Risk factors in adolescents as predictors of arterial hypertension in adults: Protocol for a systematic review. by Márcia Gisele Santos da Costa, J Jaime Caro, Katia Vergetti Bloch

“…We will use data from the Brazilian study of cardiovascular risks in adolescents, called ERICA (Portuguese acronym). …”
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Retraction Note: Serum melatonin levels and in a sample of Iranian patients with migraine by Mansoureh Togha, Morvarid Noormohammadi, Zeinab Ghorbani, Fariba Karimzadeh, S. Zahra Bathaie

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Atrial Fibrillation: Mechanisms and Management by Tong Liu, Gary Tse, Lilei Yu, Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Konstantinos P. Letsas

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Editorial: Hypertension in obese women: gender-specific challenges and solutions by Santiago Cuevas, Jussara M. Do Carmo, Rodrigo O. Marañón

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Performance of the modified 2022 ACR/EULAR giant cell arteritis classification criteria without age restriction for discriminating from Takayasu arteritis by Takahiko Sugihara, Masayoshi Harigai, Haruhito A. Uchida, Hajime Yoshifuji, Yasuhiro Maejima, Jun Ishizaki, Yoshiko Watanabe, Hiroaki Dobashi, Yoshinori Komagata, Naoto Tamura, Yoshikazu Nakaoka, Japan Research Committee of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare for Intractable Vasculitis (JPVAS)

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Outcome and complications in postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock treated with extracorporeal life support – a systematic review and meta-analysis by Romana Maria Kienlein, Ralf Felix Trauzeddel, Nilufar Akbari, Leonello Avalli, Fausto Biancari, Carlotta Sorini Dini, Sabina Guenther, Christian Hagl, Matthias Heringlake, Jochen Kruppa, Timo Mäkikallio, Raphael Martins, Marc Pineton de Chambrun, Ardawan Julian Rastan, Antonio Rubino, Floris van den Brink, Michael Nordine, Sascha Treskatsch

“…Objectives of this meta-analysis were to determine mortality and complications of extracorporeal life support treatment (ECLS) in cardiac surgery patients, and if outcomes were influenced by a preexisting cardiovascular risk profile. Methods MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched for studies in English, published between January 1st 2000 and January 16th 2023, reporting mortality and morbidity in patients aged ≥ 18 treated with ECLS for PCCS. …”
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Vitamin K-Dependent Proteins as Predictors of Valvular Calcifications and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients by Marcel Palamar, Iulia Dana Grosu, Adalbert Schiller, Ligia Petrica, Madalina Bodea, Alexandru Sircuta, Elisabeta Gruescu, Oana Daniela Matei, Maria Daniela Tanasescu, Ionut Golet, Flaviu Bob

“…All patients have been assessed at baseline regarding cardiovascular disease (medical history, echocardiography). …”
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Hepatic Steatosis Aggravates Vascular Calcification via Extracellular Vesicle‐Mediated Osteochondrogenic Switch of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by Zhao‐Lin Zeng, Zhi‐Bo Zhao, Qing Yuan, Shi‐Qi Yang, Zhen‐Xing Wang, Zuo Wang, Shi‐Yu Zeng, An‐Qi Li, Qian Chen, Guo‐Qiang Zhu, Xin‐Hua Xiao, Guang‐Hua Luo, Hai‐Yan Luo, Jiao‐Yang Li, Xu‐Yu Zu, Hui Xie, Jiang‐Hua Liu

“…This condition is strongly associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but how MAFLD affects the development and progression of CVD, particularly concerning vascular calcification, remains unclear. …”
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N‐terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide reference values in community‐dwelling older adults by Ulrike Braisch, Wolfgang Koenig, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Michael Denkinger, Nele Friedrich, Stephan B. Felix, Till Ittermann, Marcus Dörr, Dhayana Dallmeier

“…Based on predictors a reference population of 441 subjects (ActiFE, n = 227; SHIP‐TREND‐0, n = 214) without history of diabetes, cardiovascular, or pulmonary diseases and with systolic blood pressure (BP) <140 mmHg, diastolic BP ≥60 and ≤90 mmHg, haemoglobin in men ≥14 and ≤18 g/dL and in women ≥12 and ≤16 g/dL, GFR ≥60 mL/min/1.73 m2, CRP <5 mg/L, BMI ≥18 and ≤33 kg/m2, and hs‐cTnI <40 ng/L were built with NT‐proBNP median levels and 97.5% quantiles reported stratified by sex and age. …”
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Beta 3 adrenoreceptors protect from hypertrophic remodelling through AMP‐activated protein kinase and autophagy by Emilie Dubois‐Deruy, Roselle Gelinas, Christophe Beauloye, Hrag Esfahani, Lauriane Y.M. Michel, Chantal Dessy, Luc Bertrand, Jean‐Luc Balligand

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Etelcalcetide: What we know eight years since its approval by Pedro Freitas, Luciano Pereira

“…Promising data is available for some bone and surrogate cardiovascular endpoints, suggesting a possible beneficial effect. …”
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STEMI after Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Hyperthyroid State by Mahmood Mubasher, Ashfaq Patel, Mohamed Magdi, Tahir Hamid

“…Uncontrolled hyperthyroidism has been associated with significant changes in cardiovascular hemodynamics. We report a case of a 39-year-old male who has been recently diagnosed with severe hyperthyroidism. …”
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Amniotic Fluid Embolism Treated with Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation by Robert Gitman, Bradlee Bachar, Byron Mendenhall

“…AFE presents as sudden cardiovascular collapse after a breach of maternal-fetal membranes and is often complicated by severe coagulopathy. …”
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Observation of the out-of-hospital management for elderly patients with myocardial infarction in a second-class hospital under medical consortium by Ning Li, Yangyang Li, Hui Dong, Yuan Xiao

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S. gallolyticus Aortic Valve Endocarditis with Mitral Valve Leaflet Aneurysm by S. Poddi, I. Tropea, G. Faggian, S. De Feo, M. Zordan, A. Rungatscher

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Assessing the relationship between gut microbiota and abdominal aortic aneurysms: A two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis by Teng Qi, Yujie Hu, Zilin Li, Jing Hu

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C-Peptide: A New Mediator of Atherosclerosis in Diabetes by Dusica Vasic, Daniel Walcher

“…Diabetes type 2 and insulin resistance are the risk factors for cardiovascular disease. It is already known that atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease, and a lot of different factors are involved in its onset. …”
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Comparison of the effectiveness of nurse-led preoperative counseling and postoperative follow-up care vs standard care for patients with gastric cancer by Wang Wenwen, Zhu Yan, Sun Yu, Li Yandong

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Highlights for the Management of a Child with Hypertension by Mouin G. Seikaly

“…Over the past several decades, childhood hypertension has undergone a considerable conceptual change, as hypertension is a predictor of future development of cardiovascular disease in adults. Childhood hypertension has distinctive features that distinguish it from hypertension in adults. …”
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A Case of Severe Asymptomatic Aortic Coarctation in an Adult Female by Spyros Tsikrikas, Charalampos Charalampous, Konstantinos P. Letsas

“…Survival to older age is rare, due to severe cardiovascular complications. We describe the case of a woman first diagnosed with coarctation of aorta at an advanced age.…”
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