Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jade Geerlings-Batt, Ashu Gupta, Zhonghua Sun
Summary: This study retrospectively reviewed the coronary computed tomography angiography datasets and CAD risk factor checklists of 250 patients, and found a relationship between narrow RCA-aorta angles and CAD, smoking, and increasing BMI.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Laurits Juhl Heinsen, Gokulan Pararajasingam, Thomas Rueskov Andersen, Soren Auscher, Hussam Mahmoud Sheta, Helle Precht, Jess Lambrechtsen, Kenneth Egstrup
Summary: This study found a high prevalence of HRP in asymptomatic T2D patients, with HRP detection associated with specific patient characteristics. HRP was not correlated with high CACS, as HRP could be found even in patients with zero CACS.
CARDIOVASCULAR DIABETOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Physiology
Sandra Gegunde, Amparo Alfonso, Rebeca Alvarino, Nadia Perez-Fuentes, Jeremias Bayon-Lorenzo, Eva Alonso, Raymundo Ocaranza-Sanchez, Rosa Alba Abellas-Sequeiros, Melisa Santas-Alvarez, Mercedes R. Vieytes, Carlos Juanatey-Gonzalez, Luis M. Botana
Summary: This study revealed that serum levels of cyclophilin A and C are elevated in patients with coronary artery disease regardless of the presence of cardiovascular risk factors. On the other hand, cyclophilin B levels are increased in male patients with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, or high glucose levels. All three cyclophilins were significantly correlated with cardiovascular risk factors, with cyclophilin B specifically associated with type 2 diabetes. Multivariate analysis further demonstrated the predictive value of cyclophilin A and C in the presence of coronary artery disease, along with other cardiovascular risk factors. Additionally, high levels of cyclophilin B, combined with hypertension or dyslipidemia, increased the risk of coronary artery disease in male patients.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Tsung-Ying Tsai, Pai-Feng Hsu, Cheng-Hsueh Wu, Shao-Sung Huang, Wan-Leong Chan, Shing-Jong Lin, Jaw-Wen Chen, Tse-Min Lu, Hsin-Bang Leu
Summary: Liver fibrosis scores, including NFS, FIB-4, and Forns score, are associated with the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) plaques in subjects in early CAD stages. For disease progression, male gender, DBP, and NFS appear to be independently associated with coronary atherosclerosis plaque progression in subjects with low calcium scores.
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Derek Klarin, Pradeep Natarajan
Summary: In recent years, significant progress has been made in the discovery of genes related to the risk of coronary artery disease, and polygenic risk scores are widely used for predicting disease occurrence and guiding clinical treatment. These scores are also used for screening high-risk patients, identifying treatment-beneficial populations, and designing effective clinical trial protocols.
NATURE REVIEWS CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Xiaoxuan Ma, Meiming Su, Qingze He, Zhidan Zhang, Fanshun Zhang, Zhenghong Liu, Lu Sun, Jianping Weng, Suowen Xu
Summary: By analyzing human plaque tissue data and conducting experiments on mice, this study identifies PHACTR1 as being associated with endothelial dysfunction, which it regulates through inflammation response and NO production, and finds that its expression can be reduced by certain drugs.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Matthew T. Patrick, Qinmengge Li, Rachael Wasikowski, Nehal Mehta, Johann E. Gudjonsson, James T. Elder, Xiang Zhou, Lam C. Tsoi
Summary: This study identifies shared genetic loci between psoriasis and coronary artery disease through trans-disease meta-analysis, and prioritizes genes associated with inflammatory signaling. It also suggests that chronic systemic inflammation can increase the risk of psoriasis and cause coronary artery disease.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Medical Informatics
Tyler Hyungtaek Rim, Chan Joo Lee, Yih-Chung Tham, Ning Cheung, Marco Yu, Geunyoung Lee, Youngnam Kim, Daniel S. W. Ting, Crystal Chun Yuen Chong, Yoon Seong Choi, Tae Keun Yoo, Ik Hee Ryu, Su Jung Baik, Young Ah Kim, Sung Kyu Kim, Sang-Hak Lee, Byoung Kwon Lee, Seok-Min Kang, Edmund Yick Mun Wong, Hyeon Chang Kim, Sung Soo Kim, Sungha Park, Ching-Yu Cheng, Tien Yin Wong
Summary: This study developed a novel cardiovascular risk stratification system based on deep-learning-predicted coronary artery calcium (CAC) from retinal photographs, which showed promising results in predicting cardiovascular events and improving current risk stratification approaches.
