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• Patients:
The inclusion criteria are:
1. age>18 years;
2. KT recipient.
The exclusion criteria are:
1. metallic joint prostheses, cardiac stent or pacemakers, decompensated cirrhosis, pregnancy and limb amputations (due to bioimpedance technique limitations);
2. no prior diagnosis of pulmonary
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome characterized by typical symptoms and signs caused by structural and/or functional cardiac abnormalities, resulting in a reduced cardiac output and/or elevated intra-cardiac pressures at rest or during stress. The prevalence of HF is
INTRODUCTION The effect of GH and IGF-I on the heart has been demonstrated in numerous experimental studies. GH and IGF-I receptors are expressed in cardiac myocytes, and IGF-I causes hypertrophy of cultured rat cardiomyocytes and delays cardiomyocyte apoptosis. In addition, GH and IGF-I have a
This study is design to compare two different strategies aiming to lessen the degree of the ongoing process of allograft injury either by removing tacrolimus from the maintenance immunosuppressive protocol or by reducing tacrolimus dose.
The primary goal is to assess the change in renal function at
2.Design This is a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, multicenter centre study.The patients' clinical data will be recorded on case report forms (CRF).
3.Aim of the study To evaluate the efficacy of Pioglitazone (30 mg/daily) therapy on in-stent late luminal loss in T2DM patients