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  1. The heterogeneity of risk in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) is acknowledged in new guidelines promulgating different treatment recommendations for diabetics at low cardiac risk. We performed a retrospect...

    Authors: Junjie Yang, Guanhua Dou, Christian Tesche, Carlo N. De Cecco, Brian E. Jacobs, U. Joseph Schoepf and Yundai Chen
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:39
  2. Interatrial block (IAB) is an ECG indicator of atrial fibrosis related to atrial remodeling and thrombus formation thus leading to embolic stroke and increasing mortality. We aimed to assess weather IAB predic...

    Authors: M. A. Baturova, A. Lindgren, Y. V. Shubik, J. Carlson and P. G. Platonov
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:37
  3. Authors: Uma Chandrasekaran, Daniel Burkhoff, Kiyotake Ishikawa, Lija Swain, Kenji Sunagawa, Jacob Møller, Carlos Santos-Gallego, Shiva Annamalai, James Udelson, Ralf Westenfeld, Navin Kapur, Xiaoying Qiao, Julian Wiora, Andreas Schäfer, Alexander Bernhardt, Ajar Kochar…
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19(Suppl 2):27

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 2

  4. Previous studies have found a connection between left coronary artery dominance and worse prognoses in patient with acute coronary syndrome, which remains a predominant cause of morbidity and mortality globall...

    Authors: Li Wang, Jiamei Li, Ya Gao, Ruohan Li, Jingjing Zhang, Dan Su, Tao Wang, Guang Yang and Xiaochuang Wang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:35
  5. The aim of this study is to investigate if IL8 levels were associated with incident cardiovascular (CV) events (CVE) and mortality (all-cause, CV, and cancer) in a cohort of 60 years old men and women from Sto...

    Authors: Ilais Moreno Velásquez, Ashwini Gajulapuri, Karin Leander, Anita Berglund, Ulf de Faire and Bruna Gigante
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:34
  6. Heart failure (HF) is a major chronic illness and results in high morbidity and mortality. The most frequent cause of HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFREF) is coronary artery disease (CAD). Although revasc...

    Authors: L. Pleva, P. Kukla, K. Vítková and V. Procházka
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:32
  7. Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) can catalyse the methylation of arginine and participate in many important cellular reaction processes. The purpose of this research is to determine whether the expr...

    Authors: Buchuan Tan, Qian Liu, Liping Yang, Yushuang Yang, Dongna Liu, Long Liu and Fanbo Meng
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:31
  8. This study aimed to assess the trends in the prevalence of electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities from 1986 to 2015 and impact of ECG abnormalities on risk of death from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in the ...

    Authors: Abdonas Tamosiunas, Janina Petkeviciene, Ricardas Radisauskas, Gailute Bernotiene, Dalia Luksiene, Mindaugas Kavaliauskas, Irena Milvidaitė and Dalia Virviciute
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:30
  9. To determine the prevalence of hypertension treatment and control among hypertensive patients in the Cuban municipalities of Cardenas and Santiago and to explore the main associated predictors.

    Authors: Esteban Londoño Agudelo, Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Addys Díaz Piñera, René García Roche, Pol De Vos, Tullia Battaglioli and Patrick Van der Stuyft
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:29
  10. Obstructive coronary artery disease is found in approximately 97% of patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and 92% of patients with non ST-elevation myocardial infarction (Bainey KR, Wels...

    Authors: M. Piels, T. Faes and J. Vainer
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:28

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:70

  11. The aim of our study was the identification of genetic variants associated with postoperative complications after cardiac surgery.

    Authors: Sabine Westphal, Christian Stoppe, Matthias Gruenewald, Berthold Bein, Jochen Renner, Jochen Cremer, Mark Coburn, Gereon Schaelte, Andreas Boening, Bernd Niemann, Frank Kletzin, Jan Roesner, Ulrich Strouhal, Christian Reyher, Rita Laufenberg-Feldmann, Marion Ferner…
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:26
  12. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a prevalent risk factor for coronary artery disease progression. Past studies have shown that MetS and its components tends to increase mortality after coronary artery bypass graft...

