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2. Nano TiC-Graphene-Cu composites fabrication by a modified ball-milling method followed by reactive sintering: Effects of reinforcements content on microstructure, consolidation, and mechanical properties
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Akbarpour, M.R., Sadeghi, N., and Aghajani, H.
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- 2022
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3. Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Properties of AA5083 Aluminum to AISI 1018 Steel Welds by Electro Spark Microwelding
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Rastkerdar, E., primary, Aghajani, H., additional, Adabifiroozjaei, E., additional, and Sorrell, C. C., additional
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- 2022
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4. Optimization of culture condition for Spodoptera frugiperda by design of experiment approach and evaluation of its effect on the expression of hemagglutinin protein of influenza virus.
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Alizadeh F, Aghajani H, Mahboudi F, Talebkhan Y, Arefian E, Samavat S, and Raufi R
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- Animals, Sf9 Cells, Cell Culture Techniques methods, Culture Media, Recombinant Proteins genetics, Recombinant Proteins metabolism, Recombinant Proteins biosynthesis, Baculoviridae genetics, Baculoviridae metabolism, Spodoptera, Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus metabolism, Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus genetics
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The baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS) is a powerful tool in pharmaceutical biotechnology to infect insect cells and produce the recombinant proteins of interest. It has been well documented that optimizing the culture condition and its supplementation through designed experiments is critical for maximum protein production. In this study, besides physicochemical parameters including incubation temperature, cell count of infection, multiplicity of infection, and feeding percentage, potential supplementary factors such as cholesterol, polyamine, galactose, pluronic-F68, glucose, L-glutamine, and ZnSO4 were screened for Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cell culture and expression of hemagglutinin (HA) protein of Influenza virus via Placket-Burman design and then optimized through Box-Behnken approach. The optimized conditions were then applied for scale-up culture and the expressed r-HA protein was characterized. Optimization of selected parameters via the Box-Behnken approach indicated that feed percentage, cell count, and multiplicity of infection are the main parameters affecting r-HA expression level and potency compared to the previously established culture condition. This study demonstrated the effectiveness of designing experiments to select and optimize important parameters that potentially affect Sf9 cell culture, r-HA expression, and its potency in the BEVS system., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright: © 2024 Alizadeh et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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- 2024
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5. Fungal behavior and recent developments in biopulping technology.
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Bari E, Far MG, Daniel G, Bozorgzadeh Y, Ribera J, Aghajani H, and Hosseinpourpia R
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- Biotechnology methods, Lignin metabolism, Fungi metabolism, Wood microbiology, Cellulose metabolism
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Biological pretreatment of wood chips by fungi is a well-known approach prior to mechanical- or chemical pulp production. For this biological approach, a limited number of white-rot fungi with an ability to colonize and selectively degrade lignin are used to pretreat wood chips allowing the remaining cellulose to be processed for further applications. Biopulping is an environmentally friendly technology that can reduce the energy consumption of traditional pulping processes. Fungal pretreatment also reduces the pitch content in the wood chips and improves the pulp quality in terms of brightness, strength, and bleachability. The bleached biopulps are easier to refine compared to pulps produced by conventional methodology. In the last decades, biopulping has been scaled up with pilot trials towards industrial level, with optimization of several intermediate steps and improvement of economic feasibility. Nevertheless, fundamental knowledge on the biochemical mechanisms involved in biopulping is still lacking. Overall, biopulping technology has advanced rapidly during recent decades and pilot mill trials have been implemented. The use of fungi as pretreatment for pulp production is in line with modern circular economy strategies and can be implemented in existing production plants. In this review, we discuss some recent advances in biopulping technology, which can improve mechanical-, chemical-, and organosolv pulping processes along with their mechanisms., (© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.)
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- 2024
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6. Long-Term Effects of Opium Consumption Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A 10-year Follow-Up Study.
