Oxygenation improvement and duration of prone positioning are associated with ICU mortality in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients by Silvia De Rosa, Nicolò Sella, Giacomo Bellani, Giuseppe Foti, Andrea Cortegiani, Giulia Lorenzoni, Dario Gregori, Annalisa Boscolo, Lucia Cattin, Muhammed Elhadi, Giorgio Fullin, Eugenio Garofalo, Leonardo Gottin, Alberto Grassetto, Salvatore Maurizio Maggiore, Elena Momesso, Mario Peta, Daniele Poole, Roberto Rona, Ivo Tiberio, Andrea Zanoletti, Emanuele Rezoagli, Paolo Navalesi, for the SIAARTI Study Group

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ELABELA promotes the migration and homing of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to myocardial injury sites through the ERK1/2/miR-299a-5p/Exo70 pathway by Jing-Yu Hou, Hao Wu, Shuang-Mei Li, Xiao-Jing Li, Shu-Jun Yang, Xu-Xiang Chen, Chang-Qing Zhou, Hui-Bao Long, Hai-Dong Wu, Jia-Ying Fu, Ya-Jie Guo, Tong Wang

“…Additionally, in vivo studies were performed using a rat myocardial infarction/reperfusion injury (MI/RI) model with DIR-labeled BMSCs. Cardiac repair was evaluated through fluorescence imaging, echocardiography, and histological analysis. …”
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Sex Differences in the Prognostic Value of Circulating Biomarkers in Patients Presenting With Acute Chest Pain by Gard Mikael Sæle Myrmel, MD, Nasir Saeed, Ole Thomas Steiro, MD, Hilde Lunde Tjora, MD, PhD, Jørund Langørgen, MD, PhD, Rune Oskar Bjørneklett, MD, PhD, Øyvind Skadberg, MD, Vernon Vijay Singha Bonarjee, MD, PhD, Øistein Rønneberg Mjelva, MD, Eva Ringdal Pedersen, MD, PhD, Kjell Vikenes, MD, PhD, Torbjørn Omland, MD, PhD, Kristin Moberg Aakre, MD, PhD

“…Methods: High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn), hs-cTnI, N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), growth differentiation factor (GDF)-15, and C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations were measured in 1,476 patients admitted with suspected NSTE-ACS. …”
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Epidural Analgesia with Ropivacaine during Labour in a Patient with a SCN5A Gene Mutation by A. L. M. J. van der Knijff-van Dortmont, M. Dirckx, J. J. Duvekot, J. W. Roos-Hesselink, A. Gonzalez Candel, C. D. van der Marel, G. P. Scoones, V. F. R. Adriaens, I. J. J. Dons-Sinke

“…SCN5A gene mutations can lead to ion channel defects which can cause cardiac conduction disturbances. In the presence of specific ECG characteristics, this mutation is called Brugada syndrome. …”
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Atrial Fibrillation and Long QT Syndrome Presenting in a 12-Year-Old Girl by Jonathan W. Knoche, Kate M. Orland, Craig T. January, Kathleen R. Maginot

“…Long QT syndrome (LQTS), likewise, can be both acquired and inherited with mutations leading to abnormalities in cardiac ion channel function. Mutations in KCNQ1 are the most common cause of LQTS. …”
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Cardiogenic Shock: An Unusual Initial Presentation of Churg-Strauss Syndrome by M. Apirami, J. A. Pratheepan, T. Kumanan, M. Guruparan, G. Selvaratnam

“…Though pulmonary involvement is the predominant feature of CSS, extra pulmonary involvement, in particular, cardiac involvement, denotes an adverse outcome. Here we report a 50-year-old female who presented with cardiogenic shock due to an acute coronary event as the initial manifestation of CSS. …”
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Hypothermia with Extreme Bradycardia following Spinal Cord Infarction of Septic Origin by Philippe Hantson, Thierry Duprez

“…A 66-year-old woman was transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) for serious cardiac arrhythmias (atrial fibrillation and asystole) in the context of a deep hypothermia (axillary temperature below 32°C). …”
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Unexpected High Sensory Blockade during Continuous Spinal Anesthesiology (CSA) in an Elderly Patient by R. Ketelaars, A. P. Wolff

“…Because of her age and cardiac and pulmonary co-existing diseases we decided to provide adequate regional anesthesia by continuous spinal anesthesia. …”
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Aortic Pseudoaneurysm following Ventricular Septal Defect Closure in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review by Hassan Zamani, Kourosh Vahidshahi, Mohammad Reza Khalilian, Tahmineh Tahouri, Ehsanollah Rahimi-Movaghar

