Sex differences in stroke: challenges and opportunities

CD Bushnell, S Chaturvedi, KR Gage… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Biologic sex influences many variables that are important to brain health in general, and to
stroke or cerebral ischemia in particular, such as general health status, cerebrovascular …

Promoting risk identification and reduction of cardiovascular disease in women through collaboration with obstetricians and gynecologists: a presidential advisory from …

HL Brown, JJ Warner, E Gianos, M Gulati, AJ Hill… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
In 2001, the Institute of Medicine (now known as the National Academy of Sci-ence)
published a seminal monograph, Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health …

Addressing social determinants of health in the care of patients with heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

C White-Williams, LP Rossi, VA Bittner, A Driscoll… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Heart failure is a clinical syndrome that affects> 6.5 million Americans, with an estimated 550
000 new cases diagnosed each year. The complexity of heart failure management is …

Lower extremity peripheral artery disease: diagnosis and treatment

JM Firnhaber, CS Powell - American family physician, 2019 - aafp.org
Lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects 12% to 20% of Americans 60 years
and older. The most significant risk factors for PAD are hyperlipidemia, hypertension …

Peroxidase‐like activity of smart nanomaterials and their advanced application in colorimetric glucose biosensors

X Liu, D Huang, C Lai, L Qin, G Zeng, P Xu, B Li, H Yi… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetes is a dominating health issue with 425 million people suffering from the disease
worldwide and 4 million deaths each year. To avoid further complications, the diabetic …

The role of the epicardium during heart development and repair

P Quijada, MA Trembley, EM Small - Circulation research, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
The heart is lined by a single layer of mesothelial cells called the epicardium that provides
important cellular contributions for embryonic heart formation. The epicardium harbors a …

Biologically inspired scaffolds for heart valve tissue engineering via melt electrowriting

NT Saidy, F Wolf, O Bas, H Keijdener, DW Hutmacher… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Heart valves are characterized to be highly flexible yet tough, and exhibit complex
deformation characteristics such as nonlinearity, anisotropy, and viscoelasticity, which are …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular superoxide dismutase, a molecular transducer of health benefits of exercise

Z Yan, HR Spaulding - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Extracellular superoxide dismutase (EcSOD) is the only extracellular scavenger of
superoxide anion (O 2.-) with unique binding capacity to cell surface and extracellular matrix …

Injection of ROS‐responsive hydrogel loaded with basic fibroblast growth factor into the pericardial cavity for heart repair

Z Li, D Zhu, Q Hui, J Bi, B Yu, Z Huang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Myocardial infarction, among other ischemic heart diseases, is the major cause of mortality
and morbidity for patients who have heart diseases. Timely reperfusion of the ischemic …

Age-associated mitochondrial dysfunction accelerates atherogenesis

DJ Tyrrell, MG Blin, J Song, SC Wood, M Zhang… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Aging is one of the strongest risk factors for atherosclerosis. Yet whether aging
increases the risk of atherosclerosis independently of chronic hyperlipidemia is not known …