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  1. No cardiac biomarkers for detecting acute kidney injury (AKI) on admission in non-surgical intensive care patients have been reported. The aim of the present study is to elucidate the role of cardiac biomarker...

    Authors: Akihiro Shirakabe, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Noritake Hata, Takuro Shinada, Kazunori Tomita, Masafumi Tsurumi, Hirotake Okazaki, Masato Matsushita, Yoshiya Yamamoto, Shinya Yokoyama, Kuniya Asai and Wataru Shimizu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:174
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  2. Echocardiography is not recommended for routine pre-surgical evaluation but may have value for patients at high risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). The objective of this study was to evaluate w...

    Authors: Emily B. Levitan, Laura A. Graham, Javier A. Valle, Joshua S. Richman, Robert Hollis, Carla N. Holcomb, Thomas M. Maddox and Mary T. Hawn
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:173
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  4. Activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system (RAAS) has been proposed to contribute to development of vascular complications in type 2 diabetes (T2D). The aim of the present study was to determine if...

    Authors: Isabel Gonçalves, Andreas Edsfeldt, Helen M. Colhoun, Angela C. Shore, Carlo Palombo, Andrea Natali, Gunilla Nordin Fredrikson, Harry Björkbacka, Maria Wigren, Eva Bengtsson, Gerd Östling, Kunihiko Aizawa, Francesco Casanova, Margaretha Persson, Kim Gooding, Phil Gates…
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:171
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  5. Guidelines from the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology recommend a higher dosage of aspirin daily following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), whereas guidelines from the European...

    Authors: Pravesh Kumar Bundhun, Girish Janoo, Abhishek Rishikesh Teeluck and Wei-Qiang Huang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:169
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  6. Leg edema is a common adverse effect of dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers (CCB) that may need dose reduction or drug withdrawal, adversely affecting the antihypertensive efficacy. Leg edema is reported ...

    Authors: Priyadarshani Galappatthy, Yasindu C. Waniganayake, Mohomad I. M. Sabeer, Thusitha J. Wijethunga, Gamini K. S. Galappatthy and Ruvan AI Ekanayaka
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:168
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  7. Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is a promising therapy for stroke prophylaxis in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) but its cost-effectiveness remains understudied. This study evaluat...

    Authors: Vivian Wing-Yan Lee, Ronald Bing-Ching Tsai, Ines Hang-Iao Chow, Bryan Ping-Yen Yan, Mehmet Gungor Kaya, Jai-Wun Park and Yat-Yin Lam
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:167
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  8. Rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) cause considerable morbidity and mortality amongst Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. Secondary antibiotic prophylaxis in the f...

    Authors: Jennifer Chamberlain-Salaun, Jane Mills, Priya M. Kevat, Marc G. W. Rémond and Graeme P. Maguire
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:166
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  9. Recently released American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guideline recommends the Pooled Cohort equations for evaluating atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk of individuals. The imp...

    Authors: Himanshu Gupta, Chun G. Schiros, Oleg F. Sharifov, Apurva Jain and Thomas S. Denney Jr
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:165
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  10. Bleeding events have been associated with the use of antiplatelet agents. This study estimated the incidence of bleeding events in patients previously hospitalized for a serious coronary event and determined t...

    Authors: Antonio González-Pérez, María E. Sáez, Saga Johansson, Anders Himmelmann and Luis A. García Rodríguez
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:164
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  11. Decisive information on the parameters involved in cognitive impairment in patients with chronic heart failure is as yet lacking. Our aim was to determine the functional and psychosocial variables related with...

    Authors: María J González-Moneo, Gonzalo Sánchez-Benavides, José M Verdu-Rotellar, Mercé Cladellas, Jordi Bruguera, Sonia Quiñones-Ubeda, Cristina Enjuanes, Jordi Peña-Casanova and Josep Comín-Colet
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:163
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  12. Striking an adequate balance between bleeding risks and prevention of stent thrombosis can be challenging in the setting of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug eluting stents (DES) in acute myoc...

