Cost of primary care approaches for hypertension management and risk-based cardiovascular disease prevention in Bangladesh: a HEARTS costing tool application by Andrew E Moran, Sohel Reza Choudhury, Deliana Kostova, Muhammad Jami Husain, Mohammad Sabbir Haider, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Renesa Tarannum, Shamim Jubayer

“…Objective To estimate the costs of scaling up the HEARTS pilot project for hypertension management and risk-based cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention at the full population level in the four subdistricts (upazilas) in Bangladesh.Settings Two intervention scenarios in subdistrict health complexes: hypertension management only, and risk-based integrated hypertension, diabetes, and cholesterol management.Design Data obtained during July–August 2020 from subdistrict health complexes on the cost of medications, diagnostic materials, staff salaries and other programme components.Methods Programme costs were assessed using the HEARTS costing tool, an Excel-based instrument to collect, track and evaluate the incremental annual costs of implementing the HEARTS programme from the health system perspective.Primary and secondary outcome measures Programme cost, provider time.Results The total annual cost for the hypertension control programme was estimated at US$3.2 million, equivalent to US$2.8 per capita or US$8.9 per eligible patient. …”
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Global burden of cardiovascular disease mortality attributable to secondhand smoke, 1990-2019: Systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. by Juan Dong, Xumin Ma, Xingxin Hu, Mengmeng Yan

“…<h4>Background</h4>Few studies have globally assessed the cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality burden attributable to secondhand smoke. …”
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Triglyceride‐glucose index trajectories predict adverse cardiovascular outcomes in elderly heart failure patients with Diabetes: A retrospective cohort study by Hong Liu, Jian Wang, Zhi Luo, Ding Jia, Shixing Feng, Zhufang Yang, Zeyu Wang

Subjects: “…adverse cardiovascular events…”
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Association of body roundness index with cardiovascular disease in patients with cardiometabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2009-2018 by Xiaohua He, Jingling Zhu, Wenfei Liang, Xiuling Yang, Weimin Ning, Zhan Zhao, Jingyi Chen, Qiuxing He

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Enhanced Myocardial Tissue Visualization: A Comparative Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study of Gradient-Spin Echo-STIR and Conventional STIR Imaging by Sadegh Dehghani, Shapoor Shirani, Elahe Jazayeri Gharebagh

“…This study is aimed at evaluating the efficacy of the gradient-spin echo- (GraSE-) based short tau inversion recovery (STIR) sequence (GraSE-STIR) in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging compared to the conventional turbo spin echo- (TSE-) based STIR sequence, specifically focusing on image quality, specific absorption rate (SAR), and image acquisition time. …”
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Association between social determinants of health and premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and sex differences in US adults: A cross-sectional study by Chun Yang, Na Zhang, Tiankuo Gao, Yingxin Zhu, Chen Gong, Mingyue Xu, Cuicui Feng

Subjects: “…Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease…”
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Insulin resistance surrogates are associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in population with metabolic syndrome: a retrospective cohort study of NHANES by Jinhao Liao, Linjie Wang, Lian Duan, Fengying Gong, Huijuan Zhu, Hui Pan, Hongbo Yang

“…MetS population at the highest quartile of HOMA-β or IGR exhibited lower all-cause and cardiovascular event probabilities compared with those at the lowest quartile, and e-IS had a similar correlation with cardiovascular events. …”
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A prospective cohort study on the impact of healthy lifestyles on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among adult residents in Guizhou province by Jie ZHOU, Ling LI, Ji ZHANG, Lisha YU, Yujin REN, Wei JI, Yingjiao MU, Tao LIU

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From Clinical Trial Evidence to Clinical Guidelines: Perspectives on REWIND from Clinicians in the Gulf and Levant Region by Talal Ashour, Sami Azar, Akram Echtay, Muhammad Farooqi, Tarek Fiad, Mohamed Hassanein, Ahmed Hassoun, Abdul Jabbar, Amin Jayyousi, Kari Ranta, Hani Sabbour, Fatih Tangi, Ibrahim Turfanda

Subjects: “…cardiovascular outcomes trials…”
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Delving into biomarkers and predictive modeling for CVD mortality: a 20-year cohort study by Zhen Wu, Abdullahi Mohamud Hilowle, Ying Zhou, Changlin Zhao, Shuo Yang

Subjects: “…Cardiovascular disease…”
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The Effect of Sleep Disruption on Cardiometabolic Health by SeokHyun Hong, Da-Been Lee, Dae-Wui Yoon, Seung-Lim Yoo, Jinkwan Kim

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Role of Antidepressants in Acute Coronary Syndrome: An Evidence-Based Case Report by Hamzah Shatri, Nabella Qisthina Laksita Dewi, Vinandia Irvianita, Edward Faisal, Rudi Putranto

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Pathway Analysis of Metabolic Syndrome Using a Genome-Wide Association Study of Korea Associated Resource (KARE) Cohorts by Unjin Shim, Han-Na Kim, Yeon-Ah Sung, Hyung-Lae Kim

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Triglyceride-glucose index and mortality risks in Helicobacter pylori-infected patients: a national cohort study by Yue Cao, Lingxiao Li, Feipeng Qiu, Weixing Wen, Hao Zhang, Yangxin Chen, Xiaoyan Cai, Yuli Huang

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Anthropometric measurements as markers of elevated blood pressure among Portuguese children and adolescents by Edmar Mendes, Paulo Farinatti, Alynne Andaki, Susana Vale, Andreia Pizarro, Maria Paula Santos, Clarice Martins, Jorge Mota

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Antithrombotic activity of flavonoids and polyphenols rich plant species by Bojić Mirza, Maleš Željan, Antolić Andrea, Babić Ivana, Tomičić Maja

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Cellular aspects of immunity involved in the development of atherosclerosis by Khalil Khalaf, Khalil Khalaf, Khalil Khalaf, Marc Chamieh, Natalia Welc, Chandpreet Singh, Joanne Lynn Kaouk, Aiden Kaouk, Andrzej Mackiewicz, Andrzej Mackiewicz, Mariusz Kaczmarek, Mariusz Kaczmarek, Bartlomiej Perek

Subjects: “…cardiovascular disease…”
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The impact of energy drinks on health of children and young adults - review of latest research by Klaudia Kożuchowska, Dawid Pilarz, Marcelina Szewczyk, Maria Morawska, Aleksandra Tomczyk, Julia Ufnal, Dominika Lewandowska, Dominika Rosińska-Lewandoska, Klaudia Drewko, Kinga Jarosz

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Prevención de la hipertensión arterial by Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Juan José Apolinaire Pennini, Yoel Torres Ros

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Hemoglobin glycation index and mortality risk in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease patients: a novel U-shaped association by Mengjie Zhao, Ning Sun, Yurong Cheng, Wantong Zhang, Jinjin Ji, Qiuyan Li, Fang Lu, Weiliang Weng

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