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Methods 1. Blood chemistry test. Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, AST, ALT, CPK, glucose, CRP, creatinine, glycosylated hemoglobin 2. 2D and 3D transthoracic echocardiography (Vivid GE 95 Healthcare (USA). 3D speckle echocardiography (3DSTE) for a detailed study of the phase-by-phase

Definition : Ascites is the pathologic fluid accumulation within the peritoneal cavity . causes of ascites in infants and children : - Hepatobiliary disorders (cirrhosis, congenital hepatic fibrosis, acute hepatitis B,C ,Budd -chiari syndrome, Bile duct perforation) - Serositis (crohn's disease,

1. Introduction Neonatal sepsis is a clinical syndrome of bacteremia with systemic symptoms and signs of infection in the first 28 days of life. In recent national studies, the incidence of suspected neonatal sepsis among admitted neonates varied from 32.9% to 45.9% with a higher incidence in

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) represents the leading cause of late morbidity and mortality in heart transplant recipients and accounts for a second of all-cause mortality at 3 years. Development of CAV is a complex process involving intimal thickening, atherosclerosis, thrombosis and

INTRODUCTION We intend to study the effects of telmisartan, a newer angiotensin-II receptor blocker and nebivolol, a cardioselective beta-adrenergic blocker on the 24-h ambulatory blood pressure values of subjects with stage I arterial hypertension in a total time period of 12 months. At the same

Combined oral contraceptive pills (COCs) are the most commonly used hormonal form of birth control in the United States with at least 87% of women of reproductive age reporting oral contraceptive use at some point in their lives (9). Despite their frequent use, the six and twelve month

Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is the most common form of the hyperglycaemic state. Although NIDDM exists in all populations, its prevalence varies greatly, depending upon age and race, and appears to be increasing. It is estimated that NIDOM occurs in 5% of 50-year-old-adults and

In a randomized, placebo controlled, single-blind , efficacy trial with three treatment arms the investigators randomly assigned 105 patients with metabolic syndrome to receive barberry juice, saffron juice or placebo tablet. The aim was to evaluate the efficacy of Crocus sativus (Saffron) and

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The study is a randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled, 2-arm, parallel group, phase III, intervention study. Following randomisation at visit 1, subjects will receive 20 weeks of treatment with niacin or placebo. The research question is: niacin therapy effective in lowering elevated

CT-EXTRA is a randomized clinical trial that will compare a novel diagnostic strategy employing the addition of coronary MSCT angiography to exercise treadmill testing with a standard diagnostic strategy of exercise treadmill testing for the outpatient evaluation of low-intermediate risk patients

Specific Aims: This study is a six-week, open label trial of the novel antipsychotic agent, ziprasidone, added to a stable dose of clozapine or olanzapine in 40 diabetes mellitus patients, patients with an impaired fasting glucose or insulin resistance with schizophrenia or schizoaffective

INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND: In recent years, the need to achieve increasingly ambitious therapeutic goals for dyslipidemias has prompted the search for more potent pharmacological agents to lower circulating atherogenic lipoprotein concentrations and enhance reverse cholesterol transport (RCT). While