    Authors: Fathima Aaysha Cader, M. Maksumul Haq, Sahela Nasrin and Md. Rezaul Karim
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:162
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  13. This study aimed to compare the adverse clinical outcomes associated with a short and a prolonged duration of Dual Anti-Platelet Therapy (DAPT) in patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) after undergoing Percutan...

    Authors: Pravesh Kumar Bundhun, Chandra Mouli Yanamala and Feng Huang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:161
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  14. Although the benefits of supervised physical activity programs in cardiac rehabilitation have been well documented, the amount of physical activity often drops quickly after the end of the supervised period. T...

    Authors: Marion Fournier, Rémi Radel, Karim Tifratene, Christian Pradier, Alain Fuch, Philippe Mossé, Jean-Jacques Domerego, Jocelyn Gal and Fabienne d’Arripe-Longueville
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:160
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  15. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death in Europe. In Germany, a declining mortality rate from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been observed in the last decades. Nevertheless, there are ...

    Authors: Katharina Hirsch, Stefanie Bohley, Wilfried Mau and Andrea Schmidt-Pokrzywniak
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:159
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  16. Affective temperaments (anxious, depressive, cyclothymic, irritable and hyperthymic) measure subclinical manifestations of major mood disorders. Furthermore, cumulating evidence suggests their involvement in s...

    Authors: Andrea László, Ádám Tabák, Beáta Kőrösi, Dániel Eörsi, Péter Torzsa, Orsolya Cseprekál, András Tislér, György Reusz, Zsófia Nemcsik-Bencze, Xénia Gonda, Zoltán Rihmer and János Nemcsik
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:158
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  17. A lotus root appearance is a rare entity, and there is little opportunity to perform coronary intervention for this kind of lesion. Because of its peculiar anatomical characteristics, one of the problems regar...

    Authors: Tetsuya Nomura, Taku Kato, Hiroshi Kubota, Daisuke Miyawaki, Ryota Urata, Takeshi Sugimoto, Yusuke Higuchi, Natsuya Keira and Tetsuya Tatsumi
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:157
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  18. Previous studies have demonstrated that elevated admission and fasting glucose (FG) is associated with worse outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, the quantitative relationship ...

    Authors: Hao Liang, Yi Chen Guo, Li Ming Chen, Min Li, Wei Zhong Han, Xu Zhang and Shi Liang Jiang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:156
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  19. Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) is a promising therapy for patients with advanced heart failure (HF), but bleeding complications remain an important issue. Previous series show that acquired von Willebra...

    Authors: Fatemeh Esmaeilzadeh, Aurélien Wauters, Walter Wijns, Jean-François Argacha and Philippe van de Borne
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:155
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  20. The optimal antithrombotic treatment during a primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) is not known. This single center registry study aims to assess the safety of a novel antithrombotic regimen combi...

    Authors: Juho Viikilä, Tuomo Nieminen, Ilkka Tierala and Mika Laine
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:154
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  21. Restenosis remains to be a major limitation of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for diabetic patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD). Despite of stations routine implements to prevent such p...

    Authors: Xiaojun Zhou, Yaru Mou, Xue Shen, Tianshu Yang, Ju Liu, Fupeng Liu, Jianjun Dong and Lin Liao
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:153
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  22. Atrial fibrillation is a major public health problem and is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, affecting an estimated 2.7 million Americans. The true prevalence of atrial fibrillation is likely underestimated...

    Authors: Kathleen T. Hickey, Nicole R. Hauser, Laura E. Valente, Teresa C. Riga, Ashton P. Frulla, Ruth Masterson Creber, William Whang, Hasan Garan, Haomiao Jia, Robert R. Sciacca and Daniel Y. Wang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:152
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  23. A substantial proportion of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) did not receive invasive therapy, defined as percutaneous coronary intervention and/or coronary artery bypass grafting. Aims of this ...

    Authors: Ute Amann, Inge Kirchberger, Margit Heier, Christian Thilo, Bernhard Kuch, Annette Peters and Christa Meisinger
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:151
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  24. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Australia. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) people have higher levels of CVD compared with non-Indigen...

