Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Polyvascular Disease

Cardiol Ther. 2025 May 18. doi: 10.1007/s40119-025-00415-7. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: There is a paucity of data regarding the trends and comparative outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) versus surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) among patients with polyva

A Abdelrhman Abomoawad

Late-Life Echocardiographic Effects of the Amyloidogenic p.V142I Transthyretin Variant

No abstractCirc Heart Fail. 2025 May 18. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.125.013212. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:40382710 | DOI:10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.125.013212

V Vishal N Rao

Impact of Digoxin Utilization on Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

ASAIO J. 2025 May 15. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002473. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTContinuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (CF-LVADs) improve quality of life and survival in patients with advanced heart failure but are frequently complicated by gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB). Reduced pu

M Matteo Marchetti

Cardiologist follow-up and improved outcomes of heart failure: a French nationwide cohort

Eur Heart J. 2025 May 18:ehaf218. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf218. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND AIMS: Outpatient cardiology follow-up is the cornerstone of heart failure (HF) management, requiring adaptation based on patient severity. However, risk stratification using administrative

G Guillaume Baudry

Heart failure: the need for cardiologist-guided follow-up to improve outcomes

No abstractEur Heart J. 2025 May 18:ehaf229. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf229. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:40382684 | DOI:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf229

L Lars H Lund

How much time do internal medicine residents spend on self-directed learning and on which resources: a multi-center study

Med Educ Online. 2025 Dec;30(1):2501259. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2025.2501259. Epub 2025 May 17.ABSTRACTIncreased clinical demands and newer means of self-directed learning (SDL) necessitate an understanding of how medical residents are supporting their learning. To examine the patterns of SDL engagem

S Shreya P Trivedi

Primary prevention of cardiotoxicity in cancer patients treated with fluoropyrimidines: a randomized controlled trial

Cardiooncology. 2025 May 17;11(1):48. doi: 10.1186/s40959-025-00344-3.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Fluoropyrimidines (FP) are the third most used chemotherapeutic drugs administered in solid tumors but have cardiotoxic side effects. We aimed to determine whether pre-chemotherapeutic cardiological assessment

J Johanne D Lyhne

Echocardiographic imaging in patients with conduction system pacing

Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2025 May 17;23(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s12947-025-00349-z.ABSTRACTConduction system pacing (CSP), encompassing His-bundle pacing (HBP) and left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP), revolutionizes cardiac pacing, allowing a more physiological left ventricular activation than conventi

A Alexander Suchodolski

Acute myocardial infarction and left ventricular thrombus in a young male with thromboangiitis obliterans: a case report and literature review

J Cardiothorac Surg. 2025 May 17;20(1):231. doi: 10.1186/s13019-025-03383-0.ABSTRACTThromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) is an inflammatory vascular disease that primarily affects the small- and medium-sized arteries of the extremities. Coronary artery involvement in TAO is rarely reported, and we prese

J Junyan Zhang

Disease burden of aortic aneurysm from 1990 to 2021 with a forecast to 2045: insights from the global burden of disease 2021

BMC Public Health. 2025 May 17;25(1):1829. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-23067-7.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Aortic aneurysm is one of the causes of cardiovascular disease-related death, posing a significant challenge to global healthcare. Understanding the burden of aortic aneurysm is crucial for formulating e

C Cuihong Tian

An isolated double-inlet right ventricular malformation: a case report and review of the literature

J Med Case Rep. 2025 May 17;19(1):229. doi: 10.1186/s13256-025-05300-4.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Double-inlet right ventricle is an extremely rare and complex cardiac malformation characterized by the opening of both atria into the right ventricle and is usually associated with other major cardiac malform

W William Borghol

Risk of acute ischemic stroke with early versus late initiation of mechanical circulatory support in hospitalizations with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock: a propensity-matched analysis

BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2025 May 17;25(1):372. doi: 10.1186/s12872-025-04810-9.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices have been widely used for managing acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock (AMI-CS). However, their use additionally elevates acute isch

R Rui Yan

Evaluating the potential of waist-to-BMI ratio, a body shape index, and other anthropometric parameters in predicting cardiovascular disease mortality: evidence from NHANES III

