Objectives : This study sought to report technical details and clinical results of the first series
of endovascular recanalization for cervical internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion. …

Background— Patients with chronic cervical internal carotid artery occlusion (ICAO) and
cerebral ischemia may benefit from revascularization. The feasibility of endovascular …

Background and Purpose— Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion may lead to impairment in
neurocognitive performance in patients with chronic internal carotid artery occlusion, and the …

Objective: Primary aldosteronism is the most frequent cause of secondary hypertension and
is associated with more prominent left ventricular hypertrophy and increased myocardial …

Background Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) has been
proved to effectively rescue patients from refractory cardiogenic shock. The role of the right …

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of surgical weight reduction on cardiac
structure and function and to seek the determinants of these changes. Sixty‐six severely obese …

Apoptosis and fibrosis play a vital role in myocardial infarction (MI) induced tissue injury.
Although microRNAs have been the focus of many studies on cardiac apoptosis and fibrosis in …

Background Myocardial infarction (MI) is a life-threatening disease, often leading to heart
failure. Defining therapeutic targets at an early time point is important to prevent heart failure. …

Objectives The aim of this study was to develop an artificial intelligence tool to assess
echocardiographic image quality objectively. Background Left ventricular global longitudinal strain …

Background: Primary aldosteronism is associated with a higher incidence of left ventricular (LV)
hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction than essential hypertension. However, systolic …