Plac8 regulates the fibrogenic ability of cardiac fibroblasts in mice with myocardial infarction by Ting Fu, Jianping Gong, Lei Xu, Ningning Ji

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Advantages of using T1-mapping in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with acromegaly by Alina A. Almaskhanova, Konstantin V. Melkozerov, Elena G. Przhiyalkovskaya, Natalia V. Tarbaeva, Anastasya Y. Korneluk, Raisa S. Kosharnaia, Victor Y. Kalashnikov, Zhanna E. Belaya, Galina A. Mel'nichenko, Natalia G. Mokrysheva

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An Unsupervised Deep Learning Framework for Retrospective Gating of Catheter-Based Cardiac Imaging by Zheng Sun, Yue Yao, Ru Wang

“…Motion artifacts are a major challenge in the in vivo application of catheter-based cardiac imaging modalities. Gating is a critical tool for suppressing motion artifacts. …”
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Cardiac Failure after Liver Transplantation Requiring a Biventricular Assist Device by Rita Jermyn, Eiei Soe, David D’Alessandro, Julia Shin, William Jakobleff, Daniel Schwartz, Milan Kinkhabwala, Paul J. Gaglio

“…Hepatic as well as nonhepatic iron overload is associated with increased infectious and postoperative complications, including cardiac dysfunction. In this case report, we describe a cirrhotic patient with alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency and nonhereditary hemochromatosis (non-HFE) that developed cardiogenic shock requiring mechanical circulatory support for twenty days after liver transplant. …”
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The Evaluation of Diagnostic Role of Cardiac Troponin T (cTnT) in Newborns with Heart Defects by Agata Tarkowska, Wanda Furmaga-Jablonska

“…All patients underwent detailed examination of circulatory system. Cardiac troponin T (cTnT) concentrations were evaluated by Roche CARDIAC T Quantitive test. …”
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Temporal Changes on the Risks and Complications of Posttransplantion Diabetes Mellitus Following Cardiac Transplantation by Nadia Iannino, Amine Nasri, Agnès Räkel, Anique Ducharme, Kim Lachance, Normand Racine, Simon de Denus, Maxime Tremblay-Gravel, Annik Fortier, Michel White

“…Recent changes in the demographic of cardiac donors and recipients have modulated the rate and risk, associated with posttransplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM). …”
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Ventricular Depolarization Abnormalities and Their Role in Cardiac Risk Stratification — A Narrative Review by Maarten Blondeel, Tomas Robyns, Rik Willems, Bert Vandenberk

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Cardiac repair using regenerating neonatal heart tissue-derived extracellular vesicles by Hanjing Li, Yining Liu, Yuqing Lin, Sijia Li, Chenlu Liu, Ao Cai, Wei Li, Wanyu Zhang, Xinlu Gao, Zhongyu Ren, Haoyu Ji, Yang Yu, Xiuxiu Wang, Wenya Ma, Ning Wang, Dan Zhao, Tianlong Li, Yu Liu, Benzhi Cai

“…Here, we report that EVs from regenerating neonatal heart tissues, after apical resection surgery (AR-Neo-EVs), exhibit stronger pro-proliferative, anti-apoptotic, and pro-angiogenesis activities than EVs from neonatal mouse cardiac tissues (Neo-EVs), effects which are absent in adult mouse heart-derived EVs (Adu-EVs). …”
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Accuracy of Established Prognostic Staging Systems for Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis in the Tafamidis Era by Maximilian Leo Müller, MD, Sebastian Spethmann, MD, Daniel Messroghli, MD, Anna Brand, MD, Isabel Mattig, MD, Katrin Hahn, MD, Ulf Landmesser, MD, Bettina Heidecker, MD

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Regenerative Therapies Using Cell Sheet-Based Tissue Engineering for Cardiac Disease by Yuji Haraguchi, Tatsuya Shimizu, Masayuki Yamato, Teruo Okano

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Elevated Cardiac Troponin T in Patients with Lupus Myositis Presenting with Noncardiac Chest Pain by Guy Katz, Sharon L. Kolasinski, Baskaran Sundaram, Giorgos Loizidis

“…The most common biomarkers for myocardial injury are cardiac troponin T and I (cTnT and cTnI) due to their high sensitivity for the early detection of myocardial infarction. …”
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Wogonin Inhibits Cardiac Hypertrophy by Activating Nrf-2-Mediated Antioxidant Responses by Xiaowen Shi, Bin Zhang, Zhenliang Chu, Bingjiang Han, Xueping Zhang, Ping Huang, Jibo Han

“…Background. Cardiac hypertrophy is one of the initial disorders of the cardiovascular system and can induce heart failure. …”
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Adjunctive Sitagliptin Therapy in Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Pilot Study by Marcia L. Brackbill, Ateequr Rahman, Jeffrey S. Sandy, M. Denton Stam, Arthur F. Harralson

“…A prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study was conducted in diabetic cardiac surgery patients. Patients received sitagliptin or placebo after surgery for 4 days. …”
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Human Neonatal Thymus Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Neovascularization and Cardiac Regeneration by Shuyun Wang, Shan Huang, Lianghui Gong, Zhize Yuan, Joshua Wong, Jeffrey Lee, Ming-Sing Si

“…The purpose of this study was to further evaluate the cardiac regenerative and protective properties of neonatal thymus (nt) MSCs. …”
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Impact of Late Ventricular Arrhythmias on Cardiac Mortality in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction by Takuma Takada, Koki Shishido, Takahiro Hayashi, Shohei Yokota, Hirokazu Miyashita, Hiroaki Yokoyama, Takashi Nishimoto, Tomoki Ochiai, Noriaki Moriyama, Kazuki Tobita, Shingo Mizuno, Futoshi Yamanaka, Masato Murakami, Yutaka Tanaka, Saeko Takahashi, Shigeru Saito

“…They also had a lower 30-day cardiac survival rate than the early VT/VF and non-VT/VF groups (42% vs. 76% vs. 96%, p < 0.001). …”
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Deep Learning Approach for Automatic Classification of Ocular and Cardiac Artifacts in MEG Data by Ahmad Hasasneh, Nikolas Kampel, Praveen Sripad, N. Jon Shah, Jürgen Dammers

“…We propose an artifact classification scheme based on a combined deep and convolutional neural network (DCNN) model, to automatically identify cardiac and ocular artifacts from neuromagnetic data, without the need for additional electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrooculogram (EOG) recordings. …”
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A novel wearable device integrating ECG and PCG for cardiac health monitoring by Junbin Zang, Qi An, Bo Li, Zhidong Zhang, Libo Gao, Chenyang Xue

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Left Ventricle Segmentation in Cardiac MR Images via an Improved ResUnet by Shengzhou Xu, Haoran Lu, Shiyu Cheng, Chengdan Pei

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Using the Cardiac–Electrophysiological Balance Index to Predict Arrhythmia Risk After Colonoscopy by Seyit Ali Volkan Polatkan, Seyda Gunay-Polatkan, Ozgen Isik, Deniz Sigirli

“…Values of the index of cardiac–electrophysiological balance (iCEB) were compared. …”
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Crack Cocaine-Induced Cardiac Conduction Abnormalities Are Reversed by Sodium Bicarbonate Infusion by Carlos Henrique Miranda, Antônio Pazin-Filho

“…We report a dramatic case of a 19-year-old man with crack cocaine overdose with important clinical complications as cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation and epileptics status. …”
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