Secondhand smoke exposure among patients with coronary heart disease in a tertiary Grade A hospital in China: A qualitative study of lived experience and sociocultural challenges

Tob Induc Dis. 2026 Sep 8;24. doi: 10.18332/tid/225448. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is a known cardiovascular risk factor, but little is understood about how patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) perceive and manage this exposure in daily life. This st

W Weimei Yang

Technical considerations in prostate artery embolization for giant benign prostatic hyperplasia: a case report and literature review

Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2026 Aug 21;88(9):6100-6105. doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000005509. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTA 76-year-old male patient presented with a 16-year history of chronic, progressive urinary hesitancy requiring intermittent catheterization. After transabdominal ultrasonography, prosta

Y Yandong Cai

Recurrent paraganglioma of the urinary bladder 26 years after initial treatment: a case report

Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2026 Aug 10;88(9):6095-6099. doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000005413. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) have malignant potential, and long-term follow-up of patients with PPGLs is recommended by current guidelines. H

S Satoshi Nitta

Impact of schizophrenia on coronary artery bypass grafting outcomes: a nationwide analysis

Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2026 Jul 30;88(9):5821-5827. doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000005349. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Schizophrenia is associated with an elevated cardiovascular disease burden and mortality. However, outcomes for patients with schizophrenia undergoing coronary artery bypass

C Chinenye Cynthia Odo

A frozen prelude and an open challenge

No abstractJ Thorac Dis. 2026 Aug 31;18(8):987. doi: 10.21037/jtd-2026-0774. Epub 2026 Aug 28.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42724798 | PMC:PMC13559444 | DOI:10.21037/jtd-2026-0774

A Anna H Xue

Belzutifan-Associated Reversible Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

IJU Case Rep. 2026 Sep 10;9(5):e70266. doi: 10.1002/iju5.70266. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Belzutifan, a hypoxia-inducible factor 2α (HIF-2α) inhibitor, is effective for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), although its cardiovascular safety profile remains unclear.CASE PRESENTATION

H Hikaru Kimura

Stem cell-derived exosomes preserve diabetic islet function: a systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical studies

Biophys Rep. 2026 Aug 31;12(4):307-318. doi: 10.52601/bpr.2026.250071.ABSTRACTDiabetes remains an incurable disease, and emerging evidence suggests that exosomes may offer promising therapeutic potential for both diabetes and its complications. However, their specific effects on pancreatic islet fun

Y Yingling Jiang

Myocardial infarction and lung cancer research from 1995 to 2026: a WoSCC- and PubMed-based bibliometric analysis

J Thorac Dis. 2026 Aug 31;18(8):856. doi: 10.21037/jtd-2026-1009. Epub 2026 Aug 28.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Myocardial infarction (MI) and lung cancer frequently coexist within the broader context of cardio-oncology, yet the development, contributors, and thematic evolution of this research interface hav

X Xiaojie Zheng

EULAR Rheumatology Open Special Issue titled 'VSI: ATT2026': the role of clonal haematopoiesis in immunological and rheumatological diseases

EULAR Rheumatol Open. 2026 Aug 31;2(3):100232. doi: 10.1016/j.ero.2026.100232. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTSomatic mutations progressively accumulate in all tissues with age. Although most of these acquired mutations have no consequences on the cell's phenotype, some may occur in genetic regions th

K Kenneth Walsh

Uncovering sodium overload-associated gene signatures in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease through integrated bioinformatics and machine learning

J Thorac Dis. 2026 Aug 31;18(8):858. doi: 10.21037/jtd-2026-0843. Epub 2026 Aug 28.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Airway epithelial cells depend on tightly regulated ion transport, and disturbed sodium handling has been linked to mucus dehydration, oxidative stress and epithelial injury in obstructive lung dis

Z Zhongzhou Zou

Visceral adipose tissue and incident cardiovascular disease among individuals without diabetes: an analysis of 15 prospective cohorts from 7 countries in Latin America

Lancet Reg Health Am. 2026 Aug 31;63:101603. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2026.101603. eCollection 2026 Nov.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) may causally contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, evidence in Latin America is limited. Here, we evaluated the association between esti

C Cohorts Consortium of Latin America and the Caribbean (CC-LAC)

The weight of timing: childhood-to-adulthood body mass index trajectories and the reversibility of coronary heart disease risk

No abstractJ Thorac Dis. 2026 Aug 31;18(8):980. doi: 10.21037/jtd-2026-1951. Epub 2026 Aug 28.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42724594 | PMC:PMC13559433 | DOI:10.21037/jtd-2026-1951

