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Research Article
Automated Digital Archive for Land Registration and Records
Shahriar Khan, Mabruka Toaha, M. Abdul Awal
Pages: 50 - 65
The existing land management system of Bangladesh, which is largely a legacy of the British rule of India, has resisted most attempts at change for close to a century. With millions of land-related lawsuits pending, and tens of millions of people named in land related lawsuits, land management has been...
Research Article
Polity and health care expenditures: The association among 159 nations
Leah E. Gregorio, David I. Gregorio
Pages: 49 - 57
This paper hypothesized that democratic nations, as characterized by Polity IV Project regime scores, spend more on health care than autocratic nations and that the association reported here is independent of other demographic, health system or economic characteristics of nations. WHO Global Observatory...
Research Article
Metabolic parameters and blood pressures achieved by diabetic patients at two health care facilities in south Trinidad
Ganga Bhagirathee, Rohan G. Maharaj
Pages: 49 - 56
Background: Previous studies have demonstrated poor metabolic and blood pressure control in the diabetic population in Trinidad. The aim of this study is to compare baseline and follow-up metabolic parameters and blood pressures taken within a 16-month period to ascertain if there have been improvements.
Method:...
Review Article
The psychology of health and well-being in mass gatherings: A review and a research agenda
Nick Hopkins, Stephen Reicher
Pages: 49 - 57
Mass gatherings bring large numbers of people into physical proximity. Typically, this physical proximity has been assumed to contribute to ill health (e.g., through being stressful, facilitating infection transmission, etc.). In this paper, we add a new dimension to the emerging field of mass gatherings...
Journal: Artery Research
Research Article
Integrated Central Blood Pressure-aortic Stiffness Risk Categories and Cardiovascular Mortality in End-stage Renal Disease
Dóra Batta, Ádám Tabák, Beáta Kőrösi, Orsolya Cseprekál, József Egresits, András Tislér, János Nemcsik
Pages: 49 - 55
Background: Our aim was to study the predictive power of integrated central blood pressure-aortic stiffness (ICPS) risk categories on cardiovascular (CV) mortality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients.
Methods: This is a secondary analysis of a prospective study of 91 ESRD patients on hemodialysis...
Journal: Artery Research
Research Article
Prostaglandin E1 for preventing the progress of pulmonary arterial hypertension in rat model
Jae Chul Lee, Soo Young Choe, Chan Yeong Heo, Sun Ju Jeong
Pages: 49 - 56
Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is a progressive chronic disease with a high mortality rate. Increased pulmonary vascular resistance and over-proliferation of pulmonary artery endothelial cells lead to remodeling of pulmonary vasculature. Several anti-PAH therapies targeting various pathways involved...
Journal: Artery Research
Research Article
The implications of poor sleep quality on arterial health in persons with multiple sclerosis
Brooke M. Shafer, Sushant M. Ranadive, Tracy Baynard, Robert W. Motl, Bo Fernhall
Pages: 49 - 55
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and approximately 25–54% of patients report poor sleep quality. There is evidence from the general population of an association between poor sleep and increased CVD risk, but this is poorly understood...
Journal: Artery Research
Review Article
Practical solutions for hypertensive patients with dyslipidemia☆
Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Nikolaos Ioakeimidis
Pages: 49 - 54
Arterial hypertension and dyslipidemia often coexist and constitute major risk factors of ischemic heart disease. Aggressive treatment of both comorbidities is of paramount importance to decrease global risk. Low adherence is a determinant of poor risk factor control and increases adverse cardiovascular...
Journal: Artery Research
Research Article
The association between aortic regurgitation and increased arterial wave reflection
Haroon Kamran, Louis Salciccioli, Carl-Frederic Bastien, Abhishek Sharma, Jason M. Lazar
Pages: 49 - 54
Background: Chronic Aortic Regurgitation (AR) increases left ventricular preload and afterload, which may enhance arterial wave reflection. The effects of AR on noninvasive measures of arterial wave reflection and central aortic pressure are unknown.
Methods: To determine the relation between AR and...
