Effect of Encapsulated Purple Garlic Oil on Microvascular Function and the Components of Metabolic Syndrome: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study-The ENDOTALLIUM Study.

Endothelial dysfunction (ED) is associated with progressive changes contributing to clinical complications related to macro- and microvascular diseases. Garlic ( L.) and its organosulfur components have been related to beneficial cardiovascular effects and could improve endothelial function.

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: case report with arterial stiffness evaluated by a research cardiovascular profiling system.

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an inherited systemic disorder characterized by calcification of elastic tissue, affecting the skin, the eyes and vascular system. The aim of our study was to specify the cardiovascular changes in a case of pseudoxanthoma elasticum by a non-invasive haemodynamic evaluation. We present a 50-year-old woman with a clinical diagnosis of pseudoxanthoma elasticum.