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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Issue 1/2026

Content (329 Articles)

Embolism of coronary, cerebral, and limb arteries resulting from infective endocarditis of a prosthetic aortic valve: a clinical case report

Yunxian Chen, Yuhua Hu, Haiyang Liang, Jue Xia, Liangqiu Tang, Shebing Zhang

The relationship between Gensini score and rates of 30-day mortality in acute coronary syndrome patients in China

Yi Zhang, Rong Luo, Xiaochen Sun, Jiasheng Cai, Mohammed Ahmed Al-Kaif , Zhonghua Wang, Chunlei Li, Chuntao Wu, Zilong Wang, Zhuqin Li, Haibo Liu

Machine learning for classification of advanced rheumatic heart disease using electrocardiogram in cardiology ward

  • Open Access
  • Research

Amsalu Tomas Chuma, Melkamu Hunegnaw Asmare, Carolina Varon, Desalew Mekonnen Kassie, Chunzhuo Wang, Bart Vanrumste

Optical coherence tomography guided additional Noevas bioresorbable vascular scaffold in the treatment of iatrogenic coronary artery dissection: a case report

Dengshuang Zhou, Bobin Huang, Jue Chen, Qiong You, Hailiang Mo, Zijun Wu, Yubiao Lin, Lujun Chen, Junyu Fan, Wenyu Deng, Keng Wu

Angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors improve the outcome of lung cancer patients with hypertension undergoing immune checkpoint inhibitors treatment

Conghui Shang, Hao Wang, Jindong Chen, Shuhui Cao, Yingjia Sun, Ziyi Sheng, Tianqing Chu, Liang Zhao

Predictors of treatment adherence in cardiovascular patients based on social adequacy

  • Open Access
  • Research

Fatemeh Babaei Koli, Nasser Mozaffari, Fatemeh Ebrahimi Belil

Effects of nicorandil on inflammatory response, oxidative stress and myocardial fibrosis after myocardial infarction

Junrong Peng, Longjiang Hu, Peng Xiao, Tengxiao Xiang, Mei Huang, Renrong Li, Jiesen Lei, Zhihong Yang, Xiaojia Dai

Resveratrol suppresses susceptibility of ventricular arrhythmia in heart failure model

Yung-Nan Tsai, Ya-Wen Hsiao, Ting-Yung Chang, Chen-Chung Liao, Chin-Yu Lin, Yu-Cheng Hsieh, Tze-Fan Chao, Guan-Yi Li, Yu-Ting Huang, Satoshi Higa, Shih-Ann Chen, Shih-Lin Chang

Incidence and predictors of cardiovascular disease among hypertension patients in, Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study

Kagnew Getachew, Leweyehu Alemaw Mengstie, Zenebe Abebe Gebreegziabher, Solomon Hailemeskel

Effect of percutaneous coronary intervention on chronic total occlusions with documented viability or ischemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Luís Leite, Tomás Carlos, Gonçalo Ferraz Costa, Inês Cruz, Helena Donato, Rodolfo Silva, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Lino Gonçalves, Maria João Ferreira

4D echocardiographic detection of early right atrial and ventricular dysfunction following dual-chamber pacing

Ganesh G Kamath, Krishnananda Nayak, Mukund A Prabhu, Sridevi Prabhu, Umesh Pai, Karthik A Naik

Association between left ventricle diastolic dysfunction and circadian blood pressure pattern in arterial hypertension

I. U. Ekanayake, N. V. Bukvalnaya, L. N. Smirnova, S. J. N. Siddiarachchi, S. L. Ekanayake, A. P. Vitharana, L. V. Yakubova

Living with a univentricular heart: the journey of surviving on borrowed time

Ai Phi Thuy Ho, Eirik Brekka Tjønnfjord, Jacek Marcin Srokosz, Ola Gjesdal, Njord Nordstrand

Nationwide trends and disparities in deaths following cardiogenic shock and sepsis in the United States (1999–2023): insights from the CDC WONDER database

Nafila Zeeshan, Areej Iftikhar, Laiba Sultan, Sahar Ahsan, Amna Parvez, Muhammad Ali, Hamayel Qadir, Rumman Javed, Shahreena Athar Siddiqui, Kamil Ahmad Kamil

Association between the aggregate index of systemic inflammation and 28- or 365-day mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients: insights from the MIMIC-IV database

Kangzheng Yuan, Fangmei Liu, Jian Wang, Xinjie Sun, Qingchi Liao, Min Deng, Lei Wen, Yu Huang, Qing Ye, Yang Xiao

Is the superior septal approach a safe alternative to conventional left atriotomy for mitral valve surgery? Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis

Alaa Maali, Harald Hausmann, Robert Flieger, Mostafa Hossam El Din Moawad, Mohamed Ismail, Abdelrahman M. Elettreby, Hamza A. Abdul-Hafez, Osama Bisht

PINP levels in patients with newly diagnosed heart failure are associated with myocardial fibrosis and clinical outcomes

Mengjie Liu, Hailang Liu, Qiuyao Du, Shiyu Lei, Tingting Hu, Jin Geng, Qing Zhang

Integrated bioinformatic and in vivo analysis confirms the cardioprotective role of OPA1

Claire Fong-McMaster, Serena M. Pulente, Luke S. Kennedy, Tyler K.T. Smith, Stephanie Myers, Michel N. Kanaan, Charbel Y. Karam, Matthew Cope, Michelle M. Levesque, Ella McIlroy, Ilka Lorenzen-Schmidt, Craig J. Goergen, Morgan D. Fullerton, Miroslava Cuperlovic-Culf, Erin E. Mulvihill, Mary-Ellen Harper

Comparative study of the performance of ChatGPT-4, Claude, Gemini, Mistral, and perplexity on multiple-choice questions in cardiology

Martin Wendlassida Nacanabo, Yannick Laurent Tchenadoyo Bayala, André Arthur Taryètba Seghda, Anna Tall/Thiam, Aristide Relwendé Yaméogo, Nobila Valentin Yaméogo, André Koudnoaga Samadoulougou, Patrice Zabsonré

Continuous care on the prognosis of coronary heart disease after PCI: a Meta-analysis and systematic review

Xiaohai Huang, Min Chen, Dexiang Fang, Jitao Xu, Zhumei Chen

Paradoxical mortality benefit but increased procedural and ischemic risk in prediabetic chronic total occlusion: a national inpatient sample study

Aobo Li, Avilash Mondal, Ayobamidele S. Balogun, Pranav V. Patel, Kurt W. Kaulback, Alka Farmer, Zheng Lin

Association between atherogenic index of plasma and various metabolic conditions: an umbrella review on meta-analyses

Pegah Rashidian, Mohit Mirchandani, Kavya Priya Somu, Saisree Reddy Adla Jala, Abinash Mahapatro, Seyyed Mohammad Hashemi, Amir Nasrollahizadeh, Farahnaz Joukar, Reza Eshraghi, Negin Letafatkar, Ehsan Amini-Salehi

Correction: Factors influencing unplanned readmission within 30 days in patients with heart failure and their predictive value: a prospective study

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  • Correction

Lingling Cui, Xiaolei Wei, Tao Liang, Rui Yan, Minyu Du, Tusiyiti Alimire, Yuyang Huang, Hua Wang

Factors associated with 30-day mortality in patients with acute heart failure presenting to the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study

Chanon Changratanakorn, Apichat Tantraworasin, Jiraporn Khorana, Borwon Wittayachamnankul

Construction and validation of risk prediction models for new- onset conduction block complications after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Lei Chen, Shuyi Zeng, Ming Li, Wang Liao, Jiangsheng Liang, Shikun Yang, Xiangwen Liang

Delayed CPK peak after primary PCI in STEMI: marker of reperfusion quality and short-term outcomes

