Reassessing the 2023 International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Duke clinical criteria for infective endocarditis: Impact of excluding fever and updating diagnostic definitions

Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Dec 31:ciaf737. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaf737. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Fever has traditionally been included as a minor criterion in the Duke criteria for the diagnosing infective endocarditis (IE). We evaluated the diagnostic impact of excluding fever as a minor c

E Elisavet Stavropoulou

Comment on "Association of Menopausal Hormone Therapy with Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Women Veterans"

No abstractEur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2025 Dec 31:qcaf163. doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcaf163. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41474457 | DOI:10.1093/ehjqcco/qcaf163

Z Zhi Wang

Multimodal Cardiovascular Risk Discrimination: Clinical, Biochemical, and Doppler Ultrasound Insights from a Contemporary Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Cohort

Anatol J Cardiol. 2025 Dec 31. doi: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2025.5862. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) remains a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, underscoring the need for improved early detection strategies for preclinical ath

R Ruslan Najaf Najafov

Concomitant Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Double Hit Combo in Atrial Fibrillation

Anatol J Cardiol. 2025 Dec 31. doi: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2025.5937. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) often require longterm oral anticoagulation (OAC), which may not be appropriate for those

A Ahmet Kıvrak

A Novel and Simple Score to Predict Embolic or Atherosclerotic Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Before Mechanical Thrombectomy: AHOC Score

CNS Neurosci Ther. 2026 Jan;32(1):e70729. doi: 10.1002/cns.70729.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: The mechanical thrombectomy (MT) strategy obviously differs for acute middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) stroke caused by embolism or atherosclerosis. Our study aimed to develop and validate a simple and univers

H Hudie Zhang

The Empirical Evidence in the Successful Anatomical Ablation of Idiopathic LV Summit Ventricular Arrhythmias: Lessons From Endocardial Mapping

JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2025 Dec 30:S2405-500X(25)00999-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2025.11.017. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) originating from the left ventricular summit (LVS) can be ablated from some endocardial sites across the left ventricular

T Takumi Yamada

Anti-arrhythmic targeting of sympathetic stellate ganglion P2X3 receptors

J Physiol. 2025 Dec 31. doi: 10.1113/JP290004. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSympathetic hyperactivity associated with many primary cardiovascular diseases is pro-arrhythmic and a key contributor to sudden cardiac death. Surgically removing the sympathetic stellate ganglion has demonstrated therapeu

C Carol T Bussey

Moderate nutrient restriction dysregulates molecular markers of calcium handling in the left ventricle of the non-human primate fetal heart

J Physiol. 2025 Dec 31. doi: 10.1113/JP289632. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMaternal nutrient restriction (MNR) increases cardiovascular disease (CVD) in offspring. In baboon offspring of moderate MNR, left ventricle (LV) function resembles a premature ageing and heart failure phenotype in young ad

M Melanie R Bertossa

Isoquercetin and Zafirlukast Cooperatively Suppress Tumor Growth and Thromboinflammatory Signaling in a Xenograft Model of Ovarian Cancer

FASEB J. 2026 Jan 15;40(1):e71361. doi: 10.1096/fj.202502774R.ABSTRACTCancer-associated thrombosis (CAT), encompassing both venous thromboembolism and arterial thrombosis, contributes to up to 14% of cancer-related mortality and remains difficult to treat due to the bleeding risks of conventional an

J Justine A Keovilay

First in-human microelectrode recordings of vagus nerve activity in heart failure

J Physiol. 2025 Dec 31. doi: 10.1113/JP290343. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWe know that ischaemic cardiomyopathy leads to compensatory changes in the cardiovascular system to offset the reduction in cardiac output; there is a marked increase in cardiac sympathetic drive, as measured by noradrenali

V Vaughan G Macefield

Baishaoluoshi Decoction Mitigates Post-Stroke Spasticity by Targeting Synaptic Plasticity Through the Nogo-A/NgR Signaling Pathway

Brain Behav. 2026 Jan;16(1):e71170. doi: 10.1002/brb3.71170.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: This study systematically investigated the effects and molecular mechanisms of Baishaoluoshi Decoction (BD) on synaptic plasticity in rats with post-stroke spasticity (PSS).METHODS: A rat model of PSS was established usin

X Xiongxing Sun

Differential Effect of M1 and Cerebellar Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Balance Performance in Stroke

Eur J Neurosci. 2026 Jan;63(1):e70363. doi: 10.1111/ejn.70363.ABSTRACTBoth the primary motor cortex (M1) and the cerebellum can be viable targets for noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) to improve balance after stroke; however, the optimal stimulation target is unknown. The study objective was to c

