Identification of personal factors that influence engagement in cardiac rehabilitation and interventions targeting personal factors: A scoping review protocol. by Hongyu Zhang, Duygu Sezgin

“…Cardiac rehabilitation effectively reduces mortality and enhances the quality of life for individuals with cardiovascular disease. Despite that, individuals' engagement in cardiac rehabilitation remains low. …”
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Hypertension, and Their Additive Effects on Atherosclerosis by Mario Francesco Damiani, Annapaola Zito, Pierluigi Carratù, Vito Antonio Falcone, Elioda Bega, Pietro Scicchitano, Marco Matteo Ciccone, Onofrio Resta

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Selective Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR-II) Antagonist Reduces Body Weight Gain in Mice by Tomoko Asagami, Joseph K. Belanoff, Junya Azuma, Christine M. Blasey, Robin D. Clark, Philip S. Tsao

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Developing Targeted Health Service Interventions Using the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model: Two Australian Case Studies by Jane L. Phillips, John X. Rolley, Patricia M. Davidson

“…Using a reflective case study approach, this paper examines the applicability of the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model to the development of targeted chronic care improvement interventions for two distinct Australian populations: a rapidly expanding and aging rural population with unmet palliative care needs and a disadvantaged urban community at higher risk of cardiovascular disease. Results. The PRECEDE-PROCEED Model approach demonstrated utility across diverse health settings in a systematic planning process. …”
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Pattern of Blood Pressure Indices among the Residents of a Rural Community in South East Nigeria by B. J. C. Onwubere, E. C. Ejim, C. I. Okafor, A. Emehel, A. U. Mbah, U. Onyia, S. Mendis

“…Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the main causes of death in industrialized countries, and are significant causes of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Evaluate the Correlation between the TIMI Frame Count, IMR, and CFR in Coronary Microvascular Disease by Xinye Xu, Jinbao Zhou, Yongzhen Zhang, Qian Li, Lijun Guo, Yanyang Mao, Liyun He

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Cultivating a thriving environment for women in cardiology through leadership and inclusion by Renée P. Bullock-Palmer, Martha Gulati, Gina Lundberg, Monika Sanghavi, Odayme Quesada, Nosheen Reza, Julia Grapsa, Jessica Lee, Annabelle Santos Volgman, Laxmi Mehta, Sandra J. Lewis, Kamala P. Tamirisa

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Presenting a model for the diagnosis of heart failure using cumulative and deep learning algorithms: a case study of tehran heart center by Amir Hossein Hariri, Esmaeil Bagheri, Sayyed Mohammad Reza Davoodi

“…In most of the cases, angiography is a reliable method for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. However, it is a costly approach associated with various complications. …”
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The Molecular Effects of SGLT2i Empagliflozin on the Autophagy Pathway in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and Its Complications by Ranin Saad, Hagar Tadmor, Offir Ertracht, Nakhoul Nakhoul, Farid Nakhoul, Farber Evgeny, Shaul Atar

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Effects of low-flux and high-flux hemodialysis on the survival of elderly maintenance hemodialysis patients by Wanqing Huang, Jiuxu Bai, Yanping Zhang, Dongxia Qiu, Lin Wei, Chen Zhao, Zhuo Ren, Qian Wang, Kaiming Ren, Ning Cao

“…Patients in the high-flux group had a lower risk of cardiovascular death than did those in the low-flux group (HR = 0.79, 95% CI, 0.54–1.16, p = 0.222; HR = 0.58, 95% CI, 0.37–0.91, p = 0.019).Conclusions High-flux hemodialysis was associated with a lower relative risk of cardiovascular mortality in elderly MHD patients. …”
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Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Production following Cardiopulmonary Bypass Was Not Associated with Pulmonary Dysfunction after Cardiac Surgery by Tso-Chou Lin, Feng-Yen Lin, Yi-Wen Lin, Che-Hao Hsu, Go-Shine Huang, Zhi-Fu Wu, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chi-Yuan Li, Chien-Sung Tsai

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Impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus on low-grade inflammation in patients with ST-elevated myocardial infarction by M.V. Bielinskyi, N.M. Seredyuk, A.I. Vytryhovskiy, V.D. Koroliuk

“…Chronic low-grade inflammation has emerged as a hallmark of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), contributing significantly to the pathogenesis of various cardiovascular diseases, notably ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI). …”
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Reduced retinal microvascular density in women with coronary microvascular dysfunction: A pilot study by Sakshi Shiromani, Ahmed AlBadri, Aaron Lindeke-Myers, Arielle Schwartz, Nishant Vatsa, Esha Dave, Fauzia Rashid, Nieraj Jain, Puja K. Mehta

“…While retinal microvasculature relates to many cardiovascular risk factors, its link with CMD remains unknown. …”
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In vitro gastrointestinal digestion simulation screening of novel ACEI peptides from broccoli: mechanism in high glucose-induced VSMCs dysfunction by Shuzhi Zhang, Jingjing Guo, Shikun Suo, Li Ju, Zhaoqiang Jiang, Pingshuan Dong, Yanli Wang, Yali Dang, Laijing Du

“…Therefore, it can be further referenced for the functional food against hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.…”
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Measurement of Circulating 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D: Comparison of an Automated Method with a Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method by Armin Zittermann, Jana B. Ernst, Tobias Becker, Jens Dreier, Cornelius Knabbe, Jan F. Gummert, Joachim Kuhn

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Relationship between accelerometer-measured physical activity and depressive symptoms in hemodialysis patients with comorbid diabetes mellitus: a multicenter cross-sectional study by Ruiting Liang, Ruiting Liang, Xiaoyu Chen, Gaowa Siqin, Zhixin Zhang, Zhixin Zhang, Shumei Zhang, Lihua Li, SarNa Talin, Qi Guo

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The effect of silymarin on ischemia-reperfusion injury in skeletal muscles of rats by Abdullah Ozer, Basak Kocak, Mustafa Arslan, Baris Mardin, Aysegul Kucuk, Saban Cem Sezen, Mustafa Hakan Zor, Mustafa Kavutcu

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The Long-Term Change of Arrhythmias after Transcatheter Closure of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects by Hongyan Zheng, Aiwen Lin, Li Wang, Yukai Xu, Zhiwei Zhang

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Mutual mediation effects of homocysteine and PCSK9 on coronary lesion severity in patients with acute coronary syndrome: interplay with inflammatory and lipid markers by Ping Jin, Juan Ma, Peng Wu, Yitong Bian, Xueping Ma, Shaobin Jia, Qiangsun Zheng

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Prevalence of Obesity and Its Association with Socioeconomic Factors in Elderly Iranians from Razavi-Khorasan Province by Mohsen Nematy, Ali Sakhdari, Parnian Ahmadi-Moghaddam, Maliheh Aliabadi, M. Kimiagar, A. A. Ilaty, M. Azimi-Nezhad, M. T. Shakeri, M. Ghayour-Mobarhan, A. Sahebkar, G. Ferns

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