Evaluating the Factors Affecting COVID-19 Patients’ Mortality in Arak in 2020 by Hossein Mazaherpour, Masoumeh Soofian, Elham Farahani, Ahmad Saebbian, Mostafa Etebari, Sakineh Mazaherpour, Fatemeh Ashrafian, Amitis Ramezani

“…There was a significant relationship in terms of blood pressure, age, oxygen saturation, tachycardia, tachypnea, the interval between the onset of symptoms and hospitalization, diabetes mellitus, lung disease, cardiovascular disease, history of opium abuse, C-reactive protein, white blood cell, lymphocytes, hemoglobin, creatinine elevation, elevated liver enzyme, creatine phosphokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, ferritin, D-dimer, troponin, prothrombin time, international normalized ratio, intensive care unit admission days, arrhythmia, sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury (AKI), and the type of antiviral and antibiotic therapy between the two groups of patients. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Municipalities of Kathmandu, Nepal by Raja Ram Dhungana, Achyut Raj Pandey, Bihungum Bista, Suira Joshi, Surya Devkota

“…Age, gender, education, ethnicity, occupation, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, diabetes, menopausal history, and family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and hypertension were significantly associated with hypertension. …”
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Evaluation of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis by Enes Gül, İrfan Atik, Seda Atik

“…The persistence of inflammation in psoriasis leads to comorbidities such as psoriatic arthritis, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic syndrome. Our study aimed to identify subclinical atherosclerosis in psoriatic arthritis patients without a known risk factor and to prevent possible morbidity and mortality in patients. …”
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The Effect of Race and Shear Stress on CRP-Induced Responses in Endothelial Cells by Chenyi Ling, Marc D. Cook, Heather Grimm, Maitha Aldokhayyil, Dulce Gomez, Michael Brown

“…C-reactive protein (CRP) is an independent biomarker of systemic inflammation and a predictor of future cardiovascular disease (CVD). More than just a pure bystander, CRP directly interacts with endothelial cells to decrease endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression and bioactivity, decrease nitric oxide (NO) production, and increase the release of vasoconstrictors and adhesion molecules. …”
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Inflammatory Markers in Rheumatoid Patients and Cardiac Function: Insights from an Iranian University Hospital by Fatemeh Omidi, Parisa Delkash

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Potential Biomarkers of Insulin Resistance and Atherosclerosis in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Sharifah Intan Qhadijah Syed Ikmal, Hasniza Zaman Huri, Shireene Ratna Vethakkan, Wan Azman Wan Ahmad

“…Along with coronary arterial damage and inflammatory processes, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein is considered as an essential atherosclerosis marker in patients with cardiovascular disease, but not as an insulin resistance marker in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. …”
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Circulating CD4+CD28null T Cells May Increase the Risk of an Atherosclerotic Vascular Event Shortly after Kidney Transplantation by Michiel G. H. Betjes, Willem Weimar, Nicolle H. R. Litjens

“…Univariate analysis showed that besides a history of cardiovascular disease (CVDpos, HR 8.1, ), age (HR 1.04, ), dyslipidaemia (HR 8.8, ), and the % of CD4+CD28null T cells (HR 1.04 per % increase, 95% CI 1.00–1.09, ) were significantly associated with the occurrence of a posttransplantation AVE. …”
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Cardiovascular Reactivity: its Association with Physical Activity, and Some Hemodynamic and Anthropometric Variables by Milagros Lisset León Regal, Rosmari Álvarez Hernández, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Cynthia Olivia Morales Pérez, Rachel Yanes Seijo, José Omar de Armas García

“…New evidence forcorroborating this are needed to ensure the prevention of cardiovascular disease. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to determine the relationship between cardiovascular hyperactivity, physical activity and some homodynamic and anthropometric variables in normotensive individuals. …”
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Shedding new light on atherosclerosis therapeutics: Nanomedicines targeting atherosclerotic immune microenvironment by Zhiyue Wang, Jie Sheng, Guangming Lu, Longjiang Zhang

