Cureus. 2026 Jul 9;18(7):e112327. doi: 10.7759/cureus.112327. eCollection 2026 Jul.ABSTRACTWe report an exceptionally rare case of tabes dorsalis with concomitant hypertrophic spinal pachymeningitis and incidental qualitative detection of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
BJA Open. 2026 Jul 31;19:100649. doi: 10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100649. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cardiovascular complications are a leading cause of perioperative adverse outcomes, particularly in patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease. Anaesthesiologists routinely assess cardio
Mil Med Res. 2026;13(1):100058. doi: 10.1016/j.mmr.2026.100058. Epub 2026 Jul 30.ABSTRACTVenous leg ulcers (VLUs) result from a multifactorial interplay of etiological factors, posing significant challenges in clinical management. Effective treatment requires a comprehensive assessment to identify t
JSAMS Plus. 2026 Jul 30;8:100153. doi: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2026.100153. eCollection 2026 Dec.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) significantly reduces functional capacity and quality of life in patients classified as New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II-III. While cardiopulmonary re
No abstractInt J Cardiol Congenit Heart Dis. 2026 Jul 4;25:100695. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcchd.2026.100695. eCollection 2026 Sep.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42571465 | PMC:PMC13452389 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijcchd.2026.100695
Int J Cardiol Congenit Heart Dis. 2026 Jul 23;25:100699. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcchd.2026.100699. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The available data about the prognostic role of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) are derived from sm
Mater Today Bio. 2026 Jul 27;40:103501. doi: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2026.103501. eCollection 2026 Oct.ABSTRACTThe rapid evolution of wearable bioelectronics is transforming healthcare toward continuous, non-invasive monitoring and personalized intervention. Central to this progress is the development of ma
Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2026 Jul 31;66:101982. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2026.101982. eCollection 2026 Oct.ABSTRACTCardiovascular diseases account for the highest morbidity worldwide. LR11 (also called SorLA), an LDL receptor family member characterized as a sorting receptor, was initially identified i
Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2026 Jul 31;68:101795. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2026.101795. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and reducing this excess risk is a central goal of clinical management. Sustained adherence to glucose-lowering
Neuroimage Rep. 2026 Jul 30;6(3):100391. doi: 10.1016/j.ynirp.2026.100391. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Brain physiological pulsations drive glymphatic clearance of neurotoxins from the brain. Neurodegenerative proteinopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD), have altered glymphati
Qatar Med J. 2026 Jun 16;2026(2):44. doi: 10.5339/qmj.2026.44. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Paraneoplastic acral vascular syndrome is a rare condition associated with various malignancies, most commonly adenocarcinomas. It manifests as digital ischemia, including Raynaud's phenomenon, acrocy
Cureus. 2026 Aug 8;18(8):e114155. doi: 10.7759/cureus.114155. eCollection 2026 Aug.ABSTRACTCardiac myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor and typically arises in the left atrium. Large, mobile myxomas may prolapse through the mitral valve and produce functional mitral stenosis with secondar
Metabol Open. 2026 Jul 20;31:100487. doi: 10.1016/j.metop.2026.100487. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Life's Essential 8 (LE8) is an American Heart Association framework of modifiable behaviors and factors for measuring cardiovascular health. However, the underlying metabolic signature of
Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2026 Aug 8;18(3):e70432. doi: 10.1002/dad2.70432. eCollection 2026 Jul-Sep.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Plasma proteomics detect multi-pathway biological changes preceding dementia onset. The Dementia SomaSignal Test (dSST) is a validated 25-protein score predicting 5- and 20-year
Am Heart J Plus. 2026 Jul 29;69:100846. doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2026.100846. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTSTUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical utility and positivity predictors of inpatient stress testing (iST) in a real-world cohort of troponin-negative patients.DESIGN: Retrospective cohort.SETTIN
Regen Ther. 2026 Jul 29;33:101162. doi: 10.1016/j.reth.2026.101162. eCollection 2026 Dec.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) is a severe manifestation of peripheral arterial disease associated with high risks of amputation and mortality. Trials of cell-based therapies in pat
Iran J Med Sci. 2026 Jul 1;51(7):523-527. doi: 10.30476/ijms.2026.109892.4532. eCollection 2026 Jul.ABSTRACTLeiomyosarcoma of the superior vena cava (SVC) is an exceptionally rare vascular tumor. Fewer than 20 cases were reported worldwide. Because of the nonspecific nature of the presenting symptom
MedComm (2020). 2026 Aug 7;7(8):e70892. doi: 10.1002/mco2.70892. eCollection 2026 Aug.ABSTRACTCancer and cardiovascular diseases, the primary causes of mortality globally, are increasingly understood as biologically interconnected rather than distinct pathologies. Recent evidence indicates that prot
Clin Case Rep. 2026 Aug 7;14(8):e73288. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.73288. eCollection 2026 Aug.ABSTRACTSimultaneous heart-kidney transplantation is a viable and effective treatment option for patients with congenital heart disease and advanced chronic kidney disease when both conditions threaten survival.PMI
Iran J Med Sci. 2026 Jul 1;51(7):492-504. doi: 10.30476/ijms.2026.109415.4494. eCollection 2026 Jul.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Provincial mortality profiles are essential for local prevention and health-service planning. However, they are reported less frequently than national summaries in Iran. We describ
Iran J Med Sci. 2026 Jul 1;51(7):481-491. doi: 10.30476/ijms.2026.109620.4497. eCollection 2026 Jul.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and recent ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) face accelerated atherosclerosis and a high risk of recurrent cardiovascular events. Sodiu
Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2026 Jul 25;25(1):221. doi: 10.1186/s12933-026-03302-0.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome stages 0-3 define a population without overt clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) but with accumulating metabolic, adiposity, lipid, and kidney-related risk
Sci Rep. 2026 Aug 8;16(1):24550. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-64970-2.ABSTRACTPatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have elevated risk for aortic stenosis (AS). The impact of diabetes on prognosis and clinical progression in AS is not well documented. In this study we try to assess if patients wi
To externally validate the RSNA 2020 challenge 2^(nd)-place deep-learning (DL) algorithm for detecting pulmonary embolism (PE) on computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) scans with additional focus on subsegmental-only PEs (SSPE). Between 2015 and 2022 1,038 CTPAs were retrospectively enrol