LANCET DIGITAL HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Mahmoud Mohamed, Maria Bosserdt, Viktoria Wieske, Benjamin Dubourg, Hatem Alkadhi, Mario J. Garcia, Sebastian Leschka, Elke Zimmermann, Abbas A. Shabestari, Bjarne L. Norgaard, Matthijs F. L. Meijs, Kristian A. Ovrehus, Axel C. P. Diederichsen, Juhani Knuuti, Bjrn A. Halvorsen, Vladymir Mendoza-Rodriguez, Yung-Liang Wan, Nuno Bettencourt, Eugenio Martuscelli, Ronny R. Buechel, Hans Mickley, Kai Sun, Simone Muraglia, Philipp A. Kaufmann, Bernhard A. Herzog, Jean-Claude Tardif, Georg M. Schuetz, Michael Laule, David E. Newby, Stephan Achenbach, Matthew Budoff, Robert Haase, Federico Biavati, Aldo Vasquez Mezquita, Peter Schlattmann, Marc Dewey
Summary: Combining coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) with coronary artery calcium (CAC) score can significantly improve the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). The addition of CAC score is particularly beneficial when CCTA alone is inconclusive.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yeela Talmor-Barkan, Noam Bar, Aviv A. Shaul, Nir Shahaf, Anastasia Godneva, Yuval Bussi, Maya Lotan-Pompan, Adina Weinberger, Alon Shechter, Chava Chezar-Azerrad, Ziad Arow, Yoav Hammer, Kanta Chechi, Sofia K. Forslund, Sebastien Fromentin, Marc-Emmanuel Dumas, S. Dusko Ehrlich, Oluf Pedersen, Ran Kornowski, Eran Segal
Summary: Multi-omic profiling of patients with coronary artery disease reveals links between alterations in the serum metabolome with genetics, diet, and the microbiome. The study found that these metabolomic alterations are associated with metabolic impairment preceding clinically overt coronary artery disease. The results highlight the importance of understanding risk-factor heterogeneity in coronary artery disease through the serum metabolome.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Michael J. Blaha, Seamus P. Whelton, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Zeina Dardari, Leslee J. Shaw, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, Kunihiro Matsushita, Alan Rozanski, John A. Rumberger, Daniel S. Berman, Matthew J. Budoff, Michael D. Miedema, Khurram Nasir, Miguel Cainzos-Achirica
Summary: This study compared the risk discrimination for predicting CHD and CVD deaths between the Pooled Cohort Equations (PCE), the MESA Risk Score (with and without CAC), and the addition of CAC to the PCE. The results showed that adding CAC to the PCE improved risk discrimination, and the MESA Risk Score with CAC, as well as the PCE plus CAC, performed best among patients with 5% to 20% estimated risk. Additionally, CAC also modestly improved discrimination in low- and high-risk groups.
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Xiaoming Jia, Leo Buckley, Caroline Sun, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Bing Yu, Vijay Nambi, Salim S. Virani, Elizabeth Selvin, Kunihiro Matsushita, Ron C. Hoogeveen, Josef Coresh, Amil M. Shah, Christie M. Ballantyne
Summary: Higher levels of interleukin-6 and interleukin-18 in older adults are associated with an increased risk of global cardiovascular disease (including coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart failure) and death. The association between interleukin-6 and global cardiovascular disease is stronger than that for interleukin-18, and remains significant even after adjustments for other biomarkers.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Peter Loof Moller, Palle Duun Rohde, Jonathan Nortoft Dahl, Laust Dupont Rasmussen, Samuel Emil Schmidt, Louise Nissen, Victoria Mcgilligan, Jacob F. Bentzon, Daniel F. Gudbjartsson, Kari Stefansson, Hilma Holm, Simon Winther, Morten Bottcher, Mette Nyegaard
Summary: The study investigated whether polygenic risk scores and targeted proteomics improve the prediction of absence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with chest pain. The results showed that incorporating targeted proteomics and polygenic risk scores substantially improved the ability to predict the absence of CAD in patients with low-intermediate CAD risk.
