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 ...

Low Vitamin D Status and Post-Stroke Depression, Falls, and Functional Recovery in Older Adults with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation-Associated Ischemic Stroke.

BACKGROUND: Older adults with atrial fibrillation (AF)-associated acute ischemic stroke are prone to disability, depressive symptoms, and falls; the prognostic value of vitamin D status is uncertain. ...

Microbiota-innate immune crosstalk drives atherosclerosis: mechanisms, disease progression, and emerging therapeutic strategies.

Atherosclerosis (AS) is a complex cardiovascular disease driven by the interplay of dysregulated lipid metabolism, chronic inflammation, and immune dysfunction. Increasing evidence has revealed that t...

Hypertension Control in Bangladesh: Changes, Sociodemographic Variation, and Socioeconomic Inequality from the 2017-18 to 2022 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys.

BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a major public health challenge in Bangladesh, yet population-level blood pressure control remains poorly characterized. This study estimated changes in population-level hy...

Endometrial thickness is not a risk factor for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy after IVF treatment in women with male-factor infertility.

BACKGROUND: The relationship between endometrial thickness and adverse pregnancy outcomes has garnered significant attention from researchers. The aim of this study was to investigates whether endomet...

Screening for atrial fibrillation in older adults in primary care: a cross-sectional pilot study in Qatar.

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice, and its prevalence is increasing in aging populations. It is a leading cause of acute stroke, heart failure, an...

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...

Ability of the DHAM Score to Predict 5-Year All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Diabetes and Comorbid Hypertension: Validation and Risk Stratification in Two Prospective Cohorts.

OBJECTIVE: Individuals with both diabetes and hypertension face a heightened risk of all-cause death. We aimed to validate the DHAM score's performance in predicting 5-year overall mortality in two pr...

The prognostic significance of stress hyperglycemic ratio in critically Ill patients with hypertension: A study using the MIMIC-IV database.

BACKGROUND: Traditional ABG is susceptible to interference from acute stress and daily fluctuations, making it difficult to accurately assess true acute blood glucose surges. To bridge this gap, we ad...

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...