26 May

Circulation http://ahajournals.org/

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  Immune Regulation of the Liver Through the PCSK9/CD36 Pathway During Heart Transplant Rejection - Xi Zhang Heng Xu Jizhang Yu Jikai Cui Zhang Chen Yuan Li Yuqing Niu Song Wang Shuan Ran Yanqiang Zou Jie Wu Jiahong Xia Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan China. (X.Z., H.X., J.Y., J.C., Z.C., Y.L., Y.N., S.W., S.R., Y.Z., J.W., J.X.) Center for Translational Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan China. (X.Z., J.Y., Z.C., Y.L., Y.N., S.W., S.R., J.W., J.X.) Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education, NHC Key (...) Circulation
  Circulation, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9), which is mainly secreted by the liver, is not only a therapeutic target for hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular disease, but also has been implicated in the immune regulation of infections and tumors. (...) (Circulation)

25 May

Circulation http://ahajournals.org/

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  Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Patients Diagnosed With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy During Childhood: Insights From the SHaRe Registry (Sarcomeric Human Cardiomyopathy) - Sarah Abou Alaiwi Thomas M. Roston Peter Marstrand Brian Lee Claggett Victoria N. Parikh Adam S. Helms Jodie Ingles Rachel Lampert Neal K. Lakdawala Michelle Michels Anjali T. Owens Joseph W. Rossano Sara Saberi Dominic J. Abrams Euan A. Ashley Christopher Semsarian John C. Stendahl James S. Ware Erin Miller Thomas D. Ryan Mark W. Russell Sharlene M. Day Iacopo Olivotto Christoffer R. Vissing Carolyn Y. Ho Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA (S.A.A., T.M.R., B.L.C., N.K.L., C.Y.H.). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (T.M.R.). Department of (...) Circulation
  Circulation, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:The development of left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is rare but serious and associated with poor outcomes in adults. Little is known about the prevalence, predictors, and prognosis of LVSD in patients (...) (Circulation)
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  Association of HIV Infection and Incident Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Among 143 001 Veterans - Alexandra M. Filipkowski Suman Kundu Svetlana K. Eden Charles W. Alcorn Amy C. Justice Kaku A. So-Armah Hilary A. Tindle Quinn S. Wells Joshua A. Beckman Matthew S. Freiberg Aaron W. Aday Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY (A.M.F.). Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. (S.K., Q.S.W., J.A.B., M.S.F., A.W.A.) Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. (S.K.E.) Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt (...) Circulation
  Circulation, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:People with HIV (PWH) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Previous cross-sectional data suggest there is a higher prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in PWH than in those without HIV. Whether PWH have an increased risk of incident (...) (Circulation)

24 May

Circulation http://ahajournals.org/

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  Increasing Equity of Physical Activity Promotion for Optimal Cardiovascular Health in Adults: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association - Gerald J. Jerome William R. Boyer Eduardo E. Bustamante Jacob Kariuki Francisco Lopez-Jimenez Amanda E. Paluch Damon L. Swift Kashica J. Webber-Ritchey Bethany Barone Gibbs Circulation
  Circulation, Ahead of Print. Fewer than 1 in 4 adults achieves the recommended amount of physical activity, with lower activity levels reported among some groups. Addressing low levels of physical activity among underresourced groups provides a modifiable target with the potential to improve (...) (Circulation)