Journal: Artery Research
Short Communication
Arterial calcification in rheumatoid arthritis
Veli Yazisiz, Ali Berkant Avci, Ender Terzioğlu
Pages: 49 - 50
Arterial calcification most often occurs in patients with end-stage renal disease who undergo hemodialysis or hyperparathyroidism and it is independently associated with cardiovascular events and death. Calciphylaxis is uncommon in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. We present here development of arterial...
Journal: Artery Research
Discussion
The contribution of Michel Safar to hypertension research
Edward D. Frohlich
Pages: 49 - 49
Research Article
Finite Mixture Modeling via Skew-Laplace Birnbaum–Saunders Distribution
Mehrdad Naderi, Mahdieh Mozafari, Kheirolah Okhli
Pages: 49 - 58
Finite mixture model is a widely acknowledged model-based clustering method for analyzing data. In this paper, a new finite mixture model via an extension of Birnbaum–Saunders distribution is introduced. The new mixture model provide a useful generalization of the heavy-tailed lifetime model since the...
Research Article
Comparative Study of Basic Time Domain Time-Delay Estimators for Locating Leaks in Pipelines
Vladimir A. Faerman, Valeriy S. Avramchuk
Pages: 49 - 57
The article is devoted to a survey of the known basic Time-Delay Estimation (TDE) methods in the application for detecting fluid leaks in pipeline transport and distribution systems. In the paper, both active and passive estimation methods are considered with respect to the presented generalized classification....
Journal: Clinical Hematology International
Review Article
Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Followed by ‘Post-Cyclophosphamide’: The Future of Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant
Samuel Cytryn, Maher Abdul-Hay
Pages: 49 - 58
Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (Allo-HCT) is a potentially curative therapy for many malignant and nonmalignant hematological diseases. However, a suitable human leukocyte antigens (HLAs)-matched donor may not be available when the patient is in urgent need of a stem cell transplant. This challenge...
Journal: Journal of African Trade
Research Article
Prospects and Challenges for Supply Chain Trade under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area☆
Jaime de Melo, Anna Twum
Pages: 49 - 61
African countries are negotiating the African Continental Free Trade Area with the aim to spearhead global value chain (GVC) trade among African countries as a driver for robust economic growth. This paper evaluates the participation of Sub-Saharan African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in GVC-related...
Journal: eFood
Review Article
Food-derived Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors as Potential Agents against Alzheimer’s Disease
Rotimi E. Aluko
Pages: 49 - 58
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is a critical enzyme involved in nerve functions and signal transmission within the brain. However, during aging, excessive AChE activity often leads to rapid and progressive depletion of acetylcholine (ACh), the major neurotransmitter. Shortage of ACh leads to reduced neurotransmission...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
06.01 THE INFLUENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND RISK FACTORS ON AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN AORTIC PULSE WAVE VELOCITY
C.M. McEniery, Y. Yasmin, M. Munnery, S.M.L. Wallace, B. McDonnell, K.M. Maki-Petaja, S. Hickson, J.R. Cockcroft, I.B. Wilkinson
Pages: 49 - 50
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
2.3 DETERMINANTS OF INAPPROPRIATELY HIGH PULSE WAVE VELOCITY IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL COHORT STUDY
Marina Di Pilla, Rosa Maria Bruno, Simona Buralli, Melania Sgro’, Piero Amedeo Modesti, Stefano Taddei, Lorenzo Ghiadoni
Pages: 49 - 50
Background: Age and blood pressure (BP) are known to be the main determinants of large artery stiffness. However other factors may lead to an inappropriately high pulse wave velocity (PWV). We investigated the determinants of inappropriately high PWV in hypertensive patients and their possible role in...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
05.04 ACUTE EFFECTS OF PASSIVE SMOKING ON PERIPHERAL VASCULAR FUNCTION
D. Adamopoulos, J.F. Argacha, M. Gujic, N. Amai, D. Fontaine, G. Berkenboom, P. van de Borne
Pages: 49 - 49
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
LAA1 HEMODYNAMIC AND STRUCTURAL ARTERIAL PARAMETERS’ ASSOCIATION WITH INTERINDIVIDUAL VARIATIONS OF BODY MASS INDEX IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
Victoria Garcia, Santiago Curcio, Agustina Zinoveev, Gustavo Giachetto, Pedro Chiesa, Daniel Bia, Yanina Zócalo
Pages: 49 - 50
Background: Several works analyze arterial parameters’ (stiffness levels, wall thickness, etc.) association with variations of body mass index (BMI) in pediatric populations.
