Pulmonary embolism after liposuction

Ugeskr Laeger. 2026 Sep 21;188(39):V01260052. doi: 10.61409/V01260052.ABSTRACTA previously healthy 35-year-old woman developed recurrent syncope and dyspnoea two days after extensive thigh liposuction for lipedema. CT pulmonary angiography revealed a large saddle embolus with peripheral emboli. Fat

M Misk Ghassan Farik Muhammad

Long-term outcomes in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot: a single-centre retrospective cohort

Cardiol Young. 2026 Apr;36(4):795-801. doi: 10.1017/S1047951126112128. Epub 2026 Jun 2.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot represent a growing clinical population at risk for long-term cardiovascular complications. Characterising their postoperative course and late outcomes

I Isabel Cristina Sanchez-Escobar

Global conversations in adult congenital heart disease webinar series: a global health initiative to enhance education in adult congenital heart disease

Cardiol Young. 2026 Mar;36(3):580-587. doi: 10.1017/S1047951126111901. Epub 2026 Apr 13.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Specialised knowledge in adult congenital heart disease is crucial but often lacking, particularly in resource-limited settings. The Global Conversations in Adult Congenital Heart Disease webi

K Katia Bravo-Jaimes

Real-world impact of coronary artery calcium scoring on primary prevention management in a community cardiology practice

Am Heart J Plus. 2026 Oct 6;71:100938. doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2026.100938. eCollection 2026 Nov.ABSTRACTSTUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring on lipid-lowering therapy intensification, aspirin initiation, and downstream cardiac testing in primary prevention pa

F Fahdem Iamrl

Epimeric Vitamin D is Not Associated With Arterial Stiffness or Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Advanced CKD

CONCLUSION: In advanced CKD, 3-epi-25(OH)D(3) showed no independent association with arterial stiffness or CV events and mortality. Further studies are needed to determine the role of epimeric vitamin D in patients with CKD.Kidney Med. 2026 Sep 9;8(11):101519. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2026.101519. eColle

M Monique O Campos

Microplastics, nanoplastics, and thrombogenesis

Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2026 Aug 28;10(7):106931. doi: 10.1016/j.rpth.2026.106931. eCollection 2026 Oct.ABSTRACTMicro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are produced through mechanical, chemical, and ultraviolet-mediated degradation of plastics and may enter the human bloodstream via ingestion, inhalation,

R Rhesha Balwan

Comment on "Real-world long-term outcomes of clopidogrel-based dual antiplatelet therapy post-drug-eluting stent implantation in all comers patients: A retrospective evaluation"

No abstractAm Heart J Plus. 2026 Sep 25;71:100914. doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2026.100914. eCollection 2026 Nov.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42894789 | PMC:PMC13676906 | DOI:10.1016/j.ahjo.2026.100914

S Sanjay P Dhangar

Targeting NLRP3 Inflammasome Signaling After Myocardial Infarction: Mechanistic Rationale, Regulatory Networks, and Translational Perspectives

Int J Gen Med. 2026 Oct 14;19:648471. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S648471. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTMyocardial infarction (MI) remains a major cause of death and heart failure despite advances in reperfusion and secondary prevention. Sterile inflammation triggered by ischemic myocardial injury is increasingly

B Bilal Ahmad

Unmasking Brugada Syndrome With Oral Propafenone in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Case Report

Cureus. 2026 Sep 18;18(9):e116494. doi: 10.7759/cureus.116494. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBrugada syndrome (BrS) is a cardiac channelopathy predisposing patients to malignant ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the absence of structural heart disease. The diagnosis requires d

L Luisa Fernanda Jaramillo Astudillo

Triglyceride- Glucose Index Strongly Predicts Dysglycemia in First-Degree Relatives of People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2026 Aug 11;40:86. doi: 10.47176/mjiri.40.86. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: First-degree relatives (FDRs) of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are at substantially increased risk of dysglycemia. However, practical approaches for early risk stratification to d

N Nasrin Babazadeh

Underestimation of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) Using the Friedewald Equation at Higher Triglyceride Levels: Evidence From a Method-Comparison Study

Cureus. 2026 Sep 18;18(9):e116466. doi: 10.7759/cureus.116466. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: In biochemical laboratories, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels are generally measured using the widely accepted Friedewald equation: [Formula: see text], where TC represents tota

D Divya Gupta

Proteomic markers associated with blood pressure, hypertension, and treatment-resistant hypertension

Am Heart J Plus. 2026 Oct 7;71:100937. doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2026.100937. eCollection 2026 Nov.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate associations between 92 proteins and blood pressure (BP), prevalent hypertension (HT) and apparent treatment-resistant HT (aTRH) in a population-d