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Amoli AI, Oraii A, Aghajani F, Jameie M, Lotfi Z, Jalali A, Shafiee A, Najafi MS, Lotfi-Tokaldany M, Mortazavi SH, Ghavami M, Amat-Santos IJ, Mansouri MH, and Aghajani H
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- Humans, Male, Female, Middle Aged, Iran epidemiology, Follow-Up Studies, Time Factors, Opium Dependence epidemiology, Risk Factors, Coronary Artery Disease epidemiology, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Survival Rate trends, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Opium
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Background: Opium consumption has been an overlooked health issue in the Iranian population, and the prognostic role of opium consumption in patients undergoing coronary revascularization is unknown., Hypothesis: We aimed to assess the association between opium consumption and long-term cardiovascular outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)., Methods: We screened 2203 consecutive patients who underwent elective PCI between April 2009 and April 2010 at Tehran Heart Center. Exclusion criteria were unsuccessful PCI, non-elective PCI, and missing opium use data. Opium consumption was defined as self-reported ever use of any traditional opium substances. Outcomes of interest were all-cause mortality and a composite of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE). The association between opium use and study outcomes was evaluated using the inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) method. Cumulative hazard curves were demonstrated to further assess the association visually. Furthermore, the effect of opium consumption on individual components of MACCE was evaluated in a competing risk setting., Results: A total of 2025 elective PCI patients were included (age: 58.7 ± 10.67, 29.1% women), among whom 297 (14.6%) patients were opium users. After a median follow-up of 10.7 years, opium consumption was associated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality (IPTW-hazard ratio [HR] = 1.705, 95% CI: 1.125-2.585; P = 0.012) and MACCE (IPTW-HR = 1.578, 95% CI: 1.156-2.153; P = 0.004). The assessment of MACCE components suggested a non-significant borderline trend for higher non-fatal myocardial infarction (IPTW-sub-distribution HR [SHR] = 1.731, 95% CI: 0.928-3.231; P = 0.084) and mortality (IPTW-SHR = 1.441, 95% CI: 0.884-2.351; P = 0.143) among opium users., Conclusions: Opium consumption is associated with a more than 50% increase in long-term risk of mortality and MACCE in patients undergoing PCI. These findings accentuate the importance of preventive strategies to quit opium addiction in this population., Competing Interests: The authors have no competing interests to declare., (Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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7. Transitioning solidification mode via electroplated Ni coatings in martensitic stainless steel resistance spot welds: new insights into fabricating tough microstructure.
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Aghajani H, Balajaddeh MB, and Pouranvari M
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The present study addresses the enhancement of fracture toughness of martensitic stainless steel (MSS) spot welds by utilizing through electroplating of Ni on MSS sheets. The equilibrium and non-equilibrium solidification modelling showed that by Ni coating with 50 μm thick on 1.5 mm thick MSSs, the solidification mode changes from δ-ferrite to γ-austenite, leading to a weld nugget (WN) dominated by austenite grains. Moreover, electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) showed that the other phases (martensite, δ-ferrite) appeared in band areas of WN owing to incomplete mixing of MSS and the Ni-coating. The tough microstructure in the Ni-coated MSS spot welds provided superior mechanical properties compared to non-coated welds, both in cross-tension (CT) and tensile-shear (TS) tests. Notably, the TS and CT strengths of the Ni-coated MSS spot welds showed a remarkable increase of 57% and 127%, respectively, in comparison to the conventional bare MSS spot welds. Furthermore, in terms of failure energy, the Ni-coated MSS spot welds demonstrated a substantial enhancement of 296% in TS and 520% in CT, when compared to their non-coated counterparts. This research study showcased the effectiveness of Ni electroplating as an industrial method for improving the spot weldability of MSSs., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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8. The association between metabolic syndrome and major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Hosseini K, Khalaji A, Behnoush AH, Soleimani H, Mehrban S, Amirsardari Z, Najafi K, Fathian Sabet M, Hosseini Mohammadi NS, Shojaei S, Masoudkabir F, Aghajani H, Mehrani M, Razjouyan H, and Hernandez AV
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- Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Aged, Glucose, Acute Coronary Syndrome complications, Acute Coronary Syndrome surgery, Metabolic Syndrome complications, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention adverse effects, Myocardial Infarction etiology, Hypertension
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Metabolic syndrome (MetS) poses an additional risk for the development of coronary artery disease and major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE). In this study, we investigated the association between MetS and its components and MACCE after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The presence of MetS was calculated at baseline using the NCEP-ATP III criteria. The primary outcome was MACCE and its components were secondary outcomes. Unadjusted and adjusted Cox Regression models were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of the association between MetS or its components and MACCE and its components. A total of 13,459 ACS patients who underwent PCI (MetS: 7939 and non-MetS: 5520) with a mean age of 62.7 ± 11.0 years (male: 72.5%) were included and median follow-up time was 378 days. Patients with MetS had significantly higher MACCE risk (adjusted HR [aHR] 1.22, 95% CI 1.08-1.39). The only component of MACCE that exhibited a significantly higher incidence in MetS patients was myocardial infarction (aHR 1.43, 95% CI 1.15-1.76). MetS components that were significantly associated with a higher incidence of MACCE were hypertension and impaired fasting glucose. Having three MetS components did not increase MACCE (aHR 1.12, 95% CI 0.96-1.30) while having four (aHR 1.32, 95% CI 1.13-1.55) or five (aHR 1.42, 95% CI 1.15-1.75) MetS components was associated with a higher incidence of MACCE. MetS was associated with a higher risk of MACCE in ACS patients undergoing PCI. Among MACCE components, myocardial infarction was significantly higher in patients with MetS. Impaired fasting glucose and hypertension were associated with a higher risk of MACCE. Identifying these patterns can guide clinicians in choosing appropriate preventive measures., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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9. Expression assay of the COLQ in a family with congenital myasthenic syndrome and symptomatic carriers.
