Safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with pre-treatment reduced left ventricular function by Maor Tzuberi, Rafael Y. Brzezinski, Nir Flint, Moaad Slieman, Lior Zornitzki, Dana Viskin, Anna Rozenfeld Hemed, Barliz Waissengrin, Renana Barak, Inbal Golomb, Ido Wolf, Netanel Golan, Yan Topilsky, Shmuel Banai, Livia Kapusta, Michal Laufer-Perl

“…The primary endpoint was to evaluate the safety of ICIs among this population, assessed by CV events (composite of myocarditis, acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, and arrhythmias). …”
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Sociodemographic index–age differences in the global prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, 1990–2019: a population-based study by Xunliang Li, Channa Zhao, Mengqian Liu, Wenman Zhao, Haifeng Pan, Deguang Wang

“…Methods Utilizing data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, this study analyzed trends in the age-standardized prevalence rate of overall and type-specific CVDs, including rheumatic heart disease, ischemic heart disease, stroke, hypertensive heart disease, non-rheumatic valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy and myocarditis, atrial fibrillation and flutter, peripheral artery disease, endocarditis, and other cardiovascular and circulatory diseases. …”
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Outcomes of patients after successful left ventricular assist device explantation: a EUROMACS study by Christiaan F.J. Antonides, Felix Schoenrath, Theo M.M.H. deBy, Rahatullah Muslem, Kevin Veen, Yunus C. Yalcin, Ivan Netuka, Jan Gummert, Evgenij V. Potapov, Bart Meyns, Mustafa Özbaran, David Schibilsky, Kadir Caliskan, the EUROMACS investigators

“…Aetiologies of HF were dilated cardiomyopathy in 36%, myocarditis in 32%, and ischaemic in 14% of the patients, and 18% had miscellaneous aetiologies. …”
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Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ji-Gan Wang, Zhi-Juan Zhong, Meng Li, Jun Fu, Yu-Heng Su, You-Min Ping, Zi-Ji Xu, Hao Li, Yan-Hao Chen, Yu-Li Huang

“…The incidences of coronary artery dilation, aneurysm, pericardial effusion, myocarditis, myocardial dysfunction, high troponin, and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide were 17.83%, 6.85%, 20.97%, 35.97%, 56.32%, 76.34%, and 86.65%, respectively. …”
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Identification of Host–Protein Interaction Network of Canine Parvovirus Capsid Protein VP2 in F81 Cells by Hongzhuan Zhou, Huanhuan Zhang, Xia Su, Fuzhou Xu, Bing Xiao, Jin Zhang, Qi Qi, Lulu Lin, Kaidi Cui, Qinqin Li, Songping Li, Bing Yang

“…Canine Parvovirus (CPV) is a highly contagious virus that causes severe hemorrhagic enteritis and myocarditis, posing a major threat to the life and health of dogs. …”
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Safety and efficacy of PD-1 inhibitor (sintilimab) combined with transarterial chemoembolization as the initial treatment in patients with intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcino... by Lei Yu, Lan Zhang, Xin Xu, Zheng Wang, Jian Zhou, Jia Fan, Wentao Wang, Zhenggang Ren, Lixing Li, Peiran Huang

“…Among all participants, only one experienced grade 3 TRAE (myocarditis). We employed the Elastic Net regression model to analyze radiomic features from tumor and peritumoral areas to predict the efficacy of this treatment strategy.Conclusion TACE plus PD-1 inhibitors demonstrated promising efficacy and an acceptable safety profile, suggesting it as a potential treatment option for patients with intermediate-stage HCC beyond up-to-seven criteria. …”
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Global, regional, and national burdens of heart failure in adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years from 1990 to 2021: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease St... by Chengzhi Yang, Yuhe Jia, Changlin Zhang, Zening Jin, Yue Ma, Xuanye Bi, Aiju Tian

“…Among all causes of HF, cardiomyopathy and myocarditis accounted for the highest proportion (32.7%) of prevalence cases of HF in 2021, followed by congenital birth defects (27.3%), and rheumatic heart disease (23.8%). …”
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Endoscopic Vein Harvesting for Coronary Bypass Grafting: A Blessing or a Trojan Horse? by Ryan Accord, Jos Maessen

“…Furthermore, an observational study showed that EVH resulted in significantly more graft stenosis, was associated with higher mortality, more myocard infarction, and more reinterventions. Most recent publications could not confirm these findings, however larger randomised controlled trials focusing on graft quality are being awaited.…”
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Basic vital cardiac support. Training to relatives of patients with acute miocardial infarction by Brandy Viera Valdés, Paula Aguila Solis, Francisco Valladares Carvajal, Marcos D. Iraola Ferrer, Pablo. A. Rodríguez

“…For three years it is imparted in the University Hospital of Cienfuegos, a training for this procedure, to the family of patients with sharp myocardic infarction. <strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the knowledge acquired by the relatives of the patients during the training. …”
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Hopeful News for Physicians Who Involved in the Treatment of Critical Aluminum Phosphide (Rice Pill) Poisoning Patients by Fatemeh Vafapour, Moslem Sedaghattalab

“…GIK (glucose, insulin, and potassium) assists heart uptake of carbohydrates that are the major fuel substrate of the myocard muscle under stressed conditions and leading to correction of acidosis, increased myocardial contractility, and peripheral vascular resistance. …”
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