Publications by authors named "Alexander Cardeiro"

Controversy exists as to whether anxiety and depression increase deep vein thrombosis (DVT) risk, and the mechanisms mediating potential links remain unknown. We aimed to evaluate the association between anxiety and depression and DVT risk and determine whether upregulated stress-related neural activity (SNA), which promotes chronic inflammation, contributes to this link. Our retrospective study included adults (Nā€‰=ā€‰118ā€‰871) enrolled in Mass General Brigham Biobank.

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Background: Chronic stress associates with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) via increased stress-related neural network activity (SNA). Light/moderate alcohol consumption (AC) has been linked to lower MACE risk, but the mechanisms are unclear.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the association between AC and MACE is mediated by decreased SNA.

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Background: Air pollution and noise exposures individually associate with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) via a mechanism involving arterial inflammation (ArtI); however, their combined impact on ArtI and MACE remains unknown. We tested whether dual (vs. one or neither) exposure associates with greater ArtI and MACE risk and whether MACE risk is mediated via ArtI.

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