A Anna Dieden

Plasma proteomic analysis identified potential therapeutic targets for pulmonary arterial hypertension

iScience. 2026 Oct 7;29(11):117792. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.117792. eCollection 2026 Nov 20.ABSTRACTPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains a progressive disease with high mortality. By integrating the UK Biobank Pharma Proteomics Project (49,272 participants, 337 incident cases) with drug-ta

S Song Hu

Lactate as a predictive biomarker and therapeutic target in cardiopulmonary bypass-associated acute kidney injury

iScience. 2026 Oct 8;29(11):117643. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.117643. eCollection 2026 Nov 20.ABSTRACTElevated lactate is a common metabolic perturbation following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). This study evaluates the clinical predictive value of lactate and explores its mechanism involving protein

D Dinghao Xue

Discordance Between Gated Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging and Coronary Angiography in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Cureus. 2026 Sep 18;18(9):e116480. doi: 10.7759/cureus.116480. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBackground Gated single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT-MPI) provides functional information that may help distinguish ischemic from nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

A Anowarul Islam

Long-term prophylaxis for hereditary angioedema: Navigating the switch between therapies

World Allergy Organ J. 2026 Sep 22;19(10):101474. doi: 10.1016/j.waojou.2026.101474. eCollection 2026 Oct.ABSTRACTLong-term prophylactic treatments (LTPs) are a major component of disease management for patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE). Patients with HAE experience considerable disease burd

A Aleena Banerji

No lysine? No problem: the surprising roles of WNK kinases in physiology and disease

Biochem J. 2026 Nov 4;483(11):2139-2161. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20250110.ABSTRACTWNK (With No lysine K) protein kinases gained early attention because gain-of-function mutations in genes encoding two of them cause hypertension. They differ from other kinases due to the unusual location of the catalytic lys

J Ji-Ung Jung

Vascular dementia and vascular cognitive impairment-current treatments and future prospects

Int J Stroke. 2026 Oct;21(9):1200-1210. doi: 10.1177/17474930261492876. Epub 2026 Oct 19.ABSTRACTVascular cognitive impairment (VCI) and vascular dementia (VaD) represent a substantial and growing global health burden, yet remain under-recognized and comparatively under-researched. Two broad categor

H Hugh S Markus

High Fat Diet Alters Gastrointestinal Function and Results in Reduced Enteric Neuron Density

Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2026 Oct;38(10):e70470. doi: 10.1111/nmo.70470.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Obese patients suffer from cardiovascular, metabolic and gastrointestinal disorders, including constipation, proposed to result from high fat diet (HFD)-induced enteric neuron loss. However, these studies

M Marta Chavero-Pieres

Association Between Predicted 10-Year Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Defined Covert Brain Infarction

No abstractJ Stroke. 2026 Sep;28(3):475-480. doi: 10.5853/jos.2026.00766. Epub 2026 Sep 30.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42894456 | DOI:10.5853/jos.2026.00766

P Peiyuan Gao

Associations of Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy with Risks of Lower-Limb Amputation, Cardiovascular Mortality and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease-A Retrospective Cohort Study

J Integr Complement Med. 2026 Oct 18:27683605261499015. doi: 10.1177/27683605261499015. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: This is a retrospective cohort study assessing the association between the use of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the risk of lower-limb amputation, cardiovascular

W Wei-Syun Hu

Integrating Proteomics and Mendelian Randomization to Evaluate HGF as a Potential Mediator of Stroke Risk Factors

Proteomics Clin Appl. 2026 Nov;20(6):e70059. doi: 10.1002/prca.70059.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Stroke prediction remains suboptimal. We aimed to identify plasma proteins associated with stroke risk and evaluate their potential as clinical biomarkers and causal mediators.EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We used a multiti

J Jinghui Zhong

Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9: From Biology to Therapeutic Targeting in Cardiovascular Disease

Eur J Clin Invest. 2026 Oct;56(10):e70263. doi: 10.1111/eci.70263.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is a pivotal regulator of cholesterol homeostasis, primarily known for inducing the degradation of the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR). Beyond this clas

R Riccardo Rizzo

Additive Value of Acetylcholine Testing in ANOCA: A US-Based Multicenter FlowLab Study

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2026 Oct 18. doi: 10.1002/ccd.70947. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Angina with non-obstructive coronary arteries (ANOCA) is an underrecognized cause of angina with non-universal diagnostic techniques and patient management strategies. Among ANOCA testing, vaso

E Edward T Ha