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Mohammadi MF, Fateh ST, Aghajani H, Bahramy A, Zaheryani SMS, Behroozi J, Kahani SM, Mohammadi P, and Garshasbi M
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Congenital myasthenic syndromes-5 (CMS5) is a rare autosomal recessive heterogeneous disorder, caused by pathogenic variants in the COLQ that lead to skeletal muscle weakness and abnormal fatigability. The onset is usually from birth to childhood. Disease-causing variants in the collagen-like tail subunit are the most explained etiology in synaptic CMS, causing defected acetylcholinesterase. In this study whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed in an affected boy with muscle weakness, ophthalmoplegia, and bilateral ptosis and gene expression assay by qRT-PCR was performed in entire family. A homozygous nonsense variant in the COLQ [NM_005677.4:c.679C>T], (p.Arg227Ter) was identified in the proband. Segregation analysis by Sanger sequencing confirmed the homozygous state in the proband and heterozygous state in his parents and four of the siblings. The mRNA expression level in the proband was 0.02 of a healthy person, and in the carriers were 0.42 of a healthy person. This study presents an Iranian family with two affected children and eight symptomatic carriers with attenuated mRNA expression. This study provides evidence that carriers of the COLQ disease-causing variants could become symptomatic with some yet unknown pathogenesis mechanism and underscore the importance of further investigations to elucidate this mechanism., Competing Interests: There is no conflict of interest., (© 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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- 2023
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10. Comparative outcomes of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy between low and high Wilkins score.
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Alidoosti M, Sattartabar B, Pourhoseini H, Salarifar M, Nematipour E, Hajizeinali A, Aghajani H, Amirzadegan A, and Baharvand F
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- Humans, Mitral Valve diagnostic imaging, Mitral Valve surgery, Retrospective Studies, Treatment Outcome, Catheterization, Mitral Valve Stenosis diagnostic imaging, Mitral Valve Stenosis surgery, Mitral Valve Insufficiency, Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
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Background: Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) is one of the non-surgical methods for patients with significant mitral stenosis. It is less invasive, less complicating with better outcomes compared to surgery. The Wilkins score ≤8 is used to select patients for PTMC, but the results of several studies suggest that PTMC can also be successful in a higher Wilkins score. The aim of this study is to compare the outcomes of PTMC between two groups., Methods: In this retrospective study, patients who underwent PTMC between April 2011 and December 2019 were included. Patients were divided into two groups based on Wilkins score: 196 patients (57.64%) with a Wilkins score ≤8 (group I) and 134 patients (39.4%) with a Wilkins score >8 (group II)., Results: There was no difference in demographic characteristics between two groups except for age ( p = 0.04). Pre and post-interventional echocardiographic and catheterization measurements including left atrial pressure, pulmonary artery pressure, mitral valve area, mitral valve mean, and peak gradient were measured, and there was no difference between the two groups ( p > 0.05). The most common complication was mitral regurgitation (MR). Serious complications such as stroke and arrhythmias were rare in both groups (<1%). There was no difference between MR, ASD (atrial septal defect) and serious complications between the two groups., Conclusion: This study shows that the Wilkins score with a cutoff value of 8 is not suitable for patient selection and novel criteria including both mitral valve features and other variables affecting the PTMC outcomes is needed.
