Estimation of cardiovascular complications and death risk in subjects with metabolic syndrome

Introduction: Coexistence of lipid and carbohydrate disorders with hypertension and obesity increases the risk of ischaemic heart disease and its complications. The recently observed lack of reduction in the incidence...

Pulmonary artery pressure in association with serum parathormone in maintenance hemodialysis patients

Introduction: There are several potential explanations for the development of PH in patients with stable hemodialysis patients. Hormonal and metabolic derangement associated with end-stage renal failure might lead to pul...

Thyroid neoplasms – errors of the cytological diagnosis

Objectives: the evaluation of the diagnostic value of a cytological examination and its limitations for the diagnosis of thyroid neoplasms. Material and methods: From 1995 to 2004 nine hundred ninety eight patients were...

Selected antioxidative enzyme activities in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2

Background: Chronic hyperglycaemia is considered to be the main reason of diabetes complications. In the prolonged increased glucose concentration the increased generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) occurs, as well...

<br /> The interaction between endothelin-1 and C-reactive protein and their impact on long-term prognosis after percutaneous coronary interventions