A 79-year-old woman with a past medical history of systemic arterial hypertension, paroxysmal atrial fi-brillation, and chronic kidney disease (stage 3) was admitted for evaluation of weakness, malaise, and near syncope. An electrocardiogram was recorded and is shown in the figure below.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by progressive and irreversible damage, leading to the inability of kidneys perform their functions. causes hypertension, anemia, vascular dysfunction, uremia, proteinuria, systemic inflammation, oxidative stress associated with cognitive impairment. Age a population group aged 60 years or more at risk experiencing health problems consequences CKD. ...

background: hypertension is more common in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus (t1dm) than the general population. the aim of this study was to detect the pre-hypertensive stage in children with t1d and to evaluate its correlation with diabetic nephropathy compared to non-diabetic children. methods: this was a prospective cross-sectional study in an out-patient clinic of a university hospital....

Normal tension glaucoma (NTG) is labelled when typical glaucomatous disc changes, visual field defects and open anterior chamber angles are associated with intraocular pressure (IOP) constantly below 21 mmHg. Chronic low vascular perfusion, Raynaud's phenomenon, migraine, nocturnal systemic hypotension and over-treated systemic hypertension are the main causes of normal tension glaucoma. Goldma...

Sholook MM, Gilbert JS, Sedeek MH, Huang M, Hester RL, Granger JP. Systemic hemodynamic and regional blood flow changes in response to chronic reductions in uterine perfusion pressure in pregnant rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 293: H2080–H2084, 2007. First published July 20, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00667.2007.—Preeclampsia (PE) is associated with increased total peripheral resistance ...

In the present study, we investigated the effects induced by fluoxetine treatment (10 mg/kg) for either 1 or 21 consecutive days on arterial pressure and heart rate basal levels, baroreflex activity, hemodynamic responses to vasoactive agents and cardiovascular responses to acute restraint stress. Mild hypertension was observed after 21 days of treatment, but not after administration for 1 day....

With our aging population, chronic diseases that compromise skin integrity such as diabetes, peripheral vascular disease (venous hypertension, arterial insufficiency) are becoming increasingly common. Skin breakdown with ulcer and chronic wound formation is a frequent consequence of these diseases. Types of ulcers include pressure ulcers, vascular ulcers (arterial and venous hypertension), and ...

The Doppler-derived renal resistive index has been used for years in a variety of clinical settings such as the assessment of chronic renal allograft rejection, detection and management of renal artery stenosis, evaluation of progression risk in chronic kidney disease, differential diagnosis in acute and chronic obstructive renal disease, and more recently as a predictor of renal and global out...

Two dissimilar hemodynamic hypotheses, the "backward flow" theory and the "forward flow" theory, have been advanced to define splanchnic hemodynamics in portal hypertension. An animal model with portal hypertension and high-grade portal-systemic shunting, the portal vein-stenotic rat, was studied to determine whether a hemodynamic picture compatible with either theory would develop. Splanchnic ...