Am J Crit Care. 2026 Nov 1;35(6):e7-e24. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2026557.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Dysbiotic gut microbiomes are linked to morbidity, mortality, and poor outcomes, so it is critical to understand their influencing factors.OBJECTIVES: To investigate the impact of nosocomial and socioecological fac
Am J Crit Care. 2026 Nov 1;35(6):475-480. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2026126.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The optimal dosing of alteplase in patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism is widely debated.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate outcomes in patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism who received alteplase at a low dose or
Int J Cardiol. 2026 Oct 31:135023. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2026.135023. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Early coronary artery disease events (eCAD) are increasing, occasionally occurring in individuals with minimal atherosclerosis, suggesting heterogeneous underlying mechanisms. We report, f
Joint Bone Spine. 2026 Oct 31:106156. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2026.106156. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with coexisting gout in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and evaluate whether concomitant gout is associated with worse RA disease activity.ME
J Ren Nutr. 2026 Oct 31:S1051-2276(26)00204-9. doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2026.10.009. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is common and prognostically important in dialysis patients, and may be linked to abnormal body composition. We investigated the associations of
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2026 Oct 31:S1542-3565(26)00819-0. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2026.10.017. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND AIMS: Data on the safety of newer advanced therapies (AT) for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) remain limited in older patients, and how the underl
Int J Infect Dis. 2026 Oct 31:109217. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2026.109217. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIntravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is an established treatment for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Although disseminated Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection is a recognized complication of
Am Heart J. 2026 Oct 31:107633. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2026.107633. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAmong the highly diseased population of participants with chronic coronary syndromes and obstructive coronary artery disease enrolled in the ISCHEMIA trial, women had lower burden of total, calcified, non-c
Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2026 Oct 31:113639. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2026.113639. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors provide cardiovascular and renal benefits in type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, and heart failure, but their use is associat
Bone Joint J. 2026 Nov 1;108-B(11):1294-1304. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.108B11.BJJ-2026-0451.R2.ABSTRACTAIMS: To evaluate differences in the efficacy and safety of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) used for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis after elective
Biomed Pharmacother. 2026 Oct 31;204:120029. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2026.120029. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPatients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, potentially involving syste
Med Image Anal. 2026 Oct 26;116:104376. doi: 10.1016/j.media.2026.104376. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) captures rich spatiotemporal information about ventricular structure and motion, but conventional risk models use only a few image-derived indices from sel
An Bras Dermatol. 2026 Oct 31;101(6):501470. doi: 10.1016/j.abd.2026.501470. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Psoriasis is a systemic inflammatory disease associated with cardiovascular and metabolic comorbidities. Although reduced physical activity is frequently reported in these patients,
Phytomedicine. 2026 Oct 23;162:158878. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2026.158878. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Qishen Yangxin Granule (QSYX), a clinically utilized traditional Chinese medicinal formula, has demonstrated therapeutic efficacy for cardiovascular diseases. However, its cardioprotec
Phytomedicine. 2026 Oct 21;162:158870. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2026.158870. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND AIM: Standard therapies for diabetic kidney disease (DKD) reduce albuminuria but trigger an acute eGFR decline, limiting clinical initiation. We evaluated whether a standardized mar
Maturitas. 2026 Oct 21;215:109157. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2026.109157. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThere are increasingly recognised yet modestly understood sex-based differences in cardiovascular physiology, implicating endogenous sex hormones in cardiovascular disease aetiology. However, the r
J Electrocardiol. 2026 Oct 26;99:154485. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2026.154485. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Poor R-wave progression (PRWP) has been interpreted as a marker of anterior myocardial injury since the 1970s, but its temporal stability, substrate, and independent prognostic
Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2026 Oct 31:e017029. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.126.017029. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The BRIGHT-4 trial (Bivalirudin With Prolonged Full-Dose Infusion During Primary PCI Versus Heparin Trial-4) demonstrated that procedural anticoagulation with bivalirudin
Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2026 Oct 31:zwag577. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwag577. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRecent clinical trials have reported an increased risk for atrial fibrillation (AF) in individuals treated with omega-3 fatty acids (FA). As virtually all these studies were conducted with pharmaceuti
Cell Rep. 2026 Oct 30;45(11):118234. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.118234. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLoss of cardiomyocytes drives cardiac remodeling and ultimately leads to heart failure, highlighting the need to promote cardiac regeneration. Exercise has been known to enhance cardiac repair and s
Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2026 Oct 31;23(1):53. doi: 10.1007/s11897-026-00785-6.ABSTRACTPURPOSE OF REVIEW: Heart failure (HF) and frailty are increasingly prevalent with population aging, frequently coexist, and share pathophysiological mechanisms. This review summarizes recent evidence on shared biologi
Endocrine. 2026 Oct 31;91(1):364. doi: 10.1007/s12020-026-04838-7.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Maternal high-fat diet (HFD) exposure induces sex-dependent cardiac hypertrophy in adult offspring, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study investigated the role of miR-493-3p in maternal HFD-induced
Curr Med Sci. 2026 Oct 29. doi: 10.1007/s11596-026-00251-3. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe accelerating aging of the global population has made aging and its related diseases major public health challenges in the 21st century. Adipose tissue is not only an energy reservoir but also a crucial endo
Cerebellum. 2026 Oct 31;25(6):165. doi: 10.1007/s12311-026-02108-w.ABSTRACTAtaxia-telangiectasia (A-T) causes progressive neurological disability. Following two phase III trials published in 2026, this study is an updated randomized evidence for pharmacological interventions targeting neurological m
