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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Issue 1/2024

Content (762 Articles)

A novel pathogenic variant in the carnitine transporter gene, SLC22A5, in association with metabolic carnitine deficiency and cardiomyopathy features

Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi, Niloofar Naderi, Serwa Ghasemi, Alireza Salmanipour, Sara Adimi, Majid Maleki, Samira Kalayinia

Cut-off value for interleukin-34 as an additional potential inflammatory biomarker for estimation of slow coronary flow risk

Mehdi Karasu, Hasan Ata Bolayır

A patient with acute myocardial infarction with electrocardiogram Aslanger’s pattern

Ming-hao Liu, Hao Li, Ang Li, Ru Liu, Hai-bo Liu, Li-jian Gao, Qing Gu, Lei Song

  • Open Access
  • Review

Safety and feasibility of rotational atherectomy (RA) versus conventional stenting in patients with chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ahmed Abdelaziz, Hanaa Elsayed, Aboalmagd Hamdaalah, Karim Atta, Ahmed Mechi, Hallas Kadhim, Aya Moustafa Aboutaleb, Ahmed Elaraby, Mohamed Hatem Ellabban, Fayed Mohamed Rzk, Mahmoud Eid, Hadeer Elsaeed AboElfarh, Rahma AbdElfattah Ibrahim, Emad Addin Zawaneh, Mahmoud Ezzat, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Abdelrahman H. Hafez, Shaimaa Fadel, Hazem S. Ghaith, Mustafa Suppah

Characteristics and correlation of body fat distribution and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in adults aged 20–59 years: a cross-sectional study

Shengya Wang, Haiyan Shi, Laiyuan Luo, Hui He

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Case Report

Venous-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for psittacosis pneumonia complicated with cardiogenic shock: case report and literature review

Yanting Zhang, Hongtao Hu, Ying Xu, Yi Chen, Biao Liu, Jun Chen, Wenfang Nie, Si Zhong, Jing Ma, Chang Liu

Systemic immune-inflammation index predicts the clinical outcomes in patients with acute uncomplicated type-B aortic dissection undergoing optimal medical therapy

Ruirong Chen, Sheng Su, Changjin Wang, Yuan Liu, Wenhui Huang, Songyuan Luo, Fan Yang, Jianfang Luo

Comparative analysis of infective endocarditis in hemodialysis versus non-hemodialysis patients in Iran: implications for clinical practice and future research

Fereshteh Zolfaghari, Mohammad Mehdi Peighambari, Erfan Kohansal, Anita Sadeghpour, Pardis Moradnejad, Zahra Shafii

Long term all-cause mortality after myocardial infarction with non-obstructed vs obstructed coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of adjusted data

Xueli Lu, Shengnan Zhu, Yanjiao Lu, Yanming Li

A case of endocardial dissection caused by Micra implantation

Jianghua Zhang, Shuai Shang, Zhenyu Dong, Xianhui Zhou, Yaodong Li, Yanmei Lu, Qiang Xing, Zukela Tuerhong, Yankai Guo, Jiasuoer Xiaokereti, Baopeng Tang

Activation of ETAR and ETBR in myocardial tissue characterizes heart failure induced by experimental autoimmune myocarditis

Peng Yang, Yujing Wu, Fangfei Li, Jiangfeng Tang, Zhenzhong Zheng, Qingshan Tian

Elevated neutrophyl-to-lymphocyte ratioand smoking are associated with chronic total occlusion in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction

Fenandri Fadillah Fedrizal, Ika Prasetya Wijaya, Murdani Abdullah, Muhammad Yamin

Association of parathyroid hormone with risk of hypertension and type 2 diabetes: a dose-response meta-analysis

Mingming Feng, Mengqi Xu, Qing Wang, Shicui Xia, Cheng Yu, Min Li, Yafeng Liu

Left main and three vessels spontaneous coronary artery dissection as an incidental finding in young man with history of Hodgkin’s lymphoma-a case report

Raheleh Kavyani, Soheila Salari, Zeinab Norozi, Saeid Hosseini, Saifullah Abdi, Alireza Rai, Majid Maleki

Predictive value of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: new and old parameters in the natural history of repaired Tetralogy of Fallot

Paola Franceschi, A. Balducci, E. Nardi, F. Niro, D. Attinà, V. Russo, A. Donti, E. Angeli, G. D. Gargiulo, L. Lovato

Development and validation of a novel combinatorial nomogram model to predict in-hospital deaths in heart failure patients

Dabei Cai, Qianwen Chen, Xiaobo Mu, Tingting Xiao, Qingqing Gu, Yu Wang, Yuan Ji, Ling Sun, Jun Wei, Qingjie Wang

PDE4D single nucleotide polymorphism rs918592 is associated with ischemic Stroke risk in Chinese populations: a meta-analysis

Xinrui Yu, Guiying Zhang, Xuelei Tang, Rong Lin

  • Open Access
  • Research

The molecular mechanism of MiR-26a-5p regulates autophagy and activates NLRP3 inflammasome to mediate cardiomyocyte hypertrophy

Li-qun Tang, Wei Wang, Qi-feng Tang, Ling-ling Wang

  • Open Access
  • Research

Mechanisms by which silencing long-stranded noncoding RNA KCNQ1OT1 alleviates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (MI/RI)-induced cardiac injury via miR-377-3p/HMOX1

Tongcai Tan, Liang Tu, Yanmei Yu, MinJie He, Xingchao Zhou, Lei Yang

Hypertension in non-obese children and BMI in adulthood: the Bogalusa heart study

Lingli Zhao, Hua Qu, Jiahui Ouyang, Yanyan Meng, Zhuye Gao

In-hospital outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with chronic and end-stage renal disease: a nationwide database study

Marta Lorente-Ros, Subrat Das, Aaqib Malik, Francisco Jose Romeo, Jose S. Aguilar-Gallardo, Maya Fakhoury, Amisha Patel

Ideal chest compression site for cardiopulmonary resuscitation in fontan circulation patients with dextrocardia

Jin Hee Kim, Jae Yun Jung, Sangyun Lee, Soyun Hwang, Joong Wan Park, Eui Jun Lee, Ha Ni Lee, Do Kyun Kim, Young Ho Kwak

Colchicine ameliorates myocardial injury induced by coronary microembolization through suppressing pyroptosis via the AMPK/SIRT1/NLRP3 signaling pathway

Hongqing Li, Huafeng Yang, Zhenbai Qin, Qiang Wang, Lang Li

Reversible severe pulmonary hypertension related to scurvy in children

Marin Satawiriya, Apichai Khongphatthanayothin, Alisa Limsuwan

Circulating sphingolipids and relationship to cardiac remodelling before and following a low-energy diet in asymptomatic Type 2 Diabetes

Emer M. Brady, Thong H. Cao, Alastair J. Moss, Lavanya Athithan, Sarah L. Ayton, Emma Redman, Stavroula Argyridou, Matthew P. M. Graham-Brown, Colleen B. Maxwell, Donald J. L. Jones, Leong Ng, Thomas Yates, Melanie J Davies, Gerry P. McCann, Gaurav S. Gulsin

Association between hemoglobin A1c and abdominal aortic calcification: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013–2014

Can Cai, Lingsong Wang, Quanyao Chen, Min Lin, Xiuming Pan, Weida Chen, Danni Shi, Yao Chen

  • Open Access
  • Research

A comparative trial of blood pressure monitoring in a self-care kiosk, in office, and with ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Gunnar Nilsson, Anna Lindam

Sutureless Biological Aortic Valve Replacement (Su-AVR) in Redo operations: a retrospective real-world experience report of clinical and echocardiographic outcomes

Ian Cummings, M Yousuf Salmasi, Halil Ibrahim Bulut, Alicja Zientara, Mahmoud AlShiekh, George Asimakopoulos

Identification of patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy at risk of malignant ventricular arrhythmias: insights from cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking

Hai-Yan Ma, Guang-You Xie, Jian Tao, Zong-Zhuang Li, Pan Liu, Xing-Ju Zheng, Rong-Pin Wang

Could admission level of uric acid predict total diuretic dose in acute heart failure?

Maryam Chenaghlou, Fatemeh Abedi mahzoon, Sina Hamzehzadeh, Ali Norouzi, Hadi Sahrai, Nasibeh Mohammadi, Negin Khadem haghighi, Mirsaeed Abdollahi, Mohammadreza Taban Sadeghi, Erfan Banisefid

Adult-type anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery and right coronary-right atrial fistula: a case report

Hao Luo, Ofe Eugene Kwaku, Yinglong Lai, Rongchuan Yue

A case of repeated in-stent restenosis of coronary artery as a primary manifestation of seronegative antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

Mingqiang Fu, Shufu Chang, Jianying Ma, Junbo Ge

Circulating secretoneurin level reflects angiographic coronary collateralization in stable angina patients with chronic total occlusion

Zhi Ming Wu, Ke Huang, Yang Dai, Shuai Chen, Xiao Qun Wang, Chen Die Yang, Le Ying Li, Jing Meng Liu, Lin Lu, Rui Yan Zhang, Wei Feng Shen, Ying Shen, Feng Hua Ding

A large post-stenting intramural hematoma in the left anterior descending artery caused by a small intimal calcium spur; should we respect the calcium shape?

Ahmad Samir

The impact of the time factors on the exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation outcomes of the patients with acute myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Peiyu Zhang, Chaofeng Niu, Lijing Zhang, Haixia Lai, Birong Liu, Diyang Lv, Rui Zhuang, Yong Liu, Di Xiao, Liyong Ma, Meng Li

  • Open Access
  • Correction

Correction: Drug-coated balloons versus drug-eluting stents in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: an updated meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis

Ahmed Abdelaziz, Abdelrahman Hafez, Karim Atta, Hanaa Elsayed, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Ahmed Elaraby, Hallas Kadhim, Ahmed Mechi, Mahmoud Ezzat, Ahmed Fadel, Ahmed Nasr, Ali Bakr, Hazem S. Ghaith

Mid-term outcome of catheter ablation of idiopathic non-outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias

Dian Cheng, Jinbo Yu, Kanghui Chen, Xiaorong Li, Fengxiang Zhang, Weizhu Ju, Hongwu Chen, Gang Yang, Mingfang Li, Kai Gu, Xuecheng Wang, Xin Xie, Yizhang Wu, Jian Zhou, Xiaoqian Zhou, Pipin Kojodjojo, Bing Yang, Minglong Chen

Putative causal relations among gut flora, serums metabolites and arrhythmia: a Mendelian randomization study

Kaiyuan Li, Peng Liu, Miao Liu, Jun Ye, Li Zhu

Does a nurse-led interventional program improve clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation? A meta-analysis

Xingcai Yu, Jun Xu, Min Lei

The effect of virtual interactive nurse-led support group intervention on fatigue, shock anxiety, and acceptance of implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients: a randomized trial

Masoume Rambod, Samira Rohaninasab, Nilofar Pasyar, Mohammad Hossein Nikoo

Lymphedema after saphenous harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery: case report and literature review

Seyed Mohsen Mirhosseini, Masood Soltanipur, Hossein Yarmohammadi, Mahdi Rezaei, Zahra Sheikhi

Continuous cardiac monitoring in epilepsy: an implantable loop manual activation algorithm for improving ECG signal acquisition accuracy

Karapet Davtyan, Svetlana Serdyuk, Arpi Topchyan, Georgiy Simonyan, Maria Kharlap, Sergey Burd

The usefulness of contrast echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac masses: a multicenter study

Qingtao Wang, Bing Wang, Xiaofeng Zhang, Xin Zhong, Shuai Chang, Jinbo Yang, Jian Liang, Qiangqiang You, Heng Zhou, Jiaqi Zhang

Late presentation of traumatic tricuspid valve chordal rupture and pericardial rupture with cardiac herniation: a case report

Nebojsa Radovanovic, Maja Prodanovic, Mina Radosavljevic-Radovanovic, Ilija Bilbija, Olga Petrovic, Nina Lojovic, Emilija Kecman, Aleksandar Djekic, Milos Radovanovic, Dragan Matic

Analysis of the survival time of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a Bayesian approach via a competing risk parametric model

Solmaz Norouzi, Ebrahim Hajizadeh, Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, Saeideh Mazloomzadeh

Sex differences in the association between epicardial adipose tissue volume and left atrial volume index

Satoshi Yamaguchi, Minetaka Maeda, Kageyuki Oba, Gulinu Maimaituxun, Osamu Arasaki, Shusuke Yagi, Kenya Kusunose, Takeshi Soeki, Hirotsugu Yamada, Daiju Fukuda, Hiroaki Masuzaki, Masataka Sata, Michio Shimabukuro

Ceramides and pro-inflammatory cytokines for the prediction of acute coronary syndrome: a multi-marker approach

Huiqing Liang, Fangjiang Li, Liang Zhang, Lin Li, Bingyan Guo

Association of T-wave electrocardiogram changes and type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional sub-analysis of the MASHAD cohort population using the Minnesota coding system

Sara Soflaei Saffar, Eisa Nazar, Toktam Sahranavard, Farzad Fayedeh, AmirAli Moodi Ghalibaf, Mahmoud Ebrahimi, Hedieh Alimi, Bahram Shahri, Azadeh Izadi-Moud, Gordon A. Ferns, Alireza Ghodsi, Saeed Mehrabi, Milad Tarhimi, Habibollah Esmaily, Mohsen Moohebati, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

Successful clinical approach to the metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma to the epicardium—a case report

Kristina Krzelj, Ante Lekic, Vlatka Reskovic Luksic, Davor Milicic, Ivana Ilic, Luka Simetic, Zrinka Starcevic Dzepina, Hrvoje Gasparovic, Bojan Biocina, Ivica Safradin

Drug therapy problems among hospitalized patients with cardiovascular disease

Yirga Legesse Niriayo, Roba Kifle, Solomon Weldegebreal Asgedom, Kidu Gidey

Rare complications of infective endocarditis in marfan-like morphotype: diagnosis of multiple mitral valve aneurysms and aortic root abscess using three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

Meriem Boumaaz, Mohamed Reda Lahjouji, Raid Faraj, Najat Mouine, Iliyasse Asfalou, Aatif Benyass

The association between serum uric acid / serum creatinine ratio and in-hospital outcomes in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction

Lujing Jiang, JunGuo Jin, Xuyu He, Xiangming Hu, Lan Guo, Guo Chen, Yingling Zhou

Relationship between serum soluble suppression of tumorigenicity (ST) 2 and global longitudinal strain in early onset preeclampsia

Hawani Sasmaya Prameswari, Cut Azlina Effendi, Achmad Fitrah Khalid, Setyorini Irianti, Ita Fatati, Mohammad Rizki Akbar

Clinical prognostic impact of C-NLR in heart failure patients with different ejection fractions: a retrospective study

Fazhi Yang, Lihua Zhang, Wei Huang, Dajin Liu, Yunhong Yang, Wenyi Gu, Tao Shi, Sirui Yang, Lixing Chen

Relationship between methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T gene polymorphism and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in early renal injury in H-type hypertension

Chi Zhang, Qiu-Ping Xin, Yun-BO Xie, Xiang-Yu Guo, En-Hong Xing, Zhi-Jie Dou, Cui Zhao

A machine learning-based prediction model for postoperative delirium in cardiac valve surgery using electronic health records

Qiuying Li, Jiaxin Li, Jiansong Chen, Xu Zhao, Jian Zhuang, Guoping Zhong, Yamin Song, Liming Lei

Association between postoperative nadir platelet count and postoperative cardiovascular complications following septal myectomy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a retrospective cohort study

Qianqian Fan, Zhihong Lu, Yonghui Wang, Lini Wang, Hui Zhang, Ziyu Zheng, Hailong Dong, Lize Xiong, Chong Lei

Effect of ticagrelor versus clopidogrel after implantation of drug-eluting stents guided by either intravascular ultrasound or angiography in patients with acute coronary syndrome—propensity score matching analysis

Yinan Zhao, Yuxin Yang, Lei Guo, Dapeng Shen, Zhichao Dong, Yajuan Lin, Hao Liu, Yushan Wei, Bo Zhang

The investigation of thrombocytopenia after transcatheter occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus

Jipei Wang, Xiaoming Wang, Xuefei Xu, Limin Xie, Pengwei Yang

Triglyceride glucose-body mass index as a novel predictor of slow coronary flow phenomenon in patients with ischemia and nonobstructive coronary arteries (INOCA)

Zhi-peng Li, Juan Chen, Qi Xin, Xiao-yang Pei, Hong-li Wu, Zhi-xu Tan

Sex differences in the association between socioeconomic status and untreated hypertension among residents with hypertension in rural Khánh Hòa, Vietnam: a post-hoc analysis

Yuta Yokobori, Ami Fukunaga, Sumiyo Okawa, Masahiko Hachiya, Chau Que Nguyen, Thuy Phuong Thi Pham, Dong Van Hoang, Danh Cong Phan, Dong Van Huynh, Huy Xuan Le, Hung Thai Do, Tetsuya Mizoue, Yosuke Inoue

Randomized evaluation of 5-month Ticagrelor monotherapy after 1-month dual-antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome treated with drug-coated balloons: REC-CAGEFREE II trial rationale and design

Chao Gao, Bin Zhu, Jianzheng Liu, Zhiwei Jiang, Tao Hu, Qiong Wang, Yi Liu, Ming Yuan, Fei Li, Ruining Zhang, Jielai Xia, Yoshinobu Onuma, Duolao Wang, Patrick Serruys, Ling Tao

Ultrasound study of right ventricular myocardial perfusion and functional changes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Shan Cao, Lingjie Yang, Liyun Liu, Yuming Mu, Lina Guan

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Investigate the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and cardiac arrhythmia after CABG surgery

Somayeh Mohammadi, Ezzat Paryad, Atefeh Ghanbari Khanghah, Ehsan Kazemnezhad Leili, Marzieh Jahani Sayad Noveiri

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus surgical aortic valve replacement for pure aortic regurgitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 33,484 patients

Mohamed Hamouda Elkasaby, Basma Badrawy Khalefa, Mazen Negmeldin Aly Yassin, Yasmeen Jamal Alabdallat, Ahmed Atia, Obieda Altobaishat, Islam Omar, Amany Hussein

Multimorbidity impacts cardiovascular disease risk following percutaneous coronary intervention: latent class analysis of the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG) registry

Chau Le Bao Ho, Si Si, Angela Brennan, Tom Briffa, Dion Stub, Andrew Ajani, Christopher M Reid

The prognostic value of dynamic changes in SII for the patients with STEMI undergoing PPCI

Ailin Liu, Na Sun, Feiyu Gao, Xiaotong Wang, Hong Zhu, Defeng Pan

Impact of residual coronary lesions on outcomes of myocardial infarction patients with multi-vessel disease

Tarek A. N. Ahmed, Amr A. A. Othman, Salwa R. Demitry, Khaled M. Elmaghraby

Clinical characteristics and outcome of cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure in National Hospital of Sri Lanka from year 2005 to 2020 – a retrospective observational study

Sandun Prabath Iddagoda Hewage Don, Kuruppumullage Chamini Nuwansika Kuruppu, Asunga Dunuwille, Asanka Wijewardena, Rohan Gunawardena

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals hub genes of myocardial infarction-associated endothelial cells

Hao Wang, Liping Dou

Exploration and bioinformatic prediction for profile of mRNA bound to circular RNA BTBD7_hsa_circ_0000563 in coronary artery disease

Ning Guo, Hanxiao Zhou, Qian Zhang, Yahong Fu, Qiaowei Jia, Xiongkang Gan, Yanjun Wang, Shu He, Chengcheng Li, Zhengxian Tao, Jun Liu, Enzhi Jia

Effect of inflammation on association between cancer and coronary artery disease

Mingzhuang Sun, Shaoning Zhu, Yihao Wang, Yawei Zhao, Kaixin Yan, Xiaolong Li, Xueting Wang, Changjian He, Chunhua Ding, Yundai Chen, Zhijun Sun, Shunying Hu

Relationship between systemic immune inflammation index and development of complete atrioventricular block in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Fatma Esin, Saban Esen, Semih Aktürk, Ömer Pekersen, Tuncay Kiris, Mustafa Karaca

The safety and efficacy of nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in morbidly obese patients with atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis

Sohil Elfar, Somaya Abdulbaset Mahmoud, Samar Hamdi, Aya Ahmed Emad, Mohamed Abd-ElGawad, Nouran A. Taha

Trends in prevalence of obesity and its association with hypertension across socioeconomic gradients in rural Yunnan Province, China

Xia Wu, Guohui Li, Lan Liu, Yi Zhao, Allison Rabkin Golden, Le Cai

Coenzyme Q10 mitigates macrophage mediated inflammation in heart following myocardial infarction via the NLRP3/IL1β pathway

Wenxu Pan, Guiquan Zhou, Meiling Hu, Gaoshan Li, Mingle Zhang, Hao Yang, Kunyan Li, Jingwei Li, Ting Liu, Ying Wang, Jun Jin

Predictors for new-onset conduction block in patients with pure native aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement with a new-generation self-expanding valve (VitaFlow Liberty™): a retrospective cohort study

Xuan Zhang, Cheng Liang, Lintao Zha, Quan Zuo, Guobing Hu, Jie Ding, Shengxing Tang

The two therapeutic strategies of surgical intervention and medical management in a patient with enhanced-fibrinolytic type of disseminated intravascular coagulation after aortic replacement for Stanford type A aortic dissection with chronic heart and renal failure

Hiroki Okamoto, Tomoya Ozawa, Tomoaki Suzuki, Yoshihisa Nakagawa

Effect of sacubitril valsartan on heart failure with mid-range or preserved ejection fraction in patients on maintenance hemodialysis: real-world experience in a single-center, prospective study

Xiao-mei Huang, Jing-jing Li, Wang Yin, Hui-ling Fu, Fen Yu, Lian-qing Gu, Yi Zhang, Min Du, Zheng Ye, Li Xu

The effect of exercise training intervention for patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm on cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory variables: an updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Qi Han, Li Qiao, Li Yin, Xuemei Sui, Wenjuan Shao, Qirong Wang

  • Open Access
  • Research

The association between continuous metabolic syndrome score and its components with electrocardiographic abnormalities in community-dwelling older adults: the Bushehr elderly health (BEH) program

Akram Farhadi, Hadi Emamat, Reza Nemati, Maryam Marzban, Gita Shafiee, Iraj Nabipour, Afshin Ostovar, Zahrasadat Jalaliyan, Hasan Malekizadeh, Bagher Larijani

Mycn ameliorates cardiac hypertrophy-induced heart failure in mice by mediating the USP2/JUP/Akt/β-catenin cascade

Weinian Gao, Na Guo, Hongjiang Yan, Shuguang Zhao, Yongquan Sun, Ziying Chen

Predictors of non-obstructive coronary slow flow in poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

Moataz Ali Hasan Ali Elsanan, Islam Hussein Hassan Hussein Tahoon, Ghada Ibrahim Mohamed, Ibtesam Ibrahim El-Dosouky, Islam Elsayed Shehata

Wellens Syndrome: prevalence, risk factors and coronary angiographic variation. A cross-sectional study

Sami Mohamed, Samoal Abdelaziz

Long-term outcomes of left atrial appendage closure with or without concomitant pulmonary vein isolation:a propensity score matching analysis based on CLACBAC study

