Evaluation of Preptin and other Biomarkers in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus by Saja T. Yassen, Layla O. Farhan

“…The study took place between August and December 2023 at the Ibn Al-Bitar Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Baghdad, Iraq. The level of Preptin in patients with CAD with and without T2DM was evaluated. …”
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Dynamic Changes of Th1 Cytokines and the Clinical Significance of the IFN-γ/TNF-α Ratio in Acute Brucellosis by Guang Xu, Peng Zhang, Rongjing Dang, Yanfang Jiang, Feng Wang, Bin Wang, Mingyuan Yang

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Combined Ventilation of Two Subjects with a Single Mechanical Ventilator Using a New Medical Device: An In Vitro Study by Ignacio Lugones, Matías Ramos, María Fernanda Biancolini, Roberto Orofino Giambastiani

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Pheochromocytoma in Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease by Carmen Aresta, Gianfranco Butera, Antonietta Tufano, Giorgia Grassi, Livio Luzi, Stefano Benedini

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Case Report: Dangerous liaisons between splenectomy and eltrombopag-induced chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in patients with immune thrombocytopenia: report of two ca... by Roberto Castelli, Enrico Atzori, Alessandro Palmerio Delitala, Salvatore Antonio Masala, Valentina Micheluzzi, Enrico Ponti, Enrico Ponti, Giuseppe Sanna, Dante Castro, Antonio Gidaro, Mattia Donadoni, Roberto Manetti, Pierluigi Merella, Nicia Isabella Profili, Andrea Maria D'Armini, Gavino Casu, Gavino Casu

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Monitoring of immune activation using biochemical changes in a porcine model of cardiac arrest by Anton Amann, Bernhard Widner, Josef Rieder, Herwig Antretter, Georg Hoffmann, Viktoria Mayr, Hans-Ulrich Strohmenger, Dietmar Fuchs

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Renal and Hematological Effects of CLCF-1, a B-Cell-Stimulating Cytokine of the IL-6 Family by Virginia J. Savin, Mukut Sharma, Jianping Zhou, David Gennochi, Timothy Fields, Ram Sharma, Ellen T. McCarthy, Tarak Srivastava, Jos Domen, Aurélie Tormo, Jean-François Gauchat

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Machine Learning-Based predictive model for adolescent metabolic syndrome: Utilizing data from NHANES 2007–2016 by Yu-zhen Zhang, Hai-ying Wu, Run-wei Ma, Bo Feng, Rui Yang, Xiao-gang Chen, Min-xiao Li, Li-ming Cheng

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Impact of Application of Multifunction Electrode (MFE) Pads on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality by Radosław Zalewski, Mateusz Puślecki, Łukasz Szarpak, Tomasz Kłosiewicz, Marek Dąbrowski, Bartłomiej Perek

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The Relationship Between the Modified Glasgow Prognostic and SYNTAX Scores in Patients with Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Ahmet KARADUMAN, Cemalettin YILMAZ, Mustafa Ferhat KETEN, Ismail BALABAN, Zeynep Esra GUNER, Mehmet CELIK

“…In an effort to determine the seriousness and scope of CAD in each patient, the Synergy between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) score was calculated and then assessed. …”
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Prediction of postoperative myocardial injury in patients undergoing laparoscopic pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma resection: protocol for an ambispective cohort study by Yuguang Huang, Yuelun Zhang, Ling Lan, Yi Zhang, Ye Ma, Le Shen, Yifei Zhao, Yaohan Li

“…Introduction Pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PPGL) resection remains a high-risk surgical procedure owing to severe haemodynamic instability, which can lead to myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MINS). MINS is the most common and easily overlooked cardiovascular complication and results in increased postoperative mortality and prolonged inpatient hospitalisation. …”
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Severe primary graft failure: Are there lasting impacts? Analysis from the PHTS Database by Jennifer Conway, MD, Tara Pidborochynski, MSc, James K. Kirklin, MD, Ryan Cantor, PhD, Hong Zhao, PhD, Aryaz Sheybani, MD, Jacqueline Lamour, MD, Lakshmi Gokanapudy Hahn, MD, Leslie Collins, MD, Jessica Laks, MD, Darren H. Freed, MD, PhD

