Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510014
Analysis of the Phenomenon of Endoleak of Type I A. Influence of the Mechanical Characterization of the Aorta
Altnji HE, Mbodj C, Bou-Said B and Walter-Le Berre H
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: June 08, 2016
Models of the mechanical behaviour of arterial walls are required for mechanical applications in cardiovascular disease treatments, such as Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) in particular, to contribute to the ability to predict type IA endoleak. In this work, an explicit finite-element in-house code was used to evaluate the stresses generated by the blood flow in a whole system consisting of the endograft, plaque, and aneurysmal aorta. The developed numerical model was modified to...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510013
Hypertension and Anesthesia: What's New?
Pascal Colson and Philippe Gaudard
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: May 16, 2016
Hypertension is a very common disease, the first etiology of chronic cardiovascular disease in adult patients who undergo surgery. Improvement in HTA management is undeniable, but some concerns remain for the perioperative period. This article makes a short review of the state of the art regarding the anesthesia management of hypertensive patient during the perioperative period, with a special focus on anesthesia-hypertension interference....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510012
Rethinking our Guideline System: Returning to Evidence Based Medicine as it was Originally Intended
Seth J Baum and Casey Peavler
Article Type: Commentary | First Published: April 20, 2016
The scientific literature is burgeoning at an alarming rate, making it impossible for physicians to integrate, let alone read even a miniscule portion of publications. The STM, a global organization whose aim is to disseminate results of high-level research and publications, recently assessed the magnitude of the literature boom. In 2012 they reported that 1.8 to 1.9 million papers were published in 28,100 active scholarly journals. With regulatory demands equally explosive, how are physicians t...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510011
Space Flight and Lunar Dust Hypertension
William J. Rowe
Article Type: Editorial | First Published: April 18, 2016
As a member of a North American Fitness Delegation to China in 1988, with an invitation to present a paper in Guangzhou, I chose as a role model Sy Mah, holder of the Guinness Book of Records for having completed 524 marathons. Mah, a professor of physical education at the University of Toledo, was on a sabbatical in Boston and drove all night for his stress test in the morning; it was very abnormal with evidence of severe ischemia. Because of time constraints, I took him to the Medical College ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510010
Prevalence of Hypertensive Emergency in Emergency Room of Rajavithi Hospital
Sumitra Piyanuttapull and Jaruboot Angsanakul
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: April 09, 2016
Hypertensive crisis is common among patients visiting emergency room (ER). Majority of these patients can be treated on an outpatient basis (hypertensive urgency). Other patients have acute end-organ damage and higher morbidity and mortality (hypertensive emergency). However, no study on the prevalence of hypertensive emergency in ER in Thailand was found. We aim to evaluate the prevalence and also potential predictors of hypertensive emergency....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510009
Noninvasive Tools Used Nowadays in both, Clinical Practice and Trials in Order to Assess Blood Pressure
Martyna Zaleska, Olga Mozenska, Katarzyna Nikelewska, Magdalena Chrabaszcz, Weronika Rygier, Jan Gieraltowski, Monika Petelczyc and Dariusz A Kosior
Article Type: Short Review | First Published: April 02, 2016
Hypertension affects currently around 1 billion people worldwide and cardiovascular disease remains the most frequent cause of mortality worldwide. Hypertension societies publish cyclically recommendations how to diagnose and manage this illness. Some of them describes tools used to diagnose this disease, others do not. However nowadays many new methods are introduced to assess blood pressure (BP) values. Some of them allow only to obtain central or systolic BP, others are used currently only in...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510005
Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Current and Clinical Trial Modalities
Raheel Khan, Taimur Abbasi, Roberto F. Machado and Jiwang Chen
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: March 02, 2016
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a deadly cardiovascular disease that follows a progressive and symptomatic course. This disease presents in approximately 15 cases per million each year and is categorized into five different groups based on established or presumed etiology. The poorly understood role of BMPR II mutation, early onset and severity of symptoms and increased fatality rate associated with IPAH make treatment a challenge for physicians. Current treatment options focus on the three main ...