Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy is a clinical syndrome in patients with liver cirrhosis characterized
by an abnormal and blunted response to physiologic, pathologic, or pharmacologic stress …

Patients with advanced liver cirrhosis may develop a clinical syndrome characterized by a
blunted contractile responsiveness to stress and/or altered diastolic relaxation, called “…

The progress of research on the molecular pathogenesis of liver fibrosis and the consequent
discoveries are likely to open new possibilities for therapeutic approaches to the …

The endothelium is now considered a real endocrine–paracrine organ, important not only
as a structural barrier between the circulation and surrounding tissue, but also because it …

Objectives : We sought to evaluate interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) levels in patients
with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (AMI) upon emergency department …

Neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus is a diagnostic challenge due to the
multifarious neurological and psychiatric manifestations that define it but, when suspected, …

An increased vascular risk is present in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). In this
report, we evaluate the presence and grade of atherosclerosis in patients with AS, …

Portopulmonary hypertension and hepatorenal syndrome are both severe local hypertensive
complications of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Both are characterized by …

Listeria monocytogenes may cause serious vascular and graft infections. In the present case
report, a 71‑year‑old man underwent partial prosthetic endograft replacement due to high‑…

A 45-year-old woman was referred to our department having suddenly developed, 9 months
earlier, a pulsating mass on the right supraclavicular fossa and torticollis. Colour Doppler …