High D-dimer levels increase the likelihood of pulmonary embolism.

abstract：:Previous studies in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) have shown that the prognosis is relatively good when the distal systolic ankle index (ankle systolic pressure/arm systolic pressure) is above 50% and the distal toe systolic pressure is above 40 mmHg. In 132 patients suspected of PAD in the legs we i...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Christensen JH,Freundlich M,Jacobsen BA,Falstie-Jensen N

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies have shown that lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], an important carrier of oxidized phospholipids, is causally related to calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS). Recently, we found that Lp(a) mediates the development of CAVS through autotaxin (ATX). OBJECTIVE:To determine the predictive value of circulating ATX...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Nsaibia MJ,Mahmut A,Boulanger MC,Arsenault BJ,Bouchareb R,Simard S,Witztum JL,Clavel MA,Pibarot P,Bossé Y,Tsimikas S,Mathieu P

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mixed cryoglobulinaemia (MC) and autoimmune chronic hepatitis (AI-CH) are frequently associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic infection. Because HCV represents a possible common aetiological factor, the aim of the present study is to investigate the clinico-serological alterations of both MC and AI-CH...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ferri C,Longombardo G,La Civita L,Greco F,Lombardini F,Cecchetti R,Cagianelli MA,Marchi S,Monti M,Zignego AL

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Few studies have simultaneously analysed the influence of elevated serum uric acid (UA) on acute myocardial infarction (AMI), ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke (IS, HS) and congestive heart failure (CHF) in large healthy populations. We, here, examine UA as a risk factor for AMI, stroke and CHF by age and ge...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Holme I,Aastveit AH,Hammar N,Jungner I,Walldius G

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chances are that you have come across membrane proteins many times in your professional life: ion channels, aquaporins, G-protein-coupled receptors, drug resistance proteins. But it is also quite likely that you have never bothered to think about what the implications are of being a membrane protein, as opposed to a s...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： von Heijne G

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine the relative importance of efferent muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSA), vasopressin (ADH) and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in the short-term neurohumoral response to moderate changes in low-pressure cardiopulmonary receptor activity. The low-pressure receptors were stimul...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Agewall S,Rhea B,Persson B,Karlberg B,Wallin G,Andersson OK

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Red blood cell distribution width (RDW), a measure of variation in erythrocyte volume, has been associated with several cardiovascular disorders, but the relationship with atrial fibrillation (AF) remains unclear. We investigated the association between RDW and incidence of first hospitalization due to AF in...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Adamsson Eryd S,Borné Y,Melander O,Persson M,Smith JG,Hedblad B,Engström G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary experience of the efficacy and safety of a new regenerating system for selective extracorporeal removal of apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins is described. Four patients with familial hyperlipoproteinaemia were studied on 10 occasions. A system of two, parallel, dextran sulphate cellulose columns was...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Eriksson M,Berg B,Berglund L,Lantz B,Angelin B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of young healthy males presenting with cardiac tamponade and developing clinical adrenal insufficiency within a few weeks are described. On presentation they had a brisk inflammatory response with complement activation. Both had signs of subclinical hepatitis, and both have later shown evidence of thyroid in...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Torfoss D,von de Lippe E,Jacobsen D

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI), or Addison's disease, is a rare, potentially deadly, but treatable disease. Most cases of PAI are caused by autoimmune destruction of the adrenal cortex. Consequently, patients with PAI are at higher risk of developing other autoimmune diseases. The diagnosis of PAI is often delaye...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Husebye ES,Allolio B,Arlt W,Badenhoop K,Bensing S,Betterle C,Falorni A,Gan EH,Hulting AL,Kasperlik-Zaluska A,Kämpe O,Løvås K,Meyer G,Pearce SH

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure is characterized by chronically increased adenosine levels, which are thought to express a protective anti-heart failure activation of the adenosinergic system. The aim of the study was to assess whether the activation of adenosinergic system in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC) can be mi...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Laghi-Pasini F,Guideri F,Petersen C,Lazzerini PE,Sicari R,Capecchi PL,Picano E

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress in the testing of therapies targeting the immune response following trauma, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, has been slow. We propose that the design of interventional trials in trauma would benefit from a scheme or platform that could support the identification and implementation of pro...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Lamparello AJ,Namas RA,Constantine G,McKinley TO,Elster E,Vodovotz Y,Billiar TR

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyponatremia is a common feature of acute illness and associated with increased mortality. This may be explained by a stress-mediated activation of the vasopressin system with an increase in free-water reabsorption. OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether the association between hyponatremia and mortality could b...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Eckart A,Hausfater P,Amin D,Amin A,Haubitz S,Bernard M,Baumgartner A,Struja T,Kutz A,Christ-Crain M,Huber A,Mueller B,Schuetz P

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The classical end-point to terminate the 72-h fast in a patient evaluated for a hypoglycaemic disorder is the occurrence of hypoglycaemic symptoms in association with a low plasma glucose level. However, neither the symptoms nor the plasma glucose level have been exactly defined. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Wiesli P,Brändle M,Schwegler B,Lehmann R,Spinas GA,Schmid C

