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  1. Circulating miRNAs can function as biomarkers for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases. However, it is unclear whether miRNAs can be used as biomarkers for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). To this en...

    Authors: Ruina Bai, Qiaoning Yang, Ruixi Xi, Lizhi Li, Dazhuo Shi and Keji Chen
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:227
  2. To determine if obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a risk factor for early stent thrombosis (EST; within 30 days) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

    Authors: Yanhua Li, Shanshan Yang, Si Chen, Xinhong Guo and Yundai Chen
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:226
  3. To date there is no validated evidence for standardized treatment of patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS). Medication therapy after final TTS diagnosis remains unclear. Previous data on patient outcome is am...

    Authors: Nadine Abanador-Kamper, Lars Kamper, Judith Wolfertz, Witali Pomjanski, Anamaria Wolf-Pütz and Melchior Seyfarth
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:225
  4. The effects on cardiovascular disease (CVD) by treatment recommendations on prevention of atherosclerotic CVD remain to be evaluated. The objectives were to assess treatment gap for low density lipoprotein cho...

    Authors: Gunilla Journath, Kristina Hambraeus, Emil Hagström, Billie Pettersson and Mickael Löthgren
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:224
  5. The presence of left ventricular contractile reserve (LVCR) during stress echo (SE) may provide favorable response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in heart failure patients. The aim of the study was...

    Authors: Quirino Ciampi, Clara Carpeggiani, Claudio Michelassi, Bruno Villari and Eugenio Picano
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:223
  6. Although drug-eluting stents have dramatically reduced the rates of restenosis and target lesion revascularization, they are associated with stent thrombosis (ST), a catastrophic event likely due to delayed en...

    Authors: Bin Zhang, Bo Zheng, Xingang Wang, Qiuping Shi, Jia Jia, Yong Huo, Chunshui Pan, Jingyan Han and Ming Chen
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:222
  7. Long-term RVP could bring adverse problems to cardiac electro-mechanics and result in inter- and intra-ventricular asynchrony, impaired labor force, and aggravation of cardiac function. HBRP including direct H...

    Authors: Ziqing Yu, Ruizhen Chen, Yangang Su, Xueying Chen, Shengmei Qin, Minghui Li, Fei Han and Junbo Ge
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:221
  8. Our study aimed to evaluate changes in the contractile behavior of human myocardium after exposure to caffeine and taurine, the main active ingredients of energy drinks (EDs), and to evaluate whether taurine e...

    Authors: R. Chaban, A. Kornberger, N. Branski, K. Buschmann, N. Stumpf, A. Beiras-Fernandez and C.F. Vahl
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:220

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2019 19:33

  9. To evaluate the left ventricular (LV) longitudinal function changes in rabbits after acute occlusion of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) by two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging (2D–STI).

    Authors: Jun Huang, Zi-Ning Yan, Li Fan, Yi-Fei Rui and Xiang-Ting Song
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:219
  10. Data regarding the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) among hypertensive patients in Ethiopia is very scarce, and the nature and the burden of MetS among these patients has not been well investigated. The...

    Authors: Agete Tadewos, Tariku Egeno and Antenah Amsalu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:218
  11. Electrocardiogram (ECG) is commonly used clinically due to convenience, but its accuracy is insufficient for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) diagnosis. In this study, we attempted to improve diagnostic accu...

    Authors: Nan Lu, Jin-Xiu Zhu, Pei-Xuan Yang and Xue-Rui Tan
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:217
  12. Detailed quantitative analysis of the effect of left ventricle (LV) hypertrophy on myocardial ischemia manifestation in ECG is still missing. The associations between both phenomena can be studied in animal mo...

    Authors: Marina Ronzhina, Veronika Olejnickova, Tibor Stracina, Marie Novakova, Oto Janousek, Jakub Hejc, Jana Kolarova, Miroslava Hlavacova and Hana Paulova
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:216
  13. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) has prognostic significance in heart failure (HF), and reductions in BNP may predict clinical improvement. However, there are limited data regarding the prognostic value of BNP...

