Temporal trends in myocardial ischemia risk estimated from 12-lead electrocardiograms using deep learning in individuals with suspected cancer during health checkups

No abstractCardiooncology. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1186/s40959-026-00466-2. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41772669 | DOI:10.1186/s40959-026-00466-2

K Ken Kurisu

The association between sleep disorders and the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: regression analysis and neural network prediction based on NHANES data

No abstractJ Cardiothorac Surg. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1186/s13019-026-03911-6. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41772606 | DOI:10.1186/s13019-026-03911-6

L Ling-Bing Meng

Prognostic stratification with composite insulin resistance-inflammation biomarkers in patients with chronic kidney disease and coronary artery disease across glycemic statuses

Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1186/s12933-026-03108-0. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and coronary artery diseases (CAD) have a poor long-term prognosis. Although insulin resistance (IR) and systemic inflammation are well-established d

Z Zixiang Ye

Association of the C-reactive protein-triglyceride-glucose index with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and long-term all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: evidence from two nationwide prospective cohort studies

Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1186/s12933-026-03119-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is closely linked to cardiometabolic disorders, and cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among affected individ

X Xue-Feng Jin

Higher recreational screen time and lower step count are associated with higher cardiovascular disease risk in early adolescence

No abstractBMC Public Health. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-26756-z. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41772512 | DOI:10.1186/s12889-026-26756-z

J Jason M Nagata

Automated opportunistic cardiovascular risk assessment in non-small cell lung cancer patients on routine chest CT using an optimised nnU-net framework

No abstractBMC Med Imaging. 2026 Mar 3. doi: 10.1186/s12880-026-02252-z. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41772492 | DOI:10.1186/s12880-026-02252-z

J Jubril Olayinka Anifowose

Five-Year Clinical and Hemodynamic Evaluation of the Hydra Self-Expanding Transcatheter Heart Valve in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1002/ccd.70536. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become the standard treatment for most patients with severe aortic stenosis. However, data on long-term mortality and durability of transcathete

V Vilhelmas Bajoras

MicroRNAs in type 2 diabetes mellitus and its cardiovascular complications: mechanistic insights and translational potential

Intern Emerg Med. 2026 Mar 3. doi: 10.1007/s11739-026-04281-6. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDiabetes mellitus (DM) is a multifactorial disease driven by genetic and environmental factors, with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) constituting the majority of cases. A major cause of morbidity and mortali

S Salvatore Corrao

Patient and family perspectives on cascade screening for thoracic aortic disease: a mixed-methods evaluation

Eur J Hum Genet. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1038/s41431-026-02051-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCascade screening enables effective secondary prevention and early treatment for Thoracic Aortic Disease (TAD) and increases survival. Despite guideline recommendations, the uptake of screening remains low. T

R Riccardo Giuseppe Abbasciano

Soluble epoxide hydrolase in the liver orchestrates abdominal aortic aneurysm formation in mice

Commun Biol. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1038/s42003-026-09765-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe liver plays an important role in cardiovascular disease by amplifying systemic inflammation, while the underlying mechanisms remain to be defined. Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) is a pro-inflammatory enzyme,

D David S Kim

CSWin-MDKDNet: cross-shaped window network with multi-dimensional fusion and knowledge distillation for medical image segmentation

Sci Rep. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-40690-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn recent years, deep learning has achieved significant advancements in medical image segmentation. Medical image segmentation is fundamental to computer-aided diagnosis, yet challenges persist in balancing local det

G Guanqing Cui

Fetuin-A correlates negatively with leukocyte telomere length and human telomerase in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2025 Nov 26:104473. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2025.104473. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND AIM: Telomeres, tandem repeats of DNA sequences at the end of eukaryotic chromosomes, are maintained by human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (hTERT). Leukocyte telomere le

R Rasha M Al Khaldi

Vitamin E and heart disease: a thematic systematic review

BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2026 Mar 2:spcare-2025-005637. doi: 10.1136/spcare-2025-005637. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: The majority of observational studies approved that regular consumption of vitamin E would decrease the risk of cardiovascular events. However, a great number of rand

