A Cocktail Method for Promoting Cardiomyocyte Differentiation from Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Qing Gao, Maojuan Guo, Xijuan Jiang, Xiantong Hu, Yijing Wang, Yingchang Fan

“…Real-time qPCR and Western blotting analyses showed that cTnT, alpha-cardiac actin, mef-2c, Cx43, and GSK-3beta expression increased while beta-catenin expression decreased. …”
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The Impact of Smoking on Clinical Outcomes after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Women Compared to Men by Seyyed Saeed Mohammadi, Mohammad Javad Zibaeenezhad, Mehrab Sayadi, Soorena Khorshidi, Ehsan Hadiyan, Iman Razeghian-Jahromi

“…Participants were followed up seeking for major adverse cardiac events (MACE) including revascularization (PCI or coronary artery bypass grafting), myocardial infarction, and coronary death in three time intervals according to the time of index PCI (short term: up to 24 hours, mid-term: 24 hours to less than 6 months, and long term: more than 6 months). …”
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Synthesized 18-Lead Electrocardiogram in Diagnosing Posterior Stemi-Equivalent Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients with NSTEMI by Tomoki Horie, Rikuta Hamaya, Tomoyo Sugiyama, Hidenori Hirano, Masahiro Hoshino, Yoshihisa Kanaji, Tetsumin Lee, Taishi Yonetsu, Tetsuo Sasano, Tsunekazu Kakuta

“…After adjustment for confounders, sV7-9 STE was significantly associated with a 308% (95% CI: 78–834%) increase in peak high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (p=0.001). Conclusions. SV7-9 STE had sole preprocedural diagnostic utility in detecting LCx STEMI-equivalent ACS with greater myocardial damage among patients with 12 ECG-based NSTEMI. …”
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Effect of <i>Cnidoscolus aconitifolius</i> (Family Euphorbiaceae) Aqueous Leaf Extract on Some Antioxidant Enzymes and Haematological Parameters of High Fat Diet and Streptozotocin... by EA Obichi, CC Monago, DC Belonwu

“…The animals were anaesthetized and sacrificed to obtain blood by cardiac puncture. Preliminary phytochemical analysis of CA showed the content of tannins (5.72±0.00), saponins (12.49±0.021), alkaloids (17.45 ±0.65), flavonoids  (23.72 ±0.02), cyanogenic glycosides (0.75 ±0.10) and phytate (1.97 ±0.06). …”
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Burden of coronary artery calcification in ANCA-associated vasculitis by Claire Cook, Brittany Weber, Catherine Ahola, Zachary S. Wallace, Michael Hendrickson, Anushri Parakh, Sandeep Hedgire, Michael Lu

“…Quantile regression was used to identify differences by ANCA type, and Gray’s test examined differences in major adverse cardiac events by CAC score.Results Of 175 included patients, 127 (73%) were MPO-ANCA+and 48 (27%) were PR3-ANCA+. …”
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Relationship Between Left Atrial Strain and Atrial Fibrillation: The Role of Stress Echocardiography by Alfredo Mauriello, Adriana Correra, Antonia Ascrizzi, Gerardo Elia Del Vecchio, Giovanni Benfari, Federica Ilardi, Matteo Lisi, Alessandro Malagoli, Giulia Elena Mandoli, Maria Concetta Pastore, Simona Sperlongano, Matteo Cameli, Vincenzo Russo, Antonello D’Andrea

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Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score Predicts the Mortality of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by You Chen, Min Han, Ying-Ying Zheng, Feng Zhu, Aikebai Aisan, Tunike Maheshati, Yi-Tong Ma, Xiang Xie

“…The primary endpoint was long-term mortality including all-case mortality (ACM) and cardiac mortality (CM). Secondary endpoints included bleeding events, readmission, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), major adverse cardiovascular, and cerebrovascular events (MACCE). …”
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Psychometric Validation of the German Version of the Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA): A Secondary Analysis of Cross‐Sectional Survey Data by Hannah McGowan, Rik Crutzen, Tari Topolski, Stefan Tino Kulnik

“…Methods We conducted a psychometric validation of a new German translation of the RAPA by performing a secondary analysis of survey data from 234 former cardiac rehabilitation patients (mean [SD] age 69 ± 11 years, 23% female) in Austria. …”
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A Novel Minimal Invasive Mouse Model of Extracorporeal Circulation by Shuhua Luo, Menglin Tang, Lei Du, Lina Gong, Jin Xu, Youwen Chen, Yabo Wang, Ke Lin, Qi An

