[Arterial hypertension and RU-486: a complex case of secondary hypertension].

Secondary hypertension accounts for 10-15% of all cases of hypertension, and early diagnosis with identification of its etiology can be challenging. In this scenario, therapeutic management of affected patients may be difficult. Hypercortisolism is one of the possible causes of secondary hypertension, but its low prevalence and atypical clinical symptoms can lead to a delayed diagnosis.

[Prevalence and subtypes of systemic hypertension in an unselected patient population with severe obesity undergoing bariatric surgery].

Background: Obesity plays a pivotal role in the development of systemic hypertension and the two diseases are often related. Severe obesity is getting more and more prevalent in our country. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of systemic hypertension in an unselected population of obese patients observed in the Regional Referral Center for Surgical Obesity of our hospital.

Mechanisms of late stent malapposition after primary stenting in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a subanalysis of the selection trial.

Background: One of the major predictors of late stent malapposition (LSM) is primary stenting in acute myocardial infarction. However, mechanisms of LSM are still under debate.

Methods: Patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and enrolled in the SELECTION trial (38 patients in the paclitaxel-eluting stent, PES, and 35 in the bare metal stent, BMS, cohort) were retrospectively analyzed to evaluate LSM, by means of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) data recorded at the index and 7-month follow-up procedures.