Coronary angiography in dextrocardia with situs inversus and acute myocardial infarction: A case report and literature review.

We present the case of a 74-year-old man with dextrocardia and situs inversus who presented with non-ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction. The patient underwent successful coronary angiography without requiring percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting. We discuss the patient's clinical characteristics, electrocardiography findings, diagnosis, and treatment, and review the relevant literature.

Protective effect of scorpion venom oligopeptides in human umbilical vein endothelial cells under benzo(α)pyrene exposure.

Inflammation and oxidative stress play pivotal role in the process of atherosclerosis. Scorpion venom is widely used as anti-cancer agent, however, the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of scorpion venom peptides (SVPs) are rarely explored. In the current study, seven novel SVPs were isolated in a protective activity tracking isolation method in a cell model of benzo(α)pyrene (BaP)-induced human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).

Bradykinin-(1-9) mitigates autophagy through upregulating PI3K/Akt in rats with myocardial infarction.

The cardioprotective mechanisms of bradykinin-(1-9) in myocardial infarction were unclear. We investigated the effect of bradykinin-(1-9) on cardiac function, fibrosis, and autophagy induced by myocardial infarction and identified the mechanisms involved. To investigate the cardioprotective effect of bradykinin-(1-9), various doses of bradykinin-(1-9), its B2 receptor blocker HOE140, or their combination were administered to rats via subcutaneous osmotic minipump implantation before myocardial infarction.

Antioxidant protein peroxiredoxin 6 suppresses the vascular inflammation, oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction in angiotensin II-induced endotheliocyte.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) states are associated with endothelial dysfunction (ED) and increased production of ROS in endothelial cells. The present study aimed to explore the protective effects of antioxidant protein peroxiredoxin 6 (PRDX6) on angiotensin II (AngII)‑induced human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) dysfunction. To investigate cell viability, levels of inflammatory molecules and proteins were assayed using the CCK-8 assay and evaluated by ELISA and Western blot.

Vasospastic myocardial infarction complicated with bilateral femoral arteries vasospasm.

Coronary vasospasm is an infrequent cause of acute coronary syndrome. Additionally, femoral artery spasm is not frequently encountered clinically. Here we present a case of a patient with an acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, secondary to a documented right coronary artery vasospasm, complicated with left coronary artery and femoral artery vasospasm.

Correlation of echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness with severity of coronary artery disease in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

The aim of this study was to test the hypotheses that epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) can be a marker of severe coronary artery disease in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Overall, 373 cases who underwent coronary angiography were classified into 2 groups by SYNTAX score: low-score and high-score group. EAT was measured by transthoracic echocardiography.