A Review of the GSTM1 Null Genotype Modifies the Association between Air Pollutant Exposure and Health Problems by Dwi Aris Agung Nugrahaningsih, Hevi Wihadmadyatami, Sitarina Widyarini, Rahmi Ayu Wijayaningsih

“…It has deleterious effects on human health, including deteriorating respiratory, cardiovascular, nervous, and endocrine functions. Exposure to air pollution stimulates reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in the body, which can further cause oxidative stress. …”
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Interrupted Aortic Arch in an Adult with Polycystic Kidney Disease by Ayşe Şeker Koçkara, Mansur Kayataş, Can Huzmeli, Ferhan Candan, Cesur Gümüş

“…The major extrarenal complications of ADPKD are cardiovascular abnormalities. Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a lethal congenital cardiac abnormality seen with a frequency of 3/1000000 births and is defined as a segment of the arcus aorta being atresic. …”
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When Should a Patient with Statin-Induced Myopathy Be Re-challenged? A Case of Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy by Elena Obreja, Pamela Sequeira, Diana Girnita

“…The patient was on therapy with atorvastatin for about six years before she started developing myalgia and mild elevation in CPK that resolved after discontinuation of therapy. Since her cardiovascular risk was high and she had hypercholesterolemia, three months after CPK levels normalization, she was re-challenged with pravastatin. …”
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Anesthesia for Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation by Joseph Sebeo, Stacie G. Deiner, Ron L. Alterman, Irene P. Osborn

“…Complications with anesthetic techniques including airway and cardiovascular difficulties were analyzed.…”
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Aspirin Resistance by Khaled Mansour, Ali T. Taher, Khaled M. Musallam, Samir Alam

“…The development of adverse cardiovascular events despite aspirin use has established an interest in a possible resistance to the drug. …”
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Perfluorocarbon Nanoparticles: Evolution of a Multimodality and Multifunctional Imaging Agent by Patrick M. Winter

“…The particle surface can be decorated with targeting ligands to direct the agent to a variety of biomarkers that are associated with diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and thrombosis. The surface can also carry a high payload of imaging agents, ranging from paramagnetic metals for MRI, radionuclides for nuclear imaging, iodine for CT, and florescent tags for histology, allowing high sensitivity mapping of cellular receptors that may be expressed at very low levels in the body. …”
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Taquicardia ventricular idiopática fascicular posterior. Presentación de un caso by Gilberto Cairo Sáez, Carlos Javier Moya Moya, Álvaro Javier Escalante Castellón

“…Se presenta una paciente de 57 años, sin enfermedad cardiovascular previa. La paciente comenzó con una taquicardia de instalación súbita y bloqueo de rama derecha, con desviación del eje a la izquierda, que respondió a la administración de verapamilo. …”
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Consequences in Infants That Were Intrauterine Growth Restricted by Erich Cosmi, Tiziana Fanelli, Silvia Visentin, Daniele Trevisanuto, Vincenzo Zanardo

“…Intrauterine growth restriction is caused by placental insufficiency, which determines cardiovascular abnormalities in the fetus. This condition, moreover, should prompt intensive antenatal surveillance of the fetus as well as follow-up of infants that had intrauterine growth restriction as short and long-term sequele should be considered.…”
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Extraintestinal Salmonellosis in the Immunocompromised: An Unusual Case of Pyomyositis by Veeraraghavan Meyyur Aravamudan, Phang Kee Fong, Pavel Singh, Jong Sze Chin, Yang Shiyao Sam, P. A. Tambyah

“…Salmonella infection can cause a wide range of presentations, predominantly gastrointestinal but occasionally with cardiovascular or other extraintestinal manifestations. …”
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Patent Foramen Ovale and Closure Technique with the Amplatzer Occluder by Bernhard Meier

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Recurrent NTM pulmonary disease despite avoidance of hot spring exposure in a plaque psoriasis patient treated with Secukinumab: a case report by Yixiao Wei, Chunlei Wang, Lingtao Chong, Xiaojing Cui

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Relationship between Periodontal Diseases and Preterm Birth: Recent Epidemiological and Biological Data by O. Huck, H. Tenenbaum, J.-L. Davideau

“…They influence negatively general health worsening cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Periodontal diseases have been also suspected to increase the rate of preterm birth, but data remain contradictory. …”
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Syncope: An Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Occult Uterine Malignancy by Zulfiqar Qutrio Baloch, Muhammad Ayyaz, Muhammad Hussain, Shabber Agha Abbas, FNU Samreen

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Saphenovenous Graft Aneurysm: A Rare Complication of CABG by James Thomas Connell

“…We present the case of a 48-year-old male with a cardiovascular risk profile hallmarked by diabetes mellitus, end stage renal failure, recalcitrant hyperlipidaemia, and IHD previously treated with CABG. 11 years following his CABG, he was retrieved from remote Australia to a tertiary cardiology centre with stabbing chest pain. …”
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Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection as Primary Treatment for Metastatic Seminoma by Brian Hu, Siamak Daneshmand

“…External beam radiation therapy and systemic chemotherapy are established treatments for seminoma; however, they are associated with late toxicities such as cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, and secondary malignancy. …”
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Acute Stent Thrombosis Associated with Eptifibatide-Induced Profound Thrombocytopenia by Amer Aljundi, Alaa Rahhal, Wafer Dabdoob

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Is It Safe to Restart Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapy in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma after Cardiac Ischemia? by Bo Zhao, Laura S. Wood, Karen James, Brian I. Rini

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FEATURES OF THE CONTENT AND METHODS OF CONDUCTING CLASS WITH STUDENTS OF THE SPECIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE DISCIPLINE “PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORT” by I. A. Kabanova, V. A. Seregina, Т. A. Kachalova

“…Four vain groups of diseases have been identified: musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system, vision, and some students with multiple diseases. …”
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Heparan sulphate inhibition of cell proliferation induced by TGFβ and PDGF by lan E. Silber, Jeanine M. Walenga, Jawed Fareed, Elizabeth J. Kovacs

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Białka roślinne i ich funkcjonalne działania by Grażyna Nowicka

“…Diet rich in vegetables and vegetable proteins is related to lower risk of cardiovascular and cancer mortality.…”
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