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  1. Recent studies have indicated an association between intestinal flora and lipids. However, observational studies cannot indicate causality. In this study, we aimed to investigate the potentially causal relatio...

    Authors: Da Teng, Wenjuan Jia, Wenlong Wang, Lanlan Liao, Bowen Xu, Lei Gong, Haibin Dong, Lin Zhong and Jun Yang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:138
  2. Malnutrition is severely associated with worst prognosis of patients with heart failure (HF). Malnourished patients with the metabolic syndrome (MS) can result in a double burden of malnutrition. We aimed to i...

    Authors: Xuehe Zhang, Chunfang Shan, Kaixuan Hu, Binbin Fang, Zhiyang Zhang, Qian Xie, Chang Liu, Xin An, Yining Yang and Xiaomei Li
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:136
  3. Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), commonly referred to as "broken heart syndrome," is a distinctive form of acute and reversible heart failure that primarily affects young to middle-aged individuals, particularly wome...

    Authors: Shuhao Li, Senyan Yang, Shujing Zhou, Shuang Zhang, Xueying Li, Haibo Zhang, Ping Ren, Yanwu Liu, Ying Liu and Yuanguo Chen
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:135
  4. There is a paucity of Chinese studies evaluating the quality of life (QoL) in young acute type A aortic dissection (AAAD) patients with Marfan syndrome.

    Authors: Xin-fan Lin, Lin-feng Xie, Zhao-feng Zhang, Jian He, Yu-ling Xie, Xiao-fu Dai and Liang-wan Chen
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:132
  5. This umbrella review synthesizes data from 17 meta-analyses investigating the comparative outcomes of catheter ablation (CA) and medical treatment (MT) for atrial fibrillation (AF). Outcomes assessed were mort...

    Authors: Anoop Titus, Sakil Syeed, Abiram Baburaj, Karan Bhanushali, Pramod Gaikwad, Mannil Sooraj, Anu Mariam Saji, Wasey Ali Yadullahi Mir, Pramukh Arun Kumar, Mahati Dasari, Mubashir Ayaz Ahmed, Mohammed Omer Khan, Aishwarya Titus, Janamjey Gaur, Dilanthy Annappah, Arjun Raj…
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:131
  6. We described a rare case of an adolescent girl with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation originating from the right atrial appendage diverticulum and successfully converted to sinus rhythm after surgical intervention.

    Authors: Li Cheng, Jianbo Hu, Yuanping Zhang, Zhaohua Geng and Bo Zhang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:130
  7. This study was aimed to identify the risk factors that influence the mortality risk in patients with acute aortic dissection (AAD) within one year after discharge, and aimed to construct a predictive model for...

    Authors: Ting Zhou, Jing-Xiao Li, Chao-Yong Zhang, Yu-Gui Li, Jun Peng, Chun-Lou Wei, Meng-Hua Chen and Hua-Fu Zhou
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:129
  8. Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is the leading cause of angina, heart failure, and death from aortic stenosis. However, the molecular mechanisms of its progression, especially the complex disease-related ...

    Authors: Jiajun Zhang, Jun Wu, Yuan Gao, Xingli Fan, Xiaohong Liu, Guanxin Zhang, Yangfeng Tang and Lin Han
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:128
  9. The positive aspects of social interaction on health have been described often, with considerably less attention to their negative aspect. This study aimed to assess the impact of social associations on cardio...

    Authors: Ashish Kumar, Kinza Iqbal, Mariam Shariff, Monil Majmundar and Ankur Kalra
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:127
  10. Evidence from recent studies suggested that the quality of dietary macronutrients can play a possible role in predicting the risk of metabolic disorders. In the current study, we aimed to assess the associatio...

    Authors: Hossein Farhadnejad, Ebrahim Mokhtari, Farshad Teymoori, Mitra Kazemi Jahromi, Niloufar Saber, Hamid Ahmadirad, Mostafa Norouzzadeh, Parvin Mirmiran and Fereidoun Azizi
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:126
  11. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is an important cause of global burden of disease. There is a paucity of data on the burden and risk factors for CAD in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), despite the rising trends in the ...

