Aims Besides carotid or cardiac embolism, stroke can occur via microangiopathy (small
arterial disease [SAD]) and macroangiopathy (intracranial atherosclerotic stroke [ICAS]) of …

Endocan is a soluble proteoglycan released by the vascular endothelium. The increase of its
serum levels is associated with inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular …

Background Exposure to airborne fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) has been declared to be
harmful to human kidney. However, whether activation of the autophagic pathway plays key …

In advanced stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD), most patients are affected by
complications, most often correlated with cardiovascular disease (CVD)-including vascular …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is well known to be associated with an increased incidence
of coronary artery disease (CAD). Diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HTN), both of …

Objective—Endothelial dysfunction is a possible mechanism to explain the association
between atherosclerosis and kidney disease. This study evaluated circulating soluble …

Endothelial dysfunction is principally characterized by impaired endothelium–dependent
transduction mechanisms related to vascular relaxation, as an outcome of decreased …

Purpose Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of death among chronic
hemodialysis (HD) patients. Gender and age belong to its classical risk factors …

Background: Chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) has been
implicated in vascular calcification pathogenesis. CKD-MBD results in alterations in the …

The coexistence of coronary artery disease (CAD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD)
implies overlapped genetic foundation. However, the common genetic determination …