Xiang Li, Shiyu Feng, Zhongyuan Ren, Jiayu Wu, Lili Zhou, Haotian Yang, Yixing Zheng, Weilun Meng, Jun Zhang, Yang Su, Yan Jiang, Jun Xu, Hui Sun, Yawei Xu, Dongdong Zhao, Xiaobing Yin

Exploration of neuron heterogeneity in human heart failure with dilated cardiomyopathy through single-cell RNA sequencing analysis

Yu-Hui Cui, Chun-Rong Wu, Dan Xu, Jian-Guo Tang

Shock index creatinine: a new predictor of mortality in acute coronary syndrome patients

Widuri Wita Andriati Shariefuddin, Miftah Pramudyo, Januar Wibawa Martha

Serum metabolism characteristics of patients with myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery explored by the untargeted metabolomics approach

Yuanjia Zhang, Mengjia Kou, Kuanzhi Liu, Yaqing Zhan, Weiyi Xu, Chanyan Huang, Wenqi Huang, Xu Zhao

Risk factors and the CCTA application in patients with vulnerable coronary plaque in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study

Weihong He, Tingsong Fang, Xi Fu, Meiling Lao, Xiuyun Xiao

Effect of aspirin on blood pressure in hypertensive patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zehan Li, Shengchao Xu, Lin Chen, Danxian Jiang

  • Open Access
  • Research

Association of cardiovascular risk profile with premature all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in US adults: findings from a national study

Ryan T. Nguyen, Vardhmaan Jain, Isaac Acquah, Safi U. Khan, Tarang Parekh, Mohamad Taha, Salim S. Virani, Michael J. Blaha, Khurram Nasir, Zulqarnain Javed

Construction and evaluation of immune-related diagnostic model in patients with heart failure caused by idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Sichi Xu, Zhaogui Wu, Haihua Chen

Prevalence and modifiable risk factors of cognitive frailty in patients with chronic heart failure in China: a cross-sectional study

Jiayi Xu, Luwei Xiang, Huichao Zhang, Xing Sun, Dongmei Xu, Die Wu, Chen Chen, Yixiong Zhang, Zejuan Gu

Is atrial fibrillation in HFpEF a distinct phenotype? Insights from multiparametric MRI and circulating biomarkers

Abhishek Dattani, Emer M. Brady, Prathap Kanagala, Svetlana Stoma, Kelly S. Parke, Anna-Marie Marsh, Anvesha Singh, Jayanth R. Arnold, Alastair J. Moss, Lei Zhao, Mary Ellen Cvijic, Matthew Fronheiser, Shuyan Du, Philippe Costet, Peter Schafer, Leon Carayannopoulos, Ching-Pin Chang, David Gordon, Francisco Ramirez-Valle, Michael Jerosch-Herold, Christopher P. Nelson, Iain B. Squire, Leong L. Ng, Gaurav S. Gulsin, Gerry P. McCann

Red cell distribution width to albumin ratio is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation in subjects hospitalized with coronary angiography

Wenhua Li, Yanbin Song

Cardiac troponins and coronary artery calcium score: a systematic review

Naghmeh Shahraki, Sara Samadi, Omid Arasteh, Reza Javidi Dashtbayaz, Batool Zarei, Amir Hooshang Mohammadpour, Vahid Jomehzadeh

Rare and common coding variants in lipid metabolism-related genes and their association with coronary artery disease

Wei Li, Yongyi Wang, Ritai Huang, Feng Lian, Genxing Xu, Weijun Wang, Song Xue

Association of systemic inflammatory response index with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and degree of coronary stenosis: a cross-sectional study

Jiongchao Guo, Yating Huang, Lamei Pang, Yuan Zhou, Jingjing Yuan, Bingfeng Zhou, Minmin Fu

Feasibility study of Syngo iFlow in predicting hemodynamic improvement post-endovascular procedure in peripheral artery disease

Ming Tang, Fanyi Zeng, Xindong Chang, Mingfei He, Qingqing Fang, Lele Xue, Xinyi Luo, Shiwu Yin

Dolichoectasia of the ophthalmic artery: a case report on the treatment strategy in endovascular therapy and literature review

Tomoya Oishi, Hiroaki Neki, Tomoya Sakamoto, Muneaki Hashimoto, Yuichi Mochizuki, Yoshinobu Kamio, Kazuhiko Kurozumi

Coronary artery disease incidence, risk factors, awareness, and medication utilization in a 10-year cohort study

Mohammadtaghi Sarebanhassanabadi, Seyed Reza Mirjalili, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Alexander Kraemer, Seyedeh Mahdieh Namayandeh

  • Open Access
  • Research

It needs more than a myocardial infarction to start exercising: the CoLaus|PsyCoLaus prospective study

François Flammer, Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu, Pedro Marques-Vidal

Association between C10X polymorphism in the CARD8 gene and inflammatory markers in young healthy individuals in the LBA study

Karin Fransén, Ayako Hiyoshi, Geena V. Paramel, Anita Hurtig-Wennlöf

Effect of mindfulness-based interventions on people with prehypertension or hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Qiongshan Chen, Hui Liu, Shizheng Du

Annual evolution of the prescription of drugs with prognostic implications in acute decompensated heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Raquel López-Vilella, Víctor DonosoTrenado, Borja Guerrero Cervera, Ignacio Sánchez-Lázaro, Luis Martínez Dolz, Luis Almenar Bonet

Sacubitril/valsartan inhibits the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells through notch signaling and ERK1/2 pathway

Congfeng Xu, Ning Zhang, Hong Yuan, Liren Wang, Yonghong Li

Serum zinc concentration in patients with myocardial infarction: a retrospective study

Atsushi Tanita, Shigeto Namiuchi, Kenta Onodera, Shinichiro Sunamura, Tsuyoshi Ogata, Kazuki Noda, Toru Takii

Characteristics and outcome of patients with left atrial appendage closure in China: a single-center experience

Jingrui Zhang, Changyi Li, Lu Zhou, Caihua Sang, Songnan Li, Changsheng Ma

Serum fibroblast growth factor-2 levels complement vital biomarkers for diagnosing heart failure

Z. L. Yu, Z. H. Cai, J. T. Zheng, H. Y. Jiang, Y. Q. Zhou, N. K. Wong, H. B. Fu, X. B. Hong

  • Open Access
  • CABG
  • Research

Frailty efficacy as a predictor of clinical and cognitive complications in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective cohort study

Mehrnoosh Bakhtiari, Farhad Shaker, Fatemeh Ojaghi Shirmard, Arash Jalali, Ahmad Vakili-Basir, Mohammad Balabandian, Sima Shamshiri Khamene, Izat Mohammadkhawajah, Akbar Shafiee, Seyedeh Zahra Badrkhahan, Kaveh Hosseini

Association between baseline glycated hemoglobin level and atrial fibrillation recurrence following cryoballoon ablation among patients with and without diabetes

Zheng Chen, Ruixin Zhang, Xinlin Zhang, Wei Xu

Prognostic value of native T1 and extracellular volume in patients with immunoglubin light-chain amyloidosis

Yumeng Liu, Lingjie Wang, Jingfen Zhu, Meng Chen, Mo Zhu, Yingyu Dai, Chunhong Hu

Impact of body mass index on long-term outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention stratified by diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study

Chongyou Rao, Qin Zhong, Rilige Wu, Zongren Li, Yongjie Duan, You Zhou, Chi Wang, Xu Chen, Ruiqing Wang, Kunlun He

BRASH syndrome with a complete heart block- a case report

Habtamu Mesele Gebray, Abirham Eneyew Abeje, Abayneh Tunta Boye

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[D-Ala2, D-Leu5]-enkephalin (DADLE) provides protection against myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury by inhibiting Wnt/β-Catenin pathway

Linwen Liu, Yawu Sun, Yang Wang, Jun Xin, Wei Chen

The effect of personalized mobile health (mHealth) in cardiac rehabilitation for discharged elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction on their inner strength and resilience

Shahin Salarvand, Farzad Farzanpour, Hasan Ahmadi Gharaei

Long-term all-cause death prediction by coronary, aortic, and valvular calcification in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Yalin Cheng, Xuyang Meng, Haiyang Gao, Chenguang Yang, Peng Li, Hongfei Li, Saurav Chatterjee, Paulo Cury Rezende, Marc Bonnet, Huimin Li, Zunlei Zhang, Fusui Ji, Wenduo Zhang

Analysis of the success rate of conversion using ibutilide administration in radiofrequency catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation and its effects on postoperative recurrence

Meijuan Li, Xiping Liu, Zhang Yan, Huang Weibin, Hou Bingbo, Huang Sen, Feng Gao

Injectable hydrogel-based combination therapy for myocardial infarction: a systematic review and Meta-analysis of preclinical trials

Han Gao, Song Liu, Shanshan Qin, Jiali Yang, Tian Yue, Bengui Ye, Yue Tang, Jie Feng, Jun Hou, Dunzhu Danzeng

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Chinese Additive Anti-inflammatory Action for Aortopathy & Arteriopathy (5A) Registry protocol: rationale, design and methodology

Hong Liu, Si-chong Qian, Hai-yang Li, Yong-feng Shao, Hong-jia Zhang, Hong Liu, Si-chong Qian, Hai-yang Li, Lu Han, Ying-yuan Zhang, Kai Wang, Ying Wu, Liang Hong, Ji-nong Yang, Ji-sheng Zhong, Bing-qi Sun, Xiao-cheng Liu, Dong-kai Wu, Guo-liang Fan, Jun-quan Chen, Sheng-qiang Zhang, Yi-yao Jiang, Xing-xing Peng, Zhi-hua Zeng, Xin Zhao, Peng-cheng Tang, Xiao-yan Feng, Cheng-bin Tang, Hui-jun Zhang, Zhan-jie Lu, Si-qiang Zheng, Chen Zhang, Yong-feng Shao, Hong-jia Zhang, Peng-cheng Zhu, Hong-hua Yue, Ling-chen Huang, Feng Wu, Xiao-han Xu, Xiao-hu Lu, Wei-dong Gu

Elucidating the mechanisms of formononetin in modulating atherosclerotic plaque formation in ApoE-/- mice

Ying He, Youde Cai, Dingling Wei, Liping Cao, Qiansong He, Yazhou Zhang

Semiquantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT in monitoring glucocorticoid response of immunoglobulin G4-related effusive constrictive pericarditis: a case report

Soo Yeon An, Byung Joo Sun

Integrated analysis and validation of ferroptosis-related genes and immune infiltration in acute myocardial infarction

Xinyu Wu, Jingru Li, Shengjie Chai, Chaguo Li, Si Lu, Suli Bao, Shuai Yu, Hao Guo, Jie He, Yunzhu Peng, Huang Sun, Luqiao Wang

Clinical comparative analysis of 3D printing-assisted extracorporeal pre-fenestration and Castor integrated branch stent techniques in treating type B aortic dissections with inadequate proximal landing zones

Rongyi Zheng, Huayuan Xi, Fangtao Zhu, Cunwei Cheng, Weihua Huang, Haojie Zhang, Xin He, KaiLin Shen, Ying Liu, QianQian Lu, Haibin Yu

Angiographic characteristics of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

John R. Meda, Happiness L. Kusima, Ng’weina F. Magitta

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Macronutrients quality indices and risk of metabolic syndrome and its components in Iranian adults

Hossein Farhadnejad, Ebrahim Mokhtari, Farshad Teymoori, Mitra Kazemi Jahromi, Niloufar Saber, Hamid Ahmadirad, Mostafa Norouzzadeh, Parvin Mirmiran, Fereidoun Azizi

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Social associations and cardiovascular mortality in the United States counties, 2016 to 2020

Ashish Kumar, Kinza Iqbal, Mariam Shariff, Monil Majmundar, Ankur Kalra

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Inhibition of valve mesenchymal stromal cell calcium deposition by bFGF through alternative polyadenylation regulation of the CAT gene

Jiajun Zhang, Jun Wu, Yuan Gao, Xingli Fan, Xiaohong Liu, Guanxin Zhang, Yangfeng Tang, Lin Han

Risk factors for one-year mortality following discharge in patients with acute aortic dissection: development and validation of a predictive model in a cross-sectional study

Ting Zhou, Jing-Xiao Li, Chao-Yong Zhang, Yu-Gui Li, Jun Peng, Chun-Lou Wei, Meng-Hua Chen, Hua-Fu Zhou

A rare case of an unexpected trigger of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in the right atrial appendage diverticulum

Li Cheng, Jianbo Hu, Yuanping Zhang, Zhaohua Geng, Bo Zhang

Catheter ablation versus medical therapy in atrial fibrillation: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials

Anoop Titus, Sakil Syeed, Abiram Baburaj, Karan Bhanushali, Pramod Gaikwad, Mannil Sooraj, Anu Mariam Saji, Wasey Ali Yadullahi Mir, Pramukh Arun Kumar, Mahati Dasari, Mubashir Ayaz Ahmed, Mohammed Omer Khan, Aishwarya Titus, Janamjey Gaur, Dilanthy Annappah, Arjun Raj, Nabeela Noreen, Adrian Hasdianda, Yasar Sattar, Bharat Narasimhan, Nishaki Mehta, Christopher V. Desimone, Abhishek Deshmukh, Sarju Ganatra, Khurram Nasir, Sourbha Dani

Quality of life in young patients with acute type a aortic dissection in China: comparison with Marfan syndrome and non-Marfan syndrome

Xin-fan Lin, Lin-feng Xie, Zhao-feng Zhang, Jian He, Yu-ling Xie, Xiao-fu Dai, Liang-wan Chen

Association of prognostic nutritional index with peripheral artery disease in US adults: a cross-sectional study

Dikang Pan, Julong Guo, Zhixiang Su, Wenzhuo Meng, Jingyu Wang, Jianming Guo, Yongquan Gu

Correction to: Effect of sacubitril valsartan on heart failure with mid-range or preserved ejection fraction in patients on maintenance hemodialysis: real-world experience in a single-center, prospective study

Xiao-mei Huang, Jing-jing Li, Wang Yin, Hui-ling Fu, Fen Yu, Lian-qing Gu, Yi Zhang, Min Du, Zheng Ye, Li Xu

Is Takotsubo syndrome induced by patent ductus arteriosus occlusion?

Shuhao Li, Senyan Yang, Shujing Zhou, Shuang Zhang, Xueying Li, Haibo Zhang, Ping Ren, Yanwu Liu, Ying Liu, Yuanguo Chen

Prognostic value of metabolic syndrome in patients with heart failure and malnutrition

Xuehe Zhang, Chunfang Shan, Kaixuan Hu, Binbin Fang, Zhiyang Zhang, Qian Xie, Chang Liu, Xin An, Yining Yang, Xiaomei Li

Can prolonged P-R interval predict clinical outcomes in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome patients?

Mohammad Zareei, Hossein Zareiamand, Mahsa Kamali, Nasim Ardalani, Ata Ebrahimi, Maryam Nabati

Causality of the gut microbiome and atherosclerosis-related lipids: a bidirectional Mendelian Randomization study

Da Teng, Wenjuan Jia, Wenlong Wang, Lanlan Liao, Bowen Xu, Lei Gong, Haibin Dong, Lin Zhong, Jun Yang

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Safe and promising outcomes of in-hospital preoperative rehabilitation for coronary artery bypass grafting after an acute coronary syndrome

Ken Nakamura, Shusuke Arai, Kimihiro Kobayashi, Shingo Nakai, Ri Sho, Ai Ishizawa, Daisuke Watanabe, Shuto Hirooka, Eiichi Ohba, Masahiro Mizumoto, Yoshinori Kuroda, Cholsu Kim, Hideaki Uchino, Takao Shimanuki, Tetsuro Uchida

Age and healthy lifestyle behavior’s disparities and similarities on knowledge of myocardial infarction symptoms and risk factors among public and outpatients in a resource-limited setting, cross-sectional study in greater Gaborone, Botswana

Ookeditse Ookeditse, Kebadiretse K. Ookeditse, Thusego R. Motswakadikgwa, Gosiame Masilo, Yaone Bogatsu, Baleufi C. Lekobe, Mosepele Mosepele, Henrik Schirmer, Stein H. Johnsen

Global longitudinal strain and plasma biomarkers for prognosis in heart failure complicated by diabetes: a prospective observational study

Nithin R. Iyer, Siew-Pang Chan, Oi Wah Liew, Jenny P.C. Chong, Jennifer A. Bryant, Thu-Thao Le, Chanchal Chandramouli, Patrick J. Cozzone, Frank Eisenhaber, Roger Foo, A. Mark Richards, Carolyn S.P. Lam, Martin Ugander, Calvin W-L. Chin

Bioinformatics analysis of the microRNA genes associated with type 2 cardiorenal syndrome

Yani Zong, Yuexin Hu, Mengdi Zheng, Zhi Wang

Effectiveness of a tailored communication intervention to improve physical activity in hypertensive patients: a twelve-month randomized controlled trial

Roberta Adorni, Francesco Zanatta, Erika Rosa Cappelletti, Andrea Greco, Patrizia Steca, Marco D’Addario

Prevalence, clinical features and prognosis of familial hypercholesterolemia in Chinese Han patients with acute coronary syndrome after a coronary event: a retrospective observational study

Huijuan Kou, Hongtao Wang, Peng Liu, Xin Wang, Wenjing Zhu, Wei Jiang, Xiaojun Hu, Jie Deng

Transvenous endocardial pacing with SelectSecure™ 3830 lead in pediatric patients: case series of two infants and a literature review

Chuan Yang, Jing Qi, Mahmood Alam, Deling Zou

Contrasting the relationship of serum uric acid/albumin ratio on quantitative flow ratio with other multiple composite parameters in patients with suspected coronary artery disease

Jin Liu, Han Wei, Xuanzhi Zhu, Huangjun Liu, Lijun Jin

The role of perioperative sedative anesthetics in preventing postoperative delirium: a systematic review and network-meta analysis including 6679 patients

Jin-Xiang Huang, Shan-Shan Zhang, Shu-Xian Wang, Da-Shuang Xi, Fang-Ru Luo, Cheng-Jiang Liu, Hong Li

Unlocking potential biomarkers bridging coronary atherosclerosis and pyrimidine metabolism-associated genes through an integrated bioinformatics and machine learning approach

Fanli Bu, Xiao Qin, Tiantian Wang, Na Li, Man Zheng, Zixuan Wu, Kai Ma

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Risk stratification by systemic manifestations secondary to hemodynamic disorders of patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation

Xing-Yu Ji, Lei Zhu, Fei Chen, Fang-Lin Lu, Yuan Feng, Mao Chen, Tian-Yuan Xiong

Adiposity indices and their higher predictive value for new-onset hypertension in metabolically healthy young women: findings from a population-based prospective cohort study

Rizki Amalia Gumilang, Yen-Chun Fan, Shang-Hao Wu, Chyi-Huey Bai

GDF-15: a novel biomarker of heart failure predicts short-term and long-term heart-failure rehospitalization and short-term mortality in patients with acute heart failure syndrome

Paisit Kosum, Noppachai Siranart, Natthinee Mattanapojanat, Somkiat Phutinart, Narisorn Kongruttanachok, Supanee Sinphurmsukskul, Sarawut Siwamogsatham, Sarinya Puwanant, Aekarach Ariyachaipanich

In emergency hypertension, could biomarkers change the guidelines?

Mohammad El Tahlawi, Scopus Mohamed Ismail, Ahmed Eldamanhory, Ayman Khorshed, Salem M. Salem

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Effects of staged rehabilitation training on inflammatory factor levels and red blood cell distribution width followingcardiac valve replacement

Beibei Xing, Pujuan Liu

Purulent pericarditis caused by methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteriuria

Lorraine Mascarenhas, Dzhalal Agakishiev, Morgan Freeman, Scott Hubers

Predictive value of the serum uric acid to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio for culprit plaques in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Fuxue Deng, Fang Jia, Yang Sun, Lisha Zhang, Jie Han, Danni Li, Qiang Yang, Rongrong Hou, Wei Jiang

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Retraction Note: Assessment of fetal intraventricular diastolic fluid dynamics using ultrasound vector flow mapping

Qinglan Shu, Yi Wang, Xinyi Lin, Shenghua Xie, Zhengyang Wang, Sijia Wang, Lixue Yin

Voluntary first responders’ experiences of being dispatched to suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in rural areas: an interview study

Camilla Allert, Bengt Nilsson, Anders Svensson, Ewa K. Andersson

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Comparing coronary artery cross-sectional area among asymptomatic South Asian, White, and Black participants: the MASALA and CARDIA studies

R. T. Short, F. Lin, S. Nair, J. G. Terry, J. J. Carr, N. R. Kandula, D. Lloyd-Jones, A. M. Kanaya

Preoperative serum selenium predicts acute kidney injury after adult cardiac surgery

Guowei Fu, Shuying Bai

Apolipoprotein E E3/E4 genotype is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus complicated with coronary artery disease

Wenhao Chen, Bin Li, Hao Wang, Guoliang Wei, Kehui Chen, Weihong Wang, Shen Wang, Yuanliang Liu

Causal association between helicobacter pylori and atherosclerosis: a two-sample Mendelian randomization

Xueyi Zhang, Yue Shi, Tielin Li, Ke Chang, Yongyan Gan, Yue Feng, Xianhua Zhou

The association between inflammation, arterial stiffness, oxidized LDL and cardiovascular disease in Finnish men with metabolic syndrome – a 15-year follow-up study

Harri Juhani Saarinen, Jorma Lahtela, Päivi Mähönen, Ari Palomäki, Hanna Pohjantähti-Maaroos, Sari Husgafvel, Timo Knuth, Ruth Laitinen, Kalevi Oksanen, Kai Vesterinen, Marja Wallenius

Outcomes post Ozaki procedure among children with aortic valve disease at Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a retrospective descriptive study

Zawadi Edward Kalezi, Alphonce Nsabi Simbila, Stella Mongella, Deogratias Nkya, Godwin Sharau, Felix Shonyela, Vivienne Mlawi, Naizihijwa Majani

Effect of residual myocardial ischemia on recovery of left ventricular function after primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Mohamed Aly Abdelhafez, Karim M. E. Aly, Amr A. A. Youssef

CAVI (Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index) as an independent predictor of hypertensive response to exercise

C. Wuttichaipradit, C. Yodwut, P. Sukhum, K. Hengrussamee, M. Treesong, S. Thiangtham, B. Samut, A. Tunhasiriwet, T. Yingchoncharoen

Ticagrelor monotherapy after a short course of dual antiplatelet therapy with ticagrelor plus aspirin following percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with versus without diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of randomized trials

Chen Ning, Fang Ling, Deyi Liu, Zhang Zhi

Paclitaxel-induced acute myocardial infarction: a case report and literature review

Gi Eun Kim, Ayman R. Ibrahim, Duha Shalatouni, Nadin H. Abouzeid, Fahmi Othman

Association between triglyceride-glucose index and hypertension: a cohort study based on the China Health and Nutrition Survey (2009–2015)

Su Wang, Qian Wang, Xianliang Yan

Targeting myeloperoxidase to stabilize unruptured aneurysm: an imaging-guided approach

Xingchi Shi, Yuan Xue, Huiyu Wu, Chengyi Shen, Lei Zhong, Jun Lei, Zhiyang Xia, Ying Yang, Jiang Zhu