CIRCULATION-GENOMIC AND PRECISION MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Toshimitsu Tsugu, Kaoru Tanaka, Dries Belsack, Yuji Nagatomo, Mayuko Tsugu, Jean-Francois Argacha, Bernard Cosyns, Nico Buls, Michel De Maeseneer, Johan De Mey
Summary: In non-obstructive coronary artery disease, the decline of CT-derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT) depends not only on vessel length but also on the lumen volume. A new marker, the ratio of lumen volume to vessel length (V/L ratio), was found to be the strongest predictor of distal FFRCT.
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jana Taron, Borek Foldyna, Thomas Mayrhofer, Michael T. Osborne, Nandini Meyersohn, Daniel O. Bittner, Stefan B. Puchner, Hamed Emami, Michael T. Lu, Maros Ferencik, Neha J. Pagidipati, Pamela S. Douglas, Udo Hoffmann
Summary: This study developed a risk prediction model for patients with nonobstructive CAD and found that advanced coronary plaque features have incremental value in discriminating clinical events in low-risk stable chest pain patients. ASCVD risk, degree of stenosis, and presence of HRP features independently predicted composite events in patients with nonobstructive CAD, improving model fit significantly. Patients with ASCVD >= 7.5%, any HRP, and mild/moderate stenosis had significantly higher rates of events compared to those who did not meet those criteria.
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Gustavo N. Araujo, Anderson D. Silveira, Fernando L. Scolari, Julia L. Custodio, Felipe P. Marques, Rafael Beltrame, Wiliam Menegazzo, Guilherme P. Machado, Felipe C. Fuchs, Sandro C. Goncalves, Rodrigo Wainstein, Tiago L. Leiria, Marco Wainstein
CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Gustavo Neves de Araujo, Rafael Beltrame, Guilherme Pinheiro Machado, Julia Luchese Custodio, Andre Zimerman, Anderson Donelli da Silveira, Fernado Luis Scolari, Luiz Carlos Corsetti Bergoli, Sandro Cadaval Goncalves, Felipe Pereira Lima Marques, Felipe Costa Fuchs, Marco Vugman Wainstein, Rodrigo Vugman Wainstein
Summary: The study found a weak correlation between LVEDP and LUS in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. In multivariable analysis, LUS was significantly associated with in-hospital major adverse cardiovascular events, new cardiogenic shock, and in-hospital mortality, while LVEDP showed no significant association with these outcomes.
CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Patrick Turck, Isadora Schein Salvador, Cristina Campos-Carraro, Vanessa Ortiz, Alan Bahr, Michael Andrades, Adriane Bello-Klein, Alex Sander da Rosa Araujo
Summary: This study demonstrated that blueberry extract can partially mitigate pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by improving the redox state of the right ventricle (RV) in an animal model. These findings provide insights into the potential therapeutic effects of blueberry extract in chronic progressive cardiovascular diseases involving redox balance, such as PAH.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Leticia Maria Tedesco Silva, Antonio Cortes, Beatriz Rossi, Liliana Boll, Gustavo Waclawosky, Bruna Eibel, Sandro Cadaval Goncalves, Maria Claudia Irigoyen, Denis Martinez
Summary: Sleep apnea and coronary artery disease are prevalent, with the mechanism linking the two not yet fully understood. Inflammation and endothelial dysfunction due to intermittent hypoxia play a key role, and drugs improving endothelial function may help prevent cardiovascular events. Patients using immunomodulators for rheumatic diseases have lower prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, but the cardioprotective effect of these drugs in patients without autoimmune diseases remains unclear.
Article
Nursing
Rejane Reich, Eneida Rejane Rabelo-Silva, Elizabeth Swanson, Sue Moorhead, Miriam de Abreu Almeida
Summary: The study aimed to develop a new nursing outcome for evaluating access sites of percutaneous procedures and possible complications. Following validation and review, this new outcome will assist nurses in clinical practice evaluations and is consistent with the standards of the NOC classification.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING KNOWLEDGE
(2022)
Review
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Santiago Alonso Tobar Leitao, Douglas Dos Santos Soares, Nelson Carvas Junior, Rafael Zimmer, Nataniel Floriano Ludwig, Michael Andrades
Summary: The study found that different anesthetics have varying effects on the biological outcomes of laboratory animals before euthanasia. However, the data did not conclusively support the use of one specific anesthetic over others, or the omission of anesthesia during euthanasia.
