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Materias / palabras clave: Medicine; Stroke (engine); Association (psychology); Disease; Heart disease; Cardiology; Internal medicine; Epistemology; Philosophy; Mechanical engineering; Engineering

OBJECTIVE: Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is emerging one of the cause of chronic renal failure and end-stage renal disease. The vast majority of cases in elderly are due to atherosclerotic disease. The prevalence of RAS in...

Abstract Background Heart disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in cats, but there is limited evidence of the benefit of any medication. Hypothesis The angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitor benazep...

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of spironolactone on diastolic heart functions in patients with chronic kidney disease by tissue Doppler echocardiography. MATERIAL and METHODS: Twenty-four pat...

There are multiple receptors for vasopressin (ADH) named the V1a, V1b, and V2 receptors. The V2 receptors primarily mediate the antidiuretic response, while V1a and V1b receptors principally cause vasoconstriction and me...

Abstract Background Most households in developing countries like India are not able to afford to get the services of efficient energy for cooking and lighting. Therefore, they rely mostly on solid fuels (firewood, dung c...

Combined heart-kidney transplantation is an accepted therapeutic option for patients with end-stage heart disease associated with severely impaired renal function. In literature there is not a consensus about the long te...

OBJECTIVE: Patients with chronic kidney disease have a worse prognosis and carry a high risk of cardiovascular death and in particular sudden cardiac death. Reduced heart rate variability predicted an increased risk of m...

Although glomerular injury has been recognized as a prominent complication of cyanotic congenital heart disease (CCHD), the nephrotic syndrome is rarely observed. A 23- year-old male with CCHD presented with edema in the...

The N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) is released in response to volume expansion and/or increased tension on cardiac ventricular myocytes. In non-uremic patients, NT-pro-BNP is a useful diagnostic an...

Abstract Background Blood l‐lactate and glucose concentrations were higher in ponies with gastrointestinal disease than in horses, possibly because of differences in body condition (BC). Objectives To investigate wheth...

Cardiovascular diseases are one of the main causes of death in the world, as a result much efforts have been made to detect early ischemia. Traditionally changes produced in the ST or STT segments of the heartbeat were a...