ACE Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism and Diabetic Nephropathy: Clinical Implications of Genetic Information by Sung-Kyu Ha

“…RAAS blockers are the first line drugs for the treatment hypertension associated with diabetes and have been widely used in everyday clinical practice for the purpose of reducing proteinuria in patients with various renal diseases. …”
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Takotsubo’s Cardiomyopathy in a Patient with Kartagener’s Syndrome by Luis W. Dominguez, Robert P. Doggette, Fernando Gonzalez-Ibarra, Imam H. Shaik, Amer K. Syed

“…A 46-year-old African-American male with past medical history significant for Kartagener’s syndrome, essential hypertension, and HIV presented with acute chest pain. …”
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Role of endogenous nitric oxide on PAF-induced vascular and respiratory effects by M. Clement, M. Albertini

“…In normal pigs, L-NAME increased systemic and pulmonary vascular resistances, caused pulmonary hypertension and reduced cardiac output and stroke volume. …”
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The impact of obesity on disease activity and other health outcome measures in rheumatoid arthritis by Ankur Dalal, Rizwan Rajak

“…Obesity is a common risk factor for noncommunicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. It is believed to be a state of low-grade inflammation. …”
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Thyroid Carcinoma. Case Report and Literature Review by José Alberto Puerto Lorenzo, Lidia Torres Aja, Eslinda Cabanes Rojas

“…A case of a 66-year-old white-skinned patient of rural origin is presented with a history of suffering from ischemic heart disease and arterial hypertension, for which she was undergoing medical treatment. …”
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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors in Human Pregnancy: To Treat or Not to Treat? by Orna Diav-Citrin, Asher Ornoy

“…Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn has also been described with an absolute risk of <1%. …”
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The Highs and Lows of an Unknown Pheochromocytoma in an Elderly Patient by Christina N. DiMaria, Lorena I. Rasquin, Wikien A. Hung Pinto

“…We describe a case of an 84-year-old male who presented with cycling episodes of severe hypertension and hypotension after an elective cardiac catheterization. …”
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Dendritic Cells and Their Role in Cardiovascular Diseases: A View on Human Studies by Maja-Theresa Dieterlen, Katja John, Hermann Reichenspurner, Friedrich W. Mohr, Markus J. Barten

“…Such immunological responses are involved in the pathophysiological mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases, with DCs shown to play a role in atherosclerosis, hypertension, and heart failure and most notably following heart transplantation. …”
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Myocardial Damage in SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Elizabeth Sellén Sanchén, Joaquín Sellén Crombet, Lisandra Sellén Fundora

“…Patients with a history of arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease and cardiomyopathy constitute a very high risk population of complications from the coronavirus. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Process-Related Impurities of Antihypertensive Drug Olmesartan Medoxomil by G. Venkanna, G. Madhusudhan, K. Mukkanti, A. Sankar, Y. Sampath Kumar, G. Venakata Narayana

“…Olmesartan medoxomil (1) is the latest angiotensin receptor antagonist approved by the FDA for the treatment of hypertension. During the process development of olmesartan medoxomil, three process-related impurities were observed along with the final API. …”
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Postobstructive Pulmonary Edema following Tonsillectomy/Adenoidectomy in a 2-Year-Old with Poland-Moebius Syndrome by Tanisha Powell, Nirupma Sharma, Kathleen T. McKie

“…Echocardiogram showed pulmonary hypertension and airway exam via direct fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed tracheomalacia and bronchomalacia. …”
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Comprehensive management application of sulodexide on proteinuria: 2 case reports by Li Zhou, Wenge Li

“…Case 1 is a 45 years-old male with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension accompanied by persistent proteinuria and intermittent edema in both legs. …”
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Insulin Resistance: A Proinflammatory State Mediated by Lipid-Induced Signaling Dysfunction and Involved in Atherosclerotic Plaque Instability by Fabrizio Montecucco, Sabine Steffens, François Mach

“…This condition characterizes several diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), impaired fasting glucose (IFG), obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and other endocrinopathies, but also cancer. …”
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Signaling Pathway Puts the Break on Fat Cell Formation by Ormond A. MacDougald

“…Unfortunately, excess fat or adipose tissue is associated with a wide array of health problems, including increased incidence of type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, sleep apnea, and skeletomuscular problems [4,5,6]. …”
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Successful Aging and Longevity in Older Old Women: The Role of Depression and Cognition by Daniel Paulson, Mary Elizabeth Bowen, Peter A. Lichtenberg

“…Mortality at 2, 6, and 8 year intervals was predicted using CVB (diabetes, heart disease, hypertension), depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), and cognitive decline (decline of 1 standard deviation or more on the 35-point Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status over 2 years). …”
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The Potential Role of Gut Microbiota in the Prevention and Treatment of Lipid Metabolism Disorders by Yan-Jun He, Chong-Ge You

“…Due to changes in lifestyle, diet structure, and aging worldwide, the incidence of metabolic syndromes such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity is increasing. Metabolic syndrome is considered to be closely related to cardiovascular disease and severely affects human health. …”
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Prevention and Management of Variceal Hemorrhage by Dong Hyun Kim, Jun Yong Park

“…Variceal hemorrhage is a common and devastating complication of portal hypertension and is a leading cause of death in patients with cirrhosis. …”
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Visual Impairment and Ataxia after Excision of Recurrent Cerebellar Space Occupation: A Case Report by Lixia JIN, Gang LIU, Junfa WU, Kewei YU, Xinwei TANG, Yi WU

“…The decrease in visual acuity could be caused by ischemic optic neuropathy caused by ischemia-reperfusion, or by optic atrophy caused by intracranial hypertension. After comprehensive rehabilitation treatment, the swallowing function, speech function, balanced function and the daily life function improved significantly, while the improvement of vision loss was not obvious.Conclusion:Comprehensive rehabilitation therapy is effective for the treatment of visual impairment and ataxia after excision of recurrent cerebellar space occupation. …”
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Niemann-Pick Disease: An Underdiagnosed Lysosomal Storage Disorder by Inusha Panigrahi, Manoj Dhanorkar, Renu Suthar, Chanchal Kumar, Mullai Baalaaji, Babu Ram Thapa, Jasvinder Kalra

“…Here we report 4 cases of NPD type A/B in 3 families presenting with hepatosplenomegaly and cytopenias including one family with two sibs having hypertension and mitral valve prolapse. The diagnosis of NPD was proven by mutation analysis with identification of novel mutations, including a novel 4 bp insertion mutation (C>CCTGG) in exon 2 of the SMPD1 gene. …”
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Pure Motor Monoparesis in the Leg due to a Lateral Medullary Infarction by Hiromasa Tsuda, Kozue Tanaka, Shuji Kishida

“…A 76-year-old man with essential hypertension abruptly presented with slight left-sided leg weakness, despite normal strength in the other extremities. …”
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