Heart Failure Status among Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Hospital-Based Study by Fatemeh Ravandi, Arsh Haj Mohamad Ebrahim Ketabforoush, Fereshteh Azedi, Mohsen Hoshyarkhani, Farimah Fayyaz, Nahid Abbasi Khoshsirat

“…Since patients with HF have a higher mortality and morbidity rate after experiencing an ischemic stroke, close cooperation between the neurology and cardiology specialists for providing advanced care for survivors is required.…”
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The first experience with sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor for the treatment of systemic right ventricular failure by Anastasia D. Egorova, Marieke Nederend, Laurens F. Tops, Hubert W. Vliegen, Monique R.M. Jongbloed, Philippine Kiès

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Cardiac-Restricted IGF-1Ea Overexpression Reduces the Early Accumulation of Inflammatory Myeloid Cells and Mediates Expression of Extracellular Matrix Remodelling Genes after Myoca... by Enrique Gallego-Colon, Robert D. Sampson, Susanne Sattler, Michael D. Schneider, Nadia Rosenthal, Joanne Tonkin

“…Strategies to limit damage and improve repair after myocardial infarct remain a major therapeutic goal in cardiology. Our previous studies have shown that constitutive expression of a locally acting insulin-like growth factor-1 Ea (IGF-1Ea) propeptide promotes functional restoration after cardiac injury associated with decreased scar formation. …”
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Fat Liquefaction and Lipo Particles in a CIED Pocket During Generator Change-Not an Infection: A Rare Case Report by Guan A, He T, Huang X, Xia W, Shao Y

“…Aili Guan,1 Tao He,1 Xingang Huang,2 Wei Xia,1 Yibing Shao1 1Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pathology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yibing Shao, Email syb2004@yeah.netAbstract: A case of fat liquefaction and fat particles in the pacemaker pocket observed in a female patient 12 years after implantation. …”
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Effect of Oral and Vaginal Hormonal Contraceptives on Inflammatory Blood Biomarkers by Afshin A. Divani, Xianghua Luo, Yvonne H. Datta, James D. Flaherty, Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari

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The Obesity Paradox and Cardiorespiratory Fitness by Paul A. McAuley, Nancy S. Smith, Brian T. Emerson, Jonathan N. Myers

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The interdisciplinarity of the publications of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice based on the analysis of the co-occurrence of issues specific to medicine and computer... by Ewelina Paluch, Marcela Mikulska

“…Overall, the most prevalent concepts in the publications were concepts regarding the field of the medicine (medicine, internal medicine, cardiology). The most prevalent concepts concerning computer science in the publications were: computer science, logistic regression and artificial intelligence. …”
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Beyond Fat Mass: Exploring the Role of Adipokines in Rheumatic Diseases by Morena Scotece, Javier Conde, Rodolfo Gómez, Veronica López, Francisca Lago, Juan Jesus Gómez-Reino, Oreste Gualillo

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Familial Aggregation for Ischemic Heart Disease by José Leandro Pérez Guerrero, William Arias Salazar

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to determine the existence of familial aggregation for ischemic heart disease in patients seen in the cardiology clinic at the Vladimir Ilich Lenin General Teaching Hospital in Holguín. …”
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A Successfully Treated Case of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Causing Severe Anemia and Localized Peritonitis Showing Angina Pectoris Resulting in Watershed Cerebral Infarction by Yoshihide Sehara, Yuka Hayashi, Kenichi Ohya, Naoki Kaneko, Mikio Sawada

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Variables That Best Differentiate In-Patient Acute Stroke from Stroke-Mimics with Acute Neurological Deficits by P. Natteru, M. R. Mohebbi, P. George, D. Wisco, J. Gebel, C. R. Newey

“…Patients with in-hospital strokes were more likely to be obese (p=0.03), have been admitted to the cardiology service (p=0.01), have atrial fibrillation (p=0.03), have a weak hand or hemiparesis (p=0.03), and have a prior history of stroke (p=0.05), whereas, when the consults were called for “altered mental status” but no other deficits (p<0.0001), it is likely a stroke-mimic. …”
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Fractional flow reserve: current status by A.V. Khokhlov, M.V. Shymanko, M.V. Stan

“…Methods of studying the fractional coronary flow reserve (FFR and iFR) are a relatively simple tool that allow to answer the main question of interventional cardiology, i.e. "Is it necessary to stent this stenosis?”…”
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Rheumatoid-like hand deformities and aortic valve disease in a 13-year-old girl with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: a case report by Anjuman Ara Rahman, Abhijit Datta, Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Anindita Das Barshan, Mohammad Jahid Hasan

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Examining Symptom Management and Quality of Life of Loop Diuretic-Induced Overactive Bladder Among Heart Failure Patients: Physician and Patient Perspectives by Xin Pan PharmD, MPH, Christopher S Wilcox MD, PhD, Bertram Pitt MD, Salim Shah MPhil, PhD, Anandi V Law B.Pharm., MS, PhD, FAPhA

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Cytomegalovirus Infection in Patient with Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Ikhwan Rinaldi, Abdul Muthalib, Januar Widodo Sutandar, Hendro Adi Kuncoro, Bambang Irawan Harsono, Nelly Susanto, Tjondro Setiawan, Kevin Winston, Idham Rafly Dewantara, Ihya Fakhrurizal Amin, Yuli Maulidiya Shufiyani

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Classification of ECG signals using deep neural networks by Nadour Mohamed, Cherroun Lakhmissi, Hadroug Nadji

“… The electrocardiogram (ECG) is an essential tool in the field of cardiology, as it enables the electrical activity of the heart to be measured. …”
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The Impact of diabetes on long-term prognosis in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome by Farouk BOUKERCHE, Leila HAMMOU, Nadia LAREDJ

“…Methods - A prospective study including all patients admitted to the cardiology department of CHU Oran for non-ST elevation ACS from November 2015 to October 2016 and with a five-year follow-up, a comparative study was carried out between the known diabetic group and the non-diabetic group in terms of occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. …”
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Comparing myocardial perfusion scan findings in patients with and without Covid-19 by Bahar Moasses-Ghafari, Sahar Choupani, Sajed Jahanbin, Reza Lotfi, Khaled Rahmani

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Systemic Endothelial Function in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma by Mustafa Atas, Hasan Basri Arifoglu, Arzu Seyhan Karatepe Hashas, Bahadır Sarli, Suleyman Demircan, Ayse Ozkose, Altan Goktas

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Reversible Myocarditis after Black Widow Spider Envenomation by Tarek Dendane, Khalid Abidi, Naoufel Madani, Asmae Benthami, Fatima-Zohra Gueddari, Redoune Abouqal, Amine-Ali Zeggwagh

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