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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Peter Edholm, Jort Veen, Fawzi Kadi, Andreas Nilsson
Summary: Regular physical activity of at least moderate intensity during middle age has positive effects on muscle mass and aerobic fitness at old age, but has no direct impact on maximal muscle strength.
EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY
(2021)
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Harumitsu Suzuki, Kendra Davis-Plourde, Alexa Beiser, Ayako Kunimura, Katsuyuki Miura, Charles DeCarli, Pauline Maillard, Gary F. Mitchell, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Sudha Seshadri, Akira Fujiyoshi
Summary: The study suggests that coronary artery calcium may be a useful tool in predicting subtle white matter injury in the brains of middle-aged men, as evidenced by a significant linear trend of fractional anisotropy.
CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
(2021)
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Sport Sciences
Candela Diaz-Canestro, Christoph Siebenmann, David Montero
Summary: This study found that blood oxygen-carrying capacity plays a significant role in determining cardiorespiratory fitness in healthy middle-age and older individuals, with a proportional decrease in peak oxygen uptake as the capacity decreases during exercise. There was no differential effect of sex on this relationship.
MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE
(2021)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Meng-Meng Yu, Xiang-Lin Tang, Hang Jin, Shan Yang, Hong Yun, Qi-Bing Wang, Meng-Su Zeng
Summary: Asymptomatic individuals with hepatic steatosis (HS) have a worse prognosis than those without HS in the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) at coronary CT angiography, while participants with HS and without CAD may have excellent clinical outcomes during a median follow-up of 7.2 years.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Amir Shams, Hadi Nobari, Jose Afonso, Hamed Abbasi, Elena Mainer-Pardos, Jorge Perez-Gomez, Mahdi Bayati, Alireza Bahrami, Lara Carneiro
Summary: Aerobic exercise has a positive impact on psychological well-being and quality of life in older adults, with moderate-intensity exercise showing greater benefits than low-intensity, demonstrating a positive dose-response relationship.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Bart S. Ferket, M. G. Myriam Hunink, Umesh Masharani, Wendy Max, Joseph Yeboah, Kirsten E. Fleischmann
Summary: The study found that individuals with type 2 diabetes are more likely to develop coronary artery calcium at a younger age than those without diabetes, and the risk of CAC increases with longer duration of diabetes treatment. Factors such as male sex, White ethnicity/race, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, and low serum creatinine are also associated with increased risk of CAC.
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Immunology
Daisuke Mizushima, Yui Shintani, Misao Takano, Daisuke Shiojiri, Naokatsu Ando, Takahiro Aoki, Koji Watanabe, Takato Nakamoto, Hiroyuki Gatanaga, Shinichi Oka
Summary: This study prospectively assessed asymptomatic monkeypox virus infections among men who have sex with men in Tokyo, Japan, during the initial phase of the epidemic. The findings suggest that asymptomatic infections may have been underestimated and were comparable in magnitude to symptomatic infections, highlighting the need to improve testing accessibility among high-risk populations.
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(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
Medicine, General & Internal
Young Hak Chung, Byoung-Kwon Lee, Hyuck Moon Kwon, Pil-Ki Min, Eui-Young Choi, Young Won Yoon, Bum-Kee Hong, Se-Joong Rim, Jong-Youn Kim
Summary: The study found that Lp (a) has an impact on CAC in asymptomatic individuals, especially in men. Older men need to pay more attention to their Lp (a) levels and consider intensive treatment to lower it.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Chan-Won Kim, Sungwoo Hong, Yoosoo Chang, Jung Ah Lee, Hocheol Shin, Seungho Ryu
Summary: The study found that a high level of apoB is strongly associated with the prevalence and progression of coronary artery calcium, independent of LDL-C levels. This suggests that apoB measurement may be a potential target for primary prevention of coronary atherosclerosis in healthy adults.
