Effects of Acute Normovolemic Anemia on Hemodynamic Parameters and Acid-Base Balance in Dogs by Tatiana Champion, Glaucia Bueno Pereira Neto, Aparecido Antonio Camacho

“…The anemic groups had increase in cardiac index (P<.05) (3.82±1.05 to 5.86±1.49 and 5.81±1.63 L/min × m2) and decreases (P<.05) in the indices of total peripheral resistance (6797.81±3060.22 to 3220.14±1275.02 and 3887.74±1394.89 dina⋅seg/cm5 × m2) and oxygen delivery (7942.84±3344.00 to 4021.68±1627.00 and 4430.82±1402.61 mL/min × m2), respectively. …”
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Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR) in Predicting Coronary Artery Disease Compared to Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference in a Single Center from Saudi Arabia by Mostafa Q. Alshamiri, Faisal Mohd A Habbab, Saad Saeed AL-Qahtani, Khalil Abdullah Alghalayini, Omar Mohammed Al-Qattan, Fayez El-shaer

“…BMI was least associated with high-risk cardiac population in both males and females (39.4% and 60.3%), followed by WC (84.5% and 96.6%, respectively). …”
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Intramyocardial Dissection following Postinfarction Ventricular Wall Rupture Contained by Surrounding Postoperative Adhesions by Abdulkadir Ercan, Orcun Gurbuz, Gencehan Kumtepe, Hakan Ozkan, Ilker Hasan Karal, Yusuf Velioglu, Serdar Ener

“…Dissection of the myocardium is a rare form of cardiac rupture, caused by a hemorrhagic dissection among the spiral myocardial fibers, its diagnosis is rarely established before the operation or death, and extremely few cases have been reported in the literature and none of these cases seem to have a history of previous cardiac surgery which makes our report unique. …”
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Resveratrol Enhances Cardiomyocyte Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells through Inhibiting Canonical WNT Signal Pathway and Enhancing Serum Response Factor-miR-1... by Hui Liu, Shaoli Zhang, Lihua Zhao, Yan Zhang, Qiuping Li, Xiaoyan Chai, Yongchun Zhang

“…Resveratrol (trans-3,5,4′-trihydroxystilbene) (RSV) is a natural polyphenol with protective effects over cardiac tissues and can affect cell survival and differentiation in cardiac stem cells transplantation. …”
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Vitamin D in Cardiology by Norbert Güttler, Kirila Zheleva, Mariana Parahuleva, Ridvan Chasan, Mehmet Bilgin, Christiane Neuhof, Mehmet Burgazli, Bernd Niemann, Ali Erdogan, Andreas Böning

“…Several studies indicate that n-3 PUFA consumption improves vascular and cardiac hemodynamics, triglycerides, and possibly endothelial function, autonomic control, inflammation, thrombosis, and arrhythmia. …”
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Cardioprotective effects of hUCMSCs-Exosi-EGR1 MN patch in MI/RI by modulating oxidative stress and mitophagy by Chen Huang, Xun Zhang, Shi-Xiong Wu, Qing Chang, Zhi-Kun Zheng, Jing Xu

“…Noteworthy outcomes from in vivo experiments included significant improvements in cardiac function, reduced cardiac fibrosis, and decreased apoptosis rates in MI/RI mice, emphasizing the potential therapeutic value of the Exosi-EGR1 MN patch in mitigating MI/RI through modulation of oxidative stress and mitophagy mechanisms.…”
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The Management of the Aortic Arch in Type A Aortic Dissection: Replace, Repair with the AMDS, or Leave for Another Day? by Ryaan EL-Andari, Michael C. Moon

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Medical treatment of patients before surgical myocardial revascularization by I.V. Shklianka, O.J. Zharinov, O.A. Yepanchintseva, B.M. Todurov

“…Evidence-based medicine has shown that beta-blockers remain the basic treatment in preventing postoperative cardiac arrhythmias, and in some cases the use of amiodarone can be considered. …”
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Impact of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Implantation of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump on the Outcome of an Acute Total Obstruction of the Left Main Coronary Artery by Hamza Hamayel, Yahya Ismail, Sajed Majadla, Yousef Hamshari, Yunis Daralammouri

