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Angiosarcoma is a rare and aggressive malignant tumor arising from vascular or lymphatic endothelial cells. Angiosarcoma at an arteriovenous fistula site is exceptionally rare. We report a case of a 37-year-old male renal transplant recipient who developed a high-grade epithelioid angiosarcoma at the site of an arteriovenous fistula six years post-transplant.

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May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Lebanon.

Eur Heart J Suppl

May 2021

Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

Hypertension is an important public health concern of high prevalence among adults. It is associated with an increased mortality rate. The prevalence of hypertension in Lebanon has increased during the last decades, affecting around one-third of the Lebanese population.

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