Carotid artery disease is commonly encountered in clinical practice and accounts for
approximately 30% of ischemic strokes in the general population. Numerous biomarkers …

Background and aims The effect of reductions in homocysteine (Hcy) on cardiovascular
disease (CVD) was suggested to be modified by platelet activation, but the interaction …

Background FGF23 mediates cardiac fibrosis through the activation of pro-fibrotic factors in
in vitro models and is markedly elevated in kidney disease. Left atrial global longitudinal …

Background: Cardiac systolic dysfunction was potentially found in adult patients with end-
stage renal disease (ESRD) who have preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (EF%). In …

Objectives: To analyze the alterations in routine blood parameters in these patients.
Generalized tonic clonic seizure (GTCS) is one main type of generalized epilepsy. Clinicians …

Background: The standard echocardiography is limited in detecting subclinical left
ventricular (LV) dysfunction in pediatric hemodialysis patients. However, speckle-tracking …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children with
chronic kidney disease. Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is thought to be related to …

Background: End-stage renal disease is the final stage of chronic kidney disease in which
irreversible deterioration in renal function occur and the body fails to maintain fluid and …

The aim: To reveal the connections between platelets morphological and biochemical
characteristics and echocardiography (TTE) indexes in patients with coronary artery disease …