Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm with Thrombosed Infrarenal Component: A Modified Hybrid Technique without Aortic Cross Clamping by Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, Khaled J. Zaza, Muhammad Anees Sharif, Samer Koussayer

“…A 64-year-old male with a history of hypertension, diabetes, and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented with acute on chronic backache and bilateral short distance claudication. …”
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Splenic Vein Embolization Using Coil Anchors and Prophylactic Occlusion of a Hepatofugal Collateral for Hepatic Encephalopathy due to Splenorenal Shunt: Technical Note and Literatu... by Masayoshi Inoue, Toshihiro Tanaka, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Tetsuya Yoshioka, Kimihiko Kichikawa

“…Portosplenic blood flow separation by occluding the splenic vein could avoid the complication of severe portal hypertension, but it would require repeated reintervention due to recurrence of symptoms. …”
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FABIO: TWAS fine-mapping to prioritize causal genes for binary traits. by Haihan Zhang, Kevin He, Zheng Li, Lam C Tsoi, Xiang Zhou

“…Leveraging its improved power, FABIO successfully prioritized multiple potentially causal genes associated with the diseases, including GATA3 for asthma, ABCG2 for gout, and SH2B3 for hypertension. Overall, FABIO represents an effective tool for TWAS fine-mapping of disease traits.…”
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Targeting ion homeostasis in metabolic diseases: Molecular mechanisms and targeted therapies by Yanjiao Zhang, Kaile Ma, Xinyi Fang, Yuxin Zhang, Runyu Miao, Huifang Guan, Jiaxing Tian

“…The incidence of metabolic diseases—hypertension, diabetes, obesity, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), and atherosclerosis—is increasing annually, imposing a significant burden on both human health and the social economy. …”
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Frequency and Associated Factors of Post-dural Puncture Headache at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Southern Punjab, Pakistan by Maria Jabeen, Sohaib Hassan, Aneeqa Saad, Sohail Safdar

“…Diabetes was noted in 32 (18.5%) while Hypertension in 64 (37.0%) of our study cases. Of these 173 study cases, sitting position was noted in 72 (41.6%) and lateral position in 101 (58.4%), traumatic needle in 72 (41.6%) and atraumatic needle in 101 (58.4%). …”
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Glycated Hemoglobin as a Screening Tool in the Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus among Adult Patients in a Tertiary Health Facility in Port Harcourt, Niger Delta Region of Nigeria by Gesiye Bozimo, Marcellinus Okafor Nkpozi, Adaeze Ugwu, Victoria Eno Gomba, Chinweuba M. Abonyi, Chioma Unachukwu

“…Two hundred patients with hypertension and 200 nonhypertensives patients were screened for DM. …”
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Aortic Dissection in a Healthy Male Athlete: A Unique Case with Comprehensive Literature Review by Balraj Singh, Jennifer M. Treece, Ghulam Murtaza, Samit Bhatheja, Steven J. Lavine, Timir K. Paul

“…The patient did not have a recent history of trauma to the chest, no history of hypertension, and no illicit drug use. He presented with severe chest pain radiating to back and syncopal event with exertion. …”
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Genome-Wide Association Study of Medication Adherence in Chronic Diseases in the Korean Population by Incheol Seo, Seong-Il Suh, Min-Ho Suh, Won-Ki Baek

“…A total of 235 medication non-adherents and 1,067 medication adherents with hypertension or diabetes were used from the Korean Association Resource project data according to the self-reported treatment status of each chronic disease, respectively. …”
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Relative Contributions of Intracranial Pressure and Intraocular Pressure on Lamina Cribrosa Behavior by Junfei Tong, Deepta Ghate, Sachin Kedar, Linxia Gu

“…The influences of these pressure are dependent on sclera material properties, which might explain the pathogenesis of ocular hypertension and normal-tension glaucoma.…”
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Cellular aspects of immunity involved in the development of atherosclerosis by Khalil Khalaf, Khalil Khalaf, Khalil Khalaf, Marc Chamieh, Natalia Welc, Chandpreet Singh, Joanne Lynn Kaouk, Aiden Kaouk, Andrzej Mackiewicz, Andrzej Mackiewicz, Mariusz Kaczmarek, Mariusz Kaczmarek, Bartlomiej Perek

“…The development of atherosclerosis occurs in various stages and is facilitated by many clinical factors, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and inflammatory status. …”
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A novel approach to intraoperative diagnosis of primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease by Nethrani Sameera Wijesekara Pathirana, Hasitha Udayakumara, A S K Banagala, M R Sumanatilleke, A V T Damayanthi, S R Constantine, G W Katulanda, Z T M Thowfeek, T Sasikanth, S Pathmanathan

