Aspirin resistance in patients with chronic renal failure.

Background: Chronic renal failure (CRF) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Aspirin resistance worsens clinical prognosis. The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of aspirin resistance in CRF.

Aspirin resistance in hypertensive patients.

Aspirin resistance is associated with poor clinical prognosis. The authors investigated aspirin resistance in 200 hypertensive patients (111 men, age: 68.3±11.

Fever-induced precordial ST-segment elevation in a young man.

Brugada syndrome is a rare condition characterized by ST-segment elevation in the right precordial leads. Fever can induce Brugada-like electrocardiographic (ECG) changes. We reported on a 26-year-old male patient with fever and ST-segment elevation in the right precordial leads.