K Kimia Sharifi

Depression may not be an independent risk factor for mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease: data from NHANES 2011-2018

Open Heart. 2026 Mar 2;13(1):e003754. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2025-003754.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, while depression is highly prevalent in this patient population and has long been regarded as an independent risk factor for increased

B Bao The Nguyen

Unravelling the Contribution of Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 Genotype-Phenotype to Pterygium Risk

Cancer Genomics Proteomics. 2026 Mar-Apr;23(2):220-232. doi: 10.21873/cgp.20573.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND/AIM: Pterygium is a fibrovascular ocular disease characterized by extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling. Matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), a key ECM-modulating enzyme, has been implicated to involved

H Hung-Chih Chen

Sotagliflozin, suPAR, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Diabetes and Heart Failure: A SOLOIST-WHF Ancillary Study

J Card Fail. 2026 Feb 28:S1071-9164(26)00105-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2026.01.018. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Sotagliflozin, a dual sodium-glucose cotransporter 1 and 2 (SGLT1/2) inhibitor, improves kidney and heart failure (HF) outcomes through incompletely understood mechanisms. So

A Anis Ismail

Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics of the Effect of PCSK9 Inhibition on Cardiovascular Risk in Treated HIV Infection: EPIC-HIV Randomized Clinical Trial

Am Heart J. 2026 Feb 28:107400. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2026.107400. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRATIONALE: People with HIV (PWH) are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Moderate lipid lowering with statins has been demonstrated to reduce cardiovascular risk among PWH. Accordingly, evaluation

M Matthew S Durstenfeld

Efficacy of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure with Supra-normal Ejection Fraction: A Target Trial Emulation Study

Am J Cardiol. 2026 Feb 28:S0002-9149(26)00098-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2026.02.053. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe efficacy of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) in heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction has been established. However, their benefits in patients with

N Naoya Inoue

Genetics of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency

Semin Reprod Med. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1055/a-2806-2597. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPrimary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a heterogeneous condition that worldwide affects up to 3.7% of women under 40 years of age. POI manifestations are diverse, ranging from ovarian dysgenesis and primary amenorr

S Svetlana A Yatsenko

Rational design of rigid mRNA folding architecture to enhance intracellular processing and protein production

Nat Nanotechnol. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1038/s41565-025-02114-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe application of messenger RNA (mRNA) beyond infectious diseases is challenged by inefficient protein production. Whereas the engineering of secondary mRNA structures has been shown to increase mRNA half-li

B Bowei Yang

Cardiomyocyte-derived TGFB3 attenuates cardiac fibrosis and preserves cardiac function in heart failure

Sci Rep. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-42367-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHeart failure, the common end-stage of cardiovascular diseases, features cardiac fibrosis. Transforming growth factor-β3 (TGFB3), a key TGFB/SMAD ligand, is upregulated in cardiac disorders, but its cellular source a

J Jizhong Xuan

Combined effects of depression and visual impairment on cardiovascular disease incidence in a Chinese population-based cohort

No abstractSci Rep. 2026 Mar 2. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-41670-5. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41771975 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-026-41670-5

Y Yuzhe Zhou

Enhancing KLF15 activity in cardiomyocytes: a novel approach to prevent pathological reprogramming and fibrosis via nuclease-deficient dCas9VPR

Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2026 Mar 3;11(1):76. doi: 10.1038/s41392-026-02593-9.ABSTRACTTranscriptional activity perturbation holds promise for selectively modulating harmful transcriptional networks, but its therapeutic potential remains largely unexplored. We employed a network-based analysis o

E Eric Schoger

Thromboxane receptor activation in dendritic cells mitigates sepsis by suppressing S100a8/a9-mediated neutrophil recruitment

Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2026 Mar 3;11(1):75. doi: 10.1038/s41392-026-02592-w.ABSTRACTDendritic cells (DCs) regulate both innate and adaptive immunity during sepsis. Prostaglandins (PGs), small lipid molecules derived from arachidonic acid via COX enzymes, are crucial regulators of immune homeo

R Ronglu Du