Association between Chinese visceral adiposity index and risk of new-onset hypertension in middle-aged and older adults with prediabetes: evidence from a large national cohort stud... by Lanlan Li, Lanlan Li, Linqiang Xi, Qianhui Wang

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Black Chokeberry (<i>Aronia melanocarpa</i>) Juice Supplementation Affects Age-Related Myocardial Remodeling in Rats by Elena Daskalova, Mina Pencheva, Slavi Delchev, Lyudmila Vladimirova-Kitova, Spas Kitov, Stoyan Markov, David Baruh, Petko Denev

“…Background: Cardiac aging is associated with myocardial remodeling and reduced angiogenesis. …”
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Target-specific peptides for BK virus agnoprotein identified through phage display screening: advancing antiviral therapeutics by Xiaofei Xing, Jingxian Han, Keke Wang, Fuyun Tian, CuiXia Jiang, Wei Liang, Lin Qi, Xin Yue, Yinhang Wen, Yuwei Hu, Hui Qiao

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Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Screening for Magnesium Deficiency by Paolo Severino, Lucrezia Netti, Marco Valerio Mariani, Annalisa Maraone, Andrea D’Amato, Rossana Scarpati, Fabio Infusino, Mariateresa Pucci, Carlo Lavalle, Viviana Maestrini, Massimo Mancone, Francesco Fedele

“…In fact, magnesium deficiency is involved in the pathophysiology of arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, endothelial dysfunction, coronary artery disease, cardiac arrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. In consideration of the great public-health impact of cardiovascular disease, the recognition of the negative effects of magnesium deficiency suggests the possible role of hypomagnesaemia as cardiovascular risk factor and the use of serum magnesium level for the screening and prevention of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Pulmonary Artery Intimal Sarcoma Diagnosed Preoperatively by Endovascular Biopsy and Treated via Right Pneumonectomy and Pulmonary Arterioplasty by Daiki Kato, Shohei Mori, Eriko Harada, Rintaro Shigemori, Takamasa Shibazaki, Hideki Matsudaira, Jun Hirano, Hirokazu Ashida, Hiroko Kimura, Michio Yoshitake, Takashi Kunihara, Takashi Ohtsuka

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Simplified Outcome Prediction in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Intervention by Survival Tree-Based Modelling by Vera Fortmeier, MD, Mark Lachmann, MD, Lukas Stolz, MD, Jennifer von Stein, MD, Karl-Philipp Rommel, MD, Mohammad Kassar, MD, Muhammed Gerçek, MD, Anne R. Schöber, MD, Thomas J. Stocker, MD, Hazem Omran, MD, Michelle Fett, Jule Tervooren, Maria I. Körber, MD, Amelie Hesse, Gerhard Harmsen, PhD, Kai Peter Friedrichs, MD, Shinsuke Yuasa, MD, PhD, Tanja K. Rudolph, MD, Michael Joner, MD, Roman Pfister, MD, Stephan Baldus, MD, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, MD, Stephan Windecker, MD, Fabien Praz, MD, Philipp Lurz, MD, Jörg Hausleiter, MD, Volker Rudolph, MD

“…Background: Patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) typically present with heterogeneity in the extent of cardiac dysfunction and extra-cardiac comorbidities, which play a decisive role for survival after transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention (TTVI). …”
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Circulatory Collapse due to Hyperinflation in a Patient with Tracheobronchomalacia: A Case Report and Brief Review by Niclas Lundström, Gert Henriksson, Ola Börjesson, Malin Jonsson Fagerlund, Johan Petersson

“…We present a case of repeated cardiac arrests derived from dynamic hyperinflation in a patient with severe tracheobronchomalacia. …”
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The Primary Alteration of Ventricular Myocardium Conduction: The Significant Determinant of Left Bundle Branch Block Pattern by Ljuba Bacharova, Bayes de Luna

