State of the Art in Pericardial Disease: Webcast June 23 2026.

This 58-minute webcast features a conversation on the "State of the Art in Pericardial Disease"-the focus of Issue 22.2 on the theme of pericardial disease. Led by the issue's editor, the discussion e...

Efficiency and hemodynamics of dual drainage venovenous ECMO: A computational parametric study.

Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) can be performed with different cannulation approaches: femoro-femoral (FF), femoro-jugular (FJ), or jugulo-femoral (JF), all characterized by ...

[Anemia Assessment Using Aortic Attenuation on Dual-energy CT].

PURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between computed tomography (CT) attenuation values obtained from virtual monochromatic images (VMI) and virtual non-contrast (VNC) images genera...

Surgical Treatment of Giant Coronary Aneurysm with Coronary Arteriopulmonary Fistula.

Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is a rare pathological phenomenon of coronary arteries. The etiology, pathogenesis, and epidemiology of CAA remain unclear. Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is an abnormal ...

Empagliflozin Attenuates Ferroptosis in Acute Myocardial Infarction via the AMPK/NRF2/SLC7A11 Signaling Pathway.

Emerging evidence implicates ferroptosis in myocardial ischemic injury. This study aimed to investigate whether empagliflozin (EMP) suppresses ferroptosis in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) via the ...

Relief of Proximal Left Pulmonary Artery Branch Stenosis Using a Self-Expandable Stent following Tetralogy of Fallot Repair.

Proximal pulmonary artery (PA) stenosis is frequently observed following surgery for congenital heart disease, especially in cases of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), and is one of the most common indicatio...

Age-Related Impairment of Left Atrial Phasic Strain in Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated with Anthracyclines.

Childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) are at increased risk of cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction following anthracycline chemotherapy. Although left atrial (LA) strain assessed by speckle-trackin...

[Blood-Retinal Barrier Drug Transport: Aiming to Develop Oral Administration for Retinal Diseases].

The blood-retinal barrier (BRB) consists of the inner and outer blood-retinal barrier (abbreviated as inner BRB and outer BRB). The inner and outer BRB's together regulate the transport of substances ...

Advanced Detection of a Small Intracranial Aneurysm Using Photon-Counting Computed Tomography Angiography.

Using intravenous contrast, photon-counting computed tomography angiography (PCCT-A) provides detailed images of intracranial vessels. We report a case in which PCCT-A revealed a 1.5 mm aneurysm at th...

Recurrent and De Novo Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms with Severe Stenosis Following Radiation Therapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Rare Case Report.

Rapid formation and recurrence of aneurysms accompanied by severe arterial stenosis following radiation therapy (RT) for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an uncommon clinical phenomenon. We present t...

Endoscopic-Assisted Chronic Subdural Hematoma Evacuation as an Adjunct to Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization: A Case Series and Systematic Review.

AIM: Chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) is a common neurosurgical condition in elderly patients, frequently associated with trauma, anticoagulant use, and chronic comorbidities. While surgical evacuatio...

Circumaortic Configuration of the Left Coronary Arteries.

Coronary artery anomalies can be divided into anomalies of origin, course, or terminations of any of the epicardial coronary arteries. Coexistence of anomalous origin of the left circumflex artery wit...

Circumaortic Renal Vein Remodeling Following Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

A circumaortic renal vein is a congenital vascular anomaly involving an additional renal vein that traverses posterior to the aorta in addition to the normal renal vein traversing anterior to the aort...

Guanxinjing ameliorates coronary microvascular dysfunction in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by alleviating inflammation and restoring endothelial function.

BACKGROUND: Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) secondary to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (MIRI) is characterized by profound inflammatory activation and endothelial impairment. Guanxin...

Reproducibility of fetal global longitudinal strain measured with speckle tracking echocardiography using a fixed cardiac cycle.

Fetal speckle tracking echocardiography is an ultrasound-based technique used to assess myocardial velocity and deformation of the fetal heart. Despite its potential, the method has not yet been integ...

The analgesic effect of ultrasound-guided fascia hydrorelease around the artery for myofascial neck pain: a prospective single-arm interventional study.

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a major cause of chronic neck pain, with tissue ischemia implicated as a contributing factor. This prospective, single-arm interventional study evaluated the analgesi...

Polyphenols and microglial dynamics in neurodegenerative diseases: mechanistic advances and therapeutic perspectives.

Neuroinflammation plays a central role in multiple neurological and neurodegenerative disorders, including ischemic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and Parkinson's disease (PD). Microglia, the...

RIMKLA promotes hypertension by activating PKM2 to trigger VSMC phenotype switch.

BACKGROUND: Hypertension affects around one billion adults worldwide, with abnormal glucose metabolism and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotype switch playing crucial roles in its pathogenesis...

Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis Identifies PDK4 and ACOT1 as Metabolic Hub Genes Associated With Myocardial Fibrosis in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy.

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a critical pathological driver of heart failure in diabetic patients, primarily characterized by progressive myocardial fibrosis. Nevertheless, the core molecular netw...

Association of the C-reactive protein-triglyceride glucose index with microvascular obstruction and long-term prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a CMR-based study.

BACKGROUND: The clinical benefits of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are frequently compromised by the occurrence of microvascular obstruction (MVO). The...