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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,
Volume 122, Issue 45, 3 1 2025, Pages e2506145122
Parental investment and body temperature explain encephalization in vertebrates.
Song Z, Griesser M, van Schaik CP
The systematic variation in relative brain size among vertebrate classes remains poorly understood. Here, based on the expensive brain hypothesis, we propose that two broad constraints explain much of the variation: 1) the ability to produce large offspring, and so provide them with the energy required for constructing larger brains, and 2) the ability to sustain continuously high body temperatures, because cooler and varying brain temperatures reduce brain performance and thus fitness. We there...
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American heart journal,
Volume 292, 3 1 2025, Pages 107295
Evolocumab before percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: Design of the AMUNDSEN trial.
Montalescot G, Bolognese L, Bartus S, Cequier-Fillat A, Thiele H, Mach F, Jukema JW, Ferrari E, Souteyrand G, Bouleti C, Range G, Chioccioli M, Picchi A, Batias-Moreau L, Esposito G, Braik N, Redjimi N, Duband B, Guedeney P, Zeitouni M, Brochard K, Silvain J, Vicaut E, AMUNDSEN investigators of the ACTION Study Group
Rationale: PCSK9 inhibitors are currently recommended as third-line therapy for post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients, added to high-dose statin, ezetimibe, and potentially bempedoic acid when the LDL-C target of
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Cited 23 times since 2025 (353.8 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 46, Issue 44, 1 1 2025, Pages 4635-4736
2025 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease.
Praz F, Borger MA, Lanz J, Marin-Cuartas M, Abreu A, Adamo M, Ajmone Marsan N, Barili F, Bonaros N, Cosyns B, De Paulis R, Gamra H, Jahangiri M, Jeppsson A, Klautz RJM, Mores B, Pérez-David E, Pöss J, Prendergast BD, Rocca B, Rossello X, Suzuki M, Thiele H, Tribouilloy CM, Wojakowski W, ESC/EACTS Scientific Document Group
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Journal of Crohn's & colitis,
Volume 19, Issue 10, 1 1 2025, Pages jjaf176
How long is long enough? Timing of pre-conceptional remission predicts relapse risk during pregnancy in IBD.
Bouwknegt DG, Hoekstra B, Donker HC, van Es B, Groen H, Dijkstra G, van Dop WA, Tauber T, van der Woude CJ, Visschedijk MC, Dutch Initiative on Crohn and Colitis (ICC)
Background and aims: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often coincides with pregnancy, and disease activity during pregnancy increases the risk of adverse outcomes. We aimed to determine how disease course before conception influences relapse risk during pregnancy, adjusting for established risk factors. Methods: In this multicenter, retrospective cohort study, we included adult women with IBD who were pregnant during treatment at one of three university hospitals between 2017 and 2022. Using gen...
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Inflammatory bowel diseases,
Volume 31, Issue 11, 1 1 2025, Pages 3051-3059
Food Compounds Associated With Disease Activity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Meima M, Westerhout J, Meijerink M, Bijlsma S, van Schaik F, Oldenburg B, Houben G
Background: Diet plays a modulatory role in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but specific relevant dietary factors have yet to be identified. To advance our understanding, we performed multivariate analyses of food compound intakes using dietary data from an IBD cohort. Methods: We used dietary and disease status data from IBD patients at the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. Intake levels for 768 compounds from 135 patients were calculated. Using random forest analyses, we ex...
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Annals of vascular surgery,
Volume 123, 1 1 2025, Pages 502-513
Rupture Risk of Large Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Scoping Review.
Paping JHM, Bulder RMA, Lancaster E, Chang RW, Putter H, Hamming JF, Lindeman JH
Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) management is currently dictated by the 55 mm intervention threshold. While it has been suggested that this intervention threshold is too conservative, the rupture risk of AAAs larger than 55 mm is discussed differently. This scoping review aims to critically summarize and review the available evidence with respect to the rupture risk of larger AAA. Methods: A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the available literature on the rupture risk of la...
