Evaluating the use of coronary artery calcium scoring as a tool for coronary artery disease (CAD) risk stratification and its association with coronary stenosis and CAD risk factor... by Afrose Liaquat, Ameerdad Khan, Saeed Ullah Shah, Hania Iqbal, Safa Iqbal, Atif Iqbal Rana, Habib Ur Rahman

“…Age >45 (OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.05, p<0.0001), hypertension (OR 1.16, 95% CI 0.79 to 1.71, p=0.001) and diabetes (OR 1.33, 95% CI 0.88 to 1.99, p<0.0001) were associated with an increased risk of coronary artery stenosis. …”
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Analysis of influencing factors of washed microbiota transplantation in treating patients with metabolic syndrome by De-Jiang Lin, Dong-Xia Hu, Qing-Ting Wu, Lin-Gui Huang, Zi-Han Lin, Jia-Ting Xu, Xing-Xiang He, Lei Wu, Lei Wu

“…Background and aimsMetabolic Syndrome (MS) is a cluster of metabolic abnormalities closely associated with hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obesity, etc. …”
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Hubungan antara Indeks Massa Tubuh dengan Kadar Nitrit Oksid pada Masyarakat Etnik Minangkabau di Kota Padang by Nidia Purwadianti, Fadil Oenzil, Delmi Sulastri

“…Obesity is strongly related to risk increase of many complications such as hypertension. One of the mechanisms that links obesity and hypertension is endhotelial disfunction due to nitric oxide (NO) level decrease. …”
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Determinants of Low Birth Weight among Newborns Delivered at Public Hospitals in Sidama Zone, South Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study by Muse Bututa Bekela, Mulugeta Shegaze Shimbre, Teshale Fikadu Gebabo, Mengesha Boko Geta, Abayneh Tunje Tonga, Eshetu Andarge Zeleke, Negussie Boti Sidemo, Agegnehu Bante Getnet

“…The probability of having pregnancy-induced hypertension was 4.49 times higher among mothers of the cases than among mothers of the controls as compared to not having pregnancy-induced hypertension (AOR=4.49, 95% CI (1.94-10.38)). …”
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Difficultés diagnostiques de la tuberculose cérébrale by Chahrazed Benrabah

“…C’est le cas d’une jeune patiente hospitalisée dans le cadre de l’urgence pour un syndrome d’hypertension intracrânienne avec troubles neurologiques. …”
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Difficultés diagnostiques de la tuberculose cérébrale by Chahrazed Benrabah

“…C’est le cas d’une jeune patiente hospitalisée dans le cadre de l’urgence pour un syndrome d’hypertension intracrânienne avec troubles neurologiques. …”
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Traditional and Non-Traditional Risk Factors of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Young Women: Evidence from the ANCORS-YW Study by Ibdah R, Al-Nusair M, Abuhalimeh R, Mahmoud SA, Laswi B, Rawashdeh S, Hamoudeh A, Kheirallah KA

“…ACS group had nonsignificantly greater proportions of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (29.2%vs.22.7%, p=0.109) and gestational diabetes (15.6%vs.10.3%, p=0.081). …”
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Single or multiple treatments with lusutrombopag in subjects with thrombocytopenia and chronic liver disease needing an invasive procedure by Davide Scalabrini, Paolo Sciuto, Cristina Felicani, Antonia Rudilosso, Pietro Andreone

“…This article reports two different cases concerning respectively an 83-year-old female patient suffering from arterial hypertension, aneurysm of the sub-renal aorta, hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive liver cirrhosis responsive to treatment with antiviral drugs, and a 2.0 cm diameter hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) nodule localized in the hepatic segment III and a 53-year-old female patient with HCV-positive liver cirrhosis complicated by portal hypertension with splenomegaly, thrombocytopenia, and F3 esophageal varices at high risk of bleeding. …”
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Hubungan Aktivitas Fisik dengan Kadar Nitric Oxide (NO) Plasma pada Masyarakat di Kota Padang by Ghozi Natul Isral, Afriwardi ., Delmi Sulastri