    Authors: Sayma Sabrina Khanam, Jung-Woo Son, Jun-Won Lee, Young Jin Youn, Junghan Yoon, Seung-Hwan Lee, Jang-Young Kim, Sung Gyun Ahn, Min-Soo Ahn and Byung-Su Yoo
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:215
  14. Impairment of left ventricular (LV) longitudinal function has an important role in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This research investigated an association between the longitudinal strain of different myoc...

    Authors: Jun Huang, Zi-Ning Yan, Li Fan, Yi-Fei Rui and Xiang-Ting Song
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:214
  15. The added value of using a point-of-care (POC) troponin test in primary care to rule out acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is debated because test sensitivity is inadequate early after symptom onset. This study in...

    Authors: Michelle M. A. Kip, Hendrik Koffijberg, Marco J. Moesker, Maarten J. IJzerman and Ron Kusters
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:213
  16. Thrombolysis is still used when primary angioplasty is delayed for a long time, but 25%–30% of patients require rescue angioplasty (RA). There are no established recommendations for antithrombotic management i...

    Authors: José M. De la Torre Hernández, Mario Sadaba Sagredo, Miren Telleria Arrieta, Federico Gimeno de Carlos, Elena Sanchez Lacuesta, Juan A. Bullones Ramírez, Javier Pineda Rocamora, Victoria Martin Yuste, Tamara Garcia Camarero, Mariano Larman and Jose R. Rumoroso
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:212
  17. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia and is associated with stroke, cognitive impairment, and cardiovascular death. Some predisposing factors − as aging, diabetes, hypertension − in...

    Authors: Antoni Bayés de Luna, Manuel Martínez-Sellés, Antoni Bayés-Genís, Roberto Elosua and Adrian Baranchuk
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:211
  18. Recent studies have demonstrated that complement C1q tumor necrosis factor related proteins (CTRPs) have diverse biological influences on the cardiovascular system. CTRP 3 is a member of the CTRP superfamily, ...

    Authors: Shuhong Wang, Yuan Ling, Wei Liang and Linhui Shen
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:210
  19. Vascular endothelial growth factor is well known for its angiogenesis potential. The study was performed to determine the possible pro-angiogenic role of magnetic nanoparticles coupled to VEGF in vitro and the...

    Authors: Mark Christopher Arokiaraj
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:209
  20. The majority (60%) of left ventricular (LV) stroke volume (SV) is generated by longitudinal shortening causing apical atrioventricular plane displacement (AVPD) in systole. The remaining SV is caused by radial...

    Authors: Daniel Asgeirsson, Erik Hedström, Jonas Jögi, Ulrika Pahlm, Katarina Steding-Ehrenborg, Henrik Engblom, Håkan Arheden and Marcus Carlsson
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:208
  21. Scientific reports have shown Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) to be independently associated with adverse outcomes following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). However, gender difference has also often ...

    Authors: Pravesh Kumar Bundhun, Manish Pursun and Feng Huang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:207
  22. Sarcopenia is generally complicated with patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and its presence negatively affects the course of heart failure, however effective nutritional intervention had not been eluci...

    Authors: Munenori Takata, Eisuke Amiya, Masafumi Watanabe, Yumiko Hosoya, Atsuko Nakayama, Takayuki Fujiwara, Masanobu Taya, Gaku Oguri, Kanako Hyodo, Naoko Takayama, Nami Takano, Tomoe Mashiko, Yukari Uemura and Issei Komuro
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:205
  23. Studies have demonstrated that catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation is associated with better rhythm control than drug therapy. The present study aimed to assess the clinical outcomes and health-related qu...

    Authors: Xin Du, Lizhu Guo, Xiaonan He, Yu Jia, Jiahui Wu, Deyong Long, Ronghui Yu, Caihua Sang, Xiaohui Liu, Hongjun Yin, Jianwei Xuan, Jianzeng Dong and Changsheng Ma
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:204
  24. Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), a common complication of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), is associated with higher mortality and longer hospital stays. The role of cytokines and other mediators is unknown in AKI in...