However, none integrate different arterial parameters as comparable continuous (standardized) variables, in order to assess their...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
2.2 CENTRAL-TO-PERIPHERAL DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE ATTENUATION IN HEALTHY ADOLESCENTS AND THE EFFECTS OF HEART RATE. THE MACISTE STUDY
Giacomo Pucci, Francesca Battista, Leandro Sanesi, Sara Alessio, Giuseppe Schillaci
Pages: 49 - 49
Background: Heart rate (HR) is directly associated to central-to-peripheral pulse wave amplification. We aimed at evaluating the associations between heart rate and each BP component in a cohort of healthy adolescents.
Objective: 470 healthy adolescents (17±1.4 years, 56% boys, brachial BP 123/67±11/7...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
05.03 OSTEOPROTEGERIN IS RELATED TO CAROTID-FEMORAL PULSE WAVE VELOCITY AND SURVIVAL IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
J. Nemcsik, B.C.S. Fekete, G. Speer, G. Bakonyi, J. Egresits, E. Fodor, T.E.H. Othmane, A. Szabo, I. Kiss, A. Tisler
Pages: 49 - 49
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
NAA1 NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE SUPPLEMENTATION REDUCES AORTIC STIFFNESS AND BLOOD PRESSURE IN MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER ADULTS
Christopher Martens, Blair Denman, Melissa Mazzo, Michael Armstrong, Nichole Reisdorph, Matthew McQueen, Michel Chonchol, Douglas Seals
Pages: 49 - 49
Purpose: Regular calorie restriction (CR) improves endothelial function and lowers aortic stiffness in older mice and humans; however, adherence to sustained CR remains poor, and possibly unsafe in normal weight older adults. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is an important signaling molecule...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
2.1 THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF CENTRAL AND BRACHIAL BLOOD PRESSURE IN PREDICTING CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS: AN INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT META-ANALYSIS OF PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL DATA FROM 22,433 SUBJECTS
Carmel McEniery, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Margaret May, Melissa Spears, Lyndia Brumback, James Cameron, Chen-Huan Chen, Julio Chirinos, Danuta Czarnecka, Anthony Dart, Richard Devereux, Neeraj Dhaun, Daniel Duprez, Shih-Jen Hwang, David Jacobs, Piotr Jankowski, Julie Janner, Peter Lacy, Gary Mitchell, Riccardo Pini
Pages: 49 - 49
Systolic blood pressure (SBP) differs between the brachial artery and aorta. Prospective data suggest that central pressure predicts future cardiovascular events, but it is unclear if it is superior to brachial pressure.
Methods and Results: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis...
Review Article
Review of the Strengths and Weaknesses of Risk Matrices
Mustafa Elmontsri
Pages: 49 - 57
Risk assessment and risk matrices are powered tools used in risk management and help guide in the process of decision-making in organisations. Nevertheless, risk matrices have their own weaknesses and strengths. This paper provides a critical overview of the development and use of risk matrices in different...
Research Article
A model for low-frequency bursts in subthalamic nucleus neurons
Shigeru Kubota, Jonathan E. Rubin
Pages: 49 - 53
Burst firing in subthalamic nucleus (STN) has been suggested to be highly associated with the motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease, which result from a loss of dopamine. Although it is clinically very important to clarify the mechanism underlying the bursting dynamics, complex interactions between STN...