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Association of greenspaces exposure with cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yasaman Sharifi, Sahar Sobhani, Nahid Ramezanghorbani, Moloud Payab, Behnaz Ghoreshi, Shirin Djalalinia, Zahra Nouri Ghonbalani, Mahbube Ebrahimpur, Maysa Eslami, Mostafa Qorbani

Levels of adherence to treatment, illness perception and acceptance of illness in patients with coronary artery disease - descriptive and correlational study

Farzad Dugunchi, Shiv Kumar Mudgal, Zohreh Hosseini Marznaki, Hoda Shirafkan, Saeed Abrotan, Fateme Jafarian, Roghayeh Pourkia

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APOE ε4 carriage associates with improved myocardial performance from adolescence to older age

Constantin-Cristian Topriceanu, Mit Shah, Matthew Webber, Fiona Chan, Hunain Shiwani, Marcus Richards, Jonathan Schott, Nishi Chaturvedi, James C. Moon, Alun D. Hughes, Aroon D. Hingorani, Declan P. O’Regan, Gabriella Captur

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The association between long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level among chinese middle-aged and older adults

Chaolin Liu, Yong Qiao

Association of red cell distribution width/albumin ratio and in hospital mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation base on medical information mart for intensive care IV database

Li-ya Pan, Jing Song

Overcoming barriers for left atrial appendage thrombus: a systematic review of left atrial appendage closure

Zixi Zhang, Jiabao Zhou, Qiuzhen Lin, Cancan Wang, Yunying Huang, Yongguo Dai, Wanyun Zuo, Na Liu, Yichao Xiao, Qiming Liu

Low HDL cholesterol and the eNOS Glu298Asp polymorphism are associated with inducible myocardial ischemia in patients with suspected stable coronary artery disease

Cecilia Vecoli, Chiara Caselli, Martina Modena, Giancarlo Todiere, Rosa Poddighe, Serafina Valente, Fabrizio Bandini, Andrea Natali, Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Aldo Clerico, Concetta Prontera, Simona Vittorini, Nicoletta Botto, Michele Emdin, Danilo Neglia

Predictive value of estimated plasma volume for postoperative hypotension in percutaneous intramyocardial septal radiofrequency ablation treating for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Bo Shan, Jing Li, Zhangwei Shi, Chao Han, Juan Zhang, Jia Zhao, Rui Hu, Liwen Liu, Shengjun Ta

Predictors of improvement in left ventricular systolic function after catheter ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation complicated with heart failure

Xinliang Zhao, Xiaoqin Hu, Wei Bao, Shuo Huang, Fei Li, Chen Liu, Liqi Ge, Quan Zhang, Chaoqun Zhang, Chengzong Li

A nomogram model for predicting intramyocardial hemorrhage post-PCI based on SYNTAX score and clinical features

Yin-shuang Yang, De-yang Xi, Yang Duan, Miao Yu, Kai Liu, Yan-kai Meng, Chun-feng Hu, Shu-guang Han, Kai Xu

A decrease in integrin α5β1/FAK is associated with increased apoptosis of aortic smooth muscle cells in acute type a aortic dissection

Mingming Xue, Lingyu Xing, Yilin Yang, Mian Shao, Fengqing Liao, Feixiang Xu, Yumei Chen, Sheng Wang, Bin Chen, Chenling Yao, Guorong Gu, Chaoyang Tong

PATHFINDER-CHD: prospective registry on adults with congenital heart disease, abnormal ventricular function, and/or heart failure as a foundation for establishing rehabilitative, prehabilitative, preventive, and health-promoting measures: rationale, aims, design and methods

Sebastian Freilinger, Harald Kaemmerer, Robert D. Pittrow, Stefan Achenbach, Stefan Baldus, Oliver Dewald, Peter Ewert, Annika Freiberger, Matthias Gorenflo, Frank Harig, Christopher Hohmann, Stefan Holdenrieder, Jürgen Hörer, Michael Huntgeburth, Michael Hübler, Niko Kohls, Frank Klawonn, Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Renate Kaulitz, Dirk Loßnitzer, Friedrich Mellert, Nicole Nagdyman, Johannes Nordmeyer, Benjamin A. Pittrow, Leonard B. Pittrow, Carsten Rickers, Stefan Rosenkranz, Jörg Schelling, Christoph Sinning, Mathieu N. Suleiman, Yskert von Kodolitsch, Fabian von Scheidt, Ann-Sophie Kaemmerer-Suleiman

Early and mid-term outcomes of open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Ji Lin, Wei Liu, Cheng-Wei Yang, Kaitao Jian, Yu Xia, Hao Peng, Bin You, Li-Zhong Sun

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Bioinformatics integration reveals key genes associated with mitophagy in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury

Zhian Chen, Tianying Liu, Hao Yuan, Han Sun, Sitong Liu, Shuai Zhang, Li Liu, Shuang Jiang, Yong Tang, Zhi Liu

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A national perspective on cardiovascular diseases in Saudi Arabia

Bader A. Alqahtani, Aqeel M. Alenazi

Upregulation of CIRP by its agonist prevents the development of heart failure in myocardial infarction rats

Jingjing Zhang, Tao Liu, Yanzhao Wei, Jianye Peng, Gaofeng Zeng, Peng Zhong

Correlation between the cardiometabolic index and arteriosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Chaoyan Tang, Tianjiao Pang, Chaozhi Dang, Hui Liang, Junfeng Wu, Xiaofang Shen, Lielin Wang, Ruiqiong Luo, Haiyun Lan, Ping Zhang

Acute myocardial infarction due to giant coronary artery aneurysm and arteriovenous fistula: a challenging case report and review of the literature

A. Vassilikou, MP Xenitopoulou, K. Ziampa, AP Evangeliou, S. Mitsiadis, A. Syrnioti, G. Petrakis, P. Tossios, V. Vassilikos, S. Tzikas

Double trouble - dual outflow tract obstruction in congenital heart disease: a case report

Kanchan Maggo, Aanchal Bhayana, Pranav Gupta, Vidushi Gupta, Animesh Verma, Amita Malik

Systemic immune-inflammation index as a novel predictor of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis of cohort studies

Chunyu Zhang, Minghao Li, Lin Liu, Li Deng, Xie Yulei, Yi Zhong, Bin Liao, Lu Yu, Jian Feng

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Shifting perspectives in coronary involvement of polyarteritis nodosa: case of 3-vessel occlusion treated with 4-vessel CABG and review of literature

Dylan J. Walter, Grace E. Bigham, Steven Lahti, Syed W. Haider

Superoxide dismutases: marker in predicting reduced left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with type 2 diabetes and acute coronary syndrome

Xiu-Yun Jiang, Qing Chen, Xiao-Yu Chen, Qiu-Ying Sun, Fei Jing, Hai-Qing Zhang, Jin Xu, Xiao-Hong Li, Qing-Bo Guan

Acute coronary syndrome patterns in the Young: risk factor profile and in-hospital outcomes in a tertiary referral hospital in Kenya

Nadeem Kassam, Mzee Ngunga, Mohamed Varwani, Miriam Msunza, Mohamed Jeilan

Investigating the interplay of smoking, cardiovascular risk factors, and overall cardiovascular disease risk: NHANES analysis 2011–2018

Athumani Mambo, Yulu Yang, Emmerenceana Mahulu, Zhou Zihua

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Sex-based association between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and adverse outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting

Sara Montazeri Namin, Ali Moradi, Hamed Tavolinejad, Ali Vasheghani-Farahani, Arash Jalali, Mina Pashang, Saeed Sadeghian, Jamshid Bagheri, Soheil Mansourian, Mehdi Mehrani, Kaveh Hosseini, Sina Rashedi, Masih Tajdini

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Heart surgery over two decades: what we have learned about results and changing risks

Masih Tajdini, Amir Hossein Behnoush, Mina Pashang, Mana Jameie, Amirmohammad Khalaji, Saeed Sadeghian, Ali Vasheghani-Farahani, Hamidreza Poorhosseini, Farzad Masoudkabir, Kaveh Hosseini, Saeed Davoodi, Mohammad Sahebjam, Khosro Barkhordari, Haleh Ashraf, Akbar Shafiei, Abbasali Karimi, Seyed Hossein Ahmadi Tafti, Soheil Mansourian, Mahmood Shirzad, Jamshid Bagheri, Arash Jalali, Kiomars Abbasi, Arezou Zoroufian, Ali Hosseinsabet, Tahereh Davarpasand, Reza Mohseni-Badalabadi, Reza Hali, Mohammadjavad Mehrabanian, Mehdi Dehghani Firoozabadi, Behrang Nooralishahi, Seyedeh Hamideh Mortazavi, Masoumeh Lotfi-Tokaldany, Elham Rostami, Mahdieh Karimi

Serum albumin and cardiovascular disease: a Mendelian randomization study

Taoke Huang, Zhifeng An, Ziru Huang, Weiyang Gao, Benchuan Hao, Juan Xu

HAPLN1 knockdown inhibits heart failure development via activating the PKA signaling pathway

Tao Yan, Shushuai Song, Wendong Sun, Yiping Ge

Rationale and design of the SPRING trail: effectivity and safety of Pfo closuRe vs medIcine in alleviatiNg migraine, a multicenter, randomized and open-label trail

Yang Zi-yang, Li Hezhi, Luo Dongling, Wang Ximeng, Zhang Caojin, Chen Weibin, Guo Tao, Cui Tongtao, Wang Zhanhang, Xiong Zhaojun, Gao Hanhua, Lai Junxing, Yuan Jie, Chen Jianying, Wang Xiaodong, Liu Wei, Zhang Hongwei, Zhang Gangcheng, Zheng Xuan, Shen Qunshan, Chen Xiaobin, Xie Dujiang, Zhang Wenqi, Wang Zhongchao, Wei Wenbin, Zhou Yang, Zhang Wei

A new nomogram to predict in-hospital mortality in patients with acute decompensated chronic heart failure and diabetes after 48 Hours of Intensive Care Unit

Linlin Liu, Lei Feng, Cheng Lu, Jiehan Zhang, Ya Zhao, Lin Che

IgG4-Related disease with diffuse myopericardial involvement- value of CMR: a case report and literature review of cardiac involvement

Golnaz Houshmand, Najme-Sadat Moosavi, Amirhossein Shahbazkhani, Hamidreza Pouraliakbar

Assessment of subclinical left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus under follow-up at Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital, Ethiopia: a case-control study

Tigist Seleshi, Theodros Alemneh, Dufera Mekonnen, Demu Tesfaye, Sura Markos, Yitagesu Getachew, Konno Taddese, Senbeta Guteta

Impacts of ABCG2 loss of function variant (p. Gln141Lys, c.421 C > A, rs2231142) on lipid levels and statin efficiency: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yang Liu, Yuan Chen, Baozhu Wei, Hang Li, Yuanyuan Peng, Zhi Luo

Focal ischemic myocardial fibrosis assessed by late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Yang Zhi, Fu-dan Gui, Meng Xue, Yi-tian Long, Wen Miao, You Yi, Liang-chao Gao, Fu Bing, Shu-yue Pan

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The association between C-reactive protein and coronary artery calcification: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Amirhossein Tajani, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Navid Omidkhoda, Amir Hooshang Mohammadpour, Sara Samadi, Vahid Jomehzadeh

The burden and natural history of cardiac pathology at TB diagnosis in a high-HIV prevalence district in Zambia: protocol for the TB-Heart study

Marcello S. Scopazzini, Pamela Chansa, Edith D. Majonga, Nina Bual, Albertus Schaap, Kondwelani J. Mateyo, Remmy Musukuma, Veronica Mweemba, Maina Cheeba, Chipili C. Mwila, Lucheka Sigande, Isabel Banda, Joseph Ngulube, Kwame Shanaube, Dominik Zenner, Helen Ayles, Anoop S. V. Shah

Trajectory of cardiac troponin T following moderate-to-severe COVID-19 and the association with cardiac abnormalities

Tarjei Øvrebotten, Albulena Mecinaj, Knut Stavem, Waleed Ghanima, Eivind Brønstad, Michael T Durheim, Tøri V. Lerum, Tony Josefsen, Jostein Grimsmo, Siri L. Heck, Torbjørn Omland, Charlotte B. Ingul, Gunnar Einvik, Peder L. Myhre

Serum PM20D1 levels in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and its clinical significance

Lin Wang, Jiaxiang Liu, Liufang Zhou, Qingmei Fu

Reevaluating Adiponectin’s impact on obesity hypertension: a Chinese case-control study

Ou Wu, Xi Lu, Jianhang Leng, Xingyu Zhang, Wei Liu, Fenfang Yang, Hu Zhang, Jiajia Li, Saber Khederzadeh, Xiaodong Liu, Chengda Yuan

Regular transient limb ischemia improves endothelial function and inhibits endothelial cell apoptosis to prevent atherosclerosis in rabbit

Nan-rong Zhang, Yi Wen, Jing Li, Wan-jun Zheng, San-qing Jin

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Beneficial effects of time-restricted fasting on cardiovascular disease risk factors: a meta-analysis

Zhengqi Qiu, Emma Yun Zhi Huang, Yufei Li, Ying Xiao, Yancheng Fu, Jun Du, Juntao Kan

Transgenic human C-reactive protein affects oxidative stress but not inflammation biomarkers in the aorta of spontaneously hypertensive rats

Ivana Nemeckova, Samira Eissazadeh, Jana Urbankova Rathouska, Jan Silhavy, Hana Malinska, Michal Pravenec, Petr Nachtigal

The causal relationship between thoracic aortic aneurysm and immune cells: a mendelian randomization study

Guoli Liu, Sha Pan, Hongli Xia, Mincai Li, Ansen Wu

Atrial fibrillation: real-life experience of a rhythm control with electrical cardioversion in a community hospital

Artemiy Okhotin, Maxim Osipov, Vasilij Osipov, Anton Barchuk

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Machine learning approach for predicting cardiovascular disease in Bangladesh: evidence from a cross-sectional study in 2023

Sorif Hossain, Mohammad Kamrul Hasan, Mohammad Omar Faruk, Nelufa Aktar, Riyadh Hossain, Kabir Hossain

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Days alive and out of hospital for adult female and male cardiac surgery patients: a population-based cohort study

Angela Jerath, Christopher J. D. Wallis, Stephen Fremes, Vivek Rao, Terrence M. Yau, Kiyan Heybati, Douglas S. Lee, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Jason Sutherland, Peter C. Austin, Duminda N. Wijeysundera, Dennis T. Ko

Association between triglyceride glucose and acute kidney injury in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a propensity score‑matched analysis

Dabei Cai, Tingting Xiao, Qianwen Chen, Qingqing Gu, Yu Wang, Yuan Ji, Ling Sun, Jun Wei, Qingjie Wang

An interesting electrocardiogram caused by lead reversal

Changjun Li, Nan Wang, Qinghua Chang, Dianzhu Pan

Burden of cardiac arrhythmias in patients with acute myocardial infarction and their impact on hospitalization outcomes: insights from China acute myocardial infarction (CAMI) registry

Xu Xu, Zhao Wang, Jingang Yang, Xiaohan Fan, Yuejin Yang

A case report of ventricular fibrillation following Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy during percutaneous coronary intervention

Lars Jakobsen, Evald Høj Christiansen, Troels Thim

Whole-exome sequencing revealed a likely pathogenic variant in NF1 causing neurofibromatosis type I and Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy

Maryam Pourirahim, Golnaz Houshmand, Leyla Abdolkarimi, Majid Maleki, Samira Kalayinia

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Mir-195-5p targets Smad7 regulation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway to promote osteogenic differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells

Wei Lin, Lianglei Hou, Jialyu Tang, Anwu Huang, Zhuyin Jia

Ventricular apical wall rupture and ventricular aneurysm formation concurrent with ventricular septal dissection and rupture due to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a case report

Qianqian Wang, Jingwei Zhou

Left ventricular strain changes at high altitude in rats: a cardiac magnetic resonance tissue tracking imaging study

Yanqiu Sun, Chenhong Zhang, Bo He, Lei Wang, Dengfeng Tian, Zhiqiang Kang, Lixin Chen, Ruiwen Li, Jialiang Ren, Yong Guo, Yonghai Zhang, Dingda Duojie, Qiang Zhang, Fabao Gao

Association of uncertain significance genetic variants with myocardial mechanics and morphometrics in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

Karolina Mėlinytė-Ankudavičė, Marius Šukys, Gabrielė Kasputytė, Ričardas Krikštolaitis, Eglė Ereminienė, Grytė Galnaitienė, Vaida Mizarienė, Gintarė Šakalytė, Tomas Krilavičius, Renaldas Jurkevičius

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Effects on physical activity, physical fitness and well-being in a 36-months randomized controlled study, comparing a multimodal hospital-based intervention programme for primary cardiovascular prevention with usual care

Hilde Bergum, Jostein Grimsmo, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen, Tor Ole Klemsdal

Analysis of differential metabolites in serum metabolomics of patients with aortic dissection

Yun Gong, Tangzhiming Li, Qiyun Liu, Xiaoyu Wang, Zixian Deng, Lixin Cheng, Biao Yu, Huadong Liu

Factors affecting hospitalization and mortality in a retrospective study of elderly patients with heart failure

Johan Björklund, Louise Pettersson, Björn Agvall

Factors predicting self-care behavior of cardiovascular patients during the COVID-19 epidemic

Naser Sharafkhani, Mostafa Yousefi Ghaleh Gazhdomi, Samaneh Norouzi, Mahmoud Ghasemi, Arash Salahshouri

The relationship between serum manganese concentration with all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a retrospective and population-based cross-sectional study

Jianyun Ou, Yunfei Sun, Jie Tong, Weihong Tang, Genshan Ma

Diagnostic value of LGE and T1 mapping in multiple myeloma patients’heart

Qian Cui, Jing Yu, Xihong Ge, Guangfeng Gao, Yang Liu, Qiang He, Wen Shen

Procyanidin B2 alleviates oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced cell injury, inflammation, monocyte chemotaxis, and oxidative stress by inhibiting the nuclear factor kappa-B pathway in human umbilical vein endothelial cells

Limei Yuan, Lihua Fan, Zhiqiang Zhang, Xing Huang, Qingle Liu, Zhiguo Zhang

Physical activity changes and related factors in chronic heart failure patients during the postdischarge transition period: a longitudinal study

Yingtong Meng, Tingting Zhang, Xiaohua Ge, Qingru Zheng, Tienan Feng

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Early changes in cardiac troponin T and NT-proBNP levels in neonates receiving ECMO support: a single-center experience

Wen-Peng Xie, Yi-Nan Liu, Ya-Ting Zeng, Yi-Rong Zheng, Qiang Chen

The association between the triglyceride-glucose index and in-stent restenosis in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Haodong Jiang, Yuntong liu, Haoyu Guo, Zhihao Liu, Zhibo Li

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection in patients with prior psychophysical stress: a systematic review of case reports and case series

Kaveh Hosseini, Parisa Fallahtafti, Payam Roudbari, Hamidreza Soleimani, Negin Abiri Jahromi, Mana Jameie, Yaser Jenab, Ali Moradi, Ali Ajam, Narges Heydari, Toshiki Kuno, Nupoor Narula, Polydoros N. Kampaktsis

miR-30a-5p attenuates hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis by regulating PTEN protein expression and activating PI3K/Akt signaling pathway

Guoxin Liang, Chang Guo, Hongyue Tang, Mingming Zhang

Investigation of left atrial mechanical function and left ventricular systolic and diastolic parameters in athletes performing resistance exercise and combined exercise

Ahmet Kurtoğlu, Alkame Akgümüş, Ahmet Balun, Engin Aydın, Ertuğrul Kurtoğlu, Bekir Çar, Nurettin Konar, Özgür Eken, Hadi Nobari

Self-care behavior and associated factors among adult heart failure patients in outpatient cardiac follow-up unit at Wachemo University Nigist Eleni Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia

Ermias Sigebo Sugebo, Teshager Worku Kassie, Tesfaye Gobena, Temesgen Kechine Tibore, Sisay Foga Sebro, Tadesse Lelago Ermolo

Two surgical strategies (early carotid reperfusion vs. Central aortic repair-first) of acute type a aortic dissection complicated with cerebral malperfusion syndrome: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Kang He, Xiaoli Qin, Mei Li, Longrong Bian, Honghua Yue, Weitao Liang, Zhong Wu

Evaluation of blood pressure variation in recovered COVID-19 patients at one-year follow-up: a retrospective cohort study

Pouria Azami, Reza Golchin Vafa, Reza Heydarzadeh, Mehrdad Sadeghi, Farhang Amiri, Alireza Azadian, Amin Khademolhosseini, Mina Yousefi, Mohammad Montaseri, Nazanin Hosseini, Seyed Ali Hosseini, Javad Kojuri

Clinical characteristics, treatment patterns, and outcomes of hospitalized patients with acute heart failure in central Ethiopia: a retrospective observational study

Gashaw Solela, Yimer Seid Yimer

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Genetic markers of cardiac autonomic neuropathy in the Kazakh population

Nazira Bekenova, Ainur Sibagatova, Alisher Aitkaliyev, Tamara Vochshenkova, Balzhan Kassiyeva, Valeriy Benberin

Recovery of left ventricular systolic function in peripartum cardiomyopathy: an observational study from rural Tanzania

Andrew Katende, Laurine Roos, Victor Z. Urio, Evance Mahundi, Victor Myovela, Dorcas Mnzava, Chipegwa Mlula, Christamonica Chitimbwa, Dominick M. Raphael, Winfrid Gingo, Fabian C. Franzeck, Daniel H. Paris, Luigia Elzi, Maja Weisser, Martin Rohacek

Randomized comparison of the effects of tailored text messaging versus pillbox organizers on medication adherence of heart failure patients

Ameneh FarzanehRad, Atefeh Allahbakhshian, Leila Gholizadeh, Azizeh Farshbaf Khalili, Hadi hasankhani

Potential impact of blood cholesterol guidelines on statin treatment in the U.S. population using interrupted time series analysis

Pui Ying Yew, Matt Loth, Terrence J. Adam, Julian Wolfson, Yue Liang, Peter J. Tonellato, Chih-Lin Chi

Comparison between catheter ablation versus permanent pacemaker implantation as an initial treatment for tachycardia–bradycardia syndrome patients: a prospective, randomized trial

Min Soo Cho, Ji Hyun Lee, Gi-Byoung Nam, Ki Won Hwang, Myung-Jin Cha, Jun Kim, Kee-Joon Choi

Differences in provider approach to initiating and titrating guideline directed medical therapy in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

David J. Cordwin, Jessica Guidi, Lana Alhashimi, Scott L. Hummel, Todd M. Koelling, Michael P. Dorsch

The association between the urinary chromium and blood pressure: a population-based study

Dan Liang, Chang Liu, Mei Yang

Association between pulse pressure and carotid plaques in old adults with uncontrolled hypertension: results from a community-based screening in Hangzhou, China

Zhecong Yu, Haifeng Yang, Biqi Shou, Zongxue Cheng, Caixia Jiang, Jue Xu

Risk factors and clinical prediction models for prolonged mechanical ventilation after heart valve surgery