Eitaro Umehara, Yutaro Nagase, Shunpei Yao, Kana Nagasawa, Noriaki Kobayashi, Yoshiki Asakura, Atsushi Miyajima, Naoto Inoue, Arata Hagikura, Takanori Kusuyama, Hidetaka Iida

Navigating the challenges of catheter ablation in patients with comorbid alcohol use disorder

Yue Liu, Jun Ye, Bing Zeng, Jianming Song, Yaoyang Huo, Fang Yu, Lixin Chen

Current guidelines in hypertension management with special focus on management of extremely high blood pressure: a systematic review

Roopeessh Vempati, Sai Santhosha Mrudula Alla, Pahel Agarwal, Suha Tarannum, Sanah Kauser Ahmed, Deekshitha Alla, Yogesh Tekuru, Ritvik Prakash Rohan, Ruth Getaneh Bayeh, Nilashis Dutta, Geetha Krishnamoorthy

Early impact of CytoSorb® adsorber on proinflammatory cytokine plasmatic levels in a porcine model of refractory cardiogenic shock supported with VA-ECMO

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Research

Juliette Piccoli, Tristan Ehrlich, Francesco Ferraro, Aude Falanga, Frédérique Groubatch-Joineau, Vanessa Marie, Fabrice Vanhuyse, Nguyen Tran, Daniel Grandmougin, Juan-Pablo Maureira

Successful VA-ECMO rescue of life-threatening cardiotoxicity following paclitaxel and cisplatin neoadjuvant chemotherapy for laryngeal cancer: a case report

  • Open Access
  • ECMO
  • Case Report

Yan Qian, Youjun Pan, Zhiru Che, Ke Fang, Yingya Cao, Xiaogan Jiang, Weihua Lu, Qiancheng Xu

Reprogramming heart failure: physiological orchestration and mechanistic decoding of exercise benefits

Longfei Xu, Congfei Chen, Kun Wang, Tianhui Wang

Transthoracic echocardiography in healthy Diannan small-ear pigs

Li Zhao, Jianhua Li, Keying Li, Taiyun Wei, Pengli Xu, Yunchuan Ding, Qinghui Wang

Impact of eccentric and calcified plaque on bioresorbable scaffold and drug-eluting metallic stent expansion characteristics: a comparative intravascular ultrasound study

Wenbo Sun, Chengpeng Liu, Jiasheng Yin, Chenguang Li, Hao Lu, Juying Qian, Zhiqiang Pei, Li Shen, Junbo Ge

Optimal sleep duration for cardiovascular prevention in Eastern Mediterranean populations: insights from a prospective cohort study

  • Open Access
  • Research

Danial Habibi, Maryam Kazemi Naeini, Shaghyegh Haghjooy Javanmard, Noushin Mohamadifard, Razieh Hassannejad, Taha Rafiei, Jamshid Najafian, Mahdi Akbarzadeh, Hamid Reza Marateb, Marjan Mansourian, Miguel Ángel Mañanas, Nizal Sarrafzadegan

Anterior segment assessment in atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure: insights from a regional cohort

Mustafa Kayabaşı, Ezgi Karataş, Fahri Er, Seher Köksaldı, Yavuz Oruç

Anticoagulation versus no anticoagulation after intracranial hemorrhage in patients with atrial fibrillation: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohammadreza Babaei, Parisa Fallahtafti, Sina Rashedi, Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi, Zahra Hosseini, Kaveh Hosseini, Masih Tajdini, Hamidreza Soleimani

Cardiorespiratory fitness of healthy Polish men and women with various somatotypes

  • Open Access
  • Research

Anna Lipowicz, Aleksandra Pol, Karolina Świerczyńska, Andrzej Knapik, Zbigniew Nowak, Andrzej Myśliwiec, Katarzyna Nierwińska

Lp(a) Testing in Latin America: Low Awareness and Clinicalpractice Among Medical Society Physicians Highlight a Missed Opportunity in Cardiovascular Prevention

  • Open Access
  • Research

Ivette Cruz-Bautista, Yuscely Flores-Jurado, Antonio Barajas-Martínez, Yulino Castillo-Núñez, Daniel Elías-López, María Alejandra Ramos-Guifarro, Ramon Barrera-Cruz, Lizbeth Ruilova-González, Misael Aguilar-Panduro, Liliana Muñoz-Hernández, Roopa Mehta, Raquel N. Faradji, Eduardo Márquez-Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Garnica-Cuellar, Samantha Gutiérrez-Morales, José de Jesús Garduño-García, José Alberto Ávila-Funes, Arturo Guerra-López, Alejo Diaz-Aragón, Edith Ruiz-Gastelum, Jorge Cossio-Aranda, Raúl Velasco-Solorzano, Pablo Corral, Carlos O. Mendívil, Juan Patricio Nogueira, Mario Morales-Esponda, Carlos Alberto Aguilar -Salinas, CA Aguilar-Salinas, N Caracas-Portilla, PA Carrillo-González, JJ Ceballos-Macias, D Espinoza-Peralta, J Gallegos-Martínez, R Madriz-Prado, R Mehta, B Peña-Aparicio, E Ramírez Cooremans, A Reza-Albarrán, A Romero-Zazueta, L Sauque-Reyna, M Torres-Tamayo, R Zubirán

New electrocardiographic changes as predictors of acute coronary interventions in the emergency department: a retrospective observational study

Katherine Holmes, Emily Drone, Kaitlyn Lizardo, Garrett Frazier, Liana Milis, Daniel Phillips, Jeffy Jose, Kassidy Fretz, Charles Huggins, Hao Wang

In-hospital outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention in acute coronary syndrome patients with heart failure: a real-world observational study from the CCC-ACS registry

Chu Fan, Hangyu Yan, Kehang Lei, Dan Li, Shutong Dong, Yue Zhang, Cecily Patricia Callister, Yutong Cheng, Zhao Li, Zhizhong Li, Haiyan Qian, Ji Huang

Development and validation of a multidimensional tool for baseline functional phenotyping in cardiac rehabilitation

Binbin Huang, Qian Zhang, Yang Wang, Chao Liu, Hongwei Li, Deqiang Wang, Wei Li

Trends and disparities in aortic dissection mortality in the united states: a retrospective analysis

Mohamed Fawzi Hemida, Alyaa Ahmed Ibrahim, Nafila Zeeshan, Mohammad Rayyan Faisal, Krish Patel, Mirna Hussein, Arwa Khaled Dessouky, Maryam Saghir, Eshal Saghir, Muhammad Raza Sarfraz, Zahin Shahriar, Maha Al Haj Kadour, Abdullah Farahat Elbanna, Mohamed Ahmed Rahma Dawelbait, Muhammad Faizan Ali, Ahmad M. Abdelkhalek, Rana Sayed, Khaled Ali

QT interval prolongation and mortality in sepsis: a retrospective cohort study from the MIMIC-IV database

Jin-you Zhang, Yang Chen, Ying-xi Zhang, Bao-jun Yang

The phenotypic landscape of p.Ala117Ser transthyretin amyloidosis: distinct clinical profiles and outcomes versus wild-type ATTR

Phakin Tuntiwongkosee, Patchara Kochaiyapatana, Prasit Phowthongkum, Jakkrit Amornvit, Khanidta Saicharoen, Pairoj Chattranukulchai, Krailerk Chettakulanurak, Sarinya Puwanant

The impact of heart failure and bleeding risk on clinical outcomes in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention

Yoshiyuki Yazaki, Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Ken Kozuma, Raisuke Iijima, Anna Tsutsui, Yoshitaka Murakami, Masayuki Fukuzawa, Satoru Abe, Go Kato, Hidehiko Hara, Masato Nakamura

Methylglyoxal potentiates palmitic acid-induced endothelial dysfunction and atherogenesis in human endothelial cells

Banafsheh Yalameha, Alireza Nourazarian, Reza Rahbarghazi, Delara Laghousi, Fatemeh Khaki-Khatibi

