Women who smoke during pregnancy have a reduced risk of preeclampsia. The mechanism of this association is poorly understood. Preeclampsia is an anti-angiogenic and inflammatory state. Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1)...
Utilizing transfer function analysis to assess the cerebral autoregulation in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), and to explore its improvement after venous sinus stenting.In total, 15 consecutive IIH...
The severity of early brain edema after aneurysm rupture was reported to be strongly associated with the risk of poor outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Using the recently developed SEBES (Subarachnoid...
Surgical drains are routinely used following autologous reconstruction, but are often cited as the leading cause of peri-operative discomfort. This study defined routine drain use duration and assessed the risk factors for...
To assess adherence to anti-hypertensive medication by pregnant women and to identify the factors associated with adherence or lack thereof.Observational study in 100 pregnant women with either chronic hypertension or...
Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) is an important factor related to cardiovascular disease. In recent years, studies have shown the involvement of IGF-1 and blood pressure (BP). Nevertheless, the results were inconsistent....
Non-selective betablockers (NSBB) exert beneficial effects beyond lowering hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG), which may be particularly relevant in patients with decompensated cirrhosis (DC), in whom bacterial...
Medulloblastoma (MDB) often causes signs and symptoms of elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) with imaging findings of mass lesion. Here, we report a case of MDB who initially presented with clinical features imitating...
Cardiac output determination is essential in precapillary pulmonary hypertension. While direct Fick is the gold standard, thermodilution is commonly used as the reference method. Moving to noninvasive methods would be highly...
Depressed right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) has clear prognostic significance in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Accordingly, improvements in RVEF represent a desirable end-point in the development...
mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have shown high effectiveness in the prevention of symptomatic COVID-19, hospitalization, severe disease, and death. Nevertheless, a minority of vaccinated individuals might get infected and suffer...
In 2017, the American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines redefined the threshold of high blood pressure (BP) for non-pregnant adults. Several studies aimed to determine whether lowering these...
