Serum Asymmetric Dimethylarginine, Nitrate, Vitamin B12, and Homocysteine Levels in Individuals with Pulmonary Embolism by Murat Altuntaş, Figen Atalay, Murat Can, Remzi Altın, Meltem Tor

“…We aimed to analyze the pre- and posttreatment serum asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), nitrate (NO3), vitamin B12 and homocysteine levels in pulmonary embolism (PTE) patients and to determine the prognostic value of these variables in predicting chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). This study was conducted in 64 patients. …”
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Roles of the Chemokine System in Development of Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Cardiovascular Disease by Longbiao Yao, Oana Herlea-Pana, Janet Heuser-Baker, Yitong Chen, Jana Barlic-Dicen

“…This low-grade chronic inflammation is thought to link obesity to insulin resistance and the associated comorbidities of metabolic syndrome such as dyslipidemia and hypertension, which increase risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. …”
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hsa_circWDR37_016 Regulates Hypoxia-Induced Proliferation of Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells by Shan-Shan Li, Shuang Liang, Yao Long, Xu Chen, Xin Jin

“…Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by abnormal remodeling of pulmonary vessel walls caused by excessive pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell (PASMC) proliferation. …”
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Persistent Hiccups as the Only Presenting Symptom of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Nasreen Shaikh, Rishi Raj, Srinivas Movva, Charles Mattina

“…Our patient was a 74-year-old male with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and COPD due to chronic tobacco use, who presented with persistent hiccups for 4 days and no other complaints. …”
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Recurrent CSF Rhinorrhea Misdiagnosed as Chronic Allergic Rhinitis with Subsequent Development of Bacterial Meningitis by Michael T. Ulrich, Lawrence K. Loo, Michael B. Ing

“…A 36-year-old African American female with significant medical history of obesity and hypertension presented to the emergency department with headache, altered level of consciousness, fever, and neck stiffness. …”
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Rising incidence of recreational ketamine use: Clinical cases and management in emergency settings by Sabrina Marongiu, Maarten van Eijk, Femke M.J. Gresnigt, Esther A. Croes, Eric J.F. Franssen

“…Acute intoxication with ketamine manifests through symptoms like agitation, hallucinations, nausea, tachycardia, and hypertension, while frequent use is associated with long-term complications, including ketamine-induced uropathy. …”
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Perinatal Lethal Gaucher Disease due to RecNcil Recombinant Mutation in the GBA Gene Presenting with Hydrops Fetalis and Severe Congenital Anemia by Ekta Bhutada, Timothy Pyragius, Scott G. Petersen, Frans Niemann, Admire Matsika

“…A 35-year-old woman presented at 27-week gestation with hypertension and pedal edema. Antenatal scan showed hydrops fetalis and growth restriction. …”
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Critical Appraisal of Pharmaceutical Therapy in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy—Challenges and Prospectives by Elina Khattab, Michaelia Kyriakou, Elena Leonidou, Stefanos Sokratous, Angeliki Mouzarou, Michael M. Myrianthefs, Nikolaos P. E. Kadoglou

“…Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DBCM) has been increasingly recognized as the development of cardiac dysfunction, which is accompanied by heart failure (HF) symptoms in the absence of obvious reasons like ischemic heart disease, hypertension, or valvulopathies. Several pathophysiological mechanisms have been proposed, including metabolic disorders (e.g., glycation products), oxidative stress, low-grade inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, etc., which should guide the development of new therapeutic strategies. …”
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Blood Pressure Control at Rest and during Exercise in Obese Children and Adults by Konstantina Dipla, George P. Nassis, Ioannis S. Vrabas

“…Understanding the mechanisms that drive the altered hemodynamic responses during exercise in obese individuals and prevent the progression to hypertension is vitally important. This paper focuses on the evidence linking obesity with alterations of the autonomic nervous system and discusses the potential mechanisms and consequences of the altered sympathetic nervous system behavior in obese individuals at rest and during exercise. …”
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Fingertips Ischemia, Nephroangiosclerosis, and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: Is Genetic Thrombophilia the Unique Explanation? by Lisa Giovannini, Carlo Donadio

