Is gender responsible for everything? The relationship between sex and right ventricular remodeling in metabolic syndrome.

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the impact of metabolic syndrome (MS) on right ventricular (RV) remodeling in different genders.

Methods: The study included 341 subjects (216 subjects with MS and 125 controls). MS was defined by the presence of ≥ 3 ATP-NCEP-III criteria.

Gender influence on left ventricular structure and function in metabolic syndrome. Are women at greater risk?

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of metabolic syndrome (MS) on left ventricular (LV) structure and function depending on gender.

Methods: The study included 235 never-treated MS subjects and 138 controls. MS was defined as the presence of three or more National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III criteria.

[Aspirin withdrawal in high risk cardiac patients before the operation of total colectomy with resection of ileum--case report].

Coronary artery disease is one of the risk factors for myocardial infarction and it is present in 40% of patients who are undergoing noncardiac surgery. Despite evidence of the benefit of the antiplatelet therapy in patients at risk of cardiac complications, aspirin treatment is often discontinued before surgery due to the risk of perioperative bleeding. In many studies and meta-analysis it is shown that aspirin withdrawal in perioperative period was associated with three-fold higher risk of major adverse cardiac events.

Does a nondipping pattern impact the right ventricle in hypertensive patients?

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of a nondipping arterial blood pressure pattern on the right ventricular (RV) structure, diastolic, and global function in recently diagnosed hypertensive patients.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 189 recently diagnosed hypertensive patients. All participants underwent 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and a complete two-dimensional echocardiography examination.

Which factors impact myocardial function in systemic sclerosis?

Background: The aim of our study was to determine clinical and echocardiographic parameters, which impacted the left (LV) and right ventricular (RV) diastolic and global function in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).

Methods: The study included 50 SSc patients and 48 age-matched healthy volunteers. All the patients underwent clinical examination, serological tests, pulmonary function testing, and complete two-dimensional echocardiography, which included pulsed and tissue Doppler.

Are all criteria of metabolic syndrome equally harmful?

Objective: The metabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with subclinical damage of different organs.The aim of this study was to determine which risk factors of MS were independently associated with left ventricular structure and function (diastolic and global).

Methods: The study included 204 subjects with MS and 88 control subjects with no risk factors.

Predictors of global left ventricular function in metabolic syndrome.

Background: The metabolic syndrome (MS) represents a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors that act synergistically.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine which parameters were independently associated with the global left ventricular (LV) function in subjects with MS estimated with the Tei index.

Methods: The study included 234 subjects with MS and 96 controls adjusted by age.

Cerebral aneurysm associated with cardiac myxoma: Case report.

Left atrial myxomas are a rare but well known cause of cerebrovascular accidents in young people. Cerebral embolism is the most common cause of cerebral ischemic stroke. The intracranial aneurysm is rarely associated with myxoma.