January 2021 in “ABC Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathy” This case report describes a 90-year-old man diagnosed with wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis, confirmed by pyrophosphate cardiac scintigraphy and exclusion of gene mutations.
21 citations
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July 2016 in “Gynecological Endocrinology” This study found that women with polycystic ovary syndrome have elevated cardiovascular risk markers, with levels being higher in obese participants compared to non-obese participants.
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May 2020 in “Cardiovascular Research” This review explores how sex differences influence the pathophysiology, incidence, and treatment outcomes of ischaemic heart disease, and emphasizes the need for more sex-specific research.
This thesis found that desmoplakin mutations in cardiocutaneous syndrome are linked to dose-dependent disease severity and identified mechanisms by which KLHL24 mutations cause cardiomyopathy, with rescue experiments successfully preventing this phenotype in patient-derived heart tissues.
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August 2021 in “Primary Care Diabetes” This article reviews maternal-fetal outcomes in patients with gestational diabetes and COVID-19 through a case study and literature analysis but reports no new clinical results.
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October 2012 in “Journal of circadian rhythms” This study found that extracting RNA from equine hair follicles can effectively identify 24-hour oscillations of specific circadian clock genes, offering a valuable non-invasive method to evaluate the equine circadian clock.
October 2020 in “Benha Journal of Applied Sciences” This study found that in patients with androgenetic alopecia, cardiac troponin I levels positively correlated with age and certain heart functions, indicating possible cardiac involvement in the disease's progression.
5 citations
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July 2020 in “Experimental Physiology” This study found that the dynamic characteristics of both cerebrovascular carbon dioxide reactivity and central respiratory chemoreflex decrease in the high frequency range and are not modified by exercise.
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June 2017 in “Methods” This study used computational modeling to identify key genes and miRs involved in cardiac aging, finding a strong relationship supported by literature and some experimental validation in aged mouse hearts.
January 2018 in “Communications in computer and information science” This study developed a novel system that can automatically estimate hair loss parameters from images without expert input, reporting satisfactory results from testing on samples collected in Kolkata.
July 2026 in “Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology” This study found that induced pluripotent stem cells derived from human keratinocytes efficiently differentiated into cardiomyocytes, forming a homogeneous population with cardiac-specific molecular and functional properties, and demonstrated significant cardiac marker expression and spontaneous contraction capabilities over 15 days of differentiation induction.
March 2022 in “Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine” This study found that critically ill pulmonary patients with deficiency syndrome were at a higher risk of developing type 2 myocardial infarction than those with phlegm syndrome.
September 2023 in “Journal of the turkish academy of dermatology” In this study, researchers found that men with androgenetic alopecia had higher obesity-related parameters, such as fat percentage and BMI, compared to healthy controls, but observed no differences in cardiovascular markers like CIMT and EFT.
April 2026 in “European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing” In this exploratory cross-sectional study, the researchers found a strong positive correlation between hair cortisol concentration and physical activity in patients with diastolic heart failure, but no correlation for other heart failure subgroups; perceived stress showed minimal association with physical activity across all subgroups.
May 2017 in “InTech eBooks” This article describes various hair and scalp examination techniques, including noninvasive, semi-invasive, and invasive methods, noting that trichoscopy is a simple, well-accepted, noninvasive technique for evaluating hair loss patients and monitoring treatment.
60 citations
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April 2003 in “Human Reproduction” This study found that Czech women with polycystic ovary syndrome in their thirties had a significantly worse cardiovascular risk profile compared to a control group, independent of obesity.
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May 2022 in “Pediatric Critical Care Medicine” This case report describes a 19-year-old patient with undiagnosed severe portopulmonary hypertension who experienced acute right ventricular failure and cardiac arrest following liver transplantation, subsequently managed with ECMO and a paracorporeal lung-assist device.
18 citations
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June 2017 in “Oncotarget” This study found that digoxin treatment was significantly associated with anemia adverse reactions in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure, suggesting a need for caution in its clinical use.
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March 2023 in “Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine” A specific gene variant is linked to heart disease, increased heart muscle, curly hair, and thick skin on palms and soles.
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January 2024 in “International Journal of Epidemiology” This study describes the ongoing HABIT study in Taicang, China, which aims to identify risk factors and the relationship between cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases among 10,357 adults, by collecting and analyzing long-term data on health, lifestyle, and biological specimens. Results are not yet available.
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October 2017 in “Circulation” The researchers reported that introduction of SOX9 in ischemic heart tissues is linked to cardiac fibrosis, marking it as a potential target for future therapeutic strategies.
April 2020 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This study suggests that hair cortisol measurement could serve as an alternative diagnostic method for Cushing’s disease, showing acceptable concordance with urinary free cortisol despite differing evaluated periods.
June 2026 in “International Journal of Computational and Biological Sciences” This study developed and validated a radiomics-based clinical nomogram using routine renal ultrasound and clinical data to predict early diabetic kidney injury in a community cohort, finding it significantly outperformed clinical-only models in predicting risk and showed potential as a cost-effective screening tool.
February 2014 in “Revista Argentina de Cardiología” In this study, testosterone was found to increase the risk of arrhythmias in a rat heart model, while finasteride reduced this arrhythmogenic effect.
September 2019 in “Philippine Journal of Internal Medicine” This study found that Filipino patients with lupus typically develop myocarditis early and respond well to early immunosuppressive therapy.
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April 2010 in “The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism” This review examines the relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome and cardiovascular disease risk, but reports no new clinical findings; the panel calls for guidelines to prevent CVD in this population.
42 citations
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February 2019 in “Circulation” This study observed that DNA damage response (DDR) plays a key role in pressure overload-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, with disruption of the ATM kinase pathway potentially modulating this hypertrophy in mice.
March 2020 in “Poster presentations” This case report describes a patient with unrecognized systemic lupus erythematosus, who experienced myocarditis, polyneuropathy, and pericarditis, and recovered following cardiac support and medication.
February 2026 in “Journal of Chittagong Medical College Teachers Association” In this case report, a young diabetic female patient successfully underwent bilateral internal mammary artery grafting for coronary artery bypass without complications, suggesting that careful preparation allows for safe procedures in women despite potential sternal healing concerns.
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March 2016 in “Journal of Dermatology” This study found that Korean patients with androgenetic alopecia had higher rates of cardiovascular diseases and related risk factors than those without the condition, with variations by severity and type of hair loss.