To identify CT parameters useful for assessment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS).Retrospective study of 165 patients who had undergone right heart ...
We used real-world exposure scenarios to evaluate the effect of six ambient air pollutant (PM, PM, NO, SO, CO, and O) exposure on renal function among older adults without chronic kidney dis...
Preeclampsia (PE), a pregnancy disorder influenced by oxidative stress and hypoxia, affects the health of the mother and baby and is associated with an increased risk of future hypertension ...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that impairs mental ability development and interrupts neurocognitive function. This neuropathological condition is depicted by neuro...
More clear classification of chronic invasive fungal infection of paranasal sinuses in the clinical presentation, radiologic findings, and pathology is needed. To describe the imaging findin...
Geniposide (GE) is ubiquitous in nearly 40 species of plants, among which Gardenia jasminoides J. Ellis has the highest content, and has been used ethnopharmacologically to treat chronic inf...
Keeping in view the Developmental Origin of Health and Disease hypothesis, this study aimed to assess differences in cardiac and vascular structure and function in children exposed to preecl...
Inflammation is an underlying cause of or a contributing factor to a number of chronic conditions, including hypertension, insulin resistance, arthritis, and cognitive disorders. A chronic i...
Worldwide, high systolic blood pressure is the leading risk factor for deaths and disability-adjusted life-years but has been historically under-detected. This study aimed to quantify differ...
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 Asian...
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 ...
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...
Congenital dyserythropoietic anemias (CDAs) are characterized by ineffective erythropoiesis and distinctive erythroblast abnormalities; the diagnosis is often missed or delayed due to signif...
In SSc patients, disease specific determinants that influence health-related quality of life (HRQoL) over time have not been described. We aim to, in patients with SSc, (i) evaluate if and h...
Our aim was to examine whether serum levels of placental growth factor (PlGF) and soluble endoglin (sEng) at 19-25 and 26-31 weeks of gestation were associated with the occurrence of the 9...
Illicit drug use—including use of stimulants like methamphetamine, amphetamines, and cocaine—continues to be a growing problem throughout the United States. Research has shown that the m...
Iron is closely related to metabolism. However, the relationship between iron and hepatic steatosis has not been fully elucidated.We aimed to investigate the triangular relationship between ...
Guidelines do not exist to determine timing of delivery for women with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in pregnancy. The neonatal benefit of a term delivery as compared with an early term de...
This study examined the effect of leptin and orexin-A on autonomic baroreflex control in conscious Wistar rats exposed to high-fat (45% fat) or normal (3.4%) diet for 4 weeks. Renal sympath...
Partial lamellar sclerouvectomy was designed more than 30 years ago by Jerry and Carol Shields, in order to remove melanomas that involved the ciliary body and/or the choroid, while leaving ...
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