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This is a cross-sectional study of adults with diabetes to determine the association of cystatin C with bone mineral density(BMD). All the inpatient in the department of endocrinology and metabolism in the fifth affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University will be screened for 5 to 6 months. Those
3,000 participants will be recruited from nephrology clinics at multiple participating centres (planned to start with 11). 100 control participants (without CKD) will be recruited from among hospital staff members, people attending diabetes clinics and the general public via advertisements placed in
Hemodialysis (HD) is the most worldwide prescribed renal replacement therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease. This treatment that relies heavily on technology has undergone major modifications in the last five decades in order to improve patients' outcomes. Those changes that aimed at
Bowel cancer, or colorectal cancer (CRC), is the second most common cancer affecting both men and women in England. The majority of CRCs develop from a pre-cancerous type of growth in the bowel called an adenoma. Detecting and removing these adenomas is important in reducing CRC risk. A study which
STUDY DESIGN AND POPULATION:
Randomized interventional study. From 2015 to 2018, 16,660 participants (8,330 in the intervention group (Mobile Unit Follow-up Group) and 8,330 in the no intervention group (Electronic Medical History Follow-up Group)) aged between 45 and 70 years without a previous
THE AIM
The objective of this study is to:
Study I: Compare the prevalence and complexity of coronary plaques in patients with newly discovered type-2 diabetes with a healthy control group matched for age and gender, as evaluated by coronary computed tomography angiography.
Study II: Describe the
The study will include 43 people aged between 45 and 68 who suffered from ischemic heart disease. Before starting the study, all participants will give written informed consent, will be obtained of the Commission on Bioethics at Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy. Inclusion criteria will be as
Background:
In general, patients referred to cardiac surgery are aging. An increasing number of patients are now older than 70 years. [1]This older population of patients undergoing cardiac surgery often has several comorbidities and has an increased risk of complications and mortality compared to
Atrial fibrillation, also known as AF or Afib, is an abnormal and irregular heart rhythm in which electrical signals are generated chaotically throughout the upper chambers (atria) of the heart. According to the NICE clinical guidelines, a patient who experiences recurrent (two or more) AF episodes
1. Background and Rationale:
Vitamin K antagonists have been the standard anticoagulant treatment for decades, despite their unpredictable pharmacology and their slow onset and offset of action, requiring frequent monitoring and bridging with low molecular weight heparins (LMWH), and resulting in a
After randomization, all patients included in the study underwent a complete physical examination, including a careful check of HF signs and symptoms, including BW measurement (in the morning before breakfast), supine and standing blood pressure (BP [the mean of 3 measurements]), and heart rate
INTRODUCTION
Cigarette smoking harms nearly every system of the human body, thus causing a broad range of diseases, many of which are fatal. In particular, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most important cause of death in those who smoke (1). Both diabetes mellitus and cigarette smoking are
The investigators have demonstrated previously that the calcium channel antagonists (CCAs) verapamil, nifedipine, and diltiazem can block in vitro and in vivo meningioma growth at clinically relevant doses (Jensen, Lee et al. 1995; Jensen, Petr et al. 2000; Jensen and Wurster 2001). However, only
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Age≥18 years and less than 75 years
2. Essential hypertension patients
3. Sedentary systolic blood pressure≥140mmHg and less than 180mmHg, and/or sedentary diastolic blood pressure≥90mmHg and less than 110mmHg
4. Reproductive women agree to take a reliable contraception
It is well known that patients with renal dysfunction have a poor prognosis concerning cardiovascular diseases. That is called "cardiorenal syndrome". It was reported that valsartan was effective in reducing the urine albumin extraction rate in patients with hyper- or normotension. We hypothesized