Dynamic risk stratification using serial measurements of plasma concentrations of natriuretic peptides in patients with heart failure

Zhang, J.; Pellicori, P.; Pan, D.; Dierckx, R.; Clark, A. L.; Cleland, J.G.F.

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.06.070

Dynamic change in insulin resistance induced by free fatty acids is unchanged though insulin sensitivity improves following endurance exercise in PCOS (2018)
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Aye, M. M., Butler, A. E., Kilpatrick, E. S., Kirk, R., Vince, R., Rigby, A. S., …Atkin, S. L. (2018). Dynamic change in insulin resistance induced by free fatty acids is unchanged though insulin sensitivity improves following endurance exercise in PCOS. Frontiers in endocrinology, 9(OCT), Article 592. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2018.00592

Background: Insulin resistance (IR) is the hallmark of PCOS and it is known that exercise may decrease it. What is unknown is whether exercise may mechanistically alter the underlying IR, attenuating the dynamic lipid induced IR in insulin resistant... Read More about Dynamic change in insulin resistance induced by free fatty acids is unchanged though insulin sensitivity improves following endurance exercise in PCOS.

Perspectives of patients, family caregivers and health professionals on the use of outcome measures in palliative care and lessons for implementation: a multi-method qualitative study (2018)
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Pinto, C., Bristowe, K., Witt, J., Davies, J. M., de Wolf-Linder, S., Dawkins, M., …Murtagh, F. E. (2018). Perspectives of patients, family caregivers and health professionals on the use of outcome measures in palliative care and lessons for implementation: a multi-method qualitative study. Annals of palliative medicine, 7(s3), S137-S150. https://doi.org/10.21037/apm.2018.09.02

Background: Routine use of outcome measures in palliative care is recommended to demonstrate and improve quality of care. The use of outcome measures is relatively recent in UK specialist palliative care services and understanding their use in practi... Read More about Perspectives of patients, family caregivers and health professionals on the use of outcome measures in palliative care and lessons for implementation: a multi-method qualitative study.

Warm water immersion in patients with chronic heart failure: a pilot study: Shah immerse: HF (2018)
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Shah, P., Pellicori, P., Kallvikbacka-Bennett, A., Zhang, J., Pan, D., & Clark, A. L. (2019). Warm water immersion in patients with chronic heart failure: a pilot study: Shah immerse: HF. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 108(5), 468–476. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-018-1376-2

Background Patients with chronic conditions, such as heart failure, swim regularly and most rehabilitation exercises are conducted in warm hydrotherapy pools. However, little is known about the acute effects of warm water immersion (WWI) on cardiac... Read More about Warm water immersion in patients with chronic heart failure: a pilot study: Shah immerse: HF.

Textural analysis demonstrates heterogeneous [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in radiologically normal lung in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (2018)
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Aliyu, S. A., Avery, G., Cawthorne, C., Archibald, S. J., Kadir, T., Willaime, J. M., …Crooks, M. G. (2018). Textural analysis demonstrates heterogeneous [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in radiologically normal lung in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. European respiratory journal, 52(5), 1801138. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01138-2018

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has revealed increased [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]-FDG) uptake in areas of the lungs that appear normal on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT). We hypothesi... Read More about Textural analysis demonstrates heterogeneous [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in radiologically normal lung in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Interactions between bitter taste, diet and dysbiosis: Consequences for appetite and obesity (2018)
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Turner, A., Veysey, M., Keely, S., Scarlett, C., Lucock, M., & Beckett, E. (2018). Interactions between bitter taste, diet and dysbiosis: Consequences for appetite and obesity. Nutrients, 10(10), Article 1336. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10101336

The type 2 family of taste receptors (T2Rs) detect and respond to bitter tastants. These receptors are expressed throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, with location dependant roles. In the oral cavity, T2Rs are involved in the conscious percept... Read More about Interactions between bitter taste, diet and dysbiosis: Consequences for appetite and obesity.

The effect of phytoestrogen on thyroid in subclinical hypothyroidism: Randomized, double blind, crossover study (2018)
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Sathyapalan, T., Dawson, A. J., Rigby, A. S., Thatcher, N. J., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2018). The effect of phytoestrogen on thyroid in subclinical hypothyroidism: Randomized, double blind, crossover study. Frontiers in endocrinology, 9(SEP), Article 531. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2018.00531

Objective: Soy phytoestrogens are suggested to impair thyroid function but the effects of pharmacological doses of soy phytoestrogens are unknown; therefore, this study was performed to determine the effect of high dose soy phytoestrogens (66 mg) on... Read More about The effect of phytoestrogen on thyroid in subclinical hypothyroidism: Randomized, double blind, crossover study.

