The nervous system plays an important role in cancer initiation and progression.
Accumulated evidences clearly show that the sympathetic nervous system exerts stimulatory …

Sepsis has emerged as a global health burden associated with multiple organ dysfunction
and 20% mortality rate in patients. Numerous clinical studies over the past two decades …

Several cardiovascular diseases and arrhythmic disorders have been described in COVID‐
19 era as likely related to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. The prognostic relevance of …

Background Mechanisms underlying persistent cardiopulmonary symptoms after severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (postacute sequelae of …

Coronavirus disease is reported to affect the cardiovascular system. We showed that relative
bradycardia was a common characteristic for 54 patients with PCR-confirmed mild-to …

Cardiac cycle is regulated by a complex interplay between autonomic nervous system and
cardiac pacemaker cells. Decreased heart rate variability (HRV) and increased cardiac …

The scope of cardiac pathophysiology in sepsis has not been fully defined. Accordingly, we
evaluated the effects of sepsis on heart rate (HR), HR variability, and conduction parameters …

BACKGROUND Mechanisms underlying persistent cardiopulmonary symptoms following
SARS-CoV-2 infection (post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 “PASC” or “Long COVID”) remain …

Assessing illness severity in the intensive care unit (ICU) is crucial for early prediction of
deterioration and prognosis. Traditional prognostic scores often treat organ systems …

The cholinergic antiinflammatory pathway favorably influences end organ damage induced
by inflammatory conditions. Here, we hypothesized that α7 and/or α4β2-nicotinic …