CIRCULATION JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Johanna Larsson, Soren Auscher, Andre Shamoun, Gokulan Pararajasingam, Laurits Juhl Heinsen, Thomas Rueskov Andersen, Jes Sanddal Lindholt, Axel Cosmus Pyndt Diederichsen, Jess Lambrechtsen, Kenneth Egstrup
Summary: This study found an association between insulin resistance and necrotic plaque volume in asymptomatic non-diabetic men.
Article
Neurosciences
Takashi Tarumi, Tsubasa Tomoto, Justin Repshas, Ciwen Wang, Linda S. Hynan, C. Munro Cullum, David C. Zhu, Rong Zhang
Summary: The study found that engaging in aerobic exercise during midlife is associated with higher WM integrity and greater primary motor and somatosensory cortical thickness.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Soe Hee Ann, Hyeji Lee, Kyung Sun Park, Young-Jee Jeon, Eun Ji Park, Sangwoo Park, Yong-Giun Kim, Yongjik Lee, Seong Hoon Choi, Woon Jung Kwon, Gyung-Min Park
Summary: This study investigated the association between marital status and subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in an asymptomatic population. The findings suggest that there is no significant relationship between marital status and the risk of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in this population.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Hong Mou, Qun Fang, Shudong Tian, Fanghui Qiu
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of high-intensity interval exercise (HIIE) and moderate-intensity continuous exercise (MICE) on working memory in individuals with high and low aerobic fitness. The results showed that acute exercise had different effects on working memory in high and low fitness participants depending on the exercise modality. This finding has important implications for selecting appropriate exercise to improve cognitive performance based on individual aerobic fitness levels.
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Stephen W. Farrell, David Leonard, Carolyn E. Barlow, Benjamin L. Willis, Andjelka Pavlovic, Laura F. Defina, William L. Haskell
Summary: This study found strong individual and joint associations between low cardiorespiratory fitness, vitamin D deficiency, and metabolic syndrome among U.S. adult men. Maintaining proper levels of fitness and vitamin D can help reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome. Prospective studies are needed to further evaluate these joint associations with mortality outcomes.
MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE
(2021)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Hye Na Jung, Sung Mok Kim, Jeong Hyun Lee, Yiseul Kim, Sang-Chol Lee, Eun-Seok Jeon, Hwan Seok Yong, Yeon Hyeon Choe
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Hyung Yoon Kim, Jong Eun Park, Sang-Chol Lee, Eun-Seok Jeon, Young Keun On, Sung Mok Kim, Yeon Hyeon Choe, Chang-Seok Ki, Jong-Won Kim, Kye Hun Kim
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Min Jae Cha, Sung Mok Kim, Tae Ran Ahn, Yeon Hyeon Choe
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mi-Sun Hur, Seunggyu Lee, Chang-Seok Oh, Yeon Hyeon Choe
Summary: This study investigated a new type of interatrial communication in adult cadaver hearts, finding both open and obstructed interatrial channels with tortuous courses through the interatrial septum. The novel finding is expected to enhance understanding of the onset of symptoms such as stroke without classical atrial septal defects.
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Yoon-Chul Kim, Khu Rai Kim, Hyelee Lee, Yeon Hyeon Choe
Summary: The study developed a software tool for T1 mapping calculation and evaluated the efficiency of different methods. Results showed that the C++ multi-core RD method was the fastest on a regular eight-core personal computer.
BMC MEDICAL IMAGING
(2021)
Editorial Material
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Yeon Hyeon Choe
JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Ji-won Hwang, Sang-Chol Lee, Darae Kim, Jihoon Kim, Eun Kyoung Kim, Sung-A Chang, Sung-Ji Park, Sung Mok Kim, Yeon Hyeon Choe, Joong Hyun Ahn, Seung Woo Park
Summary: The present study aimed to identify factors that may affect exercise capacity in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The results showed that age, female sex, increased NT-proBNP level, and E/e' ratio on echocardiography were significantly associated with decreased exercise capacity. Monitoring hemodynamic changes and increased filling pressure on echocardiography is important for improved outcomes in this population.
JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Editorial Material
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Yeon Hyeon Choe
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Sang Hwa Shin, Sung Mok Kim, Soo-Jin Cho, Yeon Hyeon Choe
Summary: This study aimed to assess the longitudinal changes in myocardial T1 relaxation time and left ventricular function. The results showed that myocardial T1 values and extracellular volume fractions (ECVFs) remained stable over time in the same middle-aged men.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Sooyoung Park, Hyun Jeong Lim, Jaero Park, Yeon Hyeon Choe
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the trends and citation of biomedical research publications.
JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Hae Jin Kim, Yeon Hyeon Choe, Sung Mok Kim, Eun Kyung Kim, Mirae Lee, Sung Ji Park, Joonghyun Ahn, Keumhee C. Carriere
Summary: This study compared the aortic valve area calculated using fast high-resolution three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging with that of conventional two-dimensional imaging. The results showed that the high-resolution 3D MR imaging technique had low observer variability and highly correlated with transthoracic echocardiography measurements.
KOREAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Eun Kyoung Kim, Ga Yeon Lee, Shin Yi Jang, Sung-A Chang, Sung Mok Kim, Sung-Ji Park, Jin-Oh Choi, Seung Woo Park, Yeon Hyeon Choe, Sang-Chol Lee, Jae K. Oh
Summary: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging can be used to predict long-term adverse cardiac outcomes in patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, with an extent of late gadolinium enhancement exceeding 12.0 %LV indicating a higher risk of major adverse cardiac events.
KOREAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Yeon Hyeon Choe, Sung Mok Kim, Sung-Ji Park
PRECISION AND FUTURE MEDICINE
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Hyung Yoon Kim, Sung-Ji Park, Sang-Chol Lee, Shin Yi Chang, Eun-Kyoung Kim, Sung-A Chang, Jin-Oh Choi, Seung Woo Park, Sung-Mok Kim, Yeon Hyeon Choe, Jae K. Oh
CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Eun Kyoung Kim, Sang-Chol Lee, Sung-A Chang, Shin-Yi Jang, Sung Mok Kim, Sung-Ji Park, Jin-Oh Choi, Seung Woo Park, Eun-Seok Jeon, Yeon Hyeon Choe
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
(2020)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jose E. Exaire, Timothy A. Mixon
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Giuseppe Di Gioia, Federica Coletti, Lorenzo Buzzelli, Viviana Maestrini, Sara Monosilio, Andrea Segreti, Maria Rosaria Squeo, Erika Lemme, Antonio Nenna, Antonio Pelliccia
Summary: Dyslipidemia is common in Paralympic athletes, with lipid levels influenced by the type of disability and sporting discipline.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Esra Donmez, Sevgi Ozcan, Irfan Sahin, Murat Ziyrek, Ertugrul Okuyan
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of the GRACE risk score in acute pulmonary embolism (PE) patients for 30-day mortality and the need for thrombolytic treatment. The study found that the GRACE risk score, along with the PESI score, were independent risk factors associated with 30-day mortality and the need for thrombolytic treatment. The GRACE risk score showed high sensitivity and specificity in predicting mortality, and its combination with the PESI score helped define high-risk PE patients and predict poor prognosis.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Tom Kai Ming Wang, Reza Reyaldeen, Kevser Akyuz, Zoran B. Popovic, A. Marc Gillinov, Bo Xu, Brian P. Griffin, Milind Y. Desai
Summary: Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is commonly used to evaluate isolated tricuspid regurgitation (TR), but there is limited research comparing its quantification with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In this study, a novel TTE algorithm was developed to identify severe TR based on TTE parameters. The algorithm had a higher accuracy than the current guidelines' criteria in detecting severe TR by MRI.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Enkhtsogt Sainbayar, Ramzi Ibrahim, Hoang Nhat Pham, Wisam Beauti, Mahek Shahid, Natalie Hickerson, Mohammed Salih, Joao Paulo Ferreira, Mamas A. Mamas
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Richard E. Casazza, Hymie Chera, Carlos Adolfo Rodriguez, Sergey Ayzenberg
