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

“…Overactive inflammatory responses contribute to progressive cardiac dysfunction after myocardial infarction (MI). …”
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The Effect of an Educational Application on The Quality of Life and Treatment Adherence in Mothers of Children with Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Mohammad Rajabi, Jamalodin Begjani, Reza Negarandeh

“…This study evaluated the impact of a mobile educational application on the QoL and TA in mothers of children with CHD undergoing cardiac surgery.Methods: This randomized clinical trial was conducted on 72 mothers of children with CHD referred for cardiac surgery to Children’s Medical Center Hospital, Tehran, Iran, from September 2023 to May 2024. …”
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Impact of Additional Transthoracic Electrical Cardioversion on Cardiac Function and Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Who Underwent Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation by Deguo Wang, Fengxiang Zhang, Ancai Wang

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of additional ECV on cardiac function and recurrence of AF. Methods and Results. …”
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Application of transesophageal echocardiography, left atrial appendage angiography, cardiac computed tomography angiography, and three-dimensional reconstruction model in left atrial appendage occlusion by Huang Hao Lei, Li Hua Kang, Song Zhi Yuan, Wan Chen, Yao Qing

“…Transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography angiography were performed simultaneously before operation, and three-dimensional reconstruction of the left atrial appendage model was performed based on the cardiac computed tomography angiography findings. …”
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The Effect of the Thioether-Bridged, Stabilized Angiotensin-(1–7) Analogue Cyclic Ang-(1–7) on Cardiac Remodeling and Endothelial Function in Rats with Myocardial Infarction by Matej Durik, Richard van Veghel, Anneke Kuipers, Rick Rink, Marijke Haas Jimoh Akanbi, Gert Moll, A. H. Jan Danser, Anton J. M. Roks

“…Two weeks thereafter infusion with 0.24 or 2.4 μg/kg/h cAng-(1–7) or saline was started for 8 weeks. Thereafter, cardiac morphometric and hemodynamic variables as wells as aortic endothelial function were measured. …”
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First evidence of immunomodulation of the renin-angiotensin system through substance P/neurokinin 1 receptor: a case and control study in hypertension and cardiac patients by Ibrahim M. Alanazi, Riffat Mehboob, Ayesha Tariq, Sajid Hameed, Uzma Malik, Noreen Sarwar, Imran Shahid, Khurram Mehboob

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Symptoms and coronary risk factors predictive of adverse cardiac events in chest pain patients in an Asian emergency department: the need for a local prediction score by Ziwei Lin, Swee Han Lim, Qai Ven Yap, Cheryl Shumin Kow, Yiong Huak Chan, Siang Jin Terrance Chua, Anantharaman Venkataraman

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Deep Transfer Learning for Classification of Late Gadolinium Enhancement Cardiac MRI Images into Myocardial Infarction, Myocarditis, and Healthy Classes: Comparison with Subjective Visual Evaluation by Amani Ben Khalifa, Manel Mili, Mezri Maatouk, Asma Ben Abdallah, Mabrouk Abdellali, Sofiene Gaied, Azza Ben Ali, Yassir Lahouel, Mohamed Hedi Bedoui, Ahmed Zrig

“…<b>Results:</b> The VGG16-MLP model allowed high-performance differentiation between MI, myocarditis, and healthy LGE cardiac MRI images. It outperformed the other tested models with 96% accuracy, 97% precision, 96% sensitivity, and 96% F1-score. …”
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Interventional cardiology in Poland in 2023. Annual summary report of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society (AISN PTK) and Jagiellonian University Medical College by Zbigniew Siudak, Marek Grygier, Mariusz Tomaniak, Marta Kałużna-Oleksy, Paweł Kleczyński, Krzysztof Milewski, Maksymilian P. Opolski, Grzegorz Smolka, Robert Sabiniewicz, Krzysztof P. Malinowski, Dariusz Dudek, Zenon Huczek, Michał Hawranek

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PINK1 modulates Prdx2 to reduce lipotoxicity‐induced apoptosis and attenuate cardiac dysfunction in heart failure mice with a preserved ejection fraction by Hao Zhang, Tianyu Xu, Xiyuan Mei, Qiming Zhao, Qiling Yang, Xianghui Zeng, Zhuang Ma, Haobin Zhou, Qingchun Zeng, Dingli Xu, Hao Ren