O Oguz Akbilgic

Gut dysbiosis, metabolic signals, and pulmonary immune reprogramming: decoding the gut microbiota -immune axis in stroke-associated pneumonia

Front Immunol. 2026 Aug 27;17:1812306. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1812306. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTStroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) is the most common infectious complication following acute stroke. The limited efficacy of conventional antimicrobial therapy suggests that SAP may be fundamentally a sy

L Li Yang

Epidemiology, temporal trends, and fibrosis risk stratification in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in UK primary care: a population-based cohort and nested case-control study

Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2026 Aug 26;68:101808. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2026.101808. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: We sought to determine the changing prevalence, incidence, and temporal trends in real-world, recorded diagnoses of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASL

H Huei-Tyng Huang

Factors associated with adverse cardiovascular events after coronary artery bypass grafting and their relationship with left atrial function: a retrospective cohort study

J Thorac Dis. 2026 Aug 31;18(8):925. doi: 10.21037/jtd-2026-1-0122. Epub 2026 Jul 13.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate clinical and echocardiographic factors associated with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), with particula

S Sen Yu

The dose-effect relationship between red blood cell transfusion volume and adverse events in pediatric cardiac surgery

Transl Pediatr. 2026 Aug 31;15(8):327. doi: 10.21037/tp-2026-0369. Epub 2026 Jul 22.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Pediatric cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with high transfusion rates. While transfusions increase risks of adverse events, existing evidence cannot differenti

W Wenting Wang

How to evaluate, triage, and sedate a patient in the congenital cardiac catheterization laboratory

Transl Pediatr. 2026 Aug 31;15(8):350. doi: 10.21037/tp-2026-0415. Epub 2026 Aug 14.ABSTRACTThe congenital cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCCL) has evolved into one of the most physiologically demanding environments in pediatric cardiovascular care for not only the interventional cardiologist,

E Eleni Asimacopoulos

Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease exacerbates hematoma expansion in intracerebral hemorrhage: an explainable machine learning approach

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2026 Aug 26;17:1912965. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2026.1912965. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Although hematoma expansion (HE) severely deteriorates outcomes in hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HICH), predicting HE in patients comorbid with metabolic dysfunction-as

Z Zhuo Yang

Association between ambient temperature and acute type A aortic dissection in a Korean population: a 12-year dual-scale Poisson regression analysis

J Thorac Dis. 2026 Aug 31;18(8):848. doi: 10.21037/jtd-2026-1194. Epub 2026 Aug 28.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Whether absolute temperature or day-to-day temperature fluctuation more strongly precipitates acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) remains unresolved, particularly in East Asian populations with

M Myeong Su Kim

Cardiorenal Protection in Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review Comparing Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors

Cureus. 2026 Sep 10;18(9):e116039. doi: 10.7759/cureus.116039. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with substantial cardiovascular and renal morbidity and premature mortality. Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)

P Philip Branigan

Early single-centre experience with physician-modified and Najuta fenestrated endografts for aortic arch disease: technical considerations and bailout strategies

J Thorac Dis. 2026 Aug 31;18(8):838. doi: 10.21037/jtd-2026-1898. Epub 2026 Aug 27.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for aortic arch disease involving the supra-aortic branches remains technically challenging because of the need to preserve branch perfusion while achiev

A Atsutaka Aratame

Which equation and which biomarker should be used in the Kidney Failure Risk Equation? A comparative analysis in the CKD-REIN cohort

Clin Kidney J. 2026 Mar 20;19(4):sfag097. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfag097. eCollection 2026 Apr.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The Kidney Failure Risk Equation (KFRE) is a widely used tool to estimate the 2- and 5-year risk of progression to kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The choice of

A Antoine Lanot

Fontan-associated liver disease in children following surgical correction of congenital heart defects

Clin Exp Hepatol. 2026 Jun;12(2):107-113. doi: 10.5114/ceh.2026.161430. Epub 2026 Jun 8.ABSTRACTThe Fontan procedure is a palliative surgical strategy used in the management of severe congenital heart defects, resulting in the creation of a single-ventricle circulation. In this physiological configu

A Agata Zientarska

Leveraging electronic health records for data-driven comorbidity phenotyping in heart failure: Identification of eight risk-stratified phenotypes in a Chinese population

Digit Health. 2026 Sep 9;12:20552076261481018. doi: 10.1177/20552076261481018. eCollection 2026 Jan-Dec.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To identify comorbidity subgroups of heart failure (HF) from electronic health record (EHR) data by computational phenotyping and evaluate their associations with mortality and

R Ruixue Ma