Heng Yang, Leilei Kong, Wangqi Lan, Chen Yuan, Qin Huang, Yanhua Tang

Serum levels of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 are associated with coronary atherosclerotic plaque progression in diabetic and non-diabetic patients

Shudong Zhang, Jiangang Wang, Shuai Chen, Ying Zhang, Ruming He, Xiaoqun Wang, Fenghua Ding, Wenbo Hu, Yang Dai, Lin Lu, Ruiyan Zhang, Jingwei Ni, Qiujing Chen

Meta-analysis of the association between interleukin-17 and ischemic cardiovascular disease

Yu Miao, Tao Yan, Jia Liu, Chunfa Zhang, Jinli Yan, Lei Xu, Nan Zhang, Xingguang Zhang

Epicardial fat volume is associated with primary coronary slow-flow phenomenon in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter valve implantation

Maren Weferling, Andreas Rolf, Julia Treiber, Ulrich Fischer-Rasokat, Christoph Liebetrau, Christian W. Hamm, Damini Dey, Won-Keun Kim

Role of myocardial strain imaging in diagnosing inducible myocardial ischemia with treadmill contrast-enhanced stress echocardiography

Rami M. Abazid, Nilkanth Pati, Maged Elrayes, Mark Chandy, Magdi Hassanin, Andrew Mathew, Sabe De, Rodrigo Bagur, Nikolaos Tzemos

Catheter ablation versus antiarrhythmic drug therapy for sustained ventricular tachycardia in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Yan Dong, Xudong Song, Dan Bo, Hongtao Wang, Bo Yang, Nishant Yadav, Qiushi Chen, Ruochen Xu, Hongwu Chen, Weizhu Ju, Kejiang Cao, Minglong Chen, Fengxiang Zhang

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The long-term effects of blood urea nitrogen levels on cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in diabetes: a prospective cohort study

Hongfang Liu, Xiaoqin Xin, Jinghui Gan, Jungao Huang

Heart rate deceleration and acceleration capacities associated with circadian rhythm of blood pressure in essential hypertension

Jijing Wang, Jinyi Xu, Lihong Yang, You Zhang, Rui Wu, Wentao Wang, Chuanyu Gao

The role of hemoadsorption in cardiac surgery – a systematic review

Marijana Matejic-Spasic, Sandra Lindstedt, Guillaume Lebreton, Omer Dzemali, Piotr Suwalski, Thierry Folliguet, Stephan Geidel, Robert J. M. Klautz, Christophe Baufreton, Ugolino Livi, Serdar Gunaydin, Efthymios N. Deliargyris, Daniel Wendt, Matthias Thielmann

Establishment of in-hospital nutrition support program for middle-aged and elderly patients with acute decompendated heart failure

Yongliang Li, Fang Zhu, Dongmei Ren, Jianping Tong, Qin Xu, Minhui Zhong, Wei Zhao, Xia Duan, Xiangdong Xu

Early myocardial injury in children on doxorubicin for cancer chemotherapy: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary referral centre in Kenya

Nyambura Kariuki, Esther Kimani, Christine Jowi, Dalton Wamalwa, Jacky Y. Suen, John F. Fraser, Nchafatso G. Obonyo

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A rare case of pheochromocytoma in a pregnant woman presenting with chest pain: extraordinary management

Tao Ge, Xiangrong Xie, Jichun Liu

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) - versus angiography-guided strategy for percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis of randomized trials

Yanwei Wang, Xi Yang, Yutao Wu, Yanqin Li, Yijiang Zhou

Coronary artery disease severity and risk stratification of patients with non ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome using CHA2DS2-VASc-HSF score

Mohamed Aboel-Kassem F. Abdelmegid, Mariam Essa Fares Hanna, Salwa R. Demitry, Mohamed Aly Hassan Abdelhafez

Prognostic value of geriatric nutritional risk index in patients with stable coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Maobin Kuang, Jiajun Qiu, Ruijuan Yang, Chao Wang, Xin Huang, Guobo Xie, Guotai Sheng, Yang Zou

Circulating trimethylamine N-oxide is correlated with high coronary artery atherosclerotic burden in individuals with newly diagnosed coronary heart disease

Minghui Bao, Haotong Li, Jianping Li

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Ac2-26 activated the AKT1/GSK3β pathway to reduce cerebral neurons pyroptosis and improve cerebral function in rats after cardiopulmonary bypass

Ying-nan Ju, Zi-wei Zou, Bao-wei Jia, Zi-ying Liu, Xi-kun Sun, Lin Qiu, Wei Gao

Association between severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and major adverse cardiovascular events in patients assessed by coronary computed tomography angiography

Rongchao Shi, Xuemei Li, Kui Sun, Fangyuan Liu, Bing Kang, Yilin Wang, Ying Wang, Baosen Zhu, Xinya Zhao, Zhiqiang Liu, Ximing Wang

Pregnancy related complications in women with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a nationwide population-based cohort study

Won Yeol Choi, Kyung-Taek Park, Hyue Mee Kim, Jun Hwan Cho, Gina Nam, Joonhwa Hong, Dongwoo Kang, Jungkuk Lee

Late coronary artery injury following chemoradiotherapy for thymic carcinoma: a case report

Sigan Hu, Jun Wang, Zhen Cui, Yongchun Zhou, Dasheng Gao

Correlation between triglyceride glucose-body mass index and hypertension risk: evidence from a cross-sectional study with 60,283 adults in eastern China

Yijia Chen, Jinling Du, Nan Zhou, Yingqian Song, Weiwei Wang, Xin Hong

Anomalous origin of the coronary artery: prevalence and coronary artery disease in adults undergoing coronary tomographic angiography

Kunyan Li, Ping Hu, Xiaolin Luo, Furong Li, Ling Chen, Junyong Zhao, Zelan Wang, Wenjian Luo, Jun Jin, Zhexue Qin

Exploring T-cell exhaustion features in Acute myocardial infarction for a Novel Diagnostic model and new therapeutic targets by bio-informatics and machine learning

Nake Jin, Jiacheng Rong, Xudong Chen, Lei Huang, Hong Ma

Relationship between serum apolipoprotein B and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in individuals with hypertension: a prospective cohort study

Ying Huang, Siwei Chen, Huachun Pan, Shumin Yang, Wenke Cheng

Correction: Days alive and out of hospital for adult female and male cardiac surgery patients: a population-based cohort study

Angela Jerath, Christopher J. D. Wallis, Stephen Fremes, Vivek Rao, Terrence M. Yau, Kiyan Heybati, Douglas S. Lee, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Jason Sutherland, Peter C. Austin, Duminda N. Wijeysundera, Dennis T. Ko

SPAG5 deficiency activates autophagy to reduce atherosclerotic plaque formation in ApoE−/− mice

Liangyun Guo, Huijing Yuan, Huayao Zhu, Jie Zhou, Zixin Wan, Yihua Zhou

Inflammatory biomarkers in cardiac syndrome X: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yuexia Zhao, Arshin Ghaedi, Pouria Azami, Seyed Ali Nabipoorashrafi, Hamed Bazrafshan Drissi, Maryam Amin Dezfouli, Shirin Sarejloo, Brandon Lucke-Wold, John Cerillo, Monireh Khanzadeh, Negar Jafari, Shokoufeh Khanzadeh

Predictive value of the neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio for coronary atherosclerosis severity in patients with CKD

Mengqi Zhao, Xin Huang, Yang Zhang, Zuoyan Wang, Songli Zhang, Jianjun Peng

Factors predicting resolution of left ventricular thrombus in different time windows after myocardial infarction

Zhen Lu, Bingxue Song, Xin Liu, Ning Zhang, Fuhai Li, Fengqiang Xu, Zhexun Lian, Junjie Guo

HF Etiology and cardiac contractility modulation therapy

Karapet Davtyan, Ivan Chugunov, Arpi Topchyan, Yury Mareev, Natalia Mironova, Elena Rimskaya, Sergey Golitsyn, Evgeny Mikhaylov, Dmitry Lebedev, Marianna Vander, Elena Lyasnikova, Maria Sitnikova, Khatuna Minjia, Svetlana Glembo, Oleg Sukhorukov

Sevoflurane postconditioning attenuates cardiomyocytes hypoxia/reoxygenation injury via PI3K/AKT pathway mediated HIF-1α to regulate the mitochondrial dynamic balance

Haiping Ma, Tianliang Hou, Jianjiang Wu, Jiyao Zhao, Haoran Cao, Maisitanguli. Masula, Jiang Wang

Repeated acute coronary syndrome caused by a mind-bending mural thrombus in ascending aorta: a case report and review of the literature

Hanxuan Liu, Zhangjie Yu, Ying Xu, Yan Zhou, Juntao Yang, Yinyin Qiu, Yangbo Xing, Fang Peng, Weiliang Tang

Viral myocarditis in combination with genetic cardiomyopathy as a cause of sudden death. An autopsy series

Domitille Callon, Pierre Joanne, Laurent Andreoletti, Onnik Agbulut, Philippe Chevalier, Paul Fornès

Mortality, morbidity & clinical outcome with different types of vasopressors in out of hospital cardiac arrest patients- a systematic review and meta-analysis

Subhash Chander, Om Parkash, Sindhu Luhana, Abhi Chand Lohana, Fnu Sadarat, Fnu Sapna, Fnu Raja, Zubair Rahaman, Yaqub Nadeem Mohammed, Sheena Shiwlani, NFN Kiran, Hong Yu Wang, Sam Tan, Roopa Kumari

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy with sustained ventricular tachycardia: a case report

Ying Ban, Feng-juan Yao, Wei Li

Prescribing trends of SGLT2 inhibitors among HFrEF and HFpEF patients with and without T2DM, 2013–2021

Jimmy Gonzalez, Chintan V. Dave

MiR-31-5p alleviates septic cardiomyopathy by targeting BAP1 to inhibit SLC7A11 deubiquitination and ferroptosis

Yafeng Liu, Niandan Hu, Bo Ai, Hao Xia, Wenqiang Li

Cardiomyocyte-specific overexpression of GPR22 ameliorates cardiac injury in mice with acute myocardial infarction

Chin-Chuan Chang, Chih-Hung Chen, Shu-Yuan Hsu, Steve Leu

Sex differences in clinical risk factors in obese ischemic stroke patients with a history of smoking

Dami T. Ojo, Philip C. Brewer, Adebobola Imeh-Nathaniel, Samuel Imeh-Nathaniel, Philip X. Broughton, Thomas I. Nathaniel

LY86 facilitates ox-LDL-induced lipid accumulation in macrophages by upregulating SREBP2/HMGCR expression

Guangwei Jiang, Jikuan Li, Shuai Niu, Ruoyu Dong, Yuyan Chen, Wei Bi

Changes in patient profiles in the cardiology department of the University Hospital Gabriel Touré (UH-GT) : results of two cross-sectional studies of 2010 and 2022

Hamidou Oumar BA, Y Camara, M Poudiougou, I Sangaré, N Sidibé, D Traoré, I Menta

Risk for cardiovascular disease development in rheumatoid arthritis

Dražen Bedeković, Ivica Bošnjak, Ines Bilić-Ćurčić, Damir Kirner, Sandra Šarić, Srđan Novak

The association between smoking exposure and endothelial function evaluated using flow-mediated dilation values: a meta-analysis

Xiaoxiao Jia, Peng Zhang, Liping Meng, Weiliang Tang, Fang Peng

Left atrial appendage closure in a patient previously implanted with an interatrial shunt device: a case report

Dawei Lin, Mingfei Li, Zilong Weng, Wenzhi Pan, Daxin Zhou, Junbo Ge

The relationship between liver enzymes, prehypertension and hypertension in the Azar cohort population

Mohammd hossein Somi, Elnaz Faramarzi, Sima Jahangiry, Sarvin Sanaie, Roghayeh Molani-Gol

The role of triglyceride-glucose index in the differential diagnosis of atherosclerotic stroke and cardiogenic stroke

Mengqian Liu, Xiaoyun Yang, Yi Jiang, Wen Zhong, Yiwen Xu, Guanghui Zhang, Qi Fang, Xiaozhu Shen

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Correction: Inflammatory biomarkers in cardiac syndrome X: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yuexia Zhao, Arshin Ghaedi, Pouria Azami, Seyed Ali Nabipoorashrafi, Hamed Bazrafshan Drissi, Maryam Amin Dezfouli, Shirin Sarejloo, Brandon Lucke-Wold, John Cerillo, Monireh Khanzadeh, Negar Jafari, Shokoufeh Khanzadeh

The association of right ventricular-pulmonary arterial coupling and pulmonary vascular resistance in adult patients with uncorrected atrial septal defect

Charlotte Johanna Cool, Achmad Fitrah Khalid, Norman Sukmadi, Mohammad Rizki Akbar, Budi Setiabudiawan, Sri Endah Rahayuningsih

Determinants of mortality in hypertensive patients admitted with COVID-19: a single-centre retrospective study at a tertiary hospital in South Africa

Ahmed Sameer Ikram, Somasundram Pillay

Diagnosis and management of cancer therapy-related myocarditis in a young female: A case report and review of literature

Amir hossein Emami, Azin Alizadehasl, Masoud Sayad, Farnaz Shavandi, Parisa Firoozbakhsh, Shahla Meshgi, Kamran Roudini, Negar Dokhani

Radiomics of pericoronary adipose tissue on computed tomography angiography predicts coronary heart disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Shumei Miao, Feihong Yu, Rongrong Sheng, Xiaoliang Zhang, Yong Li, Yaolei Qi, Shan Lu, Pei Ji, Jiyue Fan, Xin Zhang, Tingyu Xu, Zhongmin Wang, Yun Liu, Guanyu Yang

Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement: a single-center case series in Southeast Asia

Marin Satawiriya, Mann Chandavimol, Alisa Limsuwan

Data-driven collaborative QUality improvement in Cardiac Rehabilitation (QUICR) to increase program completion: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Dion Candelaria, Julie Redfern, Adrienne O’Neil, David Brieger, Robyn A Clark, Tom Briffa, Adrian Bauman, Karice Hyun, Michelle Cunich, Gemma A Figtree, Susie Cartledge, Robyn Gallagher

Association between sub-phenotypes identified using latent class analysis and neurological outcomes in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Japan

Hiroyuki Tamura, Hideto Yasuda, Takatoshi Oishi, Yutaro Shinzato, Shunsuke Amagasa, Masahiro Kashiura, Takashi Moriya

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A systematic review and bioinformatic study on clinical, paraclinical, and genetic factors predisposing to stent restenosis following percutaneous coronary intervention

Farzad Shahsanaei, Abdullah Gharibzadeh, Soudabeh Behrooj, Shahin Abbaszadeh, Mahboobeh Nourmohammadi

Identification and verification of circRNA biomarkers for coronary artery disease based on WGCNA and the LASSO algorithm

Qilong Zhong, Shaoyue Jin, Zebo Zhang, Haiyan Qian, Yanqing Xie, Peiling Yan, Wenming He, Lina Zhang

Combined effect of inflammation and malnutrition for long-term prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a cohort study

Yang Yuxiu, Xiaoteng Ma, Fei Gao, Tao Liu, Jianping Deng, Zhijian Wang

Diagnosis and cardiac transplantation of a Carney syndrome-induced cardiac myxoma combined with dilated cardiomyopathy: a case report

Cheng Cheng, Yang Song, Haidong Yan, Daojun Bao, Xiaodi Zhang, Yi Zhao, Daxing Liu, Dengshen Zhang

Diagnostic and prognostic significance of miR-320a-3p in patients with chronic heart failure

Qing Han, Li Zhang, Ran Liao

Impact of commissural calcification on clinical outcome of percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty; a retrospective cohort study of 876 patients

Saman Rostambeigi, Homa Mazaherinia, Negin Mahmoudi Hamidabad, Anita M. Kelsey, Azin Alizadehasl, Seyed Taha Hosseini Harandi, Khashayar Farnoud, Parsa Panahi, Ata Firouzi, Anita Sadeghpour

Age-specific differences in association of glycosylated hemoglobin levels with the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases among nondiabetics: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2018

Ruihan Fan, Shuna Li, Zihan Xue, Ruida Yang, Jun Lyu, Hairong He

Comparison of intravascular lithotripsy versus rotational atherectomy for the treatment of severe coronary artery calcification

Yuhao Zhao, Ping Wang, Ze Zheng, Yuchen Shi, Jinghua Liu

The abnormalities of free fatty acid metabolism in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a single-center retrospective observational study

Ke Zhang, Zhongyu Yuan, Shengwei Wang, Shifeng Zhao, Hao Cui, Yongqiang Lai

Adoption of the cardiopulmonary exercise test in the exercise ability and cardiopulmonary function rehabilitation of coronary artery disease (CAD) patients

Lingling Wang, Fan Mei, Mengyi Min, Xiuyan He, Lili Luo, Youxia Ma

The evolution of TAVI performance overtime: an overview of systematic reviews

Carmen Angioletti, Giaele Moretti, Stefania Manetti, Luigi Pastormerlo, Milena Vainieri, Claudio Passino

Venous retrograde approach for endovascular angioplasty in chronic total pulmonary vein occlusion -a case report

Bo Li, Hai Zhu, Mengfei Jia, Jinrui Song, Tanba Carl, Gizem Koybasi, Guanming Qi, Hongling Su, Yunshan Cao

Electrophysiological characteristics and catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias arising from the superior septal left ventricle

Qifang Liu, Ye Tian, Zhi Jiang, Longhai Tian, Jing Huang, Ying Yang, Long Yang

ApoA1/HDL-C ratio as a predictor for coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes: a matched case-control study

Farzaneh Ghaemi, Soghra Rabizadeh, Amirhossein Yadegar, Fatemeh Mohammadi, Hassan Asadigandomani, Melika Arab Bafrani, Sahar Karimpour Reyhan, Alireza Esteghamati, Manouchehr Nakhjavani

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The association of cumulative low-density lipoprotein cholesterol exposure and carotid intima-media thickness in a young adulthood population

Wei Huang, Weiqi Nie, Jianqiu Zhao, Zhihui Fan, Dan Wang, Xia Wu, Yujing Hao, Shouling Wu

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Drug-coated balloon angioplasty with provisional stenting versus primary stenting for the treatment of de novo coronary artery lesions: REC-CAGEFREE I trial rationale and design

Chao Gao, Xingqiang He, Yunpeng Liu, Jianzheng Liu, Zhiwei Jiang, Bin Zhu, Xing Qin, Yunlong Xia, Tingting Zhang, Ping Wang, Ruining Zhang, Yoshinobu Onuma, Jielai Xia, Duolao Wang, Patrick Serruys, Ling Tao

Association of Life’s essential 8 score with the risk of all-cause mortality and cardio-cerebrovascular mortality in patients with stroke

Bin Yan, Yan Jin, Song Mao, Yugang Yin

Antiarrhythmic drug therapy and catheter ablation in patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Subhash Chander, Roopa Kumari, Sindhu Luhana, Sheena Shiwlani, Om Parkash, FNU Sorath, Hong Yu Wang, Sam Tan, Zubair Rahaman, Yaqub Nadeem Mohammed, Abhi Chand Lohana, FNU Sakshi, Esha Vaish, FNU Sadarat

Primary surgical repair of tetralogy of fallot at the Uganda Heart Institute: a ten-year review of 30day mortality and morbidity

Rebecca Esther Khainza, Michael Oketcho, Twalib Aliku, Judith Namuyonga, Emma Ndagire, Tom Mwambu, Rwakaryebe Mbagga Muhoozi, Bernard Obongnyinge, Hilda Tumwebaze, Nestor Mbabazi, Teddy Akech, Aisha Nakato, Angelline Killen, Geoffrey Oburu Ofumbi, Peter Lwabi, John Omagino, Sulaiman Lubega

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Dexmedetomidine ameliorates x-ray-induced myocardial injury via alleviating cardiomyocyte apoptosis and autophagy

Runze Zhang, Kangjie Xie, Yanhong Lian, Shufang Hong, Yuntian Zhu

Efficacy and safety of drug-coated balloons in chronic total coronary occlusion recanalization: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yuhao Zhao, Ping Wang, Ze Zheng, Qin Ma, Yuchen Shi, Jinghua Liu

Hypertension and cardiac damage in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma patients: a large-scale single-center cohort study

Yang Yu, Chuyun Chen, Lei Meng, Wencong Han, Yan Zhang, Zheng Zhang, Ying Yang

The predictive value of cardiovascular outcomes and mortality assessed by the C-reactive protein to albumin ratio in the UK Biobank

Per Wändell, Axel C Carlsson, Anders O Larsson, Johan Ärnlöv, Toralph Ruge, Andreas Rydell

Left ventricular geometry characteristics and clinical outcomes in hemodialysis patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Yi Zhang, Xiaofei Guo, Sijiao Chen, Yin Wang, Jingjing Li, Xiaofeng Sun, Xiaomei Huang

Application of two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in radiotherapy-related cardiac systolic dysfunction and analysis of its risk factors: a prospective cohort study

Rong Liu, Li ang Xu, Ziqi Zhao, Ruoling Han

Pulmonary transit time is a predictor of outcomes in heart failure: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance first-pass perfusion study

Jonathan Farley, Louise AE. Brown, Pankaj Garg, Ali Wahab, Joel RL. Klassen, Nicholas Jex, Sharmaine Thirunavukarasu, Amrit Chowdhary, Noor Sharrack, Miroslawa Gorecka, Hui Xue, Nigel Artis, Eylem Levelt, Erica Dall’Armellina, Peter Kellman, John P. Greenwood, Sven Plein, Peter P. Swoboda

Echocardiography of persistent fifth aortic arch confirmed by computed tomography angiography or surgery in children: a case series

Rui Yuan, Hezhou Li, Juan Wu, Xing Yin

Pulmonary embolism in patients with chronic coronary syndrome masquerading as acute coronary syndrome: a case report and literature review

Yun-Hu Chen, Xing-Yu Zhu, Li-Hua Fan, Hong-Feng Xu

Pharmacotherapy and cardiovascular challenges: a case report of olverembatinib-induced myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries

Haiyan Xue, Lan Wang, Yuliang Ma, Chang Hou

Ginsenoside Rb1 reduces oxidative/carbonyl stress damage and dysfunction of RyR2 in the heart of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Chunpeng feng, Jianping Song, Lan Deng, Jinfeng Zhang, Xinyi Lian, Zhong Zhen, Jinfeng Liu

The association between systemic inflammation markers and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Xuechen Zhao, Lei Huang, Jianan Hu, Nake Jin, Jun Hong, Xudong Chen

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  • CABG
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An updated meta-analysis of optimal medical therapy with or without invasive therapy in patients with stable coronary artery disease

Lei Bi, Yu Geng, Yintang Wang, Siyuan Li, Kuogen Sun, Yiqi Guo, Ou Zhang, Ping Zhang

Exploratory analysis of predictors of ventricular aneurysm in a cohort of 291 patients with acute myocardial infarction

Hongqin Huang, Min Xu, Chaohua Qiang, Zhenni Yang, Ling Yang

Assessment of adherence to treatment recommendations among patients with heart failure: a cross-sectional study

Aleksandra Kukulska, Elżbieta Garwacka-Czachor

Association between obstructive sleep apnea and arrhythmia and heart rate variability among hypertensive patients