Functional characterization of a novel JPH2 variant (p.R160H) associated with dilated cardiomyopathy

Kailu Jiao, Ke Gong, Yong Luo, RuiLin Liu, Lei Wang, Yao Yao, Li Xie

Off-label use of implantable devices and stents in congenital heart disease patient’s interventional procedures. a single center experience

Amira Nour, Maiy El sayed, Azza Elfiky, Hebattallah Attia, Alaa Roshdy, Yasmeen Abdelrazik, Amr Mansour

Left atrial strain in mitral valve disease: a comparative analysis of regurgitation and stenosis

Fariba Bayat, Sepideh Jame Bozorgi, Mohammad Khani, Nahid Mohebi Saeen

A meta analysis of pulmonary vein isolation compared with additional ablation strategies for atrial fibrillation

Muhammad M. Saleem, Muhammad Mudassar, Ajit Brar, Aleena Usman, Gurparvesh Goraya, Sameen B. Butt, Sohail Sodhi, Soumiya Ravi, Keerat Bains, Vijyawant Brar

Distal transradial access for percutaneous coronary intervention: a single-center randomized controlled study (DRAGON study)

  • Open Access
  • Research

Minghao Liu, Yuan Du, Cheng Cui, Jinwei Zhai, Wei Yu, Hao Zhang, Hongmei Liu, Xiongwei He, Zhenxi Shao, Yana Tong, Yan Liu, Xiaoyang Song, Na Wang, Ang Li, Fujian Duan, Hui Li, Yiying Song, Can Li, Yang Yang, Ying Song, Lei Song, Jue Chen, Jinqing Yuan, Weixian Yang, Yongjian Wu, Zhan Gao, Huanhuan Wang, Lijian Gao

Very high power short duration as re-ablation strategy for recurrent atrial fibrillation

Jana Ackmann, Jonas Wörmann, Jakob Lüker, Jan-Hendrik Schipper, Jan-Hendrik van den Bruck, Cornelia Scheurlen, Sebastian Dittrich, Friederike Pavel, Theodoros Maximidou, Daniel Steven, Arian Sultan

Prevalence-incidence bias in longitudinal studies of rheumatic heart disease in Fiji

Tuliana Cua, Shagorika Talukder, Mai Ling Perman, Daniel Engelman, Andrew Steer, Joseph Kado, Tom Parks

Rat models for arterial calcification associated with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nicolas Hense, Melina Stein, Nikolaus Marx, Nadine Kaesler, Claudia Goettsch

Biochemical urine analysis of atorvastatin and rosuvastatin by LC-MS: a pilot study of an objective method to assess non-adherence

Maximilian Brockmeyer, Nadja Chernyak, Daniel Dröge, Hanna Wessel, Claudio Parco, Alexander Hoss, Kris G. Vargas, Yingfeng Lin, Annette Rickert, Stefanie Ritz, Andrea Icks, Malte Kelm, Georg Wolff, Oliver Temme

Biological stress, self-rated stress, anxiety and depression in women with takotsubo syndrome

Runa Sundelin, Christina Ekenbäck, Jonas Spaak, Peder Sörensson, Loghman Henareh, Per Tornvall, Patrik Lyngå

Frequency and risk factors of carotid atherosclerosis in patients with coronary artery disease

Mohamed El-feky, Sherif Aboushara, Amr Zaki, Mohamed Loutfi, Ahmed Elhfnawy

Heart rate variability as a dual-use digital biomarker: integrating clinical, AI, and operational perspectives on human performance and resilience

Alexandru Burlacu, Crischentian Brinza, Oana Geman, Matti Karppa, D. Jude Hemanth

SGLT2 inhibitors versus GLP-1 receptor agonists for major adverse cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Ali Abdelhaleem Omar Ahmed, Omer Abdalhaleem Omer Ahmed, Reem Abdelhaleem Omar Ahmed, Rana Abdelhaleem Omar Ahmed, Mawahib Ahmed Eltayeb Abdullah Mohammed, Yara Ahmed, Mahmood Abbas, Mamdoh Abbas Ali Ibrahim, Mugtaba Eltag Mohammed Abakar, Kamal Eldeen M. Dahab, Roaa Mohamed Ali Elbashir, Khalid H. Mohamed, Maram Adil Mansour

Cold climate dual threats: lagged and nonlinear effects of air pollution and meteorological extremes on acute myocardial infarction risk

Hongxin Xu, Leilei Yin, Yingtao Zhang, Haiyu Zhang, Hongyan Zhao, Kai Du, Minghui Li, Danyang Yu, Kai Dong, Sizheng Peng, Yuhui Sun, Tao Song

Systemic inflammatory and metabolic indexes for aortic dissection: a machine learning analysis

Wenyuan Dong, Wusimanjiang Aizimaitijiang, Hongcheng Jiang, Zixuan Liu, Abudunaibi Balati, Yuxin Gong, Xingwei He, Hesong Zeng

Development and validation of a long-term mortality prediction model in acute coronary syndrome survivors: a study of a predominantly male, lower-risk cohort with the capacity to complete cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Yumei Jiang, Ting Shen, Cheng Shi, Dejie Li, Mengyi Zhan, Guanghe Li, Lei Qian, Qianchun Huang, Liang Zheng, Lin Che, Lemin Wang, Yuqin Shen

Fatty acid binding protein 4 as a diagnostic biomarker for peripheral arterial disease in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study

Bishal Kumar Dey, Pieu Adhikary, Subir Chandra Swar, Mousumi Mukhopadhyay, Pranab Kumar Sahana

Impact of ethnicity on long-term mortality following hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure: a retrospective cohort study

Gil Marcus, Mohameed Daoud, Shiri L. Maymon, Ido Minha, Eran Kalmanovich, Gil Moravsky, Avishay Grupper, Shmuel Fuchs, Sa’ar Minha

Inclisiran SiRNA therapy for durable LDL-C reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis highlighting a breakthrough in long-term cardiovascular risk management

  • Open Access
  • Systematic Review

Shakta Mani Satyam, Mohamed El-Tanani, Mohamed Anas Patni, Abdul Rehman, Sara Muhammad Irshad, Reem Raheem, Esha Junais, Ashika Anu John, Rena Yusuf Rassal, Rashmi Kumari, Sainath P

Anxiety in patients referred for elective coronary angiography: a prospective cohort study

Anja Kokalj Palandacic, Saša Ucman, Dragan Kovacic, Brigita Novak Sarotar, Mitja Lainscak

Suboptimal heart rate control despite beta-blocker use in coronary artery disease: evidence from the Fasa PERSIAN cohort

Mohammad Hosein Yazdanpanah, Sina Bazmi, Bahareh Fakhraei, Ehsan Bahramali, Maryam Kazemi, Elham Zarenezhad, Nematollah Jaafari, Sara Rostaei, Mojtaba Farjam

Research on left atrial appendage thrombogenic milieu prediction model in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation based on machine learning algorithm

Ling Song, Xiaoqi Niu, Binbin Wang, Xiang Xu, Chen Wan, Feng Liu, Xizhi Tang, Wen Yan, Liping Liu, Zhiyuan Song, Huakang Li

C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio as a novel prognostic biomarker for long-term mortality in pericarditis: a real-world study

Lingyu Mi, Ishan Lakhani, Sharen Lee, Wing Tak Wong, Gary Tse, Fang Fang

Development of a risk assessment model for multimorbidity of diabetes, hypertension, and coronary heart disease with XGBoost in primary care in Shanghai, China: a retrospective study

Ning Chen, Peipei Zhang, Feng Fan, Hua Jin, Yanying Chen, Jing Liu, Lin Chen, Xiaoguang Wan, Jing Guo, Zaijia Yang, Lei Sun, Houqian Shan, Dehua Yu, Zhaoxin Wang, Jianwei Shi

