ASSESSMENT OF THE LIPID SPECTRUM IN GEORGIAN CHILDREN WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS.

BACKGROUND: Children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) are at increased risk of future cardiovascular disease, and dyslipidemia is one of the major modifiable contributors to this r...

Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Consensus of the National Heart Center in Collaboration With the Saudi CTO Club of the Saudi Arabian Cardiac Interventional Society.

OBJECTIVE: Chronic total occlusion (CTO) is one of the most complex and technically demanding percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Over the last two decades, technological and procedural advance...

Can Lactate Values Predict Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery? A Prospective Observational Study.

INTRODUCTION: The aim of our study is to investigate the relationship and predictive significance of routinely measured serum lactate values with postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) in patients f...

Hormone deficiency and cardiovascular disease: clinical impact, treatment strategies and prognostic prediction

Hormone deficiency states are increasingly recognized as important, yet often underappreciated, contributors to cardiovascular (CV) disease. Deficits affecting pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal...

Cardiovascular PIEZO discovery continues apace to reveal myocardial nerves feeling posture and blood loss

The idea of myocardial mechanical reflexes was previously considered but it struggled to gain traction in mainstream thinking. New research shows PIEZO2 ion channels conferring vagal force sensing in ...

Multiomics for Risk Stratification in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.

Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine

Differential effects of high-sucrose and high-fat diets on metabolic syndrome, BBB integrity, and hippocampal Aβ accumulation.

Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a global health problem and a recognized risk factor for cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the different effects of specific dietary components on MS-re...

[Prosthetic repair of the ascending aorta and aortic arch from the left-sided thoracotomy in a female patient after pulmonectomy (clinical case report)].

Described herein is a clinical case of successful prosthetic repair of the aortic valve, ascending aorta and aortic arch according to the hemiarch technique from the left-sided thoracotomy. A 69-year-...

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy - a disease that ends athletic careers.

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, commonly detected between the second and fifth decades of life, is caused by mutations that result in the dysfunction of the junctions between cardiomy...

[Technical aspects of the primary retrograde endovascular intervention in patients with chronic limb threatening ischemia].

UNLABELLED: The aim was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of primary retrograde endovascular intervention in patients with necrotic lesions of the foot caused by chronic limb threatening ischemia. O...

[Complications of loop endarterectomy in operations on the iliofemoral segment: causes and solutions].

Despite good immediate and remote results of endovascular treatment of patients with atherosclerotic lesions of the iliofemoral segment, involvement of the common femoral artery and the distal segment...

[The effect of sulodexide on the quality of life of patients with intermittent claudication: results of a multicenter observational study of ANDANTE].

RELEVANCE: Arterial disease of the lower extremities is a common form of atherosclerosis associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. Arterial disease of the lower extrem...

[The use of regulatory peptides after femoropopliteal bypass grafting above the knee joint space using a synthetic prosthesis].

INTRODUCTION: Currently, for extensive occlusive lesions of the superficial femoral artery, the treatment of choice is femoropopliteal bypass grafting above the knee joint space. In the absence of a s...

[Endothelial dysfunction in atherosclerosis and chronic venous disease (lecture review)].

The review presents and summarizes current knowledge about endothelial dysfunction in atherosclerosis and chronic venous disease. The data on various biomarkers and methods of studying endothelial dam...

[Methods of great saphenous vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting: а systematic review].

OBJECTIVE: To study, summarize, and conduct a comparative analysis of four currently used methods for harvesting the great saphenous vein during coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. MATERIAL AND M...

Current evidence of gut microbiota dysbiosis and its role in atrial fibrillation and cardiovascular diseases.

The human gut microbiota has emerged recently as an important regulator of cardiovascular physiology through its effects on metabolism, immune signaling, and systemic inflammation. Increasing evidence...

High-fat diet-induced obesity affects sulfurtransferases activity in mice hearts.

INTRODUCTION: Obesity is a chronic disease with complex etiology, characterized by excessive accumulation of fat tissue, which poses a health hazard and increases, among others, risk of cardiovascular...

Adherence to antihypertensive treatment in patients at a tertiary hospital in Lima, Peru.

In Peru, there are few reports on pharmacological adherence in patients with arterial hypertension. In this context, the present study aimed to determine adherence to antihypertensive treatment in pat...

The relationship between cardiovascular risk level determined by SCORE2 and cardiovascular disease risk awareness and health literacy in individuals aged 40–69: a cross-sectional study

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Individuals’ awareness of cardiovascular risk and levels of health literacy play a critical role in the pre...

Palliative care in cardiovascular medicine.

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading global cause of morbidity and mortality. Although advances in prevention, diagnostics, and disease-modifying therapies have prolonged survival, many individu...