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- 2023
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11. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hospitalization Rates due to Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis.
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Jameie M, Safarian Nematabad M, Mansouri P, Jalali A, Aghajani F, Lotfi-Tokaldany M, and Aghajani H
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Background: Studies have shown a decline in the admission rates of various diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) is a rare condition followed by surgical or transcatheter valvular interventions. Considering the lack of data on hospitalization rates due to PVT during the pandemic, this study evaluated the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on PVT admissions and characteristics in a tertiary referral center., Methods: Data from all the consecutive patients hospitalized due to PVT between February 2020 and February 2021 (the first year of the pandemic) were collected from medical records and compared clinically with the corresponding time before the pandemic (February 2019 through February 2020). Variables of interest included the number of hospitalization, patient and valve characteristics, diagnostic and management strategies, and in-hospital events., Results: Forty patients (32.5% male, age: 54.0 [46.5-62.0 y] comprised the study population. We observed a considerable decline in hospitalization rates during the pandemic, from 31 to 9 patients. Admitted patients were 8 years younger, had a higher proportion of the New York Heart Association functional class III or IV symptoms (44.4% vs 22.6%), were more often treated with fibrinolysis (33.3% vs 22.6%) or surgical approaches (33.3% vs 22.6%), and were discharged 6 days sooner., Conclusion: We described a reduction in PVT hospitalization. Patients presented with a higher proportion of severe dyspnea and had increased treatment with fibrinolysis/surgical approaches. These observations highlight the necessity of the active surveillance of patients with prosthetic valves by caregivers for timely diagnosis and appropriate management during the pandemic., (Copyright © 2023 Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences.)
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12. COVID-19's immuno-pathology and cardiovascular diseases.
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Nasab EM, Aghajani H, Makoei RH, and Athari SS
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- Humans, SARS-CoV-2, Inflammation complications, COVID-19 complications, Cardiovascular Diseases complications, Thromboembolism etiology
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The pandemic of COVID-19 in worldwide causes recent millions of morbidity and mortality in all countries and is the most important challenge in the world in recent years. Coronavirus is a single-stranded RNA virus and infection with COVID-19 leads to acute respiratory distress syndrome, lung inflammation, cytokine storm, and death. The other complications include endothelial dysfunction, activation of coagulation, thromboembolic events, and vascular disease. Cardiovascular complications such as myocardial and stroke ischemia, pulmonary thromboembolism, systemic arterial, and deep vein thrombosis were reported. In this review, we presented immuno-pathological mechanisms and the effects of COVID-19 on the cardiovascular system, heart, vessels, coagulation system, and molecular glance of immuno-inflammation to the COVID-19's pathology on the cardiovascular system.
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- 2023
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13. IL-33/ST2 pathway as upper-hand of inflammation in allergic asthma contributes as predictive biomarker in heart failure.
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Mehrabi Nasab E, Hassanzadeh Makoei R, Aghajani H, and Athari SS
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- Humans, Interleukin-33 metabolism, Interleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 Protein, Biomarkers, Inflammation, Heart Failure diagnosis, Heart Failure etiology, Asthma complications, Asthma diagnosis
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Allergic asthma is an inflammatory disorder of the bronchi, and as a major health problem, more than 350 million people suffer from asthma in the world. Many cardiovascular disorders resulted in the impairment of the heart's power to pump blood that leads to the HF. More than 25 million people worldwide live with HF. Accordingly, identifying the biomarkers to predict the onset of future asthma and HF is necessary. IL-33 is an inflammatory cytokine that has the main role in pathophysiology of asthma and HF. Also, in IL-33 receptor, the ST2 is involved in cardiac fibrosis and remodelling in HF and pathogenesis of allergic asthma. Increased sST2 in allergic asthma helps to control inflammation during asthma, but increased sST2 in HF is a predictable biomarker to present risk factor of HF during the time of the patients., (© 2022 The Authors. ESC Heart Failure published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Society of Cardiology.)
