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Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992),
Volume 71, Issue 9, 17 3 2025, Pages e20250355
Comparison of tension-free transvaginal tape and transobturator tape in terms of urinary incontinence and quality of life among Turkish women.
Karkin PÖ, Sezer G, Pişkin N, Yilmaz D
Objective: Urinary incontinence is more common in women than men; additionally, prevalence rises in elderly women. This study was conducted to compare the 10-year results of tension-free transvaginal tape and transobturator tape operations in terms of urinary incontinence and quality of life in women. Methods: Women who underwent transvaginal tape and transobturator tape operations in the urogynecology department at Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital between January a...
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Surgery in practice and science,
Volume 23, 17 3 2025, Pages 100316
Nationwide survey of Indian cardiac surgeons on the management of acute type A aortic dissection.
Idhrees M, Grewal N, Ayyub M, Nilofer J, Velayudhan B
Objective: Acute Type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) is associated with high morbidity and mortality, and management strategies vary widely among surgeons. This study aimes to evaluate practice patterns and decision-making among Indian cardiac surgeons regarding ATAAD, with focus on differences related to surgical experience and institutional case volume. Methods: A 23-item electronic questionnaire covering preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative management of ATAAD was distributed to all me...
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Intensive & critical care nursing,
Volume 92, 15 3 2025, Pages 104253
Important and feasible patient- and family-centered intensive care interventions: A Delphi study with stakeholders.
Tilburgs B, Bakker-Crommentuijn C, de Graaf M, van den Boogaard M
Background: Intensive care unit (ICU) admissions can be stressful for patients and family members. Patients may face discomfort, pain, delirium, immobility, and uncertainty about recovery, while family members often experience emotional strain, uncertainty and fatigue. Patient- and family-centered care (PFCC) is a guideline recommended approach to reduce ICU-burden for both patient and family members. However, which interventions are important and feasible for PFCC in the ICU is unknown. Objecti...
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Frontiers in medicine,
Volume 12, 14 2 2025, Pages 1704188
Editorial: Distributed training and rural health professions education.
Strasser RP, Wright J, Abdalla ME, Van Schaik L, Muller JV
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European journal of preventive cardiology,
14 2 2025, Pages zwaf661
Future myocardial infarction after an acute coronary syndrome and pharmacogenetic response to dalcetrapib.
Tardif JC, Pfeffer MA, Kouz S, Koenig W, Maggioni AP, McMurray JJV, Waters DD, Jukema JW, White HD, Heinonen T, Kallend D, Laghrissi-Thode F, Muroke V, Fortier A, Guertin MC, Dubé MP
Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) survivors have heightened risk for subsequent cardiovascular events. Methods: All baseline characteristics collected in both the Dal-Outcomes and Dal-GenE trials were considered as potential risk markers. A prediction index for subsequent fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) following ACS was developed using Cox proportional hazards modeling on data from Dal-Outcomes placebo patients (n=7086). This prediction index was then applied in all Dal-G...
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European journal of heart failure,
14 2 2025
Multimodality imaging in advanced heart failure. A clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC. Part 1: Multimodality imaging for the evaluation of patients with advanced heart failure.
Aimo A, Tops LF, Adamopoulos S, Bonios M, Çelik A, Chioncel O, Cikes M, Crespo-Leiro MG, Damman K, Di Nora C, Dreyfus J, Gustafsson F, Hashmani S, Masetti M, Mordi I, Nalbantgil S, van Laake LW, von Bardeleben RS, Metra M, Gal TB, Moura B
Heart failure (HF) represents a significant global health burden, with approximately 10% of patients progressing to advanced stages characterized by severe symptoms and recurrent hospitalizations despite conventional treatments such as guideline-directed medical therapy, devices, and surgery. This clinical consensus statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology discusses the applications of imaging modalities in patients with advanced HF. Transthoracic echoca...
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European journal of heart failure,
14 2 2025
Multimodality imaging in advanced heart failure. A clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC. Part 2: Mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation.
Tops LF, Aimo A, Adamopoulos S, Bonios M, Çelik A, Chioncel O, Cikes M, Crespo-Leiro MG, Damman K, Di Nora C, Dreyfus J, Gustafsson F, Hashmani S, Masetti M, Mordi I, Nalbantgil S, van Laake LW, von Bardeleben RS, Metra M, Moura B, Ben Gal T
This clinical consensus statement outlines the vital role of multimodality imaging in managing patients with advanced heart failure (HF), particularly those receiving mechanical circulatory support (MCS) and heart transplantation (HT). For both temporary and durable MCS, multimodality imaging, primarily echocardiography, is crucial for selecting candidates, ensuring proper device placement, and monitoring in the post-implantation period. Preoperatively, it helps to identify HF phenotypes, assess...
