Hallmarks of the tumor phenotype include increased stiffness [1], enhanced angiogenesis with sluggish perfusion [2], increased vascular leakiness leading to increased interstitial pressures [3], and increased metabolic demand [2]. Separately, it is known that the vascular autoregulation mechanism normally achieves a tight coupling between the vascular supply and prevailing metabolic demand, but...

BACKGROUND Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by skin thickening, fibrosis and vascular obliteration. The onset and course are heterogeneous. Prominent features include autoimmunity, inflammation and vascular damage. AIM OF STUDY To measure the level of serum Anti-Annexin V antibodies in SSc patients and to study its significance in relation to vascular damage in these patients. PATI...

conclusions troxerutin may reduce the vascular complications and tissue injuries induced by chronic diabetes in rat aorta through increasing the activity of tissue antioxidant system and reducing the level of lipid peroxidation. materials and methods male wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups (n = 8/each): control, control plus troxerutin, diabetic and diabetic plus troxerutin. dia...

conclusions major vascular injuries in our center occurred in young men, frequently because of stab wounds. popliteal injuries mostly caused by motor vehicle accidents was the second most common arterial injury, followed by combined ulnar and radial injuries. vascular reconstruction in the first hours after trauma may prevent many unnecessary and preventable amputation procedures. results most ...

introduction: in the absence of microvascular replantation or in crash injury cases in which obtaining an acceptable function is not possible, amputation of the injured finger seems to be the best treatment modality. some studies recommended leech therapy for this kind of injury after vascular repair to decrease venous congestion. case presentation: in this case report, the authors presented a ...

vascular complications by compromising the blood flow to the allograft can have significant and sometimes life-threating consequences for the patient. high level of suspicion and aggressive utilization of diagnostic modalities can lead to early diagnosis and salvage of the allograft.  this review will summarize the current trends in the management of vascular complications after liver transplan...

In a multi-user system in which interference is treated as noise, increasing the power of all transmissions eventually makes thermal noise negligible and causes the network to be interference-limited. This paper attempts to determine the power level at which a random-access ad hoc network becomes interference limited. Furthermore, when the network is not interference-limited (i.e., when signal ...