[Arterial pressure monitoring in offspring of hypertensive individuals at a day-care center].

Objective: This study intended to evaluate blood pressure monitoring (BPM) data in young hypertensive offspring.

Methods: We evaluated 31 students, of ages ranging from 17 to 25 years, whose parents (one or both) were being treated for hypertension (group I) and 30 normotensive subjects, whose parents were not hypertensive (group II). Epidemiological data were collected from all participants and the blood pressure (BP) measurements obtained by BPM were compared.

An assessment of neutrophils/lymphocytes ratio in patients suspected of acute coronary syndrome.

Background: Leukocytes total count is an independent risk marker for cardiovascular events. The ratio between neutrophils and lymphocytes (N/L) count has been investigated as a new predictor for cardiovascular risk, although its diagnostic role when assessing patients suspected of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) condition is not yet known.

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic power of N/L ratio in patients who have been admitted at a Chest Pain Unit (CPU) with the suspicion of ACS.