Prevalence of cardiac abnormalities in patients with idiopathic scoliosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Spine Deform. 2025 Dec 8. doi: 10.1007/s43390-025-01228-3. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to investigate the prevalence of cardiac abnormalities in patients with idiopathic scoliosis.METHODS: A systematic search on PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web

A Ahmed Baseem Ismail

What patients and caregivers want to know when consenting to the use of digital behavioral markers

NPP Digit Psychiatry Neurosci. 2024 Dec 6;2(1):19. doi: 10.1038/s44277-024-00022-9.ABSTRACTArtificial intelligence (AI)-based computational tools for deriving digital behavioral markers are increasingly able to automatically detect clinically relevant patterns in mood and behavior through algorithmi

A Anika Sonig

L-Fucose alleviates inflammation, pyroptosis and mitochondrial injury in obesity-related cardiac injury via TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB pathway

J Transl Med. 2025 Dec 8;23(1):1385. doi: 10.1186/s12967-025-06834-3.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Obesity-related cardiac injury is a serious global condition associated with excessive fat intake, which is strongly linked to chronic low-degrade inflammation. Pyroptosis, a pro-inflammatory form of cell death,

J Jiaxin Gong

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with elevated blood concentrations of ethylene oxide

No abstractBMC Public Health. 2025 Dec 8. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-25400-6. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41361421 | DOI:10.1186/s12889-025-25400-6

M Mengli Chen

Comprehensive CMR evaluation including 4D flow-derived E/A vorticity ratio in overweight adults with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus

Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2025 Dec 8. doi: 10.1186/s12933-025-02999-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIMS: This study aimed to assess the impacts of overweight and type 2 diabetes (T2D) on early hemodynamic and left ventricular (LV) changes using comprehensive cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (C

S Sungho Park

Management status of patients with chronic kidney disease across medical specialties in Japan: a real-world data analysis

Sci Rep. 2025 Dec 8. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-31735-2. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTChronic kidney disease (CKD) contributes to poor renal and cardiovascular outcomes, necessitating early detection and intervention. The current study investigated the variability in CKD management practices across cl

S Shoichi Maruyama

Cardiovascular risk burden and guideline-recommended lipid and blood pressure goals in an Italian Cohort: findings from the HUMTELEMED web-based platform

BMC Med. 2025 Dec 9. doi: 10.1186/s12916-025-04552-7. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Although the 2021 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines and Systematic COronary Risk Estimation 2 (SCORE2) models provide structured risk assessment, their complexity may hinder routine use. The

M Matteo Landolfo

Cardiac rhabdomyomas in tuberous sclerosis complex: clinical manifestations and genotype correlations

No abstractBMC Pediatr. 2025 Dec 9. doi: 10.1186/s12887-025-06383-0. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41361250 | DOI:10.1186/s12887-025-06383-0

A Andrea Domenico Praticò

Negative expansion resistance (NER) phenomenon predicts hemodynamically non-significant coronary lesions

Sci Rep. 2025 Dec 8. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-29670-3. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRevascularization decision for intermediate stenoses necessitates consideration of their hemodynamic impact. We report the use of distal coronary pressure (Pd) above proximal aortic pressure (Pa) during the early exp

A Ahmet Tas

Remnant cholesterol associated with contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction following percutaneous coronary intervention

Sci Rep. 2025 Dec 8;15(1):43334. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-27330-0.ABSTRACTRemnant cholesterol (RC) serves as an important indicator for assessing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, however, correlation with contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) remains unclear. This research investigated

J Jingkun Jin

Wearable technologies for assisted mobility in the real world

Nat Commun. 2025 Dec 8. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67126-4. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMobility impairments from aging, injury, or medical conditions limit independence and social participation. Conventional assistive devices lack adaptability in complex environments. Recent wearable technologies in

S Shuo Gao

High-density electroanatomic mapping-guided ablation in AVNRT: the role of slow pathway late activation mapping technique

J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2025 Dec 9. doi: 10.1007/s10840-025-02170-0. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Slow Pathway Late Activation Mapping (SLAM) with high-density mapping catheters is a novel electroanatomical technique designed to identify the slow pathway region in atrioventricular

