Monitoring the skin structure during edema with spatially resolved diffuse reflectance spectroscopy.

Significance: Edema occurs in the course of various skin diseases. It manifests itself in changes in water concentrations in skin layers: dermis and hypodermis and their thicknesses. In medicine and cosmetology, objective tools are required to assess the skin's physiological parameters.

Early antithrombotic post-discharge therapy using prophylactic DOAC or dipyridamole improves long-term survival and cardiovascular outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 survivors.

Introduction: Cardiovascular events are common in COVID-19. While the use of anticoagulation during hospitalization has been established in current guidelines, recommendations regarding antithrombotic therapy in the post-discharge period are conflicting.

Methods: To investigate this issue, we conducted a retrospective follow-up (393 ± 87 days) of 1,746 consecutive patients, hospitalized with and surviving COVID-19 pneumonia at a single tertiary medical center between April and December 2020.

Association between anxiety and mortality in patients with congestive heart failure after implantation of cardiac electronic devices.

Objective: Several studies suggest that psychological factors including anxiety are associated with negative outcomes and in particular higher mortality rates among heart failure (HF) patients. However, the impact of anxiety on mortality in patients with implanted cardiac devices has not been fully appreciated. The aim of this study was to assess the association between state (SA) and trait (TA) anxiety and all-cause mortality in patients with HF after cardiac electronic devices implantation.

Prospective evaluation of lipid management following acute coronary syndrome in non-Western countries.

Background: Half the global burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is concentrated in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

Hypothesis: Suboptimal control of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) may play a large role in the burden of CVD in APAC and non-Western countries.

Methods: The Acute Coronary Syndrome Management (ACOSYM) registry is a multinational, multicenter, prospective observational registry designed to evaluate LDL-C control in patients within 6 months after hospitalization following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event across nine countries.

Pericapillary Edema Assessment by Means of the Nailfold Capillaroscopy and Laser Scanning Microscopy.

Edema, i.e., fluid accumulation in the interstitial space, accompanies numerous pathological states of the human organism, including heart failure (HF), inflammatory response, and lymphedema.

In vivo optical imaging of the viable epidermis around the nailfold capillaries for the assessment of heart failure severity in humans.

Heart failure (HF) is among the socially significant diseases, involving over 2% of the adult population in the developed countries. Diagnostics of the HF severity remains complicated due to the absence of specific symptoms and objective criteria. Here, we present an indicator of the HF severity based on the imaging of tissue parameters around the nailfold capillaries.

Contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes during coronary angiography: risk-factors and prognostic value.

Aims: To determine risk factors, prognostic, value prevention of development of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Materials And Methods: We have retrospectively analyzed the incidence of CIN developed after PCI in 151 patients T2DM and 50 patients without diabetes. All patients were subjected to thorough clinical examination (including serum creatinine level before and 48 hours after intervention).

Therapeutic value of muscular counterpulsation after coronary bypass grafting operation.

Objective: Coronary artery bypass grafting continues to be the operation of choice in patients with severe multiple coronary artery disease. However, there are several unresolved issues such as treatment of postoperative heart failure following bypass surgery. There is worldwide interest in evaluating new treatment methods for this condition.