Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2026 Mar 14:ezag122. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezag122. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis statistical primer presents a comprehensive introduction to the use of inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW), a method for rebalancing group confounders at baseline in cardiovascu
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2026 Mar 16. doi: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000001173. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: The KDIGO guidelines recommend the use of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors (RASi) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) given their kidney and cardiovascular benefits. Despite this recomm
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2026 Mar 16. doi: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000001176. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE OF REVIEW: Early changes in kidney function in young adults - particularly modest declines in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and the development of microalbuminuria - are i
Cell Biol Int. 2026 Mar;50(3):e70149. doi: 10.1002/cbin.70149.ABSTRACTAnxiety disorder is a highly prevalent psychiatric disorder, yet the role of γδT17/γδTreg-mediated metabolism in its pathogenesis remains unclear. We employed chronic restraint stress (RS) to establish an anxiety-like behavior mou
J Pak Med Assoc. 2026 Feb;76(2):289-292. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.22272.ABSTRACTMucolipidosis type II alpha/beta (ML II) (OMIM # 252500), alternatively referred to as Inclusion Cell (I-cell) Disease, is a relatively rare lysosomal storage disorder that is autosomal recessive in inheritance due to the muta
J Pak Med Assoc. 2026 Feb;76(2):275-276. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.26-15.ABSTRACTCerebral aneurysms are frequently seen, but the concomitant occurrence of multiple aneurysms along the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) leading to an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a rarity. Here we present a case of a woma
J Pak Med Assoc. 2026 Feb;76(2):269-271. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.26-13.ABSTRACTChronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is increasingly being recognized as an endo-metabolic disorder in which a cascade of hormonal and electrolyte imbalances impacts the morbidity and mortality. We propose six "endocrine giants" of CK
J Pak Med Assoc. 2026 Feb;76(2):258-259. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.22577.ABSTRACTA 65-year-old male with a history of hypertension and diabetes, experienced syncope and cardiac arrest during shoulder arthroscopy after receiving a brachial plexus block. The patient, who was sedated with dexmedetomidine, dev
J Pak Med Assoc. 2026 Feb;76(2):226-232. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.21691.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between air pollution and the incidence of ischaemic and haemorrhagic strokes.METHODS: The bidirectional cohort study was conducted at the Neurology Department of Liaquat National Hosp
J Pak Med Assoc. 2026 Feb;76(2):196-200. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.21020.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To analyse the birth characteristics and maternal risk factors associated with preterm infants.METHODS: The retrospective study was conducted at the Jinshan Branch of Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, China, and com
Lipids. 2026 Mar 14. doi: 10.1002/lipd.70050. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a leading cause of global mortality, with dyslipidemia playing a central role in their pathogenesis. The influence of alcohol consumption on lipid profiles, particularly high-density lipopro
Nephrology (Carlton). 2026 Mar;31(3):e70191. doi: 10.1111/nep.70191.ABSTRACTAIM: End-stage kidney failure (ESKF) represents a major and expanding public health challenge globally and in Thailand, where patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis continue to experience high morbidity and mortality.
Allergy. 2026 Mar 14. doi: 10.1111/all.70294. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Donidalorsen is an antisense oligonucleotide designed to reduce plasma prekallikrein in patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE). The Switch cohort of the OASISplus study (NCT05392114) evaluated the long-term sa
Eur J Neurol. 2026 Mar;33(3):e70540. doi: 10.1111/ene.70540.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Vasculitic neuropathy (VN) is a disease in which vessel inflammation happens and injures peripheral nerves. Despite increasing awareness, features of VN in mainland China are still understudied.OBJECTIVE: To characterize
Rejuvenation Res. 2026 Mar 14:15491684261429991. doi: 10.1177/15491684261429991. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTVascular stiffness and aging are critical contributors to cardiovascular diseases. Whether betulinic acid (BA), a natural triterpenoid, alleviates vascular aging remains unclear. Mouse aort
Diabetes Technol Ther. 2026 Mar 14:15209156261432138. doi: 10.1177/15209156261432138. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To assess postprandial glucose excursions following a meal bolus of inhaled technosphere insulin (TI) in youth with type 1 diabetes.METHODS: As part of a multicenter randomi
J Neurotrauma. 2026 Mar 14:8977151261430258. doi: 10.1177/08977151261430258. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRelative to the well-characterized detrimental effects of high-level spinal cord injury (SCI) on left ventricular (LV) function in both experimental models and clinical populations, the impacts
Behav Neurol. 2026;2026(1):e6668235. doi: 10.1155/bn/6668235.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Recent studies have identified the HbA1c-to-hemoglobin ratio (HHR) as a potential indicator for increased mortality from all causes and cardiovascular diseases. This investigation sought to determine whet
Curr Cardiol Rev. 2026 Mar 11. doi: 10.2174/011573403X363296251202125302. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRecent progress in unraveling the molecular mechanisms of infiltrative Cardiomyopathies (CMPs) has created exciting opportunities for targeted therapies. These conditions, which include cardiac am
NMR Biomed. 2026 Apr;39(4):e70264. doi: 10.1002/nbm.70264.ABSTRACTLong COVID is increasingly associated with persistent neurological and cognitive symptoms, yet its underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Vascular dysregulation, endothelial dysfunction, and microvascular injury have been proposed as p
Br J Radiol. 2026 Mar 13:tqag060. doi: 10.1093/bjr/tqag060. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis review explores the revolutionary impact of long axial field-of-view (LAFOV) PET/CT imaging in modern nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. LAFOV PET offers extended axial fields-of-view from 50 cm to 20
Stat Med. 2026 Mar;45(6-7):e70489. doi: 10.1002/sim.70489.ABSTRACTMissing covariates are a common challenge when applying an existing logistic regression model to new or external datasets, particularly in the context of model updating. While regression calibration and model updating methods have bee
Curr Gene Ther. 2026 Mar 6. doi: 10.2174/0115665232443611260121063601. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTEpigenetics, the study of heritable changes in gene expression without changes to the DNA sequence, has emerged as an important regulator of disease risk and development. Epigenetic alterations, such
Curr Cardiol Rev. 2026 Mar 11. doi: 10.2174/011573403X412195251127045109. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: The Zero-Fluoroscopy (ZF) approach has emerged as an alternative technique for transcatheter ventricular septal defect (VSD) closure, eliminating radiation exposure by relying solely
