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Medicina, Volume 52, Issue 2

April 2016 - 9 articles

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Association between the use of renin-angiotensin system blockers and development of in-hospital atrial fibrillation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

  • Akif Arslan,
  • Mehmet Ozaydin,
  • Fatih Aksoy,
  • Bahriye Arslan,
  • Hasan Aydin Bas Bas,
  • Dogan Erdogan,
  • Ercan Varol and
  • Abdullah Dogan
Medicina2016, 52(2), 104-109;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.02.006

11 March 2016

Background and aim: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common supraventricular arrhythmia following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We evaluated the associa- tion between use of previous angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors...

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Detection of miRNAs in urine of prostate cancer patients

  • Kristina Stuopelytė,
  • Kristina Daniūnaitė,
  • Feliksas Jankevičius and
  • Sonata Jarmalaitė
Medicina2016, 52(2), 116-124;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.02.007

11 March 2016

Background and aim: Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most prevalent oncologic disease among men worldwide. Expression of various transcripts, including miRNAs, is markedly deregulated in cancerous prostate tissue. This study aimed at identifying a...

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Relationship between the mandibular cortical index and calcaneal bone mineral density in postmenopausal women

  • Eglė Jagelavičienė,
  • Aurelija Krasauskienė,
  • Rimantas Žalinkevičius,
  • Inga Vaitkevičienė and
  • Ričardas Kubilius
Medicina2016, 52(2), 125-131;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.02.005

11 March 2016

Background and objective: In clinical practice, a comparative analysis of bone mineral density (BMD) is carried out by examining different skeletal bones. This is useful for screening of postmenopausal osteoporosis (OP). The objective of this study w...

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Genetic factors associated with the development of age-related macular degeneration

  • Olga Sergejeva,
  • Roman Botov,
  • Rasa Liutkevičienė and
  • Loresa Kriaučiūnienė
Medicina2016, 52(2), 79-88;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.02.004

10 March 2016

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects the macula and is the leading cause of significant and irreversible central visual loss. It is the most common cause of visual loss in people aged more than 60 years. This disease affects 2.5 million ind...

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Hypertension, serum lipids and cancer risk: A review of epidemiological evidence

  • Ričardas Radišauskas,
  • Irena Kuzmickienė,
  • Eglė Milinavičienė and
  • Rūta Everatt
Medicina2016, 52(2), 89-98;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.03.002

10 March 2016

Although the association between blood pressure, serum lipids and cancer risk has been investigated, the results are controversial. The aim of this literature review was to examine the epidemiological evidence and provide overview of the association...

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Mean platelet volume and mean platelet volume/platelet count ratio in risk stratification of pulmonary embolism

  • Turker Yardan,
  • Murat Meric,
  • Celal Kati,
  • Yildiray Celenk and
  • Atilla Guven Atici
Medicina2016, 52(2), 110-115;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.03.001

10 March 2016

Background and objective: Recently, some of the hemogram parameters were reported to predict early death in acute pulmonary embolism (PE). The aim of this study was to investigate the role of mean platelet volume (MPV) and MPV/platelet count ratio (M...

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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lithuania – Still a long way ahead

  • Greta Musteikienė,
  • Skaidrius Miliauskas,
  • Raimundas Sakalauskas,
  • Astra Vitkauskienė and
  • Marius Žemaitis
Medicina2016, 52(2), 69-78;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.02.002

3 March 2016

Despite the recent advances in the diagnosis of tuberculosis, treatment of the disease, for the most part, remains the same as it was half a century ago. In recent years only two new antituberculosis drugs have been approved by the European Medicines...

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Smoking during pregnancy in association with maternal emotional well-being

  • Giedrė Širvinskienė,
  • Nida Žemaitienė,
  • Roma Jusienė,
  • Kastytis Šmigelskas,
  • Aurelijus Veryga and
  • Eglė Markūnienė
Medicina2016, 52(2), 132-138;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.02.003

3 March 2016

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate psychosocial predictors of smoking during pregnancy. Materials and methods: It was a cross-sectional analysis of a prospective birth-cohort study. The participants were 514 mothers of full-term infa...

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N-carboxymethyllysine as a biomarker for coronary artery disease and age-related macular degeneration

  • Daiva Stanislovaitienė,
  • Dalia Žaliūnienė,
  • Rasa Steponavičiūtė,
  • Reda Žemaitienė,
  • Olivija Gustienė and
  • Remigijus Žaliūnas
Medicina2016, 52(2), 99-103;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.02.001

22 February 2016

Background and objective: An association between coronary artery disease (CAD) and agerelated macular degeneration (ARMD) has long been postulated, but exact mechanisms remain unclear. The global prevalence of CAD and ARMD increases and early biomark...

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