Malays Fam Physician. 2026 Jun 7;21:26. doi: 10.51866/rv.1027. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) remains a major cause of mortality among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Malaysia. Conventional cardiovascular risk models, such as the Framingham r
Cureus. 2026 Jun 11;18(6):e110661. doi: 10.7759/cureus.110661. eCollection 2026 Jun.ABSTRACTChronic low back pain (CLBP) is a leading cause of disability worldwide and is increasingly recognized as a condition associated with systemic physiological alterations beyond musculoskeletal dysfunction. Eme
Cureus. 2026 Jun 11;18(6):e110642. doi: 10.7759/cureus.110642. eCollection 2026 Jun.ABSTRACTBackground Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is an underrecognized manifestation of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease compared with coronary artery disease (CAD) and cerebrovascular diseases despite sharin
Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev. 2026 Jun 30;30:200671. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcrp.2026.200671. eCollection 2026 Sep.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Insulin resistance and frailty are linked and may increase cardiovascular vulnerability. We evaluated whether an aligned index integrating estimated insulin sensitivi
No abstractInt J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev. 2026 Jun 29;30:200673. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcrp.2026.200673. eCollection 2026 Sep.NO ABSTRACTPMID:42437202 | PMC:PMC13355686 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijcrp.2026.200673
JRSM Cardiovasc Dis. 2026 Jul 10;15:20480040261469414. doi: 10.1177/20480040261469414. eCollection 2026 Jan-Dec.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Pressure-wire-based fractional flow reserve (FFR) is the gold standard for physiological assessment of intermediate coronary stenoses but remains underutilized owing to
Am Heart J Plus. 2026 Jul 1;68:100829. doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2026.100829. eCollection 2026 Aug.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain a leading cause of morbidity in Yemen. This study evaluates integrated lipid, renal, and hepatic function profiles in CVD patients to provide clinica
Am Heart J Plus. 2026 Jul 1;68:100823. doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2026.100823. eCollection 2026 Aug.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Since overweight and obesity stands as a factor to the development of cardiovascular risk factors and the importance of targeted interventions to address their intertwined impact on publi
Am Heart J Plus. 2026 Jul 1;68:100824. doi: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2026.100824. eCollection 2026 Aug.ABSTRACTWith an anticipated 19.2 million deaths in 2023, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) continue to be the leading cause of death worldwide, with most of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income coun
Tob Induc Dis. 2026 Jul 10;24. doi: 10.18332/tid/224865. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Smoking has been associated with disease risk; however, whether smoking is an independent predictor of long-term care (LTC) certification remains uninvestigated. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the
PeerJ. 2026 Jul 8;14:e21515. doi: 10.7717/peerj.21515. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Trisomy 18 is a common autosomal trisomy that is associated with high perinatal and infant mortality rates. With the widespread use of prenatal screening, many cases have been identified. In contrast, when th
PeerJ. 2026 Jul 8;14:e21517. doi: 10.7717/peerj.21517. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Multivessel disease (MVD) represents a severe phenotype of coronary artery disease and is associated with poor prognosis. Early, non-invasive identification of MVD remains a clinical challenge. This study aim
IBRO Neurosci Rep. 2026 Jun 16;21:215-227. doi: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2026.06.009. eCollection 2026 Dec.ABSTRACTPotassium dichromate (K₂Cr₂O₇) exposure has been linked to neurotoxicity in various animal models, raising concerns about its implications for human health, particularly neurodegenerative disea
Hum Mutat. 2026 Jul 11;2026:1662522. doi: 10.1155/humu/1662522. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Diabetes markedly increases the risk of heart failure, yet the molecular signals connecting metabolic stress, myocardial fibrosis, and impaired cardiac repair remain incompletely understood.METHODS:
Clin Kidney J. 2026 Jun 8;19(7):sfag188. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfag188. eCollection 2026 Jul.ABSTRACTAIMS: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) undergoing dialysis have extremely high cardiovascular and mortality risks, yet evidence for effective therapies is limited. The benefits of glucagon-li
J Surg Case Rep. 2026 Jul 11;2026(7):rjag433. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjag433. eCollection 2026 Jul.ABSTRACTPectus excavatum (PE) is the most common congenital chest wall deformity but its association with atrial fibrillation (AF) remains underrecognized. We present a case where surgical correction of PE
Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2026 Jul 3;65:101964. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2026.101964. eCollection 2026 Aug.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation detected after stroke (AFDAS) is clinically important, but AFDAS-specific risk tools for patients without known atrial fibrillation (AF) remain limited. We d
JAMIA Open. 2026 Jul 11;9(4):ooag110. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooag110. eCollection 2026 Aug.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia affecting a large fraction of patients in intensive care units (ICUs). Predicting patients at risk of AF in the ICU is a challenging task and
Transl Androl Urol. 2026 Jun 30;15(6):224. doi: 10.21037/tau-2026-0406. Epub 2026 Jun 25.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The management of acute gout flares in elderly patients with multiple comorbidities remains a significant clinical challenge. Although interleukin-1β (IL-1β) inhibitors are recommended for re
Transl Androl Urol. 2026 Jun 30;15(6):207. doi: 10.21037/tau-2026-1-0030. Epub 2026 May 14.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common kidney cancer subtype. While localized disease is treated surgically, therapeutic options for advanced cases remain limited. This
Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2026 Jul 6;19:624979. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S624979. eCollection 2026.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: Microalbuminuria and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) are important markers for early diabetic kidney disease (DKD) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Aspirin (acetyls
Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2026 Jun 12;10(4):106797. doi: 10.1016/j.rpth.2026.106797. eCollection 2026 May.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are used in patients with acute venous thromboembolism (VTE) who have temporary contraindications to anticoagulation. Although gu
Kidney Int Rep. 2026 Jun 8;11(8):106646. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2026.106646. eCollection 2026 Aug.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous loci associated with various diseases and traits, enabling the development of polygenic risk scores (PRS) a
Am J Ind Med. 2026 Jul 12. doi: 10.1002/ajim.70114. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Shift work can disrupt circadian rhythms and is postulated to play a role in cardiovascular diseases (CVD). In the German prospective population-based Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study, we analyzed longitudinal as