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The Role of Advanced Cardiac Imaging in Monitoring Cardiovascular Complications in Patients with Extracardiac Tumors: A Descriptive Review by Annamaria Tavernese, Valeria Cammalleri, Rocco Mollace, Giorgio Antonelli, Mariagrazia Piscione, Nino Cocco, Myriam Carpenito, Carmelo Dominici, Massimo Federici, Gian Paolo Ussia

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Exploratory study of patients’ and carers’ preferences for postdischarge surgical wound monitoring using survey and interviews by Keith Wilson, Nigel Westwood, Catherine Wloch, Pauline Harrington, Luke J Rogers, Judith Tanner, Gavin Murphy, Colin S Brown, Jeremy Dearling, Ricky Vaja, Melissa Rochon, Lyn Brierley Jones

“…Objectives To explore patients’ and carers’ preferences for postdischarge surgical wound monitoring.Design Explanatory mixed methods study with an online survey followed by online interviews.Setting The online survey was distributed via the Cardiothoracic Interdisciplinary Research Network and cardiac surgery patient and public involvement groups in London and Leicester, UK. …”
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Extracorporeal Hemadsorption versus Glucocorticoids during Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial by Gordana Taleska Stupica, Maja Sostaric, Marija Bozhinovska, Lea Rupert, Zoran Bosnic, Ales Jerin, Alojz Ihan, Tomislav Klokocovnik, Matej Podbregar

“…We compared intraoperative hemadsorption and methylprednisolone, with usual care, during complex cardiac surgery on CPB, for inflammatory responses, hemodynamics, and perioperative course. …”
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Evaluating the Association Between Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (Rs1801131 and Rs1801133) Gene Polymorphisms and Severity of Coronary Lesions in Patients With STEMI and NSTE... by Behnam Nazarzadeh, Saeedeh sadat Ghazanfari, Farzaneh Karimi, Seyed ali Moezibady, Fatemeh Salmani, Kazem Dastjerdi, Hamidreza Mohammadi

“…The Synergy between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) score is also an appropriate predictor for revascularization strategy in patients with complex CAD. …”
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A Hemodynamic-Based Evaluation of Applying Different Types of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts to Coronary Artery Aneurysms by Haoran Wang, Hitomi Anzai, Youjun Liu, Aike Qiao, Jinsheng Xie, Makoto Ohta

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Increased Expression of Visfatin in Monocytes and Macrophages in Male Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients by Cheng-An Chiu, Teng-Hung Yu, Wei-Chin Hung, Li-Fen Lu, Fu-Mei Chung, I-Ting Tsai, Chih-Ying Yang, Chia-Chang Hsu, Yung-Chuan Lu, Jer-Yiing Houng, Yau-Jiunn Lee, Chao-Ping Wang

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Catlet scoring system as a new predictor for in-stent restenosis in patients with chronic coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting st... by Juan Wang, Mingchao Zhang, Weipeng Gan, Mingxing Xu, JiaYan Zhou, Lingfei Yang, Yongsheng Ke

“…Preliminary studies have demonstrated its superiority over the the Synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) score with respect to outcome predictions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. …”
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Predictive Value of Systemic Immune Inflammation Index for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Murat Selçuk, Tufan Çınar, Faysal Şaylık, Selami Doğan, Ismail Selçuk, Ahmet L. Orhan

“…Objective: Inflammation plays an important role in the initiation of postoperative atrial fibrillation (PoAF) in individuals undergoing cardiac surgery, Thus, this study aimed to investigate the predictive value of the systemic immune inflammation index (SII) to develop PoAF in such patients. …”
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