2026 June - 10 articles
Background: Unhealthy alcohol use may lead to arrhythmia and cardiomyopathy, but its impact on sudden death is not well understood. Objective: To investigate the association of unhealthy alcohol use with sudden death. Methods: We conducted a case-con...
Background: Regular physical activity induces physiological cardiac remodeling (“athlete’s heart”), which may overlap with pathological hypertrophy. Regional echocardiographic and electrocardiographic data among young African adults...
Background: Obesity and metabolic syndrome (MS) often co-exist; however, these conditions can exist independently as metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and as metabolic obesity (MO). Methods: We investigated the association between metabolic status...
Cardiovascular disease is traditionally interpreted through macrocirculatory parameters such as cardiac output, vascular resistance, and epicardial coronary anatomy. However, clinical outcomes frequently diverge from predictions based solely on these...
Background: Traditional intraoperative sizing for sutureless aortic valves, such as the Corcym Perceval Plus (CPP), often relies on subjective tactile feedback, which can lead to excessive over-sizing. Significant over-sizing is associated with compl...
Background/Objectives: Intraoperative methadone has emerged as a significant pharmacological strategy in cardiac surgery to improve postoperative analgesic outcomes and reduce the reliance on rescue short-action opioids. This review aims to synthesiz...
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Background: Cardiomyopathy is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). We evaluated whether N-terminal pro–brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) identifies severe systolic dysfunction and assessed its diagn...
We describe the case of a 26-year-old man who presented with acute chest pain and was found to have single-vessel coronary occlusion most consistent with probable paradoxical embolism. Coronary angiography demonstrated complete occlusion of the ramus...
Background/Objectives: Twiddler’s syndrome is an uncommon but clinically important complication of implantable cardiac devices, in which generator rotation within the pocket results in lead torsion, lead retraction, and device malfunction. Recu...
