Impact of Postshock Transcutaneous Pacing on Chest Compression Quality during Resuscitation: A Simulation-Based Pilot Study by Wojciech Telec, Tomasz Kłosiewicz, Radosław Zalewski, Julia Żukowska-Karolak, Artur Baszko, Mateusz Puślecki

“…Participants were asked to take part in a 10-minute adult cardiac arrest scenario with ventricular fibrillation. In the first simulation, paramedics had to resume compressions after each shock (control group). …”
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Comparing clinical only and combined clinical laboratory models for ECPR outcomes in refractory cardiac arrest by Chun-Chieh Chiu, Yu-Jun Chang, Chun-Wen Chiu, Ying-Chen Chen, Yung-Kun Hsieh, Shun-Wen Hsiao, Hsu-Heng Yen, Fu-Yuan Siao

“…Survivors had significantly higher rates of initial shockable rhythm, pulseless ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation, shorter low-flow time (CPR-to-ECMO time), lower lactate levels, and higher initial pH. …”
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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

“…Results There were significant increases in the prevalence of several cardiovascular risk factors and conditions, such as male gender, BMI, current smoker, hyperlipidemia, atrial fibrillation, old myocardial infarction, fasting glucose, triglycerides, and uric acid levels, from the Low‐Stable Group to the High‐Increasing Group (all P < 0.05). …”
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High-sensitive cardiac troponin T and NT-proBNP are associated with the left ventricular apical thickness in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Meng Zhang, Wei Gao, Xiaotong Cui, Xueting Han, Yamei Xu, Jingmin Zhou, Junbo Ge

“…Compared with hs-cTNT normal group, hs-cTNT abnormal group were elder (68.3 ± 11.6 vs. 63.8 ± 10.6, P = 0.001); with higher rate of atrial fibrillation (AF) (41.3% vs. 17.8%, P < 0.001) and higher level of NT-proBNP concentration (752.0 [343.8–1345.5] vs. 249.0 [104.0–541.0], P < 0.001). …”
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Sociodemographic index–age differences in the global prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, 1990–2019: a population-based study by Xunliang Li, Channa Zhao, Mengqian Liu, Wenman Zhao, Haifeng Pan, Deguang Wang

“…Methods Utilizing data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, this study analyzed trends in the age-standardized prevalence rate of overall and type-specific CVDs, including rheumatic heart disease, ischemic heart disease, stroke, hypertensive heart disease, non-rheumatic valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy and myocarditis, atrial fibrillation and flutter, peripheral artery disease, endocarditis, and other cardiovascular and circulatory diseases. …”
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Prolonged venous transit is associated with worse neurological recovery in successfully reperfused large vessel strokes by Janet Mei, Hamza Adel Salim, Dhairya A. Lakhani, Licia Luna, Aneri Balar, Mona Shahriari, Nathan Z. Hyson, Francis Deng, Adam A. Dmytriw, Adrien Guenego, Vaibhav Vagal, Victor C. Urrutia, Elisabeth B. Marsh, Hanzhang Lu, Risheng Xu, Rich Leigh, Dylan Wolman, Gaurang Shah, Benjamin Pulli, Kambiz Nael, Gregory W. Albers, Max Wintermark, Jeremy J. Heit, Tobias D. Faizy, Argye E. Hillis, Raf Llinas, Vivek Yedavalli

“…After adjusting for age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, administration of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT), Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Scores (ASPECTS), mTICI 2c and/or 3, Tmax >6 s volume, and hemorrhagic transformation, PVT+ was significantly associated with lower NIHSS percent change (B = −0.163, 95%CI −0.326 to −0.001, p = 0.049) and was less likely to achieve higher than 70% NIHSS improvement (OR = 0.331, 95% CI 0.127–0.863, p = 0.024). …”
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Characteristics and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among students under school supervision in Japan: a descriptive epidemiological study (2008–2021) by Kosuke Kiyohara, Mamoru Ayusawa, Masahiko Nitta, Takeichiro Sudo, Taku Iwami, Ken Nakata, Yuri Kitamura, Tetsuhisa Kitamura

“…The delivery of defibrillation using public-access automated external defibrillators was also significantly less frequent in non-cardiac (3.3%) and traumatic cases (6.2%) than that in cardiac cases (59.8%; p < 0.001). Ventricular fibrillation (VF) as the first documented rhythm was observed in 77.9% of cardiac cases but was much less common in non-cardiac (5.5%) and traumatic cases (8.6%; p < 0.001). …”
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Evaluation of Non-Invasive Hemoglobin Monitoring in Perioperative Patients: A Retrospective Study of the Rad-67^TM (Masimo) by Philipp Helmer, Andreas Steinisch, Sebastian Hottenrott, Tobias Schlesinger, Michael Sammeth, Patrick Meybohm, Peter Kranke

