Epidemiological and anthropological studies suggest that in isolated societies with diets composed primarily of fruits, vegetables, and nuts, hypertension affects only 1% of the population. In ...

Figure. Angiosomes of the lower extremity. The foot and ankle can be divided into 6 territories called angiosomes, based on the artery supplying the given territories. This concept can aid in ...

The hemodynamic responses of nine patients with severe coronary artery disease were studied during the precipitation of angina by both supine exercise and increasing rates of atrial pacing.

The renal excretion of sodium and water was studied in 10 hypertensive subjects following an oral sustained 20 ml/kg water load. The study was performed under conditions controlled for sodium content ...

Casts were made of the vascular lumen of 20 successive extremities amputated for gangrene. Half of the patients were diabetic. All nondiabetics had arteriosclerotic vascular disease plus acute ...

Fourteen hearts with tricuspid atresia were reviewed at autopsy. The study included examples of normally related great arteries and of transposition of the great arteries; instances of pulmonary ...

Although diuretic therapy appears to improve the exercise capacity of patients with moderately impaired cardiac function, the hemodynamic basis for this improvement is not clear. It is also unknown to ...