Body Mass Index Is Associated with Dietary Patterns and Health Conditions in Georgia Centenarians by Dorothy B. Hausman, Mary Ann Johnson, Adam Davey, Leonard W. Poon

“…When controlled for race, gender, residence, and total fruit and vegetable intake, BMI ≥25 was an independent risk factor for diabetes or having a systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg, whereas BMI ≤20 was a risk factor for anemia. …”
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Hypertension, Periodontal Disease, and Potassium Intake in Nonsmoking, Nondrinker African Women on No Medication by Masashi Yamori, Marina Njelekela, Jacob Mtabaji, Yukio Yamori, Kazuhisa Bessho

“…Multiple-regression analysis showed that the severity of periodontitis was significantly correlated with increased systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Simple-regression analysis indicated that the severity of periodontitis was inversely correlated with 24-hour urinary excretion of potassium (r=-0.579, P=0.0004) and also inversely with the frequency of intakes of green vegetables (r=-0.232, P=0.031) and fruits (r=-0.217, P=0.0043). …”
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A Volume Challenge Reveals the Diagnosis of Pediatric Restrictive Cardiomyopathy by Elyssa Cohen, Conor P. O’Halloran, Philip T. Thrush, T. Marsha Ma, Paul Tannous

“…Baseline invasive hemodynamics demonstrated a normal cardiac index and pulmonary vascular resistance but was notable for mildly elevated right and left end-diastolic pressures. A diagnosis remained elusive, so a 500 mL volume challenge was performed, which unmasked right and left ventricular waveform transformations to reveal the pathognomonic “square root sign” of restrictive cardiomyopathy with concordant RV/LV respirophasic variation. …”
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Case report of familial hypercholesterolemia with internal carotid neck swelling by Sudesh Kumar, Prajna Ray, Ranita Sahana

“…Then USG neck and Color Doppler showed reduced diastolic flow of left ICA and type two plaques and type 111 plaque in Rt common carotid artery. …”
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Aortic Isthmus Doppler For Fetal Assessment by Alev Esercan, Ruhat Karakuş, Ayşe Seval Özgü Erdinç

“…Recent work on AoI Doppler and postnatal neurodevelopmental outcome indicates that predominant reversed diastolic blood flow. Further prospective studies correlating AoI indices and other arterial and venous Doppler indices with perinatal outcome are required prior to incorporating this index into clinical practice so as to avoid unnecessary preterm deliveries. …”
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Marantic Endocarditis: A Rare Early Presentation Of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Of The Breast by Madiha Butt, Zahra Rafique, Fazeelat Iftikhar, Farooq, Khadija Rafique, Muhammad Adil

“…We present a case of a 35-year-old female who initially presented with the embolic complication of marantic endocarditis. She had an early diastolic murmur and a left arm weakness on her first presentation to the hospital. …”
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Homocysteine and Hypertension in Diabetes: Does PPARγ Have a Regulatory Role? by Utpal Sen, Suresh C. Tyagi

“…In heart this leads to increased endothelial-myocyte uncoupling resulting in diastolic dysfunction and hypertension. In the kidney, increased matrix accumulation in the glomerulus causes glomerulosclerosis resulting in hypofiltration, increased renal volume retention, and hypertension. …”
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Size of Left Cardiac Chambers Correlates with Cerebral Microembolic Load in Open Heart Operations by Elena Z. Golukhova, Anna G. Polunina, Svetlana V. Zhuravleva, Natalia P. Lefterova, Alexey V. Begachev

“…Preoperative left atrium and left ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic sizes significantly correlated with intraoperative microembolic load (𝑟s=0.48, 0.57 and 0.53, 𝑃s≺.01, resp.). …”
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State Anxiety Is Associated with Cardiovascular Reactivity in Young, Healthy African Americans by Mildred A. Pointer, Sadiqa Yancey, Ranim Abou-Chacra, Patricia Petrusi, Sandra J. Waters, Marilyn K. McClelland

“…Modeling using state and trait anxiety revealed that state anxiety predicts systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure DBP response to CP and AR (P≤0.02). …”
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The Association Between Tei Index And Severity Of Coronary Artery Disease In Patients With Unstable Angina by Akram Shariati, Rogayeh Afsar Gharebagh, Alireza Rostamzadeh, Nazanin Sadeghifar, Nazila Pashaei, Reza Hajizadeh

“…The myocardial performance index (Tei index) is an accepted method for the evaluation of the systolic and diastolic function of the heart. There is not enough data about the association between the Tei index and the severity of unstable angina disease. …”
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Effects of epidural dexmedetomidine on patient-controlled epidural analgesia after total knee arthroplasty: a single-center, prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled study by Seong Min Han, So Young Kwon, Jaesuk Kim, Jae Hyuk Kang, Jin Deok Joo

