A woman born in 1912 (Case 8 in the necropsy series) had an unremarkable family history. In 1940, she first noted blanching and cyanosis of the fingers on exposure to cold. Since 1960, small, hard, subcutaneous nodules developed at different locations on her body. Early in 1968, progressive effort dypsnoea and anginal chest pains started insidiously, and treatment with digitalis, furosemide, an...

Backgroud: Older patients with hypertensive blood pressure have a higher risk of cardiovascular complication when compared to younger hypertensives. Echocardiography is the non invasive procedure of choice in the evaluation of the cardiac effects of systemic hypertension. Objective: To study the echocardiographic changes resulting from systemic hypertension in age group between 61-70 years. Met...

We present two rare variations related to compartment syndrome. The first is a 69-year-old hypertensive man with compartment syndrome of the arm. The second is a 58-year-old man with compartment syndrome of the forearm with severe compensatory hypertension.

background: hypertension (htn) is the most commonly encountered systemic disease in general population. nutrient canals contain blood vessels and nerves that mostly appear in the anterior mandibular region. nutrient canals are not detected in radiographs of all patients, and their normalcy is controversial by many investigators. objectives: the present study investigated the correlation between...

OBJECTIVES Little is known about recipient characteristics and outcomes of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension undergoing lung transplant, particularly those with systemic sclerosis-associated disease. Here, we describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension undergoing lung transplant, focusing on systemic sclerosis-associated disease. MATE...

223 Chronic liver diseases or liver injuries commonly result in increased intrahepatic resistance and subsequently lead to portal hypertension. Portal hypertension is associated with 2 distinct pathophysiologic features: hyper-dynamic circulation and formation of portal-systemic collaterals. 1 Hyperdynamic circulation is characterized by increased splanchnic blood flow, cardiac output, decrease...