Evaluation of Interleukin-23 and Creatine Kinase –MB (CK-MB) Levels in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients with COVID-19 in Baghdad City by Zahraa kareem Yaseen, Farhan Abood Risan, Suhad Hassan Aubaid

“… Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is considered a common cardiovascular disease, in which there is a blood supply reduction to the myocardium, mostly due to atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries. the present study was designed to detect serum markers in Acute coronary syndrome patients infected with COVID-19 in Baghdad Governorate, by evaluating the level of Interleukin-23(IL-23) and level of creatine kinase isoenzyme (CK-MB). …”
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Anesthetic Management of a Patient with Dilated Cardiomyopathy Undergoing Cerebral Aneurysm Clipping Surgery: A Case Report by Navneh Samagh, Sarita Sah, Gegal Pruthi, Jyoti Sharma

“…However, patients with associated dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) face higher cardiovascular instability due to sympathetic surge, stunned myocardium, and tendency to arrhythmias secondary to aSAH. …”
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Strategies Affording Prevascularized Cell-Based Constructs for Myocardial Tissue Engineering by Claudio Muscari, Emanuele Giordano, Francesca Bonafè, Marco Govoni, Carlo Guarnieri

“…The production of a functional cardiac tissue to be transplanted in the injured area of the infarcted myocardium represents a challenge for regenerative medicine. …”
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Coronary Heart Disease: Is There a “Mutual Burden” Syndrome? by O. P. Alekseeva, D. V. Pikulev

“…The pro-arrhythmic effects of GERD on the myocardium are explained by an imbalance of the autonomic nervous system with a predominance of the parasympathetic tone. …”
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Role of cytokines in myocardial ischemia and reperfusion by H. S. Sharma, D. K. Das

“…TNF-α) may induce an adaptive cytoprotective response in the reperfused myocardium. In this review, we have included a number of cytokines that may contribute to ventricular dysfunction and/or to the cytoprotective and adaptive changes in the reperfused heart.…”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiac Inflammation: Immunomodulatory Properties and the Influence of Toll-Like Receptors by F. van den Akker, S. C. A. de Jager, J. P. G. Sluijter

“…However, the intensity and duration of the inflammation cause additional damage to the already injured myocardium. Treatment with mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) upon MI positively affects cardiac function. …”
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Prevalence of Isolated Atrial Amyloidosis in Young Patients Affected by Congestive Heart Failure by Lia Millucci, Lorenzo Ghezzi, Giulia Bernardini, Daniela Braconi, Piero Tanganelli, Annalisa Santucci

“…Immunostaining showed a moderate deposition of IAA in the atrium surrounding working myocardium with small intracellular deposits. Our findings suggest a monitoring of young CHF cases for the development of IAA. …”
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Biventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy in a Patient Presenting with New Onset Seizure: Case Report by Oghenerukevwe Odiete, Ramanna Nagendra, Mark A. Lawson, Henry Okafor

“…Ventricular noncompaction (VNC) of the myocardium is a rare genetic cardiomyopathy caused by a disorder during endocardial morphogenesis and could be accompanied by life-threatening complications. …”
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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy - What Is New since 2023 European Society of Cardiology Guidelines? Current Knowledge, Literature Review by Magdalena Balwierz

“… Introduction: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a genetically conditioned disease, characterized by gradual fibro-fatty replacement of myocardium and tendency to ventricular arrhythmias and heart failure. …”
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Features of the electrolyte distribution in various tissues in miniature pigs by A. V. Fatianova, V. A. Lavrinenko, O. V.  Trapezov, N. S. Yudin

“…The distribution of sodium, potassium cations and water in skeletal muscles, myocardium, smooth muscle elements of the vascular system, liver and skin of mini-pigs differing in gender and behavioral response to humans has been studied. …”
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Pathological Impacts Due to The Existence of Plastic Waste in Rumen of Bali Cattle by I Ketut Berata, Ni Nyoman Werdi Susari, I Made Kardena, Arindita Niatazya Novianti