One-year outcomes of a novel balloon-expandable valve for severe aortic stenosis

Yuehuan Li, Lai Wei, Yingqiang Guo, Liang Ma, Xiangbin Pan, Dongjin Wang, Liming Liu, Jianan Wang, Jiangang Wang, Haibo Zhang

The effect of olanzapine on lipid profiles in humans: a time and dose response meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Zhou Fang, Parmida Jamilian, Mohammad Safargar, Kousalya Prabahar, Liu Shuang

Association of triglyceride-glucose related indices with cardiovascular diseases in individuals with low handgrip strength: a prospective cohort study of UK biobank

Chunfei Song, Dachuan Guo, Sha Chen, Xiangzhen Ran, Linsong Leng, Yu Bai, Jianmin Yang, Zongwei Lin

GP6 polymorphisms and venous thromboembolism: a Chinese case-control study with cross-population assessment

  • Open Access
  • Research

Yingyun Fu, Zixuan Hu, Shengguo Liu, Guoqiang Li, Sujin Chen, Haiping Liu, Jie Li, Yongjian Yue

High incidence of post-discharge cardiovascular mortality after COVID-19 hospitalization: a data-linkage study in Southern Iran

Alireza Heiran, Amir Askarinejad, Sarvin Sasannia, Mana Moghadami, Foozhan Vaziri, Armin Naderi, Amirhossein Akbari Dahuee, Aida Bazrgar, Mahnaz Jafari, Leila Jamali, Mohammad Keshavarz, Fateme Hooman, Arash Shekari, Mahboubeh Aliakbarian Haveshki, Omid Keshvarzian, Mohammad Amin Annabi, Mahsa Gholami, Alireza Mirahmadizadeh, Mohammad Hossein Nikoo

Left ventricular geometric patterns and systolic myocardial performance in Nigerian children with homozygous sickle cell anaemia

Igoche D. Peter, Mustafa O. Asani, Shehu U. Abdullahi, Ibrahim Aliyu, Josephat M. Chinawa, Stephen K. Obaro, Fidelia Bode-Thomas

Noninvasive screening for surgery in adults with simple shunting congenital heart disease

Xingxing Sun, Yang Chen, Jianhua Xu, Hongyu Gao, Hanqing Zhu, Bigyan Pudasaini, Wenlan Yang, Yuan Cao, Jian Guo

Correction: Early initiation of SGLT2 inhibitors within guideline-directed medical therapy and outcomes in newly diagnosed heart failure patients

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  • Correction

Alberto Esteban-Fernández, Silvia López-Fernández, Francisco J. Pastor-Pérez, José Ángel Pérez-Rivera, Juan Luis Bonilla-Palomas, Marta Cobo-Marcos, José Manuel García-Pinilla, Luis Almenar-Bonet, Paula Fluviá-Brugués, Francisco J. Bermúdez-Jiménez, Cristina Goena-Vives, Andrea López-López, Inés Gómez‑Otero

Prognostic importance of nutritional status in patients with atrial fibrillation

Murat Özmen, Selim Aydemir, Onur Altınkaya, Sidar Şiyar Aydın, Mustafa Özkoç, Faruk Aydınyılmaz

Proteomic signatures and machine learning based-prediction models for cardiovascular risk in survivors of myocardial infarction

Shizhen Xiang, Yuge Ye, Xi Cao, Huidan Zeng, Yunlong Guan, Siyu Zhu, Xiangjing Liu, Da Luo, Yifan Kong, Zhonghe Shao, Bofang Zhang, Xingjie Hao

Unmasking silent cardiometabolic risk: the role of fragmented QRS in obese young adults

Nazlı Turan Şerifler, Meltem Altınsoy, Belma Kalaycı, Hilal Erken

Epidemiology of congenital heart defects in live births: findings from a study in Southern Brazil

Fabyanne Guimarães de Oliveira, George Octávio da Costa Salecker, Angel Larroza de Souza, Carolina Sayuri Arashiro, Júlia Rei Pires, Vinicius Barreto Nolibos, Rosa Maria Moreno Barbosa, Simone de Menezes Karam, Cláudia Fernandes Lorea, Maria Teresa Vieira Sanseverino, Andrea Tomasi Sutil, Thayne Woycinck Kowalski, Lavinia Schuler-Faccini, Taís Sica da Rocha

Trends in mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events following incident acute myocardial infarction

Steven Scholfield, Salwa S. Zghebi, Martin Rutter, Mamas A. Mamas, Evangelos Kontopantelis

Impact of left atrial appendage closure with or without radiofrequency ablation on cardiac remodeling in atrial fibrillation patients

Qi Zou, Peng Chang, Cheng Jiang, Pengyang Lin, Jiazheng Li, Yangyang Yu, Zhiliang Wei, Shougang Sun

Efficacy and safety of the SoniCracker intravascular lithotripsy device for severely calcified coronary lesions: the LEAD-FIM study from China

Haiwei Liu, Jiancheng Xiu, Qin Qin, Ziliang Bai, Qian Tong, Shaobin Jia, Ping Zhang, Jun Zhang, Zhixiong Zhong, Wei Liu, Yong He, Quanmin Jing, Yaling Han

Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension and its associated factors among chronic kidney disease patients in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: an institution-based retrospective study

Yemisrach Begashaw Lakew, Hanan Yusuf Ahmed, Merga Daba Mulisa, Balew Arega, Mikiyas Birhanu Abebe, Hiwot Yegnaneh Anley, Lissane Seifu Asres

Cumulative LDL cholesterol exposure and the risk of coronary artery lesion progression: a linear association

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  • Research

Menglong Jin, Yaqi Zhou, Xiang Zhao, Chen Liu, Ziyang Liu, Sen Liu, Zhenyan Fu

In-Hospital mortality and determinants among myocardial infarction patients in public hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Tadele Demilew, Wubet Hunegnaw, Yeshambel Agumas, Agerye Kassa Yirdaw, Birtukan Bekele, Yihealem Yabebal Ayele

Ablation of atrial arrhythmias after lobectomy: high-density mapping and CT integration to guide individualized treatment

Roberto Scacciavillani, Veronica Carmina, Maria Lucia Narducci, Gemma Pelargonio

Apolipoprotein E ɛ3/ɛ4 genotype is associated with premature myocardial infarction: a hospital based retrospective study

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

Safety of leadless versus transvenous pacemakers in patients with low body surface area: a matched-pair analysis

Sirin Apiyasawat, Natcha Soontornmanokati, Tachapong Ngarmukos, Nilubon Methachittiphan

Comparative prognostic value of diameter stenosis, Murray law-based quantitative flow ratio and radial wall strain after drug-coated balloon in de novo coronary lesions

Edoardo O. Genta, Ettore Ventura, Enrico Canese, Stefano De Martini, Bianca A. Magnanini, Matteo Ferrari, Chiara Morocutti, Alice Bonomi, Piero Montorsi, Stefano Galli

Congenital heart disease and folate pathway gene polymorphisms: findings from a North Indian cohort

Prachi Kukshal, Shadab Ahamad, Radha Joshi, Ajay Kumar, Subramanian Chellappan

Cardiac troponin and subclinical cardiovascular dysfunction in metabolic syndrome: a retrospective analysis based on two diagnostic definitions

Grzegorz K. Jakubiak, Natalia Pawlas, Monika Starzak, Agata Stanek, Grzegorz Cieślar

Left ventricular functional outcomes in His vs. left bundle branch area pacing: Is lead distance important in LBBAP implantation?

