8 results match your criteria: "Azerbaijan Medical University Baku[Affiliation]"
Visit-to-visit variability of blood pressure and risk of diabetic retinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Am J Cardiovasc Dis
October 2024
Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran.
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM), a worldwide disease affecting more than 400 million people, is associated with high blood pressure (BP). In addition to macrovascular complications, high BP in DM patients is potentially linked to microvascular complications. More than 70% of DM patients have retinopathy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffects of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists on Cardiac Function, Exercise Capacity and Quality of Life.
Card Fail Rev
September 2024
Department of Cardiology, Almazov National Medical Research Centre St Petersburg, Russia.
Article Synopsis
- - Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are new diabetes and obesity treatments that also show potential cardiovascular benefits for patients with type 2 diabetes.
- - These medications are getting attention for their impact on heart failure (HF) outcomes, similar to other diabetes drugs like sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors.
- - Current research on GLP-1 receptor agonists in heart failure patients is limited and often inconclusive, focusing on their effects on heart structure, exercise capacity, and quality of life, suggesting a need for larger clinical trials.
Commentary: GM1-Gangliosidosis Type III Associated Parkinsonism.
Mov Disord Clin Pract
August 2021
Movement Disorders Unit Neurology Service, The Federal University of Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil.
GM1-Gangliosidosis Type III Associated Parkinsonism.
Mov Disord Clin Pract
August 2021
Department of Neuromuscular Disorders University College London, Institute of Neurology London United Kingdom.
A neonate born to an infected COVID-19 mother was tested positive just 24 hours after its birth.
Clin Case Rep
April 2021
Neonatology Department King Saud Medical City Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Given the importance of possible vertical transmission, it is essential to study all neonates delivered from COVID-19 positive mothers to analyze the route of transmission of infection that will optimize the universal testing for SARS-CoV-2 and minimize the risk of disease in neonates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAge-related behavioral and ultrastructural changes in the rat amygdala.
Dev Neurobiol
November 2020
Department of Histology, Embryology and Cytology, Azerbaijan Medical University Baku, Baku, Azerbaijan.
Although the relationships between brain structure and emotions may alter across the life span, this relationship is of particular importance during aging when significant alterations in emotions may be manifested. Understanding the structural-behavioral relationship could not only provide a neurobiological basis of these changes, but could also suggest potential intervention. Since anxiety is commonly observed in aging population, we undertook this study to determine the extent of this behavioral manifestations as well as the associated ultrastructural changes in the amygdala.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[A study of alexithymia in schizophrenia and some somatic diseases].
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova
September 2020
Azerbaijan Medical University Baku, Azerbaijan Republi, Azerbaijan Medical University Baku, Azerbaijan Republic.
Objective: To study alexithymia in schizophrenia and some somatic diseases.
Material And Methods: The study included 60 patients with paranoid schizophrenia (ICD-10 F20.0), 55 hypertensive patients with primary heart disease (I11), 53 patients with chronic ischemic heart disease (I25) and 51 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (E10).
Polysplenia is heterotaxy syndrome or bilateral left-sidedness. We report a case of polysplenia syndrome in order to draw attention to this rare syndrome that must be excluded in an infant presenting with congenital heart disease and intestinal malformations.
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