Occurrence of Fatal and Nonfatal Adverse Outcomes after Heart Transplantation in Patients with Pretransplant Noncytotoxic HLA Antibodies by Luciano Potena, Andrea Bontadini, Sandra Iannelli, Fiorenza Fruet, Ornella Leone, Francesco Barberini, Laura Borgese, Valentina Manfredini, Marco Masetti, Gaia Magnani, Francesco Fallani, Francesco Grigioni, Angelo Branzi

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Adjustment of the Framingham index by abdominal aortic calcification scores enables a more accurate prediction of long-term cardiac events in general population aged 40 years and a... by Xiao-Jun Liu, Li Wang, Li-sha Zhang, Li-Fei Cao, Zhao-Fei Wan, Jia-Hong Xue, Yan-Ru He, Xin-Hong Wang, Xiao-Fang Bai

“…Abstract Background Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) is considered as a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Our study aimed to investigate whether the predicted risk for cardiac death with the Framingham risk score (FRS) could be further improved with the addition of AAC score in general population aged ≥ 40 years. …”
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Malnutrition risk, weight loss, and subsequent survival in patients listed for heart transplantation by Tae Kyung Yoo, MD, MS, Satoshi Miyashita, MD, Ariella Stein, MSCIS-HI, Michael Wu, BS, MPH, Lauren Parsly Read-Button, MPH, RD, LDN, Masashi Kawabori, MD, Greg S. Couper, MD, Edward Saltzman, MD, Amanda R. Vest, MBBS, MPH

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Relation of left atrial overload indices with prognostic endpoints in heart failure and preserved ejection fraction by Shiro Hoshida, Koichi Tachibana, Yukinori Shinoda, Tomoko Minamisaka, Masahiro Seo, Masamichi Yano, Takaharu Hayashi, Akito Nakagawa, Yusuke Nakagawa, Shunsuke Tamaki, Takahisa Yamada, Yoshio Yasumura, Yohei Sotomi, Shungo Hikoso, Daisaku Nakatani, Yasushi Sakata, OCVC‐Heart Failure Investigators

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Effects of Ivabradine on Residual Myocardial Ischemia after PCI Evaluated by Stress Echocardiography by Simone Calcagno, Fabio Infusino, Olga Dettori, Temistocle Taccheri, Pasqualina Bruno, Viviana Maestrini, Gennaro Sardella, Massimo Mancone, Francesco Fedele

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Association between Serum Adiponectin and Atrial Fibrillation: A Case-Control Study Stratified by Age and Gender by Tongjian Zhu, Zhuo Wang, Songyun Wang, Wei Hu, Hui Chen, Jing Xie, Meng Wang, Kezhong Ma, Hong Jiang

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Iatrogenic IVC Perforation after Successful Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis by Ata Firoozi, Jamal Moosavi, Omid Shafe, Parham Sadeghipour

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PPAR𝜹 Agonism for the Treatment of Obesity and Associated Disorders: Challenges and Opportunities by Mylène Perreault, David V. Erbe, James F. Tobin

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Potential therapeutic effects of SIRT1 targeting APOE4-induced microvascular endothelial dysfunction by Yorito Hattori, Masafumi Ihara

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Heart transplantation in South America: Risk factors, challenges, and opportunities by Renzo Y. Loyaga-Rendon, MD, PhD, MSPH, Deepak Acharya, MD, MSPH

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The CGRP-Antagonist BIBN4096BS Discriminates between the Action of α- and β-CGRP In Vitro by Dongmei Wu, Kirsten Arnst, Henry Doods

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Letter to the editor regarding "Carotid endarterectomy outcomes according to anesthesia method: General anesthesia or regional anesthesia" by Ayhan Muduroglu, Mustafa Selcuk Atasoy, Serdar Badem

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Regional Pericarditis or an Alternate Diagnosis? by Lovely Chhabra, Mohammadtokir Mujtaba, David H. Spodick

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Asymmetric Dimethyl Arginine as a Biomarker of Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Manuela Di Franco, Bruno Lucchino, Fabrizio Conti, Guido Valesini, Francesca Romana Spinelli

“…Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). …”
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Effect of Antioxidants in the Treatment of COPD Patients: Scoping Review by Mauricio Orozco-Levi, Claudia Colmenares-Mejía, Jessica Ruíz, Yurley Dayanna Valencia-Barón, Alba Ramírez-Sarmiento, Doris Cristina Quintero-Lesmes, Norma C. Serrano

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Sandwich technique for endovascular repair of type A aortic dissection following stent graft with an inner branch in the ascending aorta by Kosuke Ujihira, MD, Reiko Kemmochi, MD, Taiichiro Matsumoto, MD, Noriyuki Tokunaga, MD, PhD, Mitsuaki Matsumoto, MD, PhD

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A Giant Cavernous Hemangioma of the Left Atrioventricular Groove by Chengming Fan, Changming Tan, Demiao Kong, Jinfu Yang, Shuwen Yuan, Sijie Wu

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Primary Left Cardiac Angiosarcoma with Mitral Valve Involvement Accompanying Coronary Artery Disease by Cagdas Baran, Serkan Durdu, Sadik Eryilmaz, Mustafa Sirlak, A. Ruchan Akar

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Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in a Patient with Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus by Kaitlin E. Woods, J. W. Awori Hayanga, Daniel Sloyer, Roy E. Henrickson, Lawrence M. Wei, Heather K. Hayanga

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A Retrospective Analysis of Self-Limiting Fever following Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale and Atrial Septal Defect Closure by Francesca Galasso, Felicia Wassenaar, Timothy Barry, Omar J. Baqal, Donald J. Hagler, John P. Sweeney, F. David Fortuin

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