V Vyoma Parikh

Autonomic Dysfunction and Risk of Mortality in Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease

Ann Neurol. 2025 Dec 31. doi: 10.1002/ana.78143. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Dysautonomia affects many patients with Parkinson's disease and correlates with increased cardiovascular mortality. We describe the frequency and onset time of autonomic dysfunction relative to disease onset in

C Capucine Piat

Hemodynamic changes in pregnancies with impaired fetal growth: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2025 Dec 31. doi: 10.1111/aogs.70102. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Abnormalities in central hemodynamic functions before and throughout pregnancy may antedate impaired fetal growth. We aimed to assess cardiac output (CO) and total peripheral vascular resista

B Britt M J G Kempener

Weakly supervised object detection network for diabetic retinopathy

Med Phys. 2026 Jan;53(1):e70264. doi: 10.1002/mp.70264.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: With the increasing number of diabetic patients, the rapid and accurate diagnosis of early diabetic retinopathy becomes crucial. However, diabetic retinal lesions are challenging to label since the identification of disease d

X Xulin Zong

Versatile Organic Materials Advancing Non-Metal Ion Storage in Zinc Batteries

Small. 2025 Dec 31:e11967. doi: 10.1002/smll.202511967. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAqueous zinc batteries (ZBs) are one of the most compelling alternatives of lithium-ion batteries due to their intrinsic safety, eco-friendly, and economic feasibility. Organic electrode materials (OEMs) stand out

P Pingxuan Liu

Association of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome stages with mortality: A nationwide, population-based, prospective cohort study

Chin Med J (Engl). 2025 Dec 31. doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000003914. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome is highly prevalent globally. However, the associations between the CKM syndrome and its various components and all-cause and cause-specific

X Xingyu Zhou

Differential Impact of Recruited and Resident Macrophages on Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension

Circ Res. 2025 Dec 31. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.125.326472. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Pulmonary interstitial macrophages can be divided into 2 distinct subsets with different origins: resident macrophages (resMФs) and recruited macrophages (recMФs). However, their specific roles in pu

S Shumin Guo

Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Echocardiography as a Surrogate for Multimodality Aortic Stenosis Imaging: Post Hoc Analysis of a Clinical Trial

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Dec 31:e018353. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.125.018353. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Accurate aortic stenosis (AS) phenotyping requires multimodality imaging which has limited availability. The digital aortic stenosis severity index (DASSi), an AI biomarker of

E Evangelos K Oikonomou

Olfr2 Promotes Recruitment of Monocytes via CX3CR1 in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Circ Res. 2025 Dec 31. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.125.326591. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are characterized by ECM (extracellular matrix) degradation and chronic vascular inflammation, with macrophages playing a key role. The mechanisms regulating macroph

P Patrik Schelemei

The Impact of Different Antidiabetic Drugs on Fracture Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials With a Focus on SGLT2 Inhibitors

Am J Med Open. 2025 Aug 20;14:100115. doi: 10.1016/j.ajmo.2025.100115. eCollection 2025 Dec.ABSTRACTSGLT2 inhibitors are a new class of antidiabetic drugs that have shown cardiovascular benefits in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease. However, their effects on fr

B Bushra Admani

Association of serum vitamin D levels with mortality in adults with H-type hypertension: Results from the NHANES database with traditional and machine learning approaches

Digit Health. 2025 Dec 25;11:20552076251408527. doi: 10.1177/20552076251408527. eCollection 2025 Jan-Dec.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between serum vitamin D (Vit D) levels and the risk of mortality among adults with H-type hypertension, a subtype of hypertensi

S Shuling Chen

Combined subtotal resection and stereotactic radiosurgery for large vestibular schwannomas: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Neurooncol Adv. 2025 Oct 25;7(1):vdaf199. doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdaf199. eCollection 2025 Jan-Dec.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Large vestibular schwannomas (VSs), particularly Koos grade III-IV, often require a balance between tumor control and cranial nerve preservation. This meta-analysis evaluates outcomes

S Shahin Naghizadeh

Effect of Beetroot Extract Supplementation on Serum Fatty Acid Profiles and Oxidative Stress Markers in Chronic Coronary Artery Disease Patients: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Biomed Res Int. 2025 Dec 29;2025:6654492. doi: 10.1155/bmri/6654492. eCollection 2025.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Considering the role of a healthy diet in preventing atherogenesis, the use of beetroot as a functional food with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-dyslipidemic effects due to its high ni

A Amirhossein Mansouri-Baseri