“…., in “The Influence Of Antioksidan Intake to eNOS3 Gene Ekspression In Hypertension Patients In Minangkabau Ethnicity”. Participant of this research is all participant of Delmi Sulastri et al. research in “The Influence Of Antioksidan Intake to eNOS3 Gene Ekspression In Hypertension Patients In Minangkabau Ethnicity” with 130 participant. …”
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Outcomes Following Metabolic Bariatric Surgery at a Single Center in the United Arab Emirates by Allum M, Buckley A, Suliman SGI, Suliman M, Hamdan K, Al Hadad M

“…Total weight loss (TWL), status of type 2 diabetes (T2D), hyperlipidemia, and hypertension were assessed following sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB).Results: Of 2851 included patients, 62.6% were female and 94.0% Emirati. …”
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Incidence and predictors of adverse birth outcomes among women who gave birth at Assosa general hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study by Habtamu Tadesse Gudeta, Shalama Lekasa Nagari, Dessalegn Emana Jabana, Mustefa Aflegn Legese, Demekisa wondimu Biyena, Fantahun Cheklie Kassie

“…This study revealed that inadequate antenatal care follow-up, malaria, hypertension, hemoglobin < 11 g/dl, and a mid-upper arm circumference < 23 cm were predictors of adverse birth outcomes. …”
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Genetic influence on choroidal vascularity index. by Je Moon Yoon, Yong Jin Gil, Joohon Sung, Don-Il Ham, Mingui Kong

“…Characteristics of the participants were investigated, including age, sex, axial length, hypertension, diabetes, drinking habits, and smoking status. …”
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An Indwelling Urethral Catheter Knotted Around a Double-J Ureteral Stent: An Unusual Complication after Kidney Transplantation by E. G. Warmerdam, R. J. Toorop, A. C. Abrahams, P. Berger

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Antenatal Corticosteroids: A Risk Factor for the Development of Chronic Disease by Elizabeth Asztalos

“…However, exogenous ACS reduces birth weight which, in turn, is associated with adverse adult outcomes such as coronary heart disease, stroke, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes. The long-term effects of ACS exposure on HPA axis activity and neurological function are well documented in animal studies, and it appears that ACS, regardless of dose exposure, is capable of affecting fetal HPA axis development causing permanent changes in the HPA axis that persists through life and is manifested by chronic illness and behavioral changes. …”
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Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema Syndrome: A New Phenotype within the Spectrum of Smoking-Related Interstitial Lung Disease by Karina Portillo, Josep Morera

“…These patients have a characteristic lung function profile, with unexpected subnormal dynamic and static lung volumes, contrasting with a significant reduction of carbon monoxide transfer (DLco) and exercise hypoxemia. Pulmonary hypertension is highly prevalent in CPFE and is the leading determinant of death. …”
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A Rare Case Presentation of a Perforated Giant Sigmoid Diverticulum by Jennifer C. Kam, Vikram Doraiswamy, Robert S. Spira

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New perspectives on probiotics in health and disease by Eric Banan-Mwine Daliri, Byong H. Lee

“…Correlations between changes in composition and activity of the gut microbiota and common disorders such as cancer, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, inflammatory bowel diseases, obesity, oral health, etc. have been proposed. …”
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ACE Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism and Diabetic Nephropathy: Clinical Implications of Genetic Information by Sung-Kyu Ha

“…RAAS blockers are the first line drugs for the treatment hypertension associated with diabetes and have been widely used in everyday clinical practice for the purpose of reducing proteinuria in patients with various renal diseases. …”
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Takotsubo’s Cardiomyopathy in a Patient with Kartagener’s Syndrome by Luis W. Dominguez, Robert P. Doggette, Fernando Gonzalez-Ibarra, Imam H. Shaik, Amer K. Syed

“…A 46-year-old African-American male with past medical history significant for Kartagener’s syndrome, essential hypertension, and HIV presented with acute chest pain. …”
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Role of endogenous nitric oxide on PAF-induced vascular and respiratory effects by M. Clement, M. Albertini

“…In normal pigs, L-NAME increased systemic and pulmonary vascular resistances, caused pulmonary hypertension and reduced cardiac output and stroke volume. …”
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