Cologne (Germany): Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG); 2026 Feb 22.ABSTRACTRESEARCH QUESTION: The aim of this report is toassess the benefit of diagnostics using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging as part of a diagnostic strategy, compared with a diagnostic strategy without
Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2026 Jan 30. doi: 10.1097/HPC.0000000000000402. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGuidelines recommend fasting before catheterization laboratory (cath lab) procedures. However, recent studies question the necessity of fasting, suggesting that fasting may not provide significant clini
Kardiol Pol. 2026 Feb 5. doi: 10.33963/v.phj.111049. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMicro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are increasingly reported in human biofluids and tissues, including cardiovascular-relevant specimens, making reliable detection and quantification a prerequisite for clinically meaningf
Int J Rheum Dis. 2026 Feb;29(2):e70515. doi: 10.1111/1756-185x.70515.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease with high mortality, often due to cardiopulmonary complications. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), commonly used in other rheumatic diseases, has immunomodulatory and
Circ Res. 2026 Feb 5. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.125.326739. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The adult mammalian heart lacks the significant regenerative potential needed to cope with the massive loss of cardiomyocytes following myocardial infarction. Ultimately, irreversible cardiac damage l
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2026 Feb 5. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.125.324012. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes is associated with accelerated vascular complications such as hypertension and atherosclerosis. Phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), a major d
Hypertension. 2026 Feb 5. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.125.25795. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Hypertension is a leading risk factor for negative health outcomes due to end-organ effects that include small vessel disease in the brain. Low-renin hypertension is understudied at the blood
Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2026 Feb 5:e015991. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.125.015991. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cardiac structural complications (CSCs) have been recently established by the Valve Academic Research Consortium 3 consensus as a combined end point including multiple lif
Se Pu. 2026 Feb 8;44(2):180-190. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1123.2025.08003.ABSTRACTCardiovascular diseases （CVDs） are among the leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. Due to their high prevalence and often asymptomatic progression， there is a pressing need for diagnostic tools that enable the earl
Psychol Health. 2026 Feb 5:1-12. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2026.2625705. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Beliefs about the genetic contribution to chronic disease risk may be associated with lower levels of physical activity, but this relationship has yet to be tested in young healthy adults. W
Front Neurol. 2026 Jan 20;17:1718736. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2026.1718736. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) are both inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system, sharing many similarities in clinical ma
Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2026 Feb 3;10(2):ytaf678. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaf678. eCollection 2026 Feb.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Coronary artery aneurysm with arteriovenous fistula is extremely rare. Here we present a novel iatrogenic case of a left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) to coronary sinus fistula aft
AACE Endocrinol Diabetes. 2025 Sep 3;13(1):2-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aed.2025.08.018. eCollection 2026 Jan-Feb.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a hereditary syndrome characterized by predisposition to tumors of parathyroid, pituitary, and enteropancreatic cells.
Front Immunol. 2026 Jan 20;16:1727378. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1727378. eCollection 2025.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder driven by dysregulated lipid metabolism and remains a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity. The Shen-Hong-Tong-Luo (SHTL) preparat
Front Immunol. 2026 Jan 20;16:1716090. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1716090. eCollection 2025.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Sipuleucel-T, the first therapeutic cancer vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), represents a crucial treatment option for patients with metastatic castration-resis
Front Med (Lausanne). 2026 Jan 20;12:1749324. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1749324. eCollection 2025.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Pulmonary colloid adenocarcinoma is a rare subtype of lung adenocarcinoma, representing fewer than 1% of all cases. Characterized by abundant extracellular mucin and sparse tumor cells,
Health Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 3;9(2):e71804. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.71804. eCollection 2026 Feb.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent among children on regular dialysis, affecting approximately 90% of patients. This deficiency (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D < 50 nmol/L or 20 ng/mL) is assoc
World J Psychiatry. 2026 Feb 19;16(2):112193. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i2.112193. eCollection 2026 Feb 19.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) frequently experience anxiety due to symptoms such as chest pain and tightness. However, it remains unclear whether changes in echocard
Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2026 Jan 20;9(Suppl 4):103270. doi: 10.1016/j.rpth.2025.103270. eCollection 2025 Dec.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (cTTP) is a rare, life-threatening thrombotic microangiopathy caused by genetic mutations in the ADAMTS-13 gene, leading t
Cureus. 2026 Feb 1;18(2):e102806. doi: 10.7759/cureus.102806. eCollection 2026 Feb.ABSTRACTRenal infarction is an uncommon and frequently underdiagnosed condition caused by the acute interruption of renal arterial blood flow. Its clinical presentation often mimics renal colic, and laboratory finding
Iran J Basic Med Sci. 2026;29(1):22-33. doi: 10.22038/ijbms.2025.89042.19218.ABSTRACTInflammation is a natural immune response triggered by multiple factors such as pathogens, damaged cells, and toxic substances. These triggers can lead to both acute and chronic inflammatory reactions in different t
Health Data Sci. 2026 Feb 3;6:0409. doi: 10.34133/hds.0409. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBackground: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) continue to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, indicating a major global health burden. Glycosylation, one of the key posttranslational modifications
J Oncol Transl Res. 2025;11(4):331. Epub 2025 Dec 15.ABSTRACTRadiation-associated cardiac disease frequently affects cancer patients when radiation fields overlap the heart, but relationships between cardiac substructure dose and specific cardiac events remain poorly understood. This study examined
Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2021 Sep-Oct;12906:567-576. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-87231-1_55. Epub 2021 Sep 21.ABSTRACTTracking the tricuspid valve (TV) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) long-axis cine images has the potential to aid in the evaluation of right ventricular dysfunction, whic
