Age- and sex-related differences in risk factors for perioperative intra-aortic balloon pump application in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.

Background: An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is a mechanical circulatory device frequently used in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). As a treatment for perioperative haemodynamic instability, IABP insertion often implicates an adverse outcome. This study aimed to investigate the age- and sex-related disparity in risk factors for perioperative IABP insertion in CABG patients.

Association between lipoprotein(a) and peripheral arterial disease in coronary artery bypass grafting patients.

Objective: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects a large population and is associated with various adverse clinical outcomes. Lipoprotein(a) has proatherogenic properties and is associated with PAD incidence and severity. The aim of this study is to explore the association between LP(a) and PAD in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients.

Timing, distribution, and microbiology of infectious complications after necrotizing pancreatitis.

Background: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common acute abdominal disease worldwide, and its incidence rate has increased annually. Approximately 20% of AP patients develop into necrotizing pancreatitis (NP), and 40% to 70% of NP patients have infectious complications, which usually indicate a worse prognosis. Infection is an important sign of complications in NP patients.

Are impaired endothelial progenitor cells involved in the processes of late in-stent thrombosis and re-endothelialization of drug-eluting stents?

Drug-eluting stent (DES) now is the default selection for most of the interventional cardiologists. However, its benefits compromised by the stent-related thrombosis events. Given the catastrophic consequences, it is important to investigate possible mechanisms of stent thrombosis.

[Relationship between metabolic syndrome and 10-year risk for incident type 2 diabetes mellitus].

Objective: To analyze the relationship of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components at baseline to the 10-year incidence of diabetes mellitus.

Methods: An investigation on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, including questionnaire survey, physical examination, and laboratory examination, was carried out in the populations of 4154 subjects, aged 35 approximately 64, in 2 communities (Peking University and Capital Iron and Steel Company area) collected by cluster sampling in the year 1992, with a response rate of 82.0%, so as to obtain baseline data.