Ischemic preconditioning (IP) is a powerful mechanism of protection discovered in the heart in which ischemia paradoxically protects the myocardium against other ischemic insults. Many factors such as diseases and medications may influence IP expression. Although diabetes poses higher cardiovascular risk, the physiopathology underlying this condition is uncertain. Moreover, although diabetes is...

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Cardiovascular diseases, in turn, are responsible for mortality of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). We investigated whether a single parenteral dose of 25(OH) Vit D could improve the endothelial function in T2D patients with ischemic heart disease. A randomized, placebo-controlled, and double-blind trial was perf...

BACKGROUND The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD risk conditions is rapidly increasing in low- and middle-income countries, where health systems are generally ill-equipped to manage chronic disease. Policy makers need an understanding of the magnitude and drivers of the costs of cardiovascular disease related conditions to make decisions on how to allocate limited health resources....

Sir, Cardiogenic embolism accounts for about 15% of all ischemic brain infarcts, and most often it is related to atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, or cardiomyopathy. In patients with acute ischemic stroke and concomitant atrial arrhythmias, the arrhythmia is often incriminated as the sole cause of these embolic episodes. However, these arrhythmias may be associated with structural he...

Heart diseases and stroke represent an epidemic cause of death and disability in developed countries1, responsible for about 30 percent of all deaths worldwide each year. The term cardiovascular diseases (CVD) include coronary heart disease (CHD) (myocardial infarction [MI], angina pectoris, coronary insufficiency, and coronary death), cerebrovascular diseases (stroke and transient ischemic att...

The high prevalence of heart disease makes dentists often meet patients with this condition. Cardiac disorders commonly encountered in dental practice include hypertension, ischemic disease, cardiac arrhythmias, infective endocarditis, and arrhythmias. These required special consideration adequate understanding the cardiovascular conditions necessary to provide safe effective care. Based on con...

Serum cholesterol values are markedly lower in Korea than in Belgium in both males and females. This is attributed to the much lower consumption of saturated fat in Korea. A mean population serum cholesterol value of about 160 mg/dl appears to be compatible with excellent general health and with the absence of ischemic heart disease or other atheromatous diseases. The influence of age, height a...

background: although the risk factors of ischemic strokes are well defined, there is slight information about their relations with the etiologies of ischemic strokes. this study investigated the distribution of ischemic stroke risk factors and their connections to diverse etiologies of cerebrovascular attack (cva) and specific ischemic regions of brain. methods: in this cross sectional study , ...

Cuvinte cheie: boli cardiovasculare, hipertensiune arterială, cardiopatie ischemică, sănătate cardiovasculară Abstract: Hypertension and ischemic heart disease are work-related diseases whose production is favoured by physical or neuropsychological strain. Occupational factors can cause or contribute to strain, adding to the non-occupational factors in determining the occurrence of cardiovascul...