Current Treatment Options for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis by Melanie D Beaton

“…It is also recognized that cardiovascular disease is a significant cause of death in these patients. …”
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Cutaneous Coccidian Parasitic Infection in a Renal Transplant Recipient by Ramzeen Nilam Hameed, V. Narayanan Unni, K. Bipi, Anup Warrier, Joe Thomas

“…One of the leading causes of mortality in solid organ transplant patients is infections, with the other two being cardiovascular disease and malignancy. Opportunistic infections are well known in solid organ transplant recipients. …”
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Vascular Calcification in an Adolescent Treated with Long-Term Peritoneal Dialysis by Mesiha Ekim, Suat Fitoz, Z. Birsin Ozcakar, Fatos Yalcinkaya

“…The reason of high mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is cardiovascular disease and arterial calcification has been accepted as an additive factor on this status. …”
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Left ventricular trabecular complexity for risk stratification of cancer therapy–related cardiac dysfunction in breast cancer by Hesong Shen, Qian Xu, Chunrong Tu, Yangling Peng, Yuhang Xie, Zhiming Miao, Rui Yang, Jiuquan Zhang

“…Abstract The left ventricular trabecular fractal dimension (LVTFD) derived from cardiac magnetic resonance reflects myocardial trabecular complexity, which is associated with cardiovascular disease risk. Baseline risk stratification of cancer therapy–related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) in patients with breast cancer who received anthracycline is a very important clinical issue. …”
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Examining anti-inflammatory therapies in the prevention of cardiovascular events: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by George A Wells, Kevin Emery Boczar, Sheojung Shin, Kathryn A Bezzina, Aishwarya Geejo, Alexander Liam Pearson, Saba Shahab, Christophe A Fehlmann, Sarah Visintini, Rob Beanlands

“…Introduction Inflammation is emerging as an important risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and has been a recent target for many novel therapeutic agents. …”
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Implications of the Intestinal Microbiota in Diagnosing the Progression of Diabetes and the Presence of Cardiovascular Complications by Alina Mihaela Leustean, Manuela Ciocoiu, Anca Sava, Claudia Florida Costea, Mariana Floria, Claudia Cristina Tarniceriu, Daniela Maria Tanase

“…Key factors that cause cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes include hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, obesity, insulin resistance, inflammation, hypertension, autonomic dysfunction, and decreased vascular response capacity. …”
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Development and validation of the Michigan Chronic Disease Simulation Model (MICROSIM). by James F Burke, Luciana L Copeland, Jeremy B Sussman, Rodney A Hayward, Alden L Gross, Emily M Briceño, Rachael Whitney, Bruno J Giordani, Mitchell S V Elkind, Jennifer J Manly, Rebecca F Gottesman, Darrell J Gaskin, Stephen Sidney, Kristine Yaffe, Ralph L Sacco, Susan R Heckbert, Timothy M Hughes, Andrzej T Galecki, Deborah A Levine

“…However, existing simulation frameworks cannot estimate the effects of BP control on both dementia and cardiovascular disease. This manuscript describes the design principles, implementation details, and population-level validation of a novel population-health microsimulation framework, the MIchigan ChROnic Disease SIMulation (MICROSIM), for The Effect of Lower Blood Pressure over the Life Course on Late-life Cognition in Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites (BP-COG) study of the effect of BP levels over the life course on dementia and cardiovascular disease. …”
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Salt: Should I Cut Back? by Asmaa Fatani, Nancy J. Gal, Wendy Dahl

“…Decreasing dietary sodium has received a lot of attention in recent years due to its association with high blood pressure (hypertension) and cardiovascular disease (Kloss, Meyer, Graeve, & Vetter, 2015). …”
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Statins for Renal Patients: A Fiddler on the Roof? by Anabela Malho Guedes, Pedro Leão Neves

“…Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in chronic kidney disease patients. …”
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Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Vasculitis after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Dwight D. Harris, Sharif A. Sabe, Afshin Ehsan

