Prognostic Value of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Predicting Major Cardiac Events in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome.

Background: The metabolic syndrome increases cardiovascular mortality. We report the mid-term prognostic value of dobutamine echocardiography for metabolic syndrome.

Patients And Methods: A dobutamine echocardiography protocol was performed in patients aged 18 years of age or older who suffered from chest pain and who were followed-up for two years.

Association between depression and higher glucose levels in middle-aged Mexican patients with diabetes.

Objective: We report an association between depression and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM-2).

Material And Methods: Sixty-five diabetic patients (26 men and 39 women) aged 40-60 years were studied within 5 years of the diagnosis. The patients were assessed using the depression scale validated in Spanish, and serum glucose and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels were measured.

Telomere length and type 2 diabetes in males, a premature aging syndrome.

Background: Increased telomere shortening has been demonstrated in several diseases including type 2 diabetes. However, it is not known whether telomere length changes during the course of type 2 diabetes.

Objective: To determine telomere length at different stages of type 2 diabetes, including early and late stages.

[Frequency and clinical outcome of odontogenic cervicofacial infection].

Objective: To measure frequency, mortality, hospitals stay and the requirement of attention in the intensive care unit (ICU) of patients with cervical infections.

Methods: A descriptive, observational and transversal study was carried out. We analyzed the database of patients admitted to Emergency Room of High Specialty Hospital, with cervical and facial infection with odontogenic origin, during a year period.