U-Shaped Age Pattern of Erectile Dysfunction with Elevated Prevalence in Men in Their 20s Independent of Marital Status: Results from a National Survey in Japan

World J Mens Health. 2026 Sep 28. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.260157. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: To investigate differences in erectile dysfunction (ED) prevalence between unmarried and married men and to determine whether the high prevalence of ED among young men is independent of marital status.

A Akira Tsujimura

Patient and caregiver burden after hospitalization with severe viral lower respiratory tract disease: results from a real-world survey in Europe, the US and Japan

Curr Med Res Opin. 2026 Oct 8:1-16. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2026.2741493. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To describe the care planning, post-discharge health and health-related quality of life in severe viral lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) patients and their caregivers.METHODS: Data

A Anthony C Gordon

Association of the C-Reactive Protein-Triglyceride-Glucose Index With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in U.S. Adults: Insights From NHANES 1999-2010

Cardiovasc Ther. 2026;2026(1):e4209201. doi: 10.1155/cdr/4209201.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: CTI combines C-reactive protein with the triglyceride-glucose index and may capture concurrent inflammatory and insulin-resistance-related metabolic disturbance. Emerging cohort evidence has linked higher CTI values

X Xin Wang

TIMI Score Modification for Predicting 30-Day Mortality Following Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention among STEMI Patients at Cipto Mangunkusumo National Hospital

Acta Med Indones. 2026 Jul;58(3):386-392.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: This study to validate the TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction) core and also assess the validity of a modified TIMI score that includes three additional variables from primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) findings: le

S Sally Aman Nasution

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Multidisciplinary Care in Chronic Heart Failure: Insights from an Indonesian Tertiary Hospital

Acta Med Indones. 2026 Jul;58(3):402-414.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Chronic heart failure (CHF) is the leading cause of morbidity and healthcare expenditure in Indonesia, largely due to recurrent hospitalizations. Multidisciplinary Programs (MDSs) have been introduced to provide clinical and economic advan

L Lusiani Lusiani

Uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot Complicated by Brain Abscess and Postoperative Intracranial Haemorrhage: A Case Report

Acta Med Indones. 2026 Jul;58(3):423-435.ABSTRACTCerebral abscess is a rare but potentially fatal complication of cyanotic congenital heart disease, in which chronic hypoxia, polycythaemia and right-to-left shunting allow bacteraemia to bypass pulmonary filtration. A woman in her 20s with uncorrecte

F Fanny Puspita Haryono

Multiple Cavitary Lung Lesions in ANCA-Negative Small Vessel Vasculitis: A Case Report

Acta Med Indones. 2026 Jul;58(3):450-457.ABSTRACTMultiple cavitary lung lesions present a diagnostic challenge, with a broad differential diagnosis, including infectious, malignant, and autoimmune etiologies. ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), particularly in its seronegative form, is a rare yet impo

A Anshari Saifuddin Hasibuan

Scalp and Tongue Necrosis as Rare Manifestations of Giant Cell Arteritis Complicated with a Preauricular Abscess

Acta Med Indones. 2026 Jul;58(3):465-469.ABSTRACTGiant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis that involves cranial arteries, the aorta, and its proximal branches, characterized by granulomatous infiltration of the arterial walls. GCA predominantly occurs in older adults, typically those over

A Arinditia Triasti Putri

Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy: Proportion and Correlation with Liver Fibrosis Severity

Acta Med Indones. 2026 Jul;58(3):393-401.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy is characterized by an impaired systolic response to stress, diastolic dysfunction, and electrophysiological abnormalities, without underlying structural heart disease. Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD)

J Juferdy Kurniawan

Plasma Galectin-3 as a Predictor of Cardiac Dysfunction in Patients Undergoing Doxorubicin Chemotherapy: A Prospective Cohort Study

Acta Med Indones. 2026 Jul;58(3):354-361.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Doxorubicin is widely used in chemotherapy in oncology. However, it is associated with dose-dependent cardiotoxicity. Thus, early detection of cardiac dysfunction is crucial to preventing heart failure. This study aimed to evaluate plasma

M Mohammad Bhukkar Adil Sjam

Towards a suitable biomarker for childhood screening for familial hypercholesterolemia: a systematic literature review

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2026 Oct 9. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2026-0689. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFamilial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common genetic disorder causing elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) concentrations from birth, resulting in a high risk of premature cardiovascular disea

V Vera H de Kleijne

Insomnia is associated with altered arachidonic acid-induced platelet aggregation and lower cholesterol independent of age in aspirin-treated unstable angina: a machine learning analysis

Platelets. 2026 Dec;37(1):2743142. doi: 10.1080/09537104.2026.2743142. Epub 2026 Oct 8.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: In aspirin-treated unstable angina (UA), heterogeneity in on-treatment arachidonic acid (AA)-induced platelet aggregation and cholesterol reduction contributes to residual ischemic risk. Insomn

J Jirao Shen

Early platelet change and 28-day mortality after the day-7 landmark among intensive care unit patients with diagnosis-coded heart failure: A MIMIC-IV cohort study