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Nature communications,
Volume 16, Issue 1, 14 2 2025, Pages 9122
Analysis of cfDNA fragmentomics metrics and commercial targeted sequencing panels.
Helzer KT, Sharifi MN, Sperger JM, Chrostek MR, Bootsma ML, Reese SR, Taylor A, Kaufmann KR, Krause H, Schehr J, Sethakorn N, Kosoff D, Kyriakopoulos CE, Bassetti M, Blitzer G, Floberg J, Sjöström M, Armstrong AJ, Beltran H, McKay RR, Feng FY, O'Regan R, Wisinski KB, Emamekhoo H, Wyatt AW, Lang JM, Zhao SG
Fragmentomics based analysis of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has recently emerged as a method to infer epigenetic and transcriptional data. Many of these reports analyze whole genome sequencing (WGS) which is not readily available clinically. Targeted exon panels are used for clinical cfDNA variant calling. In this report, we conduct an investigation of multiple published fragmentomics methods for WGS, but on cancer exon panels. We find that strategies utilizing normalized depth metrics, as well as all...
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Irish journal of medical science,
14 2 2025
Enhancing educator preparedness for type 1 diabetes: a theory-based intervention targeting knowledge and Self-efficacy in low-resource schools.
Yılmaz DA, Dege G, Atasoy M
Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an increasing concern among school-aged children, with more than 1.2 million affected globally. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), teachers often act as first responders to diabetes-related emergencies despite limited preparation. Structured education programs informed by behavioral theory may help strengthen both knowledge and applied competence among school staff. Aim: This study examined the short-term effects of a Bandura-based diabete...
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Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987),
13 2 2025, Pages 127266
Assessment of microplastic transport and distribution in the urban environment of Coimbra municipality.
Leitão IA, van Schaik L, Ferreira AJD, Geissen V
Microplastics (MPs) largely originate from terrestrial environments, especially urban areas, where controlling their spread is difficult. This is concerning due to MPs' impacts on ecosystems and human health. To develop mitigation strategies, understanding how MPs move and spread is essential. This study examined MP transport and distribution in Coimbra municipality, Portugal, at a small watershed scale. Samples were collected from dry and wet atmospheric deposition, runoff, and streams, bo...
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Trends in cardiovascular medicine,
13 2 2025, Pages S1050-1738(25)00135-5
Controversies in valvular heart disease: insights from cardiac imaging.
van der Bijl P, Ajmone Marsan N, Bax JJ
Numerous controversies still exist in the diagnosis and management of valvular heart disease, for example, the benefit of treating moderate aortic stenosis (AS) or asymptomatic, severe AS and the appropriate selection criteria for transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair. While numerous imaging parameters have been linked to the risk of sudden cardiac death in mitral valve prolapse, their relative merits are unknown and this is a challenging population to risk-stratify. No large, randomize...
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Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions,
12 2 2025
Modification Procedures for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry.
Kladou E, Strepkos D, Alexandrou M, Mutlu D, Carvalho PEP, Sara JDS, Ser OS, Alaswad K, Basir MB, Khelimskii D, Jaffer FA, Rafeh NA, Chandwaney R, Cevik C, Ahmad Y, Mastrodemos O, Rangan BV, Jalli S, Voudris K, Sandoval Y, Nicholas Burke M, Brilakis ES, PROGRESS‐CTO Investigators
Background: CTO-ARC (Chronic Total Occlusion Academic Research Consortium) defines CTO modification procedures (previously called investment procedures) as intentional balloon dilatation (diameter ≥ 2.0 mm) of the entire CTO, including the proximal and distal caps and the CTO body. Aims: The aim of this study is to compare the outcomes of repeat CTO PCI between patients who underwent lesion modification during the initial failed procedure and those who did not. Methods: We analyzed the associati...
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Journal of cardiovascular development and disease,
Volume 12, Issue 10, 11 2 2025, Pages 403
Trends in Conventional Heart Failure Therapy in a Real-World Multinational ATTR-CA Cohort.
van der Geest EH, Ajmone Marsan N, Laenens D, Debonnaire PJMR, Claeys M, Pinto F, Brito D, Donal E, Droogmans S, Van de Veire N, Bertrand P, Nabeta T, Graziani F, Regeer MV
Background: Conventional HF treatment in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) resulting in restrictive cardiomyopathy is debated due to absent trial evidence in this specific sub-population of heart failure (HF) patients. Current European Society of Cardiology guidelines recommend the use of diuretics and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs). However, beta-blockers (BBs) and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin II receptor blockers (ACEi/ARBs) are often discontinu...