“…He was given loading doses of dual antiplatelet agents, in addition to respiratory support, then transferred immediately to the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Urgent cardiac catheterization showed total occlusion of the LMCA. …”
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Characterization of Transverse Aortic Constriction in Mice Based on the Specific Recruitment of Leukocytes to the Hypertrophic Myocardium and the Aorta Ascendens by Jan Lukas Kleiner, Odilia Köpke, Anton Faron, Yunyang Zhang, Jan Cornelssen, Mark Coburn, Stilla Frede, Lars Eichhorn, Christina Katharina Weisheit

“…Alterations in immune cell functionality can promote cardiac and vascular remodeling. In the present study, we characterized the time course in innate immune cell dynamics in response to TAC in the different tissues of mice. …”
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Enterococcus faecium Mediastinitis Complicated by Disseminated Candida parapsilosis Infection after Congenital Heart Surgery in a 4-Week-Old Baby by Hanna Renk, Felix Neunhoeffer, Florian Hölzl, Michael Hofbeck, Matthias Kumpf

“…Background. Cardiac surgery offers multiple treatment options for children with congenital heart defects. …”
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Mutation-Specific Phenotypes in hiPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes Carrying Either Myosin-Binding Protein C Or α-Tropomyosin Mutation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Marisa Ojala, Chandra Prajapati, Risto-Pekka Pölönen, Kristiina Rajala, Mari Pekkanen-Mattila, Jyrki Rasku, Kim Larsson, Katriina Aalto-Setälä

“…Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic cardiac disease, which affects the structure of heart muscle tissue. …”
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The Level of Oxidative Neutrophil Response When Determining Endotoxin Activity Assay: A New Biomarker for Defining the Indications and Effectiveness of Intensive Care in Patients w... by Michael Yaroustovsky, Ekaterina Rogalskaya, Marina Plyushch, Ludmila Klimovich, Nataliya Samsonova, Marina Abramyan

“…Blood samples were taken from 198 adult patients who were admitted to the ICU after cardiac surgery (SIRS: 34, MODS: 36, and sepsis: 128). …”
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Effects of Pioglitazone on Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Nondiabetic Patients (EPICAMP Study): A Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial by Pedram Shokouh, Adel Joharimoghadam, Hamidreza Roohafza, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Allahyar Golabchi, Maryam Boshtam, Nizal Sarrafzadegan

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Preoperative risk assessment and optimization integrating surgical and anesthetic principles and practices: a national survey for internists by Marc-Antoine Lepage, Annie Lecavalier, Gabriele Baldini, Ning-Zi Sun, Amal Bessissow

“…The survey included the perceived importance and knowledge of several key surgical and anesthetic aspects, such as surgery duration, procedure-specific cardiac risk, bleeding risk, and thrombotic risk. …”
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Acute Renal Failure and Volume Overload Syndrome Secondary to a Femorofemoral Arteriovenous Fistula Angioplasty in a Kidney Transplant Recipient by Dominique Bertrand, Geoffroy Desbuissons, Nicolas Pallet, Albane Sartorius, Christophe Legendre, Marie-France Mamzer, Rebecca Sberro Soussan

“…Prompt AVF ligation rapidly reversed clinical symptoms and normalized cardiac and renal functions. This paper illustrates the potential deleterious consequences of high-output AVF after kidney transplantation and raises considerations regarding the impact of the fistula on cardiac status and kidney function after kidney transplantation and, consequently, the management AVF after transplantation.…”
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Comparison of three- and six-component scoring models for predicting the futility in cancer resuscitation: a retrospective study by A. Pramono, N. Maryani

“…The futile for CPR (FORREST) score is a score to assess whether cancer patients who experience cardiac arrest will enhance or still die after being given resuscitation. …”
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Clinical manifestations of coronary artery embolism due to heart tumors by R.M. Vitovsky, V.V. Isaіenko, O.V. Kupchinsky, I.V. Martyschenko, M.M. Serdyuk

“…Coronary artery embolism in cardiac tumors is associated with diverse clinical manifestations.…”
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Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Coronary Catheterization through Distal Transradial Access: A Single-Center Data by Huanhuan Wang, Dan Liu, Jidong Guo, Nuerbahati Heisha, Lei Wang, Qiang Zhang, Yihui Han, Xiping Wang, Bo Zhang, Jinqing Yuan, Lijian Gao

“…We sought to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and complication rates of using the dTRA for cardiac catheterization in Chinese patients. Methods. …”
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Sotatercept Use in a Patient with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Undergoing Lung Transplantation by Justin P. Rosenheck, Kashika Goyal, Tara Fallah, Pamela Burcham, Kukbin Choi, Matthew Henn, Elie Homsy, Scott Visovatti, Veronica Franco

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