Background: Cardiovascular diseases are one of the major limitations in the evaluation of potential kidney transplantation. The study aimed to assess cardiovascular status, including cardiovascular risk factors in waitlisted hemodialyzed patients.
Material And Methods: From the population of 5,068 hemodialyzed patients (60% men), we included 449 waitlisted and 4,619 not considered for potential kidney transplantation.
Background: In Poland, there are limited validated outcome measures to evaluate upper extremity function in stroke patients for clinical and research use. The Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) aims to assess functional performance of the upper extremities.
Objectives: To translate and culturally adapt the original version of ARAT into Polish, and to determine its reliability and validity.
The application of unattended blood pressure measurement (uAOBPM) for resting heart rate (RHR) assessment is unknown. To assess the agreement between RHR measured during uAOBPM and other methods, the authors conducted a comparability study with office blood pressure measurement (OBPM), ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), and electrocardiogram (ECG) in a group of 110 participants referred for ABPM. RHR measured with uAOBPM (70.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNumerous studies have now demonstrated that lncRNAs can influence gene expression programs leading to cell and organismal phenotypes. Typically, lncRNA perturbations and concomitant changes in gene expression are measured on the timescale of many hours to days. Thus, we currently lack a temporally grounded understanding of the primary, secondary, and tertiary relationships of lncRNA-mediated transcriptional and epigenetic regulation-a prerequisite to elucidating lncRNA mechanisms.
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