Research Article
An Improved Parameter Value Optimization Technique for the Reflectionless Transmission-Line Model of the Cochlea
Takemori Orima, Yoshihiko Horio
Pages: 49 - 52
The passive reflectionless transmission-line model can reproduce physiological cochlear properties. We have applied an optimization technique to obtain good parameter values that give a desired cochlear property. However, we found that, in some case, it is difficult to find the sub-optimal parameter...
Research Article
Deformation quantization for almost-Kähler manifolds
Martin Schlichenmaier
Pages: 49 - 54
On an arbitrary almost-Kähler manifold, starting from a natural affine connection with nontrivial torsion which respects the almost-Kähler structure, in joint work with A. Karabegov a Fedosov-type deformation quantization on this manifold was costructed. This contribution reports on the result and supplies...
Research Article
Basis of Joint Invariants for (1 + 1) Linear Hyperbolic Equations
I.K. Johnpillai, F.M. Mahomed, C. Wafo Soh
Pages: 49 - 59
We obtain a basis of joint or proper differential invariants for the scalar linear hperbolic partial differential equation in two independent variables by the infinitesimal method. The joint invariants of the hyperbolic equation consist of combinations of the coefficients of the equation and their derivatives...
Research Article
On Integration of the Nonlinear d'Alembert-Eikonal System and Conditional Symmetry of Nonlinear Wave Equations
Renat Z. Zhdanov
Pages: 49 - 61
We study integrability of a system of nonlinear partial differential equations consisting of the nonlinear d'Alembert equation 2u = F(u) and nonlinear eikonal equation uxµ uxµ = G(u) in the complex Minkowski space R(1, 3). A method suggested makes it possible to establish necessary and sufficient compatibility...
Research Article
On Invariants of Immersions of an n-Dimensional Manifold in an n-Dimensional Pseudo-Euclidean Space*
Djavvat Khadjiev
Pages: 49 - 70
Let
Epn
be the n-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space of index p and M(n, p) the group of all transformations of
Epn
generated by pseudo-orthogonal transformations and parallel translations. We describe the system of generators of the differential field of all M(n, p)-invariant differential...
Research Article
Development of an Arabic Version of the Hiroshima University-Dental Behavioral Inventory: Cross-cultural Adaptation, Reliability, and Validity
Dany Daou, Khaldoun Rifai, Bassel Doughan, Mounir Doumit
Pages: 48 - 53
The Hiroshima University-Dental Behavioral Inventory (HU-DBI) has not been adequately translated to the Arabic language. The aim of this study is the translation and cultural adaption of the English HU-DBI into standard Arabic. The English HU-DBI was translated into Arabic by three bilingual dental academics....
Research Article
Disaster Area Detection from Synthetic Aperture Radar Images Using Convolutional Autoencoder and One-class SVM
Shingo Mabu, Kohki Fujita, Takashi Kuremoto
Pages: 48 - 51
In recent years, research on detecting disaster areas from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images has been conducted. When machine learning is used for disaster area detection, a large number of training data are required; however, we cannot obtain so much training data with correct class labels. Therefore,...
Journal: Artery Research
Research Article
Design and progress of a factorial trial testing the effect of spironolactone and inorganic nitrate on arterial function in people at risk of or with type 2 diabetes
Charlotte E. Mills, Virginia Govoni, Maria Linda Casagrande, Luca Faconti, Andrew J. Webb, J. Kennedy Cruickshank
Pages: 48 - 53
Background: Arterial stiffness (AS), as pulse wave velocity (PWV), is a powerful independent predictor of cardiovascular events and commonly complicates type 2 diabetes (T2D). This trial aims to test if AS, measured by the VaSera machine as cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) and by Arteriograph measuring...
Journal: Artery Research
Research Article
The cardio-ankle vascular index predicts chronic kidney disease in Japanese subjects
Daisuke Maebuchi, Munehisa Sakamoto, Jun Fuse, Hiroaki Tanaka, Yasuyuki Shiraishi, Makoto Takei, Yumiko Inui, Yuumi Sutoh, Yukinori Ikegami, Yukihiko Momiyama
Pages: 48 - 53
Objective: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is known to be associated with the incidence and mortality of cardiovascular disease. Therefore, the prevention of CKD may improve the mortality of cardiovascular disease. The risk factors of CKD are variable and multifactorial, similar to atherosclerosis. We hypothesized...
