A cross-sectional study of vascular risk factors in a rural South African population : data from the Southern African Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI) [PDF]
Background: Rural sub-Saharan Africa is at an early stage of economic and health transition. It is predicted that the 21st century will see a serious added economic burden from non-communicable disease including vascular disease in low-income countries
A Lee+48 more
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A Thickness Sensitive Vessel Extraction Framework for Retinal and Conjunctival Vascular Tortuosity Analysis [PDF]
Systemic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis are among the leading causes of annual human mortality rate. It is suggested that retinal and conjunctival vascular tortuosity is a potential biomarker for such systemic diseases. Most importantly, it is observed that the tortuosity depends on the thickness of these vessels.
arxiv
Imaging follow-up after liver transplantation [PDF]
Liver transplantation (LT) represents the best treatment for end-stage chronic liver disease, acute liver failure and early stages of hepatocellular carcinoma.
ANZIDEI, MICHELE+7 more
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VAFO-Loss: VAscular Feature Optimised Loss Function for Retinal Artery/Vein Segmentation [PDF]
Estimating clinically-relevant vascular features following vessel segmentation is a standard pipeline for retinal vessel analysis, which provides potential ocular biomarkers for both ophthalmic disease and systemic disease. In this work, we integrate these clinical features into a novel vascular feature optimised loss function (VAFO-Loss), in order to ...
arxiv
Identification of a Disease on Cocoa Caused by Fusariumin Sulawesi [PDF]
A disease presumed to be caused by Fusarium was observed in cocoa open fields with few or without shade trees. Within the population of cocoa trees in the field, some trees had died, some had yellowing leaves and dieback, and the others were apparently ...
Asman, A. (Asman)+2 more
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Interactive effects of vascular risk burden and advanced age on cerebral blood flow. [PDF]
Vascular risk factors and cerebral blood flow (CBF) reduction have been linked to increased risk of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease (AD); however the possible moderating effects of age and vascular risk burden on CBF in late life remain ...
Bangen, Katherine J+10 more
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Alois Alzheimer and vascular brain disease: Arteriosclerotic atrophy of the brain. [PDF]
Alois Alzheimer is best known for his description of neurofibrillary changes in brain neurons of a demented patient, identifying a novel disease, soon named after him by Kraepelin.
Engelhardt, Eliasz, Grinberg, Lea T
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Device for ECG prediction based on retinal vasculature analysis [PDF]
Pulsatile changes in retinal vascular geometry over the cardiac cycle have clinical implications for the diagnosis of ocular and systemic vascular diseases, including ischemia, coronary heart diseases, and diabetes mellitus and its complications. Thus, analysis of the pulsatile changes over the cardiac cycle is a potential non-invasive assessment for ...
arxiv
Vascular smooth muscle contraction in hypertension [PDF]
Hypertension is a major risk factor for many common chronic diseases, such as heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, vascular dementia and chronic kidney disease.
Alves-Lopes, Rheure+6 more
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VASCULAR MEDULLARY DISEASES [PDF]
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