Comparison of the Kidney Injury Risk Tool to the Clinical Assessment of Contrast Induced Nephropathy Risk

Cisneros M, Sevenster M, Forsberg T, Lee ME, Nathan S, Liu P, Mukta D, Chang PJ, Spencer KT, Blair JEA

Objective: CIN is the most common non-cardiac complication following coronary angiography, however riskstratification for CIN can be cumbersome. We hypothesize that a computer-b..Ver más»

Digoxin therapeutic drug monitoring

Emily Cooper

Post-Saline Infusion Plasma Aldosterone Concentrations are Well Correlated with the Lateralized Ratio of Adrenal Venous Sampling in Patients of Primary Aldosteronism

Yuko Tsushima, Ken Terui, Koshi Makita, Yuko Asari, Noriko Ishigame, Yuki Nakada, Aya Sugiyama, Shingo Murasawa, Satoshi Yamagata, Yutaka Watanuki, Shinobu Takayasu, Takeshi Nigawara, Kazunori Kageyama and Makoto Daimon

Objective: Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is the most reliable test to distinguish between unilateral and bilateral primary aldosteronism (PA). However, AVS is..Ver más»

Association of a 27-Bp Repeat Polymorphism in Intron 4 of Endothelial Constitutive Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene with Coronary Artery Disease in a Tunisian Population

Letaief Afef*, Benothmane Leila, Charfeddine Bassem, Ennez Hajri Samia, Guider Jridi and Limem Khalifa

Background: Nitric oxide (NO) plays a major role in the regulation of vascular tone associations between NO genotypes. Coronary artery disease (CAD) and other r..Ver más»

Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in Luanda - Angola

Milton Cesar Foss, Antonio Dias Evaristo and Maria Cristina Foss

Aim: To determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in Luanda, an urban community of Angola-Africa.
Methods: A random sample o..Ver más»

Global Warming's Impact on Biodiversity

Ronnie Congor

The scientific data is clear: a diverse environment is beneficial to human health and the prevention of allergy illnesses. Nonetheless, population pressures and global warming a..Ver más»