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PLoS One 2021 4;16(3):e0247304. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

Department of Cardiology and Interventional Arrhythmology, Semey Medical University, Semey, Kazakhstan.

Introduction: High residual platelet reactivity (RPR) in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) receiving antiplatelet agents has been associated with a high risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI).

Study Aim: This study aimed at identification of independent prognostic predictors of AKI risk in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) after PCI.

Study Design, Setting And Patients: This was a prospective single-center clinical trial that included 155 patients (n = 119 without AKI, n = 36 with AKI, mean age 64. Read More

Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2021 Mar 4. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

EA 4278 LaPEC, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Pharm-Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Avignon, 301 rue Baruch de Spinoza, 84916, Avignon Cedex 9, France.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation, in secondary prevention, on cardiac remodeling and function, as well as lipid profile, in a mouse model of diet-induced type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Mice were fed a high fat and sucrose diet for 10 weeks. Afterward, diet was maintained for 15 more weeks and two groups were formed, with and without cholecalciferol supplementation. Read More

J Comput Assist Tomogr 2021 Mar 3. Epub 2021 Mar 3.

From the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Cardiology Medical Imaging Departments, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.

Objectives: We aimed to assess the agreement between cardiac computed tomography (CT) and echo for diagnosing advanced diastolic dysfunction (DD) and to assess the prognostic value of CT-based parameters.

Methods: One hundred one consecutive patients who had both CT and echo-Doppler within 1 month were included. Diastolic function was assessed by CT using a previously validated method, based on left atrial volume changes, and compared with echocardiography grades 0 to 3. Read More

J Clin Ultrasound 2021 Mar 3. Epub 2021 Mar 3.

Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart and Vascular Disease Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Purpose: Acute pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening cardiothoracic emergency leading to right ventricle systolic and diastolic dysfunction. In the present study, we investigated the right ventricle diastolic function and its predictive value in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

Material And Methods: Were prospectively recruited in this study 621 patients diagnosed with acute pulmonary embolism between December 2015 and June 2019. Read More

Biomed Opt Express 2021 Jan 17;12(1):480-493. Epub 2020 Dec 17.

Department of Optical Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Photonic Structures (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Ultra-Precision Optical Manufacturing, Green Photoelectron Platform, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China.

This study assesses the metabolic status of rat diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) models. Echocardiography is used to detect the diastolic dysfunction in type 2 diabetic rats, and a lower threshold for inducible atrial fibrillation is found in type 2 diabetic rats with diastolic dysfunction compared to the control. Metabolic abnormalities are detected by status changes of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (phosphate) (NAD(P)H), which is an essential coenzyme in cells or tissues. Read More