“…., patient age, skin temperature, sex, perfusion index (PI), and atrial fibrillation, were also analyzed. <b>Results</b>: The bias of the SpHb compared to BGA according to Bland–Altman was 0.00 g/dL, with limits of agreement ranging from −2.70 to 2.45 g/dL. …”
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Risk prediction modeling for cardiorenal clinical outcomes in patients with non-diabetic CKD using US nationwide real-world data by Christoph Wanner, Johannes Schuchhardt, Chris Bauer, Meike Brinker, Frank Kleinjung, Tatsiana Vaitsiakhovich

“…History of heart failure (HR = 2.42, 95% CI = 2.37–2.48), use of loop diuretics (HR = 1.65, 95% CI = 1.62–1.69), severely increased albuminuria-A3 (HR = 1.55, 95% CI = 1.33–1.80), atrial fibrillation or flutter (HR = 1.53, 95% CI = 1.50–1.56), and stage 4 CKD (HR = 1.48, 95% CI = 1.44–1.52) were the greatest risk factors for hospitalization for heart failure. …”
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Anticholinergic burden and behavioral and psychological symptoms in older patients with cognitive impairment by Sabrina Pistorio, Gianluca Scotto di Tella, Vittoria Canzanella, Raffaella Merenda, Gianluigi Cuomo, Paola Iacotucci, Vincenzo Carnovale, Leonardo Bencivenga, Maria Vargas, Annalaura Manes, Mauro Cataldi, Giuseppe Rengo, Giuseppe Rengo, Michela Zanetti, Grazia Daniela Femminella, Grazia Daniela Femminella

“…No statistically significant differences were found between the two groups in terms of demographics (age, sex) and anamnestic variables (education, marital status, family history of dementia, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, dyslipidemia, atrial fibrillation, coronary heart disease and use of alcohol). …”
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Physical health in young males and risk of chronic musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases by middle age: A population-based cohort study. by Aleksandra Turkiewicz, Karin Magnusson, Simon Timpka, Ali Kiadaliri, Andrea Dell'Isola, Martin Englund

“…We followed the participants through the Swedish National Patient Register for incidence of common musculoskeletal (osteoarthritis, back pain, shoulder lesions, joint pain, myalgia), cardiovascular (ischemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation), and respiratory diseases (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchitis). …”
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SEED (Stoke Disease Early Detection Application) - Rancang Bangun Aplikasi Mobile Berbasis Android untuk Mendiagnosis Gejala Dini Penyakit Stroke Menggunakan K-Nearest Neighbor (K-... by Dedin Anike Putra, Muhammad Dimas Setiawan Sanapiah, Azifatul Istna Hanifah, Tri Afirianto

“…Features used in SEED are height, weight, blood pressure, history of atrial fibrillation, history of family, smoking habbit, phisical exercise habbit, cholesterol, and blood sugarit makes. …”
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Predictors of recurrence of ventricular tachycardia and the effectiveness of endocardial ablation at the patients with sudden cardiac death and history of myocardial infarction by O. M. Grytsay, Ya. V. Skybchyk

“…At 12 months after the procedure, the following parameters were associated with relapses of ventricular tachycardia with the greatest statistical significance: left ventricular systolic dysfunction (additive relative risk (ARR) – 43.0 %, relative risk (RR) – 2.57 [1.14–5.82], odds ratio (OR) – 6.50 [7.00–30.70], p < 0.05), arterial hypertension (ARR – 41.0 %, RR – 2.75 [1.08–6.90], OR – 5.96 [1.33–26.70], p < 0.05), diabetes mellitus (ARR – 43.0 %, RR – 2.83 [1.10–7.30], OR – 6.50 [1.25–33.60], p < 0.05), duration of arrhythmic history (ARR – 40.0 %, OR – 5.71 [7.00–28.10], p < 0.05), electrical storm episode at the time of ablation (ARR – 38.0 %, RR – 1.89 [1.27–4.99], OR – 8.57 [7.00–51.50], p < 0.05). Atrial fibrillation (ARR – 25.0 %, RR  – 1.58 [0.76–3.25], OR – 2.73 [7.00–17.60], p < 0.05), age younger than 45 years (ARR – 15.0 %, RR – 1.37 [0.60–3.07], OR – 1.78 [7.00–7.47], p < 0.05), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ARR – 18.0 %, RR – 1.46 [0.71–2.99], OR – 2.10 [7.00–9.01], p < 0.05) were at the limit of probability with reliable odds ratio. …”
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Efficacy and safety of perioperative sintilimab plus platinum-based chemotherapy for potentially resectable stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer (periSCOPE): an open-label, single... by Xiangyang Yu, Chujian Huang, Longde Du, Chunguang Wang, Yikun Yang, Xin Yu, Shengcheng Lin, Chenglin Yang, Hongbo Zhao, Songhua Cai, Zhe Wang, Lixu Wang, Xiaotong Guo, Baihua Zhang, Zhentao Yu, Jie He, Kai Ma

“…The most common postoperative complications were atrial fibrillation (6, 22.2%), pneumonitis (5, 18.5%), and heart failure (4, 14.8%); no deaths occurred within 90 days after surgery. …”
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