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- 2022
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14. Antioxidant activity and cytotoxicity of exopolysaccharide from mushroom Hericium coralloides in submerged fermentation.
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Tabibzadeh F, Alvandi H, Hatamian-Zarmi A, Kalitukha L, Aghajani H, and Ebrahimi-Hosseinzadeh B
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Mushrooms of the genus Hericium spp. represent a series of delicious edible mushrooms with medicinal value. Here, for the first time, the species native to Iran, the mushroom Hericium coralloides , was collected in Mazandaran province, identified, and registered with the NCBI under accession number MW136052. The production of exopolysaccharides (EPS) in submerged culture was optimized using the response surface method. Among the physicochemical and culture medium conditions tested, rotation speed and concentration of maltose and peptone of soybean significantly affected the production of EPS. The proposed model predicts maximum EPS production (0.13 g/L) at 50 g/L maltose, 3 g/L soy peptone, and 1 g/L yeast extract, pH = 6.5, 200 rpm, inoculum at 5% v/v, and 22 °C. The molecular weight of the EPS chains was 413 and 1578 Da. EPS has antioxidant action (EC50 = 6.59 mg/mL) and cytotoxic activity against cancer cells. The viability of AGS and MKN-45 cancer cell lines declined to 20 and 30% after 48 h of the EPS treatment. H. coralloides EPS could be considered a natural dietary anti-cancer supplement. Further studies are necessary to understand the mechanism of the H. coralloides EPS activity on the cell cycle of cancer cells and to prove its action in vivo., Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13399-022-03386-0., Competing Interests: Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests., (© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022, Springer Nature or its licensor holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.)
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15. Predictors and mortality of patients with delayed pulmonary embolism diagnosis: A cohort study.
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Aghajani H, Hashemi S, Karimi A, Yadangi S, Jalali A, and Jenab Y
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Background: Some earlier studies demonstrated an increased mortality risk attributed to delayed pulmonary embolism (PE) diagnosis. Therefore, we mainly aimed to determine the predictors of diagnostic delays and the effect of delayed diagnosis on mortality., Methods: We prospectively studied 756 consecutive patients admitted with PE between March 2007 and September 2017. The delayed diagnosis was defined as (1) patient presenting > 7 days after onset of symptoms, (2) diagnosis takes > 24 hours upon arriving in the ED, or (3) undergoing coronary angiography before establishing PE diagnosis., Results: A total of 127 (16.7%) patients met the delayed group's criteria. Heart failure (OR= 2.257, 95% CI: 1.130-4.508, P= 0.021), diabetes mellitus (OR= 1.568, 95% CI: 0.996-2.469, P= 0.052), and precordial T wave inversions (OR=2.559, 95% CI: 1.649-3.970, P< 0.001) were linked to higher rates of delayed diagnosis, while hemoptysis (OR=0.254, 95% CI: 0.059-1.087, P= 0.065) and hemodynamic instability (OR= 0.434, 95% CI: 0.168-1.123, P= 0.085) negatively correlated with it. Delayed PE diagnosis did not significantly impact the overall survival during the follow-up. The unadjusted and adjusted mortality hazard ratio for delayed diagnosis were 1.198 (95% CI: 0.758- 1.894, P= 0.439) and 1.215 (95% CI: 0.762- 1.939, P=0.413), respectively. Older age, heart failure, and hemodynamic instability increased the risk of death (p<0.001)., Conclusion: Hemoptysis, hemodynamic instability, diabetes mellitus, heart failure, and T wave inversions in precordial leads were the independent predictors of delayed diagnosis. Delayed PE diagnosis did not increase the patients' mortality rates., Competing Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest regarding the contents published in this article.
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16. Impact of Baseline Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Using CKD-EPI Equation on Long-term Prognosis of STEMI Patients: A Matter of Small Increments!