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Marcus Vinicius Bolivar Malachias, Magnus Olof Wijkman, Marcello Casaccia Bertoluci
Summary: Existing risk prediction scores may be inaccurate in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), but measurement of natriuretic peptides, particularly NT-proBNP, can be an effective tool for risk stratification. NT-proBNP improves outcome prediction and has similar or even superior ability compared to multivariate risk models in predicting death and cardiovascular events in individuals with T2DM.
DIABETOLOGY & METABOLIC SYNDROME
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Joao Roberto de Sa, Erika Bevilaqua Rangel, Luis Henrique Canani, Andrea Carla Bauer, Gustavo Monteiro Escott, Themis Zelmanovitz, Marcello Casaccia Bertoluci, Sandra Pinho Silveiro
Summary: The review on Diabetic Kidney Disease by SBD provides evidence-based guidelines for management with recommendations categorized by levels of evidence and degrees of agreement from panelists. Intensive glycemic control, blood pressure management, and the use of specific medications are essential for preventing advanced stages of DKD.
DIABETOLOGY & METABOLIC SYNDROME
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Marcio Mossmann, Marco Vugman Wainstein, Stefani Mariani, Guilherme Pinheiro Machado, Gustavo Neves de Araujo, Michael Andrades, Sandro Cadaval Goncalves, Marcello Casaccia Bertoluci
Summary: The study found that in high-risk patients, IL-6 levels exceeding 0.44 pg/mL before elective coronary angiography were associated with a poorer prognosis.
DIABETOLOGY & METABOLIC SYNDROME
(2022)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Wellington S. Silva Junior, Monica Andrade Lima Gabbay, Rodrigo Nunes Lamounier, Luis Eduardo Calliari, Marcello Casaccia Bertoluci
Summary: This article is part of the Brazilian Diabetes Society's guidelines, providing information and recommendations on insulin therapy for type 1 diabetes. The authors conducted a literature review and presented several recommendations for insulin treatment.
DIABETOLOGY & METABOLIC SYNDROME
(2022)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
William Valadares Campos Pereira, Denise Maria Martins Vancea, Ricardo de Andrade Oliveira, Yuri Galeno Pinheiro Chaves de Freitas, Rodrigo Nunes Lamounier, Wellington S. S. Silva Junior, Andrea Messias Britto Fioretti, Clayton Luiz Dornelles Macedo, Marcello Casaccia Bertoluci, Roberto Luis Zagury
Summary: For individuals diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, properly oriented physical exercises bring significant benefits to their health. The individualization of exercise routines is important for therapeutic success. This review provides guidance on physical activities and exercises for individuals with type 1 and 2 diabetes based on scientific evidence.
DIABETOLOGY & METABOLIC SYNDROME
(2023)
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Felipe Pereira Lima Marques, Felipe Homem Valle, Gustavo Neves de Araujo, Guilherme Pinheiro Machado, Rodrigo Amantea, Felipe C. Fuchs, Luiz Carlos Bergoli, Sandro Cadaval Goncalves, Marco Wainstein, Rodrigo Wainstein
Summary: The study assessed the safety and feasibility of upper limb approaches for isolated right heart catheterization or combined left and right heart catheterization in anticoagulated versus non-anticoagulated patients. Results showed similar rates of procedure failure and immediate vascular complications in anticoagulated patients compared to non-anticoagulated patients.
JOURNAL OF VASCULAR ACCESS
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Gustavo Neves de Araujo, Tiago Luiz Luz Leiria, Mariana Vargas Furtado, Bruno da Silva Matte, Guilherme Pinheiro Machado, Ana Maria Krepsky, Luiz Carlos Corsetti Bergoli, Sandro Cadaval Goncalves, Marco Vugman Wainstein, Carisi Anne Polanczyk
THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Felipe Homem Valle, Rodrigo Vugman Wainstein, Bruno Silva Matte, Sandro Cadaval Goncalves, Luiz Carlos C. Bergoli, Ana Maria Rocha Krepsky, Fernando Pivatto Junior, Gustavo Neves de Araujo, Guilherme Pinheiro Machado, Marco Vugman Wainstein
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Simone Marques dos Santos, Rodrigo Vugman Wainstein, Felipe Homem Valle, Camille Lacerda Correa, Graziella Badin Aliti, Karen Brasil Ruschel, Sandro Cadaval Goncalves, Marco Vugman Wainstein, Eneida Rejane Rabelo-Silva
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING
(2020)