Journal: Artery Research
Research Article
Correlation between Neck Circumference and Pulse Wave Velocity: A Population-based Study
Larissa Ribeiro Bessa, Luís Antônio Bahiana Cruz, Rodrigo Lins Sant’Ana de Lima, Maria Cristina Lima Fontenele Presta, Antonio de Assis Oliveira Alves Filho, Roberta de Castro Araújo Cunha, Alana dos Reis Silva, Juan Jailson Oliveira Almeida Costa, Cecília Freitas da Silva Araújo, Diorlene Oliveira da Silva, Lucélia Batista Neves Cunha Magalhães
Pages: 48 - 55
Background: Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death worldwide. In this setting, Neck Circumference (NC) and Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) are simple and valuable tools for an early evaluation of cardiovascular risk through the assessment of upper body obesity and arterial stiffness. However,...
Research Article
Spike Sorting Tool for Analysis of Cardiac Extracellular Signals Recorded by Thin-Film-Transistor Sensor Arrays
Anne-Claire Eiler, Junichi Sugita, Satoshi Ihida, Hiroshi Toshiyoshi, Katsuhito Fujiu, Timothée Levi, Agnès Tixier-Mita
Pages: 48 - 51
The dynamical property of the heart bioelectrical system is closely associated with cardiac diseases. For this reason, there is a growing interest in the development of system analysis for studying the cardiac signaling network. In this article, extracellular potentials of cardiac muscle cells were measured...
Research Article
Solutions and Lax Pairs based on Bilinear Bäcklund Transformations of Some Supersymmetric Equations
Lin Huang, Da-Jun Zhang
Pages: 48 - 61
The paper investigates solutions and Lax pairs through bilinear Bäcklund transformations for some supersymmetric equations. We derive variety of solutions from the known bilinear Bäcklund transformations. Besides, using the gauge invariance of (super) Hirota bilinear derivatives we may get deformed bilinear...
Review Article
Treatment Options during Cytokine Storm
Abdullah Alkattan, Kentaro Oh-hashi, Mahmoud Kandeel
Pages: 48 - 52
Cytokine storm is the major cause of death in patients with acute respiratory distress caused by COVID-19. Because cytokine storm is a life-threatening condition, it is important to treat patients with the most appropriate drugs depending on their infectious pathogen and medical status. In this short...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
05.02 HERITABILITY AND INTRAFAMILIAL AGGREGATION OF ARTERIAL CHARACTERISTICS
J.S. Seidlerova, J.A.S. Staessen, M.B. Bochud, M.C. Cwynar, M.D. Dolejsova, T.K. Kuznetsova, T.N. Nawrot, A.O. Olszanecka, K.S. Stolarz, L.T. Thijs, W.W. Wojciechowska, HAS.-B. Struijker-Boudier, KK.-J. Kawecka-Jaszcz, R.C.E. Elston, R.F. Fagard, J.F. Filipovsky
Pages: 48 - 49
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
05.01 CAN WAVE INTENSITY HELP EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT VELOCITY FLOW PROFILES IN THE CORONARY ARTERIES?
N. Hadjiloizou, J. Davies, D. Francis, A.J. Baksi, K. Parker, A. Hughes, J. Mayet
Pages: 48 - 48
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
01.06 BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN COMMON CAROTID ARTERIES BY SEGMENTED APPROACH ON NON-INVASIVE ECHOTRACKING SYSTEMS
I. Masson, H. Beaussier, A. Isacila, M. Zidi, S. Laurent, P. Boutouyrie
Pages: 48 - 48
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
1.6 PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE IN RELATION TO ECG VOLTAGE
Wen-Yi Yang, Blerim Mujaj, Ljupcho Efremov, Zhen-Yu Zhang, Lutgarde Thijs, Fang-Fei Wei, Qi-Fang Huang, Aernout Luttun, Peter Verhamme, Tim Nawrot, Jose Boggia, Jan Staessen
Pages: 48 - 49
Background: The heart ejects in the central elastic arteries. No previous study addressed the question whether ECG voltages are more closely associated with central than with peripheral blood pressure (BP).
