Fig. 3.1 Amplatzer devices. (a) Amplatzer septal occluder device, (b) Amplatzer duct occluder device, (c) Amplatzer muscular VSD occluder device, (d) Amplatzer vascular plug II device, (e) Amplatzer vascular plug…
Fig. 10.1 Balloon post-dilation: under expanded Medtronic CoreValve after deployment with severe paravalvular leak (a), excellent results post-dilatation (b) Complications of balloon post-dilation include device migration/displacement, aortic wall injury/rupture, cerebrovascular…
Predictors of Diastolic Hypertension (± Systolic Hypertension) = DBP ≥ 90 mmHg (± SBP ≥ 140 mmHg) Predictors of Isolated Systolic Hypertension = SBP ≥ 140 mmHg + DBP < 90 mmHg (wide P-P) 1. Young age 1. Older age 2. Male…
Fig. 1 Activities of endothelial cells. Vasomotor and mitogenic balance is provided by molecules secreted by endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle cell. These cells have several paracrine functions by…
Fig. 1 Structure of adrenomedullin. h-AM is formed by a ring structure of 52 amino acid residues held by a disulfide bond between Cys-16 and Cys-21; with a Tyr residue…
Fig. 1 Diagrammatical representation of the ascending aorta and in particular of the aortic root. (a: sinotubular junction; b: the sinuses of Valsalva; c: Ventriculo-aortic junction, also called basal ring…
Fig. 1 Prognosis of CKD by GFR and Albuminuria categories as identified by 2012 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guidelines for evaluation and management of chronic kidney…
Fig. 1 (a) Dynamic cycle of DNA demethylation and remethylation (DNMT DNA methyltransferase, SAM S-adenosyl methionine, 5mC methylcytosine, 5hmC hydroxymethylcytosine, 5fC 5-formylcytosine, 5caC carboxylcytosine, TET ten-eleven translocation enzyme, TDG thymine-DNA…
Fig. 1 Changes of pulse wave curves with ageing. (a) carotid wave of a young patient (26 years); (b) femoral wave of a young patient (26 years); (c) carotid wave of an…
Fig. 1 RRI is measured by Doppler sonography in an intrarenal artery, as the difference between the peak systolic (PS) and end-diastolic (ED) blood velocities divided by the peak systolic…
