Cardiovascular remodeling in patients with diabetic сardiomyopathy by A. S. Veklich, N. A. Koziolova, P. G. Karavaev

“…Among outpatients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2D), according  to inclusion and exclusion criteria, a group of participants  with diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LV DD) was made before treatment. …”
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Contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with acute coronary syndrome with ST-segment elevation: risk factors and prognosis by O. V. Arsenicheva, N. N. Shchapovа

“…Killip III–IV (90 %) were significantly more often observed. The left ventricular ejection fraction was lower in patients with СIN (p <0.05). …”
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Impact of Phosphodiesterase-3 Inhibitor and Prostacyclin Analogue Combination on Pulmonary Hemodynamics in Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension:... by Sefri Noventi Sofia, Bahrudin, Ignatius Riwanto, Anindita Soetadji, Hardhono, Muhammad Thifan Satyagraha

“…Background: Acyanotic congenital heart disease (ACHD) with left-to-right shunting frequently presents with pulmonary hypertension (PH), especially in developing countries where treatment options are often limited and costly. …”
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Epidemiological Profile of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Single Tertiary Center in Basrah, Iraq by Ola Murtadaa Albattat, Raheem Sharhan Balasim, Ammar Saleh Abbood, Warkaa Shamkhani

“…Data from 388 ACS patients aged ≥18 years were analyzed, focusing on demographics, comorbidities, and clinical presentations. Variables included age, sex, BMI, smoking history, medical history and left ventricular function. …”
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Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia with ECMO: First Successful Case in Romania by Alina Elena GAIDUCHEVICI, Carmina GEORGESCU, Carmen Mariana HERISEANU, Ana Mihaela BIZUBAC, Cristina FILIP, Irina MARGARINT, Ion CERNEA, Catalin Gabriel CIRSTOVEANU

“…Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Newborn Intensive Care Unit: a term neonate with cardiorespiratory failure secondary to left sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The patient was placed on veno-venous ECMO at three days of life; however, on the fourth day, due to unstable right ventricular function, conversion to veno-arterial ECMO was mandatory. …”
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New possibilities of nephroprotection in patients with chronic heart failure in combination with chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus 2 or without it by E. V. Kovalenko, L. I. Markova, O. L. Belaya

“…Representatives from this group demonstrated cardiovascular safety and high efficacy in patients with chronic heart failure, both with reduced (EMPEROR reduced, DAPA-HF studies) and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (EMPEROR-Preserved, DELIVER studies), regardless of the presence of sugar diabetes. …”
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Cathepsin-D and outcomes in peripartum cardiomyopathy: Results from IPAC by Vincenzo B. Polsinelli, Karen Hanley-Yanez, Charles F. McTiernan, Kalgi Modi, Jennifer Haythe, Hal Skopicki, Uri Elkayam, Leslie T. Cooper, Jr, James D. Fett, Dennis M. McNamara

“…Survival free from major cardiovascular events (death, transplantation, or left ventricular assist device) was determined up to 12 months post-partum (PP). …”
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Characteristics of patients with chronic heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction: clinical and demographic aspect by M. T. Duishenalieva, A. G. Polupanov, F. T. Rysmatova, E. Zh. Myrzabekova, N. E. Esenbekova, N. Ch. Cholponbekova, E. Sh. Altymyshova, A. T. Arykova, N. B. Cheskidova, E. D. Djyshambaev

“…A new class of chronic heart failure (CHF) has been identified recently – heart failure with mildly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFmrEF). The determinants and outcomes of this phenotype are still being clarified.The aim. …”
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Sex Differences in Outcomes of Adults with Repaired Coarctation of Aorta and Concomitant Aortic Valve Disease by Alexander C. Egbe, MD, MPH, Barry A. Borlaug, MD, William R. Miranda, MD, Snigdha Karnakoti, MBBS, Ahmed E. Ali, MBBS, Ahmed Younis, MBBS, Heidi M. Connolly, MD

“…Methods: A retrospective study was conducted of adults with repaired coarctation of aorta and ≥ moderate aortic stenosis and/or aortic regurgitation. Cardiac remodelling (left ventricular [LV], left atrial, right ventricular [RV], and right atrial structure and function) and symptomatic and/or functional class were determined at the baseline encounter. …”
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Large Variations in Phenylalanine Concentrations Associate Adverse Cardiac Remodelling in Adult Patients With Phenylketonuria—A Long‐Term CMR Study by Radu Tanacli, Patrick Doeblin, Alessandro Faragli, Jan‐Hendrik Hassel, Christian Stehning, Ursula Plöckinger, Athanasia Ziagaki, Sebastian Kelle

“…The CMR protocol included left (LV) and right (RV) ventricular and left atrial (LA) volumetric assessment, LV parametric mapping (precontrast and postcontrast T1 and T2 maps, extracellular volume [ECV]), multilayer LV myocardial strain, systolic and diastolic hemodynamic forces and RV and LA strain and aortic distensibility evaluation. …”
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IGFBP5 mediates the therapeutic effect of isoliquiritigenin in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury via AKT/GLUT4 regulated insulin resistance by Jue Bai, Jue Bai, Si-Yuan Yang, Shao-Mei Yu, Ying Cao, Chang-Han Ma, Chang-Han Ma, Xuan-Yi Hu, Xiong Chen, Ying-Nan Song, Ying-Nan Song, Hong-Jin Chen, Hong-Jin Chen, Hong-Jin Chen