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Sadre-Bafghi SA, Mohebi M, Hadi F, Parsaiyan H, Memarjafari M, Tayeb R, Ghodsi S, Sheikh-Sharbafan R, Poorhosseini H, Salarifar M, Alidoosti M, Haji-Zeinali AM, Amirzadegan A, Aghajani H, Jenab Y, and Hosseini Z
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- Aged, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Retrospective Studies, Myocardial Infarction complications, Myocardial Infarction diagnosis, Myocardial Infarction epidemiology, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic epidemiology, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction complications, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction diagnosis, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction epidemiology
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Background: Baseline biomarkers including glomerular filtration rate (GFR) guide the management of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). GFR is a tool for prediction of adverse outcomes in these patients., Objectives: We aimed to determine the prognostic utility of estimated GFR using Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration in a cohort of STEMI patients., Methods: A retrospective cohort was designed among 5953 patients with STEMI. Primary endpoint of the study was major adverse cardiovascular events. GFR was classified into 3 categories delineated as C1 (<60 mL/min), C2 (60-90), and C3 (≥ 90)., Results: Mean age of the patients was 60.38 ± 5.54 years and men constituted 78.8% of the study participants. After a median of 22 months, Multivariate Cox-regression demonstrated that hazards of major averse cardiovascular event, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and nonfatal myocardial infarction were significantly lower for subjects in C3 as compared with those in C1. Corresponding hazard ratios (HRs) for mentioned outcomes regarding C3 versus C1 were (95% confidence interval) were (HR = 0.852 [0.656-0.975]; P = 0.035), (HR = 0.425 [0.250-0.725]; P = 0.002), (HR = 0.425 [0.242-0.749]; P = 0.003), and (0.885 [0.742-0.949]; P = 0.003), respectively. Normal GFR was also associated with declined in-hospital mortality with HR of C3 versus C1: 0.299 (0.178-0.504; P < 0.0001)., Conclusions: Baseline GFR via Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration is associated with long-term cardiovascular outcomes following STEMI., (Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)
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17. Outcome of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Old Patients Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome.
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Fallahzadeh A, Sheikhy A, Aein A, Salarifar M, Pourhosseini H, Aghajani H, Alidoosti M, Sadeghian S, and Hosseini K
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Humans, Cohort Studies, Treatment Outcome, Risk Factors, Acute Coronary Syndrome surgery, Myocardial Infarction, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention adverse effects, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction surgery
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Background: Octogenarians (age≥80 years) with coronary artery disease constitute a high-risk group and the elderly undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are at higher risk of adverse outcomes compared to young patients. In this study, we aimed to describe the outcomes of the elderly with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who underwent PCI and also to identify the predictors of short-term major adverse cerebrocardiovascular events (MACCE) in octogenarians., Methods: In this registry-based cohort study, we reviewed the data of patients (aged≥65 years) who underwent PCI. Univariate Cox-regression model was used to assess the univariate effects of covariates on mortality and MACCE and multivariate Cox-regression analysis were used to discover MACCE predictors., Results: We reviewed the data of 3332 patients (2722 elderly [65 to 79 years], and 610 octogenarians [≥80 years]). The cumulative hazard of MACCE was significantly higher in the octogenarian group compared with the younger group ( P <0.001). MACCE in octogenarians presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) was significantly higher than those with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction/Unstable angina (NSTEMI/UA) ( P <0.001); however, the cumulative hazard of mortality was not significantly different between the two groups ( P =0.270). Successful PCI, left main stenosis and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were independent predictors of MACCE in octogenarians with ACS., Conclusion: Octogenarians undergoing PCI had a higher rate of MACCE and mortality compared with a younger population. In octogenarians, MACCE in those with STEMI was significantly higher than those with NSTEMI/UA and the mortality trend was similar; however, the 1-year trend was in favor of the STEMI subgroup., (© 2022 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.)
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18. In-hospital and 1-Year Outcomes of Repeated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for In-stent Restenosis With Acute Coronary Syndrome Presentation.
