Social determinants of blood pressure control in a middle-income country in Latin America.

Blood pressure (BP) control is a key intervention to decrease cardiovascular diseases (CVD), the main cause of death in low and middle-income countries (MIC). Scarce data on the determinants of BP control in Latin America are available. Our objective is to explore the role of gender, age, education, and income as social determinants of BP control in Argentina, a MIC with a universal health care system.

[Abdominal aortic aneurysm infected with Campylobacter fetus. Case report and medical literature review].

Infection is a rare complication of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Campylobacter fetus has special tropism for vascular endothelium. It has been reported as a cause of infected abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Perioperative management of vitamin K antagonists in patients with low thromboembolic risk undergoing elective surgery: A prospective experience.

Background And Objectives: To quantify thromboembolic and bleeding events in patients with low thromboembolic risk, who were chronically receiving vitamin K antagonists and undergoing elective surgery.

Material And Methods: A descriptive, prospective, single-center study was conducted between December 2010 and July 2014. Patients aged over 18 years old, chronically anticoagulated with vitamin K antagonists and admitted for elective surgery were included in the study.