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46, 6.22], P=0.003); Meta-regression showed that the association between coronary heart disease and poor prognosis of COVID-19 was affected by hypertension (P=0.004), and subgroup analysis showed that compared with the proportion of hypertension >30% (OR=2.85, 95%CI [2.33, 3.49]), the proportion of hypertension <30% (OR=4.78, 95%CI [3.50, 6.51]) had a higher risk of poor prognosis.

Coronary heart disease is a risk factor for poor prognosis in patients with COVID-19.

Coronary heart disease is a risk factor for poor prognosis in patients with COVID-19.

To evaluate the relationship between chronic kidney disease and the patient's cardiovascular risk measured through the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events in a sample of Spanish population.

The sample consisted of 2,668 subjects. Mean age was 50.6±14.5 years and 54.6% were female. In all, 3.5% of subjects had a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) below 60ml/min and 4.3% a urinary albumin excretion (UAE) above 30mg/g. GFR was estimated from serum creatinine using the CKD-EPI equation. UAE was measured in first morning urine sample as mg/g of creatinine. We examined the multivariable association between the estimated GFR and the risks of cardiovascular events and death. The median follow-up was 81 (75-89) months.

In CKD patients the hazard ratio (HR) was 1.36 (95% CI 0.97-1.91) (P=.079) for cardiovascular events and 1.62 (95% CI 0.53-4.91) (P=.396) for cardiovascular mortality. Increased UAE was also associated with higher cardiovascular risk (HR 2.38; 95% CI 1.51-3.74; P<.001) as well as increased cardiovascular mortality (HR 4.78; 95% CI 2.50-9.11; P<.001). For patients with UAE between 30 and 300mg/g HR for cardiovascular events was 2.09 (95% CI 1.34-3.50; P=.005) and 3.80 (95% CI 1.81-7.96; P<.001) for cardiovascular mortality.

An independent association was found between reduced GFR and cardiovascular event incidence and mortality. Increased UAE showed a higher prognostic value than decreased GFR. Our findings highlight the clinical and public health importance of routinely measuring UAE.

An independent association was found between reduced GFR and cardiovascular event incidence and mortality. Increased UAE showed a higher prognostic value than decreased GFR. Our findings highlight the clinical and public health importance of routinely measuring UAE.Giant cell myocarditis is a rare, often rapidly progressive and potentially fatal, disease due to T-cell lymphocyte-mediated inflammation of the myocardium that typically affects young and middle-aged adults. Frequently, the disease course is marked by acute heart failure, cardiogenic shock, intractable ventricular arrhythmias, and/or heart block. Diagnosis is often difficult due to its varied clinical presentation and overlap with other cardiovascular conditions. Although cardiac biomarkers and multimodality imaging are often used as initial diagnostic tests, endomyocardial biopsy is required for definitive diagnosis. TMP195 in vitro Combination immunosuppressive therapy, along with guideline-directed medical therapy, has led to a paradigm shift in the management of giant cell myocarditis resulting in an improvement in overall and transplant-free survival. Early diagnosis and prompt management can decrease the risk of transplantation or death, which remain common in patients who present with cardiogenic shock.As one of the tropical diseases, malaria is endemic in developing countries. Severe malaria, mainly caused by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite, can result in life-threatening complications. Traditionally, cardiac involvement has not been included as a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality. This could be due to under-reporting or underdiagnosing. Specific cardiovascular (CV) complications include electrocardiogram abnormalities, myocarditis, pericarditis, pericardial effusion, ischemic disease, and heart failure. According to the data analyzed, CV manifestations can lead to severe consequences. Possible theories related to the pathophysiological mechanisms related to CV compromise include an imbalanced pro-inflammatory cytokine response and/or erythrocyte sequestration by increased cytoadherence to endothelium. Although there is a paucity of data regarding cardiac manifestations of malaria, an algorithm for appropriate use of diagnostic tools to assess cardiac involvement has been developed in this paper. Furthermore, it is important to note that typical antimalarial treatment regimens can have fatal cardiac side-effects.

Neonates with tetralogy of Fallot and symptomatic cyanosis (sTOF) require early intervention.

This study sought to perform a balanced multicenter comparison of staged repair (SR) (initial palliation [IP] and subsequent complete repair [CR]) versus primary repair (PR) treatment strategies.

Consecutive neonates with sTOF who underwent IP or PR at≤30days of age from 2005 to 2017 were retrospectively reviewed from the Congenital Cardiac Research Collaborative. The primary outcome was death. Secondary outcomes included component (IP, CR, PR) and cumulative (SR) hospital and intensive care unit lengths of stay; durations of cardiopulmonary bypass, anesthesia, ventilation, and inotrope use; and complication and reintervention rates. Outcomes were compared using propensity score adjustment.

The cohort consisted of 342 patients who underwent SR (IP surgical, n=256; transcatheter, n=86) and 230 patients who underwent PR. Pre-procedural ventilation, prematurity, DiGeorge syndrome, and pulmonary atresia were more cumulative morbidity and reinterventions favored the PR group, findings suggesting potential benefits to each strategy.

Mitochondrial dysfunction results in an imbalance between energy supply and demand in a failing heart. An innovative therapy that targets the intracellular bioenergetics directly through mitochondria transfer may be necessary.

The purpose of this study was to establish a preclinical proof-of-concept that extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated transfer of autologous mitochondria and their related energy source enhance cardiac function through restoration of myocardial bioenergetics.

Human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iCMs) were employed. iCM-conditioned medium was ultracentrifuged to collect mitochondria-rich EVs (M-EVs). Therapeutic effects of M-EVs were investigated using invivo murine myocardial infarction (MI) model.

Electron microscopy revealed healthy-shaped mitochondria inside M-EVs. Confocal microscopy showed that M-EV-derived mitochondria were transferred into the recipient iCMs and fused with their endogenous mitochondrial networks. Treatment with 1.0× 10

/ml M-EVs significantly restored the intracellular adenosine triphosphate production and improved contractile profiles of hypoxia-injured iCMs as early as 3h after treatment.