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Journal of cellular and molecular medicine,
Volume 29, Issue 21, 1 1 2025, Pages e70933
Breaking (Light) Barriers: Photoacoustics in Atherosclerotic Diseases.
van Dijk K, de Vries MR
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is an emerging imaging modality that provides high-resolution, spatiotemporal insights into anatomical structures, functional parameters and molecular characteristics of tissues. By leveraging both endogenous absorbers, such as lipids and collagen, and exogenous contrast agents like nanoparticles and molecular dyes, PAI offers a comprehensive approach to characterising atherosclerosis. This review describes the technical principles underlying various PAI modalities an...
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Journal of cardiac failure,
Volume 31, Issue 11, 1 1 2025, Pages 1661-1671
Diagnosing HFpEF in Patients With Unexplained Dyspnea by Using Invasive Left Ventricular Pressure-Volume Loops.
Gessner R, Hübner AC, Stöbe S, Rudolph UM, Unger L, Schmeisser A, Steendijk P, Uhe T, Stegmann T, Lavall D, Hagendorff A, Laufs U, Wachter R
Background: Diagnosing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) remains challenging. Noninvasive diagnostic algorithms have been proposed but not tested against the gold standard, ie, invasive measurement of left ventricular (LV) pressure-volume loops (PVL). This study's aim was to estimate the prevalence of HFpEF in euvolemic patients with unexplained exertional dyspnea by using LV PVL and to validate noninvasive diagnostic algorithms. Methods and results: We included patient...
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The British journal of surgery,
Volume 112, Issue 11, 1 1 2025, Pages znaf189
Colorectal-vaginal fistula after rectal cancer resection: international comparative cohort study of characteristics and treatment.
van Lieshout ML, Lemmens JMG, Greijdanus NG, Wienholts K, Ubels S, Talboom K, Hannink G, Wolthuis A, de Lacy FB, Lefevre JH, Solomon M, Frasson M, Rotholtz N, Denost Q, Perez RO, Konishi T, Panis Y, Rutegård M, Hompes R, van Workum F, Tanis PJ, de Wilt JHW, TENTACLE–Rectum Collaborative Group
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Cited 1 times since 2025 (15.4 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 46, Issue 43, 1 1 2025, Pages 4462-4568
2025 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease and pregnancy.
De Backer J, Haugaa KH, Hasselberg NE, de Hosson M, Brida M, Castelletti S, Cauldwell M, Cerbai E, Crotti L, de Groot NMS, Estensen ME, Goossens ES, Haring B, Kurpas D, McEniery CM, Peters SAE, Rakisheva A, Sambola A, Schlager O, Schoenhoff FS, Simoncini T, Steinbach F, Sudano I, Swan L, Valente AM, ESC Scientific Document Group
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The British journal of surgery,
Volume 112, Issue 11, 1 1 2025, Pages znaf177
The science and art of decision-making in surgery.
Bisset CN, Baigrie R, Dames N, Corbett S, Hill S, Macdermid E, Sier VQ, van der Vorst JR, Rehman U, Sarwar MS, Brennan PA, Cleland J, Ellis R, Bryan JE, Ketley A, Morgan JL, Gogalniceanu P, Kaafarani HMA, Liang R, Moug SJ
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European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery,
Volume 67, Issue 11, 1 1 2025, Pages ezaf387
Reply to Mukharyamov et al.
Vriesendorp MD, Sabik JF, Klautz RJM
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Cited 9 times since 2025 (138.5 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 46, Issue 42, 1 1 2025, Pages 4359-4378
2025 Focused Update of the 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias.
Mach F, Koskinas KC, Roeters van Lennep JE, Tokgözoğlu L, Badimon L, Baigent C, Benn M, Binder CJ, Catapano AL, De Backer GG, Delgado V, Fabin N, Ference BA, Graham IM, Landmesser U, Laufs U, Mihaylova B, Nordestgaard BG, Richter DJ, Sabatine MS, ESC/EAS Scientific Document Group
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Cited 7 times since 2025 (107.7 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 46, Issue 41, 1 1 2025, Pages 4156-4225
2025 ESC Clinical Consensus Statement on mental health and cardiovascular disease: developed under the auspices of the ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee.
Bueno H, Deaton C, Farrero M, Forsyth F, Braunschweig F, Buccheri S, Dragan S, Gevaert S, Held C, Kurpas D, Ladwig KH, Lionis CD, Maas AHEM, Merșa CO, Mindham R, Pedersen SS, Rojnic Kuzman M, Szmit S, Taylor RS, Uchmanowicz I, Vilchinsky N, ESC Scientific Document Group
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Nursing in critical care,
Volume 30, Issue 6, 1 1 2025, Pages e70191
Intensive Care and Operating Room Nurses' Knowledge Regarding Skin Tears.