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a recessive disorder involving skin, eyes and arteries, mainly caused by ABCC6 pathogenic variants. However, almost one fifth of patients remain genetically unsolved despite extensive genetic screening of ABCC6, as illustrated in a large French PXE series of 220 cases. We searc...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Legrand A,Pujol C,Durand CM,Mesnil A,Rubera I,Duranton C,Zuily S,Sousa AB,Renaud M,Boucher JL,Pietrancosta N,Adham S,Orssaud C,Marelli C,Casali C,Ziccardi L,Villain N,Ewenczyk C,Durr A,Mignot C,Stevanin G,Billon

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokine production is necessary to protect against pathogens and promote tissue repair, but excessive cytokine release can lead to systemic inflammation, organ failure and death. Inflammatory responses are finely regulated to effectively guard from noxious stimuli. The central nervous system interacts dynamically wit...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Rosas-Ballina M,Tracey KJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a rheumatic disease that is characterized by intense activation of systemic inflammation. Systemic inflammation has been associated with an imbalance between endothelial injury and repair, defined by an increased number of circulating endothelial microparticles (EMPs) and a re...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Pirro M,Bocci EB,Di Filippo F,Schillaci G,Mannarino MR,Bagaglia F,Gerli R,Mannarino E

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apart from being an acute phase reactant, fibrinogen appears to play an important although not widely recognized role in athero-/thrombogenesis. Arteriosclerotic diseases are associated with elevated levels of plasma fibrinogen. Strategies that lower the cardiovascular risk also lower fibrinogen levels. Virtually all ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Ernst E

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether a first myocardial infarction leads to increased plasma homocysteine concentrations and whether the association between homocysteine and myocardial infarction was greater at follow-up compared with baseline. DESIGN:A population-based, prospective, nested case-referent study. SETTING:Sc...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Hultdin J,Thøgersen AM,Jansson JH,Nilsson TK,Weinehall L,Hallmans G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A normal brain function requires constant levels of cholesterol, and the need for constancy seems to be higher here than in any other organ. Nature has met this need by isolation of brain cholesterol by a highly efficient blood-brain barrier. As a low synthesis of cholesterol is present in the brain, a mechanism for c...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Björkhem I

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis represents one of the major medical challenges of the 21st century. Despite substantial improvements in the knowledge on pathophysiological mechanisms, this has so far not translated into novel adjuvant treatment strategies for sepsis. In sepsis, both vascular tone and vascular integrity are compromised, and co...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： van Lier D,Kox M,Pickkers P

更新日期：2020-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical features of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). DESIGN:A retrospective population-based mortality study. SUBJECTS:All inhabitants who died between 1978-1990 (2122) including 33 with AIP, in two municipali...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Andersson C,Bjersing L,Lithner F

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A low level of education is associated with an increased risk of developing a dementia disorder, as well as with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between education and cardiovascular risk factors, and to study the relation between these factors...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kilander L,Nyman H,Boberg M,Lithell H

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is a common complex disease with a strong genetic involvement. We aimed to identify novel, rare, highly penetrant risk variants combining family-based linkage analysis with whole-exome sequencing (WES). METHODS:Linkage analysis of 16 kindreds of South Italian ancestry was performed us...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Cox SN,Pesce F,El-Sayed Moustafa JS,Sallustio F,Serino G,Kkoufou C,Giampetruzzi A,Ancona N,Falchi M,Schena FP,European IgAN Consortium.

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personalized medicine involves the selection of the safest and most effective pharmacological treatment based on the molecular characteristics of the patient. In the case of anticancer drugs, tumour cell alterations can have a great impact on drug activity and, in fact, most biomarkers predicting response originate fr...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Rodríguez-Antona C,Taron M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred consecutive patients with femoral neck fractures (FNF) and 200 controls matched by age, sex, nursing home residency and number of admissions within the last 2 years, were interviewed about recent drug use. The matching criteria were chosen to achieve case and control groups that were comparable with regard...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Jensen J,Nielsen LH,Lyhne N,Hallas J,Brøsen K,Gram LF

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The effect of a second and third generation oral contraceptive and of the progestagens used in these pills on lipid metabolism was studied in the absence or presence of the factor V Leiden mutation. DESIGN:A single centre, double blind randomized trial. SETTING:University Medical Centre. SUBJECTS:A total ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Kemmeren JM,Algra A,Grobbee DE

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the determinants of longevity in the industrialized world, with emphasis on results from recently established data bases. Strong evidence is now available that demonstrates that in developed countries the maximum lifespan as well as the mean lifespan have increased substantially over the past ce...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Christensen K,Vaupel JW

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate (i) the demineralizing effect of L-thyroxine (LT4) therapy at doses mildly inhibiting serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in patients with benign nodular goitre; (ii) the efficacy of treatment on nodule size. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study comparing euthyroid women with nodular goitre treated ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Baldini M,Gallazzi M,Orsatti A,Fossati S,Leonardi P,Cantalamessa L

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare foreign- and Swedish-born diabetic subjects regarding health care utilization, complications, clinical and socio-economic characteristics. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:All known diabetic patients living in six defined primary health care districts. SUBJECTS:Of 1861 identified subjects ...

journal_title：Journal of internal medicine

authors： Hjelm K,Apelqvist J,Nyberg P,Sundquist J,Isacsson A

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00