    Authors: Shuangkun Chen, Jiahui Li, Qianzhen Li, Zhihuang Qiu, Xijie Wu and Liangwan Chen
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:25
  13. Following publication of the original article [1], the author reported his name has erroneously spelled as Abishek Shetye. The correct name is Abhishek Shetye.

    Authors: Gaurav S. Gulsin, Abhishek Shetye, Jeffrey Khoo, Daniel J. Swarbrick, Eylem Levelt, Florence Y. Lai, Iain B. Squire, Jayanth R. Arnold and Gerry P. McCann
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:24

    The original article was published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:98

  14. Studies have shown that patients who undergo trans-catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) have high rates of hospital readmission. Our objectives were to identify the causes of readmission after TAVR, determ...

    Authors: Andrew Czarnecki, Peter C. Austin, Stephen E. Fremes, Jack V. Tu, Harindra C. Wijeysundera and Dennis T. Ko
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:23
  15. Data on bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) for the treatment of long lesions are limited. We studied the use of BVS-Absorb in routine clinical practice and compared the outcome of long lesions with short l...

    Authors: Christine Reichart, Jochen Wöhrle, Sinisa Markovic, Wolfgang Rottbauer and Julia Seeger
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:22
  16. Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile childhood systemic vasculitis that disturbs coronary arteries. The pathogenesis remains unknown. The study of phosphorylated proteins helps to elucidate the relevant p...

    Authors: Shui-Ming Li, Wan-Ting Liu, Fang Yang, Qi-Jian Yi, Shuai Zhang and Hong-Ling Jia
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:21
  17. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart failure (HF) often coexist. Moreover, elderly patients suffering from HF have a higher incidence of COPD, which further complicates their clinical conditi...

    Authors: Eugenio Roberto Cosentino, Matteo Landolfo, Crescenzio Bentivenga, Luca Spinardi, Daniela Degli Esposti, Arrigo Francesco Cicero, Rinaldo Miceli, Virna Bui, Emanuela Berardi and Claudio Borghi
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:20
  18. Coronary artery disease accelerates heart failure progression, leading to poor prognosis and a substantial increase in morbidity and mortality. This study was aimed to assess the impact of coronary artery dise...

    Authors: Qi Zhao, Li Wang, Paul A. Kurlansky, Jeff Schein, Onur Baser and Jeffrey S. Berger
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:19
  19. Previous randomized controlled trials (RCT)s showed similar outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) treated with anti-arrhythmic drugs (AAD) ...

    Authors: Ahmed AlTurki, Riccardo Proietti, Ahmed Dawas, Hasan Alturki, Thao Huynh and Vidal Essebag
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:18
  20. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is often asymptomatic but increases the risk of developing cardiovascular events. Due to the uncertainties regarding the quality of related guidelines and a lack of clear-cut ev...

    Authors: Qinchang Chen, Lingling Li, Qingui Chen, Xixia Lin, Yonghui Li, Kai Huang and Chen Yao
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:17
  21. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a myocardial disease. However, the coexistence of HCM with muscular ventricular septal defect (VSD), especially those with both incomplete spontaneous closure and coronary ...

    Authors: Guang-mei Zheng, Jiao Bai, Jun-ming Tang, Fang-cheng Zhu and Hong-xia Jing
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:16
  22. LV systolic dysfunction presents an elevated risk of thromboembolism. Previous studies demonstrated low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), ischemic cardiomyopathy and increased myocardial scarring as i...

    Authors: Yodying Kaolawanich and Thananya Boonyasirinant
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:15
  23. In the standard ECG display, limb leads are presented in a non-anatomical sequence: I, II, III, aVR, aVL, aVF. The Cabrera system is a display format which instead presents the limb leads in a cranial/left-to-...

