Adding Accessories for Hypertension

Adding accessories for hypertension: α2δ-1 subunits upregulate CaV1.2 channels in arterial myocytes in a model of genetic hypertension.

Future Development of Endoscopic Accessories for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has recently been accepted as a standard treatment for patients with early gastric cancer (EGC), without lymph node metastases. Given the rise in the number of ESDs being performed, new endoscopic accessories are being developed and existing accessories modified to facilitate the execution of ESD and reduce complication rates. This paper examines the histo...

New Scopes, New Accessories, New Stents for Interventional Endoscopic Ultrasound.

Technological advances have rapidly expanded the therapeutic potential of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). Innovations in stent technology; directed adjunctive therapy for pancreatic tumors, including radiofrequency ablation and fiducial marker placement; advanced imaging modalities, including needle-based confocal laser endomicroscopy; and new echoendoscopes, such as the forward-viewing linear ech...

Beta-blockers in hypertension: adding insult to injury.

eta-blockers have been found not to be effective for rimary prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with rimary hypertension. The problem was first recognized by esserli et al. (1) in 1998. They pointed out the signifiantly lesser benefit of beta-blocker therapy in 2 trials versus iuretic-based therapy in 7 separate trials. Their presentaion could not have been clearer: “Diuretic thera...

Endoscopic Accessories Used for More Advanced Endoluminal Therapeutic Procedures

Endoscopic accessories describe an extensive variety of auxiliary instruments used for diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. Various endoscopic accessories have been developed over the previous few decades and are mostly used for treating neoplastic lesions, such as early gastrointestinal (GI) carcinomas and premalignant lesions. Because of extensive research on natural orifice endoluminal surg...