Two-stage surgical treatment of cataracts with weakness of the lenticular zonular apparatus and uncompensated glaucoma by E.A. Ivachev, S.A. Kochergin

“…Complications: intraoperative ocular hypertension — 1 (2.6%), VB prolapse during trabeculectomy — 0, hyphema — 7 (17.9%), CCD — 6 (15.4%), IOL subluxation — 1 (2.6%). …”
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Cognitive impairment at older ages among 8000 men and women living in Mexico City: a cross-sectional analyses of a prospective study by Carlos González-Carballo, Pablo Kuri-Morales, Erwin Chiquete, Mario Rojas-Russell, Rogelio Santacruz-Benitez, Raúl Ramirez-Reyes, Adrián Garcilazo-Ávila, Jaime Berumen, Eirini Trichia, Louisa Gnatiuc Friedrichs, Paulina Orellana, Carolina Ochoa-Rosales, Gary O’Donovan, Jonathan R Emberson, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Diego Aguilar-Ramirez, Jesus Alegre-Díaz

“…The distribution of MMSE scores and cognitive impairment by age, sex, and major disease risk factors (diabetes, hypertension, and adiposity) was analyzed among those with complete MMSE data and some degree of self-reported formal education. …”
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Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on medical practice in endocrine and metabolic diseases in Japan: a nationwide surveillance study conducted by the Japan Endocrine Society by Katsunori Manaka, Sayaka Kato, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Hajime Yamakage, Tsugumi Uema, Shiori Kawai, Megumi Shibata, Izumi Hiratsuka, Sawako Nakachi, Takeshi Onoue, Takefumi Tsuchiya, Michiaki Fukui, Koshi Hashimoto, Atsushi Suzuki, Noriko Makita, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Hiroshi Arima, Noriko Satoh-Asahara, Hiroaki Masuzaki

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Risk of Coronary Heart Disease among HIV-Infected Patients: A Multicenter Study in Brazil by Sandra C. Fuchs, Paulo R. Alencastro, Maria Letícia R. Ikeda, Nêmora T. Barcellos, Fernando H. Wolff, Ajácio B. M. Brandão, Ricardo A. A. Ximenes, Demócrito de B. Miranda-Filho, Heloísa Ramos Lacerda, Maria de Fátima P. M. de Albuquerque, Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos, Max W. Nery, Marilia D. Turchi

“…Hypertension and diabetes increased more than four times the risk of coronary heart disease, followed by central obesity, obesity, and prehypertension. …”
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The Relationship between Simple Snoring and Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study by Juanjuan Zou, Fan Song, Huajun Xu, Yiqun Fu, Yunyan Xia, Yingjun Qian, Jianyin Zou, Suru Liu, Fang Fang, Lili Meng, Hongliang Yi, Jian Guan, Huaming Zhu, Bin Chen, Shankai Yin

“…Furthermore, the associations were more obvious for hypertension among males and for abdominal obesity and hyper-TG among females. …”
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Status and annual change of vulnerability among middle-aged and elderly people with cardiometabolic multimorbidity in a division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, 2017... by Ziqi WANG, Jieting CHEN, Mei ZHANG, Mingxia JING

“…In terms of high and low vulnerability, there was no significant change over time for CMM populations with any of the CMD combinations, except for CMM populations with combinations of ischemic heart disease and stroke, hypertension and diabetes, ischemic heart disease and hypertension and diabetes, and ischemic heart disease and hypertension and stroke. …”
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Cardiovascular outcomes in long COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ting Zhang, Zhimao Li, Qimin Mei, Joseph Harold Walline, Zhaocai Zhang, Yecheng Liu, Huadong Zhu, Bin Du

“…Pooled risk differences in long COVID cases compared to controls were significantly higher for cardiomyopathy [0.15% (0.06, 0.23)], deep vein thrombosis [0.45% (0.06, 0.83)] and hypertension (0.32%, (0.06, 0.58) but not for thromboembolic disorders, coronary disease, stroke, arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, hypertension, heart failure or cardiogenic shock.ConclusionThe risk of cardiovascular disease increased significantly four weeks or more after recovering from acute COVID-19. …”
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Ischemic Colitis after Weight-Loss Medication by Dan Comay, Jennifer Ramsay, E Jan Irvine

“…BACKGROUND: Previous weight-loss medications have received cautious support due to their association with pulmonary hypertension and valvular heart disease. However, newer drugs are increasingly being recommended as potentially safer and more efficacious. …”
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Case Report: Recognizing Pneumatosis Intestinalis: A Case of Bowel Ischemia Presenting as Renal Colic by Peter D. Corr