“…This rare case highlights the importance of having an expanded differential for uncommon causes of cardiovascular disease and unexpected outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting.…”
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Cardiovascular Inflammation by Miao Wang, Weijun Jin, Austin Meng Guo, Jane Stubbe

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An Incidental Finding of Whipple’s Disease Masquerading as Nonspecific, Long-Standing Symptoms by Thomas Tuggle, Alison I. Orvin, Christian Caveness, Christopher Ingram

“…The disease may progress with more systemic symptoms including arthralgia, fever, lymphadenopathy, cardiovascular disease, and central nervous system involvement. …”
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Capsaicinoids Modulating Cardiometabolic Syndrome Risk Factors: Current Perspectives by Vijaya Juturu

“…The early identification of cardiometabolic risk factors can help try to prevent obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.…”
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Compensatory synaptotagmin-11 expression conceals parkinson’s disease-like phenotypes in parkin knockout mice by Nan Dong, Zhenli Xie, Anqi Wei, Yuxin Yang, Yongning Deng, Xu Cheng, Bianbian Wang, Yang Chen, Yuhao Gu, Jingyu Yao, Yuhao Qin, Chaowen Zheng, Xi Zhang, Yuqing Zhang, Xinjiang Kang, Guoqing Chen, Qiumin Qu, Changhe Wang, Huadong Xu

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Insight on the Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation in Puerto Rican Hispanics by Ariel F. Gonzalez-Cordero, Jorge Duconge-Soler, Hilton Franqui-Rivera, Roberto Feliu-Maldonado, Abiel Roche-Lima, Israel Almodovar-Rivera

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Stakeholder perspectives on barriers and facilitators to hypertension control in urban Haiti: a qualitative study to inform a community-based hypertension management intervention by Reichling St Sauveur, Rodney Sufra, Marie Christine Jean Pierre, Joseph Inddy, Mirline Jean, Nour Mourra, Radhika Sundararajan, Margaret L. McNairy, Jean W. Pape, Vanessa Rouzier, Jessy Devieux, Lily D. Yan

“…Abstract Background Uncontrolled hypertension is the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease mortality and remains high in low-middle income countries like Haiti. …”
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RIPK3-Mediated Necroptosis and Neutrophil Infiltration Are Associated with Poor Prognosis in Patients with Alcoholic Cirrhosis by Zhenzhen Zhang, Guomin Xie, Li Liang, Hui Liu, Jing Pan, Hao Cheng, Hua Wang, Aijuan Qu, Yan Wang

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The association of lipid accumulation product with inflammatory parameters and mortality: evidence from a large population-based study by Yi Chi, Yiqing Zhang, Huang Lin, Shanshan Zhou, Genlin Jia, Wei Wen

“…BackgroundObesity is closely associated with lipid metabolism, and the accumulation of lipids leads to low-level inflammation in the body, which can trigger cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to explore the association between a novel marker of lipid accumulation, the abdominal volume index (AVI), inflammatory parameters, and mortality.MethodsThis study enrolled 2,109 older adult senior citizens (aged over 60 years) with hypertension from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. …”
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ALDH2 Overexpression Alleviates High Glucose-Induced Cardiotoxicity by Inhibiting NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation by Ruiping Cao, Dian Fang, Jiahui Wang, Ying Yu, Hongwei Ye, Pinfang Kang, Zhenghong Li, Hongju Wang, Qin Gao

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Risk Factor Analysis in Vascular Access Complications for Hemodialysis Patients by Cristian Dan Roşu, Sorin Lucian Bolintineanu, Bogdan Florin Căpăstraru, Roxana Iacob, Emil Robert Stoicescu, Claudia Elena Petrea

“…Demographic data, comorbidities, and lifestyle factors, including age, gender, body mass index (BMI), smoking status, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD), were recorded and analyzed. …”
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