Hypertension

Current state of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in Egypt.

Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) continue to increase in number worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) has comparable survival advantages as hemodialysis (HD), it is greatly underutilized in many regions worldwide. The prevalence of use of CAPD in Egypt is 0.29/million population in 2017. The aim of this study is to desc...

Pattern and predictors of urine protein excretion among patients with type 2 diabetes attending a single tertiary hospital in Lagos, Nigeria.

Testing for proteinuria is used to screen for diabetic nephropathy. However, significant proportion of diabetics has normal urine protein excretion despite impaired renal function. We aimed to determine the factors predicting increased urine protein excretion in patients with type 2 diabetes. This was a cross-sectional study of 358 type 2 diabetics attending the diabetes clinic of a teaching hospi...

Prevalence and risk factors of chronic kidney disease in an african semi-urban area: Results from a cross-sectional survey in Gueoul, Senegal.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health priority worldwide; however, its prevalence and incidence are difficult to assess. In Africa, few stud...

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor as a novel biomarker of portopulmonary hypertension.

Portopulmonary hypertension (POPH) is a poorly understood complication of liver disease associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We sought...

A new look at bronchopulmonary dysplasia: postcapillary pathophysiology and cardiac dysfunction.

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right ventricular function are the focus of cardiovascular effects of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). We assessed ca...

Relevance of angiopoietin-2 and soluble P-selectin levels in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension receiving combination therapy with oral treprostinil: a FREEDOM-C2 biomarker substudy.

UNLABELLED: Studies have suggested roles for angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and soluble P-selectin (sP-selectin) as biomarkers of disease severity and treatme...

The effects of pulmonary vasodilating agents on right ventricular parameters in severe group 3 pulmonary hypertension: a pilot study.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)-approved vasodilators improve right ventricular (RV) function in patients with PAH. However, whether PAH-approve...

Exhaled nitric oxide in pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with systemic sclerosis.

The fractional exhaled concentration of nitric oxide (FE) has been shown to be reduced in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) but has not...

Rare Manifestation of Digoxin Toxicity: Right Bundle Branch Block.

A 76-year-old female, with medical history significant for systolic congestive heart failure, who presented to the emergency department with lethargy ...

Successful Treatment of Suspected Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in a Mealy Amazon Parrot (Amazona farinose).

A 25-year-old, male mealy Amazon parrot (Amazona farinose) with a history of polycythemia, hepatomegaly, and epistaxis was evaluated for progressive l...

P569Diastolic dyssynchrony is associated with exercise intolerance in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy.

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is associated with intra-ventricular dyssynchrony at systolic phase during exercise in hypertensive pat...

[DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE].

According to consensus definition, chronic kidney disease (CKD) includes urinary excretion of albumin >30 mg/day and/ or reduction in kidney function ...

An unsupervised learning for robust cardiac feature derivation from PPG signals.

We propose here derivation algorithms for physiological parameters like beat start point, systolic peak, pulse duration, peak-to-peak distance related...

Renoprotective Effects of Shout Camphor Medicinal Mushroom (Taiwanofungus camphorates, Basidiomycetes) Mycelia on Several Media in Mice with Chronic Kidney Disease.

Taiwanofungus camphoratus has been widely used in Taiwan as a folk medicine to prevent and treat liver diseases, diarrhea, abdominal pain, itchy skin,...

Effects of Candesartan Cilexetil Compared with Amlodipine on Serum Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Levels in the Chronic Stage of Cerebral Infarction: A Preliminary Study.

OBJECTIVE: Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is an endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor and a marker of vascular endothelial damage. Angiotensi...

Benefits of Allopurinol Treatment on Blood Pressure and Renal Function in Patients with Early Stage of Chronic Kidney Disease.

BACKGROUND: Hyperuricemia has been associated with increased risk of endothelial dysfunction, cardiovascular, and renal disease. Allopurinol is a pote...

Deterioration of left ventricular systolic function in extended Pacing to Avoid Cardiac Enlargement (PACE) trial: the predictive value of early systolic dyssynchrony.

AIMS: Biventricular (BiV) pacing was superior to right ventricular apical (RVA) pacing at extended follow-up in the Pacing to Avoid Cardiac Enlargemen...

Right Atrium Volume Index in Patients with Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

BACKGROUND: Right atrium volume index has recently been described as a quantitative and highly reproducible echocardiographic parameter associated wit...

Robotic tilt table reduces the occurrence of orthostatic hypotension over time in vegetative states.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of verticalization with or without combined movement of the lower limbs in patients in a vegetative s...

Significant Correlation between Brachial Pulse Pressure Index and Renal Resistive Index.

BACKGROUND: The renal resistive index (RI) is calculated as (peak systolic velocity - minimum diastolic velocity)/peak systolic velocity, and has been...