Purpose.– This review focuses on cerebral complications of hypertension, which include stroke, impairment of cognitive function, dementia, and possibly depression and anxiety. These conditions are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Current knowledge and key points.– Not only ...
Hypertension -- Complications. 来自 EBSCO 喜欢 0 阅读量: 13 摘要: Presents s of medical research. They include "Cardiovascular Mortality in Overweight Subjects: The Key Role of Associated Risk Factors," by F. Thomas, K. Bean and B. Pannier, "Role of Modifiable Risk Factors in Life ...
The commonly known risk factors for hypertension include obesity, advanced age, tobacco use, physical inactivity, family history of hypertension, high-stress levels, too much alcohol use, enhanced salt intake and minimal levels of potassium. Aside from these factors, new research finding...
Pulmonary Hypertension This means the pressure in the blood vessels from the heart to the lungs is too high, which causes excess muscle in the wall of the blood vessels. It’s a common and serious complication of COPD. Symptoms include breathlessness and tiredness that typically get worse with...
Cardiovascular and renal complications cover a wide array of diseases. The most commonly known overlapping complications include cardiac and renal fibrosis, cardiomyopathy, cardiac hypertrophy, hypertension, and cardiorenal failure. The known or reported causes for the abovementioned complications include injur...
In addition, AGE cause vascular stiffness, diastolic dysfunction, systolic hypertension and myocardial compliance [15]. The high serum concentration of circulating free fatty acids in type 2 diabetic patients activates PKC by de novo synthesis of DAG in endothelial cells and decreases nitric oxide ...
This is a case of 35 years female patient, multiparous, who presented with recurrent symptoms and signs of heart failure. She had history of high grade fever and joint pains. On examination, she had marfanoid features, signs of aortic and mitral regurgitation and pulmonary hypertension.She had ...
(including, vascular events, obesity, hypertension, diabetes), and treatment parameters comprising remdesivir, steroids, benzodiazepines, monoclonal antibodies, and other experimental therapeutic strategies [107]. In the acute setting of COVID-19 infection, approximately 28% of patients aged 65 and above...
Cardiac and pulmonary complications following acute neurologic injury are common and may be a cause of morbidity and mortality in this population. Examples include hypertension, arrhythmias, ventricular dysfunction, pulmonary edema, shock, and sudden death. Primary neurologic events are represented by strok...
hypertension and dyslipidemia. Between 12 and 20 weeks after birth, OLETF rats exhibit mild obesity and hyperinsulinemia with a late onset of hyperglycemia at 18 weeks of age20. It is also reported that by 30 weeks of age the animals develop renal dysfunction and glomerular damage, simulating th...