Washington, DC - Baseline data from the ongoing Effect of Strict Blood Pressure Control and ACE Inhibition on the Progression of Chronic Renal Insufficiency in Pediatric Patients (ESCAPE) trial show ...

BP was measured by a trained nurse by using an automated device (Omron 705IT, Omron, Kyoto, Japan) after a 5-min rest with the patient seated. Based on the upper arm circumference, an appropriately ...

Markers of inflammation have previously been related to left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy (LVH) in uremic and hypertensive patients. The present study investigated inflammatory markers in relation to ...

Right Ventricular Systolic Function in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Receive the the latest news, ...

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an abnormal thickening of the left ventricular myocardium that occurs as an adaptive mechanism to increased afterload. The left ventricular myocytes hypertrophy ...

Tam Duc Heart Hospital. Doppler echocardiogram. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam. (Photo by: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Increases in FGF23 may lead to cardiac remodeling in these patients, ...

Objectives American-style football (ASF) athletes are at risk for the development of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy (C-LVH), an established cardiovascular risk factor in the general ...

1 Clinical Centra of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation of Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia 2 Tbilisi State Medical University, Tbilisi, Georgia 3 Medical Service of Georgian ...

Cardiac tuberculosis is a rare but well-recognized condition that was first reported many decades ago. [1] It is estimated that 1% of all cases of tuberculosis have cardiac involvement. [2] Before the ...

Sunjay Kapur, who died last month while playing a polo match in London, died of natural causes, according to the Surrey coroner’s report. The businessman whose passing has sparked a tussle over the ...