A New Presentation: Aphallia, Vesicoureteral Reflux, Rectovesical Fistula, and Adrenal Insufficiency by R. El Qadiry, A. Lalaoui, H. Nassih, A. Bourrahouat, I. Ait Sab

“…More than half of aphallia cases have associated anomalies including caudal axis, cardiovascular, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal anomalies. …”
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Current Strategies to Generate Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Vitro by Jennifer Steens, Diana Klein

“…The use of these different MSCs for cell-based therapies has been extensively studied over the past years, which highlights the use of MSCs as a promising option for the treatment of various diseases including autoimmune and cardiovascular disorders. However, the proportion of MSCs contained in primary isolates of adult tissue biopsies is rather low and, thus, vigorous ex vivo expansion is needed especially for therapies that may require extensive and repetitive cell substitution. …”
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Regulation of Endothelial Adherens Junctions by Tyrosine Phosphorylation by Alejandro Pablo Adam

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Day and Night GSH and MDA Levels in Healthy Adults and Effects of Different Doses of Melatonin on These Parameters by Shilpa Chakravarty, Syed Ibrahim Rizvi

“…The pineal secretory product melatonin (chemically, N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) acts as an effective antioxidant and free-radical scavenger and plays an important role in several physiological functions such as sleep induction, immunomodulation, cardiovascular protection, thermoregulation, neuroprotection, tumor-suppression and oncostasis. …”
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES AND RESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS OF TOBACCO WORKERS by PETER OLAITAN AIYEDUN, SALAMI OLASUNKANMI ISMAILA, DAVID OJO, GIDEON OLABODE ADENIRAN

“…Eighty permanent workers who had been employed for at least three years with no history of cardiovascular disease were involved with the study. The measured anthropometric data (chest width and depth, height and weight) were analyzed using SPSS (V 16.0) to develop predictive models for PEFR of tobacco factory workers. …”
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Chronic immune-related adverse events arising from immune checkpoint inhibitors: an update by Douglas B Johnson, Kylie Fletcher

“…These chronic irAEs have been noted to affect many different organ systems, including endocrine, rheumatologic, gastrointestinal, dermatologic, neurologic, and cardiovascular systems. In this review, we discuss current knowledge surrounding the frequency, time course, and risk factors associated with chronic irAEs affecting various organ systems, treatment approaches, and future directions.…”
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Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Atrial Septum in a Patient Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery by Thomas Strecker, Michael Weyand, Abbas Agaimy

“…The clinical presentation of LHAS varies from incidental asymptomatic mass (most frequent form) to severe life-threatening cardiovascular complications necessitating emergency cardiac surgery. …”
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Role of Genetic Alterations in the NLRP3 and CARD8 Genes in Health and Disease by G. V. Paramel, A. Sirsjö, K. Fransén

“…Several studies have been performed on the association of the genetic alterations in genes encoding NLRP3 and CARD8 with the complex diseases with inflammatory background, like inflammatory bowel disease, cardiovascular diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, and type 1 diabetes. …”
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Management Strategy in Non-Limb-Threatening Acute Ischaemia of Limbs: Should We Rethink? by Syed M. Asim Hussain, Thomas Joseph

“…The Society of Vascular Surgery and the International Society of Cardiovascular Surgery identify three types of acute limb ischaemia to inform prognosis and management. …”
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Two-Point Left Ventricle Pacing and Cardiac Computed Tomography by Rafal Mlynarski, Agnieszka Mlynarska, Eugeniusz Pilat, Rafal Gardas, Jacek Wilczek, Maciej Sosnowski

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FitKids360: Design, Conduct, and Outcomes of a Stage 2 Pediatric Obesity Program by Jared M. Tucker, Joey C. Eisenmann, Kathleen Howard, Emily H. Guseman, Kimbo E. Yee, Kimberly DeLaFuente, Jill Graybill, Meggie Roberts, Megan Murphy, Heather Saturley, Tom Peterson

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HOW THE HEMOSTASIS LABORATORY CAN HELP CLINICIANS TO MANAGE PATIENTS ON ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS by Armando Tripodi

“… Oral anticoagulants are widely used to treat or prevent cardiovascular diseases in millions of patients worldwide. …”
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Ischemic stroke as a manifestation of atrial myxoma. A case presentation by María Gabriela Balarezo García, Diego Armando Suárez, Olivia Elizabeth Altamirano Guerrero

“…It was decided to refer the patient to cardiovascular surgery for carotid endarectomy with excision of the cardiac tumor, which progressed satisfactorily. …”
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Influence of Free Radicals in the Origin of Atherosclerosis by Yoel Hernández Guerra, Alain Rodríguez Gómez, Janet Villafuerte Reinante, Ignacio Marrero Silva, Carlos Manuel Mora Hernández

“…Most of the pathologic components of oxidative stress of cardiovascular diseases are closely related with diregulation of metabolism of reactive species of oxygen, which favor the appearance of the so called oxidative stress. …”
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Rosai-Dorfman Disease Involving Multiple Organs: An Unusual Case with Poor Prognosis by Fandresena Arilala Sendrasoa, Irina Mamisoa Ranaivo, Onivola Raharolahy, Malalaniaina Andrianarison, Naina Harinjara Razanakoto, Lala Soavina Ramarozatovo, Fahafahantsoa Rapelanoro Rabenja

“…Although extranodal involvement has been reported in diverse sites, manifestation in the cardiovascular system is extremely rare. Specifically, cardiac involvement in Rosai-Dorfman disease is an extraordinarily infrequent event. …”
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Research Progress in Bioactive Components and Health Benefits of Red Raspberry by SUN Huajun, CUI Fangzheng, LIU Ying, ZHU Sijing, LI Yue

“…The fruits, leaves, seeds and other parts of red raspberry are rich in polysaccharides, flavonoids, phenolic compounds and other bioactive substances, which have many beneficial health effects such as improving immunity, preventing cardiovascular diseases, and inhibiting the growth of cancer cells. …”
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Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate): Promising biomaterial for bone tissue engineering by Dariš Barbara, Knez Željko

“…Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) is a natural polymer, produced by different bacteria, with good biocompatibility and biodegradability. Cardiovascular patches, scaffolds in tissue engineering and drug carriers are some of the possible biomedical applications of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate). …”
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Right Lung Agenesis with Tracheal Stenosis due to Complete Tracheal Rings and Postpneumonectomy Like Syndrome Treated with Tissue Expander Placement by Yashwant Agrawal, Sandeep Patri, Jagadeesh K. Kalavakunta

“…It is often associated with other congenital malformations of the skeletal, cardiovascular, urogenital, and gastrointestinal systems. …”
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A case of possible Kounis syndrome as a complication of scombroid syndrome by Stefano Rusconi, Antonio Villa

“…We present a case of a woman without previous history of cardiac diseases or cardiovascular risk factors, who presented to emergency department after the onset of flushing, asthenia, palpitations, burning sensation in the mouth having just eaten tuna. …”
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A case of vaccine‐associated myocarditis following pneumococcal immunization leading to acute mitral regurgitation by Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Marie Takahashi, Jun Isogai

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