Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic, chronic inflammatory disorder involving lymph nodes and lungs characterized by a non-caseating, epithelioid cell granulomatous inflammation of affected organs. Cardiac involvement has been reported in 5-30% depending on the diagnostic criteria.

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Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) of coronary arteries can be found in the context of chronic or acute coronary syndromes; sometimes they are an incidental finding in those apparently healthy individuals undergoing imaging for preoperative risk assessment.

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The treatment of congenital heart disease has been one of the triumphs of modern cardiology and cardiac surgery. Most children born with congenital heart disease now survive to adulthood and this has created a new specialty with many challenges.

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Acute myocardial infarctions are a common cause of heart failure and early death in the elderly. Recent studies challenge the idea that a molecule called growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) superfamily exerts heart-rejuvenating effects, as initially proposed by impactful work.

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This study sought to assess the effect of concomitant SARS-COV-2 infection on clinical outcomes of hospitalized patients.

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Accurate risk assessment is key to advance personalized treatment strategies in the heterogeneous group of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS).

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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in diabetogenesis in experimental models, yet their role in humans is unclear. The paper investigates whether circulating lncRNAs associate with incident type 2 diabetes in older adults.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly important in cardiovascular medicine - but how does AI learn? Thomas F. Lüscher and Florian A. Wenzl provide their perspective in the European Heart Journal. 

The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) risk score, a guideline-recommended risk stratification tool for patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), does not consider the extent of myocardial injury.

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Circulating dipeptidyl peptidase 3 (cDPP3) is a protease involved in the degradation of angiotensin II which disturbs peripheral blood pressure regulation and compromises left ventricular function. A new study by Florian A. Wenzl et al. published in the European Heart Journal identified cDPP3 as a novel marker of cardiogenic shock (CS) and increased mortality in patients with (ACS).