BACKGROUND Results from randomized controlled trials (RCT) concerning cardiac and renal effect of remote ischemic preconditioning(RIPC) in patients with stable coronary artery disease(CAD) are inconsistent. The aim of this study was to explore whether RIPC reduce cardiac and renal events after elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS AND RESULTS RCTs with data on cardiac or ...

Background: This study evaluated the nutritional status, prooxidant-antioxidant balance (PAB) and the effect of hospitalization on these factors in patients with myocardial infarction (MI).Methods: Totally 57 patients diagnosed with MI were recruited (mean age of 58.44±12.80). Nutritional status was assessed using the Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002) questionnaire in patients admitted to t...

The full automorphism group of $U_6(2)$ is a group of the form $U_6(2){:}S_3$. The group $U_6(2){:}S_3$ has a maximal subgroup $2^9{:}(L_3(4){:}S_3)$ of order 61931520. In the present paper, we determine the Fischer-Clifford matrices (which are not known yet) and hence compute the character table of the split extension $2^9{:}(L_3(4){:}S_3)$.

BACKGROUND Depression is a risk factor for adverse outcomes following myocardial infarction (MI). However, the importance of various other psychological factors is less well established. PURPOSE The purpose is (a) explore the degree to which self-reported psychological symptoms in post-MI patients represent one or more underlying dimensions and (b) examine whether psychological symptom profil...

BACKGROUND Small clinical studies of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) therapy for cardiac repair after acute myocardial infarction (MI) have yielded divergent results. The effect of G-CSF therapy on left ventricular (LV) function and structure in these patients remains unclear. METHODS We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Science Citation Index, CINAHL, and the Cochrane CENTRAL database ...

The tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) G-308A polymorphism has been suggested to be a susceptibility factor for myocardial infarction (MI). However, differing results from various studies have led to controversial conclusions. Hence, we performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the association between TNF-α G-308A polymorphism and MI. Reported studies published before March 30, 2015 were included ...

BACKGROUND Factor XIII plays an important role in the stabilization of the linkage between fibrins and in the pathophysiology of coronary artery disease (CAD). The association between factor XIII Val34Leu polymorphism and CAD risk remains controversial. METHODS We conducted a meta-analysis of 36 studies involving 26,940 cases and 34,694 controls. Subgroup analyses were performed with division...

Although many epidemiologic studies have investigated the FXIII-A Val34Leu polymorphism and their associations with myocardial infarction (MI), definite conclusions can't be drawn. To clarify the effects of FXIII-A Val34Leu polymorphism on the risk of MI, a meta-analysis was performed. Related studies were identified from PubMed, Springer Link, Ovid, Chinese Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platf...

Several studies addressed the association between Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) rs5498 polymorphism and Myocardial Infarction (MI) risk. However, they addressed conflicting findings. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore whether ICAM-1 gene rs5498 polymorphism plays an important role in modifying the risk of MI. A meta-analysis was conducted on the association between ICA...