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Platelets at the Vessel Wall in Non-Thrombotic Disease
Circ Res. 2023 Mar 17;132(6):775-790. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321566. Epub 2023 Mar 16.ABSTRACTPlatelets are small, anucleate entities that bud from megakaryocytes in the bone marrow. Among circulating cells, platelets are the most abundant cell, traditionally involved in regulating the balance between thrombosis (the terminal event of platelet activation) and hemostasis (a protective response to tissue injury). Although platelets lack the precise cellular control offered by nucleate cells, they are in fact very dynamic cells, enriched in preformed RNA that allows them the capability of de novo protein synthesis which ...
Source: Circulation Research - March 17, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Anu Aggarwal Courtney L Jennings Emily Manning Scott J Cameron Source Type: research

Peripheral microvascular dysfunction is associated with plaque progression and adverse long ‐term outcomes in heart transplant patients
ConclusionsPeripheral endothelial dysfunction is associated with increased plaque progression and adverse long-term cardiovascular outcomes in transplant patients. PED assessment might be a useful clinical tool for risk stratification after heart transplantation.
Source: ESC Heart Failure - September 12, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ilke Ozcan, Takumi Toya, Michel T. Corban, Ali Ahmad, Lilach O. Lerman, Sudhir S. Kushwaha, Amir Lerman Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research

Transplant Radical Nephrectomy and Transplant Radical Nephroureterectomy for Renal Cancer: Postoperative and Survival Outcomes.
CONCLUSIONS This study reports outcomes of the largest series of transplant radical nephrectomy and nephroureterectomy for malignancies of renal allografts. In the optimized setting, extirpative surgeries appear safe, with favorable long-term oncological and survival outcomes. PMID: 33093437 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annals of Transplantation - October 23, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Nabavizadeh R, Noorali AA, Makhani SS, Hong G, Holzman S, Patil DH, Kim FY, Tso PL, Turgeon NA, Ogan K, Master VA Tags: Ann Transplant Source Type: research

Immediate and long-term clinical performance of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in a real world population.
CONCLUSIONS: Strict adherence to expert recommendation for BVS placement may minimize device related peri-procedural and mid-long term MACCEs in a real world population. PMID: 26963445 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Cardioangiologica - March 12, 2016 Category: Cardiology Tags: Minerva Cardioangiol Source Type: research

Intensive glucose control versus conventional glucose control for type 1 diabetes mellitus.
CONCLUSIONS: Tight blood sugar control reduces the risk of developing microvascular diabetes complications. The evidence of benefit is mainly from studies in younger patients at early stages of the disease. Benefits need to be weighed against risks including severe hypoglycaemia, and patient training is an important aspect in practice. The effects of tight blood sugar control seem to become weaker once complications have been manifested. However, further research is needed on this issue. Furthermore, there is a lack of evidence from RCTs on the effects of tight blood sugar control in older patient populations or patients w...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - February 14, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Fullerton B, Jeitler K, Seitz M, Horvath K, Berghold A, Siebenhofer A Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for kidney transplant recipients.
CONCLUSIONS: Statins may reduce cardiovascular events in kidney transplant recipients, although treatment effects are imprecise. Statin treatment has uncertain effects on overall mortality, stroke, kidney function, and toxicity outcomes in kidney transplant recipients. Additional studies would improve our confidence in the treatment benefits and harms of statins on cardiovascular events in this clinical setting. PMID: 24470059 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - February 3, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Palmer SC, Navaneethan SD, Craig JC, Perkovic V, Johnson DW, Nigwekar SU, Hegbrant J, Strippoli GF Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Hormone Therapy in Women After Heart Transplantation
Conclusions: HT is not associated with poor outcome or adverse effects in female heart transplant patients after age 35 years. However, a larger cohort of patients is necessary to confirm these observations.
Source: Transplantation Proceedings - November 1, 2013 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: L.C. Kobashigawa, M. Hamilton, M. Rafiei, L. Stern, C.N. Bairey Merz Tags: Thoracic Transplantation Source Type: research