    Authors: Jorge Ortega-Hernández, Rashidi Springall, Fausto Sánchez-Muñoz, Julio-C. Arana-Martinez, Héctor González-Pacheco and Rafael Bojalil
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:202
  25. Takayasu arteritis is a rare, chronic large vessel vasculitis involving the aorta and its primary branches. As the disease progresses, the active inflammation of large vessels leads to dilation, narrowing and ...

    Authors: H. M. M. T. B. Herath, S. P. Pahalagamage, D. Withana and Sunethra Senanayake
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:201
  26. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a known risk factor for ischemic stroke. Electrocardiographic predictors of AF in population studies such as the Framingham Heart Study, as well as in hypertensive patients have dem...

    Authors: Daniel Cortez, Maria Baturova, Arne Lindgren, Jonas Carlson, Yuri V. Shubik, Bertil Olsson and Pyotr G. Platonov
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:200
  27. Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA) is common with a prevalence of 6% of all patients fulfilling the diagnosis of myocardial infarction. MINOCA should be considered a working ...

    Authors: Per Tornvall, E. B. Brolin, K. Caidahl, K. Cederlund, O. Collste, M. Daniel, C. Ekenbäck, J. Jensen, S. Y-Hassan, L. Henareh, C. Hofman-Bang, P. Lyngå, E. Maret, N. Sarkar, J. Spaak, M. Sundqvist…
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:199
  28. Conflicting with clinical practice guidelines, recent studies demonstrated that serum potassium concentrations (SPC) of ≥4.5 mEq/l were associated with increased mortality in patients with acute myocardial inf...

    Authors: Miriam Giovanna Colombo, Inge Kirchberger, Ute Amann, Margit Heier, Christian Thilo, Bernhard Kuch, Annette Peters and Christa Meisinger
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:198
  29. To evaluate cardiovascular function in boys with Duchenne (DMD) and Becker (BMD) muscular dystrophy, using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR).

    Authors: Sophie Mavrogeni, Aikaterini Giannakopoulou, Antigoni Papavasiliou, George Markousis-Mavrogenis, Roser Pons, Evangelos Karanasios, Michel Noutsias, Genovefa Kolovou and George Papadopoulos
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:197
  30. During acute myocardial infarction, phosphorylated TnI levels, Ca2+ sensitivity and ATPase activity are decreased in the myocardium, and the subsequent elevation in Ca2+ levels activates protease I (caplain I), l...

    Authors: Xhevdet Krasniqi, Blerim Berisha, Masar Gashi, Dardan Koçinaj, Fisnik Jashari and Josip Vincelj
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:195
  31. The efficacy and safety of polymer-free stent (PFS) versus permanent polymer drug-eluting stent (PPDES) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remain controversial. Our meta-analysis w...

    Authors: Kang Gao, Yiguang Sun, Ming Yang, Ling Han, Liwei Chen, Wenze Hu, Ping Chen and Xiaohong Li
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:194
  32. Cardiovascular complications in Marfan syndrome (MFS) make all its seriousness. Taking as a basis the Ghent criteria, we conducted a family screening from an index case. The objective was to describe the clini...

    Authors: Simon Antoine Sarr, Siddikatou Djibrilla, Fatou Aw, Malick Bodian, Kana Babaka, Aliou Alassane Ngaidé, Momar Dioum and Serigne Abdou Ba
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:193
  33. The long-term downward national U.S. trend in heart disease-related mortality slowed substantially during 2011–2014 before turning upward in 2015. Examining mortality trends in the major subgroups of heart dis...

    Authors: Stephen Sidney, Charles P. Quesenberry Jr, Marc G. Jaffe, Michael Sorel, Alan S. Go and Jamal S. Rana
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:192
  34. We aimed to systematically compare Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACEs) and mortality following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) in patients with and without Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COP...

    Authors: Pravesh Kumar Bundhun, Chakshu Gupta and Guang Ma Xu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:191
  35. A direct link between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients and the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) has been shown in recent scientific research. However, this issue is controversial since...