BMC Public Health. 2025 May 17;25(1):1828. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-22944-5.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Anthropometric measures can be obtained easily and quickly and have the potential for prognostic stratification in the context of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study evaluates the prognostic value of

T Thung-Lip Lee

Sustained breastfeeding associations with brain structure and cognition from late childhood to early adolescence

Pediatr Res. 2025 May 17. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-04086-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: While breastfeeding benefits early child neurocognition, its influences into adolescence, a period of intense brain remodeling and heightened mental health risk, remain unclear.METHODS: Breastfeeding

J Jonatan Ottino González

Short-term Prognostic Value of Heart Rate Variability in Pulmonary Embolism Patients: 2-Center Cohort Study

Clin Ther. 2025 May 16:S0149-2918(25)00118-3. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2025.03.012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is the third most frequent acute cardiovascular syndrome, with serious sequelae in untreated patients. Heart rate variability (HRV) has emerged a

J Junjie Mao

AI-based volumetric six-tissue body composition quantification from CT cardiac attenuation scans for mortality prediction: a multicentre study

Lancet Digit Health. 2025 May 12:100862. doi: 10.1016/j.landig.2025.02.002. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: CT attenuation correction (CTAC) scans are routinely obtained during cardiac perfusion imaging, but currently only used for attenuation correction and visual calcium estimation. We a

J Jirong Yi

Periprocedural myocardial injury after recanalization of chronically occluded right coronary arteries, relation to side-branch occlusion and procedural technique

Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2025 May 10:S1553-8389(25)00238-6. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2025.05.011. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Recanalization of chronic total coronary occlusions (CTO) is associated with a high incidence of periprocedural myocardial ischemia (PMI).AIMS: This study should ass

K Kenji Yaginuma

Traditional Chinese medicine for acute intracerebral haemorrhage

No abstractLancet. 2025 May 17;405(10491):1739-1740. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00840-2.NO ABSTRACTPMID:40382181 | DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00840-2

Y Yanchen Zhu

Advice to Young Athletes With Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery With and Without Surgery

Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2025;28:83-93. doi: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2025.01.002. Epub 2025 Jan 28.ABSTRACTCongenital coronary artery anomalies remain a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in the young. Within these, anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery represents the la

S Silvana Molossi

Borderline Left Ventricle: Criteria for Surgical Decision Making With an Emphasis on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2025;28:21-28. doi: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2025.02.003. Epub 2025 Feb 12.ABSTRACTThe borderline left ventricle (LV) encompasses a heterogenous group of cardiac defects that result in underdevelopment of the left heart. Data supporting decision making is d

C Christopher Z Lam

Addressing Complexities in Fontan Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation: A Collaborative Perspective

Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2025;28:117-123. doi: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2025.02.004. Epub 2025 Feb 17.ABSTRACTIn Fontan circulatory failure, heart or combined heart-liver transplantation (CHLT) is considered a final therapeutic option. Fontan patients present unique challenges for

J Jeannette Lin

What can skinned cardiomyocytes teach us about heart disease? Response to letter to the editor: Challenges in assessing myoflament calcium sensitivity and contractile function in HFpEF by Christophe Maack and Vasco Sequeira

No abstractJ Mol Cell Cardiol. 2025 May 15:S0022-2828(25)00085-9. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2025.05.003. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:40381935 | DOI:10.1016/j.yjmcc.2025.05.003

V Vivek Jani

Inflammatory and Cardiovascular Events in CKD: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Am J Kidney Dis. 2025 May 15:S0272-6386(25)00861-3. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2025.03.020. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a proinflammatory state caused by maladaptive immune response, predisposing to cardiovascular (CVD) and inflammato

G Gautam R Shroff

Combination of colchicine and berberine for reducing atrial fibrillation recurrence post-ablation and preventing postoperative atrial fibrillation: A promising approach?

Int J Cardiol. 2025 May 15:133393. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2025.133393. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe carefully read with great interest the recent paper by Al-Sadawi et al. titled "Effect of low dose colchicine on long term recurrence after atrial fibrillation ablation". The research indicates tha

Z Zheng-Bing Liu