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Cardiovascular Research Editor-in-Chief, Prof Tomasz J. Guzik. Managed by the editorial office. Tweets are our own. Retweet is not endorsement.
Mar 22, 2022 9 tweets 9 min read
Is sex a critical factor for treating #AtrialFibrillation?❤️‍🩹

New #CardiovascularResearch study examines #SexDifferences in calcium handling & therapies in patients with #AFib
academic.oup.com/cardiovascres/…

Our tweetorial explains the findings⬇️👩‍🏫

@ESC_Journals @escardio #EPeeps (1/9) #Atrial #myocytes were isolated from patients with & without #AtrialFibrillation

Sex differences in #risk factors & therapies were considered in the analysis (2/9)
Jul 3, 2020 8 tweets 8 min read
Endothelial-derived microvesicles play a pathogenic role in vascular #inflammation, causing #endothelial barrier dysfunction by impairing adherens junctions and activating #neutrophils

More here: bit.ly/3g1FpH7
#Cardiotwitter #CardiovascularResearch

#Tweetorial below! Image #Microvesicles (MV) are formed from the outward blebbing of the plasma membrane and carry a diverse cargo that regulate multiple processes.

During #inflammation these are produced by activated endothelial cells and released into the #circulation. TEM image of plasma MVs: (2/8) Image