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Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Renal Function in Older Men: The Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study
Conclusions: In this longitudinal sample of older men, the findings supported the hypothesis that long-term PM2.5 exposure negatively affects renal function and increases renal function decline. Citation: Mehta AJ, Zanobetti A, Bind MC, Kloog I, Koutrakis P, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Schwartz JD. 2016. Long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and renal function in older men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect 124:1353–1360; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1510269 Address correspondence to A.J. Mehta, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Landmark Ce...
Source: EHP Research - September 1, 2016 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Research Article September 2016 Source Type: research

Hypertension in hemodialysis patients treated with atenolol or lisinopril: a randomized controlled trial
Conclusions Among maintenance dialysis patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy, atenolol-based antihypertensive therapy may be superior to lisinopril-based therapy in preventing cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause hospitalizations. (Funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT00582114)
Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - February 28, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Agarwal, R., Sinha, A. D., Pappas, M. K., Abraham, T. N., Tegegne, G. G. Tags: Intra- and Extracorporeal Treatments of Kidney Failure Source Type: research

Hypertension care in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia: Barriers and solutions.
This study revealed that HTN patients received insufficient care, which could be attributed to many different barriers. In order to improve the quality of HTN care for HTN, these barriers should be overcome by implementation of the recommendations. PMID: 25394461 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation - November 1, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Al-Saleem SA, Al-Shahrani A, Al-Khaldi YM Tags: Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl Source Type: research

Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis.
Authors: Eicher JC, Audia S, Damy T Abstract Transthyretin (TTR) cardiac amyloidosis results from the dissociation of the tetrameric, liver-synthetized transport protein, either because of a mutation (hereditary CA), or spontaneously due to ageing (wild type CA). Monomers self-associate into amyloid fibrils within the myocardium, causing heart failure, arrhythmias and conduction defects. This overlooked disease must be recognized in case of unexplained increased thickness of the myocardium, particularly in subjects of African descent, in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction, and in those with...
Source: Revue de Medecine Interne - August 23, 2020 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Rev Med Interne Source Type: research