    Authors: John R. Meda, Happiness L. Kusima and Ng’weina F. Magitta
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:125
  12. This study aims to compare the clinical effects of two distinct surgical approaches, namely 3D printing-assisted extracorporeal pre-fenestration and Castor integrated branch stent techniques, in treating patie...

    Authors: Rongyi Zheng, Huayuan Xi, Fangtao Zhu, Cunwei Cheng, Weihua Huang, Haojie Zhang, Xin He, KaiLin Shen, Ying Liu, QianQian Lu and Haibin Yu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:124
  13. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is indeed a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in individuals with coronary heart disease. Ferroptosis, an iron-dependent cell death, is characterized by the accumul...

    Authors: Xinyu Wu, Jingru Li, Shengjie Chai, Chaguo Li, Si Lu, Suli Bao, Shuai Yu, Hao Guo, Jie He, Yunzhu Peng, Huang Sun and Luqiao Wang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:123
  14. Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related effusive constrictive pericarditis (ECP) is a rare manifestation of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). It can lead to persistent pericardial fibrosis, resulting in cardiac tampona...

    Authors: Soo Yeon An and Byung Joo Sun
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:122
  15. Atherosclerosis(AS) poses a pressing challenge in contemporary medicine. Formononetin (FMN) plays a crucial role in its prevention and treatment. However, the detailed impact of FMN on the stability of atheros...

    Authors: Ying He, Youde Cai, Dingling Wei, Liping Cao, Qiansong He and Yazhou Zhang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:121
  16. Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) is a life-threatening condition. Inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis, development and progression of AAS, and is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. U...

    Authors: Hong Liu, Si-chong Qian, Hai-yang Li, Yong-feng Shao and Hong-jia Zhang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:120
  17. This study evaluates the effectiveness of a combined regimen involving injectable hydrogels for the treatment of experimental myocardial infarction.

    Authors: Han Gao, Song Liu, Shanshan Qin, Jiali Yang, Tian Yue, Bengui Ye, Yue Tang, Jie Feng, Jun Hou and Dunzhu Danzeng
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:119
  18. To assess the efficacy of ibutilide administration during radiofrequency catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), to explore the success rate of conversion and related influential factors, and...

    Authors: Meijuan Li, Xiping Liu, Yan Zhang, Weibin Huang, Bingbo Hou, Sen Huang and Feng Gao
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:118
  19. To determine the prognostic value of cumulative calcification score of coronary artery calcification (CAC), thoracic aortic calcification (TAC) and aortic valve calcification (AVC) in acute ST segment elevatio...

    Authors: Yalin Cheng, Xuyang Meng, Haiyang Gao, Chenguang Yang, Peng Li, Hongfei Li, Saurav Chatterjee, Paulo Cury Rezende, Marc Bonnet, Huimin Li, Zunlei Zhang, Fusui Ji and Wenduo Zhang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:117
  20. Given the importance of promoting self-care and quality of life for discharged elderly patients after acute Myocardial Infarction(MI), It is necessitated we conduct interventions to promote these items. This s...

    Authors: Shahin Salarvand, Farzad Farzanpour and Hasan Ahmadi Gharaei
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:116
  21. Acute myocardial infarction is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Myocardial ischemia reperfusion (MI/R) injury occurs immediately after the coronary reperfusion and aggravates myocardial ischemia. ...

    Authors: Linwen Liu, Yawu Sun, Yang Wang, Jun Xin and Wei Chen
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:115
  22. BRASH syndrome (Bradycardia, Renal failure, Atrioventricular (AV) nodal blocking agent, Shock and Hyperkalemia) is a recently emerging diagnosis that describes the profound bradycardia seen in patients on AV n...

    Authors: Habtamu Mesele Gebray, Abirham Eneyew Abeje and Abayneh Tunta Boye
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:114
  23. Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) caused by obesity have increased in recent years. The impact of obesity on long-term outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with or withou...

    Authors: Chongyou Rao, Qin Zhong, Rilige Wu, Zongren Li, Yongjie Duan, You Zhou, Chi Wang, Xu Chen, Ruiqing Wang and Kunlun He
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:113
  24. Cardiac involvement in patients with immunoglubin light-chain amyloidosis (AL) is a major determinant of treatment choice and prognosis, and early identification of high-risk patients can initiate intensive tr...