    Authors: T. Lindow, Y. Birnbaum, K. Nikus, A. Maan, U. Ekelund and O. Pahlm
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:13
  24. Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) of bifurcation lesions is technically challenging and associated with lower success rates and higher frequency of adverse outcomes. In the present study, we aimed to e...

    Authors: Wenduo Zhang, Fusui Ji, Xue Yu and Xinyue Wang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:12
  25. Our objectives were to critically appraise and summarise the current evidence for the effectiveness of using cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk scoring (total risk assessment - TRA) in routine risk assessment i...

    Authors: Krzysztof Studziński, Tomasz Tomasik, Janusz Krzysztoń, Jacek Jóźwiak and Adam Windak
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:11
  26. High-dose steroids and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) are controversial treatments for pediatric patients with acute myocarditis. This study aimed to investigate their efficacies in the Taiwanese pediatric ...

    Authors: Ming-Shyan Lin, Yu-Hsiang Tseng, Mei-Yen Chen, Chang-Min Chung, Ming-Horng Tsai, Po-Chang Wang, Jung-Jung Chang, Tien-Hsing Chen and Yu-Sheng Lin
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:10
  27. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a brief ventricular dysfunction that usually occurs after emotional or physical stress. Here, we report a patient who underwent cardiac surgery and then developed TCM during t...

    Authors: Jia-Hui Zeng, Wei Li, Feng-Juan Yao, Dong-Hong Liu, Cui-Ling Li, Yan-Qiu Liu, Rui Fan, Min Ye and Hong Lin
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:9
  28. According to several studies in population of high-income countries (HIC), patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) have a considerably higher risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, it is ...

    Authors: Pablo Miranda-Machado, Fernando Salcedo-Mejía, Justo Paz Wilches, Juan Fernandez-Mercado, Fernando De la Hoz-Restrepo and Nelson Alvis-Guzmán
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:8
  29. Advances in the medical and surgical management of Tetralogy of Fallot have led to marked increase of the number and age of survivors. Imaging in patients with Tetralogy of Fallot plays a crucial role in the d...

    Authors: Sotiria C. Apostolopoulou, Athanassios Manginas, Nikolaos L. Kelekis and Michel Noutsias
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:7
  30. Previous studies revealed a high rate of abnormal exercise test (ET) results in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in asymptomatic athletes. The physiological background of this phenomeno...

    Authors: Danny A. J. P. van de Sande, Jan Hoogsteen, Pieter A. Doevendans and Hareld M. C. Kemps
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:6
  31. Elevated serum uric acid (SUA) is associated with poor prognosis in patients with cardiovascular disease, yet it is still not decided whether the role of SUA is causal or only reflects an underlying disease. T...

    Authors: Viera Stubnova, Ingrid Os, Aud Høieggen, Marit D. Solbu, Morten Grundtvig, Arne S. Westheim, Dan Atar and Bård Waldum-Grevbo
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:4
  32. Elevated plasma triglycerides (TGs) are widely used as a major cardiovascular risk predictor and are thought to play an important role in the progression of coronary heart disease (CHD). It has been demonstrat...

    Authors: Neda M. Bogari, Ashwag Aljohani, Amr A. Amin, Faisal A. Al-Allaf, Anas Dannoun, Mohiuddin M. Taher, Atalla Elsayed, Dareen ibrahim Rednah, Osama Elkhatee, Massimo Porqueddu, Francesco Alamanni, Soud Abdulraof A. Khogeer and Ahmed Fawzy
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:2
  33. There are limited data about modes of death and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in South East Asian population. The aim of the study was to examin...

    Authors: Nattakorn Songsirisuk, Veraprapas Kittipibul, Nilubon Methachittiphan, Vorawan Charoenattasil, Nath Zungsontiporn, Ittikorn Spanuchart, Saranya Buppajarntham, Charoen Mankongpaisarnrung, Sudarat Satitthummanid, Suphot Srimahachota, Pairoj Chattranukulchai, Smonporn Boonyaratavej Songmuang and Sarinya Puwanant
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:1
  34. Noninvasive diagnosis of allograft rejection in heart transplant recipients is challenging. The utility of 2-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) to predict severe rejection in heart transpla...