    Authors: Pravesh Kumar Bundhun, Manish Pursun and Wei-Qiang Huang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:190
  36. The use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) may pose more risks than benefits to patients and is a major factor contributing to the likelihood of serious adverse drug reactions and negative health ...

    Authors: Marwan Sheikh-Taha and Hani Dimassi
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:189
  37. Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is the main physiological inhibitor of TF-induced blood coagulation process, and may play essential roles in the pathogenesis of major adverse cardiac events. This study ...

    Authors: Ying Zhao, Yanbo Yu, Maowei Shi, Xi Yang, Xueqi Li, Feng Jiang, Yundai Chen and Xiaoli Tian
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:188
  38. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by microvascular abnormalities, inflammation and fibrosis. We hypothesized that myocarditis may be diagnosed in asymptomatic SSc, undergoing rout...

    Authors: Sophie Mavrogeni, Loukia Koutsogeorgopoulou, Georgia Karabela, Efthymios Stavropoulos, Gikas Katsifis, John Raftakis, Sotiris Plastiras, Michel Noutsias, George Markousis-Mavrogenis and Genovefa Kolovou
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:187
  39. An aberrant origin of the left coronary artery (LCA) from the right coronary cusp (RCC) is an extremely rare congenital anomaly. We here report on successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a patie...

    Authors: Jung-Hee Lee and Jong-Seon Park
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:186
  40. The relationship between neuroticism, depression and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is complex and has so far not been studied in depth. The aim of this study was to determine if neuroticism is an effect-modifie...

    Authors: Aysha Almas, Jette Moller, Romaina Iqbal and Yvonne Forsell
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:185
  41. Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) carried out a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) service redesign aimed at optimising patient recruitment and retention and decreasing readmissions.

    Authors: Fiona McCartan, Nicola Bowers, Jack Turner, Mirren Mandalia, Nayan Kalnad, Anna Bishop-Bailey, Jiayu Fu and Piers Clifford
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:184
  42. Unhealthy lifestyle factors such as smoking, obesity, inactivity and type 2 diabetes are endemic in the Middle East. The public health consequences might be detrimental; however, local studies on risk factors ...

    Authors: Abdel-Ellah Al-Shudifat, Asgeir Johannessen, Mohammed Azab, Amjad Al-Shdaifat, Suhad Sameer AbuMweis, Lana M. Agraib and Reema F. Tayyem
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:183
  43. Little is known about the relationship between homocysteine (Hcy) levels and the QT interval. We examined the association of different Hcy levels with corrected QT (QTc) intervals in a general population.

    Authors: Zhao Li, Xiaofan Guo, Guozhe Sun, Liqiang Zheng, Yingxian Sun, Yamin Liu and Maria Roselle Abraham
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:182
  44. The connecting peptide in insulin has been associated with cardiovascular risk and overall mortality in the adult population. However, its early determinants are unknown. Assess the association of exposures du...

    Authors: Romildo Luiz Monteiro Andrade, Denise Petrucci Gigante, Isabel Oliveira de Oliveira and Bernardo Lessa Horta
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:181
  45. Plaque shifting is a serious complication of endovascular treatment (EVT) for aortoiliac bifurcation lesions. It is challenging to predict the occurrence of unfavorable plaque shifting correctly. ...

    Authors: Yoshito Kadoya, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Daisuke Naito, Kan Zen and Satoaki Matoba
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:179
  46. Several studies found mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin (ProADM), the prohormone of the cardiovascular protein adrenomedullin, to be strongly associated with short-term mortality, mostly in the inpatient setting...

    Authors: Jonas Odermatt, Marc Meili, Lara Hersberger, Rebekka Bolliger, Mirjam Christ-Crain, Matthias Briel, Heiner C. Bucher, Beat Mueller and Philipp Schuetz
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:178
  47. Despite the increased risk for pulmonary hypertension in children with Down syndrome, the response to treatment with targeted therapies for pulmonary hypertension in these patients is not well characterized. The

    Authors: Maurice Beghetti, Andrzej Rudzinski and Min Zhang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2017 17:177

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