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Rahadian Oktavianto Pangestu, Raymond Pranata, William Kamarullah, Giky Karwiky, Nuraini Yasmin Kusumawardhani, Chaerul Achmad, Mohammad Iqbal

Current status and associated factors of intraoperative pain during radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation under conscious sedation: single-center experience

Mingli Du, Lei Ye, Qitong Zhang, Xianfeng Yao, Jiahao Mi, Li Li, Zefeng Zou, Xiaofeng Lu, Juan Xu, Jun Li, Shaowen Liu, Songwen Chen

Association between triglyceride-glucose index and OCT-defined high-risk coronary plaques in stable angina

Cao Ma, Yushuo Gu, Xueying Wang, Qingbo Shi, Yang Gao, Zhiwen Zhang, Zhuocheng Shi, Quan Guo, Muwei Li

IL-6 and lL-17 as potential biomarkers for premature coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional study

Kexin Yang, Sheng Liu, Chenyang Wang, Siyao Ni, Zhijian Yue, Ludan Bi, Yunxiao Yang, Ming Zhang

Evaluation of patient involvement in patient safety in cardiovascular surgery intensive care units: a qualitative study

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Yasemin Güner, Melek Üçüncüoğlu, Mehmet Ali Yürük

The creatinine-to-body weight ratio predicts mortality in critically ill patients with heart failure: a retrospective cohort study of the MIMIC-IV database

Dunlin Fang, Yanyi Huang, Jian Huang, Wanchun Hu, Changchang Zhang, Xing Liu, Zhenyu Shi

Long-term changes in quality of life with LVAD support and after heart transplantation in advanced heart failure

Kiyonori Kobayashi, Tomo Yoshizumi, Yoshiyuki Tokuda, Daichi Takagi, Keiko Hattori, Yasunari Hayashi, Yuji Narita, Masato Mutsuga

Impact of frailty on outcomes in atrial fibrillation and HFpEF: data from the TOPCAT trial

Lu Zhou, Chang-Yi Li, Jing-Rui Zhang, Li-Hong Huang, Li-Zhu Guo, Song-Nan Li, De-Yong Long, Jian-Zeng Dong, Chang-Sheng Ma

Antihypertensive medication adherence and associated risk factors among adults with hypertension: a cross-sectional study in a teaching hospital, Ghana

Oksana Ryabinina, Francis Ohene Addo, Nicholas Ekow Thomford, Francis Zumesew, Alexandra Adjakie Debrah, Paul Nsiah, Isabel Oduro-Boateng, Nasara Umaimah Abubakar Sadiq, Raji Sakibu Abdul, Reindoff Junior Ofori -Atta, Emmanuel Timmy Donkoh

Survival outcomes and predictors following coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with preoperative left ventricular dysfunction

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Jia-Ming He, Dong Zhou, Ding-Jun Wang, Xin-Hai Feng, Yu-Hao Dong, Zhe-Hao Yin, Zhao Jian, Ying-Bin Xiao

Time for contrast to pass through the myocardium and its association with angina severity in patients with non-obstructive coronary artery disease

Rozen Grigorov, Stefan Yambolov, Svetoslav Georgiev, Ivaylo Borisov, Daniel Tsvetkov

Left Atrial Appendage Aneurysm (LAAA): an updated descriptive systematic review of 25 contemporary cases (2023–2025)

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Seyed Shahin Eftekhari, Mohammad Saleh Sadeghi, H. Bakhshandeh, H. Faraji Azad, Raheleh Kaviani

Single-stage laparotomy for intracardiac leiomyomatosis without open-heart surgery: a case report

Shiva Sheibani, Massoud Baghai Wadji, Saeid Hosseini, Hamidreza Pouraliakbar, Mahshid Hesami, Seyedeh Fatemeh Hosseini Jebelli, Kamran Roudini, Alireza Rezvani, Azin Alizadehasl

Congenital left ventricular diverticulum revisited: a systematic review of clinical phenotypes, imaging features, and therapeutic strategies

Klevis Mihali, Lukas Harbaum, Julian Kreutz, Paolo Ciliberti, Aurelio Secinaro, Colin Joseph Mcmahon, Pier Paolo Bassareo

Elevated methylmalonic acid levels are associated with the prevalence of hypertension in the elderly

Huaxin Yuan, Yiyang Fu, Fei Wang, Iokfai Cheang, Sitong Chen, Gengmin Liang, Yutong Xing, Xinli Li, Shengen Liao, Yanli Zhou

Lutembacher’s syndrome presenting in the third trimester: a multidisciplinary challenge in a low-resource setting

Abdul Wahed Sidiqi, Asma Rahbeen, Manizha Noorandish, Husna Rahbeen Naibkhil, Maryam Nassery, Khaiber Sidiqi, Khatera Rahimi

Cardiovascular health metrics among an Iranian population: insights from life’s essential 8

Toba Kazemi, Razie Jafarizadeh, Saeede Khosravi Bizhaem, Bita Bijari, Samira Karbasi

Isolated pulmonary valve infective endocarditis in isolated congenital supravalvular pulmonary stenosis: a case report

Nicholas E. Kunce, Adam J. Kisling, Lisa M. Conte, Nitin Rao, Travis E. Harrell

Association between MEF2A variants and ischemic stroke risk: a case-control study and two prospective cohort studies in a Chinese population

Zhengmei Fang, Yan Chen, Xu Han, Lijun Zhu, Mengxue Du, Yuelong Jin, Chong Shen, Yingshui Yao

Leveraging in-silico deep learning and computational analyses to predict the pathogenicity of ROBO4 variants of uncertain significance in aortic aneurysm and dissection patients

Chanseo Lee, Irbaz Hameed, Michela Cupo, Ely Erez, Harris Ahmad, Jaihyoung Lee, Shiv Verma, Waleed Saeed, Asad S. Fatimi, Roland Assi, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula

Advanced perfusion strategy for renal protection in juxtarenal aortic aneurysms: a pilot study

Melanie Rusch, Grischa Hoffmann, Nawar Alasad, Rene Rusch

Successful management of protracted anaphylaxis-induced severe acute respiratory distress syndrome masquerading as non-ST elevation myocardial infarction: a rare case report

Hanh-Duyen Bui-Thi, Vu Hoang Vu, Khang Duong Nguyen, Thanh-Son Do-Truong, Nguyen Ngoc Khoi Truong, Hoa Tran, Dung The Bui, Binh Quang Truong

Patient-reported effectiveness of strategies to convert paroxysmal atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm in the home setting – a community-based participatory research approach

Harald M. Stauss, Alexander T. Morris, Joseph Brinza, Biola Eniola, Sukla Mohajan, Esmeralda Ponce, Gilda Tchao, Udit Bhatnagar

Predictive factors for atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency ablation: a multifactorial approach

Yili Bai, Congcong Wang, Chao Zhang, Zifan Zhu, Nana Zhu, Xianyu Lv

Postoperative red cell distribution width to platelet ratio is related to cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury

Zhao-Xi Li, Chen-Yi Cui, Xiao-Liang Qian, Jia-Xin Huang, Jun-Long Hu, Bao-Cai Wang, Jian-Zhao Li, Zhao-Yun Cheng

Assessment of the prevalence and associated risk factors of QT prolongation, with a focus on medication use, among patients with cardiovascular disease referred to Shahid Chamran Heart Hospital

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Mehrnoush Dianatkhah, Mahnaz Momenzadeh, Alireza Almasi, Saeide Bahrani, Ehsan Shirvani, Zahra Teimouri-jervekani

Clinical characterization of individuals with obesity but normal blood pressure and heart function – a descriptive study from the SCAPIS cohort

Johan Korduner, Hannes Holm Isholth, Amra Jujic, Gunnar Engström, David Kylhammar, Jan Engvall, Martin Magnusson, Anders Gottsäter, Peter M Nilsson

Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in low-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ziad A. Fadl, Moaz Yasser Darwish, Walaa M. Moawad, Nada Osama Aboelmagd, Ganna Abdelrhman Fadl, Mostafa Wanees Ahmed El Husseny, Nada K. Abdelsattar, Taha Abd-ElSalam Ashraf Taha

