Early Kasai portoenterostomy in a 9-day-old newborn with extrahepatic biliary atresia: a case report highlighting improved prognosis with prompt intervention by Mortada H.F. El-Shabrawi, Gamal Eltagy, Mohamed Qinawy, Mohammed Am Oshi, Amjad Algethami, Nawaf A Alhujayri, Shaker S Alharthi, Abdullah M Alelyani, Naglaa M Kamal

“…Extrahepatic biliary atresia (EHBA) is a leading cause of neonatal cholestasis, often resulting in end-stage cirrhosis and portal hypertension without early diagnosis and treatment. This report highlights the importance of timely intervention, describing a 6-day-old male newborn diagnosed with EHBA who underwent successful Kasai portoenterostomy at 9 days of age. …”
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Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Testicular Pain: An Unusual Case Report by Jinal K. Patel, Varun Reddy, Gauthier Stepman, Debra Angelo, Johnathan Frunzi

“…This report illustrates a 51-year-old Caucasian male with a history of hypertension diagnosed two years ago who presented to the hospital due to acute onset of right testicular pain of 3-day duration. …”
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Pseudoaneurysm of the descending aorta two decades after aortic coarctation repair: a case report by Ruofan Zhou, Yabo Wang, Qi An

“…Contributing factors may include infection, hypertension, aortic wall weakness, and turbulent blood flow at the repair site. …”
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Bilateral Basal Ganglion Hemorrhage after Severe Olanzapine Intoxication by Kerstin Schweyer, Bastian Fatke, Kornelia Kreiser, Christian Rabe, Christian Seifert, Benno Ikenberg

“…We describe a patient suffering from bilateral intracerebral hemorrhage after severe olanzapine intoxication without underlying thrombocytopenia, arterial hypertension, or vascular malformation as cause of intracerebral hemorrhage. …”
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Infant of a diabetic mother: clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment by Magdalena Suda-Całus, Katarzyna Dąbrowska, Ewa Gulczyńska

“…Less common complications in IDMs are: persistent pulmonary hypertension, hyperbilirubinemia, renal vein thrombosis, small left colon syndrome, intrauterine death, polycythemia, and a predisposition to obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes later in life. …”
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FLAIR Hyperintense Vessel Sign of Both MCAs with Severe Heart Failure by Donghee Kim, Seung-Yul Lee, Kwon-Duk Seo

“…She had a history of hypertension, heart failure, and dementia. Brain MRI demonstrated FHVs within both middle cerebral arteries (MCAs). …”
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A Prospective Study of Clinical Features of Anterior Uveitis in Taiwan by Wei-Yu Chiang, Shih-Chou Chen, Shwu-Jiuan Sheu, Hsi-Kung Kuo

“…Most patients (87.5%) presented with unilateral eye disease, with 30 cases of ocular hypertension at the first presentation (27%). The most common clinical diagnoses were idiopathic AU (37.5%), human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27-associated acute AU (25.0%), and herpetic AU (18.8%). …”
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Retroaortic Left Renal Vein in a Case of Left Adrenal Adenoma: Radiological Findings by Alper Dilli, Umit Yasar Ayaz, Osman Raif Karabacak, Baki Hekimoglu

“…Abdominal and scrotal US, abdominal CT and MRI were performed for a 50-year-old male patient who was referred with continuous abdominal pain, intractable hypertension, high levels of blood cortisol and proteinuria. …”
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Correlation of blood coagulation parameters with comorbidities in COVID-19 patients: A retrospective study by Shuba N, Michael A

“…Moreover, dysfunctional coagulation cascades in diabetes mellitus and an imbalance of cytokines in hypertension and cardiovascular diseases may pose an additional risk towards hypercoagulability and subsequent mortality amid those with COVID-19. …”
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Does Physical Activity Increase Life Expectancy? A Review of the Literature by C. D. Reimers, G. Knapp, A. K. Reimers

“…Physical activity reduces many major mortality risk factors including arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, dyslipidemia, coronary heart disease, stroke, and cancer. …”
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COVID-19 in Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease by Lama A Ammar, Joseph E Nassar, Fadi Bitar, Mariam Arabi