Shao-dong Xu, Ling-li Hao, Fei-fei Liu, Chuan-zhi Xu

Zolpidem-triggered atrial fibrillation in a patient with cardiomyopathy: a case report

Xiaolin Li, Yunpeng Jin

A novel approach to terminate roof-dependent atrial flutter with epicardial conduction through septopulmonary bundle

Dongchen Zhou, Biqi Zhang, Cong Zeng, Xiang Yin, Xiaogang Guo

  • Open Access
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Analytical and clinical performance evaluation of a new NT-proBNP assay

Pingfeng Feng, Junlong Qin, Zhixin Chai, Yajie Zhang, Minghai Zhao, Liya Liu, Lijun Zhang, Yaqiong Chen, Yufeng Xiong

A latent bleeding complication in ipsilateral common femoral puncture involving delayed diagnosis: a case report

Tetsuya Nomura, Shiori Yoshida, Michitaka Kitamura, Kenshi Ono, Keisuke Shoji, Yukinori Kato, Naotoshi Wada, Natsuya Keira, Tetsuya Tatsumi

Phenogrouping heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction using electronic health record data

Fardad Soltani, David A. Jenkins, Amit Kaura, Joshua Bradley, Nicholas Black, John P. Farrant, Simon G. Williams, Abdulrahim Mulla, Benjamin Glampson, Jim Davies, Dimitri Papadimitriou, Kerrie Woods, Anoop D. Shah, Mark R. Thursz, Bryan Williams, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Erik K. Mayer, Christopher Herbert, Stuart Grant, Nick Curzen, Iain Squire, Thomas Johnson, Kevin O’Gallagher, Ajay M. Shah, Divaka Perera, Rajesh Kharbanda, Riyaz S. Patel, Keith M. Channon, Richard Lee, Niels Peek, Jamil Mayet, Christopher A. Miller

Cardiac effects of direct anti-viral treatment in type II diabetic patients with hepatitis C infection

Khaled M. Elmaghraby, Lobna Abdel-Wahid, Yehia T. Kishk, Rania R. Y. Michael, Ahmed Abdel-Galeel

Analysis of MTHFR C677T genotype and related factors in H-type hypertension in Tibet, China

Jiaojiao Yan, Yufei Zhang, Yaxi Zhou, Yang Wan, Hai Xiong

Identification of key differentially expressed immune related genes in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation: an integrated bioinformation analysis

Yijing Tao, Tonghui Feng, Lucien Zhou, Leng Han

Left atrial remodeling and voltage-guided ablation outcome in persistent atrial fibrillation patients according to CHA2DS2-VASc score

Halim Marzak, Gabrielle Gennesseaux, Justine Hammann, Romain Ringele, Simon Fitouchi, François Severac, Thomas Cardi, Mohamad Kanso, Alexandre Schatz, Patrick Ohlmann, Olivier Morel, Laurence Jesel

Normalized lactate load as an independent prognostic indicator in patients with cardiogenic shock

Xia Wu, Lin Yuan, Jiarui Xu, Jing Qi, Keyang Zheng

Identification of hub glycolysis-related genes in acute myocardial infarction and their correlation with immune infiltration using bioinformatics analysis

Xiaoqing Zhang, Lina Zhang, Ya Gao, Zhangyu Liu, Kaizheng Gong

A longitudinal evaluation of oxidative stress - mitochondrial dysfunction - ferroptosis genes in anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity

Ren Qianqian, Zhu Peng, Zhang Licai, Zhang Ruizhi, Ye Tianhe, Xia xiangwen, Zheng Chuansheng, Yang Fan

Effect of NLRP3 gene knockdown on pyroptosis and ferroptosis in diabetic cardiomyopathy injury

Jiahui Wang, Yuping Li, Lu Li, Huan Liang, Hongwei Ye, Pinfang Kang, Zhenghong Li, Ying Yu, Qin Gao

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Correction: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cellsderived exosomes stabilize atherosclerosis through inhibiting pyroptosis

Zhibin Bai, Haolin Hu, Fangfang Hu, Jiajie Ji, Zhenling Ji

Apolipoprotein E E3/E4 genotype is associated with an increased risk of premature coronary artery disease

Youqian Li, Wei Zhong, Changjing Huang, Junyin Peng, Hanlin Li

  • Open Access
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Sodium tanshinone IIA sulfonate protects vascular relaxation in ApoE-knockout mice by inhibiting the SYK-NLRP3 inflammasome-MMP2/9 pathway

Hai-Hua Liu, Wei Wei, Fei-Fei Wu, Lu Cao, Bing-Jie Yang, Jia-Ning Fu, Jing-Xia Li, Xin-Yue Liang, Hao-Yu Dong, Yan-Yan Heng, Peng-Fei Zhang

Woven coronary artery with acquired etiology: the natural history documented by serial angiography and optical coherence tomography

Jiannan Li, Xiaoli Wang, Chen Liu, Peng Zhou, Hanjun Zhao

Dapagliflozin, inflammation and left ventricular remodelling in patients with type 2 diabetes and left ventricular hypertrophy

Adel Dihoum, Alexander JM Brown, Rory J McCrimmon, Chim C Lang, Ify R Mordi

Relationship between the severity of functional mitral regurgitation at admission and one-year outcomes in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction

Zhenhua Wang, Yue Zeng, Hanzhao Qiu, Li Chen, Jun Chen, Chaosheng Li

Uric acid to albumin ratio as a novel predictor for coronary slow flow phenomenon in patients with chronic coronary syndrome and non-obstructive coronary arteries

Xiao-jiao Zhang, Ai-jie Hou, Bo Luan, Cheng-fu Wang, Jia-jin Li

Importance of hospital and clinical factors for early mortality in Takotsubo syndrome: Insights from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry

Thorsteinn Gudmundsson, Björn Redfors, Truls Råmunddal, Oskar Angerås, Petur Petursson, Araz Rawshani, Henrik Hagström, Joakim Alfredsson, Christina Ekenbäck, Loghman Henareh, Kristofer Skoglund, Charlotta Ljungman, Moman Mohammad, Tomas Jernberg, Ole Fröbert, David Erlinge, Elmir Omerovic

Association between the atherogenic index of plasma and coronary collateral circulation in patients with chronic total occlusion

Shutong Dong, Jiaming Qiao, Ang Gao, Zehao Zhao, Xin Huang, Yi Kan, Zhiqiang Yang, Meishi Ma, Chu Fan, Hongya Han, Yujie Zhou

Comparison of warfarin, rivaroxaban, and dabigatran for effectiveness and safety in atrial fibrillation patients with different CHA2DS2-VASc scores: a retrospective cohort study

Yue Zhao, Hong Ren, Shiwei Xu

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  • ECMO
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Efficacy and safety of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ahmed Saad Elsaeidy, Amira Mohamed Taha, Mohamed Abuelazm, Youssef Soliman, Mohamed Ahmed Ali, Abdullah K. Alassiri, Hosam Shaikhkhalil, Basel Abdelazeem

A danish healthcare-focused economic evaluation of first-line cryoballoon ablation versus antiarrhythmic drug therapy for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Morten Lock Hansen, Joe W. E. Moss, Jacob Tønnesen, Mette Lundsby Johansen, Malte Kuniss, Eleni Ismyrloglou, Jason Andrade, Oussama Wazni, Stuart Mealing, Alicia Sale, Daniela Afonso, Tom Bromilow, Emily Lane, Gian Battista Chierchia

Gender differences in presentation, management, and outcomes among Egyptian patients with acute coronary syndrome: a single-centre registry

Mohammed Elbarbary, Hazem K. Shalaby, Salma M. Elshokafy, Mohamed A. Khalil

M1 macrophage-derived exosomes inhibit cardiomyocyte proliferation through delivering miR-155

Xiaoqing He, Shan Liu, Zhanyu Zhang, Qirui Liu, Juan Dong, Zhifeng Lin, Junhao Chen, Lihuan Li, Weihua Liu, Shaojun Liu, Shiming Liu

The burden of atrial fibrillation/flutter in the Middle East and North Africa region and its associated risk factors from 1990 to 2019

Mohammad Yaghoubi, Parvaneh Hamian Roumiani, Fateme Nozari, Saba Simiyari, Alireza Azarboo, Mahgol Sadat Hassan Zadeh Tabatabaei, Mohamad Mehdi Khadembashiri, Mohammad Amin Khadembashiri

Comprehensive imaging evaluation of the aortic valve and root before aortic root surgery: a study comparing MDCT and TEE

Yuan Li, Shuai Zhang, Hongxia Qi, Xiaoyan Ma, Xiangyang Qian, Jing Sun

Correction: Radiomics of pericoronary adipose tissue on computed tomography angiography predicts coronary heart disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Shumei Miao, Feihong Yu, Rongrong Sheng, Xiaoliang Zhang, Yong Li, Yaolei Qi, Shan Lu, Pei Ji, Jiyue Fan, Xin Zhang, Tingyu Xu, Zhongmin Wang, Yun Liu, Guanyu Yang

A combined endovascular and open repair of innominate artery bifurcation pseudoaneurysm: a case report

Youyao Xu, Tao Zhu, Guobin Chen, Senyan Wu, Xiaoyang Li

An unusual cause of cardiac arrest in a young infant

Yuhao Wu, Siyi Che, Yonggang Li

Left atrial stiffness index – an early marker of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with coronary heart disease

Yingxuan Tu, Xin Liu, Xiaoqing Li, Na Xue

Adverse cardiovascular outcomes associated with proton pump inhibitor use after percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bijaya K. Padhi, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin, Sarvesh Rustagi, Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Ranjit Sah, Prakasini Satapathy, Arathi P. Rao

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Effect of inferior caval valve implantation on circulating immune cells and inflammatory mediators in severe tricuspid regurgitation

Isabel Mattig, Bernd Hewing, Fabian Knebel, Christian Meisel, Antje Ludwig, Frank Konietschke, Verena Stangl, Karl Stangl, Michael Laule, Henryk Dreger

Discovery of crucial cytokines associated with deep vein thrombus formation by protein array analysis

Qitao Wang, Junyu Chi, Wenjie Zeng, Fang Xu, Xin Li, Zhen Wang, Ming Qu

Coronavirus disease 2019-related myocarditis genes contribute to ECMO prognosis

An Yan, Ruiying Zhang, Chao Feng, Jinping Feng

A nomogram for predicting CRT response based on multi-parameter features

Yuxuan Lou, Yang Hua, Jiaming Yang, Jing Shi, Lei Jiang, Yang Yang

Myeloperoxidase and its derivative hypochlorous acid combined clinical indicators predict new-onset atrial fibrillation in sepsis: a case-control study

Hui Dai, Jiawei Ye, Shangyuan Wang, Xingyao Li, Wenjie Li

Presentation, management, and early outcomes of young acute coronary syndrome patients- analysis of 23,560 South Asian patients from 2012 to 2021

Ghazal Peerwani, Bashir Hanif, Komal Abdul Rahim, Muhammad Kashif, Salim S. Virani, Sana Sheikh

The prognostic value of postoperative platelet levels in elderly patients after valve replacement surgery: a retrospective cohort study

Yuxin Nong, Xuebiao Wei, Junquan Lu, Danqing Yu

An unusual cause of inappropriate shocks delivered by an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Benito Baldauf, Ernest W. Lau, Marzia Giaccardi, Hendrik Bonnemeier

β-catenin mediates monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension via glycolysis in rats

Hui Meng, Yan Deng, Juan Liao, Dan-dan Wu, Li-xiang Li, Xing Chen, Wei‑Fang Lan

REEP5 mediates the function of CLEC5A to alleviate myocardial infarction by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis

Xin Wang, Limin Sun

The genetic effects of hormones modulated by the Pituitary-Thyroid/Adrenal/Gonadal axis on the risk of developing venous thromboembolism: a mendelian randomization study

Hao Tian, Chaozheng Xie, Biyun Teng, Qiu Zeng, Yu Zhao, Fenghe Li, Chuli Jiang, Zheng Chen

Predicting high-risk pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension: an echocardiographic multiparameter scoring index

Yanan Zhai, Aili Li, Xincao Tao, Qian Gao, Wanmu Xie, Yu Zhang, Aihong Chen, Chi Wang, Jieping Lei, Shangwei Ding, Yantong Cai, Zhenguo Zhai

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Effect of liver abnormalities on mortality in Fontan patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xiang Liu, Linjiang Han, Ziqin Zhou, Jiazichao Tu, Jianrui Ma, Jimei Chen

Long-term outcomes of catheter ablation for ventricular arrhythmias: comparing techniques with and without intracardiac echocardiography - what matters?

Mingjie Lin, Chuanzhen Ma, Bing Rong, Kai Zhang, Tongshuai Chen, Juntao Wang, Wenqiang Han, Jingquan Zhong, Lin Wu

Cerebrovascular events and thrombolysis in pulmonary embolism-induced cardiac arrest: a case series and key challenges

Youping Zhang, Shu Peng, Karl Nelson S.Marquez, Xiangning Fu, Bo Ai, Hua Yan, Wei Zhu, Shusheng Li

Genomic analysis of an Ecuadorian individual carrying an SCN5A rare variant

Santiago Cadena-Ullauri, Patricia Guevara-Ramírez, Viviana A. Ruiz-Pozo, Rafael Tamayo-Trujillo, Elius Paz-Cruz, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Rita Ibarra-Castillo, José Luis Laso-Bayas, Ana Karina Zambrano

COVID-19 and the risk of acute cardiovascular diseases: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

Yuling Li, Dongliang Yang, Jian Kang, Yaming Cao, Liwang Cui, Funan Liu

"Re-evaluation of variants of uncertain significance in patients with hereditary arrhythmogenic disorders"

Sarah Martin, Tina Jenewein, Christof Geisen, Stefanie Scheiper-Welling, Silke Kauferstein

Incidence and predictors of adverse outcomes in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis following percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty: a study from a tertiary center in Thailand

Kamonnart Songduang, Yodying Kaolawanich, Khemajira Karaketklang, Nithima Ratanasit

Correlation between hyperuricemia and thickened left ventricular wall in hypertensive young adults

Na Wang, Weihong Lin, Xiaoli Chen, Gaojun Wu, Danhong Fang

Development and validation of a prediction nomogram for sleep disorders in hospitalized patients with acute myocardial infarction

Jing Huang, Miao Li, Xiu-Wen Zeng, Guang-Su Qu, Lu Lin, Xu-Min Xin

MicroRNA-19a-3p inhibits endothelial dysfunction in atherosclerosis by targeting JCAD

Jinque Luo, Ling Wang, Chaoyue Cui, Hongyu Chen, Wanli Zeng, Xin Li

Early administration of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kaveh Hosseini, Hamidreza Soleimani, Saba Maleki, Amir Nasrollahizadeh, Sima Tayebi, John Nelson, Sean P. Heffron

The individual and combined impacts of pre-existing diabetes and dementia on ischemic stroke outcomes: a registry-based cohort study

Kyi Lae Shune Kyaw, Tiberiu A. Pana, Joao H. Bettencourt-Silva, Anthony K. Metcalf, Phyo K. Myint, John F. Potter

Branched-chain amino acids and the risk of hypertension; a persian cohort-based study

Zahra Salimi, Bahareh Aminnezhad Kavkani , Pooneh Allahyari, Seyed Ali Askarpour, Zahra Mahmoudi, Mahdie Torkaman, Mohadeseh Sadat Mousavi Hoseini, Zahra Mousavi, Shirin Tajadod, Neda Valisoltani, Sara Khoshdooz, Saeid Doaei, Akram Kooshki, Maryam Gholamalizadeh

Morphology and location of thrombus and sludge in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

Jing Cui, Shi-Jun Xia, Ri-Bo Tang, Liu He, Xue-Yuan Guo, Song-Nan Li, Nian Liu, Cai-Hua Sang, De-Yong Long, Xin Du, Jian-Zeng Dong, Chang-Sheng Ma

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Perfusion and pulsatile pressure: their relationship with target organ damage in the African-PREDICT study

Donavan Rooi, Shani Botha-Le Roux, Yolandi Breet

Predictors of complications and mortality among patients undergoing pacemaker implantation in resource-limited settings: a 10-year retrospective follow-up study

Mohammed Nasir, Kefelegn Dejene, Mohammed Bedru, Muluken Ahmed, Sura Markos

Identification of potential biomarkers for atrial fibrillation and stable coronary artery disease based on WGCNA and machine algorithms

Ke Wu, Hao Chen, Fan Li, Xiangjuan Meng, Lin Chen, Nannan Li

Effect of dapagliflozin on readmission and loop diuretics use in patients with acute heart failure: a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study

Dong Wu, Zhen Ma, Xiaoying Wang, Xiaowu Wang, Xiaojuan Wang

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  • Anxiety
  • Systematic Review

The effects of nurse-led spiritual care on psychological well-being in the healthcare services of patients with cardiovascular diseases in Iran: a systematic review

Seyedeh Narjes Mousavizadeh, Mohammadamin Jandaghian-Bidgoli

Early anti-coagulation therapy in new-onset atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting: a randomized trial pilot study

Mojgan Ghavami, Kaveh Hosseini, Alireza Abdshah, Shahryar Rajai Firouz Abadi, Diba Akbarzadeh, Ida Mohammadi, Parvin Kalhor, Saeed Sadeghian

Identification and verification of immune-related genes for diagnosing the progression of atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome

Qian Xie, Xuehe Zhang, Fen Liu, Junyi Luo, Chang Liu, Zhiyang Zhang, Yining Yang, Xiaomei Li

RING finger protein 5 protects against acute myocardial infarction by inhibiting ASK1

Hong Wan, Jianqing Zhang, Zhen Liu, Bizhen Dong, Zhangqian Tao, Guanglin Wang, Chihua Wang

Complications of new-onset atrial fibrillation in critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU): a meta-analysis

Tao Zhang, Ping Gui, Bo Wang

Analysis of the prognostic value of mitochondria-related genes in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Jun Qiu, Yiyang Gu

Effects of concurrent training and N-acetylcysteine supplementation on cardiac remodeling and oxidative stress in middle-aged spontaneously hypertensive rats

Adriana Junqueira, Mariana J. Gomes, Aline R. R. Lima, Thierres H. D. Pontes, Eder A. Rodrigues, Felipe C. Damatto, Igor Depra, Guilherme L. Paschoareli, Luana U. Pagan, Ana A. H. Fernandes, Silvio A. Oliveira-Jr, Francis L. Pacagnelli, Marina P. Okoshi, Katashi Okoshi

The evaluation value of atherogenic index of plasma and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein for the degree of coronary artery lesion in premature coronary artery disease

Yuwei Song, Mengmeng Wang, Yijun Li, Yajun Lian

A linear positive association between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and the prevalence of cardiovascular disease among individuals with diabetes

Yu Liu, Wei He, Yuan Ji, Qingjie Wang, Xun Li

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Myocardial ischemia caused by the synergistic effect of myocardial bridge and moderate stenosis: case report

Zhilu Qin, He Lv, Zengduoji Ren, Xinyu Li, Chunying Fu, Qiang Fu

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in long covid shows the presence of dysautonomia or chronotropic incompetence independent of subjective exercise intolerance and fatigue

Timo Mustonen, Mari Kanerva, Ritva Luukkonen, Hanna Lantto, Arja Uusitalo, Päivi Piirilä

Assessing the predictive value of elevated postoperative syndecan-1 levels for progressive acute kidney injury and kidney replacement therapy necessity in adult cardiac surgery patients

Wuhua Jiang, Ying Su, Yiqi Su, Jiarui Xu, Yi Fang, Jie Teng, Xiaoqiang Ding, Zhe Luo, Xialian Xu

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Isoliquiritigenin attenuates myocardial ischemia reperfusion through autophagy activation mediated by AMPK/mTOR/ULK1 signaling

Liying Shen, Yingwei Zhu, Zhenfeng Chen, Feng Shen, Weiwei Yu, Li Zhang

An evidence review and gap analysis for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Michael Butzner, Elise Aronitz, Heather Cameron, Krista Tantakoun, Sanatan Shreay, Christopher Drudge

Complement C3a/C3aR inhibition alleviates the formation of aortic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome mice

Fan Zhang, Kexin Yao, Yan Liu, Mei Zhou, Yanhong Zhang, Shiyao Hong, Jian Wu, Congcong Zhang

Case report: heart failure related to intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF

Yuying Sui, Yong Zhao, Nannan Zhou, Haihui Sun, Yuanyuan Sun, Junni Liu, Zunzhe Wang, Jianchun Wang

Delayed ventricular septal rupture complicated with ventricular aneurysm in a case of myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries

Si Wang, Xu Huang, Qianfeng Xiao, Ying Xu, Xin Wei

Machine learning-based model to predict composite thromboembolic events among Chinese elderly patients with atrial fibrillation

Jiefeng Ren, Haijun Wang, Song Lai, Yi Shao, Hebin Che, Zaiyao Xue, Xinlian Qi, Sha Zhang, Jinkun Dai, Sai Wang, Kunlian Li, Wei Gan, Quanjin Si

Ventricular arrhythmias originating from different portions of the communicating vein of the left ventricular summit: electrocardiographic characteristics and catheter ablation

Bing Shen, Wu-Ming Hu, Jia-Meng Shao, Yu Shen, Yu Yan, Shea Michaela James, Lucia D’Angelo, Guo-Juan Xu, Cheng Zheng, Jia-Feng Lin

Impact of cerebral protection on observed versus predicted in-hospital stroke in a high stroke risk TAVR cohort

Erez Marcusohn, Ragavie Manoragavan, Stephen Fremes, Christopher Tarola, Janarthanan Sathananthan, Israel M. Barabash, Ady Orbach, Ayaaz K. Sachedina, Sam Radhakrishnan, Harindra C. Wijeysundera

miR-223-5p serves as a diagnostic biomarker for acute coronary syndrome and its predictive value for the clinical outcome after PCI

Shaohua Zhang, Guifen Yang, Yuhua Chen, Weizhen Liu

Waterpipe smoking is associated with presence and severity of coronary artery disease: a propensity score-matched study

Farzad Masoudkabir, Sepehr Nayebirad, Majid Yousefi, Bayan Azizi, Zahra Karimi, Akbar Shafiee, Somayeh Yadangi, Arash Jalali, Ali Vasheghani-Farahani

Outcomes and relevance of emergency percutaneous coronary angiography and intervention after resuscitated cardiac arrest: a retrospective study

Baudouin Bourlond, Marion Dupré, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Lucas Liaudet, Eric Eeckhout

Myocardial strain is regulated by cardiac preload in the early stage of sepsis

Xiaolong Huang, Guiyang Lu, Xiaoyang Cai, Yingchang Xue, Xinxin Wang, Yuanyuan Jiang, Yaogui Ning

Smoking paradox in coronary function and structure of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Shanghong Zhang, Ziqiang Lin, Bingyan Yu, Jieliang Liu, Junguo Jin, Guang Li, Haojian Dong

Clinical characteristics and management of patient with portal hypertension at tertial level hospital in Tanzania

Paul William Itule, Ally Mwanga, Ramadhani Hassani Khamisi, Moses Byomuganyizi, William Lutege, Tryphone Buchard Kagaruki

Clinical utility of ambulatory ECG monitoring and 2D-ventricular strain for evaluation of post-COVID-19 ventricular arrhythmia

Rehab M. Hamdy, Mohammed Samy, Huda Shaban Mohamed

Safety and effectiveness of left atrial appendage closure in atrial fibrillation patients with different types of heart failure

Liping Liu, Wen Yan, Xiang Xu, Chen Wan, Feng Liu, Qing Yao, Ling Song, Binbin Wang, Zhiyuan Song, Huakang Li

Catalpol inhibits HHcy-induced EndMT in endothelial cells by modulating ROS/NF-κB signaling

Chengyan Wu, Yuanhao Li, Shuangshuang Liu, Libo Wang, Xuehui Wang

Single-cell transcriptomics reveals writers of RNA modification-mediated immune microenvironment and cardiac resident Macro-MYL2 macrophages in heart failure

Yao-Lin Yang, Xiao-Wei Li, Hai-Bin Chen, Qi-Dong Tang, Yu-Hui Li, Ji-Ying Xu, Jia-Jia Xie

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Effects of 12 weeks of functional training vs. Muay Thai on cardiac autonomic modulation and hemodynamic parameters in older adults: a randomized clinical trial

Bruna T. C. Saraiva, Emerson Franchini, Alex S. Ribeiro, Luís A. Gobbo, Marília A. Correia, Luiz C. M. Vanderlei, Gerson Ferrari, William R. Tebar, Diego G. D. Christofaro

Prevalence and associated factors of atrial fibrillation among patients with rheumatic heart disease attending public referral hospitals in Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023

Adanech Mengie, Eleni Admassu, Desiyalew Habtamu, Alemshet Yirga Berhie, Kebadnew Mulatu, Tadios Lidetu

Covered stent combined with embolization treatment for complex congenital lower limb arteriovenous malformations: case report and literature review

Wei Huang, Li-Feng Zhang, Wei Zeng, Chun-shui He

Ischemia-modified albumin: is it a promising marker in acute coronary syndrome?