“…Extracorporeal circulation (ECC) is necessary for conventional cardiac surgery and life support, but it often triggers systemic inflammation that can significantly damage tissue. …”
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Mitochondrial trifunctional protein deficiency caused by a deep intronic deletion leading to aberrant splicing by Thomas Cassini, Sarah Silverstein, Molly Behan, Cynthia J. Tifft, May Christine Malicdan, David R. Adams, Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Sun‐Young Ahn, Debra S. Regier

“…Abstract Trifunctional protein deficiency (TFP) is a disorder of fatty acid beta‐oxidation associated with metabolic, cardiac, and liver dysfunction in severe forms. We present two siblings diagnosed by newborn screening and confirmed by biochemical testing at birth. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of the Prenatal Detection of Congenital Heart Diseases: A Systematic Literature Review by Darío Londoño Trujillo, Paula A. Castro García, Kristian K. Rojas López, Karen J. Moreno-Medina, María T. Dominguez Torres, Rodolfo J. Dennis Verano, Nestor F. Sandoval Reyes

“…In addition to perinatal morbidity and mortality, it entails long-term consequences such as multiple surgeries, prolonged hospitalizations, lifelong cardiac follow-up, reduced quality of life, risk of heart failure, and premature mortality in adulthood. …”
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Pulmonary Embolism in the Elderly: From Symptoms to Speckle Tracking Echocardiography by Christos Ballas, Dimitrios Sfairopoulos, Ioanna Samara, Lampros Lakkas, Olga Kardakari, Athanasios Konstantinidis, Katerina K. Naka, Lampros K. Michalis, Christos S. Katsouras

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Navigating the Risk Landscape in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Postpercutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Narrative Review by Utkarsh Gaur, Charuta Gadkari, Aditya Pundkar

“…In this population, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and reduced cardiac function all dramatically increase the risk of poor outcomes. …”
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Ethical dilemma and thinking of Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing (中医护理的伦理困境与思考) by DENG Yao (邓瑶), XIANG Xiaorun (向小润), ZHANG Sha (张沙), LIU Lei (刘蕾)

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J Point and ST Elevation Resembling Brugada: A Marker of Mortality in Methanol Toxicity by Mohammad Hossein Nikoo, Alireza Estedal, Kiana Khatami, Maryam Pakfetrat, Alireza Arjangzadeh, Shahrokh Sadeghi Boogar, Sina Danesh, Seyed Taghi Heydari

“…This clinical entity, among asymptomatic individuals with no family history of sudden cardiac death, would be reported in some severely ill patients before ventricular fibrillation. …”
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Prognostic Utility of the Combination of Platelet Count with Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Aged Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Inter... by Xiao-Qing Quan, Hong-Yan Ji, Jie Jiang, Jia-Bao Huang, Cun-Tai Zhang

“…Acute myocardial infarction represents the vital cause of cardiac death, and many measurable biomarkers have been reported to be related to the prognosis of acute myocardial infarction. …”
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High Sensitivity Method to Estimate Distribution of Hyaluronan Molecular Sizes in Small Biological Samples Using Gas-Phase Electrophoretic Mobility Molecular Analysis by Lan Do, Christen P. Dahl, Susanne Kerje, Peter Hansell, Stellan Mörner, Ulla Lindqvist, Anna Engström-Laurent, Göran Larsson, Urban Hellman

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Ameliorative Impact of Liraglutide on Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia-Induced Atrial Remodeling by Jun Wang, Yongzheng Liu, Changhui Ma, Yue Zhang, Meng Yuan, Guangping Li

“…Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent form of clinical cardiac arrhythmias. Previous evidence proved that atrial anatomical remodeling (AAR) and atrial electrical remodeling (AER) are crucial for the progression and maintenance of AF. …”
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Using the modified frailty index as a predictor of complications in adults undergoing transforaminal interbody lumbar fusion by Momin M. Mohis, Simon G. Ammanuel, Cuong P. Luu, James A. Stadler

“…Rates of superficial and deep surgical site infection, organ space infection, wound dehiscence, reintubation, renal insufficiency, urinary tract infection, stroke, cardiac arrest, DVT, sepsis, and septic shock were not significantly different. …”
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Histological assessment of a novel restorative coronary artery bypass graft in a chronic ovine model by Yu Sato, Matthew Kutnya, Biniyam Abebe, Mohammed S. El Kurdi, Martijn Cox, Richard W. Bianco, Bart Meuris, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W. Serruys, Renu Virmani

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