Elevated serum levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor and stem cell growth factor β in patients with idiopathic and systemic sclerosis associated pulmonary arterial hypertension. [PDF]
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can be idiopathic or secondary to autoimmune diseases, and it represents one of the most threatening complications of systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Alessandri, Cristiano +9 more
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Self-monitoring for improving control of blood pressue in patients with hypertension [PDF]
The objective of this review is to determine the effect of SBPM in adults with hypertension on blood pressure control as compared to OBPM or usual ...
Bray, Emma +6 more
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Knowledge as A Predictor of Hypertension Prevention Practices Among Secondary School Teachers in a Selected Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria [PDF]
Oyelade B.O., A. Ademola
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Coping with complexity: working beyond the guidelines for patients with multimorbidities [PDF]
Primary care physicians believe they are delivering evidence-based care, understanding that adherence to evidence-based clinical guidelines results in tangible benefits in the populations for which they were developed.
Treadwell, Julian
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Diagnostic uncertainty in primary aldosteronism [PDF]
Aldosterone is a mineralocorticoid hormone originating from the glomerulosa zone of the adrenal cortex. Its main mechanism of action involves the reabsorption of sodium along with the secretion of potassium and hydrogen ions.
Marković Bojan +8 more
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Under pressure: pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart disease. [PDF]
© ERS 2015.Pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with left heart disease (PH-LHD) is the most common type of PH, but its natural history is not well understood.
Farber, HW, Gibbs, S
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Post-transplantation nephroptosis causing recurrent episodes of acute renal failure and hypertension secondary to intermittent vascular torsion of intraperitoneal renal allograft [PDF]
Austin R. Dosch +4 more
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Impaired endothelial function of the retinal vasculature in hypertensive patients [PDF]
<p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Arterial hypertension constitutes a central factor in the pathogenesis of stroke. We examined endothelial function of the retinal vasculature as a model of the cerebral circulation.</p> <p ...
Delles, C. +5 more
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Extra-adrenal Pheochromocytoma in an Adolescent
A 17-year-old male with symptoms of headache and diaphoresis presented to the emergency department. He had eight months of noted hypertension attributed to medications. On arrival his blood pressure was 229/117mmHg, and he was ill-appearing.
Abdullah, Ibrahim +2 more
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