“…Here, we describe a case of ACTH-independent CS due to primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) in a 33-year-old female patient with several complications of CS, including diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis and severe depression with suicidal ideation. …”
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Anthropometric Indicators to Determine the Obesity and its Relations with the Cardiometabolic Risk by Raúl Cedeño Morales, Maricel Castellanos González, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Luis Mass Sosa, Carlos Mora Hernández, Jorge Carlos Parada Arias

“…<strong>Background:</strong> it has become a controversy if obesity per se is an independent cardiometabolic risk factor it self or it influences like a contributing element of other factors, specially hypertension, insulin resistance and dislipidemias. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> determining which of the anthropometric parameters used to quantify obesity is more associated to the cardiometabolic risk factors. …”
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Large-Scale Survey of Unselected Automated Visual Fields in a Major Reading Center: Patterns and Data Analysis by Lilly Zborowski-Naveh, Rita Ehrlich, Moshe Luski, Dov Weinberger, Mona Boaz, Dan D. Gaton

“…The large majority of patients (70.4%) were referred due to glaucoma, ocular hypertension or suspected glaucoma. Most of the patients had threshold strategies: FastPac 24-2 or 30-2 (88.9%), Full Threshold (0.7%), and 10-2 (0.5%). …”
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A Giant-Cell Lesion with Cellular Cannibalism in the Mandible: Case Report and Review of Brown Tumors in Hyperparathyroidism by Lorenzo Azzi, Laura Cimetti, Matteo Annoni, Diego Anselmi, Lucia Tettamanti, Angelo Tagliabue

“…The patient’s history included only hypertension. The lesion was considered as an inflammatory cyst and was enucleated. …”
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Mild Cognitive Impairment and Depressive Symptoms in Elderly Patients with Diabetes: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Comorbidity by Malgorzata Gorska-Ciebiada, Malgorzata Saryusz-Wolska, Maciej Ciebiada, Jerzy Loba

“…The logistic regression analysis revealed that variables which increased the likelihood of having been diagnosed with MCI were: higher HbA1c level, previous CVD, hypertension, retinopathy, increased number of comorbidities, and less years of formal education. …”
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Identification and characterization of a novel tetrapeptide from enzymatic hydrolysates of Baijiu byproduct by Qiang Wu, Changqing Zhong, Guirong Zeng, Xu Zhang, Liping Xiang, Chang Wan, Yougui Yu

“…The peptide QGVP hydrolyzed from distilled spent grain proteins of Chinese strong-flavor Baijiu was expected to be used as a food ingredient to prevent or co-treat hypertension with other chemical drugs.…”
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Prevalence and co-prevalence of comorbidities among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus living in Puerto Rico by Enid J García-Rivera, Krystel Ruiz-Serrano, Edgar I Miranda, Luis C Mejía, Adolfo Pinzón, Cecile Marqués-Goyco, José G Quijada, Homero Monsanto, Juan C Orengo

“…The most prevalent comorbidities were hypertension (48%), hyperlipidemia (41%), neuropathy (21%); renal disease (15%), and retinopathy (13%). …”
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Association of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness with Cardiovascular Risk in Acromegaly by Bulent CAN, Fatma OLCAY COSKUN, Sercin OZKOK, Mumtaz TAKIR

“…Eleven patients with acromegaly had diabetes mellitus (28.9%), 18 (47.4%) had hypertension, and 27 (71%) had a concomitant chronic disease. …”
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Aspergillus Thyroiditis: A Complication of Respiratory Tract Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient by Madiha M. Alvi, David S. Meyer, Nicholas J. Hardin, James G. deKay, Annis M. Marney, Matthew P. Gilbert

“…Physical findings included a temperature of 38.4°C, hypertension, and tachycardia. Patient was found to have anterior neck tenderness. …”
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Result of Surgery to Patients with Brain Tumor in Cienfuegos by Jorge Luis Acevedo Cardoso, Samuel Sánchez Sánchez, Yoniel Suárez Guerrero, Tamara García Alfonso de Armas, Wendy Gómez Menéndez

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> there was a slight predominance of females over males. 67.9 % of the patients did not present associated comorbidity, 45.3 % started as an endocranial hypertension syndrome, 81.9 % had supratentorial localization and 73.6 % had total macroscopic tumor cytoreduction. …”
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