Duodenal Tube Feeding: An Alternative Approach for Effectively Promoting Weight Gain in Children with Gastroesophageal Reflux and Congenital Heart Disease by Seiko Kuwata, Yoichi Iwamoto, Hirotaka Ishido, Mio Taketadu, Masanori Tamura, Hideaki Senzaki

“…It also allows for the improvement of pulmonary hypertension.…”
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Gastric Mucormycosis in a Renal Transplant Patient Treated with Isavuconazole Monotherapy by Imran Gani, Atbin Doroodchi, Kristina Falkenstrom, Holly Berry, Won Lee, Laura Mulloy, Muhammad Saeed, Rajan Kapoor

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What is the effect of interrupting prolonged sitting with frequent bouts of physical activity or standing on first or recurrent stroke risk factors? A scoping review. by Paul Mackie, Ishanka Weerasekara, Gary Crowfoot, Heidi Janssen, Elizabeth Holliday, David Dunstan, Coralie English

“…In the one trial of stroke survivors, only outcomes of hypertension were significantly improved. These findings are of significant importance taking into consideration hypertension is the leading risk factor for first and recurrent stroke. …”
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Socioeconomic status and morbidity pattern among the elderly population in Bankura district, West Bengal by Ujjwal Das, Nishamani Kar

“…The prevalence of hypertension among males was 70.2 (150) and in female subjects was 73.3 (156). …”
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Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients by Fahad Saeed, Nikhil Agrawal, Eugene Greenberg, Jean L. Holley

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Corrigendum to “A Simple Method to Assess In Vivo Proliferation in Lung Vasculature with EdU: The Case of MMC-Induced PVOD in Rat” by Fabrice Antigny, Benoît Ranchoux, Valérie Nadeau, Edmund Lau, Sébastien Bonnet, Frédéric Perros

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Update on the Use of Inhaled Nitric Oxide by Robert M Kacmarek

“…Over the past five years inhaled nitric oxide has been shown to be useful in the management of oxygenation during acute respiratory distress syndrome, alternation of pulmonary vascular tone in persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn, and in the management of chronic pulmonary hypertension in both heart and lung transplant candidates, as well as other potential clinical uses. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of Portosystemic Collaterals in Cirrhosis: Historical Aspects, Anatomy, and Classifications by Cyriac Abby Philips, Ankur Arora, Rajesh Shetty, Vivek Kasana

“…A detailed understanding of collateral anatomy and hemodynamics in cirrhotics is essential to envisage diagnosis, management, and outcomes of portal hypertension. In this review, we provide detailed insights into the historical, anatomical, and hemodynamic aspects to portal hypertension and collateral pathways in cirrhosis with emphasis on the various classification systems.…”
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Rapid Development of Bleeding Esophageal Varices after Placement of Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device by Kaushal Majmudar, Michael Northcutt, Robert Gordon, Claus J. Fimmel

“…We describe a patient with compensated cirrhosis and portal hypertension who underwent continuous flow LVAD implantation. …”
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Benefit of Probiotics on Cardiovascular Health- A Narrative Review by Ashna Mathur, Sofia Malik, Latha Ganti

“…Risk factors for CAD include hypertension, inflammation, diabetes, and poor diet. …”
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Gambaran Faktor Risiko dan Tipe Stroke pada Pasien Rawat Inap di Bagian Penyakit Dalam RSUD Kabupaten Solok Selatan Periode 1 Januari 2010 - 31 Juni 2012 by Cintya Agreayu Dinata, Yuliarni Safrita Safrita, Susila Sastri

“…The highest of modifiable risk factors are hypertension (82.30%) followed by increases in total cholesterol (69.79%). …”
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Risk factors for diabetic retinopathy: a case-control study by Pratiksha Nathani, Pratik R. Kharat, Satish Wadde

“…Smoke (OR=1.92, P=0.02), alcoholism (OR=2.62, P=0.03), a poor diet (OR=2.72, P=0.0008), nonadherence to dietary advice (OR=4.41, P=0.0001), other microvascular disorders (OR=3.79, P=0.0001), dyslipidaemia (OR=1.85, P=0.0), and hypertension (OR=5.91, P=0.0001). Drug abnormalities (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=7.89, P=0.0001) and hypertension (AOR=1.16, P=0.0001) were indicated as risk factors for the development of DR in multivariate regression research. …”
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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Gene Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism and Small Vessel Cerebral Stroke in Indian Population by Puttachandra Prabhakar, Tanima De, Dindagur Nagaraja, Rita Christopher

“…Background. Hypertension is an established risk factor for small-vessel cerebral stroke and the renin-angiotensin system plays an important role in the maintenance of blood pressure. …”
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Safety Profile and Effects of Pulsed Methylprednisolone on Vital Signs in Thyroid Eye Disease by Kai-Ling Yong, Chiaw Ling Chng, Hla Myint Htoon, Lee Hooi Lim, Lay Leng Seah

“…IVMP demonstrated mild and noncumulative effects on vital signs. Severe hypertension may occur in susceptible individuals such as those with underlying hypertension and uncontrolled thyroid dysfunction, whereas bradycardia may be more likely in those on beta-blockers.…”
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Factors Associated with Goal Achievement in Patients with Dyslipidemia in Primary Care by Pinto-González, Gustavo, Uribe-Velez, Natalia Andrea, Quirós-Gómez, Oscar Iván

“…Factors associated with goal achievement in the bivariate analysis were: sex, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular risk, and statin intensity and type. …”
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Role of Exercise Training on Autonomic Changes and Inflammatory Profile Induced by Myocardial Infarction by Bruno Rodrigues, Fabio S. Lira, Fernanda M. Consolim-Colombo, Juraci A. Rocha, Erico C. Caperuto, Kátia De Angelis, Maria-Cláudia Irigoyen

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Role of nutrition and healthy lifestyle, for individuals in primary prevention: recent data, gaps in evidence and future directions by Theodora Metsovitis, Marco Bernardi, Eric Bruckert, Federica Fogacci, Arrigo Cicero, Sebastian Garcia-Zamora, Luigi Spadafora, Denis Angoulvant, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Pierre Sabouret

“…This overview aims to summarize well-established benefits related to lifestyle and nutrition, discuss the current debates in this field in order to improve awareness among the medical community and promote better implementation of non-pharmaceutical measures to prevent the occurrence of atherothrombotic events, by reducing cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and obesity.…”
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Budd-Chiari Syndrome with Multiple Thrombi due to a Familial Arg42Ser Mutation in the Protein C Gene by Jun Muratsu, Atsuyuki Morishima, Kazuhiro Mizoguchi, Keiji Ataka, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Xinping Fan, Toshiyuki Miyata, Katsuhiko Sakaguchi

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A Rare Case of Complete Heart Block in a Young Patient by Zakaria Hindi, Yousef Hindi, Rami Batarseh

“…The CHB in this case is thought to be caused by hypertensive cardiomyopathy due to ongoing uncontrolled hypertension, which is caused by bilateral renal artery stenosis. …”
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Familial Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis Early in Life by Johannes Wirbelauer, Helge Hebestreit, Alexander Marx, Eugene J. Mark, Christian P. Speer

“…The work-up showed a PDA—which was surgically closed—pulmonary hypertension, and bronchial wall instability with stenosis of the left main bronchus. …”
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