Feb 13, 2020

Symptoms, cognition, balance, and other domains are commonly assessed at baseline testing as part of comprehensive preseason evaluations among collegiate student-athletes. Although approximately 27% o...

Feb 13, 2020

The cardio-protective effects of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiovascular progenitor cells (CPC) are largely mediated by the paracrine release of extracellular vesicles (EV). We aime...

Feb 13, 2020

The purpose of the current study was to determine whether aortic blood pressure (BP) and arterial stiffness are greater in patients with controlled resistant hypertension (RHTN) than controlled non-re...

Feb 13, 2020

Background Plasma renin levels were determined in the academia-driven, EU-funded "Labeling of Enalapril from Neonates up to Adolescents" (LENA) project to evaluate its role in pediatric heart failure....

Feb 13, 2020

The regeneration capacity of cardiomyocytes (CMs) is retained in neonatal mouse hearts but is limited in adult mouse hearts. Myocardial infarction (MI) in adult hearts usually leads to the loss of lar...

Feb 13, 2020

Chinese herbal preparations (CHPs) have been reported to be effective in the management of chronic heart failure (CHF); they are beneficial in improving cardiac function, reducing hospital stays and r...

Feb 13, 2020

Injection laryngoplasty is a common procedure for patients with vocal fold dysfunction, but the literature on its benefits has been mainly focused on those related to structural lesions or laryngeal n...

Feb 13, 2020

Neurovascular coupling enables rapid adaptation of cerebral blood flow (CBF) to support neuronal activity. Modern techniques enable the simultaneous recording of neuronal activities and hemodynamic pa...

Feb 13, 2020

A spontaneous rupture of the bladder diverticulum in an adult patient is extremely rare. The recommended treatment is surgery. However, some cases can be successfully treated with urinary catheterizat...

Feb 13, 2020

To determine the risk factors related to hemorrhagic transformation in Chinese patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with intravenous thrombolysis.Studies published in different languages were r...

Feb 13, 2020

Observational studies have suggested that accelerated surgery is associated with improved outcomes in patients with a hip fracture. The HIP ATTACK trial assessed whether accelerated surgery could redu...

Feb 10, 2020

To review the clinical evidence on the use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) revascularization options in left main (LM) disease in comparison with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Coron...

Feb 10, 2020

Endothelial cells are of great importance in many types of diseases including the coronary artery diseases in heart and stroke in brain. In this review, we explore the heterogeneity among endothelial ...

Feb 10, 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is independently associated with increased risk for stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. Since activated platelets play an important role in cardiovascular disease, ...

Feb 10, 2020

Intravenous injection of alteplase is recommended for patients with minor disabling and not non-disabling ischemic stroke symptoms within 4.5 h of ischemic stroke symptom onset. However, it is hard f...

Feb 10, 2020

Data indicate that many healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) result from the use of medical devices, such as indwelling vascular and urinary catheters, accounting for about 25% of all HAIs. The eff...

Feb 10, 2020

To analyze (1) associations between postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after CABG and long-term cardiovascular outcome, (2) whether associations were influenced by AF during follow-up, and (3) i...

Feb 07, 2020

“In 2016, the Sepsis-3 task force proposed the quick SOFA (qSOFA) score (2 or more of the following: hypotension, elevated respiratory rate, or altered mental status) as a bedside tool to efficientl...

Feb 04, 2020

Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) have frequent infectious complications requiring nephrotoxic medications, necessitating monitoring of renal function. Although adult studies have suggested that cyst...

Feb 04, 2020

We examined factors associated with follow-up blood cultures (FU-BCs) in patients with monomicrobial gram-negative bloodstream infection (GN-BSI), and investigated impact of FU-BCs on therapeutic mana...