    Authors: Andrew S. Tseng, Umama S. Gorsi, Sergio Barros-Gomes, Fletcher A. Miller, Patricia A. Pellikka, Alfredo L. Clavell and Hector R. Villarraga
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2018 18:241
  35. Most patients with antihypertensive medication do not achieve their blood pressure (BP) target. The most important factor behind this failure is poor medication adherence. However, non-adherence to therapy doe...

    Authors: Aapo Tahkola, Päivi Korhonen, Hannu Kautiainen, Teemu Niiranen and Pekka Mäntyselkä
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2018 18:240
  36. Chronic Mitral Valve disease is strongly associated with Left atrial enlargement; the condition has a high mortality risk. Clinical manifestations include atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension, thromboem...

    Authors: Zan Mitrev, Milka Klincheva, Tanja Anguseva, Igor Zdravkovski and Rodney Alexander Rosalia
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2018 18:239
  37. Behcet’s disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis characterized by oral and genital aphthosis, and ocular and skin lesions. The disease is involved in vascular, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems. Vasc...

    Authors: Fang Jiang, Hui Xiang and Zhi-Yong Peng
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2018 18:238
  38. Klotho, possibly an age-regulating protein, is considered an important factor contributing to the lifespan and pathophysiology of hypertension and coronary artery disease (CAD). The present study was carried o...

    Authors: Hamed Akbari, Gholamreza Asadikaram, Hamid Aria, Saba Fooladi, Sina Vakili and Mohammad Masoumi
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2018 18:237
  39. Our previous study showed that metformin regulates the mRNA and protein levels of type 2 small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel (SK2) and type 3 small conductance calcium-activated potassium cha...

    Authors: Chang-He Liu, Na Hua, Xi Fu, Yi-Long Pan, Bin Li and Xiao-Dong Li
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2018 18:236
  40. Sleep-related investigations in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients are rare. The aim of this study was to examine sex-specific associations of patient-reported sleep disturbances within 4 weeks before ...

    Authors: Franziska Nairz, Christa Meisinger, Inge Kirchberger, Margit Heier, Christian Thilo, Bernhard Kuch, Annette Peters and Ute Amann
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2018 18:235
  41. In the era of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI), the incidence of post-cardiac injury syndrome (PCIS) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) following PPCI has become less common. H...

    Authors: Yan Gao, Nanette H. Bishopric, Hong-wei Chen, Jiang-tao Li, Yu-lang Huang and He-xun Huang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2018 18:234
  42. Plaque composition and morphologic characteristics identified by virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) can determine plaques at increased risk of clinical events following percutaneous coronary ...

    Authors: Yin Liu, Hai-Bo Wang, Xiang Li, Jian-Yong Xiao, Ji-Xiang Wang, Kathleen H. Reilly, Bo Sun and Jing Gao
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2018 18:233
  43. The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important treatment goal that could serve as low-cost prognostication tool in resource poor settings.

    Authors: Samson Okello, Fardous Charles Abeya, Boniface Amanee Elias Lumori, Suzan Joan Akello, Christopher Charles Moore, Brian H. Annex and Andrew J. Buda
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2018 18:232
  44. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become an established therapeutic option for patients with symptomatic, severe aortic valve stenosis. Ageing of the Western and Asian population and expansion...

    Authors: Manik Chopra, Ngai H. V. Luk, Ole De Backer and Lars Søndergaard
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2018 18:231
  45. The literature suggests that comorbid depression, defined in this paper as a history of depression prior to a cardiovascular event, has an impact on later onset depression as well as constituting increased ris...

    Authors: Serdar Sever, Su Golder and Patrick Doherty
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2018 18:230

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