Association between autoimmune diseases and atrial fibrillation: a real-world analysis from German outpatient data

Jamschid Sedighi, Mark Luedde, Priyanka Boettger, Boris Dinov, Birgit Assmus, Samuel Sossalla, Karel Kostev

Conduction disorders after combined surgical or transcatheter treatment for severe aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease

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Zulfugar T. Taghiyev, Emrah C. Karabacak, Martin V. Fuchs, Katharina E. Jaeger, Balli Chapugi, Oliver Dörr, Peter Roth, Andreas Böning

Trends and disparities in amyloidosis and cardiovascular disease mortality: a population-based retrospective study in the United States (1999–2020)

Faizan Ahmed, Tehmasp Rehman Mirza, Zoha Iftikhar, Haris Bin Tahir, Fenilkumar Kotadiya, Anika Goel, Haider Hussain Shah, Saman Rauf, Yusra Junaid, Talha Qadeer, Abdul Waheed, Najam Gohar

Stress hyperglycemia ratio and mortality risk in cardiometabolic multimorbidity: a multicenter retrospective study

Jing Tian, Xinyi Chang, Yue Guo, Jun Liu, Dian Yu, Xiaoyun Song, Yi Han

Study on the evaluation of left atrial structure and function in patients with H-type hypertension using 4D automated left atrial quantitative

Xu Huang, Xiaolin Wang, Shuangyi Cao, Wenhui Min, Qianqi Wu, Zhenyu Shi, Chenyang Yu, Chunquan Zhang

Mortality after urgent versus elective transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis using reconstructed individual patient data from Kaplan–Meier curves

Mohammadreza Babaei, Parisa Fallahtafti, Negin Sadat Hosseini Mohammadi, Alireza Azarboo, Amirhossein Habibzadeh, Amirali Azizpour, Sina Rashedi, Jishanth Mattumpuram, Amr Mohsen, Zahra Hosseini, Hamidreza Soleimani, Dhaval Kolte

Safety profile of ticagrelor: an analysis based on literature and database review

Renzhu Liu, Lu Xiao, Qingzi Yan, Xiang Liu

Clinical relevance of the TAPSE/SPAP ratio in pulmonary arterial hypertension: a single-center retrospective study

Wenjie Chen, Xiaoqin Luo, Jun Luo, Jie Song, Haihua Qiu, Jingyuan Chen, Chenying Fan, Jiang Li

Determination of levels of cardiac troponins between asphyxiated and normal neonates in Enugu

Philip C Elobuike, Herbert A Obu, Ann E Aronu, Josephat M Chinawa

Two diseases presenting only as cardiac hypertrophy: differences between the late-onset Fabry disease cardiac variant and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Lirong Lin, Jichen Liu, Zhangxin Xie, Lei Yin, Rehua Wang, Shujie Huang, Dusheng Zhang, Wei Chen, Zhiyong Wu, Xiaohu Wang, Zujie Zhang, Lixian Zheng, Nan Lu, Ying Dai, Mingfeng Chen, Yansong Guo, Lihong Lu

Comparative analysis of Chinese large language model performance on atrial fibrillation questions

Guijian Liu, Kuan Cheng, Ye Xu, Yang Pang, Yunlong Ling, Qingxing Chen, Wenqing Zhu, Junbo Ge

A cross-sectional study: carotid artery stiffness in individuals with varying cardiovascular disease risk using shear wave elasticity

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Chuanjian Chen, Junni Shi, Yanchun Xie, Lixia Zhang, Shengnan Li, Yunqian Huang, Man Chen

Red blood cell metrics as predictors of cardiovascular risk in anemic versus non-anemic heart failure patients

Samira Arami, Bahare Gholami Chaboki, Arsalan Salari, Fatemeh Baharvand, Seyed Mehdi Mousavi, Zahra Ahmadnia

Prevalence of hypertension and associated factors among sanitation workers: a community based cross-sectional survey in five urban regions of Nepal

Samip Khatri, Gita Kumari Shah, Sunita Dhungel, Sweta Koirala, Anshu Varma, Kurt Rasmussen, Erik Jørs, Dinesh Neupane

Myocarditis induced by a novel bifunctional PD-1/CTLA-4 combination antibody: a case report and literature review

Chaoyong Wei, Changli Tang, Yao zhang, Yanxiang Tang, Yaoqing Liu, Yuhui Tan, Yilan Fu

Perioperative risk factors for mortality in mediastinitis following cardiac surgery

Haluk Caglar Karakaya, Evren Muge Tasdemir-Mete

Direct oral anticoagulants versus vitamin K antagonists for postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Omer Abdalhaleem Omer Ahmed, Mahmood Abbas, Ali Abdelhaleem Omar Ahmed, Mamdoh Abbas Ali Ibrahim, Mugtaba Eltag Mohammed Abakar, Elhaitham Yasir, Mohamed Elfatih Esameldin Edris, Reem Abdelhaleem Omar Ahmed, Rana Abdelhaleem Omar Ahmed, Mojahid Babkir, Mohamed Adil Mubarak Abdulaziz, Henry A. Sota, Collins Gilbert, Ahmed Ashraf Eissa

Risk factors for small vessel disease in adults with atherosclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Longdi Yao, Chunlian Li, Qiang Zhu, Wenjing Xu, Xiang Li, Min Cheng, Qingwen Liu, Tiran Zhang, Yulong Wang, Tianlang Pei, Yuming Chen, Jianwen Wang

Oral health-related quality of life in cardiovascular patients- a systematic review

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Kamyar Nasiri, Farzaneh Nikfarjam, Ali keshavarzian, Naghmeh shenasa, Wissam Hamid Al-janabi, Radhwan Abdul Kareem, Hayder Naji Sameer, Fateme Moradi

Inequalities in the provision of guideline-directed medical therapy following myocardial infarction: a cohort study

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Fiona McLachlan, Marie de Bakker, Cesario Pancinha, Thomas M Caparrotta, Caroline Jackson, Thulani Ashcroft, Atul Anand, Peter J Gallacher, Eve Miller-Hodges, David Yeung, Neeraj Dhaun, Chris Tuck, Nicholas L Mills, Dorien M Kimenai

Electrocardiographic predictors of ventricular arrhythmic events in ICD recipients: signal beyond the left ventricular ejection fraction threshold

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Maysan Almegbel, Abdulmohsen Almusaad, Ali Mahmoud Alzammam, Razan Alzayer, Muneera AlTaweel

The role of nitric oxide in hypertensive target organ damage in patients without renal impairment: insights from left ventricular global longitudinal strain and albuminuria

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Ayca Arslan, Metin Ogun, Dogan Ilis, Inanc Artac, Mahsum Aykal, Muammer Karakayali, Ozturk Demir, Emrah Kaya, Nazlican Buyukyurt, Yavuz Karabag, Ibrahim Rencuzogullari

Impact of mitral regurgitation on left atrial appendage functions: the efficacy of speckle tracking echocardiography

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Belma Yaman, Funda Başyiğit, Nazlı Turan, Yunus Emre Özbebek, Tugba Kayhan Altuner, Hatice Tolunay

Comprehensive age-specific metabolic phenotyping in myocardial infarction

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Xiaoxuan Bai, Ming Zeng, Tianyu Wu, Ying Lv, Chen Zhao, Xing Luo, Boling Yi, Huahui Ren, Yixuan Zhang, Liangxiao Xu, Xiuzhu Weng, Shan Zhang, Yuxiao Zhu, Sining Hu, Bo Yu, Haibo Jia

Unraveling key genes and mitochondrial-related mechanisms of atherosclerosis severity: explorations based on interpretable machine learning

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De Zhao Kong, Xue Zhi Zhang, Yuan Yuan Zhou, Qun Wang, Yi Hui Pan, Yi Lu, Hui Ye, Xiong Yi Hong

