Pompe disease is a rare inherited metabolic and neuromuscular disorder, presenting as spectrum, with the classic infantile form on one end more slowly progressive non-classic other end. While being hallmark in disease, cardiac involvement seems rare. Vascular abnormalities, such aneurysms arterial dolichoectasia, likely caused by glycogen accumulation walls, have been reported patients. With th...

Holt-Oram syndrome was first described in 1960 as an association of familial heart disease and musculoskeletal abnormalities. The most important findings include atrial septal defects, atrioventricular conduction abnormalities, vascular hypoplasia, and upper limb musculoskeletal deformities. We report two patients with this syndrome in the same family and discuss the variability of the musculos...

vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) is a multifunctional cytokine with distinct functions in angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis, vascular permeability, and hematopoiesis. vegf is a highly conserved, disulfide-bonded dimeric glycoprotein of 34 to 45 kda produced by several cell types including fibroblasts, neutrophils, endothelial cells, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells, particularly t ...

purpose : to determine the association between retinal vascular diameter and its branching angles with diabetic retinopathy (dr) stages in diabetic patients methods : a descriptive analytic cross-sectional study was conducted in 62 diabetic patients (120 eyes) referred to farabi eye hospital between june 2008 and december 2009. digital fundus photography pictures were imported into photoshop so...

Circulatory system abnormalities might be an indicator of diseases or tissue damage. Early detection vascular have important role during treatment and also raise the patient’s awareness. Current methods for imaging are high-cost, invasive, mostly radiation-based. In this study, a low-cost portable microcomputer-based tool has been developed as Near-Infrared (NIR) superficial device. The device ...