In light of the unprecedented public health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is highly
important to acknowledge the psychological impact of this mounting threat on healthcare …

COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global public health emergency resulting in unprecedented
individual and societal fear and anxiety. The stress surrounding this biothreat appears to …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are subcellular messengers in gene regulatory and signal
transduction pathways. In pathological situations, ROS accumulate due to excessive …

Background and aims The multi-ligand receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE)
and its ligands AGEs and S100/calgranulin proteins are important mediators of …

Background and aims Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is an important cause of early
onset coronary artery disease. We assessed the prevalence of clinical heterozygous FH (HeFH…

Conspiracy theories can have particularly harmful effects by negatively shaping health-related
behaviours. A significant number of COVID-19 specific conspiracy theories emerged in …

Stress induced (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy (TC) represents an acute heart failure
syndrome triggered by physical or emotional stressors. COVID‑19 pandemic has caused an …

DJ-1 was originally identified as an oncogene product while mutations of the gene encoding
DJ-1/PARK7 were later associated with a recessive form of Parkinson’s disease. Its …

Objectives To evaluate long‐term survival in high surgical risk patients undergoing percutaneous
mitral valve repair (MVR) using the MitraClip ® system and to identify preprocedural …

Objective To investigate the potential association between sleep insufficiency and dyslipidemia
(DL) in the primary care setting using self-reported questionnaires. Material and Methods …