Relation of red cell distribution width with dipper and non-dipper hypertension.

Aim Red cell distribution width (RDW), an index of erythrocyte size, is associated with high risk for cardiovascular disease. Nondipping hypertension (HT) is lack of nocturnal fall in blood pressure(BP). The association between RDW and non-dipping BP in normotensive and hypertensive patients was investigated.

Assessment of subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in patients with psoriasis by speckle tracking echocardiography: A Speckle Tracking Study.

Background: Psoriasis is a systemic inflammatory disease and is reportedly associated with adverse cardiovascular risks. Left ventricular (LV) function has not been studied comprehensively in psoriasis.

Objectives: This study was conducted to study LV mechanics in patients with psoriasis by speckle tracking echocardiography.

The relationship between coronary collateral circulation and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio in patients with coronary chronic total occlusion.

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and coronary collateral circulation (CCC) in patients with coronary chronic total occlusion.

Subjects And Methods: Our study population consisted of 275 consecutive patients with chronic total occlusion. One hundred and thirty-eight patients with chronic total occlusion were included in the study.

Assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with psoriasis.

Background: Psoriasis is an inflammatory disorder, which has been reported to be associated with cardiovascular (CV) risks. Although increased CV risks in psoriasis are well established, there are no data about changes of contraction synchrony in psoriasis. Therefore, we aimed to study the left ventricular (LV) contraction synchrony in patients with psoriasis with narrow QRS and normal ejection fraction.

The serum pentraxin-3 is elevated in patients with cardiac syndrome X.

Objectives: Cardiac syndrome X (CSX) is a clinical entity that is defined as normal coronary arteries with angina pectoris and objective sins of ischemia. The correlation between CSX and inflammatory markers such as high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is well established, however an association with pentraxin-3 (PTX-3) has not been examined. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between PTX-3 and CSX.

Assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony in dipper and non-dipper hypertension.

Background: Ventricular dyssynchrony is an co-determinant of progression and exacerbation of heart failure (HF). The co-existence of ventricular dyssynchrony with hypertension (HT) and HF were shown, however there is no data regarding the effect of circadian rhythm of blood pressure (BP) on ventricular synchrony. Therefore, we aimed to study the left ventricular synchrony in dipper and non-dipper normotensive and hypertensive participants.

Left ventricular dyssynchrony is an early manifestation of heart involvement in sickle cell anemia.

Background: Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is the most common inherited anemia. Although heart involvement in SCA is well-established, there is no data about changes of contraction synchrony in SCA. Therefore, we aimed to study the left ventricular contraction synchrony in SCA patients with narrow QRS and normal ejection fraction (EF).

Serum pentraxin 3 levels are associated with the complexity and severity of coronary artery disease in patients with stable angina pectoris.

Background: Atherosclerosis is a complex inflammatory process in which inflammatory markers are involved. Although pentraxin 3 (PTX-3), a newly identified inflammatory marker, was associated with adverse outcomes in stable angina pectoris, no association between PTX-3 and the complexity of coronary artery disease (CAD) has been reported. Thus, the aim of the present study was to assess the association between the level of PTX-3 and the complexity and severity of CAD assessed with SYNTAX and Gensini scores in patients with stable angina pectoris.

Serum pentraxin-3 levels are associated with the severity of metabolic syndrome.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to assess the association between the level of pentraxin-3 (PTX-3) and the severity of metabolic syndrome (MS).

Subjects And Method: One hundred and two patients with MS and 101 consecutive age- and sex-matched control subjects were included in the study. The MS patients were classified into three groups based on the number of MS criteria, i.

Evaluation of left ventricular long-axis function in cases of rheumatic pure mitral stenosis with atrial fibrillation.

Using tissue Doppler echocardiography, we evaluated left ventricular long-axis function in 65 mitral stenosis patients, 30 of whom were in sinus rhythm and 35 of whom were in chronic atrial fibrillation. There were 35 healthy control subjects. Conventional echocardiography was used to evaluate left ventricular diameters, left atrial diameters, left ventricular ejection fractions, and mitral valve areas.