    Authors: Sandra Hamilton, Belynda Mills, Shelley McRae and Sandra Thompson
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:150
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  25. Novel pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory derivatives from adipose tissue, known as adipokines, act as metabolic factors. The aim of this study was to analyse the secreted expression of different adipo/cyto...

    Authors: Teresa Auguet, Gemma Aragonès, Esther Guiu-Jurado, Alba Berlanga, Marta Curriu, Salomé Martinez, Ajla Alibalic, Carmen Aguilar, María-Luisa Camara, Esteban Hernández, Xavier Ruyra, Vicente Martín-Paredero and Cristóbal Richart
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:149
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  26. Conflicting reports on the efficacy of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) incited us to evaluate the utility of IABP in patients with acute myocardial infarction (...

    Authors: Xiao-yun Zheng, Yi Wang, Yi Chen, Xi Wang, Lei Chen, Jun Li and Zhi-gang Zheng
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:148
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  27. Cigarette smoking is known as a major risk factor in the pathogenic mechanisms of stroke, coronary and peripheral artery disease (CAD and PAD), even in young subjects. The aim of this study is the creation of ...

    Authors: Chiara Mozzini, Alder Casadei, Giuseppe Roscia and Luciano Cominacini
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:147
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  28. Coronary heart disease (CHD) and myocardial infarction (MI) are associated with neighborhood-level socioeconomic status (SES). Statins are important drugs for secondary prevention of MI. However, no study has ...

    Authors: Per-Ola Forsberg, Xinjun Li and Kristina Sundquist
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:146
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  30. Improvement of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important goal in preventive cardiology. HRQOL is also related to depressive symptoms, which represent a common co-morbidity and risk factor in patie...

    Authors: Harald T. Jørstad, Madelon Minneboo, Harold J. M. Helmes, Nick D. Fagel, Wilma J. Scholte op Reimer, Jan G. P. Tijssen and Ron J. G. Peters
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:144
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  31. A low eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) to arachidonic acid (AA) ratio is a known risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, the association between the docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to AA ratio and ACS remains u...

    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 2016 16:143
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  32. Accumulating evidence suggests that myeloperoxidase (MPO) is involved in atrial remodeling of atrial fibrillation (AF). Statins could reduce the MPO levels in patients with cardiovascular diseases. This study ...

    Authors: Qian Yang, Xiaoyong Qi, Yi Dang, Yingxiao Li, Xuelian Song and Xiao Hao
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:142
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  33. The common pathophysiological consequences of chronic mitral regurgitation (MR) are left atrial (LA) remodeling/dilatation and pulmonary hypertension (PH). We aimed to study the association between LA volume (...

    Authors: Nithima Ratanasit, Khemajira Karaketklang and Rungroj Krittayaphong
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:141
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  34. The clinical significance of myocardial infarction related to treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been subject of great discussion. This subject has been studied for many years using di...

    Authors: Martin Kirk Christensen, Hui Huang, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Torleif Trydal and Jan Ravkilde
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:140
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  35. Authors: Mitsumasa Umesawa, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Hiroyuki Noda, Ai Ikeda, Shinobu Sawachi, Isao Muraki, Choy-Lye Chei, Renzhe Cui, Masanori Nagao, Tetsuya Ohira, Tomoko Sankai, Takeshi Tanigawa, Akihiko Kitamura, Masahiko Kiyama and Hiroyasu Iso
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:139
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  36. Galectin-3 is a marker of myocardial inflammation and fibrosis shown to correlate with morbidity and mortality in heart failure (HF). We examined the utility of galectin-3 as a marker of the severity of HF, th...

    Authors: Ellie Coromilas, Em-Claire Que-Xu, D’Vesharronne Moore, Tomoko S. Kato, Christina Wu, Ruiping Ji, Raymond Givens, Ulrich P. Jorde, Hiroo Takayama, Yoshifumi Naka, Isaac George, Donna Mancini and P. Christian Schulze
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:138
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  38. Ventricular conduction blocks (VCBs) are associated with poor outcomes in patients with known cardiac diseases. However, the prognostic implications of VCB patterns in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients nee...

