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The Glycocalyx and Trauma: A Review
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016)
In the United States trauma is the leading cause of mortality among those under the age of 45, claiming approximately 192,000 lives each year. Significant personal disability, lost productivity, and long-term healthcare ...
Ischemic Stroke Phenotype in Patients with Nonsustained Atrial Fibrillation
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015)
Background and Purpose-The widespread use of ambulatory cardiac monitoring has not only increased the detection of high-risk arrhythmias like persistent and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), but also made it possible ...
Quadrichambered Ventricles
(Via Medica, 2010)
Double chambered is a term that has been used to describe the subdivision of a ventricle as a result of anomalous septum or muscle bundle. Subdivision of the left ventricular cavity is a rare cardiac anomaly compared to ...
Factors Associated With Pulmonary Hypertension And Long-Term Survival In Bronchiectasis Subjects
(W B Saunders Co Ltd, 2016)
Background: The development of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and its effect on long-term survival in bronchiectasis subjects has not been explored. The present study aims to analyze the factors associated with PH and its ...
Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus International Insights from the Tecos Trial (Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes With Sitagliptin)
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Intensive risk factor modification significantly improves outcomes for patients with diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. However, the degree to which secondary prevention treatment goals are achieved ...
Significance of Factor V, Prothrombin, Mthfr, and Pai-1 Genotypes in Childhood Cerebral Thrombosis
(Sage Publications Inc, 2007)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of factor V (FV) G1691A, prothrombin G20210A, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T, and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) 4G/5G genotypes in ...
Severe Arterial Thrombophilia Associated with a Homozygous Mthfr Gene Mutation (A1298C) in a Young Man with Klinefelter Syndrome
(Sage Publications Inc, 2008)
Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the most common sex chromosome disorder in men. It may be associated with an increased risk for venous thrombosis and thromboembolism, which is partially explained by hypofibrinolysis due to ...
Use Of Home Sphygmomanometers In Turkey: A Nation-Wide Survey
(Nature Publishing Group, 2012)
The purposes of this study were to detect the prevalence of ownership of a home sphygmomanometer among hypertensive subjects through a nation-wide survey, to investigate parameters affecting ownership of a sphygmomanometer, ...
Clinical Efficacy And Safety Of Evolocumab In High-Risk Patients Receiving A Statin Secondary Analysis Of Patients With Low Ldl Cholesterol Levels And In Those Already Receiving A Maximal-Potency Statin In A Randomized Clinical Trial
(Amer Medical Assoc, 2017)
IMPORTANCE Current guidelines for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease focus on high-intensity statins and targeting or using a threshold low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level of less than 70 mg/dL for the ...
Circadian Blood Pressure Pattern And Cardiac Autonomic Functions: Different Aspects Of Same Pathophysiology
(Aves Yayincilik, 2011)
Arterial blood pressure fluctuates with a pattern that follows a circadian rhythm, with a peak in the early morning hours and a trough during nighttime. Nocturnal dipping of arterial blood pressure is part of this normal ...