Development and validation of a prediction model for early major adverse cardiovascular events in children undergoing surgical repair of supravalvular aortic stenosis

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Caiyi Wei, Jie Liu, Fengbo Pei, Bo Peng, Lizhi Lv, Lixue Zhang, Qing Gao, Qiang Wang, Yi Shi, Simeng Zhang

Metabolic alterations associated with sacubitril/valsartan treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Amir Parsa Abhari, Parastesh Rezvanian, Ali Reza Rahmani, Mohammad Fakhrolmobasheri, Fouad Meraji Far, Negar Ostadsharif, Farzad Adelparvar

Safety and efficacy of short-term ventricular assist devices in paediatric heart transplant candidates: a systematic review and single arm meta-analysis

Nathanael Q.E. Yap, Joseph Nasr, Shahid Miangul, Liranne Bitton, Suresh Z. Seneviratne, Armin Farzad, Jenase F. Emil-Inyang, Maya L. Nasser, Shayndhan Sivanathan, Christian A. Than, James W. F. Burns

Grisel’s syndrome as an early manifestation of Kawasaki disease preceding Kawasaki disease shock syndrome: a case report

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Penghui Yang, Li Ma, Li Zhao, Jiaojiao Wan, Jing Zhang, Li Yu, Xiaoliang Liu

Noninvasive assessment of right ventricular–pulmonary artery coupling may predict acute kidney injury after primary PCI in STEMI patients

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Muhammet Mücahit Tiryaki, Aslı Nalbant, Cemalettin Yılmaz, Ahmet Karaduman, Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy, Mustafa Karaca

Diagnostic challenges in acute coronary syndrome: reconciling the STEMI–NSTEMI and OMI–NOMI paradigms

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Tuba Betul Umit, Ozgur Sogut, Muge Arslan, Adem Az, Yunus Dogan, Seyma Nur Polat, Erdal Belen

The role of early ezetimibe combination with atorvastatin in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

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Si-Hyuck Kang, Sung Uk Kwon, Jong-Young Lee, Suk Min Seo, Chang-Wook Nam, Gyung-Min Park, Young Joon Hong, Won Young Lee, Jung Eun Jang, In-Ho Chae

Relationship between perioperative serum albumin levels and paravalvular leak after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

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Chenyu Liu, Haochao Li, Pengfei Chen, Shaoye Wang, Xuanshu Li, Yuetang Wang, Xinjin Luo, Yongquan Xie, Xu Wang, Liqing Wang

Assessment of left atrial function following patent foramen ovale closure using four-dimensional auto left atrial quantification

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Wenyan Zhou, Ran Li, Jie Shang, Lijuan Guo, Zhuo Wang, Huijun Fan, Peiyong Zhang, Fenghua Lv

Positive association of lipoprotein(a) and the prevalence of lower extremity arterial disease in MASLD: a cross-sectional study

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Ziliang Wu, Chen Qiu, Meimei Pan, Chunxia Zhang, Pingping Shen, Shiyuan Cao, Qinxue Sun, Feng Li, Ri Liu

Exploratory phase angle assessment after atrial fibrillation ablation in overweight patients: a pilot study

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Sang-Suk Choi, Kyunyeon Kim, Sung Jung Kim, YouMi Hwang

The role of inflammation and coronary artery lesion severity in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a retrospective cohort study

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Maoling Jiang, Qiao Feng, Dongyue Jia, Jie Feng, Yan Luo, Tao Ye, Long Xia, Hanxiong Liu, Lin Cai, Shiqiang Xiong

Premature “asymptomatic” peripheral artery disease and correlates among HIV-positive adults in Ghana: findings from the SCRIPT study

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Lambert Tetteh Appiah, Jacob Solomon Idan, Samuel Blay Nguah, Sowah Tetteh, Shadrack Osei Asibey, Dzifa Ahadzi, Martin Agyei, Betty Norman, Michael K. Amponsah, Alexis Okoh, Jonathan Stiles, Bert-Jan van den Born, Charles Agyemang, Fred Stephen Sarfo

Prevalence of hypertension and estimates of cardiovascular disease risk in the Western Province of Sri Lanka

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Eranga Wijewickrama, Desha Rajni Fernando, Ashani Wickramarachchi, Gaya Wijeweera Katulanda, Vithanage Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Prasad Katulanda

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery - coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with low left ventricular ejection fraction

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Zeng-Rong Luo, Jia-Xin Zhang, Xiao-Fu Dai, Li-Wen Wang, Yong-Jie Chen, Guan-Hua Fang

Effects of the Buteyko breathing technique on sleep quality, fatigue, and oxygen saturation in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial

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Mehdi Safarabadi, Sara Mohammadi farsani, Hooman Mohammadtalebi, Reza Kamani, Marzieh Mousivand

Advanced lung cancer inflammation index and mortality risk in patients with cardiovascular disease

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Yapan Yang, Xiaopeng Yuan, Xiao Wang, Naqiang Lv, Aimin Dang

Clinical efficacy of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with rheumatic aortic stenosis

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Yong Wang, Maode Wang, Ting Liu, Dehui Qian, Xiaoqing Li, Ping Li, Xuan Zhang, Yilin Ma, Jingyang Liu, Xiang Yu, Chun Li, Jun Jin, Shiyong Yu

Development and validation of an in-hospital cardiogenic shock prediction model for AMI patients based on machine learning

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Shuzhen Du, Wenqiang Li, Yubo Wang, Haixia Wang, Hong Kang, Yan Liang, Yanhua Lai, Li Ma, Jing Zhao, Zheng Zhang

Efficacy and safety of pulsed field ablation versus conventional thermal techniques for patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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John Cedric Mojica, Mrunalini Dandamudi, Jasmine Interior, Tooba Rehman, Muhammad Aqib Faizan, Salomon Chamay, Navya Mandalapu, Omar Kasimieh, Juliana Giorgi

Higher fatty liver index is associated with increased risk of incident atrial fibrillation in adults with diabetes: a prospective UK biobank study

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Xi Peng, Le Li, Lingmin Wu, Zhicheng Hu, Mengtong Xu, Sheng Su, Zhenhao Zhang, Minghao Zhao, Yulong Xiong, Jing Luo, Tao Zhang, Likun Zhou, Lihui Zheng, Ligang Ding, Yan Yao

Trough anticoagulant levels of high-dose versus standard-dose intravenous enoxaparin in patients undergoing trans-radial coronary angiography alone

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Lun Wang, Qian Chen, Liang Wang, Dingding Zhang, Jingyi Li, Ran Tian, Hao Qian, Xueqing Zhu, Lihong Xu, Xinglin Yang, Tengyue Zhang, Yifan Liu, Zhenyu Liu, Wei Wu

Metabolic risk factors associated with premature myocardial infarction in adults ≤ 35 years: a case-control study

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Abdussamed Vural, Turgut Dolanbay, Mustafa Oguz Cumaoglu, Zafer Elbasan, Omer Yuceer, Sabri Sekme

Racial and sex differences in acute pericarditis among emergency department chest pain patients: a retrospective cohort study

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Joshua Emakhu, Wan-Ting Su, Jamie Joseph, Indra Adrianto, Christiana David, Egbe-Etu Etu, Imokhai Tenebe, Andrew Bossick, Joseph Miller

A chicken and egg situation: a case of left bundle branch block-induced dilated cardiomyopathy

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Bo Zhang, Fu-Yan Chen, Hua-Zhen Huang, Jin-Long Deng, Dong-Feng Wu

Vericiguat in patients with acute coronary syndrome and reduced ejection fraction: the EVE-ACSrEF study

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Xinying Shi, Anran Zhao, Yi Ding, Lingfeng Gu, Tongtong Yang, Hao Wang, Qiming Wang, Sibo Wang, Liansheng Wang