“…Rumen samples were examined for any plastic waste, meanwhile blood, liver, kidney, lungs, spleen, intestine, and myocardium were collected for evaluation of heavy metals content and histopathological examination. …”
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Disparities in the Diagnosis of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: A Narrative Review of Current Literature by Joseph Burns, Philippe Jean-Pierre

“…Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is a disorder of abnormal thickening of the myocardium that affects 0.2% of the population. HOCM is a frequently implicated cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young athletes. …”
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Comparison of Electrocardiogram and QT Interval between Viral Hepatitis Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Cirrhosis by Li-Hong Lu, Xue-Ya Lv, Qi-Ming Wu, Qian Dong, Zhao Wang, Su-Juan Zhang, Li Fu, Qian Wang, Yu-Qing Song

“…The hemodynamics and electrophysiology of the myocardium are often changed in patients with cirrhosis, and ECG changes may also occur. …”
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Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy of the Transverse-Axial Tubule System in Ventricular Cardiomyocytes from Failing and Non-Failing Human Hearts by Andreas Ohler, Jutta Weisser-Thomas, Valentino Piacentino, Steven R. Houser, Gordon F. Tomaselli, Brian O'Rourke

“…Only small changes, but no significant changes in the geometrical dimensions of the TATS were observed in cardiomyocytes from failing compared to non-failing human myocardium.…”
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Subtle‐but‐smouldering myocardial injury after immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment accompanied by amyloid deposits by Mizuki Ida, Shiro Nakamori, Shinya Yamamoto, Seimi Watanabe, Kyoko Imanaka‐Yoshida, Masaki Ishida, Hajime Sakuma, Keiichi Yamanaka, Kaoru Dohi

“…We describe the challenging case of an 81‐year‐old woman with persistently high troponin after undergoing immunotherapy with ipilimumab and nivolumab, and histological evidence of amyloid deposition in the myocardium. The patient received immunosuppressive treatments based on the magnitude of troponin changes because myocarditis was clinically suspected. …”
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Comparison between Sevoflurane and Isoflurane Effects on Hemodynamic Status by Adel Amen Hama

“… Back ground: Volatile anaesthetics are known to cause hypotension because of its effects on the central nervous system and autonomic nervous system, on the myocardium as well as its direct action on vascular smooth muscle. …”
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Prevalence, Spectrum, and Outcomes of Single Coronary Artery Detected on Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) by Rashid Al Umairi, Maryam Al-khouri

“…Single coronary artery (SCA) is a rare congenital anomaly in which there is an isolated coronary artery that arises from a single coronary ostium and provides coronary blood supply to the entire myocardium. SCA is classified into different types based on the origin, branching pattern, and course. …”
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Severe Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Stenosis and Heart Failure in a Young Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Siddharth Wartak, Isaac Akkad, Adnan Sadiq, Gregory Crooke, Manfred Moskovits, Robert Frankel, Gerald Hollander, Jacob Shani

“…We performed a dobutamine stress echocardiogram, which revealed an improved ejection fraction to more than 50% and confirmed preserved inotropic contractile reserve of her myocardium. Based on this finding, she underwent a metallic mitral valve and tricuspid valve replacement. …”
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Neural progenitor cell-derived exosomes in ischemia/reperfusion injury in cardiomyoblasts by Oiva Arvola, Virpi Stigzelius, Minna Ampuja, Riikka Kivelä

“…However, whether unconditioned neuronal progenitor cell derived-exosomes can instead protect myocardium represents a profound research gap. We investigated the effects of unconditioned neural stem cell derived exosomes as post-injury treatment for cardiomyoblasts from three neuronal culture conditions; adherent cultures, neurosphere cultures and bioreactor cultures. …”
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L-Carnitine Alleviates the Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Remodeling through Bax/Bcl-2 Signal Pathway by Hao-Ran Li, Xiao-Ming Zheng, Yan Liu, Jing-Hui Tian, Jie-Jian Kou, Jun-Zhuo Shi, Xiao-Bin Pang, Xin-Mei Xie, Yu Yan

“…In addition, the expression of α-SMA as well as the key proteins in the Bax/Bcl-2 signaling pathway in cardiac myocardium were much lower in mice with LC treatment compared to those without after MI. …”
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