“…Recognizing the underlying mechanisms of the LBBB patterns and the involvement of the ventricular working myocardium is of utmost clinical importance, considering a patient’s prognosis and indication for cardiac resynchronization therapy.…”
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Cryoballoon Catheter Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation by Cevher Ozcan, Jeremy Ruskin, Moussa Mansour

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Bacterial Endocarditis of Anatomically Normal Native Pulmonic Valve with No Predisposing Risk Factors: Case Report and Review by Muhannad Antoun, John Deel, Dermot Halpin, Fadi Al-Akhrass

“…However, it is more common in persons who inject drugs or in presence of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED). Pulmonic valve endocarditis is a rare infection and represents ∼1% of all cases. …”
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A Rare Case of the Digenic Inheritance of Long QT Syndrome Type 2 and Type 6 by Annejet Heida, Lisette J. M. E. van der Does, Ahmed A. Y. Ragab, Natasja M. S. de Groot

“…We report a 37-year-old woman with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation due to digenic inheritance of long QT syndrome type 2 (KCNH2 gene) and type 6 (KCNE2 gene). …”
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Spontaneous Tumor Lysis Syndrome due to Uterine Leiomyosarcoma with Lung Metastases by Vivek Alaigh, Debapriya Datta

“…These metabolic derangements can lead to seizures, cardiac arrhythmias, renal failure, and death. TLS is usually seen after the initiation of chemotherapy for hematologic malignancies. …”
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Echocardiographic Assessment of Preload Responsiveness in Critically Ill Patients by Alexander Levitov, Paul E. Marik

“…However, a number of dynamic echocardiographic parameters which are based on changes in vena-caval dimensions or cardiac function induce by positive pressure ventilation or passive leg raising appear to be highly predictive of volume responsiveness.…”
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Phytochemical screening, proximate and elemental analysis of Citrus sinensis peels (l.) Osbeck by PO Osarumwense, LO Okunrobo, EG Uwumarongie-Ilori

“…The phytochemical analysis indicated the presence of reducing sugar, saponins, cardiac glycosides, tannins and flavonoids. The elemental analysis indicated the presence of the following mineral elements in various concentrations: Zn, Cu, Mg, and Mn, while Cd and Ni were less than 0.001 and 0.05 respectively, while Cr was about 0.01 in concentration. …”
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Hippocampal Necrosis in a Cat from Australia by Carl Adagra, Susan Amanda Piripi

“…The cat was witnessed to vomit and aspirate 24 hours after diagnosis leading to cardiac arrest and death. Postmortem examination revealed a subacute degenerative encephalopathy involving the hippocampus.…”
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Primitive Tumour of the Pulmonary Valve: Discussion of the Differential Diagnosis by A. Hannecart, D. Ndjekembo-Shango, F. Vallot, O. Simonet, M. De Kock

“…There is a paucity of information concerning cardiac tumours of the pulmonary valve due to their rarity at this location. …”
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Updated treatment guidelines for drug-resistant TB: how safe are clofazimine-based regimens? by E. Pontali, M. Raviglione

“…Here, we discuss the cardiac safety of Cfz and the role of active drug safety monitoring at the programme level in collecting information on this issue.…”
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Tissue-Derived Stem and Progenitor Cells by Leora J. Tesche, David A. Gerber

“…In this review, we will expand the current state of research involving select tissue-derived stem cell populations including the liver, central nervous system, and cardiac tissues as examples of the success and challenges in this field of research. …”
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Correction: Tribute to Michael O’Rourke (1937–2024): A Collective Tribute to a Colleague, Friend and Mentor by Alberto Avolio, Barry Gow, Wilmer Nichols, Dean Winter, Christopher Hayward, David Gallagher, John Cockcroft, Audrey Adji, Junichiro Hashimoto, Charalambos Vlachopoulos

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Formation of the Ventricles by Catherine A. Risebro, Paul R. Riley

“…Interpretation of these studies highlights the fact that even the smallest perturbation at any stage of ventricular development may lead to cardiac malformations that result in either early embryonic mortality or a manifestation of congenital heart disease.…”
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