Udaya Ralapanawa, Ramiah Sivakanesan, Sampath Tennakoon, Parackrama Karunathilake

Association between personality type and patient-reported outcomes (PRO) in patients with atrial fibrillation

Qing Yan, Jiaqi Liang, Yide Yuan, Yuan Li, Jiali Fan, Wenhuan Wu, Pan Xu, Qunrang Wang, Jiahong Xue

Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the coronary artery disease empowerment scale (CADES) in patients with coronary artery disease after percutaneous coronary intervention

Zhili Jiang, Zhiqian Wang, Yang Liu, Wenxiao Wu, Ziying Dai, Yeyao Yang, Lihua Huang

Clinical incidence and relevance of incomplete endothelialization in atrial fibrillation patients with Left Atrial Appendage Closure

Jini Zhu, Yanpeng Wang, Meifang Li, Dong Huang, Shuai Li, Jingbo Li

Development and evaluation of the model for acute kidney injury in patients with cardiac arrest after successful resuscitation

Shanbing Hou, Lixiang Zhang, Hongzhi Ji, Tingting Zhao, Ming Hu, Ying Jiang, Quanquan Sun, Ming Zhang, Min Dou

Adverse events of tissue plasminogen activators in acute myocardial infarction patients: a real-world and pharmacovigilance database analysis

Fangying Liu, Guo Yang, Jia Xie, Puguang Xie, Fating Zhou, Fan Yang, Yu Ma, Fan Xu

Combination of FLNC and JUP variants causing arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy in an Iranian family with different clinical features

Kasra Mehdizadeh, Mahdieh Soveizi, Amir Askarinejad, Amin Elahifar, Tannaz Masoumi, Amir Farjam Fazelifar, Sanaz Asadian, Majid Maleki, Samira Kalayinia

Association of combined body mass index and central obesity with cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and older adults: a population-based prospective cohort study

Yunlian Xue, Xiaohong Yang, Guihao Liu

Medication adherence and associated factors among chronic heart failure patients on follow-up in north Shewa public hospitals, Oromia region, Ethiopia

Dursa Hussein, Abyot Kebede Jima, Leta Adugna Geleta, Ketema Gashaw, Derara Girma, Seifu Mohammed Ibrahim, Meron Seyoum Lakew, Bedo Megersa Kumbe, Befekadu Tesfaye Oyato, Getu Siyum, Addis Adugna Senbate

Prevalence of classic and non-classic pain sites of coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional study

Mayar Abdullatef, Maya Omran, Anas Bitar, Bayan Alsaid

Observational study of left bundle branch area pacing: implantation of the solia S lead using the selectra 3D sheath at an inclined angle

Changlin Ju, Yu Zhou, Keng Cheng, Xiangrong Xie

Association of alactic base excess with in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a retrospective cohort study

Chenxu Zhou, Qiuyue Wang

Predictors and clinical outcomes of permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Bing-Ying Chen, Ting-Feng Huang, Xin-Da Jiang, Xiao-Yan Ding, Xiao-Fen Zhou

Hypertension status and its risk factors in highlanders living in Ganzi Tibetan Plateau: a cross-sectional study

Xianghao Zuo, Xin Zhang, Runyu Ye, Xinran Li, Zhipeng Zhang, Rufeng Shi, Hang Liao, Lu Liu, Xiangyu Yang, Shanshan Jia, Qingtao Meng, Xiaoping Chen

Evaluation of the management of a first crisis of atrial fibrillation in a group of Cameroon’s urban setting subjects

Loïc Alban Mbosso Tasong, CN Nganou-Gnindjio, Honoré Kemnang Yemele, Jules Thierry Elong, Laura Murielle Makowa Kuate, Simeon Kuissu, Alain Patrick Menanga

Case report of spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a 50‑year‑old man

Mohammad Safariyan, Azra Azimi, Soheila Pourmasumi, Vahid Mohammadi, Xiao Xu, Alaa Hamza Hermis, Mohammed Musaed Al-Jabri, Mohammad Ali Zakeri

Hemoglobin homeostasis in abdominal aortic aneurysm: diagnostic and prognostic potential of hemoglobin/heme and scavenger molecules

Sakshi Vats, Kristina Sundquist, Anton Grundberg, Jan Sundquist, Xiao Wang, Moncef Zarrouk, Anders Gottsäter, Ashfaque A Memon

Prevalence and patterns of echocardiographic abnormalities among people living with HIV on anti-retroviral therapy in Kumasi, Ghana

Isaac Nana Ogyefo, Vida Obese, Betty Roberta Norman, Isaac Kofi Owusu, Bernard Nkum, Collins Kokuro

Case report: Woven-like coronary arteries in a patient with polycythemia vera

Baoguo Wang, Mingyou Zhang, Jian Zhang, Ming Lu, Weihua Zhang

The Z-scores of cardiac indices among healthy children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Josephat M. Chinawa, Awoere T. Chinawa, Bartholomew F. Chukwu, Igoche D. Peter

In-hospital mortality and its associated factors among hospitalized stroke patients at public hospitals of Eastern Ethiopia

Ziyad Abas, Tigist Gashaw, Abera Jambo, Dumessa Edessa

Severe bronchiectasis is associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness

Wang Chun Kwok, Kui Kai Lau, Kay Cheong Teo, Sze Him Isaac Leung, Chung Ki Tsui, Matthew S.S. Hsu, Kkts Pijarnvanit, Carman Nga-Man Cheung, Yick Hin Chow, James Chung Man Ho

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Association between the pan-immune-inflammation value and coronary collateral circulation in chronic total coronary occlusive patients

Bing Zhang, Ya Li, Aihong Peng, Cuiyi Liu, Jiesheng Lin, Yujia Feng, Jing Wan

Associations between physical activity and ankle-brachial index: the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS)

Ensieh Memarian, Viktor Hamrefors, Isabella Kharraziha, Göran Bergström, Anders Blomberg, Andrei Malinovschi, Carl Johan Östgren, Örjan Ekblom, Gunnar Engström, Anders Gottsäter

The soluble ST2 level predicts risk of atrial fibrillation recurrences in long-term period after radiofrequency ablation

Tatiana P. Gizatulina, Aleksandra V. Mamarina, Leysan U. Martyanova, Denis V. Belonogov, Grigoriy V. Kolunin, Tatiana I. Petelina, Nikita E. Shirokov, Elena A. Gorbatenko

A morphological indicator for aortic dissection: fitting circle of the thoracic aorta

Hongji Pu, Tao Peng, Zhijue Xu, Qi Sun, Zixin Wang, Hui Ma, Shu Fang, Yang Yang, Jie Wu, Ruihua Wang, Peng Qiu, Jinhua Zhou, Xinwu Lu

Aortic versus axillary artery cannulation for hemiarch replacement: single-centre real-world experience

Cigdem Tel Ustunisik, Lara Yagci, Berk Arapi, Ozan Onur Balkanay, Suat Nail Omeroglu, Gokhan Ipek, Deniz Goksedef

Congenital heart disease cardiac catheterization at Uganda Heart Institute, a 12-year retrospective study of immediate outcomes

Nestor Mbabazi, Twalib Aliku, Judith Namuyonga, Hilda Tumwebaze, Emma Ndagire, Bernard Obongonyinge, Rebecca Esther Khainza, Mary Teddy Akech, Killen Angelline, Aisha Nakato, Cornelius Ssendagire, Lameck Ssemogerere, Michael Oketcho, John Omagino, Peter Lwabi, Sulaiman Lubega

SIRT5 induces autophagy and alleviates myocardial infarction via desuccinylation of TOM1

Zengliang Li, Zihe Zheng, Xiaofu Dai

Association of life’s essential 8 score with risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease-related mortality in individuals with hypertension

Minghu Zhao, Haijia Yu, Suyuan He, Xiaojing He, Jugang Chen

The association between stent type and developing angina pectoris following percutaneous coronary intervention

Amirali Nejat, Alireza Hosseinpour, Pouria Azami, Kasra Assadian, Armin Attar, Peyman Izadpanah

Type I Kounis syndrome in a young woman without chest pain: a case report

Miki Nanyoshi, Tomohiro Hayashi, Ryu Sugimoto, Hogara Nishisaki, Tsuneaki Kenzaka

The glycemic gap as a prognostic indicator in cardiogenic shock: a retrospective cohort study

Qianqian Xu, Jinsheng Wang, Zhihui Lin, Dongyan Song, Kangting Ji, Huaqiang Xiang

Kinesiophobia in patients after cardiac surgery: a scoping review

Zhi Zeng, Yuqi Shen, Li Wan, Xiuru Yang, Qin Hu, Huaili Luo, Mei He

Glucose fluctuations aggravate cardiomyocyte apoptosis by enhancing the interaction between Txnip and Akt

Zhen-Ye Zhang, Lu Pan, Shipeng Dang, Ning Wang, Shan-Ying Zhao, Feng Li, Li-Da Wu, Lei Zhang, Huan-Huan Liu, Ning Zhao, Ya-Juan Yang, Ling-Ling Qian, Tong Liu, Ru-Xing Wang

Serum BAFF level is associated with the presence and severity of coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction

Zhiyong Chen, Ziyang Wang, Yuke Cui, Hongyang Xie, Lei Yi, Zhengbin Zhu, Jingwei Ni, Run Du, Xiaoqun Wang, Jinzhou Zhu, Fenghua Ding, Weiwei Quan, Ruiyan Zhang, Yueying Wang, Xiaoxiang Yan

Masked uncontrolled hypertension among elderly black sub-saharan africans compared to younger adults: a cross-sectional in-hospital study

Tresor Mvunzi Swambulu, Yannick Samafundu Mundedi, Yves Lubenga Nsimbi, François Lepira Bompeka, Aliocha Nkodila Natuhoyila, Jean-Robert Makulo Risasi, Cédric Ilunga, Eleuthère Kintoki Vita, Diane Kuntonda Kiese, Noel Otshudi Onembo, Roger Kongo Minga, Olivier Tuyinama Madoda, Jean-René M’buyamba-Kabangu, Bernard Kianu Phanzu

Coronary thrombosis and myocardial ischemia in Kawasaki disease: a case report

Lichao Gao, Chunhong Xie, Qing Zhang, Xiaofeng Wang, Songling Fu, Jian Hu, Yiying Zhang, Fangqi Gong

Assessing the effect of high-dose rosuvastatin in elderly patients over 75 with acute coronary syndrome

Maryam Taherkhani, Zeinab Khanifar, Adineh Taherkhani, Hamed Hajishah, Arian Tavasol

In-hospital cardiac arrest characteristics, causes and outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease across different departments: a retrospective study

Ya Zhang, Yang Yu, Ping Qing, Xiaojie Liu, Yao Ding, Jingcan Wang, Hushan Ao

Acute myocardial infarction or Takotsubo syndrome in a patient with stunned myocardium due to myocardial bridging? A case report of diagnostic dilemma clarified after serial workup

Kritick Bhandari, Kunal Bikram Shaha, Keshav Bohara, Om Prakash Sah, Roshan Sapkota, Kamana Sen

Abdominal obesity is associated with increased worsening renal function risk in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Quan Zhang, Shi Tai, Shenghua Zhou

The effect of different power radiofrequency ablations in treatment and postoperative pain in patients with atrial fibrillation: a retrospective study

Yu Chen, Jianhao Jin, Li Zhu, Yuxia Zhang, Changlin Wei, Qihang Yang, Liang Yao

Genetically predicted hypothyroidism, thyroid hormone treatment, and the risk of cardiovascular diseases: a mendelian randomization study

Shuaidan Zhang, Hangtian Yu, Yan Zhao, Angwei Gong, Chengjian Guan, Shuchen Chen, Bing Xiao, Jingchao Lu

The predictive value of coronary artery calcium score combined with traditional risk factors for obstructive coronary heart disease in young people

Ronglin Sun, Weili Pan, Minxian Wang, Xiaohong Chen, Da Yin, Yongkui Ren

Correction: Prevalence and associated factors of atrial fibrillation among patients with rheumatic heart disease attending public referral hospitals in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2023

Adanech Mengie, Eleni Admassu, Desiyalew Habtamu, Alemshet Yirga Berhie, Kebadnew Mulatu, Tadios Lidetu

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Trends in deaths and disability-adjusted life-years of ischemic heart disease attributable to high body-mass index worldwide, 1990–2019

Wei Yan, Yajun Hua

Intravascular imaging-guided versus angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Ahmed Mazen Amin, Yehya Khlidj, Mohamed Abuelazm, Ahmed Sayed, Ubaid Khan, Mariam Mahmoud Elewidi, Mohammad Tanashat, Hesham Elharti, Mohamed Hatem Ellabban, Abdullah K. Alassiri, Mohamad Alsaed, Basel Abdelazeem, Akram Kawsara

Predictive indicators in peripheral blood and left atrium blood for left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in atrial fibrillation patients

Bing Ding, Jing Zhou, Yunlang Dai, Linyan He, Cao Zou

High dietary antioxidant intake linked to lower risk of myocardial infarction: a nested case-control study

Zahra Naziri, Mehran Rahimlou, Mehdi Rezaei, Reza Tabrizi, Mohammadsadegh Nasr, Mohammadreza Motazedian, Sina Kardeh

Apolipoprotein E E3/E4 genotype is associated with an increased risk of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with hypertension

Guoliang Wei, Bin Li, Hao Wang, Li Chen, Wenhao Chen, Kehui Chen, Weihong Wang, Shen Wang, Hui Zeng, Yuanliang Liu, Yue Zeng, Hui Rao

Polymorphisms of CD247 gene is associated with dilated cardiomyopathy in Chinese Han population

Chunmei Li, XiaoChuan Xie, Kun Li, Li Rao

The value of the electrocardiogram in the recognition of cardiac amyloidosis: a systematic meta-analysis

Haitao Sun, Zheng Shi, Wei Liu

Comparative effectiveness and safety of eplerenone and spironolactone in patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ahmed Elshahat, Ahmed Mansour, Mohamed Ellabban, Ahmed Diaa, Atef Hassan, Ahmed Fawzy, Omar Abdulrahman Saad, Moaz Abouelmagd, Mahmoud Eid, Ahmed Elaraby, Mohamed Hamouda Elkasaby, Ahmed Abdelaziz

Association between serum osmolality and deteriorating renal function in patients with acute myocardial infarction: analysis of the MIMIC- IV database

Xiaojia Luo, Yong Tang, Yanzhang Shu, Baoli Xu, JianXiong Liu, Zhengbing Lv

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A global analysis of the burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to diet low in fiber between 1990 and 2019

Nana Wei, Lichao Wang, Bi Tang, Yuli Huang, Ling Xuan

Prevalence of newly diagnosed hypertension and its associated factors in an opportunistic screening program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: an institution-based cross-sectional study

Gashaw Solela, Balew Arega, Elias Tewabe, Rediet Ambachew, Samuel Kassahun, Seble Legese

Early surgical outcome for Tetralogy Of Fallot In An African Setting; A Tanzanian experience using retrospective analysis of hospital data

Naizihijwa Majani, Godwin Sharau, Vivienne Mlawi, Zawadi Kalezi, Stella Mongella, Nuru Letara, Deogratias Nkya, Sulende Kubhoja, Pilly Chillo, Martijn Slieker, Mohamed Janabi, Diederick Grobbee, Peter Kisenge

Nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate induces enhancement of OPG expression and inhibition of RANKL expression via inhibition of farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase to inhibit the osteogenic differentiation and calcification in vascular smooth muscle cells

Wei Xu, Lifeng Gong, Weigang Tang, Guoyuan Lu

Systematic review and meta-analysis of stroke and thromboembolism risk in atrial fibrillation with preserved vs. reduced ejection fraction heart failure

Meijuan Zhang, Jie Zhou

Myocardial contrast echocardiography evaluation of coronary microvascular dysfunction to Predict MACEs in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction follow-up

Fuhua Chen, Wenchao Weng, Daoling Yang, Xiaomin Wang, Yibo Zhou

Use of electronic health records to characterize patients with uncontrolled hypertension in two large health system networks

Yuan Lu, Ellen C. Keeley, Eric Barrette, Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff, Sanket S. Dhruva, Jenny Gaffney, Ginger Gamble, Bonnie Handke, Chenxi Huang, Harlan M. Krumholz, Caitrin W. McDonough, Wade Schulz, Kathryn Shaw, Myra Smith, Jennifer Woodard, Patrick Young, Keondae Ervin, Joseph S. Ross

Comparison of liberal versus restrictive transfusion strategies after hip surgery in patients with coronary artery disease: a post hoc analysis of the FOCUS trial

Junyan Zhang, Zhongxiu Chen, Yong He

Unraveling the rapid progression of non-target lesions: risk factors and the therapeutic potential of PCSK9 inhibitors in post-PCI patients

Jiajie Mei, Xiaodan Fu, Zhenzhu Liu, Lijiao Zhang, Zhaohong Geng, Wenli Xie, Ming Yu, Yuxing Wang, Jinglin Zhao, Xiaodong Zhang, Lili Yin, Peng Qu

Association between admission blood pressure and spontaneous reperfusion and long-term prognosis in STEMI patients: an observational and multicenter study

Zheng Hu, Da Luo, Wen-jie Zhou, Chang-wu Xu, Xiang-zhou Chen, Bo-fang Zhang, Xing Jin, Yun Wang, Jing Zhang, Hui Wu, Fu-yuan Liu, Yu-hua Lei, Dong-sheng Li, Xin-yong Cai, Hong Jiang, Jing Chen

Permanent left bundle branch area pacing improves mitral regurgitation and cardiac function in patients with right bundle branch block

Jifang Ma, Juan Hu, Weifeng Song, Ke Chen, Xiaobiao Zang, You Zhou, Xianqing Wang, Yonghui Zhao, Haixia Fu

The value of computed tomography angiography for evaluation of left atrial enlargement in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Fang-fang Lin, Qian Chen, Qiu-yan Wu, Shi-jie Li, Yao-bin Zhu, Yi Tang, Yun-jing Xue, Jie-wei Luo, Zuo-an Li, Hong-yi Chen

The effect of early initiation of self-management program based on multidisciplinary education in heart failure patients

Na Jia, Yajie Zhao, Xuelin Sun, Mingfang Wang, Di Guo

Mediating effect of coping strategy and psychological status between illness perception and quality of life among patients with atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional study

Zheng Minjie, Xie Zhijuan, Shi Xinxin, Qu Shan

Add-on multidrug treatment based on quadruple therapy successfully treated worsening heart failure caused by anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy in a survivor of cancer as a young adult: a case report

Hirotaka Oda, Yuka Hayashi, Norihito Oyanagi, Komei Tanaka, Kazuyuki Ozaki, Asami Kashiwa, Yukio Hosaka, Keiichi Tsuchida, Kazuyoshi Takahashi

Progressive calcification of bioprosthetic mitral valve observed during pregnancy resulting from in vitro fertilization: a case report

Wenjun Liu, Guiying Yang

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Correction: Single-cell transcriptomics reveals writers of RNA modification-mediated immune microenvironment and cardiac resident Macro-MYL2 macrophages in heart failure

Yao-Lin Yang, Xiao-Wei Li, Hai-Bin Chen, Qi-Dong Tang, Yu-Hui Li, Ji-Ying Xu, Jia-Jia Xie

Association between triglyceride-glucose index and all-cause mortality in patients underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Jiaqi Fan, Ailifeire Aihemaiti, Abuduwufuer Yidilisi, Xianbao Liu, Jian’an Wang

Incidence and risk factors associated with atrioventricular block in the general population: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study and Cardiovascular Health Study

Jingwei Zhang, Jia Liu, Min Ye, Ming Zhang, Fengjuan Yao, Yunjiu Cheng

Correlation of serum homocysteine and cystatin C levels with prognosis in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction patients

Zhi-Heng Chen, Xue-Tao Zhu, Ze-Ping Hu, Jun-Xi Ni, Hou-Liang Chen

Early initiation of oral beta-blocker improves long-term survival in patients with acute myocardial infarction who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Zhehao Dai, Yosuke Nishihata, Kevin Y. Urayama, Nobuyuki Komiyama

Leadless pacemaker implantation using halo-shape technique in a severe dextroscoliosis octogenarian

Xiang-Fei Feng, Yan Zhao, Yi-Gang Li

Comparison of different intensive care scoring systems and Glasgow Aneurysm score for aortic aneurysm in predicting 28-day mortality: a retrospective cohort study from MIMIC-IV database

Hui Wang, Sensen Wu, Dikang Pan, Yachan Ning, Yang Li, Chunjing Feng, Jianming Guo, Zichuan Liu, Yongquan Gu

Triglyceride-glucose index as a predictor of cardiac adverse events in acute coronary syndrome patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: role of diabetes

Amirmohammad Khalaji, Amir Hossein Behnoush, Yeganeh Pasebani, Ali Rafati, Tara Mahmoodi, Alireza Arzhangzadeh, Sima Shamshiri Khamene, Izat MohammadKhawajah, Mehdi Mehrani, Ali Vasheghani-Farahani, Farzad Masoudkabir, Kimia Najafi, Mani K. Askari, Anil Harrison, John R. Nelson, Kaveh Hosseini, Adrian V. Hernandez

Preoperative bioelectrical impedance, measured phase angle, and hand-grip strength as predictors of postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a systematic review

Amanuel Godana Arero, Gadana Arero Dassie

Missense mutations in the CITED2 gene may contribute to congenital heart disease

Hira Yaqoob, Hussain Ahmad, Syed Irtiza Ali, Najma Patel, Afsheen Arif

Clinical effect of recombinant human brain natriuretic peptide in the treatment of heart failure in elderly patients