“…Secondary outcomes included hemodynamic parameters (systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate), motor block assessment, sensory block duration, analgesia duration, and the need for additional analgesia. …”
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The haemodynamic effects of umbilical cord milking in term infants: a randomised controlled trial by Mehmet Tekin, Mahmut Gokdemir, Erzat Toprak, Musa Silahli, Hasan Energin, Zeynel Gokmen

“…Left atrial diameter (12.23 ± 1.99 vs. 11.43 ± 1.78 mm) and left atrium-to-aorta diastolic diameter ratio (1.62 ± 0.24 vs. 1.51 ± 0.22) were significantly higher in the UCM group. …”
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Multifractal-Multiscale Analysis of Cardiovascular Signals: A DFA-Based Characterization of Blood Pressure and Heart-Rate Complexity by Gender by Paolo Castiglioni, Davide Lazzeroni, Paolo Coruzzi, Andrea Faini

“…Therefore, aim of this work is to present a DFA-based method for joint multifractal/multiscale analysis designed to address the above critical points and to provide the first description of the multifractal/multiscale structure of interbeat intervals (IBI), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in male and female volunteers separately. …”
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Artificial intelligence-based, non-invasive assessment of the central aortic pressure in adults after operative or interventional treatment of aortic coarctation by Renate Oberhoffer, Peter Ewert, Harald Kaemmerer, Nicole Nagdyman, Oliver Dewald, Frank Klawonn, Michael Huntgeburth, Andreas Eicken, Christian Meierhofer, Sebastian Freilinger, Martin Middeke, Pinar Bambul Heck, Annika Freiberger, Frank Harig, Manuel Lösch, Fritz Mellert, Fabian von Scheidt, Elsa Ury, Nicole Wolfrum, Ann-Sophie Kaemmerer-Suleiman, Mathieu N. Suleiman

“…Hypertension was defined by systolic BP≥140 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP≥90 mm Hg for PBP. Using AI-PWA, patients with systolic CABP≥130 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP≥90 mm Hg were classified as hypertensive.Results The study cohort’s age was 41.5±13.7 years, with all patients having undergone previous aortic surgery or intervention. …”
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CRT in Patients with Heart Failure: Time Course of Perfusion and Wall Motion Changes by Alessia Gimelli, Paolo Frumento, Guido Valle, Mario Stanislao, Umberto Startari, Marcello Piacenti, Paolo Marzullo

“…Moreover, baseline extension of perfusion defects was scarcely correlated with improvement after CRT. Finally, end diastolic volume, perfusion defect and diabetes mellitus were independent predictors of survival. …”
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The Role of Natriuretic Peptides for the Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Dysfunction by Alberto Palazzuoli, Matteo Beltrami, Gaetano Ruocco, Marco Pellegrini, Ranuccio Nuti

“…Moreover, the exact role of NPs in early HF stages, in isolated diastolic dysfunction, and in general population is questioned. …”
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Transient Hemodynamic Changes upon Changing a BCPA into a TCPC in Staged Fontan Operation: A Computational Model Study by Fuyou Liang, Hideaki Senzaki, Zhaofang Yin, Yuqi Fan, Koichi Sughimoto, Hao Liu

“…Moreover, it was found that ventricular diastolic dysfunction and mitral valve regurgitation, despite being well-known risk factors for poor postoperative outcomes, do not cause a considerable perioperative reduction in transpulmonary flow. …”
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Hypertension and Its Associated Risk Factors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013: A National Survey by Charbel El Bcheraoui, Ziad A. Memish, Marwa Tuffaha, Farah Daoud, Margaret Robinson, Sara Jaber, Sarah Mikhitarian, Mohammad Al Saeedi, Mohammad A. AlMazroa, Ali H. Mokdad, Abdullah A. Al Rabeeah

“…We measured systolic and diastolic blood pressure of 10,735 Saudis aged 15 years or older and interviewed them through a national multistage survey. …”
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Early detection of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants using doppler ultrasound technology by Pin Wang, Lihong Duan, Congxin Sun, Yu Chen, Yanyan Peng, Guihong Chen, Lixia Wu, Yan Li

“…Measurements were made of parameters such right ventricular output (RVO), systolic-to-diastolic ratio (S/D ratio), pulmonary artery acceleration time (PAAT), and velocity time integral (VTI). …”
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Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index Is Higher in Hypertensive Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease by Ronaldo Altenburg Gismondi, Mario Fritsch Neves, Wille Oigman, Rachel Bregman

“…The mean 24-hour systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) was similar in both groups. …”
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