Jan 11, 2021

A significant proportion of ischemic strokes are caused by emboli from unstable atherosclerotic carotid artery plaques. Inflammation is a key feature of plaque instability. Positron emission tomograph...

Jan 11, 2021

To assess the effects of the initial stepping limb on posterior fall recovery in individuals with chronic stroke, as well as to determine the benefits of fall-recovery training on these outcomes.This ...

Jan 11, 2021

This study aimed to evaluate the association between antipsychotic drugs (APs) and the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE).We searched Pubmed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library from inception to Augus...

Jan 11, 2021

The clearance of protein-bound solutes by the proximal tubules is an innate kidney mechanism for removing putative uremic toxins that could exert cardiovascular toxicity in humans. However, potential ...

Jan 11, 2021

This retrospective cohort study aimed to determine whether adjuvant radiation therapy increases the risk of cardiac toxicity in Asian women with breast cancer, with a focus on patient-specific factors...

Jan 11, 2021

Myrrh, a traditional remedy, is the stem resinous exudate of Commiphora molmol Engler (Burseraceae). The aromatic yellowish-brown oleoresin has a long history in folk and traditional medicine, in Saud...

Jan 11, 2021

The prevalence of hypertension in adults in South Africa (SA) is 35%. Hypertension is the most important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in sub-Saharan ...

Jan 11, 2021

In 2013 American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released a guideline on the management of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) including a composite of death from C...

Jan 11, 2021

The etiology of preeclampsia (PE) remains elusive. Recent genome-wide association studies have identified a number of genetic variants associated with blood pressure variations in east Asians. One of ...

Jan 11, 2021

Preeclampsia is a common disease of pregnancy that is characterized by symptoms such as high blood pressure and proteinuria. Peroxiredoxin 4 (Prx4), is a protein with antioxidant properties which is p...

Jan 11, 2021

The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the prevalence of severe preeclampsia and low sodium (PALS) among the pregnant population admitted at the University Hospital of Udine in the past ...

Jan 11, 2021

A growing number of epidemiological studies show associations between environmental factors and impaired cardiometabolic health. However, evidence is scarce concerning these risk factors and their imp...

Jan 11, 2021

Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) has become a promising therapeutic target for metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes (T2D), obesity and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. However, the clinical app...

Jan 11, 2021

Lupus nephritis (LN) predicts a 9-fold higher atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk, highlighting the urgent need to target ASCVD prevention. Studies in IgA nephropathy reported that sev...

Jan 11, 2021

Elevated plasma lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] and coronary artery calcification (CAC) are established cardiovascular risk factors that correlate with each other. We hypothesized that other cardiovascular ri...

Jan 11, 2021

Exercise training influences the risk of vascular thrombosis in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Mitochondrial functionalities in platelets involve the cellular bioenergetics and throm...

Jan 11, 2021

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common disease with increasing prevalence, approximately 3.2% in the adult population. In addition, about one third of AF cases are considered asymptomatic. Due to increa...

Jan 11, 2021

Mindfulness-based therapy (MBT) has gained attention in recent years as a promising treatment for patients with schizophrenia for whom traditional interventions are not effective. Research demonstrate...

Jan 07, 2021

Background: COVID-19 pandemic has triggered countermeasures like #StayAtHome initiatives which have changed the whole world. Despite the remarkable success in containing the spread #FlattenTheCurve, s...

Jan 07, 2021

To evaluate the clinical characteristics of maternal deaths with epilepsy in Turkey.This epidemiological population-based study was conducted on all consecutive early maternal deaths with epilepsy in ...