The aim was to evaluate in the scientific literature main risk factors associated with cardiovascular complications patients undergoing hemodialysis. This is an integrative review of qualitative type. As a result, articles used as reference for search result were extracted from SciELO, LILACS, BDENF and MEDLINE databases, time frame 2015 2019 arranged full. A total 27,111 initially found, after...

Background A seemingly interesting observation in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is that they usually have lower systemic blood pressures (BP) and insulin resistance than persons in the general population in spite of chronic inflammation and vasculopathy. However, relative systemic hypertension (rHTN) has been linked to pulmonary hypertension, increased blood viscosity and renal insuff...

Pregnancy is a cardiovascular and metabolic challenge to the human female body.During pregnancy, systemic vascular resistance blood pressure decrease, whereas cardiac output volume increase safeguard an adequate circulation in utero-placental arterial bed.Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy affect approximately from 5 10% all pregnant women, are main contributors maternal neonatal morbidity mor...

HomeCirculation: Heart FailureVol. 14, No. 2Systemic Sclerosis and Pulmonary Hypertension Free AccessResearch ArticlePDF/EPUBAboutView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyRedditDiggEmail Jump toFree ArticlePDF/EPUBSystemic HypertensionThe Great Masquerader Claudia Baratto, MD, Sergio Caravita, PhD, G...