Wenjuan Chen

Predictors and clinical outcomes of slow flow phenomenon in diabetic patients with chronic coronary syndrome

Mohamed A. Khalil, Mohamed Khalfallah, Ayman Elsheikh

The interaction between neutrophils and atrial myocytes in the occurrence and development of atrial fibrillation

Tao Li, Yan Wang, Jie Wan, Yu Duan, Yang Xu, Mao Yang

From flank pain to splenic abscess: a complex case of infective endocarditis with literature review

Sakhr Alshwayyat, Hamdah Hanifa, Alhareth M. Amro, Mustafa Alshwayyat, Ramez M. Odat, Leena M. Mahmoud, Ali Altajjar

Predictive value of platelet-to-albumin ratio combined with the C2HEST score for New-Onset atrial fibrillation in elderly patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Fangyuan Wang, Yudan Sun, Yuan Lu, Defeng Pan, Ni An, Rongrong Liu, Shengli Li, Tian Liu, Rongli Yang

Evaluation of changes in the global longitudinal strain for left ventricular function before and after eight weeks of taking high dose of atorvastatin in patients with coronary slow flow phenomenon

Nakisa Khansari, Amir Mohammad Salehi, Niloofar Mohammadi, Amir Hossein Yazdi, Zahra Sanaei

Therapeutic inertia and contributing factors among ambulatory patients with hypertension

Yirga Legesse Niriayo, Solomon Girmay, Nigusse Tesfay, Kidu Gidey, Solomon Weldegebreal Asgedom

Uncommon culprit artery leading to atypical de winter electrocardiographic changes: a case report

Honglin Ni, Changlin Zhai, Haihua Pan

Screen time, sleep duration, leisure physical activity, obesity, and cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents: a cross-lagged 2-year study

Ana Paula Sehn, João Francisco de Castro Silveira, Caroline Brand, Vanilson Batista Lemes, Letícia Borfe, Luciana Tornquist, Karin Allor Pfeiffer, Jane Dagmar Pollo Renner, Lars Bo Andersen, Ryan Donald Burns, Cézane Priscila Reuter

Evaluation of cardiac remodeling in pediatric chronic kidney disease by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Sisi Song, Linjun Xie, Huayan Xu, Ke Xu, Hang Fu, Lu Zhang, Ruilai Hou, Yuhong Tao, Yingkun Guo

Novel heterozygous mutation of CACNA2D1 gene in a Chinese family with arrhythmia

Qian Wang, Yong Deng, Liang-Liang Fan, Yi Dong, Ai-Qian Zhang, Yu-Xing Liu

Exploration of protein and genetic targets causing atrioventricular block: mendelian-randomization analyses based on eQTL data and pQTL data

Tongyu Wang, Peipei Ma, Xiaofang Wang, Yunlong Xia

The association between left atrial appendage emptying velocity and atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency catheter ablation in patients with early persistent atrial fibrillation

Yuxia Miao, Min Xu, Zhenni Yang, Mingxia Gong, Ling Yang

Prognostic value of the duke activity Status Index Questionnaire in predicting mortality in patients with chronic heart failure: 36-month follow-up study

Aldair Darlan Santos-de-Araújo, Daniela Bassi-Dibai, Izadora Moraes Dourado, Renan Shida Marinho, Renata Gonçalves Mendes, Cássia da Luz Goulart, Polliana Batista dos Santos, Meliza Goi Roscani, Shane A. Phillips, Ross Arena, Audrey Borghi-Silva

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The role and possible mechanism of the ferroptosis-related SLC7A11/GSH/GPX4 pathway in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury

Bingxin Chen, Ping Fan, Xue Song, Mingjun Duan

Recurrent atrial flutter after radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy undergoing repetitive transcoronary ablation of septal hypertrophy

Li Cheng, Ning Wang, Ling Dai, Hongying Ding, Zhaohua Geng, Yaoming Son

Optimal medical therapy, clinical outcome and its predictors in patients with acute coronary syndrome after discharge with secondary prevention medications at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, North West Ethiopia, 2023: A retrospective follow-up study

Gebremariam Wulie Geremew, Tekletsadik Tekleslassie Alemayehu, Abaynesh Fentahun Bekalu, Melak Erara Mengistu, Sisay Sitotaw Anberbr, Adane Desta Getahun, Setegn Fentahun, Gebresilassie Tadesse, Yilkal Abebaw Wassie

Echocardiography-guided percutaneous closure of oval-shaped secundum atrial septal defects

Sisca Natalia Siagian, Kevin Moses Hanky Tandayu Jr, Putri Reno, Brian Mendel, Christianto Christianto, Radityo Prakoso

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Quercetin regulates pulmonary vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension by downregulating TGF-β1-Smad2/3 pathway

Rui-Juan Gao, Nigala Aikeremu, Nan Cao, Chong Chen, Ke-Tao Ma, Li Li, Ai-Mei Zhang, Jun-Qiang Si

Higher hair cortisol levels associated with previous cardiovascular events and cardiovascular risks in a large cross-sectional population study

Åshild Faresjö, Elvar Theodorsson, Andreas Stomby, Helena Quist, Michael P. Jones, Carl Johan Östgren, Per Dahlqvist, Tomas Faresjö

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Correction: Coenzyme Q10 mitigates macrophage mediated inflammation in heart following myocardial infarction via the NLRP3/IL1β pathway

Wenxu Pan, Guiquan Zhou, Meiling Hu, Gaoshan Li, Mingle Zhang, Hao Yang, Kunyan Li, Jingwei Li, Ting Liu, Ying Wang, Jun Jin

Effect of inflammatory factors on myocardial infarction

Qingyi Zeng, Tao Xu, Zhenghua Luo, Haiyan Zhou, Zonggang Duan, Xinlin Xiong, Mengjun Huang, Wei Li

Association between oxidative balance score and abdominal aortic calcification among middle-aged and elderly population

Zongao Cai, Jiachen She, Shuang Guo, Ruihui Li, Hairong Zhang, Xueli Guo, Shiyong Wu

Comparative outcomes of cardioplegic arrest versus beating heart in pediatric undergoing extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection

Wenting Wang, Peiyao Zhang, Yu Jin, Jia Liu, He Wang, Jinping Liu

The validity and reliability of the Arabic version of the EQ-5D in atrial fibrillation patients in a conflict country: a study from Syria

Ibrahim Antoun, Alkassem Alkhayer, Majed Aljabal, Alamer Alkhayer, Peter Simon, Yaman Mahfoud, Ahmed Kotb, Joseph Barker, Akash Mavilakandy, Riyaz Somani, G Andre Ng, Mustafa Zakkar

Global burden of atrial fibrillation attributable to high body mass index from 1990 to 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Xiangmeng Kong, Mingliang Wang, Yumei Jiang

Real-world evidence study on the impact of SPECT MPI, PET MPI, cCTA and stress echocardiography on downstream healthcare utilisation in patients with coronary artery disease in the US

Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau, Arturo Cabra, Erika Szabo, Santosh Angadageri

Environmental chemical exposures and a machine learning-based model for predicting hypertension in NHANES 2003–2016

Kun Guo, Weicheng Ni, Leilei Du, Yimin Zhou, Ling Cheng, Hao Zhou

The effect of glucomannan supplementation on lipid profile in adults: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis

Vali Musazadeh, Rogheye Yaraee Rostami, Amir Hossein Moridpour, Zahra Bokaii Hosseini, Omid Nikpayam, Maryam Falahatzadeh, Amir Hossein Faghfouri

Serum uric acid: an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease in Pakistani Punjabi patients

Misbah Hussain, Muhammad Umer Ghori, Muhammad Naeem Aslam, Shahid Abbas, Muhammad Shafique, Fazli Rabbi Awan

Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomal mir-21-5p inhibits YAP1 expression and improves outcomes in myocardial infarction

Zhou Ji, Chan Wang

The contemporary management and coronary angioplasty outcomes in young patients with ST-Elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) age < 40 years old: the insight from nationwide Thai PCI registry

Pornwalee Porapakkham, Pramote Porapakkham, Suphot Srimahachota, Thosaphol Limpijankit, Songsak Kiatchoosakun, Mann Chandavimol, Anek Kanoksilp, Thamarath Chantadansuwan, Ammarin Thakkinstian, Nakarin Sansanayudh

Prognostic implications of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with unstable angina stratified by remnant cholesterol and triglyceride: a prospective cohort study

Yun Zhou, Wei Gong, Yan Yan, Xiao Wang, Wen Zheng, Bin Que, Siyi Li, Zekun Zhang, Xiuhuan Chen, Jingyao Fan, Wenlong Zhao, Qingjie Xin, Hui Ai, Shaoping Nie

Baseline level of interleukin-6 is associated with the risk of acute coronary syndrome development in SARS-CoV‐2 infection

Mohsen Sedighi, Mohammad Hasan Shahabi, Maryam Akbarpour, Alireza Amanollahi, Nader Tavakoli, Aydin Mohammad Valipour, Hamed Basir Ghafouri

Validation and correlation of high-sensitive troponin I and troponin T in the emergency department

Moustafa. Nseir, Arash. Mokhtari, Mia. Stanisic, Ulf. Ekström, Ashkan Labaf

Prevalence and contributing factors associated with tricuspid regurgitation among patients underwent echocardiography assessment

Jianyi Zheng, Xing Yu, Dazhuo Zhou, Mingcan Fan, Zhanyi Lin, Jiyan Chen

Mediation effect analysis of lipoprotein levels on BMI and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with heart failure

Yi Wang, Xiaoli Liu, Baochuan Wu, Xi Tan, Lin Chen, Heyu Chu, Zeyu Zhou, Xue Bao, Biao Xu, Rong Gu

Geographical variations and predictors of coronary artery disease mortality in Turkiye: an environmental and behavioral analysis

Mehmet Tutar, Hilal Gulendam Kocak, Mehmet Kocak

Correlation between staging classification of aortic stenosis based on the extent of cardiac damage and platelet indices

Tomer Maller, Sharon Bruoha, Ranel Loutati, Shemy Carasso, Louay Taha, Pierre Sabouret, Mattia Galli, Giuseppe Biondi Zoccai, Luigi Spadafora, Danny Dvir, Mony Shuvy, Rami Jubeh, David Marmor, Nimrod Perel, Nir Levi, Itshak Amsalem, Rafael Hitter, Maayan Shrem, Michael Glikson, Elad Asher

Preoperative clinical characteristics and risk assessment in Sun’s modified classification of Stanford type A acute aortic dissection

Jian Yao, Tao Bai, Chenyang Zhou, Bo Yang, Lizhong Sun

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Comparative analysis of MitraClip/TriClip and PASCAL in transcatheter tricuspid valve repair for tricuspid regurgitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mahmoud Balata, Mohamed Ibrahim Gbreel, Marwa Hassan, Marc Ulrich Becher

Magnitude of cardiac abnormality and its associated factors among hyperthyroidism patients on follow-up at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Bayu Hailemariam Mersha, Senbeta Guteta Abdissa, Theodros Aberra Alemneh, Natnael Kebede, Yawkal Tsega, Shambel Nigussie, Fekade Demeke Bayou

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The role and mechanism of NRG1/ErbB4 in inducing the differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells into cardiomyocytes

Xiaoou Li, Heng Zhang, Wenjing Li, Hu Tuo, Bing He, Hong Jiang

Aortic arch anatomical differences in male type B aortic dissection patients vs. healthy male individuals

Gaoxiang Wei

Diagnostic value of nocturnal trend changes in a dynamic electrocardiogram for coronary heart disease

Bing Yang, Zhiyue Jia

Cardiac structural and functional changes in OSAHS patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and atrial fibrillation

Huaqing Wei, Yan Luo, Cen Wei, Huixian Liao, Fengying Nong

Prognostic significance of preoperative nutritional status for heart transplantation patients

Dingyi Yao, Shirui Qian, Li Xu, Lin Fan, Fei Li, Si Chen, Jiawei Shi, Nianguo Dong

A preliminary investigation of the left atrial suspended cord and its significance as revealed by coronary CT angiography: an observational study with a systematic literature review

Huan Tian, Chunjing Sun, Yubo Liu, Yuege Li, Yaqing He, Yankai Wu, Bailin Wu

Screening of key genes related to M6A methylation in patients with heart failure

Zelan Wu, Wupeng Liu, Xiaoyun Si, Jinfeng Liang

Prevalence and associated factors of ECG abnormality patterns indicative of cardiac channelopathies among adult general population of Tehran, Iran: a report from the Tehran Cohort Study (TeCS)

Sajjad Ahmadi-Renani, Danesh Soltani, Melina Farshbafnadi, Akbar Shafiee, Arash Jalali, Mohammad Mohammadi, Sepehr Golestanian, Erfan kamalian, Farshid Alaeddini, Soheil Saadat, Saeed Sadeghian, Bahman Mansoury, Mohamamdali Boroumand, Abbasali Karimi, Farzad Masoudkabir, Ali Vasheghani-Farahani

The value of coronary calcium score in predicting clinical outcomes in patients with chronic coronary syndrome

Basma Elnagar, Marwa Habib, Rehab Elnagar, Mohamed Khalfallah

The effect of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction on early mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing mitral valve replacement

Faruk Gencoglu, Mehmet Ali Yesiltas, Ozan Koyuncu, Ali Murat Mert

Association of health behaviors in life’s essential 8 and hypertension in adolescents: a cross-sectional study from the NHANES database

Zhiyong Zhang, Xuejiao Wu, Yu Qu, Dapeng Zhang, Weiming Li

Prognostic value of albumin-based indices for mortality after heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ji Jiang, Ping Miao, Gang Xin

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Semi-supervised segmentation of cardiac chambers from LGE-CMR using feature consistency awareness

Hairui Wang, Helin Huang, Jing Wu, Nan Li, Kaihao Gu, Xiaomei Wu

The prevalence of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and heart failure patients eligible for remote monitoring in Germany

Jörg Otto Schwab, Boye Gricar, Tino Hauser

Preoperative visit-care for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a review

JunYang Tan, GuanXing Wei, Fang Ma, Han Yan, XiTing Wang, QiuLan Hu, Wei Wei, MingFang Yang, YangJuan Bai

The home-based breathing and chest mobility exercise improves cardiorespiratory functional capacity in long COVID with cardiovascular comorbidities: a randomized study

Bambang Dwiputra, Ade Meidian Ambari, Kevin Triangto, Kelvin Supriami, Tri Widyanti Kesuma, Naufal Zuhdi, Jason Phowira, Basuni Radi

Optimal risk thresholds for prescribing statins as primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in Iranian general population: a benefit-harm modelling study

Davood Khalili, Hassan Saadati, Hamid Reza Baradaran, Farzad Hadaegh, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Mark Woodward, Goodarz Danaei

A higher peak heart rate during head-up tilt test predicts the therapeutic efficacy of metoprolol in vasovagal syncope

Kemei Liu, Pengyu Liu, Zhuoshan Huang, Lin Wu, Xujing Xie, Jinlai Liu, Jieming Zhu, Yuen Liang, Ruimin Dong

Exploring the predictive values of SERP4 and FRZB in dilated cardiomyopathy based on an integrated analysis

Bin Qi, Hai-Yan Wang, Xiao Ma, Yu-Feng Chi, Chun Gui

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Association between postoperative atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting and short-term clinical outcomes

Youn-Jung Son, Hong-Jae Choi, JaeLan Shim

Newly diagnosed essential thrombocythemia leading to cardiogenic shock: a case report

Ravi Patel, Nathan DeRon Jr.

Association of liver dysfunction with outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention – a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tulio Caldonazo, Hristo Kirov, Panagiotis Tasoudis, Marcus Franz, Markus Richter, Murat Mukharyamov, Alexander Zipprich, Ahmad Shana’ah, Diyar Haji, Torsten Doenst

Kidney function, uric acid, and risk of atrial fibrillation: experience from the AMORIS cohort

Mozhu Ding, Katharina Schmidt-Mende, Juan-Jesus Carrero, Gunnar Engström, Niklas Hammar, Karin Modig

CO2 delivery techniques in mini-sternotomy surgery and neurological events: a multicentric study

Luca P. Weltert, Katia Audisio, Michele La Torre, Michele Dell’Aquila, Gianmarco Cancelli, Vittoria Lodo, Tulio Caldonazo, Camilla S. Rossi, Giovanni J. Soletti, Luigi Garufi, Paolo Centofanti, Ruggero De Paulis, Mauro Rinaldi

The role of hemoglobin A1c as a predictor of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus after percutaneous coronary intervention: a case-cohort study

Babak Bagheri, Rozita Jalalian, Farima Sadat Mousavi, Soheil Azizi, Abbas Alipour, Fatemeh Mousavi, Erfan Ghadirzadeh

Global burden of ischemic stroke attributable to high body mass index in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021

Xiucai Guo, Ziping Zhang, Xueyan Yin, QirongXu, Feng Li, Feng Zhu

Association between serum anion gap and 28-day mortality in critically ill patients with infective endocarditis: a retrospective cohort study from MIMIC IV database

Yingxiu Huang, Ting Ao, Peng Zhen, Ming Hu

Establishment of a prediction model for venous thromboembolism in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease based on serum homocysteine levels and Wells scores: a retrospective cohort study

Jie Liu, Lingling Dai, Zhuo Li

Metoprolol use is associated with improved outcomes in patients with sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy: an analysis of the MIMIC-IV database

Liping Zhong, Yuting Zhong, Yilin Liao, Yuanjun Zhou

Analysis of risk factors for carotid artery plaque in asymptomatic adults

Guoyan Shi, Yani Fan, Meng Fu, Jianhua Wang, Feifei Chen, Ying Cui, Yadan Lu, Binbin Zhang, Lili Chen

Change in left bundle branch potential-ventricular interval during lead implantation: what is the mechanism?

Jiabo Shen, Kecheng Dai, Longfu Jiang, Hao Wu, Hengdong Li, Lifang Pan

Impact of semaglutide on weight and functional outcomes among obese heart failure patients: a propensity scores matching analysis

Mahmoud Balata, Marc Ulrich Becher

Effects of education based on teach-back methods on self‑care and quality of life of the patients with heart failure: a systematic review

Akbar Zare-Kaseb, Amir Emami Zeydi, Hossein Bakhtiari-Dovvombaygi, Amir Mohamad Nazari

Efficacy and safety of coenzyme Q10 in heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Jiayi Xu, Luwei Xiang, Xuwen Yin, Haiyan Song, Chen Chen, Bei Yang, Hongfang Ye, Zejuan Gu

Pattern and outcome of the first manifestation of cardiovascular disease among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

Clovis Nkoke, Ahmadou Musa Jingi, Siddikatou Djibrilla, Ali Abas, Jerome Boombhi, Alain Menanga, Anastase Dzudie, Samuel Kingue

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The association of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality among the metabolic syndrome population

Mi Wang, Genshan Ma, Zaixiao Tao

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Association between inflammatory burden index and coronary slow flow phenomenon in patients with chest pain and no obstructive coronary arteries

Zhi-Gao Wen, Jun-Jie Long, Yong Wang

Retraction Note: The association between neutrophil—lymphocyte ratio and poor outcomes following infant cardiac surgery

Peng Gao, Jinping Liu, Xu Wang, Peiyao Zhang, Yu Jin, Liting Bai, Yixuan Li

  • Open Access
  • CABG
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Investigating the peri-saphenous vein graft fat attenuation index on computed tomography angiography: relationship with progression of venous coronary artery bypass graft disease and temporal trends

Liwen Han, Lahu Like, Mengzhen Wang, Mi Zhou, Zhihan Xu, Fuhua Yan, Qiang Zhao, Wenjie Yang

Stylet-driven leads compared with lumenless leads for left bundle branch area pacing: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xuezhi Chen, Jianzeng Dong

Survival and predictors of mortality in patients with heart failure in the cardiology department of the Center Hospitalier Basse Terre in Guadeloupe: historical cohort study

Eric Tanckwe Mumbulu, Aliocha Natuhoyila Nkodila, Veauthyelau Saint-Joy, Narcisse Moussinga, Jean-Robert Rissassi Makulo, Nathan Bimbi Buila

Association of type-D personality and left-ventricular remodelling in patients treated with primary percutaneous intervention after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Zia-ul-Sabah, Saif Aboud M. Alqahtani, Bandar Hezam Alghamdi, Javed Iqbal Wani, Shahid Aziz, Humayoun Khan Durrani, Ayyub Ali Patel, Imran Rangraze, Saleem Javaid Wani

The Post-Stroke Checklist: longitudinal use in routine clinical practice during first year after stroke

Kristina Månsson, Martin Söderholm, Ida Berhin, Hélène Pessah-Rasmussen, Teresa Ullberg

CYP2C19 loss-of-function variants are independent risk factors for premature cerebral infarction: a hospital based retrospective study

Yuliang Shi, Yuxian Yang, Miaoling Feng, Heming Wu

Validation of CASPRI, GO-FAR, PIHCA scores in predicting favorable neurological outcomes after in-hospital cardiac arrest; A five-year three center retrospective study in IRAN

Fatemeh safari Alamuti, Seyedehzahra Hosseinigolafshani, Mehdi Ranjbaran, Leili Yekefallah

Exploring the relationship between ventricular fibrillation recurrence after defibrillation in myocardial infarction and the effectiveness of renal sympathetic denervation therapy

Caixia Lin, Zhengyu Feng, Xiaowei Qiu

Blocking NaV1.8 regulates atrial fibrillation inducibility and cardiac conduction after myocardial infarction

Baozhen Qi, Zhonglei Xie, Dongli Shen, Yu Song, Shaowen Liu, Qibing Wang, Jingmin Zhou, Junbo Ge

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Exploring the association between phase angle of bioimpedance at 50 kHz and cardiovascular risk

Evandro Lucas de Borba, Cristina Wichbold, Jamile Ceolin, Marcelo Rodrigues Gonçalves, Wilson Cañon-Montañez, Alexandre Vontobel Padoin, Rita Mattiello

Predicting new-onset persistent conduction disturbance following transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the usefulness of FEOPS finite element analysis

Maode Wang, Yong Wang, Nic Debusschere, Giorgia Rocatello, Sihang Cheng, Jun Jin, Shiyong Yu

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The cardio-protective effect of cardiomyopeptidin in critically ill patients with myocardial injury: a retrospective cohort study

Jingyi Liang, Zengzhu He, Simin Tao, Hongbin Hu, Yuhang Yan, Jinling Huang, Zhenhua Zeng, Zhongqing Chen

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Correction: “Re-evaluation of variants of uncertain significance in patients with hereditary arrhythmogenic disorders”

Sarah Martin, Tina Jenewein, Christof Geisen, Stefanie Scheiper-Welling, Silke Kauferstein

Rare locations of peripheral aneurysms in Marfan syndrome treated surgically: a case report

Negar Ebrahimi, Ali Azari, Ossama Maadarani, Ali Heidari Bakavoli, Leila Bigdelu

A retrospective analysis on optimal medical therapy for patients with symptomatic lower extremity peripheral artery disease: a French observational study

Camille de Kermenguy, Anne Durand, Quentin Tollenaere, Estelle Le Pabic, François Paillard, Guillaume Mahé

