MicroRNAs as Prognostic Biomarkers for Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Catheter Ablation: Current Evidence and Future Directions by Emmanouil P. Vardas, Evangelos Oikonomou, Panos E. Vardas, Dimitris Tousoulis

“…Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. …”
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Esophageal High Pressure Zones: Effect of Perisophageal Structures on Esophageal Manometric Recording by G Bédard, A Pellicano, R Ste-Marie

“…Results suggest that EHPZs are caused by the compression and pulsations of vascular or cardiac periesophageal structures; the aortic arch is responsible for the manometric EHPZ when it is found between 10 and 14 cm above the lower esophageal sphincter whereas the left auricle is the cause of the EHPZ if it is located between 4 and 7 cm above the lower esophageal sphincter.…”
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Giant Cell Myocarditis in a Patient With Crohn's Disease, Treated with Etanercept – A Tumour Necrosis Factor-Alpha Antagonist by C Nash, R Panaccione, LR Sutherland, JB Meddings

“…Cardiac disease in association with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is uncommon. …”
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Persistent Hiccups as the Only Presenting Symptom of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Nasreen Shaikh, Rishi Raj, Srinivas Movva, Charles Mattina

“…Elderly patients who present with persistent hiccups should be investigated for an underlying cardiac etiology.…”
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Seeking Out High Risk Population: The Prevalence Characteristics and Outcome of Diabetic Patients of Arab Ethnicity Hospitalized in Internal Medical and Acute Coronary Units in Isr... by William Nseir, Shehadeh Haj, Basma Beshara, Julnar Mograbi, Ohad Cohen

“…Retrospective analysis of the prevalence of diabetes and the outcome of diabetic in comparison to nondiabetic patients hospitalized in the internal medicine and intensive cardiac units in two major hospitals with one-year postdischarge data between 1.1.2009 and 31.12.2009. …”
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Critical Appraisal of Pharmaceutical Therapy in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy—Challenges and Prospectives by Elina Khattab, Michaelia Kyriakou, Elena Leonidou, Stefanos Sokratous, Angeliki Mouzarou, Michael M. Myrianthefs, Nikolaos P. E. Kadoglou

“…Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DBCM) has been increasingly recognized as the development of cardiac dysfunction, which is accompanied by heart failure (HF) symptoms in the absence of obvious reasons like ischemic heart disease, hypertension, or valvulopathies. …”
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Homonymous Superior Quadrantanopia due to Erdheim-Chester Disease with Asymptomatic Pituitary Involvement by Roaa Ridha Amer, Sara Mohammed Qubaiban, Eman Abdulkarim Bakhsh

“…ECD has wide clinical spectrums which mainly affect skeletal, neurological, dermatological, retroperitoneal, cardiac, and pulmonary manifestations. Here we describe a case of ECD in a 45-year-old female who presented initially with bilateral knee pain and homonymous superior quadrantanopia progressed to ophthalmoplegia and complete visual loss of the left eye over a period of one year. …”
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Fibrin Gel as an Injectable Biodegradable Scaffold and Cell Carrier for Tissue Engineering by Yuting Li, Hao Meng, Yuan Liu, Bruce P. Lee

“…The ability for fibrin to cure in situ has been exploited to develop injectable scaffolds for the repair of damaged cardiac and cartilage tissues. Additionally, fibrin gel has been utilized as a cell carrier to protect cells from the forces during the application and cell delivery processes while enhancing the cell viability and tissue regeneration. …”
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CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT IN A PREGNANT WOMAN (CLINICAL CASE) by Елена Валентиновна Гришкевич, Алена Васильевна Иванникова, Елена Николаевна Орлова, Елена Владимировна Рудаева, Светлана Ивановна Елгина, Кира Борисовна Мозес, Елена Германовна Рудаева

“…To optimize care for pregnant women with congenital heart defects and achieve positive results, it is necessary to interact with doctors of different specialties: obstetricians-gynecologists, therapists, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and specialists in congenital heart defects.…”
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Nitric Oxide-Sensitive Pulmonary Hypertension in Congenital Rubella Syndrome by Francesco Raimondi, Fiorella Migliaro, Elisa Di Pietro, Francesco Borgia, Antonio Rapacciuolo, Letizia Capasso

