Association of gut microbiome signatures with iron metabolism response to roxadustat in peritoneal dialysis patients with anemia: a cross-sectional study

Front Pharmacol. 2026 Jul 27;17:1862547. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2026.1862547. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Anemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, impaired quality of life, and reduced survival. Roxadustat, a hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydrox

J Jiangqing Fan

Gastrointestinal symptoms associated with PPE use among nurses in COVID-19 wards: a cross-sectional study

Front Public Health. 2026 Jul 27;14:1827949. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1827949. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms (reflux, nausea, and vomiting) among nurses in COVID-19 isolation wards and identify associated factors, with a specific focus

W Wenyu Li

Trends in type 2 diabetes incidence and BMI at diagnosis by age, sex, and ethnicity, 2011-2024: a population-based analysis of the English National Diabetes Audit

Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2026 Jul 22;67:101764. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2026.101764. eCollection 2026 Aug.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Early-onset type 2 diabetes is associated with aggressive disease progression, long-term health burden and reduced life expectancy. Trends in incidence have not been comprehensiv

N Naomi Holman

Identifying and profiling authoritative cardiology-related key opinion leaders on Xiaohongshu: a social media-based study

Front Public Health. 2026 Jul 27;14:1889294. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1889294. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To identify and characterize distinct types of authoritative cardiology-related key opinion leaders (ACKOLs) on Xiaohongshu and examine their communication characteristics and engagement

L Lili Wang

Mitochondrial respiration and nucleotide profiling in human left internal mammary artery from CABG: a novel real-time ex vivo approach

Acta Biochim Pol. 2026 Jul 27;73:16877. doi: 10.3389/abp.2026.16877. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTMitochondrial dysfunction plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. However, direct assessment of mitochondrial respiration in human vascular tissue remains technic

A Alicja Braczko

Gut microbiota-derived butyrate and the SIRT1/FoxO1 axis: epigenetic-metabolic regulation of ovarian function in premature ovarian insufficiency-a comprehensive review

Front Microbiol. 2026 Jul 27;17:1856217. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1856217. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTPremature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a chronic condition affecting approximately 1.1-3.7% of women worldwide. Beyond its primary impact on fertility, POI poses significant long-term health risks, i

S Shengnan Tian

Joint associations between exercising and classical cardiometabolic risk factors with all-cause, premature and cardiovascular mortality: a prospective cohort study among Mexican adults

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2026 Jul 27;17:1850784. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2026.1850784. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality worldwide, with a particularly high burden in low- and middle-income countries such as Mexico. Cardiometabolic risk fa

R Raquel Pastor-Cisneros

Endogenous sex steroid hormones, sex hormone binding globulin and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with established cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2026 Jul 27;17:1878347. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2026.1878347. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Endogenous sex steroid hormones are involved in numerous regulatory mechanisms of the cardiovascular system and their imbalances are frequently observed in patients with establi

M Mojgan Amiri

Cerebrocentric bias in stroke terminology and the hemovascular paradigm: a conceptual reframing of cerebrovascular disease classification

Front Neurol. 2026 Jul 27;17:1839070. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2026.1839070. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTStroke remains one of the clinical conditions with the highest global disease burden, yet whose underlying risk factors and pathogenetic mechanisms are increasingly well understood. Nevertheless, the prev

M Maksud Makhmudovich Asadullaev

Incidental Borrelia burgdorferi infective endocarditis discovered during complex mitral valve repair and septal myectomy for left ventricular outflow tract obstruction

No abstractJTCVS Tech. 2026 Jun 5;38:102479. doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2026.102479. eCollection 2026 Aug.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42577224 | PMC:PMC13453850 | DOI:10.1016/j.xjtc.2026.102479

W William C Frankel

Insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk after revascularization: associations with remodeling and long-term outcomes

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2026 Jul 27;13:1796332. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1796332. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Insulin resistance may influence myocardial recovery after ischemic injury, but its relevance to post-revascularization remodeling and long-term outcomes remains unclear.METHODS: We e

R Ruixuan Tang

Metabolic reprogramming in cardiac fibrosis: mechanisms, crosstalk, and therapeutic interventions

Front Physiol. 2026 Jul 27;17:1811882. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2026.1811882. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTCardiac fibrosis is a pathological process accompanied by the development of cardiovascular diseases, which is mainly manifested as excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) of the heart muscle.

