The cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) is a new index of the overall stiffness of the artery from the origin of the aorta to the ankle. The most conspicuous feature of CAVI is its independence of blood pressure at the time of measurement.CAVI increases with age and in many arteriosclerotic diseases, such as coronary artery disease, carotid arteriosclerosis, chronic kidney disease and cerebrovas...

Background: NAFLD has become most prevalent cause of liver disease globally. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and fibrosis causes increased risk cardio vascular related deaths.Method: Patients aged between 25 to 65 were studied. USG, lipid profile, BMI, HbA1C, routine blood exam. Blood pressure was recorded by sphignomanometer; ECG if necessary rule out the grades with CV diseases.Results: 19 (21....

Patient assessment should begin with a determination of the body mass index (BMI). The patient’s weight and height are used to calculate the patient’s BMI, which is considered to be an indirect measurement of body fat. After the BMI is known, patients can be further separated into classes. Assessment should also include waist circumference, because excess abdominal fat has been shown to be an i...

Cardio-oncology is a multidisciplinary field focusing on the management and prevention of cardiovascular complications in cancer patients and survivors. While the initial focus of this specialty was on heart failure associated with anthracycline use, novel anticancer agents are increasingly utilized and are associated with many other cardiotoxicities including hypertension, arrhythmias and vasc...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com known, that ischemic heart disease plays the main role and causes 85% of death among all cardio-vascular diseases in elderly and old group of patients. Elderly age of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with higher rate of mortality during hospitalization and in a long-term period [2]. Today enlargement trend in number of e...

With the recent introduction of multi-slice CT which acquire four image slices at the same time (which will increase to 16 image slices in the near future) the possible size of the generated image stack has increased tremendously. Traditional cine mode explorations of the image stack are rendered impractical by the sheer quantity of possible 1000 image slices of the resolution of 512 512 pixels...

AIM This study evaluated the association between serum endothelin- 1 level and symptoms, clinical examination, laboratory and cardio-respiratory parameters, in patients with cirrhosis compared to controls. BACKGROUND Cirrhosis is associated with significant portal, pulmonary and systemic vascular abnormities. Recent studies have suggested that endothelin -1 may have a significant role in the ...

Cardiovascular disease is a chronic multifactorial health complication that either directly or indirectly associated with pathophysiological mechanisms, including pro-oxidation, pro-inflammation, vascular and endothelial dysfunction, impaired platelet function, thrombosis, others. The therapeutic options to circumvent cardiovascular complications include several phytomedicines, green tea polyph...

Cardio-vascular diseases are the major cause of mortality, with ischemic cardiac disease as the major form, followed by stroke. Each of these diseases accounts for some 15 million deaths per year, representing 30% of the total number of death. The highest mortality is registered in the countries of former USSR and those of Eastern Europe. France and Japan had the lowest rate of mortality by isc...