Platelet–Monocyte Aggregate Instigates Inflammation and Vasculopathy in Kawasaki Disease by Yuan Zhang, Cuiping Jia, Manli Guo, Qian Chen, Ying Wen, Ting Wang, Yinyin Xie, Xuejiao Fan, Jingwen Gao, Timur O. Yarovinsky, Renjing Liu, Zhiyong Jiang, Mengmeng Wang, Jin Zhou, Di Che, Lanyan Fu, Richard Edelson, Xiaoqiong Gu, John Hwa, Wai Ho Tang

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p38/JNK Is Required for the Proliferation and Phenotype Changes of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Induced by L3MBTL4 in Essential Hypertension by Chaowei Hu, Kun Zuo, Kuibao Li, Yuanfeng Gao, Mulei Chen, Roumu Hu, Ye Liu, Hongjie Chi, Hongjiang Wang, Yanwen Qin, Xiaoyan Liu, Jiuchang Zhong, Jun Cai, Xinchun Yang, Jing Li

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High-dependency unit care after carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic stenosis by Beatriz Guimarães, Andreia Coelho, Marina Dias-Neto, Ricardo Castro-Ferreira, João Peixoto, Luís Fernandes, Roberto Boal, Marta Machado, Francisco Basílio, Patrícia Carvalho, Armando Mansilha, Alexandra Canedo

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Community-based model for management and follow-up by non-physician healthcare workers to improve awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension: The COTRACO study protocolDetai... by A.J. Lora Mantilla, L.A. Parra Gomez, P.A. Camacho-López, J. Otero-Wandurraga, B. Novella, A. González-Medina, O. Valdez-Tiburcio, F. Lanas, M.C. Rocha-Lezama, J. Alonzo-Arias, C. Rivilla-Piñango, C. Cáceres-Ramírez, S.J. Villabona-Flórez, Y.M. Giraldo-Castrillón, P. López-Jaramillo

“…Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death and morbidity worldwide, with a significantly higher burden in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Atrial Fibrillation and Long QT Syndrome Presenting in a 12-Year-Old Girl by Jonathan W. Knoche, Kate M. Orland, Craig T. January, Kathleen R. Maginot

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Hypothermia with Extreme Bradycardia following Spinal Cord Infarction of Septic Origin by Philippe Hantson, Thierry Duprez

“…Among other autonomic dysfunctions complicating acute spinal cord injury, deep hypothermia is rare but may induce serious cardiovascular complications. There are few pharmacological options to influence hypothermia. …”
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Tissue Factor Expression in Obese Type 2 Diabetic Subjects and Its Regulation by Antidiabetic Agents by Jing Wang, Theodore P. Ciaraldi, Fahumiya Samad

“…Increased coagulation activation may contribute to the high incidence of cardiovascular complications observed in obese and type 2 diabetes (T2D) subjects. …”
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Hyperkalemia Induced Brugada Phenocopy: A Rare ECG Manifestation by Muhammad Ameen, Ghulam Akbar, Naeem Abbas, Ghazi Mirrani

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Cardiopatía isquémica. Atención primaria de salud by Luís Padrón Velázquez, Francisco Valladarez, Marcos D. Iraola Ferrer, Claudio González Rodríguez, René T. Manso Fernández

“…<p>En el siguiente art&iacute;culo se realiza una revisi&oacute;n de las evidencias actuales relacionadas con la conducta a seguir ante un paciente aquejado de una enfermedad cardiovascular, y en especial de una cardiopat&iacute;a isqu&eacute;mica. …”
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Diabetes and congenital malformations. Cienfuegos, 2005-2015 by Oramis Isabel Padrón Aguilera, Maylé Santos Solí, Vivian Rosa Vázquez Martínez, Cristóbal Jorge Torres González, Gladys Bárbara Barberis Pérez

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> congenital cardiovascular malformations predominated in children of diabetic mothers and were related to overweight and maternal comorbidity…”
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Relevance of Sympathetic Nervous System Activation in Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome by Alicia A. Thorp, Markus P. Schlaich

“…Sympathetic tone is well recognised as being implicit in cardiovascular control. It is less readily acknowledged that activation of the sympathetic nervous system is integral in energy homeostasis and can exert profound metabolic effects. …”
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Sympathoexcitation Associated with Renin-Angiotensin System in Metabolic Syndrome by Takuya Kishi, Yoshitaka Hirooka

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Current Progress in the Rejuvenation of Aging Stem/Progenitor Cells for Improving the Therapeutic Effectiveness of Myocardial Repair by Gurleen Kaur, Chuanxi Cai

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A Rare Case of Sudden Death in a Patient with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Cardiac Rupture by Tarun Dalia, Bashar S. Amr, Ankit Agrawal, Archana Gautam, Venkata Rakesh Sethapati, Jared Kvapil

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Fourteen-Year Patency of an Anterior Tibial Artery-Saphenous Vein Fistula in an Ambulatory Patient by Zerrin Pulathan, Gökalp Altun

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Latent Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Adipose Tissue by I. S. Stafeev, A. V. Vorotnikov, E. I. Ratner, M. Y. Menshikov, Ye. V. Parfyonova

“…It closely associates with metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hepatic and cardiovascular diseases such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, atherosclerosis, myocarditis, and hypertension. …”
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Critical Appraisal of Pharmaceutical Therapy in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy—Challenges and Prospectives by Elina Khattab, Michaelia Kyriakou, Elena Leonidou, Stefanos Sokratous, Angeliki Mouzarou, Michael M. Myrianthefs, Nikolaos P. E. Kadoglou

“…Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a multifaceted disorder with a pandemic spread and a remarkable burden of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DBCM) has been increasingly recognized as the development of cardiac dysfunction, which is accompanied by heart failure (HF) symptoms in the absence of obvious reasons like ischemic heart disease, hypertension, or valvulopathies. …”
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Research progress on protective effect of polysaccharide from traditional Chinese medicine on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by Qian Sun, Hongtian Fei, Siqi Zhao, Lijiao Zhang, Rui Fei

“…Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (MIRI) is a prevalent pathophysiological process associated with ischemic heart disease and significantly exacerbates myocardial damage, particularly in the elderly population.This condition not only poses serious risks to individual health but also brings creates substantial societal and economic burdens.Polysaccharides, natural macromolecule found in animals, plants and microorganisms, serve as active substance that confer various health benefits.Among these, polysaccharides extracted from traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) through modern scientific techniques have gained prominence in the medical field due to their safety and high efficiency, playing a vital role in the management of various cardiovascular diseases.This paper, provides a comprehensive review of the role and mechanisms of TCM-derived polysaccharide in MIRI, aiming to furnish valuable insights for the future treatment of cardiovascular diseases in the elderly.…”
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Evaluation of Selected Honey and One of Its Phenolic Constituent Eugenol against L1210 Lymphoid Leukemia by Saravana Kumar Jaganathan, Dilip Mondhe, Z. A. Wani, Eko Supriyanto

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Interleukin-6 “Trans-Signaling” and Ischemic Vascular Disease: The Important Role of Soluble gp130 by Mario Luca Morieri, Angelina Passaro, Giovanni Zuliani

“…Inflammation plays a major role in the onset of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Interleukine-6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine involved both in the beneficial acute inflammatory response and in the detrimental chronic low-grade systemic inflammation. …”
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