PPARs, Cardiovascular Metabolism, and Function: Near- or Far-from-Equilibrium Pathways by Yves Lecarpentier, Victor Claes, Jean-Louis Hébert

“…Moreover, PPARs are directly or indirectly involved in cellular oscillatory processes such as the Wnt-b-catenin pathway, circadian rhythms of arterial blood pressure and cardiac frequency and glycolysis metabolic pathway. …”
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Acute Coronary Syndrome: An Unusual Consequence of GERD by Chui Man Carmen Hui, Santosh K. Padala, Michael Lavelle, Mikhail T. Torosoff, Xinjun Cindy Zhu, Mandeep S. Sidhu

“…He was diagnosed with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction based on the electrocardiographic changes and cardiac biomarker elevation. Cardiac catheterization revealed chronic three-vessel coronary artery disease, with 2 patent grafts and 2 chronically occluded grafts. …”
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Unique ECG Findings in Acute Pulmonary Embolism: STE with Reciprocal Changes and Pathologic Q Wave by Amanda Grant-Orser, Brennan Ballantyne, Wael Haddara

“…A 68-year-old male presented to the emergency department with retrosternal chest pain, presyncope, and then a pulseless electrical activity cardiac arrest. An ECG prior to his arrest revealed ST elevations in leads V1–V3, Q waves in lead V2, and reciprocal ST depressions in the lateral and inferior leads. …”
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Stress Induced Cardiomyopathy with Midventricular Ballooning: A Rare Variant by Muhammad Umer Siddiqui, Michael C. Desiderio, Nicholas Ricculli, Arthur Rusovici

“…During her hospitalization she was found to have positive cardiac enzymes. EKG showed 1 mm downsloping ST segment changes. …”
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Myocardial Rupture following Carbon Monoxide Poisoning by Gabija Dragelytė, Jūris Plenta, Sigitas Chmieliauskas, Algimantas Jasulaitis, Romas Raudys, Tomas Jovaiša, Robertas Badaras

“…We present the first case of severe cardiotoxicity of carbon monoxide leading to myocardial rupture and fatal outcome. 83-year-old woman was hospitalized 4 hours after the fire in her house with no respiratory or cardiac symptoms. After two days, she has suffered sudden collapse leading to cardiac arrest. …”
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Heart-on-a-chip: a revolutionary organ-on-chip platform for cardiovascular disease modeling by Beiqin Liu, Shuyue Wang, Hong Ma, Yulin Deng, Jichen Du, Yimeng Zhao, Yu Chen

“…Then we introduce the current proceedings of in vitro models for studying cardiovascular diseases (CVD) based on the HoC platform, including ischemia and myocardial infarction, cardiac fibrosis, cardiac scar, myocardial hypertrophy and other CVD models. …”
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Heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction: retrospective study of ejection fraction trajectory risk by Robert J.H. Miller, Majid Nabipoor, Erik Youngson, Gynter Kotrri, Nowell M. Fine, Jonathan G. Howlett, Ian D. Paterson, Justin Ezekowitz, Finlay A. McAlister

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Synaptotagmin-1 attenuates myocardial programmed necrosis and ischemia/reperfusion injury through the mitochondrial pathway by Teng Sun, Jialei Li, Shuang Wang, Yu Han, Xiangyu Tao, Min Yuan, Zhijie Jing, Ting Liu, Yuehong Qi, Siqi Liu, Yanlin Feng, Jiasong Chang, Lan Zhou, Lijuan Gao, Jianyun Shi, Ruihong Ning, Jimin Cao

“…Abstract Programmed necrosis/necroptosis greatly contributes to the pathogenesis of cardiac disorders including myocardial infarction, ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and heart failure. …”
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Letter to the editor regarding "Undesirable complication after transradial coronary angiography: A case report" by Ihsan Alur, Ahmet Deniz Kaya

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Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Dilatation of the Ascending Aorta by Martin Misfeld, Ani C. Anyanwu, Adrian H. Chester

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Atrial fibrillation and cognitive impairment: mechanisms, influencing factors, and prospects by Li-Juan Huang, Jian-Shu Chen, Yu-Zhe Song, Peng Chang

“…IntroductionAtrial fibrillation (AF) is a prevalent cardiac arrhythmia and a significant contributor to cardioembolic stroke, a condition closely linked to cognitive decline. …”
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Fully automated in vivo screening system for multi-organ imaging and pharmaceutical evaluation by Junhan Duan, Guanming Lin, Kangjian Jiao, Xiaohui Hong, Xudong Lin

“…Using this platform, we examine the cardiac sensitivity of an antipsychotic drug with multiple concentration gradients, and reveal dramatic diversity and complexity in the accurate chemical regulation of cardiac functions in vivo. …”
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New Insights into the Role of Metformin Effects on Serum Omentin-1 Levels in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Cross-Sectional Study by Hayder M. Alkuraishy, Ali I. Al-Gareeb

“…Venous blood was drawn from each participant for determination of lipid profile, plasma omentin-1, cardiac troponin-I (cTn-I) and other routine tests. …”
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MicroRNAs in atrial fibrillation – have we discovered the Holy Grail or opened a Pandora’s box? by Alkora Ioana Balan, Alina Scridon

“…MicroRNAs are not gene-specific but regulate the expression of a myriad of genes. Cardiac and non-cardiac off-target effects may thus occur following miRNA manipulation. …”
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Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Children and Adults: What is New? by Galal E. Nagib Elkilany, Mustafa A. AL-Qbandi, Khaled A. Sayed, Ibrahim Kabbash

“…Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the most common form of cardiomyopathy and cause of cardiac transplantation in children and young adults; mortality is high among this patient population. …”
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Review and Outcome of Prolonged Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Houssein Youness, Tarek Al Halabi, Hussein Hussein, Ahmed Awab, Kellie Jones, Jean Keddissi

“…The main causes of the cardiac arrests were myocardial infarction (29%), hypothermia (21%), and pulmonary emboli (12%). 74% of the arrests were witnessed, with a mean latency to CPR of 2 ± 6 minutes and good quality chest compression provided in 96% of the cases. …”
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Features of the Relationship between Cardiorhythm Regulation and Components of Internal Picture of Disease in Students by O.E. Elnikova, A.V. Dobrin

“… <p>The work is aimed at identifying the features of the mechanisms of regulation of cardiac rhythm, which determine adaptive behavior in situations of health disorders. …”
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Echocardiographic evaluation of healthy cats under the effect of Dexmedetomidine and Butorphanol by L.I. Pereira, M.C.R. Milano, C.H. Oliveira, A.M. Amude, A.K. Fabretti, D.A.G. Kemper

“…The association promotes sedation, but decreases systolic function, cardiac output and heart rate and increases afterload, therefore it is not suitable for echocardiographic evaluation.…”
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Evaluation of Cognitive Schemas Based on the Presence of Anxiety Disorder among Coronary Artery Disease Patients by Huri ASLAN, İbrahim TAYMUR, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR

“…Objective: The relationship between psychological factors and cardiac diseases has been concerned for a long but our knowledge about the cognitive profiles which could be important etiological factor in cardiac disease and comorbid psychiatric disorders is limited. …”
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Correlates of Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults with Diabetes by LaRita C. Jones, Olivio J. Clay, Fernando Ovalle, Andrea Cherrington, Michael Crowe

“…Diabetes distress partially mediated the associations between cardiac issues and depressive symptoms and between cognitive function and depressive symptoms. …”
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