Congenital versus acquired solitary kidney: is the difference relevant?

Evolution of blood pressure in children with congenital and acquired solitary functioning kidney

BACKGROUND It is not yet clear if blood pressure and renal function changes evolve differently in children with a congenital or acquired solitary functioning kidney. This study aims to assess if there are any differences between these two types of solitary kidney patients. METHODS Current research is a retrospective study assessing the evolution of glomerular filtration rate, proteinuria, and...

How is the Mother Tongue Acquired

multifocal/multicentric versus unifocal breast cancer: what is the difference?

background: although multifocal and multicentric breast cancers are a common entity, their clinical behavior is not well characterized. with the widespread use of mammographic screening and improved sensitivity of imaging modalities, the detection of multifocal and multicentric breast cancers is likely to continuously increase. many studies have consistently shown a correlation between multifoc...

Concentric or Eccentric Hypertrophy: How Clinically Relevant Is the Difference?

Different combinations of volume and pressure overloads cause different left ventricular (LV) geometric adaptations. Whereas this cause-effect relationship is obvious for valve disease, because clear-cut types of overloads are easily recognizable, in systemic hypertension the type of cardiac load is less evident but at least as important for LV adaptation. Human arterial hypertension encompasse...

Concentric or eccentric hypertrophy: how clinically relevant is the difference?

Different combinations of volume and pressure overloads cause different left ventricular (LV) geometric adaptations. Whereas this cause-effect relationship is obvious for valve disease, because clear-cut types of overloads are easily recognizable, in systemic hypertension the type of cardiac load is less evident but at least as important for LV adaptation. Human arterial hypertension encompasse...