Is There a Role for Probiotics in Liver Disease? by Robert S. Lo, Andrew S. Austin, Jan G. Freeman

“…On the other hand, data associating probiotics and portal hypertension is scanty and conflicting. Probiotic therapy has also not been shown to prevent primary or secondary spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. …”
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Cushing’s Disease Presented by Reversible Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Berna İmge Aydoğan, Demet Menekşe Gerede, Asena Gökçay Canpolat, Murat Faik Erdoğan

“…Dilated cardiomyopathy is rarely reported among CS patients especially without hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. Materials and Methods. …”
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Risk factors for macrosomy in newborn children with pregnant diabetes mothers. by Cristóbal Torres González, Esteban Hernández Barrios, Joselin Moreno Torres, Angel Rodríguez Cabrera, Vivian Vázquez Martínez

“…Gustavo Aldereguía Lima¨ de Cienfuegos, in the years 2003-2004. there were evaluated the maternal age, the parity, hypertension, gestational diabetes and macro foetus antecedents, nutritional values before pregnancy, skin colour, gestational time to diagnosis, PTG values at two hours, gestational time at delivery. …”
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Cardiac Sarcoidosis as an Uncommon Etiology for Posterior Circulation Stroke Presenting with Alexia without Agraphia by Mohankumar Kurukumbi, Lauren Gardiner, Shevani Sahai, John W. Cochran

“…In this case report, we describe a 54-year-old Caucasian male presenting with left PCA stroke in the setting of cardiac and pulmonary sarcoidosis, and hypertension. His presenting symptoms included right partial hemianopia, difficulty with naming, memory, and recall, and alexia without agraphia. …”
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Cerebral Venous Thrombosis with Migraine-Like Headache and the Trigeminovascular System by Fábio A. Nascimento, Marília Grando Sória, Vanessa Rizelio, Pedro A. Kowacs

“…Cerebral venous thrombosis- (CVT-) associated headache is considered a secondary headache, commonly presenting as intracranial hypertension headache in association with seizures and/or neurological signs. …”
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Successful Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Klinefelter Syndrome by E. Wierda, H. J. Reesink, H. Bruining, O. M. van Delden, J. J. Kloek, P. Bresser

“…This paper describes a 37-year-old male patient with KS referred to our tertiary center with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, and who was successfully treated by pulmonary endarterectomy.…”
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Pseudopheochromocytoma Associated with Domestic Assault by H. M. Le, G. Carbutti, D. Ilisei, E. Bouccin, X. Vandemergel

“…It manifests itself with paroxysmal hypertension crises, associated with various symptoms such as headaches, chest pain, nausea, palpitations, and dizziness. …”
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Renal Artery Stenosis and Ipsilateral Renal Cell Carcinoma: Description of an In Situ Partial Nephrectomy and Splenorenal Arterial Bypass by Scott A. Slavis, George S. Ganesan, Claudia Swift, Ronald C. Ruppert

“…A 65-year-old man with renovascular hypertension, renal insufficiency, and nephrotic range proteinuria presented with an incidental renal cell carcinoma. …”
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The role of NF-κB in diabetic cardiomyopathy by Huang-Jun Liu, Le-Kun Gui, Han Wei, Xing-Yu Zhou, Zhen-Lan Liu, Li-Jun Jin

“…Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM), a major risk factor contributing to diabetes-related morbidity and mortality, manifests as a pathophysiologic condition in humans independently of coronary artery disease or hypertension. Several transcription factors intricately participate in the initiation and progression of associated processes. …”
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Endoscopic Management of Gastric Variceal Bleeding with Cyanoacrylate Glue Injection: Safety and Efficacy in a Canadian Population by Jaber Al-Ali, Monika Pawlowska, Alan Coss, Sigrid Svarta, Michael Byrne, Robert Enns

“…BACKGROUND: Gastric variceal bleeding (GVB) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with portal hypertension. Endoscopic band ligation and standard sclerotherapy have been used but have significant limitations. …”
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Hemorrhagic Transformation in Stroke by Dianarelys Villafuerte Delgado, Odalys Yanes Isray, Félix González Pérez

“…It is presented a case of a patient with pathological antecedents of hypertension and ischemic heart disease who was admitted after having had a brain tomography without contrast which showed mild signs of diffuse cortical atrophy. …”
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Pregnancy Outcome of Renal Transplant Recipients: Analysis of Nine Patients by Mert Turğal, Aslıhan Yazıcıoğlu, Kemal Beksaç, Özgür Özyüncü, Sinan Beksaç

“…CONCLUSION: Pregnant women who renal transplant recipient have higher risk for preterm labor and hypertension compared normal pregnant women. …”
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Nursing Home Resident Symptomatology Triggering Transfer: Avoiding Unnecessary Hospitalizations by Alyce S. Ashcraft, Jane Dimmitt Champion

“…The transferred residents (n=101) had seventy different medical diagnoses prior to hospital transfer with hypertension, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure most frequently reported. …”
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Spatial analysis of metabolic syndrome among healthcare workers in a suburban area by Apriningsih Apriningsih, Ayu Arini Firlia, Meiyetriani Eflita

“…This study aims to investigate the prevalence and spatial distribution of metabolic syndrome (MetS), obesity, hypertension, and high cholesterol levels among health workers in Depok City. 614 respondents were surveyed, with most female (75.1%) and aged 25-34 (44.3%). …”
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Automatic Cardioversor-desfibrillator Implantable to a Patient with Recovered Sudden Death by Magdiel Echazabal Leal, Ernesto Pérez Martínez, Raiko Cruz Sosa

“…A case of a 72 year old patient with history of arterial hypertension and chronic ischemic cardiopathy which developed into a dilated mio-cardiopathy. …”
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The Role of Bridging Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Roberto Galuppo, Angie McCall, Roberto Gedaly

“…Liver transplantation has become the treatment of choice in patients with HCC, end-stage liver disease, and significant portal hypertension. Shortage of organ donors has resulted in overall increase of waiting list time with increased risk of dropout due to tumor progression. …”
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Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma. A Case Report by Dianarelys Villafuerte Delgado, José Jamil Torres Aranda, Martha Yudey Rodríguez Pino

“…We present the case of a female patient with a history of controlled hypertension. She sought medical attention because of redness in the right breast accompanied by partial retraction of the nipple. …”
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Evaluation of the Medically Complex Living Kidney Donor by Yasar Caliskan, Alaattin Yildiz

“…Donors with advanced age, obesity, asymptomatic microhematuria, proteinuria, hypertension, renal stone disease, history of malignancy and with chronic viral infections consist of this complex living donors. …”
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Clinical Application of Partial Splenic Embolization by Yong-Song Guan, Ying Hu

“…Common indications of PSE include hypersplenism with portal hypertension, hereditary spherocytosis, thalassemia, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, splenic trauma, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, splenic hemangioma, and liver cancer. …”
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Prevalence of Diabetes and Associated Risk Factors among a Group of Prisoners in the Yaoundé Central Prison by Sylvain Raoul Simeni Njonnou, Jérôme Boombhi, Martine Claude Etoa Etoga, Aimée Tiodoung Timnou, Ahmadou Musa Jingi, Kevin Nkem Efon, Esther Astrid Mbono Samba Eloumba, Marie-Josiane Ntsama Essomba, Odette Kengni Kebiwo, Alice Ninon Tsitsol Meke, Stéphane Talbit Ndjonya, Mesmin Dehayem Yefou, Eugène Sobngwi

“…The main cardiovascular risk factors were a sedentary lifestyle (91.1%), hypertension (39.6%), smoking (31.6%), and alcohol consumption (28.1%). …”
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