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
Inform Health Soc Care. 2026 Feb 17:1-22. doi: 10.1080/17538157.2026.2623489. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSedentary nature of office work contributes to a range of physical health issues, including obesity, which can result from prolonged inactivity, and cardiovascular diseases, linked to heighten
JCI Insight. 2026 Feb 17:e195005. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.195005. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSystemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex and heterogeneous condition characterized by progressive fibrosis in multiple organs. Recent studies implicate plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) in the patho
Aging Dis. 2026 Feb 6. doi: 10.14336/AD.2025.1501. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCardiac hypertrophy is a prevalent adaptive response to hemodynamic and neurohormonal stress, but its persistence often leads to maladaptive remodeling and heart failure. This review integrates recent advances in the mo
Aging Dis. 2026 Feb 16. doi: 10.14336/AD.2025.1422. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAbdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a degenerative vascular disease with a high mortality rate of rupture, yet effective pharmacological interventions to delay its progression or prevent rupture remain unavailable. Vasc
Oncology (Williston Park). 2026 Feb 10;40(1):34-42. doi: 10.46883/2026.25921059.ABSTRACTMultiple myeloma, the second most common hematologic malignancy, accounts for approximately 10% of all blood cancers. Therapeutic advances have transformed multiple myeloma from a uniformly fatal disease into a c
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Feb 24;123(8):e2525881123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2525881123. Epub 2026 Feb 17.ABSTRACTMesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based therapy holds significant promise in regenerative medicine, leveraging their multipotent differentiation capacity and paracrine effects. However, clinica
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2026 Mar 1;105(3):271-289. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002931. Epub 2025 Dec 24.ABSTRACTThis scoping review was designed to address the core question: In the field of poststroke hand function rehabilitation, what is the current status of technical application, evidence characte
PLoS One. 2026 Feb 17;21(2):e0342263. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0342263. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Outpatient intravenous (IV) diuretic treatment is an effective and safe strategy for worsening heart failure (WHF). Still, hospitalization cannot be avoided in a substantial portion of patie
PLoS One. 2026 Feb 17;21(2):e0338101. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0338101. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Explore the causes and mechanisms of bladder cancer-induced Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) death.METHOD: We acquired bladder cancer patient data from the SEER database to evaluate CVD death ri
Eur Stroke J. 2026 Feb 9;11(2):aakag005. doi: 10.1093/esj/aakag005.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Limited studies have provided guidance on the optimal systolic blood pressure (SBP) after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in acute ischemic stroke patients. In the Clevidipine Infusion for Blood Pressure Management A
Eur Stroke J. 2026 Feb 9;11(2):aakag001. doi: 10.1093/esj/aakag001.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Post-stroke depression (PSD) frequently occurs after acute stroke and negatively affects rehabilitation. Dopamine has beneficial effects on motivation and emotional stability. In stroke patients, low dopamine le
Eur Stroke J. 2026 Feb 9;11(2):aakag002. doi: 10.1093/esj/aakag002.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Identification of factors associated with haematoma expansion (HE) in patients with primary intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) is crucial for optimization of management and therapeutic strategies. We investigated w
Eur Stroke J. 2026 Feb 9;11(2):aakag003. doi: 10.1093/esj/aakag003.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Arterial ischaemic stroke (AIS) in adolescents and young adults differs from older populations due to its variety of risk factors and aetiologies. This study compares the risk factor profiles and age- and sex-re
PLoS One. 2026 Feb 17;21(2):e0342466. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0342466. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTMinistries of health need to know and understand factors affecting medical treatment choices of population subgroups, to tailor official recommendations. This study aimed to identify, quantify and compa
PLoS One. 2026 Feb 17;21(2):e0342671. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0342671. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTHigh-intensity interval training (HIIT) is an effective intervention for improving metabolic health and mitigating metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Nonetheless, the stab
PLoS One. 2026 Feb 17;21(2):e0342664. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0342664. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Evidence indicates that the Endothelial Activation and Stress Index (EASIX) is a predictor of mortality in endothelium-related conditions; however, its association with mortality risk in atr
Fetal Diagn Ther. 2026 Feb 17:1-12. doi: 10.1159/000551017. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Hemoglobin Bart's hydrops fetalis syndrome (BHFS) is the most severe form of α-thalassemia, typically caused by homozygous deletion of α-globin genes. However, rare non-deletional variants, such a
Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2026 Feb 17:zwag113. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwag113. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: The normalized creatinine-to-cystatin C ratio (NCCR) is a novel composite biomarker that approximates relative skeletal muscle mass and diabetes risk. However, the association between NCCR
No abstractEur J Prev Cardiol. 2026 Feb 17:zwag107. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwag107. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41701633 | DOI:10.1093/eurjpc/zwag107
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2026 Feb 17. doi: 10.1097/FJC.0000000000001805. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTClinical evidence suggests that the lipid-lowering efficacy of statins may be diminished by concurrent β-lactam administration in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), yet the mechanisms drivi
Ultrasound Q. 2026 Feb 18;42(1):e00736. doi: 10.1097/RUQ.0000000000000736. eCollection 2026 Mar 1.ABSTRACTWe aim to evaluate the diagnostic significance of caudothalamic groove (CTG) echogenicity on cranial ultrasonography (CUS) by examining its correlation with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) find
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2026 Feb 17. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000001003. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Impaired kidney function is associated with mortality, cardiovascular events, and hospitalization as well as diminished functional capacity and health-related quality of life. We hypothesized t
Eur Heart J. 2026 Feb 17:ehag087. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehag087. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite significant advances in lipid-lowering therapeutics, residual lipid risk persists in patients with or at risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), even after optimizing low-density l
