Sex-Specific Association of Cardiovascular Risk Factors with Migraine: The Population-Based Rotterdam Study

Research Report on Gender-Specific Association Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Migraine Academic Background Migraine is a common neurological disorder. Previous studies have shown that migraine, especially migraine with aura, is associated with cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, and cardiovascular m...

Association Between Body Composition Patterns, Cardiovascular Disease, and Risk of Neurodegenerative Disease in the UK Biobank

Study on the Association# Study on the Association Between Body Composition Patterns, Cardiovascular Diseases Between, Body and Neurodegenerative Composition Disease Risks Background Neurodegenerative Patterns diseases, including Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Parkinson’s Disease, (PD), currently affect over Cardiovascular Diseases, and Neuro60degene...

Electroencephalography-Guided Anesthesia and Delirium in Older Adults after Cardiac Surgery

EEG-Guided Anesthesia and Delirium in Elderly Patients After Cardiac Surgery Research Background Delirium is a common postoperative complication in elderly patients, particularly after cardiac surgery. Delirium not only leads to cognitive decline but also increases hospitalization time and medical costs. Current preventive measures are limited in e...

Mortality and Morbidity in Adults with Rheumatic Heart Disease

Mortality and Morbidity in Adults with Rheumatic Heart Disease

Rheumatic Heart Disease Mortality Risk Factors Mortality and Incidence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Adults Research Background Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) causes over 300,000 deaths annually, primarily in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Due to a lack of high-quality epidemiological data, understanding of the incidence and mortality of ...

Effects of Chronic Hypertension on the Energy Metabolism of Cerebral Cortex Mitochondria in Normotensive and Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats During Aging

Effects of Chronic Hypertension on Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism in the Cerebral Cortex of Normal and Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Background Introduction Chronic hypertension has destructive structural and functional consequences for cerebral vessels and brain parenchyma. Hypertension impairs cerebrovascular autoregulation (Ferrari & Villa, 2...

Defining the Variant-Phenotype Correlation in Patients Affected by Noonan Syndrome with the RAF1:c.770C>T p.(Ser257Leu) Variant

Phenotypic Correlation Study of RAF1:c.770C>T p.(Ser257Leu) Variant in Noonan Syndrome Patients Academic Background Noonan syndrome (NS) is one of the most common RASopathies, primarily caused by the upregulation of RAS protein and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways. These disorders are characterized by facial dysmorphism, c...

COQ7 Defect Causes Prenatal Onset of Mitochondrial CoQ10 Deficiency with Cardiomyopathy

Perinatal onset of mitochondrial CoQ10 deficiency due to COQ7 defect with cardiomyopathy and gastrointestinal obstruction Background Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a lipid-soluble molecule with antioxidant properties and a key component in electron transfer during oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria. CoQ10 deficiency is a rare mitochondrial metaboli...

Validity of European-Centric Cardiometabolic Polygenic Scores in Multi-Ancestry Populations

Effectiveness of European-derived Cardiometabolic Polygenic Scores in Multi-ancestral Populations In recent years, Polygenic Scores (PGS) have received widespread attention as a tool for assessing individual genetic risk. However, most existing PGS are based on Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) data from white European populations. This has le...

Clinical Impact of Preemptive Pharmacogenomic Testing on Antiplatelet Therapy in a Real-World Setting

Clinical Impact of Pharmacogenomic Testing on Antiplatelet Therapy Background Pharmacogenomics (PGx) is changing the use of P2Y12 inhibitors (antiplatelet drugs), which are widely used in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), neurovascular problems, and vascular diseases. Among them, clopidogrel is a commonly used P2Y12 inhibitor. This pr...

Utilizing a Yeast Genetic Model to Validate the Pathogenicity of ACTA2 Variants Associated with Aortic Aneurysms

Pathological Study of a New ACTA2 Mutation Causing Aortic Aneurysm: Validation Using a Yeast Model Research Background Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD) is a potentially fatal vascular disease with mechanisms that are still not fully understood. The ACTA2 gene encodes α-smooth muscle actin, a key component of the vascular smooth muscle...