X Xiaoqian Wang

Heart-liver co-management: epidemiology, mechanisms, and novel therapeutic approaches for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and coronary artery disease

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2026 Jul 27;13:1843719. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1843719. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and coronary artery disease (CAD) are interconnected global health epidemics that substantially contribute to worldwide

S Sirui Zhu

Single-stage multidisciplinary surgical repair of a secondary aortoesophageal fistula: A technical case report with 3-year uneventful follow-up

JTCVS Tech. 2026 May 15;38:102417. doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2026.102417. eCollection 2026 Aug.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Secondary aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is a rare but life-threatening complication. Definitive treatment guidelines are lacking, and surgical

A Adam Zeyara

Case Report: Fatal osimertinib-related interstitial lung disease during adjuvant therapy after left pneumonectomy in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma undergoing maintenance hemodialysis

Front Oncol. 2026 Jul 27;16:1860840. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2026.1860840. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTOsimertinib is recommended not only for advanced EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) but also as adjuvant therapy after complete resection, leading to increasing opportunities for its clinical u

T Takahiro Kaki

Clinical insights into syncope and presyncope during graded exercise testing: A 40,715-test experience

Am Heart J Plus. 2026 Jul 30;69:100843. doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2026.100843. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTSyncope and presyncope during graded exercise testing (GXT) are uncommon but clinically important events that may reflect hemodynamic, autonomic, conductionrelated, or arrhythmic mechanisms. We revi

K Keti Mamillo

Risk stacking in peripheral artery disease (PAD): Integrating genetics, cardiometabolic disease and social determinants of health to explain worsening PAD outcomes

Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev. 2026 Jul 16;30:200684. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcrp.2026.200684. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTPeripheral artery disease (PAD) contributes disproportionately to disability, limb loss, and premature mortality, and U.S. major amputation rates have risen in the past decade am

M Matthew Nudy

Neoaortic root and arch aneurysm reconstruction after Norwood procedure in adolescents and adults with Fontan physiology: A case series

JTCVS Tech. 2026 May 20;38:102421. doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2026.102421. eCollection 2026 Aug.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVES: With increased survival of Fontan patients, the incidence of aortic aneurysm post-Norwood procedure is increasingly recognized. Herein, we present our bi-institutional case series of complex

M Mimi X Deng

Transdiagnostic determinants of Growth Differentiation Factor-15 (GDF-15) in psychiatric in-patients: age, renal indices, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR)

Brain Behav Immun Health. 2026 Jul 23;56:101312. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2026.101312. eCollection 2026 Oct.ABSTRACTGrowth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) is a stress-responsive cytokine implicated in systemic inflammatory and renal stress biology. It remains unclear whether GDF-15 reflects diagnosis-

E Evangelia Maria Tsapakis

Arterial shear rate determines the structure and mechanical properties of whole-blood clots

Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2026 Jul 14;10(5):106852. doi: 10.1016/j.rpth.2026.106852. eCollection 2026 Jul.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Arterial thrombosis arises under high shear conditions and is a leading cause of ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction. The local hemodynamic environment during the forma

H Hande Eyisoylu

Cardiovascular outcomes and mortality risk at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in older adults: a retrospective population-based study using health records from Spain

EClinicalMedicine. 2026 Jul 31;98:104118. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104118. eCollection 2026 Aug.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Older-onset diabetes is often accompanied by multimorbidity, frailty, and variable metabolic profiles that complicate treatment decisions and alter risk-benefit considerations. Emerg

B Berta Fernandez-Camins

Loneliness, Chronic Conditions, and Healthcare Engagement in Japan: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study

JMA J. 2026 Jul 15;9(4):804-814. doi: 10.31662/jmaj.2026-0048. Epub 2026 May 22.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Loneliness has been increasingly recognized as a determinant of adverse health outcomes, including mortality and cardiovascular disease, primarily based on evidence from Western countries. However,

H Hiroshi Ito

Proteomics-based clustering for higher risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with nephrotic syndrome

Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2026 Jul 14;10(5):106855. doi: 10.1016/j.rpth.2026.106855. eCollection 2026 Jul.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Nephrotic syndrome (NS) carries a high and heterogeneous risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Hypercoagulability has been considered as key factors, but in-depth molecular m

X Xin Liu

ABHD11-Mediated mtDNA Transcription Restored Mitochondrial Function to Attenuate Cardiomyocyte Ferroptosis After Myocardial Infarction

Circulation. 2026 Aug 11. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.125.078593. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cardiomyocytes exhibit marked susceptibility to ferroptosis after myocardial infarction (MI), rendering ferroptosis inhibition a promising therapeutic strategy to mitigate ischemic myocardial

Y Yu Liu