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Leveraging the future of diagnosis and management of diabetes: from old indexes...

In this review, we summarize and discuss indexes that have been used in epidemiological studies and in the clinical practice

Proinflammatory Soluble CD40 Ligand Is Associated with the Systemic Extent of S...

Background and objectives: Polyvascular atherosclerosis is frequent and associated with a high cardiovascular risk, although the mechanisms regulating the atherosclerosis extent to single or multiple arterial territories are still poorly understood. Inflammation regulates atherogenesis and soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) is an inflammatory mediator associated with the presence of single-territorial atherosclerosis...

Predictors of nutritional and inflammation risk in hemodialysis patients

Background: Malnutrition and chronic inflammation are prevalent complications in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Different nutritional assessment tools are used to identify patients at risk. A composite and comprehensive malnutrition inflammation score (MIS) has been correlated with morbidity and mortality, and appears to be a robust and quantitative tool. Objectives: Determine malnutrition risk profile in a sample...

Does malnutrition inflammation score maintains its predictive risk assessment i...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Background and Aims</jats:title> <jats:p>Malnutrition Inflammation score (MIS) is a risk score published in 2001 (Kalantar-Zadeh, 2001) and validated in 2008 (Rambod, 2009). It is associated with a high mortality and morbidity risk in hemodialysis (HD) patients (pts).</jats:p> <jats:p>Currently, HD pts population is composed of much older individuals, sub...

Prognostic Evaluation of Soluble CD40L in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Is Not F...

Stratification of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Based on Soluble ...

Involvement of soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) in thrombosis and inflammation on the context of coronary artery disease is currently being revised. In that perspective, we had studied the association of sCD40L with markers of platelet activation and markers of endothelial and vascular function. On that cohort, a stratification of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) 1 month after percutaneous coronary i...

Changes of Soluble CD40 Ligand in the Progression of Acute Myocardial Infarctio...

Reported in vitro data implicated soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) in endothelial dysfunction and angiogenesis. However, whether sCD40L could exert that influence in endothelial dysfunction and angiogenesis after injury in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients remains unclear. In the present study, we evaluated the association of sCD40L with markers of platelet activation, endothelial, and vascular function du...

Prognostic Value of VEGF in Patients Submitted to Percutaneous Coronary Interve...

We examined the longitudinal changes of VEGF levels after percutaneous coronary intervention for predicting major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. VEGF was measured in 94 CAD patients' serum before revascularization, 1-month and 1-year after. Independently of clinical presentation, patients had lower VEGF concentration than a cohort of healthy subjects (median, IQ: 15.9, ...

Serial Changes in Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Associated with Culprit Vess...

The aim of the present study was to investigate variations in oxidized LDL (oxLDL) at the onset of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and over the recovery period, exploring their relationship with coronary disease severity. A follow-up of 50 AMI patients was evaluated against 25 healthy volunteers (reference group). The AMI patients were evaluated at three time points: at admission before the administration of ...

Variações de Marcadores Inflamatórios no Enfarte Agudo do Miocárdio: um Estudo ...

Actualmente a inflamação é considerada uma componente importante na aterosclerose, desde o seu início até à ruptura da placa seguida de trombose e da progressiva obstrução do vaso. A ruptura da cápsula fibrótica da placa expõe factores de tecido presentes no seu núcleo necrótico que induzem o processo inflamatório, promovendo a adesão celular e a coagulação e que conduzem à formação do trombo. Por seu turno, vá...