J Int Med Res. 2026 Oct;54(10):3000605261494418. doi: 10.1177/03000605261494418. Epub 2026 Oct 8.ABSTRACTObjectiveTo assess the association between platelet percent-decrease patterns during the first 168 h after intensive care unit admission and 28-day mortality after a day-7 landmark among intensiv

S Shenglan Liu

Association between admission serum phosphate levels and outcomes after endovascular treatment in acute basilar artery occlusion: A subgroup analysis of the BASILAR registry

J Int Med Res. 2026 Oct;54(10):3000605261495197. doi: 10.1177/03000605261495197. Epub 2026 Oct 8.ABSTRACTObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the association between admission serum phosphate levels and clinical outcomes in patients with acute basilar artery occlusion undergoing endovascular tre

D Diwen Zhang

Functional, Hemodynamic and Molecular Determinants for Evaluating the Efficacy of Sodium-glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor Therapy in Diabetic Kidney Disease

Ann Afr Med. 2026 Oct 7. doi: 10.4103/aam.aam_865_26. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have changed the treatment of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) by lowering the risk of kidney failure and cardiovascular events in several large trials. The tools that c

G Gerry George Mathew

Association of Estimated Arterial Stiffness with Collateral Status and Functional Outcome after Endovascular Thrombectomy: A Secondary Analysis of the OPTIMAL-BP Trial

Neurointervention. 2026 Oct 8. doi: 10.5469/neuroint.2026.00822. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Estimated pulse wave velocity (ePWV) is a surrogate of arterial stiffness that may influence stroke outcomes and potentially affect collateral circulation. We examined the association of ePWV with

M Minho Han

Renal Myeloid Mechanisms, Cross-Talk in Hypertension

Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2026 Nov;242(11):e70308. doi: 10.1111/apha.70308.ABSTRACTHypertension involves an impairment of renal sodium excretion along with activation of pro-inflammatory responses in the kidney. Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells that sense disturbances in cel

L Luis Michea

Prevalence of coronary anomalies in adolescent and young adults with D-transposition of great arteries after arterial switch operation

Rev Port Cardiol. 2025 Dec;44(12):721-726. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2025.06.007. Epub 2025 Oct 25.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Arterial switch operation (ASO) is currently the standard surgical repair for D-transposition of great arteries (D-TGA). As the procedure implies reimplantation of the coronar

J João Calvão

The Conventional Cost-Effectiveness and Distributional Cost-Effectiveness of Semaglutide for Obesity Treatment

Obesity (Silver Spring). 2026 Oct 7. doi: 10.1002/oby.70311. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the conventional and distributional cost-effectiveness of semaglutide, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), and a "do nothing" option in Black and White racial subgrou

N Neeti S Kulkarni

Associations between eating practices during hemodialysis and nutritional status, dialysis adequacy, intradialytic hypotension, and mental health: A cross-sectional study in Palestine

J Int Med Res. 2026 Oct;54(10):3000605261489327. doi: 10.1177/03000605261489327. Epub 2026 Oct 7.ABSTRACTObjectiveThe main objective of this study was to evaluate the association between eating practices and nutritional status, clinical outcome, intradialytic hypotension, adequate dialysis, and ment

M Mimas Arman

Minimally Invasive Versus Sternotomy in Redo Mitral Valve Surgery: Short- and Long-Term Outcomes with Meta-Regression and Time-to-Event Analysis

J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Oct 6;15(19):e050284. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.126.050284. Epub 2026 Oct 6.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Redo mitral valve surgery carries substantial risk, and the relative benefits of minimally invasive (MI-MVS) versus sternotomy MVS, particularly regarding long-term survival, remain uncerta

K Kristine Santos

EXPRESS: Molecular Hydrogen in Biomedicine: A Comprehensive Review of Mechanisms, Multi-system Therapeutic Effects, and Emerging Delivery Strategies

Molecular hydrogen (H(2)) has attracted increasing interest as a potential therapeutic agent because of its redox-modulating and anti-inflammatory properties. This review summarizes current evidence regarding its biological mechanisms, multisystem effects, and emerging delivery strategies. Experimen

Q Qiaoyu Zhang

EXPRESS: Association of Systemic Immune-inflammation Index and Systemic Inflammation Response Index with All-cause Mortality in the Critically Ill Population with Coronary Heart Disease and Heart Failure - A Study Based on the MIMIC-IV Database

J Investig Med. 2026 Oct 7:10815589261497360. doi: 10.1177/10815589261497360. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the associations of the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) and systemic inflammation response index (SIRI) with all-cause mortality (ACM) in c

S Siyuan Zhou

Hypertension Trajectories and Frailty Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: A CHARLS Cohort Study

Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2026 Oct;26(10):e70860. doi: 10.1111/ggi.70860.ABSTRACTAIM: To assess whether longitudinal hypertension trajectories are associated with later frailty among middle-aged and older Chinese adults.METHODS: We analysed 6770 participants from the China Health and Retirement Longitud

Y Ying Pi