Comparison of rhythm and rate control medications for new-onset atrial fibrillation in septic patients: MIMIC-IV database analysis.

Background: The optimal management strategy for new-onset atrial fibrillation (NOAF) in patients with sepsis remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate and compare the associations of rhythm control medications versus rate control medications with mortality outcomes in septic patients with NOAF.

Methods: This propensity score-matched cohort study utilized data from the Medical Information Mart in Intensive Care-IV database.

Serum uric acid fluctuations and cardiovascular outcomes in hospitalized acute heart failure patients.

Background And Aims: This study examined the association between serum uric acid (SUA) fluctuation patterns during hospitalization in acute heart failure (HF) patients and clinical outcomes, a relationship not fully understood.

Methods And Results: A cohort of 1403 acute HF patients was enrolled with a median follow-up of 20.5 months.

Association between red blood cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio and prognosis in non-ischaemic heart failure.

Aims: Red blood cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio (RAR), an innovate biomarker of inflammation, can independently predict adverse cardiovascular outcomes. However, the association between RAR and prognosis in patients with non-ischaemic heart failure (NIHF) remains unclear.

Methods And Results: A total of 2077 NIHF patients admitted to the Heart Failure Care Unit, Fuwai Hospital, were consecutively enrolled from December 2006 to October 2017 in this retrospective study.

Late onset radiation-induced constrictive pericarditis and cardiomyopathy after radiotherapy: A case report.

Introduction: Radiation-induced heart disease (RIHD) is a serious side effect of cancer treatment, including coronary artery disease, valvular cardiac dysfunction, cardiomyopathy, aortopathy, and chronic constrictive pericarditis. Herein, this case we present was diagnosed as radiation-induced constrictive pericarditis and cardiomyopathy by means of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and transthoracic echocardiogram, finally confirmed by pathology after performing heart transplant operation.

Conclusions: This case supports a notion that RIHD often causes multiple heart impairment and CMR is helpful to diagnose cardiomyopathy after radiation.

[Effect of the smoking cessation services in the out-patient department for patients with coronary heart disease].

Objective: To evaluate the effects and clinical prognosis of out-patient department-based smoking cessation services for coronary heart disease (CHD) patients.

Methods: A total of 140 smoking patients diagnosed with coronary heart disease in our cardiovascular department were randomly divided into the intensive smoking cessation clinic follow-up group (intervention group, patients were informed on the importance and methods to quit smoking at the first visit and reminded for that at months interval for 6 months, n = 70) and the conventional treatment group (control group, n = 70). After 6 months, the smoking status, cardiovascular event rates, drug usage, out-patient medical costs and quality of life were compared between the two groups.

[Types and risk factors of arrhythmia on young patients with acute coronary syndrome in Henan province].

Objective: The types and risk factors of arrhythmia were analyzed on acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients under the age of 44 years who were hospitalized in Henan province between September 2009 to June 2012.

Methods: Medical records of eligible patients were obtained from the information system of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University teleconsultation information center. Middle aged and elderly ACS patients who were hospitalized at the same period served as controls.

[Population characteristics and impact on heart rate variability, heart rate and blood pressure of passive smoking].

Objective: To investigate the basic characteristics of passive smoking population, and the impact of passive smoking on heart rate variability, heart rate and blood pressure.

Methods: Eighty-six passive smokers [mean age: (52.4 ± 7.

[Clinical characteristics of 22 cases of fungal infective endocarditis].

Objective: To explore the clinical characteristics, treatment regimens and outcomes of the patients with fungal infective endocarditis.

Methods: An observational study was conducted at our hospital and recruited 22 consecutive patients with a definite diagnosis of fungal infective endocarditis. Their overall characteristics, treatments, complications and outcomes were analyzed.

Comparison of characteristics and short-term outcome from fungal infective endocarditis in prosthetic valve endocarditis versus native valve endocarditis.

Fungal infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare, serious, and potentially lethal disease, yet its clinical characteristics and short-term outcomes remain poorly understood. A detailed comparative analysis of fungal prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) and native valve endocarditis (NVE) has not been performed. This study was designed to explore the general characteristics, treatment patterns, and outcomes of patients with fungal IE in a Chinese hospital and compare these data between PVE and NVE.

Effect of intraoperative amino acid infusion on blood glucose under general anesthesia combined with epidural block.

Aim: To investigate the effect of intraoperative amino acid infusion on blood glucose in patients under general anesthesia combined with epidural block.

Methods: 36 patients were randomly assigned to receive an intraoperative infusion of 18 compound amino acids (group AA) or lactated Ringer solution (group LR) at 2 ml·kg(-1)·h(-1). Nasopharyngeal temperature, and blood glucose, plasma insulin, C-peptide and glucagon concentrations were measured 30 min before induction (T0), 10 min after induction (T1), 30 min and 2 h after skin incision (T2, T3), and 30 min and 2 h postoperatively (T4, T5).

Adipocytokines: a bridge connecting obesity and insulin resistance.

Overweight or obesity has become a critical health problem in the world. The association of obesity with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) has been recognized for decades, and the major basis for this link is the ability of obesity to engender insulin resistance (IR). Adipose tissue is not only an energy depot but also an active endocrine organ.

Decolorization of Acid Orange 7 solution by gas-liquid gliding arc discharge plasma.

The decolorization of 180 microM aqueous solutions of Acid Orange 7 (AO7) by means of a non-thermal plasma technique (i.e., the gas-liquid gliding arc discharge, which is generated between at least two metal electrodes with AC high voltage) was investigated in this paper.