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COVID-19 pandemic: a glimpse into newly diagnosed hypertensive patients
(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2021)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has emerged as an immediate and global problem just within a few months after its first description ...
Venous leg symptoms, ecchymosis, and coldness in patients with peripheral varicose vein: A multicenter assessment and validation study (VEIN-VIOLET study)
(2020)
Objectives
We aimed to evaluate peripheral varicose vein symptoms including ecchymosis and coldness by using the Venous Insufficiency Epidemiological and Economic Study-Quality of Life/Symptoms (VEINES-QoL/Sym) ...
A novel strategy to reduce the readmission rates in congestive heart failure: intermittent empirical intravenous diuretics
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020)
Improvements in the medical management of heart failure have changed the course of the disease. However, mortality rates, hospitalization rates, and treatment costs are not at desired levels. Diuretics have been widely ...
An antiarrhythmic approach to hydroxychloroquine-induced QT prolongation
(Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum Bv, 2020)
Derivatives of quinolone, namely quinidine, quinine
and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ, hydroxylated form of
aminoquinone), have been used for decades in the
treatment of different diseases, including malaria,
rheumatological ...
Golden ratio in congestive heart failure: a promising proportion for prognosis and decompensation
(2020)
The article published by Kowalczys et al. [1]
was read with great enthusiasm and interest. Briefly, the prognostic value of daytime heart rate (HR),
systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure
(BP), and their ...
Cardiac biomarkers in the setting of asthma exacerbations: a review of clinical implications and practical considerations
(Current Medicine Group, 2020)
Purpose of Review The present paper aims to highlight clinical implications of elevated cardiac biomarkers and associated myocardial dysfunction in a variety of cardiac and non-cardiac scenarios in patients with an asthma ...
Hypertension and diabetes mellitus in patients with COVID 19: a viewpoint on mortality
(Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2020)
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) by the novel corona virus SARS-CoV2 is the leading worldwide healthcare problem due to its contagious nature, high morbidity and mortality rates. The present pandemic has ...
Association between atrial septal aneurysm and arrhythmias
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020)
Objective. This study aimed to assess the association of atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) with cardiac arrhythmias by comparing patients with ASA with a control group with non-ASA, matched for age and gender. Methods. 641 ...
Recurrent takotsubo cardiomyopathy: further insights into morphological patterns
(Elsevier Science Inc, 2020)
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) has been widely recognized as a specific form of transient myocardial dysfunction, and is well known to have a potential recurrence risk following the index event [1-11]. In a recent systematic ...
Low pulmonary artery size might be associated with subclinical systemic ventricular dysfunction in the Fontan circulation
(Bmj Publishing Group, 2019)
Persistent symptoms and long- term complications in the setting of Fontan circulation (FC) (systemic ventricular failure, etc) still remain as significant clinical challenges in clinical practice.1 In their recently published ...