Effect of vitamin D supplementation on free and total vitamin D: A comparison of Asians and Caucasians (2018)
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Gopal-Kothandapani, J. S., Evans, L. F., Walsh, J. S., Gossiel, F., Rigby, A. S., Eastell, R., & Bishop, N. J. (2019). Effect of vitamin D supplementation on free and total vitamin D: A comparison of Asians and Caucasians. Clinical Endocrinology, 90(1), 222-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/cen.13825

Objectives It is well established that UK Asians typically have lower vitamin D levels than Caucasians. It is also known that vitamin D binding protein (DBP) is lower in some races than Caucasians. To investigate how ethnicity, skin colour and geneti... Read More about Effect of vitamin D supplementation on free and total vitamin D: A comparison of Asians and Caucasians.

Vitamin D and folate: A reciprocal environmental association based on seasonality and genetic disposition (2018)
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Lucock, M., Thota, R., Garg, M., Martin, C., Jones, P., Furst, J., …Beckett, E. (2018). Vitamin D and folate: A reciprocal environmental association based on seasonality and genetic disposition. American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 30(5), Article e23166. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23166

Objectives: The purpose of this study was (1) to elucidate any reciprocal seasonal relationship that might exist between red cell folate (RCF) and serum vitamin D3 Levels; (2) to explore whether folate-related gene variants that influence/alter DNA-t... Read More about Vitamin D and folate: A reciprocal environmental association based on seasonality and genetic disposition.

Glucose metabolism and metabolic flexibility in blood platelets (2018)
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Aibibula, M., Naseem, K. M., & Sturmey, R. (2018). Glucose metabolism and metabolic flexibility in blood platelets. Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 16(11), 2300-2314. https://doi.org/10.1111/jth.14274

The metabolic integration processes required for platelet activation are unclear. The metabolic plasticity of human platelets were investigated. Activated platelets exhibit a glycolytic phenotype while preserving mitochondrial function. Platelets can... Read More about Glucose metabolism and metabolic flexibility in blood platelets.

Caffeine and Placebo Improved Maximal Exercise Performance Despite Unchanged Motor Cortex Activation and Greater Prefrontal Cortex Deoxygenation (2018)
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Pires, F. O., dos Anjos, C. A. S., Covolan, R. J. M., Fontes, E. B., Noakes, T. D., St Clair Gibson, A., …Ugrinowitsch, C. (in press). Caffeine and Placebo Improved Maximal Exercise Performance Despite Unchanged Motor Cortex Activation and Greater Prefrontal Cortex Deoxygenation. Frontiers in Physiology, 9, Article 01144. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01144

Caffeine (CAF) is an ergogenic aid used to improve exercise performance. Independent studies have suggested that caffeine may have the ability to increase corticospinal excitability, thereby decreasing the motor cortex activation required to generate... Read More about Caffeine and Placebo Improved Maximal Exercise Performance Despite Unchanged Motor Cortex Activation and Greater Prefrontal Cortex Deoxygenation.

“…It might not have occurred to my husband that this woman, his wife who is taking care of him has some emotional needs as well…”: the unheard voices of partners of Black African and Black Caribbean men with prostate cancer (2018)
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Bamidele, O., Lagan, B. M., McGarvey, H., Wittmann, D., & McCaughan, E. (2019). “…It might not have occurred to my husband that this woman, his wife who is taking care of him has some emotional needs as well…”: the unheard voices of partners of Black African and Black Caribbean men with prostate cancer. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 27(3), 1089-1097. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-018-4398-4

© 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Purpose: Evidence suggests that partners of men with prostate cancer (CaP) experience greater psychosocial distress compared with men themselves. However, the experiences of partners of h... Read More about “…It might not have occurred to my husband that this woman, his wife who is taking care of him has some emotional needs as well…”: the unheard voices of partners of Black African and Black Caribbean men with prostate cancer.

Psychometric Properties of the Needs Assessment Tool—Progressive Disease Cancer in U.K. Primary Care (2018)
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Allgar, V. L., Chen, H., Richfield, E., Currow, D., Macleod, U., & Johnson, M. J. (2018). Psychometric Properties of the Needs Assessment Tool—Progressive Disease Cancer in U.K. Primary Care. Journal of pain and symptom management, 56(4), 602-612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.07.002

Background. The assessment of patients' needs for care is a critical step in achieving patient-centered cancer care. Tools can be used to assess needs and inform care planning. The Needs Assessment Tool:Progressive DiseaseeCancer (NAT:PD-C) is an Aus... Read More about Psychometric Properties of the Needs Assessment Tool—Progressive Disease Cancer in U.K. Primary Care.

Mortality after admission for heart failure in the UK compared with Japan (2018)
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Nagai, T., Sundaram, V., Rothnie, K., Quint, J. K., Shoaib, A., Shiraishi, Y., …Cleland, J. G. (2018). Mortality after admission for heart failure in the UK compared with Japan. Open heart, 5(2), e000811. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2018-000811

Objective Mortality amongst patients hospitalised for heart failure (HHF) in Western and Asian countries may differ, but this has not been investigated using individual patient-level data (IPLD). We sought to remedy this through rigorous statistical... Read More about Mortality after admission for heart failure in the UK compared with Japan.