“…Objective This study aimed to investigate the interaction between PINK1 and Prdx2 to mitigate cardiac diastolic dysfunction in HFpEF. Methods In vivo, PINK1‐knockout mice and cardiac‐specific PINK1‐overexpressing transgenic mice were used to establish an HFpEF mouse model via a high‐fat diet and L‐NAME. …”
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Upregulation of Cardiac IL-10 and Downregulation of IFN-γ in Balb/c IL-4−/− in Acute Chagasic Myocarditis due to Colombian Strain of Trypanosoma cruzi by Marcos Vinicius da Silva, Vera Lúcia de Almeida, Wendyson Duarte de Oliveira, Natália Carasek Matos Cascudo, Pollyana Guimarães de Oliveira, Crislaine Aparecida da Silva, Aline Cristina Souza da Silva, Maria Luíza Gonçalves dos Reis Monteiro, Rosana Rosa Miranda Correa, Milton Adriano Pelli Oliveira, Ruy de Sousa Lino-Júnior, Mara Rúbia Nunes Celes, Juliana Reis Machado

“…IL-4 absence culminated in lower cardiac tissue IFN-γ production, although it did not affect TNF-α expression in situ. …”
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Detection of Dose Response in Chronic Doxorubicin-Mediated Cell Death with Cardiac Technetium 99m Annexin V Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography by Kathleen L. Gabrielson, Greta S.P. Mok, Srihdar Nimmagadda, Djahida Bedja, Scott Pin, Allison Tsao, Yuchuan Wang, Dhrtti Sooryakumar, S. Jianhua Yu, Martin G. Pomper, Benjamin M.W. Tsui

“…Two regions of interest were drawn in the myocardium and soft tissue regions to calculate the cardiac uptake ratio (CUR) of reconstructed images. …”
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The relationship between the atherogenic index of plasma and postoperative myocardial injury following non-cardiac surgery under general anaesthesia: a retrospective cohort study by Yuanjun Zhou, Liping Zhong, Yilin Liao, Yuting Zhong

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Paeonol Attenuates Methotrexate-Induced Cardiac Toxicity in Rats by Inhibiting Oxidative Stress and Suppressing TLR4-Induced NF-κB Inflammatory Pathway by Abdulla Y. Al-Taher, Mohamed A. Morsy, Rehab A. Rifaai, Nagwa M. Zenhom, Seham A. Abdel-Gaber

“…MTX-induced inflammatory effects are evidenced by the increased cardiac toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) mRNA expression and protein level as well as increased cardiac tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-) α and interleukin- (IL-) 6 levels along with increased nuclear factor- (NF-) κB/p65 immunostaining. …”
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Evaluation of the relationship between cardiac calcification and cardiovascular disease using the echocardiographic calcium score in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: a cross-sectional study by Ho-Kwan Sin, Ping-Nam Wong, Kin-Yee Lo, Man-Wai Lo, Shuk-Fan Chan, Kwok-Chi Lo, Yuk-Yi Wong, Lo-Yi Ho, Wing-Tung Kwok, Kai-Chun Chan, Andrew Kui-Man Wong, Siu-Ka Mak

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The Utility of Point of Care Test for Soluble ST2 in Predicting Adverse Cardiac Events during Acute Care of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Anggoro Budi Hartopo, Indah Sukmasari, Ira Puspitawati

“…The incidence of adverse cardiac events between groups was analyzed. A p value < 0.05 was statistically significant. …”
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Impact of adjuvant trastuzumab therapy and its discontinuation on cardiac function and mortality in patients with early-stage breast cancer: An analysis based on the Japanese Receipt Claim Database by Keiko Miyazato, Hiroshi Ohtsu, Akihiko Shimomura, Naohiro Yonemoto, Chikako Shimizu, Kazuhiro Sase, Shinichiro Ueda

“…However, trastuzumab-induced cardiac dysfunction may force the discontinuation of adjuvant trastuzumab therapy. …”
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Successful rescue of a patient with cardiogenic shock following traumatic cardiac arrest using VA-ECMO after air medical transport: a case report by Haohao Wu, Pin Lan, Kechun Zhou, Lutao Xie

Subjects: “…traumatic cardiac arrest…”
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Tissue Doppler echocardiography predicts long-term cardiovascular mortality: the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT) legacy 20-year follow-up study by Simon Thom, Alice Stanton, Jamil Mayet, Amit Kaura, Darrel Francis, Anoop SV Shah, Andrew Sharp, Alun D Hughes, Neil R Poulter, Anenta Ratneswaren, Tong Wu, Somayeh Rostamian, Devan Wasan, PS Sever

“…Our aim was to evaluate whether this extends to predicting cardiovascular mortality after 20 years of follow-up.Methods Conventional (E) and tissue Doppler (e′) echocardiography was performed on hypertensive participants in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT) with long-term follow-up ascertained via linkage to the Office of National Statistics. …”
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Identifying etiologies of heart failure using non-contrast cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: cine imaging, T1 and T2 mapping, and texture analysis for T1 mapping by Yasuo Amano, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Xiaoyan Tang, Chisato Ando

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