Jul 29, 2021

To investigate the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of maternal near-misses attributable to haemorrhagic stroke (HS) occurring in patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), wit...

Jul 29, 2021

Sleep apnea (SA) is a chronic condition that fragments sleep and results in intermittent hypoxemia, which in long run leads to cardiovascular diseases like stroke. Diagnosis of sleep apnea through pol...

Jul 29, 2021

Drug-coated balloon (DCB) technology was developed as an alternative treatment for obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) and in-stent restenosis (ISR). Management of coronary ISR is clinically cha...

Jul 29, 2021

To evaluate the role of ghrelin in cardiac fibrosis after myocardial infarction (MI) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms of ghrelin-regulated Nrf2/NADPH/ROS pathway-mediated cardioprotection,...

Jul 29, 2021

The epidemiology, clinical features and outcome of myocardial infarction (MI) display significant differences between men and women. Prominent sex differences have also been suggested in left ventricu...

Jul 29, 2021

Angiogenic markers (sFLt1 and PlGF) are altered in preeclampsia and related placental insufficiency syndromes. The utility of these markers in various types of placental insufficiency is still not wel...

Jul 29, 2021

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is considered a public health problem and part of the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases. Many studies have searched for ways to reduce the risk of complications a...

Jul 29, 2021

Kidney involvement, ranging from mild hematuria and proteinuria to acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), is a recent finding with various incidence rates repo...

Jul 29, 2021

The prevalence of diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter 'Aboriginal') Australians is three times greater than non-Aboriginal Australians, contributing to a greater risk of bl...

Jul 29, 2021

Insulin signaling pathways in muscle tissue play a major role in maintaining glucose homeostasis. Dysregulation in these pathways results in the onset of serious metabolic disorders like type 2 diabet...

Jul 29, 2021

Early diagnosis of gestational diabetes can lead to greater optimization of glucose control. We evaluated associations between maternal serum analytes (alpha-fetoprotein [AFP], free beta-human chorion...

Jul 29, 2021

Recent data suggests that fractional flow reserve (FFR) may underestimate intermediate coronary stenosis in the presence of severe aortic stenosis (AS), whereas instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) val...

Jul 29, 2021

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in the United States (US) and a major contributor to healthcare cost. Accurate segmentation of coronary arteries and detection of stenosis f...

Jul 29, 2021

The physiological activity of the heart is controlled and modulated mostly by the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems. Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is therefore used to observe fl...

Jul 29, 2021

To assess the clinical relevance of a history of atrial fibrillation (AF) in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).We enrolled 696 consecutive patients (mean age 67.4 ± 1...

Jul 26, 2021

Patients on maintenance dialysis are more susceptible to COVID-19 and its severe form. We studied the mortality and associated risks of COVID-19 infection in dialysis patients in the state of Qatar.Th...

Jul 26, 2021

This study compared the possible options for vascular access in breast cancer patients by analyzing the complications of each method. We retrospectively evaluated the vascular access procedures for in...

Jul 26, 2021

Practice patterns for the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) during high-risk airway interventions vary, and data are limited. We aim to characterize our recent experience using ECMO fo...

Jul 26, 2021

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is the most common cause of acute kidney failure in children younger than five years. Central nervous system involvement occurs in 15% of patients, with clinical manife...

Jul 26, 2021

Computer game assisted task specific exercises (CGATSE) are rehabilitation gaming systems (RGS) used in stroke rehabilitation to facilitate patient performance of high intensity, task based, repetitiv...