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Hypertension is a complex, multifactorial and multisystem disorder and a leading cause of morbidity and premature death globally. Major guidelines define it as systolic blood pressure > 130 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure > 80 mmHg. Hypertension is a very common disease with prevalence rates of about 30% in adults worldwide.
Touyz, Rhian M. +10 more
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Dietary sodium sources in hypertensive patients
BACKGROUND: Reducing dietary salt intake is the method recommended by the experts as the non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the amount of dietary sodium intake by hypertensive patients and to analyze ...
Dariusz Stąpor +5 more
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Arterial hypertension is a leading preventable cardiovascular risk factor. The definition and thresholds for the diagnosis of hypertension vary between European and American guidelines.
Marek Stopa +2 more
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PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a disease of the small pulmonary arteries characterized by vascular narrowing and increased pulmonary vascular resistance, which eventually leads to right ventricular failure. Vasoconstriction, vascular proliferation, remodeling of the pulmonary vessels, and thrombosis are all contributing factors to the increased ...
Azad, Raiesdana, Joseph, Loscalzo
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Myocardial infarction caused by Graves’ disease
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Marek Kuch +3 more
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Background Chronic inflammation emerges as a feature of the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in experimental models. Alterations of circulating cell subsets have been observed in patients with PAH.
Lars Harbaum +9 more
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BackgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia with increasing prevalence with respect to age and comorbidities. AF may influence the prognosis in patients hospitalized with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Michał Terlecki +15 more
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Transforming growth factor-beta receptor mutations and pulmonary arterial hypertension in childhood [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a potentially fatal vasculopathy that can develop at any age. Adult-onset disease has previously been associated with mutations in BMPR2 and ALK-1.
Haworth, SG +22 more
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Resistant hypertension after renal infarction in a man with fibromuscular dysplasia
We report the case of 39-year-old Caucasian man presenting in emergency department with new onset of severe hypertension with hypokalaemia eight weeks after renal colic. Patient was referred to a hypertension unit for further investigation.
Nikolina Bukal +4 more
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Background Converging evidence from proteogenomic analyses prioritises thrombospondin-2 (TSP2) as a potential biomarker for idiopathic or heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Anna M. Dittrich +7 more
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