Summary: This article presents a case of a patient with known situs inversus who underwent cardiac catheterization and was found to have chronic total occlusion in the right coronary artery. Situs inversus is a rare congenital abnormality characterized by the inverted position of chest and abdominal organs. Cardiac catheterization is uncommon in patients with this particular abnormality, highlighting the importance of customizing techniques to engage coronary arteries and optimize guide support for percutaneous coronary intervention if needed.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Georgiana Pintea Bentea, Brahim Berdaoui, Sophie Samyn, Marielle Morissens, Philippe van de Borne, Jose Castro Rodriguez
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Bulbul Ahmed, Melissa G. Farb, Shakun Karki, Sophia D'Alessandro, Niloo M. Edwards, Noyan Gokce
Summary: This study evaluated the angiogenic capacity of adipose tissue in patients undergoing cardiac surgeries and found that patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) had reduced angiogenic capacity in their pericardial adipose tissue. Gene expression analysis revealed upregulated expression of the anti-angiogenic gene TSP-1 in CAD patients, with no significant differences in other angiogenic factors. Additionally, inhibiting TSP-1 expression significantly improved angiogenic deficiency in CAD patients.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Moshe Rav-Acha, Orli Wube, Oholi Tovia Brodie, Yoav Michowitz, Michael Ilan, Tal Ovdat, Robert Klempfner, Mahmud Suleiman, Ilan Goldenberg, Michael Glikson
Summary: The current guidelines recommend prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for patients with symptomatic heart failure (HF) and low left ventricular ejection fraction. However, not all patients will benefit from ICD treatment. This study evaluated the feasibility of using the MADIT-II-based Risk Stratification Score (MRSS) to predict the survival benefit of prophylactic ICDs in patients with HF. The results showed that different risk subgroups had varying levels of ICD survival benefit.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ariel Banai, Rachel Retsky, Lior Lupu, Erez Levi, David Zahler, Omri Feder, Roei Merin, Yan Topilsky, Raphael Rosso, Shmuel Banai, Sami Viskin, Ehud Chorin
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the association between electromechanical window (EMW) and ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS). The study found that TTS patients had a lower EMW value, which was associated with an increased risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Harun Kundi, Kobina Hagan, Tamer Yahya, Garima Sharma, Sadeer Al-Kindi, Zulqarnain Javed, Khurram Nasir
Summary: Using latent class analysis (LCA), the study identified clinical, demographic, and social subphenotypes in ASCVD population and assessed the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality across different socioclinical classes. The results showed that the younger, female, non-Hispanic Black or Hispanic individuals with a high burden of co-morbidities and unfavorable social determinants of health had the highest risk of mortality in the identified latent classes.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Moises A. Vasquez, Mina Iskander, Mohammed Mustafa, Juan A. Quintero-Martinez, Antonio Luna, Joel Mintz, Jose Noy, Juan Uribe, Ivan Mijares, Eduardo de Marchena, Yiannis S. Chatzizisis
Summary: The benefits of pericardiocentesis (PC) in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) and pericardial effusions are unclear. The study found that PC in PH patients is associated with higher in-hospital mortality and rates of cardiovascular complications.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ken Kuwajima, Mana Ogawa, Irving Ruiz, Hiroko Hasegawa, Nobuichiro Yagi, Florian Rader, Robert J. Siegel, Takahiro Shiota
Summary: After cardiac surgery, the longitudinal function of the right ventricle and left ventricle is reduced, despite preserved global functions. In particular, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) remains decreased after surgery.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Min -Jung Kim, Robert H. Aseltine Jr, Sara R. Tabtabai
Summary: This study evaluated the rates and causes of 30-day readmissions after discharge for heart failure (HF) as a primary and secondary diagnosis. The findings indicate that efforts to reduce readmission rates should include patients with secondary HF diagnosis, and surveillance should extend to 2 weeks postdischarge to identify at-risk patients.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ya He, Jianzhong Zhou
Summary: This study aimed to examine the relation between reverse septal curvature (RSC) and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The study found that patients with RSC were younger and had a higher incidence of NSVT, and RSC was identified as a strong independent risk factor for NSVT.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2024)
