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Mar 3rd, 2021 - β-catenin and endothelial mesenchymal transformation play an important role in the formation of pulmonary hypertension. To explore the role of β-catenin in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), we first established a rat model of ...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Right ventricular (RV) function determines outcome in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). RV pressure-volume loops - the gold standard for measuring RV function - are difficult to analyze. Our aim was to investigate whether simple assessments o...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Jejunal varices are rare in portal hypertension and are often difficult to diagnose and treat. Herein, we present a case of gastrointestinal bleeding due to jejunal varices after hepatobiliary surgery. A 69-year-old man presented with recurrent ma...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), is a rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), characterized by pulmonary arterial remodeling leading to right ventricular failure and death. To date, optimal management of SLE-associated PAH ...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Capsular warning syndrome (CWS) is a term to describe stereotyped lacunar transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). Patients with CWS are at high risk of developing completed stroke. However, the exact pathophysiology of CWS is still unclear, and there i...

Nov 24th, 2020 - Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of death in the US. Known modifiable risk factors for CVD include smoking, overweight and obesity, diabetes, elevated blood pressure or hypertension, dyslipidemia, lack of physical activity, and unhe...

Nov 10th, 2020 - Prevalence of hypertension (both primary and secondary) in children and adolescents in the US ranges from 3% to 4%. Primary hypertension in children and adolescents occurs primarily in children older than 13 years and has no known cause but is ass...

Nov 8th, 2020 - In patients with connective tissue diseases, such as systemic sclerosis (SSc), pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. In her lecture on Friday, Nov. 6, Pulmonary Hypertension: An Update, Mardi Gom...

Aug 31st, 2020 - In January 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) approved a joint clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and management of hypertension in the primary care setting. The VA/DoD Evidence-B...

Aug 18th, 2020 - The diagnosis of hypoglycemia and the use of diazoxide have risen in the last decade. Diazoxide is the only Food and Drug Agency-approved pharmacologic treatment for neonatal hypoglycemia caused by hyperinsulinism (HI). Recent publications have hi...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - β-catenin and endothelial mesenchymal transformation play an important role in the formation of pulmonary hypertension. To explore the role of β-catenin in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), we first established a rat model of ...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Right ventricular (RV) function determines outcome in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). RV pressure-volume loops - the gold standard for measuring RV function - are difficult to analyze. Our aim was to investigate whether simple assessments o...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Jejunal varices are rare in portal hypertension and are often difficult to diagnose and treat. Herein, we present a case of gastrointestinal bleeding due to jejunal varices after hepatobiliary surgery. A 69-year-old man presented with recurrent ma...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), is a rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), characterized by pulmonary arterial remodeling leading to right ventricular failure and death. To date, optimal management of SLE-associated PAH ...

Mar 3rd, 2021 - Capsular warning syndrome (CWS) is a term to describe stereotyped lacunar transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). Patients with CWS are at high risk of developing completed stroke. However, the exact pathophysiology of CWS is still unclear, and there i...

Mar 1st, 2021 - What could be early metabolic signs of future dementia, as seen by PET, were closely associated with standard cardiovascular (CV) disease risk factors, some modifiable, in a study of middle-aged people in the community. The PET scans showed defici...

Feb 28th, 2021 - Takeaway Adverse perinatal outcomes, including foetal growth restriction (FGR), admission to neonatal (NNU) or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and composite neonatal morbidity, are worse in women with known chronic hypertension (CH) who are o...

Feb 28th, 2021 - A 35-year-old man with a history of hypertension treated with a beta-blocker presents to his primary care provider for a routine physical examination. He has no complaints, and physical examination is unremarkable except for some variability in th...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States are attributable to four preexisting cardiometabolic conditions, a new study sugges...

Feb 18th, 2021 - Survival rates for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with connective tissue diseases have improved significantly in recent years, and there is growing evidence that treatments for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension c...