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Neuroendocrine System Regulatory Mechanisms: Acute Coronary Syndrome and Stress Hyperglycaemia
Author(s):
Ricardo A Perez de la Hoz
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Sandra Patricia Swieszkowski
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Federico Matias Cintora
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Kavita Prasad
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3 years ago
Role of Mental Stress in Cardiovascular Disease
The pathophysiology of how mental stress affects and modulates the cardiovascular system is incompletely understood. Chronic stress has long been suspected to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disorders (CVD), either through direct or indirect mechanisms.1,2 Stress is known to activate two biological systems: the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal…
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Author(s):
Maki Komiyama
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Koji Hasegawa
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally Seshasai
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Juan Carlos Kaski
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3 years ago
Although the gains of the industrial revolution have transformed human life, they have also left an adverse impact on our health and environment.1 Therefore, factors such as environmental pollution (and pollutants) have lately been the subject of intense scientific investigation.
Traffic noise represents a major environmental burden, which has been suggested to lead to serious cardiovascular…
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Author(s):
Carl Streed
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6 months ago
EASD 2023 – Dr Carl G Streed (Boston University School of Medicine, US) joins us to summarise healthcare disparities among the LGBTQ+ population.In this interview, Dr Streed discusses the available evidence and explains the minority stress model. This model suggests that experiences of discrimination and stress contribute to worse health outcomes in the LGBTQ community. This can lead to mental…
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Author(s):
Luca Di Chiara
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3 years ago
Anaphylaxis is clinically defined as a severe systemic allergic reaction of rapid onset, the hallmarks of which are acute cardiovascular and pulmonary dysfunction. In anaesthetics the incidence of this severe complication is between 1:5,000 and 1:25,000, and it is one of the few remaining causes of mortality directly due to general anaesthesia. During cardiac surgery, children are exposed to…
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Author(s):
Andrew Carson
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3 years ago
For many years cardiovascular disease has been a major cause of morbidity and mortality across the developed world, and its incidence is also increasing in many developing countries. Indeed, it has recently been shown that even Egyptian mummies, representing the more affluent members of their society several thousand years ago, had established atherosclerosis in multiple blood vessels.1…
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Author(s):
Kensuke Nishimiya
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Jun Takahashi
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Kazuma Oyama
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10 months ago
Author(s):
Jun Takahashi
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Akira Suda
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Kensuke Nishimiya
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2 years ago
Author(s):
George Thomas
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Emmanuel L Bravo
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3 years ago
Distinct hypertensive syndromes causing drug-resistant hypertension are increasingly being recognised. The ability to recognise these disorders has come as a result of a better understanding of their pathogenesis and the availability of sensitive and accurate diagnostic tools. The particular appeal of making the diagnosis centres around the potential curability of the hypertension, with…
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