“…We discuss the case of complete congenital rubella syndrome presenting at echocardiography with pulmonary hypertension that worsened after ductus ligation. Cardiac catheterization showed a normal pulmonary valve and vascular tree but a PAP=40 mmHg. …”
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Asymptomatic Pellet Migration to the Heart: Report of a Case and Update on Proper Management by George Galyfos, Konstantinos Palogos, Nikolaos Kavouras

“…Computed tomography imaging confirmed this finding and showed no other cardiac or mediastinal injury. Ultrasonography of the heart was unremarkable as well. …”
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Analysis of Ploidy in Hypopharyngeal Cancer by Laser Scanning Cytometry on Fine Needle Aspirate Biopsies by Andreas O.H. Gerstner, Julia Machlitt, Hans‐Jürgen Welkoborsky, Friedrich Bootz, Attila Tárnok

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Skipping Breakfast Is Associated with Hypertension in Adults: A Meta-Analysis by Zishuo Li, Hongli Li, Qin Xu, Yanli Long

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Evaluation of Selected Honey and One of Its Phenolic Constituent Eugenol against L1210 Lymphoid Leukemia by Saravana Kumar Jaganathan, Dilip Mondhe, Z. A. Wani, Eko Supriyanto

“…Recent decade of research focuses on phenolic constituents as a tool for combating various inflammatory, cancer, and cardiac diseases. Our research showed honey and its phenolic constituents as crusaders against cancer. …”
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An Ectopic Breast Tissue Presenting with Fibroadenoma in Axilla by Anandhi Amaranathan, Kanchana Balaguruswamy, Ramachandra V. Bhat, Manash Kumar Bora

“…Patient has no associated urological or cardiac anomaly. Conclusion. This case has been reported for its rarity and to reemphasise the importance of screening of EBT for any pathology during routine screening of breast.…”
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WF-PPG: A Wrist-finger Dual-Channel Dataset for Studying the Impact of Contact Pressure on PPG Morphology by Matthew Yiwen Ho, Hung Manh Pham, Aaqib Saeed, Dong Ma

“…Abstract Photoplethysmography (PPG) is a simple optical technique widely used in wearable devices for continuous cardiac health monitoring. However, the quality of PPG signals, particularly their morphology, is influenced by the contact pressure between the skin and the sensor. …”
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Clinical Implications of the Lung Ultrasound Score in Patients after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Yi-Ling Zhang, Zhou Yang, Jie Cao, Yu-Long Bai, Chun-Yun Fang, Wei Wang

“…This retrospective study included a total of 34 patients older than 18 years with a nontraumatic cause of in-hospital cardiac arrest, who received standard resuscitation and achieved return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). …”
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Tissue-Welding Device: Considerable Advantages for Spleen Surgery Based on Histological and Cardiorespiratory Investigation by Linda Gatiņa, Inga Piginka-Vjaceslavova, Dace Bērziņa, Maksims Zolovs

“…During splenic surgery, it is important to control blood loss and the potential risk of cardiac arrhythmia. The best way to prevent complications from surgery is to use the appropriate surgical devices; however, there is no guideline for the use of specific surgical devices for spleen incision. …”
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Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum associated with Ventriculo-Coronary Arterial Communication in a Fetus at 21 Weeks of Gestation by Can Yilmaz Yozgat, Yanki Celik Yilmazer, Yilmaz Yozgat

“…The essential associated cardiac finding of PA-IVS is ventricular-coronary arterial communications (VCAC). …”
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Application and Validation of Simple Isocratic HPLC-UV-DAD Method with Dual Wavelength Detection for Ivabradine Determination and Its Application in the Study of Stress Degradation by Joanna Nowakowska, Piotr Pikul, Marcin Marszałł, Krzesimir Ciura

“…Ivabradine is a modern drug that selectively lowers the heart rate, improves cardiac energy balance, and reduces heart’s demands for oxygen and energy. …”
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