Yeşilyurt M, Yılmaz D
Background: Skin tears are a prevalent but often under-recognised type of injury in clinical settings, particularly affecting vulnerable patients in intensive care and surgical environments. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge levels of nurses working in operating rooms and intensive care units regarding skin tears. Study design: This descriptive study was conducted between December 2024 and April 2025 with 81 intensive care and 76 operating room nurses at a training and re...
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Inflammatory bowel diseases,
31 5 2025, Pages izaf240
Implementation of a Capillary Blood Self-Sampling Technique at Home for Monitoring of Patients With IBD.
Schuurman GS, Tiel Groenestege W, Hirdes MMC, Fidder HH, Oldenburg B, de Roock S, van Schaik FDM
Background: Remote healthcare aims to improve the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients by reducing hospital visits. This is the first study to assess capillary blood sampling at home for routine measurement of chemistry parameters and complete blood count parameters at several time points for disease monitoring in IBD patients. Methods: In this prospective, single-center proof-of-concept study, 27 patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis and an indication for f...
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Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology,
Volume 80, 31 5 2025, Pages 107789
Aortic wall lamellar structure in phylogeny and in humans: insights from bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve morphology.
Bacour N, Zafar M, Kargin N, Zinganshin B, Poelmann R, Klautz RJM, Elefteriades J, Grewal N
Objective: Despite a voluminous literature on aortopathy, comparatively little attention has been paid to the lamellar architecture of the aortic wall, including the number and distribution of these layers. This study compares the lamellar organization of the developing aorta in individuals with a bicuspid (BAV) versus tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) and includes a literature review on aortic lamellae in mammals and adult humans. Methods: Non-dilated ascending aortic wall samples (n = 83) were anal...
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American heart journal,
31 5 2025, Pages 107296
Routine versus selective protamine administration to reduce bleeding after TAVI: Rationale and Design of the POPular ACE TAVI trial.
Overduin DC, van Ginkel DJ, Dubois C, Lesizza P, Broeze GM, Montero-Cabezas JM, Rosseel L, van der Kley F, van Nuland PJ, Smits TP, Hemelrijk KI, Aarts HM, Rensing BJWM, Timmers L, Swaans MJ, Sonker U, Veenstra L, van 't Hof AWJ, Peper J, Tijssen JGP, Delewi R, Vriesendorp PA, Ten Berg JM
Background: Unfractionated heparin is routinely used during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) to reduce catheter thrombosis and thromboembolism. Protamine reverses the effect of heparin and may lower bleeding risk, but it can also trigger severe allergic reactions. Robust data on the safety and efficacy of routine protamine administration after TAVI is lacking. Methods: The 'Routine Versus Selective Protamine Administration to Reduce Bleeding Complications After Transcatheter A...
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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography,
31 5 2025, Pages S0894-7317(25)00608-X
Reply to "Optimizing clinical applicability of left atrial strain index in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction".
Chua AP, Marsan NA
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Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology,
30 5 2025, Pages euaf276
The Sidecar 2.0 (S-ICD Registry in European Paediatric and Young Adult Patients with Congenital Heart Defects 2.0): An Analysis of European S-ICD Clinical Practice and its Evolution in Paediatric Patients.
Silvetti MS, Bruyndonckx L, Waldmann V, Gebauer R, Környei L, Ksiazczyk T, Illikova V, Tavacova T, Noguer FR, Kwiatkowska J, Pazzano V, Wilkin M, Paech C, Fésüs G, Egorova AD, Wieniawski P, Gandara NR, Kempa M, Battipaglia I, Klehs S, Chalupka M, Maltret A, Knops RE, Janousek J, Blom NA, Lovecchio M, Valsecchi S, Drago F
Background: Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (S-ICD) are effective in patients who require protection from sudden cardiac death while avoiding the long-term risks associated with transvenous leads. However, data on their real-world performance in paediatric and young patients remain limited. Objective: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of S-ICDs in a large, multicentre cohort of paediatric and young patients across Europe, with a focus on contemporary implantation practices...
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