Effectiveness and safety of ivabradine in Chinese patients with chronic heart failure: an observational study.

Aims: A therapeutic strategy for chronic heart failure (HF) is to lower resting heart rate (HR). Ivabradine is a well-known HR-lowering agent, but limited prospective data exist regarding its use in Chinese patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of ivabradine in Chinese patients with chronic HF.

The three-dimensionally ordered microporous CaTiO coupling ZnCdS quantum dots for simultaneously enhanced photocatalytic H production and glucose conversion.

Glucose conversion assisted photocatalytic water splitting technology to simultaneously produce H and high value-added chemicals is a promising method for alleviating the energy shortage and environmental crisis. In this work, we constructing type II heterojunction by in-situ coupling ZnCdS quantum dots (ZCS QDs) on three-dimensionally ordered microporous CaTiO (3DOM CTO) for photocatalytic H production and glucose conversion. The DFT calculations demonstrate that substitution of Zn on the Cd site improves the separation and transmission of photogenerated carriers.

Comparison of ambulatory blood pressure and clinic blood pressure in relation to cardiovascular diseases in diabetic patients.

The aim of this study was to evaluate prognostic values of ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) and clinic blood pressure (CBP) in diabetic patients with hypertension. A total of 450 diabetic hypertensive patients without established cardiovascular diseases were enrolled and 416 patients who had finished 12months' follow-up were included in final analysis. Baseline data were collected and Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to evaluate prognostic value of ABP and CBP.

Increased Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 activity portends an increased risk of resistant hypertension.

Background: To investigate the relationship between plasma lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) activity and incidence of resistant hypertension (RH).

Methods: This was a cross-sectional research. In essential, it was an observational design and collecting data on a population at a single point in time to evaluate the associations of studied variables.

[Peripheral blood apelin level in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and its prognostic value].

Objective: To investigate peripheral blood apelin levels in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and their correlation with the one-year outcome of the patients.

Methods: A total of 153 consecutive patients, including 93 with acute STEMI undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), 30 with acute STEMI and 30 with stable angina all undergoing elective PCI, and 10 healthy control subjects were examined for peripheral blood apelin levels and clinical parameters. The composite endpoints (CEPs) were determined at the one year follow-up.