“…Finally, lentivirus were used to silence or over-express IGFBP5 to elucidate the role of IGFBP5 in regulating the therapeutic effects of ISL on IR in MIRI.ResultsIn the present study, In vivo experiments demonstrated that ISL attenuated myocardial infarct size, decreased serum markers of myocardial injury, improved left ventricular systolic function, and enhanced insulin sensitivity. …”
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Exercise Hemodynamics and Mitochondrial Oxidative Capacity in Disease Stages of Wild‐Type Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy by Bertil Ladefoged, Anders Dahl Pedersen, Jacob Seefeldt, Bent Roni Ranghøj Nielsen, Hans Eiskjær, Emil Lichscheidt, Tor Clemmensen, Julian David Gillmore, Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen

“…Patients with ATTRwt had a reduced oxidative phosphorylation capacity which correlated to left ventricular mass but not to cardiac output capacity. …”
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THE FIRST EXPERIENCE OF MULTICOMPONENT PLASTIC MK WITH STRENGTHENING OF THE ANNULUS WITH VASCULAR PROSTHESIS by E. A. Rizayev, F. F. Turaev

“…However, valve prosthesis, on the one hand, solves the problem of mitral defect recurrence, on the other hand, it determines the risk of left ventricular (LV) remodeling with impairment of its function. …”
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ECMO‐Assisted Da Vinci Robotic Surgery for Pheochromocytoma‐Induced Acute Catecholamine Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report by Qi Wang, Jiayan Xin, Xiaoqiong Cui, Liya Hu, Meng Ning, Wenqing Gao, Yingwu Liu

“…A 40‐year‐old female patient presented with a 6‐day history of an adrenal mass, labile hypertension range of 180–120/80–90 mmHg, hyperglycemia at 19 mmol/L, and respiratory distress that progressed to cardiogenic shock with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 18%. …”
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Cardiac MRI of differing ischemia and reperfusion times in a myocardial infarction pig model by David Boll, Simon Reiss, Heidi R. Cristina Schmitz, Christian Weber, Julien Thielmann, Felix Spreter, Kian Tadjalli Mehr, Diana Chiang, Markus Jäckel, Lukas Heger, Jonathan Rilinger, Dirk Westermann, Constantin von zur Mühlen, Timo Heidt, Michael Bock, Alexander Maier

“…CMR revealed IRI in 14 of 15 animals in cardiac segments analogous to those supplied by the respective artery in humans. The mean left ventricular ejection fraction was reduced to 52% and 47% of animals had an impaired wall motion. …”
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High afterload rather than myocardial fibrosis predicts reduced ejection fraction in severe aortic stenosis with afterload mismatch by Anton Doubell, Philip Herbst, Megan Rian Rajah

“…Background Afterload mismatch (AM) refers to high-gradient (mean gradient ≥40 mm Hg) severe aortic stenosis (AS) with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF <50%) that is hypothesised to arise from mechanisms other than true contractile impairment. …”
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The comparative study of the efficacy of recombinant human brain natriuretic peptide combined with vasoactive medications for elderly patients with heart failure and hypotension re... by Rui Meng, Xiangnan Li, Huimin Liu, Zhong Yi, Yalei Han, Qing Xie, Helu Xiu, Fei Yao, Na Guo, Yan Yu

“…Troponin I levels were also lower in the combination therapy groups compared to the rhBNP-alone group (P < 0.05). Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was significantly higher in the combination therapy groups compared to the rhBNP-alone group (P < 0.05). …”
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Right‐sided vagus nerve stimulation: Worldwide collection and perspectives by Marc Zanello, Berthold Voges, Ramesh Chelvarajah, Arjune Sen, Željka Petelin Gadže, Guillaume Penchet, Alessandro De Benedictis, Riccardo Fornaro, Masaki Iwasaki, Keiya Iijima, Elena Jiltsova, Goran Mrak, Sami Barrit, Alessandro Moiraghi, Andrea Landi, Marcus Neale, Shailendra Magdum, François Caire, Bertrand Godet, Philippe Domenech, Raphael Gaillard, Marc Guenot, Jason Labuschagne, Alexandre Rainha Campos, Herbert Rooijakkers, Riëm El Tahry, Tatiana Von Hertwig Fernandes De Oliveira, Amelia Alvarez‐Sala, Cristina V. Torres, Fernando Vale, Johan Pallud, Romain Carron

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Device‐therapy in chronic heart failure: Cardiac contractility modulation versus cardiac resynchronization therapy by Goekhan Yuecel, Leo Gaasch, Abbass Kodeih, Svetlana Hetjens, Babak Yazdani, Stefan Pfleger, Daniel Duerschmied, William T. Abraham, Ibrahim Akin, Juergen Kuschyk

“…Abstract Aims Cardiac implantable electrical devices such as cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT‐Ds) or cardiac contractility modulation (CCMs) are therapy options for patients with symptomatic heart failure (HF) and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) despite optimal medical treatment. …”
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The aspirin resistance and platelets` receptors expression in chronic heart failure patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by M. Yu. Kolesnyk, V. V. Syvolap

“…Age, sex, severity of CHF, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), estimated glomerular filtration rate and cardiovascular treatment were comparable between three groups. …”
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