Methods: Using the oscillometric Mobil-O-Graph 24 h PWA monitor, we measured brachial, central...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
1.3 CENTRAL PRESSURES AND WAVE REFLECTIONS ARE INDEPENDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN MEN WITH ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
Nikitas Skliros, Nikolaos Ioakeimidis, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios, Athanasios Aggelis, Dimitrios Toulousis
Pages: 48 - 49
Purpose: Erectile dysfunction (ED) confers an independent risk for cardiovascular events and total mortality. Central pressures and wave reflection indices independently predict cardiovascular events. Aim of this study is to investigate whether central haemodynamics predict major adverse cardiovascular...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
01.05 RESPONSE OF BLOOD FLOW AND VASCULAR RESISTANCE IN COMMON CAROTID ARTERY TO HYPERCAPNIA
N.P. Saeed, G. Esquivel, I.M. Graf, A.P.G. Hoeks, M.A. van Duinen
Pages: 48 - 48
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
1.5 DESPHOSPHO-UNCARBOXYLATED MATRIX GLA PROTEIN IS A NOVEL CIRCULATING BIOMARKER PREDICTING DETERIORATION OF RENAL FUNCTION IN THE GENERAL POPULATION
Fangfei Wei, Sander Trenson, Lutgarde Thijs, Qi-Fang Huang, Zhen-Yu Zhang, Wen-Yi Yang, Paula Moliterno, Karel Allegaert, José Boggia, Stefan Janssens, Peter Verhamme, Cees Vermeer, Jan Staessen
Pages: 48 - 48
Background: Recent studies showing an inverse association between estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a microvascular trait, and inactive desphospho-uncarboxylated matrix Gla protein (dp-ucMGP) support the hypothesis that after vitamin K dependent activation MGP is renoprotective, but were limited...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
1.2 HOW DOES OBESITY INFLUENCE ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN ASYMPTOMATIC ADULTS?
Bela Benczur, Renata Bocskei, Attila Cziraki
Pages: 48 - 48
Central obesity is an important cause of cardiovascular disease. It’s well-known that aortic pulse wave velocity (aoPWV) is a strong predictor of cardiovascular events. However the potential correlation between fat accumulation and increased arterial stiffness is poorly investigated. The aim of this...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
01.04 NON INVASIVE EVALUATION OF ARTERIAL REMODELING IN PATIENTS WITH FABRY DISEASE AFTER ENZYME REPLACEMENT THERAPY
C.C. Collin, M.B. Briet, H.B. Beaussier, E.B. Bozec, B.L. Laloux, P.B. Boutouyrie, S.L. Laurent
Pages: 48 - 48
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
1.4 A PROTEOMIC MARKER OF DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY IS ASSOCIATED WITH MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES
Gemma Currie, Sheon Mary, Bernt Johan von Scholten, Morten Kofod Lindhardt, Harald Mischak, William Mullen, Peter Rossing, Christian Delles
Pages: 48 - 48
Background: The urinary proteomic classifier CKD273 has been found to predict diabetic nephropathy development in advance of microalbuminuria. Whether it is also a determinant of mortality and cardiovascular disease in patients with established albuminuria is unknown.
Methods: We studied 155 subjects...
Journal: Artery Research
Conference Abstract
1.1 DIABETES AND CENTRAL BLOOD PRESSURE IN CORONARY PATIENTS
Piotr Jankowski, Dorota Debicka-Dabrowska, Malgorzata Kloch-Badelek, Leszek Bryniarski, Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz, Danuta Czarnecka
Pages: 48 - 48
Background: Relative (represented by pulsatility) as well as absolute (pulse pressure) changes of central blood pressure (BP) were shown to predict cardiovascular (CV) complications in coronary patients. However, the influence of diabetes (a major CV risk factor) on the values of BP-derived indices is...