LCZ696 Therapy Reduces Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia Inducibility in a Myocardial Infarction-Induced Heart Failure Rat Model by Po-Cheng Chang, Shien-Fong Lin, Yen Chu, Hung-Ta Wo, Hui-Ling Lee, Yu-Chang Huang, Ming-Shien Wen, Chung-Chuan Chou

“…Although a clinical trial (PARADISE-MI Trial) has been ongoing to examine the effects of LCZ696 in myocardial infarction (MI) patients, the effects of LCZ696 on remodeling of cardiac electrophysiology in animal models remain largely unclear. …”
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Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale as a predictor of adverse outcomes among older adults undergoing aortic valve replacement: a protocol for a systematic review by Rose Galvin, Ahmed Gabr, Catherine Peters, Margaret O'Connor, Aoife Leahy, Elaine Shanahan, Tadhg Prendiville, Laura Quinlan, Anastasia Saleh, Ivan Casserly

“…Introduction Frailty is associated with adverse outcomes relating to cardiac procedures. It has been proposed that frailty scoring should be included in the preoperative assessment of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement. …”
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Dispatcher-Assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Disparity between Urban and Rural Areas by Yen-Chin Chen, Shao-Hua Yu, Wei-Jen Chen, Li-Chi Huang, Chih-Yu Chen, Hong-Mo Shih

“…Patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) were prospectively registered in Taichung. …”
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Causal Effects of Sleep Traits on Angina Pectoris: Mediation by Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Zeng C, Ke Y, Li H, Zhang C, Chen J, Chen M

“…Chuanfei Zeng,* Yujia Ke,* Huan Li, Chi Zhang, Jian Chen, Mingkai Chen Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Mingkai Chen, Email kaimingchen@163.comPurpose: Angina pectoris (AP) is a major factor in heightened risk of cardiac arrest and has been previously linked to sleep patterns. …”
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Increased serum galectin-3 level is associated with endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension by Hui-Sheng Wang, Bang-Gee Hsu, Ji-Hung Wang, Chiu-Fen Yang

“…The importance of galectin-3 (Gal-3) has been proposed in some cardiac diseases related to chronic inflammation. …”
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Futility in TAVI: A scoping review of definitions, predictive criteria, and medical predictive models. by Charlie Ferry, Jade Fiery-Fraillon, Mario Togni, Stephane Cook

“…In this review, numerous articles state that 1-year mortality serves as a cutoff to define futile procedures. Some variables, cardiac or otherwise, are independent predictors of 1-year mortality. …”
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Completion of registration of risk factor variables during telephone vs on-site follow-up after myocardial infarction: a nationwide observational study in 101 199 patients from con... by Maria Bäck, Margret Leosdottir, Emil Hagström, Nermin Hadziosmanovic, Halldora Ögmundsdottir Michelsen, Mattias Ekström

“…Self-reported measures such as smoking status, level of physical activity and current medication had a low proportion of missing data (≤2.1%) for both follow-up modalities.Conclusion Registration of secondary preventive variables was less complete at telephone consultations compared with on-site cardiac rehabilitation follow-up visits, which might indicate lower quality of care during telephone follow-up. …”
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Cardiorenal Syndrome Type 5: In Vitro Cytotoxicity Effects on Renal Tubular Cells and Inflammatory Profile by Alessandra Brocca, Grazia Maria Virzì, Chiara Pasqualin, Silvia Pastori, Stefano Marcante, Massimo de Cal, Claudio Ronco

“…Cardiorenal Syndrome Type 5 (CRS Type 5) reflects concomitant cardiac and renal dysfunctions in the setting of a wide spectrum of systemic disorders. …”
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Psychological Status and Quality of Life in relation to the Metabolic Syndrome: Isfahan Cohort Study by Hamidreza Roohafza, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Mohammad Talaei, Zahra Pourmoghaddas, Nizal Sarrafzadegan

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Successful Management of Refractory Heart Failure and Multi-Organ Dysfunction in a Patient with CRT-D and Acute Pulmonary Edema: A Case Report by Marsela Goga, Saimir Kuci, Alfred Ibrahimi, Ermal Likaj, Alvi Cela, Romina Teliti, Ormir Shurdha, Erilda Selimi, Jacob Zeitani

“…Introduction: Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a progressive condition often complicated by acute decompensations that require advanced medical interventions. Cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D) has significantly improved outcomes in patients with severe heart failure. …”
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Nursing management for a patient with erysipelas infection leads to sepsis combined with multiple organ dysfunction syndromes (1例丹毒感染致脓毒症合并多功能脏器衰竭患者的护理体会)... by ZHOU Jie (周洁), REN Yaxing (任亚星), TANG Ling (唐玲), LI Ye (李野), ZHANG Jing (张敬), ZHANG Tingting (张婷婷), LIU Huan (刘欢), LI Shuo (李硕), GAO Chunli (高春利), DONG Ying (董樱)