“…Case Presentation. 53-years-old-man with essential hypertension and nonnephrotic proteinuria (1.3 gr/24 h) and with normal renal function (eGFR-MDRD 123 mL/min/1.73 m2) was admitted to nephrology department; kidney biopsy showed FSGS; two years later the patient presented with ulceration and ischemic gangrene of the IV and V right-hand fingertips; genetic analysis demonstrated polymorphism of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genes C677T (heterozygote C677T/1298AC with normal value of homocysteine) and mutations of prothrombin gene G20210A and of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 4G/5G 675 with slight increase of its value. …”
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Aortic Valve Papillary Fibroelastoma Associated with Acute Cerebral Infarction: A Case Report by Nobuhiro Takeuchi, Masanori Takada, Koichi Fujita, Yoshiharu Nishibori, Takao Maruyama, Kazuyoshi Naba

“…An 80-year-old woman with a history of congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and hypertension was transferred to our institution with hematemesis. …”
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Coffee Consumption and Cardiovascular Diseases – Has the Time Come to Change Dietary Advice? A Mini Review by Wierzejska Regina

“…No adverse associations between coffee consumption and coronary heart disease, stroke, and hypertension have been found. What is more, some authors demonstrated that coffee drinking may prevent cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Maternal Body Mass Index Does Not Affect Neonatal Umbilical Artery Blood Gas Parameters by Salam E. Chalouhi, Caroline Salafia, Magdy Mikhail, Robert Hecht

“…Patients with diabetes/impaired glucose tolerance or hypertension were excluded. A total of 100 women, 50 lean and 50 obese, were included. …”
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Rethinking maternal healthcare for the 21st century in the United States by Vishwani PERSAUD-SHARMA

“…Health outcomes like postpartum hemorrhage, hypertension, and maternal infection during pregnancy are now important causes of maternal death across the U.S., conditions that were once sustai- nably treated and, therefore, preventable. …”
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Simultaneous quantitative analysis of olmesartan, amlodipine and hydrochlorothiazide in their combined dosage form utilizing classical and alternating least squares based chemometr... by Darwish Hany W., Bakheit Ahmed H., Abdelhameed Ali S.

“…Simultaneous spectrophotometric analysis of a multi-component dosage form of olmesartan, amlodipine and hydrochlorothiazide used for the treatment of hypertension has been carried out using various chemometric methods. …”
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Characterization and prognosis factors of cerebro-vascular disease in Cienfuegos province. by Rubén Bembibre Taboada, José Cabrera Gómez, Roberto Suárez Suri, Eduardo Concepción Morales

“…The risk factor of highest frequency was hypertension ( 43,24 %) The evolution for alive patients without discapacities was 14,71%), alive with discapacities ( 57,96%) and death 27,31%. …”
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The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents in Dalmatia: A Hospital Based Study by Marko Šimunović, Joško Božić, Lukrecija Milić, Ivana Unić, Veselin Škrabić

“…The most common component of MS in both groups was arterial hypertension, while impaired fasting glucose was the least common component of MS. …”
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Risk Factors for Foot Amputation in Patients Hospitalized for Diabetic Foot Infection by Maria Teresa Verrone Quilici, Fernando de Sá Del Fiol, Alexandre Eduardo Franzin Vieira, Maria Inês Toledo

“…The most prevalent chronic complications were neuropathy and hypertension. Most patients presented with a neuroischemic foot (86%). …”
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Epidemiological and Pathogenic Relationship between Sleep Apnea and Ischemic Heart Disease by Carlos Carpio, Rodolfo Álvarez-Sala, Francisco García-Río

“…The pathophysiology of coronary artery disease in obstructive sleep apnea patients probably includes the activation of multiple mechanisms, as the sympathetic activity, endothelial dysfunction, atherosclerosis, and systemic hypertension. Moreover, chronic intermittent hypoxia and oxidative stress have an important role in the pathogenesis of coronary disease and are also fundamental to the development of atherosclerosis and other comorbidities present in coronary artery diseases such as lipid metabolic disorders. …”
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The Impact of Obesity on the Cardiovascular System by Imre Csige, Dóra Ujvárosy, Zoltán Szabó, István Lőrincz, György Paragh, Mariann Harangi, Sándor Somodi

“…It is associated with an increased cardiovascular risk on the one hand of obesity itself and on the other hand of associated medical conditions (hypertension, diabetes, insulin resistance, and sleep apnoea syndrome). …”
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