Serum aldosterone effect on left ventricular structure and diastolic function in essential hypertension.

Aldosterone has hypertrophic and profibrotic effects on the heart. This study aims to determine the relationship between serum aldosterone concentration (SAC) and aldosterone-to-renin ratio (ARR) with left ventricular (LV) geometry and diastolic function in essential hypertension (EH). We investigated 213 EH patients (50.

PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE AND LIMITATION OF VISIT-TO-VISIT BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION: A MINI-REVIEW.

Visit-to-visit variability (VVV) of blood pressure (BP) can facilitate in predicting future reduced ejection fractions cases. In the recent past, the prognostic significance of visitto-visit variability of BP has been examined widely in patients with a high risk of cardiovascular disease. The findings of numerous investigations have indicated that increased visit-to-visit variability of blood pressure can lead to better estimation or proper treatments that can minimize blood pressure variability and associated risks while enhancing clinical outcomes.

Emergency Department Diagnosis of Septic Pulmonary Embolism due to Infectious Endocarditis Using Bedside Ultrasound.

Background: Septic pulmonary embolism (SPE) is a rare disorder caused by metastasis of infectious thrombi to the lungs. Most commonly, this occurs as a result of infectious endocarditis. This clinical entity may easily be confused for more common and less mortal diagnoses such as pneumonia, bronchitis, or pulmonary embolism.