Thr92Ala Polymorphism of Human Type 2 Deiodinase Gene (hD2) Affects the Development of Graves' Disease, Treatment Efficiency, and Rate of Remission by Babenko Alina, Popkova Daria, Freylihman Olga, Solncev Vladislav, Kostareva Anna, Grineva Elena

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Staged Concept for Treatment of Severe Postsaphenectomy Wound Infection by Thomas Schroeter, Sreekumar Subramanian, Michael A. Borger, Friedrich W. Mohr

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Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect Successfully Treated with Impella as Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation by Lauren Giudicatti, Benjamin Silbert, Xiao-Fang Xu, Anthony Putrino, Felicity Lee, Amit Shah, Robert Larbalestier, Karim Slimani, Andrew Laycock, Kaitlyn Lam

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Takayasu arteritis by N.V. Bortnyak, O.A. Yepanchintseva, A.V. Khokhlov, B.M. Todurov

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Persistent Left Unilateral Apraxia and a Disconnection Theory by Atsushi Yamadori, Yukio Osumi, Toru Imamura, Yoko Mitani

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mimicking Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction Associated with Sudden Cardiac Death by Y. Daralammouri, M. El Garhy, K. Same, B. Lauer

“…Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common genetic disease of the heart. We report a rare case of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy mimicking an acute anterior myocardial infarction associated with sudden cardiac death. …”
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Appreciation of a Child’s Journey: Implementation of a Cardiac Action Research Project by Kate Alexa Dengler, Valerie Wilson, Sarah Redshaw, Gabrielle Scarfe

“…Heart Beads involves children receiving unique beads specific to each cardiac treatment, procedure or event in recognition of their experiences, and endurance. …”
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Left Upper Lobectomy for Congenital Lobar Emphysema in a Low Weight Infant by Meletios Kanakis, Konstantinos Petsios, Dimitrios Bobos, Kosmas Sarafidis, Stefanos Nikopoulos, Konstantinos Kyriakoulis, Achilleas Lioulias, Nicholas Giannopoulos

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Crossed Non-Dominant Hemisphere Syndrome in a Right-Hander by M. Fujimori, K. Wakisaka, A. Yamadori, T. Imamura, T. Uehara, K. Yamashita, M. Tabuchi

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Adjunctive Sitagliptin Therapy in Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Pilot Study by Marcia L. Brackbill, Ateequr Rahman, Jeffrey S. Sandy, M. Denton Stam, Arthur F. Harralson

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Postcardiotomy Mechanical Circulatory Support in Two Infants with Williams’ Syndrome by Constantinos A. Contrafouris, Andrew C. Chatzis, Meletios A. Kanakis, Prodromos A. Azariadis, Fotios A. Mitropoulos

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Primary Left Cardiac Angiosarcoma with Mitral Valve Involvement Accompanying Coronary Artery Disease by Cagdas Baran, Serkan Durdu, Sadik Eryilmaz, Mustafa Sirlak, A. Ruchan Akar

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Clinical case of the postinfarction ventricular septum defect successful closure with occluder at the 4th day of the disease by B.М. Todurov, М.F. Rotar, А.V. Khokhlov, К.S. Boiko, Yu.V. Hutsuliak

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Ascending to descending aortic prosthesis with reimplantation of brachiocephalic vessels in aneurysm of the arch and descending aorta for hypoplasia of the arch and coarctation of... by B.M. Todurov, O.V. Zelenchuk, S.M. Sudakevych, A.Yu. Shkandala, N.S. Gnoyanko

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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

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Intravenously Administered Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell (HucMSC) Improves Cardiac Performance following Infarction via Immune Modulation by Xiaoting Liang, Jing Liu, Mimi Li, Fang Lin, Rulin Zhuang, Qingshu Meng, Xiaoxue Ma, Yuanfeng Xin, Xin Gong, Zhiying He, Wei Han, Xiaohui Zhou, Zhongmin Liu

“…A small proportion of HucMSC is trafficked to the heart, preferentially in the infarcted region. HucMSC administration increased CD3+ T cell proportion in the periphery while decreased T cell proportion in both infarcted heart and mediastinal lymph nodes (med-LN) at 7-day post-MI, indicating a systematic and local T cell interchange mediated by HucMSC. …”
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Human Neonatal Thymus Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Neovascularization and Cardiac Regeneration by Shuyun Wang, Shan Huang, Lianghui Gong, Zhize Yuan, Joshua Wong, Jeffrey Lee, Ming-Sing Si

“…Newborns with critical congenital heart disease are at significant risk of developing heart failure later in life. …”
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Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy and Declining Renal Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by AJin Cho, Hayne Cho Park, Young-Ki Lee, Young Joo Shin, So Hyun Bae, Hakyoung Kim

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Accuracy of Apple Watch in Measuring 30-Second Resting Electrocardiography in Patients with Cardiac Diseases and Comorbidity: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study by Khushhal AA, Mohamed AA, Alsegame MM, Alsaedi AM

“…Alaa Abdulhafiz Khushhal,1 Ashraf Abdelaal Mohamed,1 Mohammad Matook Alsegame,2 Atif Mohammed Alsaedi2 1Department of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Nursing, Umm Al-Qura University Medical Center, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Alaa Abdulhafiz Khushhal, Department of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Tel +966536025182, Email aakhushhal@uqu.edu.saBackground: Electrocardiography (ECG) is a standard method for studying the heart rate and heart electricity. The Apple Watch has recently been used to measure heart electricity via 30 seconds of ECG monitoring, but its validity is not known.Methods: A cross-sectional study included a sample of 112 patients with chronic disorders, including cardiac patients with sinus rhythm, cardiac patients with irregular heart rhythm, and patients with diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia; their cardiac activity was investigated using the Apple Watch and ECG.Results: The correlations were strong between the Apple Watch and the 12-lead ECG in the heart rate, PR intervals, QT intervals, QRS complex, and RR intervals in all patients’ subcategories (cardiac, hypertension, diabetic, and dyslipidemia patients).Conclusion: The Apple Watch is valid for carrying out ECG in measuring the heart rate, PR intervals, QT intervals, QRS complex, and RR intervals of patients with cardiac and chronic diseases at rest; this may help in initial diagnosis for patients with cardiac diseases or those who are at risk of developing cardiac disease in the future.Keywords: Apple Watch, electrocardiography, cardiac diseases, chronic diseases…”
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A rare case of recurrent polychondritis with aortic valve involvement by N.V. Bortniak, O.A. Yepanchintseva, G.I. Kovtun, S.I. Dorofeieva, O.S. Chumak, G.M. Prus, O.J. Zharinov, B.M. Todurov

“…The most serious and prognostically unfavorable complication was damage to the cardiovascular system – a combined aortic heart disease with a predominance of stenosis with rapidly increasing circulatory decompensation. …”
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