Microalbuminuria: a useful marker of cardiovascular disease.

Leakage of small amounts of proteins in urine has been considered since 1980s a crucial sign of early kidney disease, especially in diabetic patients. An increasing interest in microalbuminuria as a cardiovascular risk marker has been more recently considered. Many studies linked microalbuminuria to early cardiovascular disease, as a marker of endothelial dysfunction, not only in diabetic patients, but also in hypertensive patients and in general population.

[Neuroradiological pattern of peripartum cerebro vascular disease medicating transfer to determine care unit].

Background: Pregnancy and puerperium are considered a period of a high risk of stroke responsible in a part of the morbidity and mortality in women. Imaging is the pivotal tool to diagnostics and care.

Aim: To investigate the clinical and imaging features cerebrovascular complications during pregnancy and in post partum period.

[Right atrial myxoma in a patient with mood disturbances].

Cardiac myxomas represents 50% of the benign heart tumors. Right atrial myxomas are more rare than left localisations. Their major risks are in occurrence of pulmonary embolisms.