“…A comprehensive treatment including anti-infective therapy, diuretic treatment, cardiac medication and circulation function treatment and related nursing management was carried out. …”
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Effect of Prolonged Moderate Exercise on the Changes of Nonneuronal Cells in Early Myocardial Infarction by Barbara Rinaldi, Francesca Guida, Anna Furiano, Maria Donniacuo, Livio Luongo, Giulia Gritti, Konrad Urbanek, Giovanni Messina, Sabatino Maione, Francesco Rossi, Vito de Novellis

“…Previous studies have demonstrated the beneficial effect of exercise training on deterioration in cardiac function after MI. In this study we analyzed in sedentary and trained rats the microglia and astrocytes 48 hours after MI in PVN, thalamus, prefrontal cortex, and hippocampus through immunofluorescence approach. …”
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A post-marketing pharmacovigilance study of triazole antifungals: adverse event data mining and analysis based on the FDA adverse event reporting system database by Yalan Tian, Min Jin, Hong Ning

“…Voriconazole ADEs primarily involved the following SOCs: Investigations (9.45%), Eye Disorders (8.46%), and Nervous System Disorders (7.21%); Posaconazole ADEs primarily involved the following SOCs: Investigations (13.84%), General Disorders and Administration Site Conditions (11.95%), and Nervous System Disorders (6.29%); Isavuconazole ADEs primarily involved the following SOCs: General Disorders and Administration Site Conditions (15.22%), Hepatobiliary Disorders (10.87%), and Blood and Lymphatic System Disorders (10.87%).ConclusionVoriconazole, posaconazole, and isavuconazole all potentially pose safety risks related to hepatobiliary disorders and cardiac disorders. Additionally, voriconazole carries a higher safety risk for eye disorders and nervous system disorders. …”
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Correlation between Doppler, Manual Morphometry, and Histopathology Based Morphometry of Radial Artery as a Conduit in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Om Prakash Yadava, Vinod Sharma, Arvind Prakash, Vikas Ahlawat, Anirban Kundu, Bikram K. Mohanty, Rekha Mishra, Amit K. Dinda

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Electrocardiogram of Clinically Healthy Mithun (Bos frontalis): Variation among Strains by Sagar Sanyal, Pradip Kumar Das, Probal Ranjan Ghosh, Kinsuk Das, Kezha V. Vupru, Chandan Rajkhowa, Mohan Mondal

“…Electrocardiography, cardiac electrical axis, heart rate, rectal temperature and respiration rate were recorded in a total of 32 adult male mithun of four strains (𝑛=8 each). …”
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Study of Antibacterial Activity of Root Bark, Leaves, and Pericarp Extracts of Diploknema butyracea and Evaluation of Prospective Antioxidant Activity by Alisha Karki Chhetry, Subhila Dhakal, Lalita Chaudhary, Khimdhoj Karki, Ram Bahadur Khadka, Gautam Prasad Chaudhary, Tonking Bastola, Amrit Poudel, Pramod Aryal, Jitendra Pandey

“…Phytochemical screening of different samples of D. butyracea in different solvents revealed the presence of varied extent of alkaloid, saponin, terpenoid, anthraquinones, tannin, cardiac glycoside, flavonoid, carbohydrate, polyphenol, protein and amino acid, resin, and phytosterol. …”
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Histomorphological Description of the Digestive System of Pebbly Fish, Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835) by Nasser Kasozi, Gerald Iwe Degu, Julius Mukalazi, Charles Drago Kato, Majid Kisekka, Akisoferi Owori Wadunde, Godfrey Kityo, Victoria Tibenda Namulawa

“…The stomach consisted of three distinct regions (cardiac, fundic, and pyloric) with distinguished lamina propria glands. …”
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Effects of Teriparatide on Bone Mineral Density and Prevention of Fragility Fractures in Saudi Arabian Subjects with Osteoporosis: A Two-Year Clinical Study from a Single Center by Mir Sadat-Ali, Abdallah Al-Omran, Khalid AlTabash, Dakheel A. AlDakheel, Salma Elansassy, Tarek Hegazi, Mona Al Muhaish

“…The data gathered before starting medication were age, sex, previous therapy, history of fractures, and other diseases like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and cardiac disease. At the time of the final assessment after 24 months, a history of fractures if any during the treatment was collected and a DXA scan was done. …”
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Association between Alpha- Klotho Protein, Calcium, and Phosphate concentrations in Adult Iraqi Patients with Beta-Thalassemia Major by Ahmed J. Kadhim, Hedef D. El-Yaseen, Ali M. Jawad

“…Objective: This study aimed to assess changes in calcium and phosphate levels, Alpha-Klotho protein concentration, and their associations with cardiac dysfunction in patients with Beta-thalassemia major. …”
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Research focus and theme evolution on enhanced external counterpulsation: A bibliometric analysis by Weimei Yang, Lijuan Lu, Jie Cheng, Xifei He

“…Researchers paid the most attention to the application of EECP on the cardiac cardiovascular system. Professor Lawson WE, Hui JCK and Kennard ED were the top three prolific authors. …”
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