The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (RCFT) is widely used to measure visuoperceptual and visuoconstructional skills, while the Line Bisection (LB) test is commonly employed to assess unilateral spatial neglect (USN). Previous studies have suggested that Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients may suffer from left USN. Objectives The purpose of this study was to clarify whether left USN occurs in...

BACKGROUND A dietary pattern common in regions near the Mediterranean appears to reduce risk of all-cause mortality and ischemic heart disease. Data on blacks and Hispanics in the United States are lacking, and to our knowledge only one study has examined a Mediterranean-style diet (MeDi) in relation to stroke. OBJECTIVE In this study, we examined an MeDi in relation to vascular events. DES...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In dialysis patients, there is an increasing evidence that altered bone metabolism is associated with cardiovascular calcifications. The main objective of this study was to analyse, in hemodialysis patients, the relationships between bone turnover, mineralization and volume, evaluated in bone biopsies, with a plain X-ray vascular calcification score. DESIGN, SETTING,...

Background: Vascular dementia is one of the most common forms of dementia. At now, there is no treatment available to cure vascular dementia or to alter its clinical course. Some studies suggest that some drugs may be useful in controlling symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of donepezil, memantine, rivastigmine and galantamine on mean flow velocity and ...

Tumoral gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) receptors are potential targets for diagnosis and therapy using radiolabeled or cytotoxic GRP analogs. GRP-receptor overexpression has been detected in endocrine-related cancer cells and, more recently, also in the vascular bed of selected tumors. More information on vascular GRP-receptors in cancer is required to asses their potential for vascular target...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: PNP: Pneumoperitoneum; SVR: Systemic Vascular Resistances; PVR: Pulmonary Vascular Resistances; HR: Heart Rate; PaO2:-Arterial Saturation of Oxygen; MBP: Mean Blood Pressure; IV: Intravenously; SpO2: Peripheral Oxygen Saturation; Vt: Tidal Volume; IPPV: Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation; EtCO2: End Tidal Carbon di Oxide; ECG:...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation of bone mineral density (BMD), evaluated by DXA, with vascular calcifications, arterial stiffness, and vascular disease in patients on peritoneal dialysis. Vascular calcifications were evaluated by vascular calcification score on plain x ray, and arterial stiffness was measured by pulse wave velocity using the Complior device (Artech M...

BACKGROUND Pre-transplant cardiovascular (CV) risk factors affect the development of CV events even after successful kidney transplantation (KT). However, the impact of pre-transplant CV risk factors on allograft failure (GF) has not been reported. METHODS AND FINDINGS We analyzed the graft outcomes of 2,902 KT recipients who were enrolled in a multi-center cohort from 1997 to 2012. We calcul...

OBJECTIVE To determine factors associated with increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease in a high-risk patient population. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of a retrospective cohort study. METHODS One-hundred patients at an inner city HIV clinic in 2008 were reviewed. The atherosclerotic vascular disease risk score was calculated using the Pooled Cohort Equation. Chi-square test w...