    Authors: Yumeng Liu, Lingjie Wang, Jingfen Zhu, Meng Chen, Mo Zhu, Yingyu Dai and Chunhong Hu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:112
  25. The study aims to assess the effect of baseline glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels on atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence following cryoballoon ablation in patients with and without diabetes.

    Authors: Zheng Chen, Ruixin Zhang, Xinlin Zhang and Wei Xu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:111
  26. Frailty is proposed as a predictor of outcomes in patients undergoing major surgeries, although data on the association of frailty and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are lacking. We assessed the associ...

    Authors: Mehrnoosh Bakhtiari, Farhad Shaker, Fatemeh Ojaghi Shirmard, Arash Jalali, Ahmad Vakili-Basir, Mohammad Balabandian, Sima Shamshiri Khamene, Izat Mohammadkhawajah, Akbar Shafiee, Seyedeh Zahra Badrkhahan and Kaveh Hosseini
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:110
  27. Early diagnosis of atrial fibrillation is important as it is crucial for improving patient outcomes. Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) may serve as a diagnostic biomarker for heart failure due to its ability t...

    Authors: Z. L. Yu, Z. H. Cai, J. T. Zheng, H. Y. Jiang, Y. Q. Zhou, N. K. Wong, H. B. Fu and X. B. Hong
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:109
  28. Clinical characteristics and long-term data on the safety and efficacy of LAAC in preventing cerebrovascular accident and thromboembolism among Chinese patients with non-valvular AF (NVAF) remain limited.

    Authors: Jingrui Zhang, Changyi Li, Lu Zhou, Caihua Sang, Songnan Li and Changsheng Ma
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:108
  29. Zinc regulates the oxidative stress and inflammatory signaling cascade and affects the development and deterioration of cardiovascular disease. We investigated the prognosis of developing heart failure in pati...

    Authors: Atsushi Tanita, Shigeto Namiuchi, Kenta Onodera, Shinichiro Sunamura, Tsuyoshi Ogata, Kazuki Noda and Toru Takii
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:107
  30. To explore the role and mechanism of Notch signaling and ERK1/2 pathway in the inhibitory effect of sacubitril/valsartan on the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs).

    Authors: Congfeng Xu, Ning Zhang, Hong Yuan, Liren Wang and Yonghong Li
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:106
  31. Quadruple therapy (renin angiotensin system inhibitors, beta-blockers, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists and sodium/glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors [SGLT2i]) has become the current prognostic modi...

    Authors: Raquel López-Vilella, Víctor DonosoTrenado, Borja Guerrero Cervera, Ignacio Sánchez-Lázaro, Luis Martínez Dolz and Luis Almenar Bonet
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:105
  32. Hypertension and prehypertension have been widely recognized as the main contributors of global mortality. Evidence shows mindfulness-based interventions may reduce blood pressure and improve mental health. Ho...

    Authors: Qiongshan Chen, Hui Liu and Shizheng Du
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:104
  33. The Caspase activation and recruitment domain 8 (CARD8) protein is a component of innate immunity as a negative regulator of NF- ĸB, and has been associated with regulation of proteins involved in inflammation...

    Authors: Karin Fransén, Ayako Hiyoshi, Geena V. Paramel and Anita Hurtig-Wennlöf
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:103
  34. Increased physical activity (PA) is recommended after an acute coronary event to prevent recurrences. Whether patients with acute coronary event actually increase their PA has not been assessed using objective...

    Authors: François Flammer, Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu and Pedro Marques-Vidal
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:102
  35. There is a substantial disparity in coronary artery disease (CAD) burden between Iran and other nations that place a strong emphasis on the assessment of CAD risk factors and individuals’ awareness and ability...

    Authors: Mohammadtaghi Sarebanhassanabadi, Seyed Reza Mirjalili, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Alexander Kraemer and Seyedeh Mahdieh Namayandeh
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:101
  36. Dolichoectasia is a rare arterial condition characterized by the dilatation, tortuosity, and elongation of cerebral blood vessels. The vertebrobasilar artery and internal carotid artery are the common sites of...

