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Automatic segmentation of ultrasound images of carotid atherosclerotic plaque based on Dense-UNet
CONCLUSION: The Dense-UNet network could realize the automatic segmentation of atherosclerotic plaque ultrasound images, and it could assist medical practitioners in plaque evaluation.PMID:35964217 | DOI:10.3233/THC-220152
Source: Technology and Health Care - August 14, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Chengliang Deng Jianhua Adu Shenghua Xie Zhaohuan Li Qingguo Meng Qingfeng Zhang Lixue Yin Bo Peng Source Type: research

Inflammation-mediated vitamin K and vitamin D effects on vascular calcifications in people with HIV on active antiretroviral therapy
Background: People with HIV (PWH) experience increased systemic inflammation and monocyte activation, leading to increased risk of cardiovascular events (death, stroke, and myocardial infarction) and higher coronary artery calcium scores (CACs). Vitamins D and K2 have significant anti-inflammatory effects; in addition, vitamin K2 is involved in preventing vascular calcifications in the general population. The roles of vitamins D and K in increased coronary calcifications in successfully treated PWH is less understood. Methods: We prospectively recruited 237 PWH on antiretroviral treatment (ART) and 67 healthy co...
Source: AIDS - March 25, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: CLINICAL SCIENCE Source Type: research

Tomato concentrate could help reduce chronic intestinal inflammation associated with HIV
New UCLA-led research in mice suggests that adding a certain type of tomato concentrate to the diet can reduce the intestinal inflammation that is associated with HIV. Left untreated, intestinal inflammation can accelerate arterial disease, which in turn can lead to heart attack and stroke.The findings provide clues to how the altered intestinal tract affects disease-causing inflammation in people with chronic HIV infection, suggesting that targeting the inflamed intestinal wall may be a novel way to prevent the systemic inflammation that persists even when antiviral therapy is effective in controlling a person ’s HIV.Th...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 11, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Plasma galectin-9 as a predictor of adverse non-AIDS events in persons with chronic HIV during suppressive antiretroviral therapy
Background: People with HIV (PWH) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) still experience an increased risk of morbidity and mortality, presumably driven by chronic inflammation, yet predictors of discrete or combinatorial outcomes remain unclear. Galectin-9 (Gal-9), a driver of both inflammatory and immunosuppressive responses, has been associated with HIV disease progression and multimorbidity. Objective: To determine whether plasma Gal-9 levels are associated with the occurrence of specific non-AIDS events (NAEs) in PWH initiating ART. Design: We performed a nested case–control study of PWH enrolled from 20...
Source: AIDS - November 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: CLINICAL SCIENCE: CONCISE COMMUNICATION Source Type: research

Association of Syndemic Unhealthy Alcohol Use, Smoking, and Depressive Symptoms on Incident Cardiovascular Disease among Veterans With and Without HIV-Infection
AbstractUnhealthy alcohol use, smoking, and depressive symptoms are risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Little is known about their co-occurrence – termed a syndemic, defined as the synergistic effect of two or more conditions—on CVD risk in people with HIV (PWH). We used data from 5621 CVD-free participants (51% PWH) in the Veteran’s Aging Cohort Study-8, a prospective, observational study of veterans followed from 2002 to 2014 to asse ss the association between this syndemic and incident CVD by HIV status. Diagnostic codes identified cases of CVD (acute myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure, perip...
Source: AIDS and Behavior - August 19, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Presence of asymptomatic cytomegalovirus and Epstein--Barr virus DNA in blood of persons with HIV starting antiretroviral therapy is associated with non-AIDS clinical events
Background: Even with antiretroviral therapy (ART), persons with HIV (PWH) experience increased morbidity and mortality. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein--Barr virus (EBV) co-infections likely exacerbate inflammatory-related diseases. Objective: To determine if presence of detectable CMV or EBV DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) is associated with non-AIDS events among PWH receiving modern ART. Design: We performed a case--control study of PWH starting ART and HIV-suppressed at year 1 and thereafter, 140 cases who experienced non-AIDS events and 305 matched controls. Events included myocardial infarc...
Source: AIDS - April 9, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: CLINICAL SCIENCE Source Type: research

Comparison of Risk Scores for the Prediction of the Overall Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Ischemic Stroke: The Athens Stroke Registry
Stratification of overall vascular risk in patients with ischemic stroke is important as it may guide management decisions. Currently available schemes have only modest prognostic accuracy. The TRA2 °P score aids in vascular risk stratification in patients with previous myocardial infarction (MI).
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - October 24, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Georgios Georgiopoulos, George Ntaios, Kimon Stamatelopoulos, Efstathios Manios, Eleni Korompoki, Evangelia Vemmou, Haralampos Milionis, Stefano Masi, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Konstantinos Vemmos Source Type: research

Relationships Among Self-Reported Hearing Problems, Psychological Distress, and Cardiovascular Disease in U.S. Adults, National Health Interview Survey 1997-2017.
Conclusions The relationship between self-reported hearing problems and CVD is mediated by psychological distress. Further research is needed to identify causal pathways and psychophysiological mechanisms involved in this relationship and to identify effective methods for addressing cardiovascular health-related psychosocial factors in the treatment of hearing impairment. PMID: 31339788 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR - July 23, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Xu D, Francis AL Tags: J Speech Lang Hear Res Source Type: research

Soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 levels are not predictive of non-AIDS events during antiretroviral therapy-mediated viral suppression
Before initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART), levels of soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2 (sST2) were not elevated in people living with HIV who later developed non-AIDS events (including myocardial infarction and stroke), compared with controls. However, higher sST2 levels measured pre-ART were a significant predictor of death while on ART. Future studies should explore the potential of sST2 to serve as a short-term predictor of non-AIDS events during viral suppression.
Source: AIDS - June 3, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Research Letters Source Type: research

Death after diagnosis of noncommunicable disease comorbid conditions, stratified by injection drug use
Conclusion: Persons with a history of injection drug use and non-IDU had strikingly similar risk and hazard of mortality after several major NCD diagnoses. Mortality after cancer diagnosis in this cohort was higher for persons with a history of IDU than those without; this may be because of being diagnosed with a different mix of specific sites and stages of cancers.
Source: AIDS - December 20, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Epidemiology and Social Source Type: research

The spread of medical fake news in social media – The pilot quantitative study
ConclusionsAnalyzing social media top shared news could contribute to identification of leading fake medical information miseducating the society. It might also encourage authorities to take actions such as put warnings on biased domains or scientifically evaluate those generating fake health news.
Source: Health Policy and Technology - July 10, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Determinants of left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction in an hiv clinical cohort
Given the remarkable improvement in the life expectancy of persons living with HIV (PLWH) worldwide, non-AIDS chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease (CVD) have emerged as leading causes of morbidity and mortality in this population. CVD is now the fourth leading cause of death among PLWH behind AIDS related malignancies/opportunistic infections, non-AIDS related malignancies and liver disease (1). After adjusting for known CVD risk factors, PLWH are at higher risk for major CVD events such as myocardial infarction, stroke and sudden cardiac death compared to uninfected persons (2, 3).
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - July 2, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nwora Lance Okeke, Fawaz Alenezi, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Allison Dunning, Meredith E. Clement, Svati H. Shah, Susanna Naggie, Eric J. Velazquez Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research

The spread of medical fake news in social media – The pilot quantitative study
Conclusions Analyzing social media top shared news could contribute to identification of leading fake medical information miseducating the society. It might also encourage authorities to take actions such as put warnings on biased domains or scientifically evaluate those generating fake health news.
Source: Health Policy and Technology - June 25, 2018 Category: Health Management Source Type: research