a 53-year-old male was referred to our department for refractory primary hypertension. despite high doses of 6 anti-hypertensive drugs, ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure (bp) revealed a mean bp of 160/90 mmhg. under local anaesthesia, renal denervation with radiofrequency was performed supported by high-resolution 3d angiography, which helped confirm the position of the applications in a ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW There is increasing interest in age-related changes in sex hormone levels as a potentially treatable cause of ill-health in men. Relationships between androgens and cardiovascular disease will be discussed, with particular attention to more recently published research. RECENT FINDINGS In middle-aged and older men, lower testosterone levels are associated with insulin resista...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) still contribute as the main cause of mortality and premature worldwide. In Indonesia, CVDs to 35% death in non-communicable followed by diabetes at 6%. The ischemic heart disease acute stroke is Indonesia due atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis a multifactorial cause, with chronic inflammation which causes myocardial infarction stroke. Research demonstrated that one...

cardiovascular disease (cad) screening in asymptomatic patients with diabetes mellitus is controversial. an exercise stress test is a safe and effective initial testing for ischemic heart disease (ihd) screening. treadmill stress test is not the best screening method for a particular patient who is not able to exercise, abnormal electrocardiogram (ecg) or positive exercise treadmill test (ett) ...

Chronic inflammatory diseases are associated with accelerated atherosclerosis and increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). As the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is increasingly recognized as an inflammatory process, similarities between atherosclerosis and systemic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, lupus, psoriasis, spondyloarthritis and o...

Atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of cardiovascular disease, is characterized by chronic inflammation and altered immune response. Cholesterol is a well-known risk factor associated with the development of cardiovascular diseases. Elevated serum cholesterol is unique because it can lead to development of atherosclerosis in animals and humans even in the absence of other risk factors. Modifi...

Background: Cardiovascular alterations include atherosclerosis, calcification, heart failure, diastolic and systolic dysfunction, stroke are a primary cause of mortality in people with CKD ESRD. Individuals have been demonstrated to increased serum levels visfatin. A new study suggests that high visfatin individuals chronic kidney disease accurately predict cardiovascular abnormalities. Chronic...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity. Atherosclerosis is a major CVD resulting in stenosis development arterial lumen. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques provide better understanding causes disease its early diagnosis. The present study aims at analysing blood flow mildly stenosed aortoiliac bifurcation using finite volume-based software ANSY...

differences in cardiovascular disease will come from large, longitudinal studies of multi-ethnic cohorts specifically designed to assess the relative contributions of risk factors to subclinical atherosclerosis and incidence of individual cardiovascular-disease outcomes. Despite many unanswered questions, efforts to control high blood pressure, hypercholesterolaemia, and cigarette smoking must ...