Diabetic polyneuropathy may increase the handicap related to vestibular disease.

Background And Aims: We undertook this study to assess the influence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy on self-reported disability and postural control during quiet stance of patients with peripheral vestibular disease, before and after a standardized program of vestibular rehabilitation (Cawthorne & Cooksey exercises).

Methods: Twenty patients with peripheral vestibular disease participated in the study (mean age 56+/-7.8 years), 10 with and 10 without peripheral neuropathy (age matched).

[Occult chronic kidney disease in patients with stable coronary heart disease].

Background And Objective: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) increases cardiovascular risk mainly in subjects with coronary heart disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of occult CKD (OCKD) in stable coronary heart disease patients and to study the factors associated in order to improve its detection.

Patients And Method: Cross sectional study of 7,884 patients who had had a coronary event requiring hospitalization in the previous 6 months to 10 years.

Achievement of therapeutic goals and utilization of evidence-based cardiovascular therapies in coronary heart disease patients with chronic kidney disease.

To evaluate whether the presence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) influenced the rate of prescription of evidence-based cardiovascular preventive therapies and attainment of therapeutic goals in patients with stable coronary heart disease, 7,884 patients (mean age 65.4 years; 81.7% men; 22.