Sunday, 26 August 2012

Abstract

stiffness and pulse wave velocity / Aorta and carotid arteries 137 (0.94 to 1.01) p = 0.096; Obesity OR = 0.47 (0.29 to 1.77) p = 0.003 and Diabetes OR = 2.41 (1.15 -5.05) p = 0.020. Conclusions: According to the results obtained, genetic polymorphisms variables were not in the multivariate analysis equation to determine the increase of the PWV, which can be explained either by being included in the selected variables such as hypertension, or on the other hand, they may not have enough strength to remain in the equation. So, according to this study, PWV has much more to do with behaviors and traditional risk factors than the genetic heritage.P883 Endothelial dysfunction, pulse wave velocity and augmentation index are correlated in subjects with systemic arterial hypertension?

Oxidized low density lipoprotein and total antioxidant capacity in type-2 diabetic and impaired glucose tolerance Saudi men

“…It is now widely accepted that oxidative modification of low density lipoproteins (LDL) convert these native particles into pathogenic [1], immunogenic [2, 3] and atherogenic [4, 5] particles. Current clinical research addresses the oxidation of LDL as a causative and initiating event in many pathological conditions and the oxidative modification of LDL enhances its atherogenicity [6].…”

External validation of a low HEAR score to identify emergency department chest pain patients at very low risk of major adverse cardiac events without troponin testing

“…The HEART score was developed in 2008 as a tool to rapidly risk stratify undifferentiated ED patients with possible acute coronary syndromes using readily available clinical criteria and assigns a score of 0, 1 or 2 for each of the five clinical features composing the HEART acronym. A HEART score of less than or equal to 3 identifies chest pain patients at low risk of poor short-term outcomes, a finding that has since been reaffirmed in numerous validation studies and a meta-analysis [6][7][8][9][10].…”