Chronic Heart Failure: We Are Fighting the Battle, but Are We Winning the War? by John J. Atherton

“…Heart failure represents an end-stage phenotype of a number of cardiovascular diseases and is generally associated with a poor prognosis. …”
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Current Status of Bioprinting Using Polymer Hydrogels for the Production of Vascular Grafts by Jana Matějková, Denisa Kaňoková, Roman Matějka

“…Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death and serious illness in Europe and worldwide. …”
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Corn phytochemicals and their health benefits by Sheng Siyuan, Li Tong, RuiHai Liu

“…Keywords: Corn, Maize, Whole grains, Phytochemicals, Cardiovascular disease, Resistant starch, Type II diabetes, Diet and chronic diseases…”
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Mexiletine and False Positive Urine Drug Screen for Amphetamine: A Case Review by Sumit Sohal, Mina Sous, Gauri Pethe, Shanmugha V. Padmanabhan, Rajesh Akbari, Shahriar Dadkhah

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Medical history predicts phenome-wide disease onset and enables the rapid response to emerging health threats by Jakob Steinfeldt, Benjamin Wild, Thore Buergel, Maik Pietzner, Julius Upmeier zu Belzen, Andre Vauvelle, Stefan Hegselmann, Spiros Denaxas, Harry Hemingway, Claudia Langenberg, Ulf Landmesser, John Deanfield, Roland Eils

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Serodiagnosis of M. abscessus species pulmonary disease using anti-glycopeptidolipid-core IgA antibody by T. Nii, K. Fujiwara, T. Kobayashi, E. Hagiwara, K. Fukushima, K. Morimoto, K. Tsuyuguchi, T. Ogura, H. Kida

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A Fibromatosis Case Mimicking Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm by Arzu Tasdemir, Cemal Kahraman, Kutay Tasdemir, Ertugrul Mavili

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Prolonged Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support with Cardiopulmonary Failure in Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia by Maris Bartkevics, Bert Hennig, Tayfun Gungor, Roland Ammann, Alexander Kadner

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Aldosteronism and Resistant Hypertension by Maria Czarina Acelajado, David A. Calhoun

“…Likewise, RHTN is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes, and the contribution of PA to this increased risk is undetermined. …”
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Complete Heart Block Following Anaphylaxis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Nergiz Aydin, Yakup Alsancak, Ahmet Soylu

“…Allergic reactions can range from mild symptoms to life-threatening anaphylaxis, and they may involve significant cardiovascular consequences. Anaphylaxis can cause disturbances in the conduction system, including complete heart block. …”
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Association between frailty index and mortality in depressed patients: results from NHANES 2005–2018 by Xiaoqiang Liu, Yubin Wang, Yingxuan Huang, Chanchan Lin, Boming Xu, Yilin Zeng, Peizhong Chen, Xiaobo Liu, Yisen Huang

“…During a median follow-up of 7.1 years, 342 all-cause deaths (including 85 cardiovascular deaths and 70 cancer deaths) were recorded. …”
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Association between Serum Neopterin and Inflammatory Activation in Chronic Kidney Disease by Ashok Kumar Yadav, Vinod Sharma, Vivekanand Jha

“…Its role in future development of cardiovascular disease and modulation with anti-inflammatory therapies needs further studies.…”
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High Levels of Hemoglobin Promote Carotid Adventitial Vasa Vasorum Neoangiogenesis in Chronic Kidney Disease by Maria Vittoria Arcidiacono, Montserrat Martinez-Alonso, Montserrat Belart, Ana Vilar, Marisa Martín, Lourdes Craver, Àngels Betriu, Dídac Mauricio, José Manuel Valdivielso, Elvira Fernández, Mercè Borràs

“…CKD patients without previous cardiovascular events (44, stages 3-4; 37, stage 5D) and 65 healthy subjects were compared. …”
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Multicenter study for CH-VAD as a fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device by Yifan Lu, Shuanglei Zhao, Jie Han, Qiang Lv, Xin Du, Zhengdong Hua, Keli Huang, Zhenwei Ge, Xiaoning Sun, Dan Zhu, Yongfeng Shao, Hongjia Zhang, Ming Gong

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The Number of Microbubbles Generated During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Can Be Estimated Using Machine Learning From Suction Flow Rate, Venous Reservoir Level, Perfusion Flow Rate, Hema... by Satoshi Miyamoto, Zu Soh, Shigeyuki Okahara, Akira Furui, Taiichi Takasaki, Keijiro Katayama, Shinya Takahashi, Toshio Tsuji

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Cardiometabolic deaths in black and white men: Tracing the risks from early- to mid-adulthood by Rebecca Arden Harris, Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, Judith A. Long

“…We estimated cumulative risk, excess mortality, years of lost life (YLL), and proportion of deaths due to CMD, stratifying by metabolic and cardiovascular disease. Results: Of the 325,134 Black men aged 25 years in the initial cohort, the cumulative risk of cardiometabolic death before age 45 was one in 63 individuals or 1.58 %. …”
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Elevation of Platelet and Monocyte Activity Markers of Atherosclerosis in Haemodialysis Patients Compared to Peritoneal Dialysis Patients by Ksenija Stach, Susanne Karb, Ibrahim Akin, Martin Borggrefe, Bernhard Krämer, Thorsten Kälsch, Anna-Isabelle Kälsch

“…The predominant cause of mortality in dialysis patients are cardiovascular events. Platelet and monocyte activity markers play an important role in cardiovascular mortality and were assessed and related to dialysis quality criteria in haemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients. …”
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N-Acetylcysteine Attenuates Diabetic Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion Injury through Inhibiting Excessive Autophagy by Sheng Wang, Chunyan Wang, Fuxia Yan, Tingting Wang, Yi He, Haobo Li, Zhengyuan Xia, Zhongjun Zhang

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Relationship between dietary intake and atherogenic index of plasma in cardiometabolic phenotypes: a cross-sectional study from the Azar cohort population by Shirin Soheilifard, Elnaz Faramarzi, Reza Mahdavi

“…Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of global mortality, with diet playing a key role in their progression. …”
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Arterial Hypertension and Interleukins: Potential Therapeutic Target or Future Diagnostic Marker? by Daniela Maria Tanase, Evelina Maria Gosav, Smaranda Radu, Anca Ouatu, Ciprian Rezus, Manuela Ciocoiu, Claudia Florida Costea, Mariana Floria

“…Hypertension as a multifactorial pathology is one of the most important cardiovascular risk factors, affecting up to 30-40% of the general population. …”
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