Biometrics. 2026 Jan 6;82(1):ujaf176. doi: 10.1093/biomtc/ujaf176.ABSTRACTIn the present study, we examine long-term population-level effects on episodic memory of an intervention over 15 years that reduces systolic blood pressure in individuals with hypertension. A limitation with previous research
Tissue Eng Part A. 2026 Feb 3:19373341251412453. doi: 10.1177/19373341251412453. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlternative therapies are needed for heart failure following myocardial infarction (MI), as ischemic cardiomyopathy remains a major global health concern despite advances in acute MI manage
Circulation. 2026 Feb 3. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001416. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPremenopausal women presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are a unique and often underrecognized patient population. Although they are traditionally considered at lower cardiovascular risk than other gr
FASEB J. 2026 Feb 15;40(3):e71524. doi: 10.1096/fj.202502033RR.ABSTRACTPathological cardiac hypertrophy is a major contributor to heart failure and is often accompanied by ferroptosis and mitochondrial dysfunction. However, the upstream transcriptional mechanisms governing these processes remain poo
FASEB J. 2026 Feb 15;40(3):e71542. doi: 10.1096/fj.202502639RR.ABSTRACTThe peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) signaling pathway plays a pivotal role in regulating the proliferation, apoptosis, inflammation, and metabolism of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs), sugg
Curr Opin Lipidol. 2026 Jan 29. doi: 10.1097/MOL.0000000000001024. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPURPOSE OF REVIEW: Lipoprotein(a), Lp(a), is a genetically determined, lifelong risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Despite broad guideline support for universal one-time test
No abstractG Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2026 Feb;27(2 Suppl. 1):e1-e113. doi: 10.1714/4637.46475.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41631363 | DOI:10.1714/4637.46475
G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2026 Feb;27(2):141-153. doi: 10.1714/4636.46471.ABSTRACTLight chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare systemic disease caused by monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains with abnormal folding that aggregate into fibrils, which deposit in extracellular tissues. This process leads to cyt
G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2026 Feb;27(2):130-140. doi: 10.1714/4636.46470.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Although international guidelines recommend increasingly lower thresholds for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), everyday clinical experience shows that many patients fail to reach these targets, exp
G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2026 Feb;27(2):121-129. doi: 10.1714/4636.46469.ABSTRACTDespite the widespread use of lipid-lowering therapies, a significant proportion of patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease fail to achieve the recommended LDL-cholesterol targets, thus remaining at high resi
G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2026 Feb;27(2):114-120. doi: 10.1714/4636.46468.ABSTRACTAngina in non-obstructive coronary artery disease (ANOCA) is a common clinical condition affecting 20-50% of patients undergoing coronary angiography for suspected angina. Despite recent 2024 European guidelines on chroni
G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2026 Feb;27(2):102-113. doi: 10.1714/4636.46467.ABSTRACTCardiac amyloidosis is considered a rare disease but is increasingly frequent in elderly patients. In these patients, heterogeneous and peculiar clinical manifestations require specific approaches and dedicated diagnostic
G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2026 Feb;27(2):92-101. doi: 10.1714/4636.46466.ABSTRACTArtificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the field of aortic imaging, enhancing diagnostic accuracy, risk stratification, and treatment planning. This review provides a comprehensive overview of AI applications
No abstractG Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2026 Feb;27(2):81-85. doi: 10.1714/4636.46463.NO ABSTRACTPMID:41631326 | DOI:10.1714/4636.46463
Niger J Clin Pract. 2026 Jan 1;29(1):87-96. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_279_25. Epub 2026 Feb 3.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is the second most common chemotherapeutic agent associated with cardiotoxicities. High fructose consumption has the potential to increase 5-FU cardiotoxicity through
Niger J Clin Pract. 2026 Jan 1;29(1):57-65. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_169_25. Epub 2026 Feb 3.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of combining intravitreal dexamethasone implant (IVDI) and ranibizumab in patients with persistent diabetic macular edema (DME) who are unresponsive to
Niger J Clin Pract. 2026 Jan 1;29(1):23-29. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_127_25. Epub 2026 Feb 3.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that may involve the cardiovascular system, yet echocardiographic cardiac abnormalities remain underrecognized and incompletely char
Niger J Clin Pract. 2026 Jan 1;29(1):9-16. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_404_25. Epub 2026 Feb 3.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: While individual antioxidants have been linked to reduced cardiovascular risk, the association between overall dietary antioxidant intake and subclinical atherosclerosis remains unclear.AIM:
Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2026 Feb 3. doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2026.2625281. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Inflammatory myopathies (IM) are a heterogeneous group of systemic disorders characterized by chronic muscle inflammation. Cardiac involvement has historically been underrecognized, p
Cereb Circ Cogn Behav. 2026 Jan 13;10:100528. doi: 10.1016/j.cccb.2026.100528. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Subtle blood-brain barrier (BBB) leakage has been detected in small vessel disease (SVD). While established methods rely on gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA), diffusion-weighted
Glob Med Genet. 2025 Dec 30;13(1):100092. doi: 10.1016/j.gmg.2025.100092. eCollection 2026 Mar.ABSTRACTMetabolic syndromes (MeS), marked by central obesity, high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol and blood sugar, are key cardiovascular disease (especially coronary artery disease, CAD) risk factor
Noncoding RNA Res. 2026 Jan 24;18:52-64. doi: 10.1016/j.ncrna.2026.01.008. eCollection 2026 Jun.ABSTRACTCardiovascular diseases (CVDs) represent the predominant global health burden, where dysregulated programmed cell death (PCD) mechanisms critically drive myocardial injury pathogenesis. Circular R
Health Inf Sci Syst. 2026 Jan 31;14(1):35. doi: 10.1007/s13755-026-00432-3. eCollection 2026 Dec.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: With the rapid development of big data and artificial intelligence technologies, large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being applied across multiple fields. In the healthcare d
Am Heart J Plus. 2026 Jan 9;62:100717. doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2026.100717. eCollection 2026 Feb.ABSTRACTA retrospective, exploratory cross-sectional analysis exploring whether social media data is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk beyond traditional clinical models. While social media d
