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Comorbid conditions responsible for the higher complications and poorer outcome in cardiac and vascular surgery: Time to reconsider hyperhomocysteinemia and its repercussions

open access: yesIndian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2019
Background: Plasma homocysteine is a perceived risk factor for the cardiovascular diseases. Many studies confirmed its remarkably high level with severity of the disease.
Arun Kumar Haridas   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fifteen new risk loci for coronary artery disease highlight arterial-wall-specific mechanisms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although 58 genomic regions have been associated with CAD thus far, most of the heritability is unexplained, indicating that additional susceptibility loci await ...
A Schröder   +126 more
core   +2 more sources

Spinal Cord Infarction Versus Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis: Clinical, Radiological, and Functional Insights From a Retrospective Cohort Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is a rare but devastating myelopathy, characterized by a high disability rate and an unfavorable prognosis. It has often been underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed as idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM). This study aimed to describe the clinical features, radiological biomarkers, treatments, and functional ...
Zeqiang Ji   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Impact of Peripheral Obstructive Arterial Disease in Portugal: An Eight Year Study

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2019
Introduction: Peripheral arterial disease has an important impact on morbidity/mortality. The objective of this study was to quantify the impact of this disease in Portugal during the last eight years, expressed by the volume of admissions, treatment ...
Mariana Moutinho   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of the oral status on cardiovascular diseases in an older Italian population [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Oral diseases have been adversely associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVD), which are also the most frequent cause of death in older population. The aim of this study was to investigate the association among oral status indexes and CVD in patients
Basili, Stefania   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Development of a Personalized Visualization and Analysis Tool to Improve Clinical Care in Complex Multisystem Diseases With Application to Scleroderma

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective In complex diseases, it is challenging to assess a patient's disease state, trajectory, treatment exposures, and risk of multiple outcomes simultaneously, efficiently, and at the point of care. Methods We developed an interactive patient‐level data visualization and analysis tool (VAT) that automates illustration of the trajectory of a ...
Ji Soo Kim   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Familial hyperhomocysteinemia, age and peripheral vascular diseases - an Italian study

open access: yesVeins and Lymphatics, 2013
Hyperhomocysteinemia is a widely recognized, although not yet entirely understood, risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Particularly, the complex relationships between age, hyperhomocysteinemia, predisposing genetic factors and peripheral vascular ...
Sandro Michelini   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Arteriogenesis versus angiogenesis: similarities and differences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Cardiovascular diseases account for more than half of total mortality before the age of 75 in industrialized countries. To develop therapies promoting the compensatory growth of blood vessels could be superior to palliative surgical surgical ...
Eitenmüller, Inka   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Monocyte LOXHD1 and RHOB Expression Predictive of Progressive Systemic Sclerosis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective A leading cause of death among patients with scleroderma (SSc), interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains challenging to prognosticate. The discovery of biomarkers that accurately determine which patients would benefit from close monitoring and aggressive therapy would be an essential clinical tool.
Cristina M. Padilla   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stem Cell Therapies in Peripheral Vascular Diseases — Current Status

open access: yesJournal of Interdisciplinary Medicine, 2017
Peripheral artery diseases include all arterial diseases with the exception of coronary and aortic involvement, more specifically diseases of the extracranial carotids, upper limb arteries, mesenteric and renal vessels, and last but not least, lower limb
Opincariu Diana   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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