei Li, Fan Lin, Zhonghai Gao, Feng Huang and Pengli Zhu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:145
  45. Previous epidemiological evidence has identified many risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). Pulse pressure (PP) was reported to be associated with CAD. However, more attention was paid to aortic PP t...

    Authors: Jin Li, Yangpei Peng and Kangting Ji
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:143
  46. Ascending aortic aneurysms are one of the major causes of mortality. In recent years, there is a growing interest of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and related diseases. The aim of this study was to investiga...

    Authors: Onur Argan, Eyup Avci, Tarik Yildirim and Ozgen Safak
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:142
  47. Depression has been recognized as an independent risk factor of coronary heart disease (CHD). Moreover, there is interrelationship of both depression and CHD. However, the potential pathophysiological mechanis...

    Authors: Li-Jun Zhang, Xian-Tao Zeng, Ming-Juan Zhao, Dong-Fang He, Jian-Yang Liu and Mei-Yan Liu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020 20:141

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