“…The diagnosis was confirmed through cardiac computed tomographic angiography, and the patient underwent emergent surgery for the repair of the aortic pseudoaneurysm under deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest. …”
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Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Mimics a Conduction Disease by S. Marrakchi, I. Kammoun, S. Kachboura

“…He was admitted to the cardiac care unit for pacemaker implantation. The atypical figure of complete right branch block and posterior left hemiblock was thought to be a “false positive” of conduction abnormality. …”
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Longitudinal displacement in viscoelastic arteries:A novel fluid-structure interaction computational model, and experimental validation by Martina Bukač, Sunčica Čanić

“…Recent in vivo studies, utilizing ultrasound contour and speckle tracking methods, have identified significant longitudinal displacementsof the intima-media complex, and viscoelastic arterial wall properties over a cardiac cycle. Existing computational models that use thin structure approximations of arterial walls have so far been limited to models that capture only radial wall displacements.The purpose of this work is to present a simple fluid-struture interaction (FSI) model and a stable, partitioned numerical scheme, which capture both longitudinal and radial displacements,as well as viscoelastic arterial wall properties.To test the computational model,longitudinal displacement of the common carotid artery and of the stenosed coronary arteries were compared with experimental datafound in literature, showingexcellent agreement. …”
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Symptomatic Primary (AL) Amyloidosis of the Stomach and Duodenum by Reidar Fossmark, Espen Skarsvåg, Harald Aarset, Henrik Hjorth-Hansen, Helge L. Waldum

“…The biopsies showed amyloid depositions and further workup revealed that the patient also had cardiac and neuropathic involvements. The patient started treatment with dexamethasone, melphalan and bortezomib. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Early and Short-Term Outcomes of Aortic Replacement in Patients with Stanford type A Aortic Dissection and Ascending Aortic Aneurysm. by Erfan Omer Anwar, Shkar Raouf Haji Saeed, Aram Baram .

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Lungs in Heart Failure by Anna Apostolo, Giuliano Giusti, Paola Gargiulo, Maurizio Bussotti, Piergiuseppe Agostoni

“…Cardiopulmonary exercise test is considered the “gold standard” when studying the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and metabolic adaptations to exercise in cardiac patients. During exercise, hyperventilation and consequent reduction of ventilation efficiency are often observed in heart failure patients, resulting in an increased slope of ventilation/carbon dioxide (VE/VCO2) relationship. …”
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Results of thrombolytic treatment with recombinant streptokinase in elderly and non elderly patients. by René Tomás Manso Fernández, Francisco Valladares Carvajal, Claudio González Rodríguez., Marcos D. Iraola Ferrer

“…The most significant variables associated to mortality in the infarcted patients were the fact of being hemodinamically classified into a Killip-Kimball (K-K) Grade III-IV and having had arrhythmia and cardiac rupture.<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong></strong></span>…”
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Risk factors for multiple organic dysfunctions syndrome in burnt children. by Elvira Maria Martinez Barreto, Jorge González Mendoza

“…Significant variables linked to this syndrome were: seriousness of the injuries, serum potassium, blood creatinine, leukocyte counting, and cardiac rhythm. <strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> After five days of research development, a group of factors was identified proving risky for the development of multiple organic dysfunctions in burnt children.…”
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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report by Ozlem Ece Basaran, Emine Seda Guvendag Guven, Suleyman Guven

“…She was transferred to the cardiac intensive care unit and received supplemental oxygen, noninvasive ventilation and intravenous infusion of lidocaine. …”
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Reversible Inferolateral ST-Segment Elevation Associated with Small Bowel Obstruction by Ankit Upadhyay, Sudheer Chauhan, Umair Jangda, Vipul Bodar, Ahmed Al-Chalabi

“…ST-segment elevation is an important and alarming electrocardiographic sign that necessitates immediate attention but does not always indicate that the primary pathology is cardiac in origin. It needs to be interpreted in the clinical context as several pathological conditions involving especially gastrointestinal tract may lead to delayed diagnosis and treatment as well as complications from invasive unnecessary interventions. …”
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Arrhythmia Classification Techniques Using Deep Neural Network by Ali Haider Khan, Muzammil Hussain, Muhammad Kamran Malik

“…The abnormal heart signals are commonly known as arrhythmia. Cardiac arrhythmia can be dangerous, or in most cases, it can cause death. …”
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Masked Hypotension due to Elevated Venous Pressure in a Patient with Complex Adult Congenital Heart Disease by Wytch Rigger, Sean P. Javaheri, Gyanendra K. Sharma, Norris Stanley Nahman, Mark Sheynshteyn, Neal L. Weintraub

“…Invasive hemodynamic assessment unexpectedly demonstrated high cardiac output with low systemic vascular resistance (SVR). …”
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