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JMIR medical informatics,
Volume 13, 10 2 2025, Pages e71994
Evaluation of Machine Learning Model Performance in Diabetic Foot Ulcer: Retrospective Cohort Study.
van Velze VY, Burger HL, van der Steenhoven TJ, Al-Ers H, Goncalves LN, Eefting D, de Jong WJ, Smeets HJ, Welleweerd JCS, van der Vorst JR, Uchtmann S, Rissmann R, Hamming JF, Stergioulas L, van der Bogt KE
Background: Machine learning (ML) has shown great potential in recognizing complex disease patterns and supporting clinical decision-making. Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) represent a significant multifactorial medical problem with high incidence and severe outcomes, providing an ideal example for a comprehensive framework that encompasses all essential steps for implementing ML in a clinically relevant fashion. Objective: This paper aims to provide a framework for the proper use of ML algorithms t...
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American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology,
Volume 329, Issue 5, 10 2 2025, Pages H1414-H1421
Bone morphogenetic protein 10: clinical correlates and risk of incident atrial fibrillation.
Suthahar N, Yap SC, de Vries AAF, Damman K, Fabritz L, Bakker SJL, Gansevoort RT, Kirchhof P, Rienstra M, de Boer RA
Bone morphogenetic protein-10 (BMP10), a protein predominantly secreted by atrial cardiomyocytes, has emerged as a promising biomarker in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and as a marker of atrial stress in patients with heart failure. Its clinical correlates in community-dwelling adults and its association with incident AF remain unexplored. BMP10 was measured in 5,883 participants from the Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-stage Disease (PREVEND) community-based cohort (mean age 53.6...
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Journal of clinical microbiology,
Volume 63, Issue 11, 9 2 2025, Pages e0027225
<i>In vitro</i> activity of antibiotic monotherapy and combination therapy with bacteriophages against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> LVAD-driveline infections.
Molendijk MM, Verkaik NJ, de Vogel CP, Lemmens-den Toom N, Knight GM, Caliskan K, Bode LGM, Verbon A, Koopmans MPG, de Graaf M, van Wamel WJB
Left-ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly used as a bridge to heart transplantation and destination therapy. These devices, especially the driveline, are susceptible to difficult-to-treat infections, associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a major causative pathogen of LVAD infections. Antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation can complicate the treatment of these infections. A novel in vitro assay was developed to study the antib...
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Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography,
8 2 2025, Pages S1934-5925(25)00442-3
Incremental value of a CCTA-derived AI-based ischemia algorithm over standard CCTA interpretation of predicting myocardial ischemia in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.
Nabeta T, Bär S, Maaniitty T, Kärpijoki H, Bax JJ, Saraste A, Knuuti J
Background: A novel artificial intelligence-guided quantitative computed tomography ischemia algorithm (AI-QCTischemia) comprises a machine-learned method using atherosclerosis and vascular morphology features from coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) images to predict myocardial ischemia. This study evaluates the diagnostic performance of AI-QCTischemia compared to standard CCTA interpretation in detecting myocardial ischemia. Methods and results: Patients with suspected coronary art...
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Biological research for nursing,
8 2 2025, Pages 10998004251385121
Effect of Infant Massage in Neonates With Hyperbilirubinemia Receiving Phototherapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Erçelik ZE, Yilmaz DA
Most infants are diagnosed with hyperbilirubinemia in the first day of life. Although phototherapy is the most common treatment used in hyperbilirubinemia, different alternative therapies such as massage are also used. This systematic review and meta-analysis was designed to evaluate the effect of massage on serum bilirubin levels, defecation frequency, and length of hospital stay in neonates with hyperbilirubinemia receiving phototherapy. A review of randomized controlled trials published in En...
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Annals of vascular surgery,
Volume 123, 7 1 2025, Pages 94-103
Prediction of Wound Healing Following Amputation Surgery Based on Near-Infrared Fluorescence with Indocyanine Green.
Kruiswijk MW, Peul RC, Tange FP, Koning S, van der Aa LE, Eefting D, van der Bogt KEA, van den Hoven P, van der Vorst JR, Vascular Fluorescence group
Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging with indocyanine on wound healing complications within 6 weeks after lower extremity amputation. Methods: In this dual-center cohort study, patients undergoing minor (below ankle) or major (above ankle) amputations due to peripheral arterial disease (PAD) or diabetes mellitus, with perfusion assessment performed using indocyanine green (ICG) NIR fluorescence imaging, were incl...
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Endocrine connections,
Volume 14, Issue 10, 6 1 2025, Pages e250400
Validation and implementation of the Dutch PHPQoL for primary hyperparathyroidism.
Zhang JLH, Schepers A, Hamming JF, Osman L, Webb SM, Welling L, Winter EM, Snel M, Appelman-Dijkstra NM
Background: Patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) often present with nonspecific neuropsychological symptoms, which remain challenging to quantify. While parathyroidectomy (PTx) recently has been recommended for asymptomatic patients, its benefit remains unclear as existing evidence relies on generic health-related quality of life (HRQoL) tools. In contrast, the disease-specific PHPQoL questionnaire offers more sensitive and clinically relevant symptom assessment. This study aims to t...
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