Differences in IgG afucosylation between groups with and without carotid atherosclerosis

Tian Cuihong, Xingang Li, Hongxia Zhang, Jieyi He, Yan Zhou, Manshu Song, Peixuan Yang, Xuerui Tan

Waist-to-hip ratio as a contributor associated with higher atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk assessment in patients with diabetes: a cross-sectional study

Katayoun Rafsanjani, Soghra Rabizadeh, Arian Ebrahimiantabrizi, Zahra Asadibideshki, Amirhossein Yadegar, Alireza Esteghamati, Manouchehr Nakhjavani, Sahar Karimpour Reyhan

Interaction of serum uric acid with overweight on hypertension: findings from the China Health and Nutrition Survey

Heng Wang, Jia-Li Fan

Circulating microRNA-409-5p and USP7 are associated with left ventricular remodeling in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Guiping He, Sha Sha, Jiaji He, Xi Zhang, Qing Jin, Tao Zhao, Sheng Jin, Nitesh Shrestha, Hongxia Li, Qiu Chen, Qiang Xue

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Association between monocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and telomere length: based on NHANES 1999–2002

Haiyan Mao, Tong Lin, Shanshan Huang, Zhenye Xie, Jialu Chen, Xingkai Shen, Yi Ding, Guangze Xu, Zhikui Chen

Predictive factors for multivessel disease in patients with acute coronary syndrome: analysis from the CCC-ACS project in China

Houlin He, Jun Wang, Yasong Wang, Ruoxi Gu, Dongyuan Sun, Lingfei Zheng, Xiaoxiang Tian, Yaling Han, Xiaozeng Wang

Patterns and factors associated with electrolyte abnormalities among patients with heart failure in Uganda

Awil Abdulkadir Abdi, Nyende Louis, Abshir M. Hirsi, Ibrahim Ahmed Nur, Muktar Hassan Mohamud, Wardat Rashid Ali, Naqeeb Kara Imtiaz

Pulmonary root remodeling procedure for symptomatic supravalvular pulmonary stenosis in an adult patient who underwent pulmonary artery banding: a case report

Kei Mukawa, Yutaka Iba, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada

Screening of CAD-related secretory genes associated with type II diabetes based on comprehensive bioinformatics analysis and machine learning

Li Xie, Han Xiao, Maoyu Zhao, Li Xu, Si Tang, Youzhu Qiu

Dynamic trajectories of left ventricular ejection fraction in heart failure with improved ejection fraction

Yang Jiang, Xuefu Chen, Xinxin Zhang, Shuang Dong, Ying Liu

Endothelial dysfunction in prediabetes and diabetes mellitus in patients with normal coronary arteries

Asli Inci Atar, Tugba Kayhan Altuner, Huseyin Bozbas, İlyas Atar, Mehmet E. Korkmaz

The role of COX2 deficiency attenuates cardiac damage in acute myocardial infarction

Jing Zhu, Jianqiu Liang

The efficacy and safety of alcohol septal ablation stratified by alcohol dosage for patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ahmed Elshahat, Mohamed Ellabban, Ahmed Mostafa Amin, Ahmed Diaa, Ali Bakr, Fayed Rzk, Anas Mansour, Omar Bedak, Mahmoud Eid, Ahmed Elaraby, Mohamed Hamouda Elkasaby, Ahmed Abdelaziz

In situ needle fenestration for aortic arch conditions during thoracic endovascular aortic repair

Gang Li, Minghui Li, Zhiqiang Dong, Jiaxi Gu, Hong Liu, Xinyang Xu, Weidong Gu, Yongfeng Shao, Buqing Ni

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Olive oil protects against cardiac hypertrophy in D-galactose induced aging rats

Siamak Shahidi, Khadijeh Ramezani-Aliakbari, Abdolrahman Sarihi, Ali Heshmati, Elham Shiri, Shiva Nosrati, Sayedpayam Hashemi, Mitra Bahrami, Fatemeh Ramezani-Aliakbari

Exosomes activate hippocampal microglia in atrial fibrillation through long-distance heart–brain communication

Xuewen Wang, Yuanjia Ke, Zhen Cao, Yuntao Fu, Yanni Cheng, Dishiwen Liu, Huiyu Chen, Kexin Guo, Yajia Li, Mei Yang, Qingyan Zhao

The association between the fluoxetine use and the occurrence of coronary heart disease: a nationwide retrospective cohort study

Fang-Ling Li, Yu-Tse Sheih, Ming-Hsun Lin, Yong-Chen Chen, Wen-Tung Wu, Tsung-Kun Lin, Yu‐Ching Chou, Chien‐An Sun

Efficacy and safety of inclisiran versus PCSK9 inhibitor versus statin plus ezetimibe therapy in hyperlipidemia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Shengxuan Zhang, Lei Sun, Xinyu Xu, Yanling Zhang, Qilan Chen

Impact of treatment management on the hospital stay in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Xiang Tang, Yanfeng Gong, Yue Chen, Yibiao Zhou, Yin Wang

Old and new equations for maximal and anaerobic threshold heart rate prediction in coronary heart disease in Chinese population

Leilei Wang, Zihao Huang, Luxia Gao, Xi Chen, Deming Deng, Meiming Lin, Xiuyu Leng

Association between the weight-adjusted-waist index and Familial hypercholesterolemia: a cross-sectional study

Xuan Lyu, Xuanxuan Ren, Weiqing Zhang, Hanqin Zhu, Yu Wang, Jiarou Qiu, Fangying Wu, Sisi Xu, Zhaokai Jin, Minchun Yang

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Left atrial appendage aneurysm: a descriptive systematic review of 177 cases

Yunis Daralammouri, Anas Odeh, Saad Abuzahra, Murad Azamtta, Ramzi Shawahna

Risk factors associated with the false positive of cardiopulmonary exercise test in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease

Xinwei Wang, Haibo Zhu, Sheng Jing, Wenhao Li, Jing Huang

A challenging case of Takayasu’s arteritis in a young male with various manifestations and poor outcome

Shabnam Boudagh, Marzieh Mirtajaddini, Simin Almasi, Nahid Rezayean, Saba Simiyari

Guideline-directed antihypertensive medication use among young adult participants with uncontrolled hypertension at enrollment in the MyHEART study

Megan R. Knutson Sinaise, Jennifer Zaborek, KyungMann Kim, Diane R. Lauver, Patrick McBride, Jane Pearson, Allexa Licon, Anupama Joseph, Heather M. Johnson, Kara K. Hoppe

Application of functional magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate renal structure and function in type 2 cardiorenal syndrome

Liangli Jin, Yani Zong, Yang Pan, Yuexin Hu, Qing Xie, Zhi Wang

Assessing the causal associations of atrial fibrillation with serum uric acid level and gout: insights from a bidirectional mendelian randomization study

Shoulong Zhu, Mingfang Zhang, Shanshan Cheng, Chengjie Wang, Fengfeng Deng

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The nonlineard association between triglyceride to HDL cholesterol ratio and long-term heart disease risk: findings from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

Ting-Yue Feng, Chi Chen, Gang Sun, Tao Zheng

A quasi-experimental study on couple-based exercise program improving cardiac rehabilitation exercise compliance in post-PCI patients

Mingyue Zhang, Aiyun Jin, Xiaoyu Zhou, Liwei Xu, Jianli Zhang, Fanghong Dong, Shasha Cai, Xinyue Xiang, Lihua Huang, Rongya Shao

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  • CABG
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L-arginine impact on inflammatory and cardiac markers in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Zahra Mohammadi, Mahdi Ravankhah, Mohammad Ahmadi, Omid Keshavarzian, Isaac Azari, Mozhan Abdollahi, Mehdi Rezaei, Hamed Akbari

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome after COVID-19 vaccination: A systematic review

Ganesh Bushi, Shilpa Gaidhane, Suhas Ballal, Sanjay Kumar, Mahakshit Bhat, Shilpa Sharma, M Ravi Kumar, Sarvesh Rustagi, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Nishant Rai, Sanjit Sah, Muhammed Shabil

Construction and validation of a nomogram prediction model for the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation following percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction patients

Li-Xiang Zhang, Jiao-Yu Cao, Xiao-Juan Zhou

Management of giant left atrial thrombus late after transcatheter mitral valve-in-ring replacement using a transcatheter aortic valve: a case report

A. Maloku, A. Hamadanchi, L. Bäz, M. Richter, S. Bargenda, S. Möbius-Winkler, P. C. Schulze, Marcus Franz

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Effect of fasting on cardiovascular risk factors among healthy adult Muslims attending primary care, Kano, Northern Nigeria

Zainab Abdulkadir, Yakubu Omeiza Sule, Abdurrahman Shuaibu, Abubakar Mohammed Abiso, Fatima Mohammed Damagum, Abdulkareem A. Yusuff, Abdullahi Ibrahim Haruna, Ishaq Inuwa Gombe, Zakari Muhammed Abdullahi, Mohammed Adamu Askira, Imana Sadiq

The prognostic value of cartilage intermediate layer protein 1 (CILP1) in patients with diabetic cardiomyopathy

Li Xiang, Xiang Liu, Xuehua Jiao, Zhenguo Qiao

Association and interaction analysis of NLRP3 gene polymorphisms with hypertension risk: a case–control study in China

Wanning Xia, Mingming Qi, Yupeng Liu, Jing Mi, Jian Song, Xuesen Wu

Prognostic value of the diagnosis of anemia in patients with heart failure: an analysis based on the Colombian heart failure registry (RECOLFACA)

Fernán Mendoza-Beltrán, Luis Eduardo Echeverría, Alex Rivera-Toquica, Hugo Ernesto Osorio-Carmona, Alejandro Posada-Bastidas, Juan Camilo García, Alejandro David Ochoa-Morón, Balkis Rolong, Fernando Manzur-Jatin, José Ignacio Mosquera-Jiménez, Oscar Alfredo Pacheco-Jiménez, Álvaro Hernán Rodríguez-Cerón, Patricia Rodríguez-Gómez, Clara Saldarriaga, Juan Esteban Gómez-Mesa

An optimized Langendorff-free method for isolation and characterization of primary adult cardiomyocytes

Azadeh Nikouee, John Q. Yap, David J. Rademacher, Matthew Kim, Qun Sophia Zang

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Correction: Correlation of serum homocysteine and cystatin C levels with prognosis in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction patients

Zhi-Heng Chen, Xue-Tao Zhu, Ze-Ping Hu, Jun-Xi Ni, Hou-Liang Chen

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LDHA exacerbates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury through inducing NLRP3 lactylation

Lixiang Fang, Zhenfei Yu, Xiaoling Qian, Huiqin Fang, Yakun Wang

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Association between homocysteine levels and mortality in CVD: a cohort study based on NHANES database

Donghao Liu, Chuangsen Fang, Jia Wang, Yuqing Tian, Tong Zou

Ethnic disparities and lifestyle determinants in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease among Han majority and Ha Ni ethnic minority older adults in rural Southwest China

You Huang, Qin Li, Mei Zuo, Lan Liu, Guo-Hui Li, Le Cai

Plasma metabolomic characteristics of atrial fibrillation patients with spontaneous echo contrast

Bingshuo Shi, Rong Suo, Wenhua Song, Haipeng Zhang, Daiqi Liu, Xinya Dai, Ruining Zhang, Xuewen Wang, Guangping Li, Tong Liu, Xing Liu

Association of celiac disease and myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nikhil Sharma, Muhammed Shabil, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Raj Pratap Singh, Mahendra Pratap Singh, Ganesh Bushi, Suhas Ballal, Pooja Bansal, Kiran Bhopte, Abhay M. Gaidhane, Balvir S. Tomar, Ayash Ashraf, M. Ravi Kumar, Ashish Singh Chauhan, Sanjit Sah, Rachna Kathuria, Afukonyo Shidoiku Daniel

Management of catheter-related right atrial thrombus in hemodialysis: a systematic review

Ling Chen, Bo Chen, Qiquan Lai, Xuejing Gao, Yu Zhou, Wenqin Li, Hua Gan, Ziming Wan

Evaluation of arterial stiffness and quality of life in the treatment of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or Mandibular Advancement Appliance: a cross-sectional study

Jessica Giovana Teixeira de Andrade, Maria de Lourdes Rabelo Guimaraes, Olivia Mendonça Nunes, Gabrielle Santos Pontello Neves, Patrícia de Souza Pereira, Jose Felippe Pinho da Silva, Maria da Gloria Rodrigues-Machado, Bruno Almeida Rezende

Tailored bi-atrial linear ablation guided by electrophysiological mapping for persistent atrial fibrillation

Yuanjun Sun, Shiyu Dai, Xianjie Xiao, Zhongzhen Wang, Xiaohong Yu, Chengming Ma, Rongfeng Zhang, Lianjun Gao, Yunlong Xia, Xiaomeng Yin

Sex hormones and reproductive factors with cardiac arrhythmia and ECG indices: a mendelian randomization study

Xishu Wang, Zhaoyang Wei, Zheng Zuo, Ying Sun, Xiaoxue Guo, Yi Tong, Guanghui Liu, Dongyang Xu, Zhiguo Zhang

The clinical effectiveness and safety of low/moderate-intensity statins & ezetimibe combination therapy vs. high-intensity statin monotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Pishoy Sydhom, Bakr Al-Quraishi, Mohamad El-Shawaf, Mohamed T. Osman, Nourhan Naji, Nouran Awwad, Nahla Shehata, Mostafa Osama, Heba Sergany, Kerollos F. Maurice, Ahmed Sayed

Comparison of heart rate variability, hemodynamic, metabolic and inflammatory parameters in various phases of decompansatory hemorrhagic shock of normal and vagotomized conscious male rats

Fateme Khodadadi, Sujata Punait, Farzaneh Ketabchi, Zahra Khodabandeh, Aminollah Bahaoddini, Gregory F. Lewis

The diagnostic value investigation of programmed cell death genes in heart failure

Qiuyue Chen, Su Tu

Long-term surrogate cardiovascular outcomes of SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin in chronic heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Qingkai Yan, Xinrao Chen, Changqing Yu, Yuehui Yin

Unlocking the secrets of electrolytes: the prognostic value of sodium-to-chloride ratio in intensive care unit patients with myocardial infarction

Dongmei Wei, Di Xiao, Shaojun Chen, Rongtao Chen, Yuanting Meng

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The interval time for the St. Thomas cardioplegia solution in mitral valve surgeries

Sitong Tang, Na Chen, Jiajun Zhong, Hangfei Yan, Nan Jiang, Chiyin Wang, Mariam Omotolani Afolabi, Ailing Lin, Min Xu, Jue Wang

The most effective combination of pharmacological therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Huilin Tang, Kimberly Germinal, Alexandra Milfort, Wei-Han Chen, Shao-Hsuan Chang, Wenxi Huang, Yujia Li, Ying Lu, Mustafa M. Ahmed, Stephen E. Kimmel, Jiang Bian, Jingchuan Guo

High hemoglobin-to-red cell distribution width ratio reduces adverse events in patients with pacemaker implantation

Liyou Lian, Rujie Zheng, Kaijing Wang, Chen Chen

Effect of Tricin on cardiomyocyte damage caused by diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM)

Rong Yu, Yaping Zhang, Tong Wang, Jinju Duan, Xiaoming Li

The predictive value of pan-immune inflammatory index for early recurrence of atrial fibrillation after cryoablation

Pengyang Gu, Peng Xu, Yiqun Chen, Jingyu Li, Hanrui Sun, Haixia Xu, Qi Lu

Comparing HeartModelAI and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for left ventricular volume and function evaluation in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Mahboobeh Sheikh, Sahar Asl Fallah, Muhammadhosein Moradi, Arash Jalali, Ahmad Vakili-Basir, Mohammad Sahebjam, Haleh Ashraf, Arezou Zoroufian

Non-compaction of the ventricular myocardium associated with large patent ductus arteriosus: primary or secondary?

Wenyi Yang, Dan Yin, Kaijun Zhang, Ping Xiang, Xue Zhou, Min Zheng, Mi Li, Zhenli Cheng

Serum total calcium levels as a non-linear predictor of in-hospital mortality in heart failure patients: insights from a retrospective cohort study

Jing Song, Guojuan Xu, Jing Song, Guojuan Xu

Risk analysis and risk prediction of in-hospital heart failure in patients with acute myocardial infarction after emergency intervention surgery

Hui Song, Wei-Bin Qin, Fei-Fei Yang, Wei-Zhi Tang, Gui-Xin He

Prognostic value of mechanical dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure: a systematic review

Ziqi Chen, Qiang Qu, Iokfai Cheang, Xinyi Lu, Shengen Liao, Rongrong Gao, Yanli Zhou, Xinli Li

Association between stress hyperglycemia ratio and mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients with and without atrial fibrillation: a retrospective cohort study from the MIMIC-IV database

Sen Huang, Feng Gao, Wei-Bin Huang, Chen-Chun Xiong, Jia-Li Zheng

The value of volume measurement in CT in the follow-up of Stanford B aortic dissection after TEVAR

Ya Li, Gang Yuan, Ying Zhou

Bronchial artery embolization leading to acute myocardial infarction: a case report on bronchial artery-coronary artery fistula

Shougang Sun, Qi Zou, Peng Chang

Correlation between carotid and/or subclavian atherosclerotic plaque and coronary atherosclerotic disease

Jing Li, Lingyun Jia, Jing Li, Yang Hua

Referral pattern of pregnant mother for fetal echocardiography in Shiraz, South Iran

Hamid Amoozgar, Paniz Sadeghi, Mohammadreza Edraki, Nima Mehdizadegan, Hamid Mohammadi, Amir Naghshzan

Successful management of coronary artery perforation with drug-coated balloon: a case report

Bi-hua Li, Jing-han Yang, Qing-hua Zhang, Yang Sun, Wen Gao

Dynamic coronary roadmap in percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Amir Hossein Behnoush, Alireza Ramandi, Sugandhi Mahajan, Ahmed Altibi, Amirsaeed Samavarchitehrani, Rahul Gupta

Association of gene polymorphism in ERG rs2836411 with anemia and susceptibility to aortic dissection

Ying Wang, Gaoshan Li, Fangzheng Zeng, Kunyan Li, Wenxu Pan, Mingle Zhang, Hao Yang, Jun Jin

Dietary patterns and premature coronary artery disease: result from the Iran premature coronary artery disease (IPAD) study

Ghazal Ghasempour Dabaghi, Ehsan Zarepur, Mehrdad Rabiee Rad, Noushin Mohammadifard, Fahimeh Haghighatdoost, Alireza Khosravi, Nahid Azdaki, Nahid Salehi, Masoud Lotfizadeh, Samad Ghaffari, Arsalan Salari, Mostafa Cheraghi, Ahmadreza Assareh, Nizal Sarrafzadegan

How much should the resting heart rate be controlled in patients with atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease?

Yan-bo Wang, Qing-hua Yuan, Jie Yuan, Zhi-Min Du, Xiao-dong Zhuang, Xin-xue Liao

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Are socio-economic inequalities related to cardiovascular disease risk? A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

Ololade J. Baruwa, Federica Alberti, Sunday Onagbiye, Annalisa Guddemi, Anna Odone, Hannah Ricci, Maddalena Gaeta, Schmid Daniela, Cristian Ricci

Comparison of mortality and cardiovascular complications due to COVID-19, RSV, and influenza in hospitalized children and young adults

Sagya Khanal, Bishes Khanal, Fu-Sheng Chou, Anita J. Moon-Grady, Laxmi V. Ghimire

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Inverse association between serum klotho levels and C-reactive protein levels in the US population: a cross-sectional study

Xuelan Peng, Yingjie Hu, Jiarong Xu, Ling Chen, Wei Ren, Wenzhi Cai

Wellen’s syndrome caused by severe ostial stenosis of the left main coronary artery: a case report

Jie Tan, Xiaoxian Liao, Tao Tan, Xingyu Li, Huilong Tan

Clinical profile of dilated cardiomyopathy in children enrolled in chronic cardiac care: a decade review in a sub-Saharan African tertiary center

Henock Gashaw, Henok Tadele

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Novel retrieving device for coronary stent dislodgement

Zhan-Ying Han, Yong-Jian Zhu, Wen-Jie Lu, Zhi-Fang Wang, Jian-Feng Yang, Wen-Cai Zhang, Chun-Guang Qiu, Jian-Zeng Dong

Soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 associated with microvascular obstruction in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Xinjia Du, Jiahua Liu, Jingfang Zhou, Yanfei Ren, Nauman Gul, Lei Chen, Yuan Lu

Role of plasma neuropeptide Y in acute myocardial infarction: a case-control study

Yan-li Zheng, Hui-li Lin, Yue-ting Li, Mei-mei Li, Jing-ru Du, Wan-da Wang, Yao-guo Wang, Yin-lian Cai

Coronary Artery Disease Empowerment Scale (CADES): Persian translation and psychometric properties

Amir Jalali, Amirhossein Naghibzadeh, Mojgan Rostami, Yasin Ahmadi, Mahbod Khodamorovati, Salam Vatandost, Niloufar Darvishi, Khalil Moradi

Morphological data of the superior vena cava predicted by multiple linear regression equations

Yuan Wang, Jia Fu, Hao Y. Li, Shi J. Du, Yun Y. Zhang, Hao Y. Wang, Jing W. Wang, Jian F. Mao, Hong T. Zhang, Cheng Chang

Impact of Intravenous Iron in patients with heart failure and Iron Deficiency: an updated Meta-analysis of Randomized controlled trials

Haiming Wang, Yanhua Li, Jingjing Zhou, Jing Wang, Junjie Shao, Shuai Yue, Jiayue Li, Xinhong Guo, Ran Zhang

Left ventricular dissecting haematoma and aneurysm formation in a patient who uses methamphetamines: a case report

Pramith Ruwanpathirana, Subhani Poornima, Gayan Dissanayake, Disna Amaratunga, Gamini Galappaththi

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Clinical value of drug-coated balloon versus second-generation drug-eluting stent for de novo lesions in large coronary arteries: insights from the real world

Kang Zhao, Quan Guo, Zhenzhou Zhao, Haiyu Tang, Ran You, Liang Peng, Lixin Rao, Muwei Li

The association between systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) and early nosocomial infections after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in children with congenital heart disease

Mei Li, Yijun Nie, Zhiyong Yang

Association between endothelial activation and stress index and 30-day mortality risk in acute myocardial infarction patients: a study based on the medical information mart for intensive care-IV database

Mingmin Sang, Xiaofeng Ma, Fangyi Zhu, Cunkui Zhu, Zuohua Ying

Investigating the effects of remdesivir on corrected QT interval in patients with severe COVID-19 disease: a historical cohort study

Homina Saffar, Maryam Nabati, Naser Saffar, Jamshid Yazdani

Interventional treatment of non-spontaneously healed spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a case report

Shuo Ying, Qiang Chen, Jichao Tang, Han Cai, Li Zhang, Jing Zhang, Naikuan Fu, Peng Zhang

Correlation between triglyceride-glucose index and atrial fibrillation in acute coronary syndrome patients: a retrospective cohort study and the establishment of a LASSO-Logistic regression model

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Assessing the repeatability, reliability, and precision of right ventricular outflow tract and mid-pulmonary artery diameters, velocity time integrals, and agreement between site-specific stroke volumes

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