Front Cardiovasc Med. 2026 Sep 3;13:1860012. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1860012. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Connective tissue disorders (CTDs) such as Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes are traditionally defined by vascular fragility and aortic complications. In
United European Gastroenterol J. 2026 Sep;14(7):e70283. doi: 10.1002/ueg2.70283.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory pancreatic disorder with potentially severe systemic consequences. While its immediate clinical impact is well established, the long-term multisystem comor
Curr Opin Lipidol. 2026 Sep 18. doi: 10.1097/MOL.0000000000001062. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE OF REVIEW: Several lipid and lipoprotein risk factors play an important role in the causality of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Many therapies are limited by suboptimal long-term adheren
Ann Ital Chir. 2026 Sep 15;97(9):1586-1596. doi: 10.62713/aic.4649.ABSTRACTAIM: To investigate the dynamic trajectory of acute pain after elastic band ligation of internal hemorrhoids in patients with mixed hemorrhoids and to analyze the independent factors influencing the pain trajectory.METHODS: T
Ann Ital Chir. 2026 Sep 15;97(9):1665-1672. doi: 10.62713/aic.4511.ABSTRACTAIM: Hemorrhoidal disease (HD) is a common condition worldwide that significantly impairs quality of life. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of excisional hemorrhoidectomy (EH) and monopolar cautery ablation (MPCA)
Ann Ital Chir. 2026 Sep 15;97(9):1673-1680. doi: 10.62713/aic.4654.ABSTRACTAIM: To investigate the differences in efficacy, safety, and health economic outcomes between coils and the Onyx liquid embolic agent in middle meningeal artery embolization (MMAE) as an adjunct to burr hole drainage for chro
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2026 Sep 18. doi: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000001222. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE OF REVIEW: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing healthcare burden globally, driven by increasing incidences of diabetes mellitus and hypertension. With an ageing population and att
Brain Behav. 2026 Sep;16(9):e71753. doi: 10.1002/brb3.71753.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: National mortality studies have examined deaths in which stroke and heart failure (HF) are listed together, but trends specifically in deaths assigned to stroke as the underlying cause with HF recorded as a contributing
Brain Behav. 2026 Sep;16(9):e71732. doi: 10.1002/brb3.71732.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Poststroke dysphagia (PSD) may reflect not only focal motor pathway injury but also instability of the brainstem swallowing network under neuroimmune, glial, and vascular microenvironmental stress.METHODS: This mechanism
Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2026 Sep 17. doi: 10.1002/bcp.70828. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMetabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) has emerged as a leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide and is increasingly recognized as a systemic metabolic-inflammatory disorder closely linke
Brain Behav. 2026 Sep;16(9):e71775. doi: 10.1002/brb3.71775.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To determine whether patients with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) without demonstrable vasoconstriction differ clinically from those with angiographically confirmed vasoconstriction.METHODS: We retro
Expert Rev Respir Med. 2026 Sep 17. doi: 10.1080/17476348.2026.2736888. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Influenza is still taught and managed as a self-limited acute respiratory illness. The COVID-19 pandemic forced a reexamination of every respiratory virus and made a longer time horizo
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2026 Sep 18. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000003156. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a multidisciplinary program that integrates supervised exercise, education, and lifestyle modification to support recovery. Music-based interventions have ga
Diabetes Obes Metab. 2026 Sep 17. doi: 10.1111/dom.71356. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIMS: To assess whether threshold-based low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) burden and visit-to-visit variability jointly stratify cardiovascular and mortality risk in adults with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM).M
Diabetes Obes Metab. 2026 Sep 17. doi: 10.1111/dom.71367. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIMS: To investigate associations of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with metabolic syndrome (MetS) trait count, MetS prevalence and individual MetS traits in a large population-based cohort.MATERIALS AND METHODS
Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2026 Sep;14(9):e70304. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.70304.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Familial cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is an autosomal dominant vascular disorder with age-dependent penetrance and marked intrafamilial variability. KRIT1 loss-of-function variants are the most common
Diabetes Obes Metab. 2026 Sep 17. doi: 10.1111/dom.71318. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAIMS: To evaluate the relative importance of attributes driving obesity medication (OM) choice and preferences among individuals with overweight or obesity.MATERIALS AND METHODS: US adults with obesity or overwei
Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2026 Sep 18:zwag435. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwag435. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Chronic inflammation is a major driver of cardiovascular diseases, but mechanisms linking systemic inflammation to cardiac remodelling remain incompletely understood. We aimed to evaluate
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2026 Sep 14. doi: 10.3345/cep.2026.01739. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTChildhood and adolescent obesity is strongly associated with an atherogenic lipid profile and silent cardiovascular injury that begins early and evolves over time. In this structured review, we synthesized PubM
J Foot Ankle Res. 2026 Sep;19(3):e70208. doi: 10.1002/jfa2.70208.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: There is close association between experience of diabetes-tissue complications and depression/psychological distress. Our aim was to describe the results of prospective screening for anxiety/depression in a high-r
Korean J Helicobacter Up Gastrointest Res. 2026 Sep;26(3):265-274. doi: 10.7704/kjhugr.2026.0027. Epub 2026 Sep 8.ABSTRACTGastric mucosa atrophy is the cancerization field for gastric cancer development. Atrophic changes in the gastric mucosa can be assessed endoscopically and histologically. Gastri
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2026 Sep 17. doi: 10.1002/ccd.70889. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Coronary artery disease frequently coexists with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and contributes to adverse outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Conventional lesion-based
J Biomed Mater Res A. 2026 Oct;114(10):e70154. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.70154.ABSTRACTThe high incidence of cardiovascular diseases has led to an increasing demand for small-diameter vascular grafts. Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a commonly used synthetic polymer material in the construction of vascular graft
Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Sep;22(9):e71844. doi: 10.1002/alz.71844.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Retinal vascular alterations have been associated with cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) in frontotemporal dementia (FTD), but their relationship with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-derived glymphatic-related
