Vol 5, No 15 (August 06, 2017): Annals of Translational Medicine (Focus on “Myokines, Exercise and Cardiovascular Disease”)

Preface on Myokines, Exercise and Cardiovascular Disease1

Role of myokines in cardiovascular diseases and pre-analytical variables affecting their measurements
Fabian Sanchis-Gomar
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Review Article on Myokines, Exercise and Cardiovascular Disease1

Measuring myokines with cardiovascular functions: pre-analytical variables affecting the analytical output
Giovanni Lombardi, Veronica Sansoni, Giuseppe Banfi
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New insights about the putative role of myokines in the context of cardiac rehabilitation and secondary cardiovascular prevention
Domenico Di Raimondo, Giuseppe Miceli, Gaia Musiari, Antonino Tuttolomondo, Antonio Pinto
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Original Article

Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary cavity after liver transplantation
Yongxiang Xia, Haoming Zhou, Feipeng Zhu, Wei Zhang, Chen Wu, Ling Lu
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Preoperative surgical rehearsal using cadaveric fresh tissue surgical simulation increases resident operative confidence
Erin L. Weber, Hyuma A. Leland, Beina Azadgoli, Michael Minneti, Joseph N. Carey
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Scientist impact factor (SIF): a new metric for improving scientists’ evaluation?
Giuseppe Lippi, Camilla Mattiuzzi
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Obesity is associated with poorer range of motion and Tegner scores following hamstring autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in Asians
Hamid Rahmatullah Bin Abd Razak, Hwei-Chi Chong, Hwee-Chye Andrew Tan
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Review Article

Ablation of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation
Behram P. Mody, Anoshia Raza, Jason Jacobson, Sei Iwai, Daniel Frenkel, Rhadames Rojas, Wilbert S. Aronow
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A critical reappraisal of the treatment modalities of normal appearing thoracic aorta mural thrombi
Georgios Karaolanis, Demetrios Moris, Chris Bakoyiannis, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Viktoria-Varvara Palla, Eleftherios Spartalis, Dimitrios Schizas, Sotirios Georgopoulos
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Anti-cardiac troponin antibodies in clinical human disease: a systematic review
Eduardo M. Vilela, Rita Bettencourt-Silva, J. Torres da Costa, Ana Raquel Barbosa, Marisa P. Silva, Madalena Teixeira, João Primo, Vasco Gama Ribeiro, José Pedro L. Nunes
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Case Report

Pulmonary tuberculous and tuberculous pericardial tamponade post lung transplant
George Makdisi, Robert Hooker, Christiano Caldeira
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Is idiopathic granulomatous mastitis a surgical disease? The jury is still out
Demetrios Moris, Christos Damaskos, Spyridon Davakis, Michail Vailas, Nikolaos Garmpis, Eleftherios Spartalis, Michael Kontos, Konstantinos Kontzoglou
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Editorial

Hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy
Wilbert S. Aronow
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Searching for the perfect lymphadenectomy
Federico Venuta, Daniele Diso, Erino A. Rendina, Marco Anile
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Positron emission tomography imaging in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
Norbert Galldiks, Carina Stegmayr, Antje Willuweit, Karl-Josef Langen
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Classification criteria in Sjögren’s syndrome
Chiara Baldini, Francesco Ferro, Stefano Bombardieri
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Lessons from the arterial revascularization trial
Hugh S. Paterson, Paul G. Bannon
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A sweet decision: treatment of stable coronary artery disease in patients with diabetes mellitus
Christoph Sinning, Dirk Westermann
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Letter to the Editor

Refugee crisis in Greece: The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens paves the way to meet the challenge
Demetrios Moris, Evika Karamagioli, Ioannis Karavokyros, Anastasios Angelou, Emmanouil Pikoulis
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Refugee crisis in Greece: the forthcoming higher education challenge
Demetrios Moris, Evika Karamagioli, Michael Kontos, Antonios Athanasiou, Emmanouil Pikoulis
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Disclosure:

1. The series “Myokines, Exercise and Cardiovascular Disease” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding. Fabian Sanchis-Gomar served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.