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Nozari Y, Mojtaba Ghorashi S, Alidoust M, Hamideh Mortazavi S, Jalali A, Omidi N, Fazeli A, Aghajani H, Salarifar M, and Reza Amirzadegan A
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- Aged, Female, Hospitals, Humans, Iran, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Treatment Outcome, Acute Coronary Syndrome diagnosis, Acute Coronary Syndrome epidemiology, Acute Coronary Syndrome surgery, Coronary Restenosis diagnosis, Coronary Restenosis epidemiology, Coronary Restenosis surgery, Diabetes Mellitus, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention adverse effects
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Background: In-stent restenosis (ISR) is the Achilles' heel of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). There have been controversial data about outcomes of repeated PCI (redo-PCI) for ISR. This study aims to determine the predictors of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients underwent redo-PCI for ISR., Methods: In this retrospective study, all patients with acute coronary syndrome who were underwent successful PCI for ISR at Tehran Herat Center (between 2004 and 2019) were eligible for inclusion. Patients with moderate to severe valvular heart disease and/or hematological disorders were excluded. Participants were divided into 2 groups based on the occurrence of the MACE [composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction (MI), coronary artery bypass grafting, target vessel revascularization, and target lesion revascularization]; then, the study variables were compared between the 2 groups. Finally, the predictors of MACE were identified using Cox regression analysis., Results: Of 748 redo-PCI patients (mean age: 65.2 ± 10.1; 71.0% males), 631 patients had met the inclusion criteria. Fifty-four patients (9.8%) developed MACE within a 1-year follow-up period. Multivessel disease, primary PCI, Ad-hoc PCI, history of non-ST-segment elevation MI, and diabetes mellitus were independent predictors for MACE. In a subgroup analysis, 30 patients who experienced third PCI (target lesion revascularization/target vessel revascularization) were followed more as 1-year MACE. Among these patients, 14 MACEs were observed during the last follow-up (till June 2020)., Conclusions: Multivessel disease, primary PCI, and history of non-ST-segment elevation MI were the predictors of higher 1-year MACE, whereas Ad-hoc PCI and diabetes mellitus had a protective effect on MACE., (Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)
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19. Predictors of in-hospital mortality in diabetic patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
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Ghorashi SM, Salarifar M, Poorhosseini H, Sadeghian S, Jalali A, Aghajani H, Haji-Zeinali AM, and Omidi N
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Background: There have been little data about the additive effects of coronary risk factors on mortality in diabetic patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). This study aimed to evaluate the predictors of mortality in diabetic patients presenting with NSTEMI. All patients admitted to Tehran Heart Center (THC) with a confirmed diagnosis of NSTEMI and a history of diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 between September 2003 and April 2017 were included. Clinical characteristics and paraclinical data such as lipid profiles, creatinine, hemoglobin, and hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) were evaluated in these patients to predict in-hospital mortality. The approach for model calibration was a logistic regression with the backward elimination method., Results: Of a total of 9158 patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, 3133 had diabetes mellitus type 2 and met our criteria to enter the final analysis. In the multivariable analysis, age, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and a severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) significantly increased the rate of in-hospital mortality, whereas mildly and moderately reduced left ventricular ejection fraction did not increase the rate of mortality., Conclusions: Age, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and severely reduced LVEF (< 30%) independently increased in-hospital mortality in our diabetic patients with a confirmed diagnosis of NSTEMI. Severely reduced LVEF had the strongest relationship with in-hospital mortality, whereas the mean HbA1C level and the type of DM management exerted no significant effect on in-hospital mortality., (© 2022. The Author(s).)
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20. A retrospective cohort of coronary artery disease development after at least two angiograms in patients with normal coronary angiograms or mild coronary artery disease.
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Aghajani H, Moradi R, Alizadeh S, Salekani B, Garousi B, Rezaei Z, and Soleimani H
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Background: Coronary Artery Disease is one of the leading causes of death in the world. CAD usually progresses slowly during time and patients with normal or near-normal coronary arteries are also at risk of developing CAD. It is now believed that even mild atherosclerosis can increase the rate of CAD., Methods: This is a retrospective, descriptive and analytic study. We selected patients who had undergone at least two diagnostic coronary angiographies at Tehran Heart Center and had normal coronary structure or mild CAD in initial angiography. The data was obtained from the Tehran Heart Center Angiography Databank. Predicting factors in the development of CAD were determined., Results: Data on 556 patients were reviewed. The median interval between the initial and final coronary catheterization was 37.6 months. On the final evaluation, 216 patients (38.8%) found to have developed some degrees of coronary artery disease. Based on the multivariate analysis, age, hematocrit, cigarette smoking, hypertension, and initial presentation with stable and unstable angina were found to be independent predictors of progression to CAD in patients., Conclusion: In the end, 40% of patients who had normal coronary arteries or minimal CAD in the initial angiography report, developed some degrees of CAD and some clinical indices can predict the risk of CAD., (Copyright © 2020, Babol University of Medical Sciences.)
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