Association of Body Composition with Arterial Stiffness in Long-lived People.

Background: Arterial stiffness, obesity and sarcopenia correlate with each other and with cardiac outcomes in younger adults. However, there is little evidence of the association between body composition and markers of central arteries stiffness in long-lived people.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between arterial stiffness and body composition in functionally independent long-lived individuals.

Small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the esophagus: an autopsy case report.

Small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma is a well-known aggressive neoplasia, which is usually associated with a poor prognosis. The lung is the most common primary site, but other organs may be involved, especially those of the digestive tract. The authors report the case of a 71-year-old Caucasian, male patient who was admitted because of congestive heart failure and loss of vision accompanied by right proptosis.