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MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL TREATMENT REDUCES THE RISK OF TREATMENT ESCALATION DUE TO VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN LIMITED CUTANEOUS SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS: EMULATION OF A TARGET TRIAL FROM ITALIAN RHEUMATOLOGY SOCIETY SPRING REGISTRY

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) is relatively uncommon due to the lower fibrotic burden and the predominance of the vascular complications. In vitro observations and clinical data from transplanted patients suggest a protective effect of MMF on endothelial function.
Enrico De Lorenzis   +77 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rheumatic heart disease burden, trends, and inequalities in the Americas, 1990–2017: a population-based study

open access: yesThe Lancet Global Health, 2019
Summary: Background: The World Health Assembly 2018 approved a resolution on rheumatic heart disease to strengthen programmes in countries where this condition remains a substantial public health problem. We aimed to describe the regional burden, trends,
Pedro Ordunez, PhD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preventive measures for Acute Rheumatic Fever/ Rheumatic Heart Disease : A literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Acute rheumatic disease is a major burden in the developing countries and also a major cause of premature death in children and young adults every year.
Kunwar, Nabina, Shrestha, Usha
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Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation accompanying mitral stenosis: the concept for a trial. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Patients at thromboembolic risk with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) can now be managed either with a vitamin K antagonist (VKA) or with a fixed dose of a non-VKA oral anticoagulant (NOAC), while patients with valvular AF have been restricted to ...
De Caterina, R, John Camm, A
core   +1 more source

Differential Item Functioning on the Patient Health Questionnaire 8 by Disease Subtype, Language, Sex, and Age Among People With Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient‐Centered Intervention Network Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Somatic items used in depression assessments can potentially overlap with symptoms related to physical illness, including systemic sclerosis (SSc). No studies have looked at whether somatic depression items may be influenced by diffuse versus limited SSc disease subtypes, which are associated with varying degrees of symptom presentation.
Sophie Hu   +110 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tingkat Disabilitas Fisik Berdasarkan Penyakit Degeneratif yang Diderita Menurut Faktor Sosial dan Demografi (Kajian Isu Publik dalam Formulasi Kebijakan Kesehatan) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Background: Riskesdas 2007 showed that 18.4% had been death by stroke; 8.3% by Diabetes Mellitus and hipertension;6.7% by heart. Hipertension is main trigger of stroke attacked and it is caused physical disability.
Astuti, W. D. (Wahyu)   +1 more
core  

Marked Long‐Term Improvement in Lung Function in Melanoma Differentiation–Associated Protein 5 Antibody–Positive Dermatomyositis Patients: Experience of a Single‐Center Longitudinal Cohort in North America

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective of this study was to describe the longitudinal disease course and pulmonary outcomes of North American patients with melanoma differentiation–associated protein 5 (MDA5) antibody–associated dermatomyositis (DM). Methods Thirty patients with MDA5 antibody–associated DM were identified in a single‐center longitudinal cohort of 352
Jenice X. Cheah   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disturbance of intracardiac hemodynamics in children with chronic rheumatic cardiac disease [PDF]

open access: yesMedičnì Perspektivi, 2013
By means of Doppler echocardiography there have been studied disturbances of intracardiac hemodynamics in 44 children aged 8-17 years with chronic rheumatic cardiac disease and developed mitral aortal and combined heart defects, as well as in chronic ...
Kondratiev V.A.   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in a Public School of Belo Horizonte

open access: yesArquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2014
Background: Previous studies indicate that compared with physical examination, Doppler echocardiography identifies a larger number of cases of rheumatic heart disease in apparently healthy individuals.
Lavinia Pimentel Miranda   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Blood pressure levels among the studentsof a selected school

open access: yesIMC Journal of Medical Science, 2010
In Bangladesh, limited data are available on paediatric hypertension as well as their normal values. This study was done to assess the level of blood pressure in this population group.
Abdullah Al-Shafi Mazumder   +5 more
doaj  

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