“…Bowel ischemia and or infarction must be considered in the differential diagnosis in the older patient with pre-existing coronary artery or generalized vascular disease, cardiac failure, or arrhythmias especially atrial fibrillation and hypertension. An elderly patient with caecal infarction is presented who was initially diagnosed and treated for renal colic.…”
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Accidental Intrathecal Injection of Tranexamic Acid by Khaled Mahmoud, Amany Ammar

“…The patient experienced severe pain in the back and gluteal region upon injection in association with systemic hypertension and tachycardia followed by generalized myoclonic seizures and ventricular fibrillation.…”
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Osteoporosis: A silent epidemic by Yusimí Isaguirre Martínez, José Julio Requeiro Molina, Ana María Machado Consuegra, Hugo Jiménez Vázquez, Félix Rodríguez Fernández

“…Nowadays most persons know about the human immunodeficiency virus, hypertension and other diseases. People know about their characteristics and the way to fight them. …”
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Living Well to Keep Your Pressure Down by Linda B. Bobroff

“…High blood pressure, or hypertension, can cause serious health problems. It makes your heart work harder and can damage your blood vessels even if you feel okay. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of multimorbidity among individuals aged 50 and above in Bangladesh by Faroque Md Mohsin, Padam Kanta Dahal, Md. Badsha Alam, Sarah Tahera Mahmud, Cotton Chakma, Md. Iqbal Hossain, Md. Atikur Rahman Akanda, Maherun Nesa, Rajib Kumar Malakar, Sokal Roy, Shahriar Hasan, Nitai Roy

“…Conclusions We found a 39% prevalence of multimorbidity among older adults in Bangladesh, having hypertension as the most prevalent condition. Our findings may help to emphasize the importance of providing awareness-building programs and increasing investment in healthcare services to provide services for decreasing multimorbity…”
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Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in Bangladesh: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Baki Billah, Sohail Akhtar, Jamal Abdul Nasir, Aqsa Sarwar, Nida Nasr, Amara Javed, Rizwana Majeed, Muhammad Abdus Salam

“…The main factors of diabetes include urbanisation, increasing age, hypertension and time period. Further research is needed to identify strategies for early detecting, prevention and treatment of people with diabetes in the population.PROSPERO registration number CRD42019148205.…”
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Maternal and Neonatal Complications of Methamphetamine Use during Pregnancy by Suthanud Premchit, Nawabhorn Orungrote, Sinart Prommas, Buppa Smanchat, Kornkarn Bhamarapravatana, Komsun Suwannarurk

“…Maternal outcomes: gestational hypertension was found to be significantly increased in the study group compared to the control group at 14.6 vs. 1.0% (OR 17.4, 95%CI 2.5-134.3). …”
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Qatari Genotype May Contribute to Complications in Type 2 Diabetes by Youssra Dakroury, Stephen L. Atkin, Soha R. Dargham, Amal Robay, Juan Rodriguez-Flores, Ronald G. Crystal, Alexandra E. Butler

“…For patients with diabetes, hypertension (p<0.035) and retinopathy (p<0.016) were greater in the Q3 ancestry. …”
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Interaction between the Haptoglobin 2 Phenotype and Diabetes Mellitus on Systolic Pulmonary Arterial Pressure and Nitric Oxide Bioavailability in Hemodialysis Patients by Inbal Dahan, Evgeny Farber, Nadia Thauho, Nakhoul Nakhoul, Adi Francis, Mohamad Awawde, Andrew P. Levy, Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro, Swati Basu, Farid Nakhoul

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Successful thoracoscopic-assisted resection of a functional paraganglioma in the mediastinum with extracorporeal circulation: a case report by Zhihui Yang, Xiaojie Huang, Danting Zhou, Tao Tang, Hengxing Liang, Wenliang Liu, Fenglei Yu, Chen Chen

“…This report details the surgical management of a complex mediastinal paraganglioma case, presenting with refractory hypertension and invasion of critical surrounding structures. …”
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Characteristics of NAFLD Based on Hypopituitarism by Kazuhisa Kodama, Atsuhiro Ichihara, Yasufumi Seki, Yuichi Ikarashi, Takaomi Sagawa, Tomomi Kogiso, Maiko Taniai, Katsutoshi Tokushige

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Cardiac manifestation of phenylketonuria in adulthood by Péter Homródi, Emese Tóth-Zsámboki, Róbert Gábor Kiss, Orsolya Lovász, Gábor Zoltán Duray

“…It is associated with several cardiovascular risk factors (hyperlipidemia, hypertension, increased oxidative stress), and has a high rate of cardiovascular complications. …”
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