    Authors: Tomoya Oishi, Hiroaki Neki, Tomoya Sakamoto, Muneaki Hashimoto, Yuichi Mochizuki, Yoshinobu Kamio and Kazuhiko Kurozumi
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:100
  37. This study endeavors to examine the feasibility of predicting the clinical outcomes of patients suffering from peripheral artery disease (PAD) who undergo endovascular intervention, by employing the Syngo iFlow t...

    Authors: Ming Tang, Fanyi Zeng, Xindong Chang, Mingfei He, Qingqing Fang, Lele Xue, Xinyi Luo and Shiwu Yin
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:99
  38. Systemic Inflammatory Response Index (SIRI), a composite inflammatory marker encompassing neutrophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes, has been recognized as a reliable marker of systemic inflammation. This articl...

    Authors: Jiongchao Guo, Yating Huang, Lamei Pang, Yuan Zhou, Jingjing Yuan, Bingfeng Zhou and Minmin Fu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:98
  39. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a complex disease that is influenced by environmental and genetic factors. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between coding variants in lipid metabolism-r...

    Authors: Wei Li, Yongyi Wang, Ritai Huang, Feng Lian, Genxing Xu, Weijun Wang and Song Xue
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:97
  40. An early diagnosis of atherosclerosis, particularly in subclinical status, can play a remarkable role in reducing mortality and morbidity. Because of coronary artery calcification (CAC) nature in radiation exp...

    Authors: Naghmeh Shahraki, Sara Samadi, Omid Arasteh, Reza Javidi Dashtbayaz, Batool Zarei, Amir Hooshang Mohammadpour and Vahid Jomehzadeh
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:96
  41. Red cell distribution width to albumin ratio (RAR) has been demonstrated to be associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, it is still unknown whether the RAR affects atrial fibrillation (AF)...

    Authors: Wenhua Li and Yanbin Song
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:95
  42. Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) frequently co-exist. There is a limited understanding on whether this coexistence is associated with distinct alterations in ...

    Authors: Abhishek Dattani, Emer M. Brady, Prathap Kanagala, Svetlana Stoma, Kelly S. Parke, Anna-Marie Marsh, Anvesha Singh, Jayanth R. Arnold, Alastair J. Moss, Lei Zhao, Mary Ellen Cvijic, Matthew Fronheiser, Shuyan Du, Philippe Costet, Peter Schafer, Leon Carayannopoulos…
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:94
  43. Cognitive frailty (CF) is currently a significant issue, and most of the associated factors discovered in current studies are not modifiable. Therefore, it is crucial to identify modifiable risk factors that c...

    Authors: Jiayi Xu, Luwei Xiang, Huichao Zhang, Xing Sun, Dongmei Xu, Die Wu, Chen Chen, Yixiong Zhang and Zejuan Gu
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:93
  44. To assess the association between cardiovascular risk factor (CRF) profile and premature all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality among US adults (age < 65).

    Authors: Ryan T. Nguyen, Vardhmaan Jain, Isaac Acquah, Safi U. Khan, Tarang Parekh, Mohamad Taha, Salim S. Virani, Michael J. Blaha, Khurram Nasir and Zulqarnain Javed
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:91
  45. Aspirin is widely used for secondary prevention in patients with hypertension. However, previous studies mainly focused on the preventive effects of aspirin, and there has been a lack of reliable evidence on w...

    Authors: Zehan Li, Shengchao Xu, Lin Chen and Danxian Jiang
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:90
  46. Diabetes is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors for vulnerable coronary plaques (VCPs), which are associated with adverse cardiovas...

    Authors: Weihong He, Tingsong Fang, Xi Fu, Meiling Lao and Xiuyun Xiao
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:89
  47. The Shock Index Creatinine (SIC) scoring is a recently developed tool for risk stratification patients. These updated scoring was already used in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) patients. However it...

    Authors: Widuri Wita Andriati Shariefuddin, Miftah Pramudyo and Januar Wibawa Martha
    Citation: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024 24:87

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