Perfluorinated alkyl acids in the serum and follicular fluid of UK women with and without polycystic ovarian syndrome undergoing fertility treatment and associations with hormonal and metabolic parameters (2018)
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Heffernan, A., Cunningham, T., Drage, D., Aylward, L., Thompson, K., Vijayasarathy, S., …Sathyapalan, T. (2018). Perfluorinated alkyl acids in the serum and follicular fluid of UK women with and without polycystic ovarian syndrome undergoing fertility treatment and associations with hormonal and metabolic parameters. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 221(7), 1068-1075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2018.07.009

© 2018 Women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) undergoing treatment for infertility could be a sensitive subpopulation for endocrine effects of exposure to perfluorinated alkyl acids (PFAAs), persistent organic pollutants with potential endocri... Read More about Perfluorinated alkyl acids in the serum and follicular fluid of UK women with and without polycystic ovarian syndrome undergoing fertility treatment and associations with hormonal and metabolic parameters.

The membrane-associated fraction of cyclase associate protein 1 translocates to the cytosol upon platelet stimulation (2018)
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Joshi, P., Riley, D. R., Khalil, J. S., Xiong, H., Ji, W., & Rivero, F. (2018). The membrane-associated fraction of cyclase associate protein 1 translocates to the cytosol upon platelet stimulation. Scientific reports, 8(1), Article 10804. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29151-w

Platelets undergo profound shape changes upon adhesion to damaged blood vessel walls that are mediated by reorganisation of the actin cytoskeleton in response to receptor-mediated signalling cascades. The highly conserved 56 kDa multidomain cyclase a... Read More about The membrane-associated fraction of cyclase associate protein 1 translocates to the cytosol upon platelet stimulation.

The membrane-associated fraction of cyclase associated protein 1 translocates to the cytosol upon platelet stimulation (2018)
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Joshi, P., Riley, D. R., Khalil, J. S., Xiong, H., Ji, W., & Rivero, F. (2018). The membrane-associated fraction of cyclase associated protein 1 translocates to the cytosol upon platelet stimulation. Scientific reports, 8, Article 10804. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29151-w

Platelets undergo profound shape changes upon adhesion to damaged blood vessel walls that are mediated by reorganisation of the actin cytoskeleton in response to receptor-mediated signalling cascades. The highly conserved 56 kDa multidomain cyclase a... Read More about The membrane-associated fraction of cyclase associated protein 1 translocates to the cytosol upon platelet stimulation.

A novel silver bioactive glass elicits antimicrobial efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in an ex vivo skin wound biofilm model (2018)
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Wilkinson, H. N., Iveson, S., Catherall, P., & Hardman, M. J. (2018). A novel silver bioactive glass elicits antimicrobial efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in an ex vivo skin wound biofilm model. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9(JUL), Article 1450. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01450

Biofilm infection is now understood to be a potent contributor to the recalcitrant nature of chronic wounds. Bacterial biofilms evade the host immune response and show increased resistance to antibiotics. Along with improvements in antibiotic steward... Read More about A novel silver bioactive glass elicits antimicrobial efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in an ex vivo skin wound biofilm model.

Emergency admissions and subsequent inpatient care through an emergency oncology service at a tertiary cancer centre: service users’ experiences and views (2018)
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Chen, H., Johnson, M., Boland, E., Seymour, J., & Macleod, U. (2019). Emergency admissions and subsequent inpatient care through an emergency oncology service at a tertiary cancer centre: service users’ experiences and views. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 27(2), 451–460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-018-4328-5

Purpose Avoiding unnecessary emergency admissions and managing those that are admitted more effectively is a major concern for both patients and health services. To generate evidence useful for improving services for direct patient benefit, this stu... Read More about Emergency admissions and subsequent inpatient care through an emergency oncology service at a tertiary cancer centre: service users’ experiences and views.

Low serum chloride in patients with chronic heart failure: clinical associations and prognostic significance (2018)
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Cuthbert, J. J., Pellicori, P., Rigby, A., Pan, D., Kazmi, S., Shah, P., & Clark, A. L. (2018). Low serum chloride in patients with chronic heart failure: clinical associations and prognostic significance. European journal of heart failure, 20(10), 1426-1435. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1247

© 2018 The Authors. European Journal of Heart Failure © 2018 European Society of Cardiology Background: Low serum chloride is common in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and is associated with worse outcomes. We investigated the clinical and... Read More about Low serum chloride in patients with chronic heart failure: clinical associations and prognostic significance.

Dynamic risk stratification using serial measurements of plasma concentrations of natriuretic peptides in patients with heart failure (2018)
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Zhang, J., Pellicori, P., Pan, D., Dierckx, R., Clark, A. L., & Cleland, J. (2018). Dynamic risk stratification using serial measurements of plasma concentrations of natriuretic peptides in patients with heart failure. International journal of cardiology, 269, 196-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.06.070

Background Prognostic models for patients with chronic heart failure are generally based on a single assessment but treatment is often given with the intention of changing risk; re- evaluation of risk is an important aspect of care. The prognostic va... Read More about Dynamic risk stratification using serial measurements of plasma concentrations of natriuretic peptides in patients with heart failure.

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