Association between right-hand 2D:4D ratio and left main coronary artery stenosis in women

Serkan Yıldırım, Hanefi Furkan Öz, Yalçın Günerhan, Mehmet Işık, Ömer Tanyeli, Yüksel Dereli, Erdal Ege, Niyazi Görmüş

Predicting adverse outcomes in dilated cardiomyopathy using 3D echocardiography: penalised Cox regression versus machine learning

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Manman Yang, Bingjie Qu, Jiacheng Cai, Danke Ma, Yan Zhang, Chengzeng Wang, Dahai Yu, Lin Liu

Real-world outcomes of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion with the Amplatzer™ Amulet™: a multicentre observational registry from Southeast Asia

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Keng Tat Koh, Yoga Yuniadi, Yen Yee Oon, Jhi Hui Foo, Saravanan Krishinan, Satchana Pumprueg, Teguh Santoso, Alan Yean Yip Fong, Tiong Kiam Ong, Thorsten Lewalter

A predictive model for new-onset mitral regurgitation in ACS patients

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Yuanya Liu, Yuqianhui Gong, Xuansheng Huang, Tong Liu, Zidi Wu, Jie Sun, Liting Zhang, Yanxiang Sun

A pragmatic nomogram using routinely collected clinical variables to screen prevalent HFpEF: development and temporal validation

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Chunmei Chen, Yuetong Liu, Xinxin Mao, Pengfei Liu, Shuqing Shi, Qingqiao Song, Bingxuan Zhang

Bartonella quintana endocarditis presenting with severe coombs-positive anemia: a case report

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Yanjun Zhang, Pingcuo Wangjia, Suo Yang, Panjing Liu, Xinliang Xu, Hui Han

High-power-short-duration-radiofrequency-, cryoballoon-, and pulsed-field-ablation: a prospective clinical study

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Daniel Robinson, Hanna Seiler, Stephan Valenta, Plamen Kochev, Jakob Eichhorn, Jonas Bodanowitz, Anton Khvan, Annegret Werner, Chrisia Arnold, Christian Ewertsen, Sebastian Feickert, Burkert Pieske, Hüseyin Ince, Jasmin Ortak

Prognostic value of isolated left vertebral artery in acute type A aortic dissection patients

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Luqin Yan, Changying Zhao, Dongzhu Duojie, Liang Zhong, Jing Li, Yongxin Li, Zuyi Yuan, Yang Yan

Andersen-Tawil syndrome with high-burden ventricular arrhythmias: a case report

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Ruiting Feng, Jia Gao, Yuli Guo, Zengfu Zhang, Xiaohong Fu, Rui Wang, Min Guo

Development, validation and visualization of a nomogram for the prediction of in-hospital cardiac arrest in patients after successful primary PCI for STEMI

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Wei Luo, Zixu Zhao, Minghui Zhang, Can Zhou, Bingbing Ke, Chen Li, Zhili Jiang, Fei Liu, Lin Wang, Wangyang Yang, Yunxiao Yang, Keyang Zheng, Yu Liu, Chengqian Yin, Xinyong Zhang, Hai Gao

Modifiable risk factors in type 1 cardiorenal syndrome in children with congenital heart disease: a retrospective cohort study

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Ainamkoz Amanzholova, Marina Morenko, Kaiyrgeldi Ashim, Nazym Nigmatullina, Almira Baigalkanova, Elvira Jaulybayeva, Bolat Bekishev

Feasibility and safety of right heart catheterization via median cubital vein in patients with pulmonary hypertension

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Yuxing Lai, Lingyun He, Han Cai, Wei Zhou, Jinzi Su, Pingping Wu, Zhoufei Fang

Predicting polyvascular disease with optical coherence tomography angiography and/or optical coherence tomography

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Minghao Liu, Shiqi Ouyang, Bowen Zhang, Shuangtong Shao, Pan Fan, Tianyu Wu, Huahui Ren, Qianhui Sun, Dirui Zhang, Ning Wang, Chen Zhao, Shengliang Liu, Xia Gu, Yunling Li, Xinxin Zhu, Xing Luo, Shan Zhang, Sining Hu, Gary S. Mintz, Bo Yu, Haibo Jia

Association between uric acid to high-density cholesterol ratio (UHR) and in-stent neoatherosclerosis: an optical coherence tomography study

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Xiushi Li, Ning Gu, Deguang Yang, Muhan Xu, Long Zhang, Xinyu Xu, Zhenglong Wang, Bei Shi

Device closure of a small atrial septal defect with an unusual set of post-operative complications

Halil Ibrahim Balsak, Volkan Dogan, Utku Cenikli, Cengiz Demir, Oguzhan Celik

Factors influencing sodium restriction behavior among patients with chronic heart failure: a cross-sectional study based on the value co-creation theory

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Sifan Chen, Xiaoqin Qiu, Yonghang Dai, Zhongyan Deng, Na Liu, Rongman Xie, Xinyu Qiu, Li Zhang

Distribution of gut microbiota and prognostic value in elderly patients with coronary atherosclerosis: a preliminary culture-based study

Hengchao Du, Xiaobo Xu, Qunyan Lei, Chengsi Qian, Zhaofeng Wang, Xinyan Yu, Qunfang Lei

Prediction of coronary artery disease using retinal optical coherence tomography angiography imaging and electronic health records: a multimodal machine learning approach

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Ziyi Wu, Lili Ji, Wenbin Tang, Shijia Zhou, Qifeng Yan, Xiaomin Chen, Jinjin Zhu, Jianjun Ma, Yitian Zhao, Wenming He

Association of GlyCD147 with carotid atherosclerosis: evidence from integrative analyses

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Cuihong Tian, Peixuan Yang, Xingang Li, Hongxia Zhang, Jieyi He, Jinxiu Zhu, Yequn Chen, Xuerui Tan

Ebstein’s anomaly with life-threatening arrhythmia: an unusual cardiovascular manifestation of Williams syndrome – a case report

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M. E. Schouw, T. T. Koopmann, N. A. Blom, J. L. Stöger, D. Q. C. M. Barge-Schaapveld, R. Bökenkamp

Prediction of no-reflow phenomenon in elective percutaneous coronary intervention for non-acute myocardial infarction

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Ho Sung Jeon, Young Jin Youn, Tae Sic Lee, Su Yong Kim, Sang Jun Lee, Se-Eun Kim, Jung-Hee Lee, Young Jun Park, Jung-Woo Son, Jun-Won Lee, Min-Soo Ahn, Sung Gyun Ahn, Jang-Young Kim, Byung-Su Yoo

Predictive value of QT interval correction formulas for all-cause mortality in patients with left bundle branch block

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Rongqian Xu, Haolin Song, Rongfeng Zhang, Xiaopeng Dong, Yingxue Dong, Xiaomeng Yin, Lianjun Gao, Yiheng Yang, Yunlong Xia

Trends in emergency myocardial infarction admissions during COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine: a hospital-based time-series analysis from Western Ukraine

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Dominika Paula Shkoruta, Yana Berkela, Victoria Bedei, Volodymyr Vovchuk, Oksana Popadynets, Taras Kotyk

Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based studies

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Placide Kambola Kakoma, Emmanuel Kiyana Muyumba, Olivier Mukuku, Jacques Mbaz Musung, Jeef Paul M. Banze, Gauthier Kastin Lisasi, Nathalie Kaj Kayomb, Gauthier Mibanga Katshiese Bin, Jean-Baptiste Sakatolo Zambeze Kakoma, Marcellin Bugeme, Dophra Ngoy Nkulu, Bert-Jan H. van den Born

Streamlining postprocedural care after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair

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Jakob Christoph Voran, Jan Baucks, Violetta Catania, Peter Bramlage, Derk Frank, Felix Kreidel

Childhood adversity and increased cytokine release from peripheral mononuclear cells of CHD patients – a pilot study

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