“…Atherosclerosis (AS) leads to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), the predominant cause of death worldwide. …”
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Microfluidic platforms for monitoring cardiomyocyte electromechanical activity by Wei Wang, Weiguang Su, Junlei Han, Wei Song, Xinyu Li, Chonghai Xu, Yu Sun, Li Wang

“…Abstract Cardiovascular diseases account for ~40% of global deaths annually. …”
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Evaluation of comorbidity burden on disease progression and mortality in patients with interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features: A retrospective cohort study. by Elena K Joerns, Michelle A Ghebranious, Traci N Adams, Una E Makris

“…<h4>Results</h4>History of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or cardiovascular disease (CVD), moderate-severe chronic kidney disease, and fracture was associated with a faster onset of lung disease progression, while a history of gastroesophageal reflux was protective. …”
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Integrating mandatory occupational health practice and workplace health promotion programs to reduce the high burden of work-related diseases by Francesco CHIRICO, Angelo SACCO, Nicola MAGNAVITA

“…Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain a leading cause of illness and death globally, imposing a significant burden on healthcare systems. …”
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Hyperuricemia-induced complications: dysfunctional macrophages serve as a potential bridge by Wenyi Gu, Wenyi Gu, Jiajing Zhao, Yu Xu, Yu Xu, Yu Xu

“…Characterized by elevated levels of UA, HUA has become an independent risk factor for gout, chronic kidney disease, insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, etc. …”
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Alterations of Some Apolipoprotein Levels and ApoE RNA Expression in Iraqi Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Viral Infection by Amnah Raad Ibrahim, Raghad Hassan Hussein, Athraa Zaidan Hassan

“…Clinical studies have found that chronic HBV infection affects the occurrence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) by regulating cholesterol metabolism in liver cells. …”
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Development and implementation of a digiphysical screening model with nationwide reach to diagnose familial hypercholesterolemia by Karin Littmann, Gustav Kindborg, Matthias Lidin, Linda Mellbin, Daniel Eriksson Hogling, Jonas Brinck

“…Background Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a hereditary dyslipidemia that confers a severely elevated risk for development of early atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease if left untreated. FH is underdiagnosed in most countries including Sweden. …”
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Screening for Hypertension in adolescents living with HIV: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial to improve guideline adherence. by Raphael Adu-Gyamfi, Juliana Enos, Kwame Yeboah, Veronika Shabanova, Nicola Hawley, Deda Alangea Ogum, Adwoa Agyei Nkansah, Elijah Paintsil, Kwasi Torpey

“…<h4>Background</h4>Although AIDS-related deaths have reduced with increased access to antiretroviral care, cardiovascular disease-related morbidities among persons living with HIV are rising. …”
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Unsupervised domain adaptation teacher–student network for retinal vessel segmentation via full-resolution refined model by Kejuan Yue, Lixin Zhan, Zheng Wang

“…Changes in vessel morphology are closely associated with hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other systemic diseases, and computers can help doctors identify these changes by automatically segmenting blood vessels in fundus images. …”
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Effect of Dementia on the Use of Drugs for Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Heart Disease by Nicole R. Fowler, Amber E. Barnato, Howard B. Degenholtz, Angela M. Curcio, James T. Becker, Lewis H. Kuller, Oscar L. Lopez

“…Dementia and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are frequently comorbid. The presence of dementia may have an effect on how CVD is treated. …”
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Outpatient primary care cardiology referrals: Referral patterns, risk stratification and clinical outcomes by Yi Yi Chua, Yilin Jiang, Sinead Zhen Wang, Ian Phoon, Khung Keong Yeo, Terrance Siang Jin Chua, Jonathan Yap

“…Introduction With an increasing burden of cardiovascular disease, there has been rising demands for outpatient cardiology services. …”
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Impact of statin use on major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with normal stress myocardial perfusion imaging and elevated coronary artery calcium score by Yi Hui To, Xi Min Tan, Cher-Lyn Low, Htet Htet Min, Min Sen Yew

“…Patients with known atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or left ventricular ejection fraction <50% on MPI were excluded. …”
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