    Authors: Xiaoping Li, Rong Luo, Wei Fang, Xiaolei Xu, Guodong Niu, Yixian Xu, Michael Fu, Wei Hua and Xiushan Wu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:136
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  40. Higher creatine kinase (CK) activity is associated with the development of cardiovascular disease in black African populations. We compared CK activity and investigated associations of blood pressure with CK a...

    Authors: Catharina M. C. Mels, Caitlynd van Zyl and Hugo W. Huisman
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:134
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  41. The correlation between impedance cardiography (ICG) and 6 min walk distance (6MWD) in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients remains unknown.

    Authors: Ling Ding, Xiao-Qing Quan, Shu Zhang, Lei Ruan, Le Zhang, Kai Zheng, Wei-Wei Yu, Xiao-Fen Wu, Tao Mi, Cun-Tai Zhang and Hong-Lian Zhou
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:133
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  42. Osteopontin (OPN) regulates the Ca++-deposition in bone and coronary arteries. Elevated OPN were also associated with (aortic) valve calcification in healthy individuals. This study aimed to investigate the assoc...

    Authors: Michael Sponder, Christian Reuter, Monika Fritzer-Szekeres, Brigitte Litschauer, Thomas Binder and Jeanette Strametz-Juranek
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:132
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  43. Augmentation index, a marker of central wave reflection, is influenced by age, sex, height, blood pressure, heart rate, and arterial stiffness. However, the detailed haemodynamic determinants of augmentation i...

    Authors: Matias Wilenius, Antti J. Tikkakoski, Anna M. Tahvanainen, Antti Haring, Jenni Koskela, Heini Huhtala, Mika Kähönen, Tiit Kööbi, Jukka T. Mustonen and Ilkka H. Pörsti
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:131
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  44. Robust data on the contemporary management of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients in China are limited. Importantly current practice in AF management has changing dramatically in recent years. Data from a large ...

    Authors: Xin Du, Changsheng Ma, Jiahui Wu, Songnan Li, Man Ning, Ribo Tang, Xueyuan Guo, Deyong Long, Ronghui Yu, Caihua Sang, Chenxi Jiang, Ting Zhang, Jianhong Pan, Xiaohui Liu, Jianzeng Dong and Gregory Y. H. Lip
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:130
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  46. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the most important issues in modern medicine due to its high mortality and prevalence. An early detection and prevention can reduce morbidity and mortality. Arterial sti...

    Authors: Zrinko Prskalo, Ivica Brizić, Darko Markota, Ivica Markota, Mladen Boban, Monika Tomic and Boris Starcevic
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:128
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  47. The population of adolescents and young adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) is growing exponentially. These survivors are at risk of late cardiac complications and require lifelong cardiology care. Howe...

    Authors: Andrew S. Mackie, Gwen R. Rempel, Adrienne H. Kovacs, Miriam Kaufman, Kathryn N. Rankin, Ahlexxi Jelen, Cedric Manlhiot, Samantha J. Anthony, Joyce Magill-Evans, David Nicholas, Renee Sananes, Erwin Oechslin, Dimi Dragieva, Sonila Mustafa, Elina Williams, Michelle Schuh…
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:127
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  48. Left ventricular wall rupture remains a major lethal complication of acute myocardial infarction and hypertension is a well-known predisposing factor of cardiac rupture after myocardial infarction.

    Authors: Takao Konishi, Naohiro Funayama, Tadashi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Nishihara, Daisuke Hotta, Kenjiro Kikuchi, Hideo Yokoyama and Katsumi Ohori
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:126
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  49. Obesity paradox is defined as the unexpected decrease in the total number of death which has been observed among patients who are overweight and obese compared to patients with normal weight after undergoing r...

    Authors: Xiao-Feng Tan, Jia-Xin Shi and and Meng-Hua Chen
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:125
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  50. Early morbidity and mortality are generally lower after endovascular aortic repair (EVAR), than after open repair but re-interventions and late complications are more common. The aim of the present study was t...

    Authors: Håkan Roos, Henrik Djerf, Ludvig Brisby Jeppsson, Victoria Fröjd, Tomas Axelsson, Anders Jeppsson and Mårten Falkenberg
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2016 16:124
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