A Ahmet Taha Sahin

Setting the Table: Determining Which Options Clinicians Should Disclose to Patients

No abstractJ Gen Intern Med. 2025 Dec 8. doi: 10.1007/s11606-025-10017-7. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41361040 | DOI:10.1007/s11606-025-10017-7

N Neal W Dickert

Anticoagulation in patients with rheumatic heart disease and atrial fibrillation: implications for low-resource regions

No abstractNat Rev Cardiol. 2025 Dec 8. doi: 10.1038/s41569-025-01245-9. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41360984 | DOI:10.1038/s41569-025-01245-9

S Sura Markos

Precise diagnosis of small invasive pulmonary nodules driven by single-cell immune signatures in peripheral blood

Nat Commun. 2025 Dec 8;16(1):10939. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65930-6.ABSTRACTEarly detection of lung cancer is crucial for improving patient outcomes. However, accurately diagnosing invasive pulmonary nodules and predicting tumor invasiveness remain major clinical challenges. Given the established ro

Y Yang Xia

Evolving trends in cardiogenic shock management in acute myocardial infarction: mortality, discharge outcomes, and economic implications

Sci Rep. 2025 Dec 8. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-30300-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn-hospital mortality among patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)-related cardiogenic shock (CS) remains approximately 30-45%. While costly mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices were expected to impr

S Satoshi Higuchi

B lymphocytes contribute Angiotensin II induced cardiac hypertrophy

Sci Rep. 2025 Dec 8;15(1):43367. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-27875-0.ABSTRACTImmune responses play a critical role in myocardial injury, yet the specific contribution of B lymphocyte-dependent mechanisms to Angiotensin Ⅱ (Ang Ⅱ)-induced cardiac hypertrophy remains largely undefined. We hypothesized that

X Xiujuan Zhao

Dose‒response relationship between physical activity and all-cause mortality in Chinese adults

No abstractSci Rep. 2025 Dec 8;15(1):43359. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-26356-8.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41360828 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-025-26356-8

F Feifei Wang

Prpf4 sequentially regulates the expansion and maturation of erythrocyte through distinct mechanisms

Cell Death Discov. 2025 Dec 8;11(1):555. doi: 10.1038/s41420-025-02846-6.ABSTRACTThe proliferation of early erythrocyte and the subsequent maturation are critical events during erythropoiesis, while how these two independent but interconnected processes are efficiently orchestrated during erythropoi

Z Zhilin Deng

Integrin β3 Orchestrates Hepatic Steatosis via a Novel CD36-Dependent Lipid Uptake Complex

Adv Sci (Weinh). 2025 Dec 8:e17455. doi: 10.1002/advs.202517455. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn metabolic dysfunction-related steatohepatitis (MASH), ITGB3 promotes hepatic fibrosis via activating hepatic stellate cells, but whether it directly regulates hepatic lipid metabolism through membrane-s

Y Ying Zhang

Paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension following congenital heart defect repair: Enhanced risk stratification and outcomes in a national cohort

Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2025 Dec 8:qcaf150. doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcaf150. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND AIMS: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a common complication of congenital heart disease (CHD). PAH following CHD repair (repaired PAH-CHD) is an emerging popul

A Andrew Constantine

Evaluating natural history and treatment response in cardiac amyloidosis: the evolving role of multimodality imaging

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Dec 8:jeaf347. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaf347. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCardiac amyloidosis, characterized by the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the heart, is a major cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy. It includes two main forms - transthyretin (ATTR) a

A Amely Walser

Pitfalls and Solutions in the Imaging Follow-up of Valvular Heart Disease Devices

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Dec 8:jeaf336. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaf336. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDoppler-echocardiography is the primary imaging modality for the evaluation and follow-up of valvular heart devices. This article highlights the unique pitfalls associated with these devices

J Julien Ternacle

Frailty in Cancer: Why Bother and Ways Forward

No abstractJ Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2025 Dec;16(6):e70139. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.70139.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41360647 | DOI:10.1002/jcsm.70139

L Luka Cavka