Livedoid vasculopathy: A case report

Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2026 Oct 18;58(5):1081-1083.ABSTRACTLivedoid vasculopathy (LV) is a painful and thrombotic obliterative vascular disorder characterized by spontaneous thrombus formation within skin capillaries or small veins, ultimately leading to localized hypoxia and the develop

J Jun Li

Risk factors of carotid atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2026 Oct 18;58(5):1031-1037.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: To analyze the characteristics of lipid profile and the risk factors of carotid atherosclerosis (CAS) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).METHODS: Subjects with 216 RA and 214 healthy controls, both without know

J Jiajun Liu

Patterns of NT-proBNP in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

J Rheumatol. 2026 Oct 15:jrheum.2026-0384. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.2026-0384. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: We evaluated patterns of N-terminal prohormone of n-terminal brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP, a biomarker of cardiac disease) in SLE, and associations with demographic and clinical

L Lucia Zhu

Clinical and cardiovascular impact of pregnancy in women with Marfan syndrome

Gac Med Mex. 2026;162(1):97-109. doi: 10.24875/GMM.M26001111.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Marfan syndrome (MS) is associated with mutations in the FBN1 gene, which encodes fibrillin-1, an essential protein in elastic fibers. Cardiovascular damage in MS has serious complications such as aneurysms and aortic d

M M Elena Soto

Lipid profile in mexican women at cardiaovascular risk

Gac Med Mex. 2026;162(1):81-87. doi: 10.24875/GMM.M26001109.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women, particularly postmenopausal. Metabolic and social gender differences influence lipid profiles and cardiovascular risk. In Mexico, factor

J Juan P Fernández-Hernández

Frailty syndrome in the elderly: differences between women and men

Gac Med Mex. 2026;162(1):8-15. doi: 10.24875/GMM.M26001102.ABSTRACTFrailty syndrome is a clinical condition characterized by a decline in physiological reserves, increasing vulnerability to stressors. Although its foundations had been previously explored, it was in the 21st century that its phenotyp

S Sara G Aguilar-Navarro