Circulating lncRNA MHRT predicts survival of patients with chronic heart failure.

Background: It has been reported that lncRNA myosin heavy-chain-associated RNA transcripts (MHRT) can inhibit the apoptosis of cardiomyocytes. It is one of the major pathological changes leading to chronic heart failure.

Methods: The expression level of lncRNA MHRT was assessed by qRT-PCR.

Microparticles from Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Impair Vasodilatation by Uncoupling Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase.

Objectives: Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) save countless acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. However, endothelial injury is still an inevitable complication. Circulating microparticles (MPs) play important roles in vascular dysfunction.