“…While the anatomic complexity of CHD does not seem to predict the severity of infection, patients with worse physiological stages are more susceptible such as cyanosis and pulmonary hypertension. Patients with CHD exhibit continuous hypoxemia and have lower oxygen saturations because of a right-to-left shunt. …”
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The Duration of Breastfeeding and Its Association with Metabolic Syndrome among Obese Children by Renata Yakubov, Erez Nadir, Roni Stein, Adi Klein-Kremer

“…There was no correlation between the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and the duration of breastfeeding. Hypertension, abnormal low levels of HDL, high levels of HbA1c, and high fasting triglyceride levels were very common in our study population, yet no statistical significance was noted among the different breastfeeding groups. …”
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Determination of the Association between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Chronic Periodontal Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study by Kumari Pallavi, B.J. Janardhana Amaranath, Neelam Das, Koushik Mukherjee, Arindam Das, Priya Katiyar

“…Patients with moderate and severe OSA stages showed significantly higher prevalence of comorbidities like hypertension (100%), coronary heart disease (90.5%), diabetes mellitus (71.6%), and obesity (51.4%) with statistically significant associations found (P < 0.05). …”
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Uncommon Etiology for Seizure: Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome by Mohankumar Kurukumbi, Ahn Truong, Naghemeh Pirsaharkhiz

“…The incidence varies between 0 and 3%, depending on the severity of the stenosis, perioperative hypertension, and contralateral carotid stenosis. This case report reports a 53-year-old female patient presenting with decreased alertness and multiple tonic-clonic seizures, in the background of bilateral CEA. …”
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Suspected Spontaneous Aqueous Humor Misdirection Syndrome in a Boston Terrier by Ashley E. Zibura, Michael G. Davidson, Hans D. Westermeyer

“…Initial ophthalmic examination revealed moderate ocular hypertension, a diffusely and markedly shallow anterior chamber with anteriorly displaced iris and lens, vitreal prolapse, and a normal iridocorneal angle (ICA) morphology. …”
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An Unusual Cause of Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Acute Esophageal Necrosis by Nikhil R. Kalva, Madhusudhan R. Tokala, Sonu Dhillon, Watcoun-Nchinda Pisoh, Saqib Walayat, Vishwas Vanar, Srinivas R. Puli

“…The patients are usually older and are critically ill with shared comorbidities, which include atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic renal insufficiency, and malnutrition. …”
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Profiling Rosmarinic Acid and Sinensetin Content of Orthosiphon aristatus. from Three Different Locations with Variety Ethanol Concentration by Novia Putri Ramadhani, Yosi Bayu Murti, Andayana Puspitasari Gani

“…Orthosiphon aristatus is a well-known medicinal plant acknowledged for its therapeutic effect in treating urinary tract diseases, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and arthritis. It is widely used as an ingredient in herbal medicine and distributed throughout the world, including China, Europe and Indonesia. …”
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Stiff Substrates Enhance Endothelial Oxidative Stress in Response to Protein Kinase C Activation by Rebecca Lownes Urbano, Swathi Swaminathan, Alisa Morss Clyne

“…Arterial stiffness, which increases with aging and hypertension, is an independent cardiovascular risk factor. …”
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Updating Experimental Models of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by J. Fuentes-Antrás, B. Picatoste, A. Gómez-Hernández, J. Egido, J. Tuñón, Ó. Lorenzo

“…This pathology is initiated by changes in energy substrates and occurs in the absence of atherothrombosis, hypertension, or other cardiomyopathies. Inflammation, hypertrophy, fibrosis, steatosis, and apoptosis in the myocardium have been studied in numerous diabetic experimental models in animals, mostly rodents. …”
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Differential Role of Adipose Tissues in Obesity and Related Metabolic and Vascular Complications by Almudena Gómez-Hernández, Nuria Beneit, Sabela Díaz-Castroverde, Óscar Escribano

“…These new treatments may contribute not only to reduce obesity but also to prevent highly prevalent complications such as type 2 diabetes and other vascular alterations, such as hypertension or atherosclerosis.…”
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