Patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection mainly present with upper and lower respiratory tract symptoms, with complications related to cytokine storm syndrome and acute respiratory ...

Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) first emerged in December 2019 in China and rapidly spread worldwide. While various studies have reported that COVID-19 is associated with a hypercoagulable state and thrombotic complications ...

Background: Acute arterial occlusions (AAO) in limbs have been increasing in parallel with population longevity. Objective: To assess risk factors, limb salvage rates, and survival of patients with AAO treated at a University ...

PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of cilostazol, in kidney and skeletal muscle of rats submitted to acute ischemia and reperfusion. METHODS: Fourty three animals were randomized and divided into two groups. Group I received ...

Background Granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a pleiotropic factor for hematopoiesis that stimulates myeloblasts, monoblasts and mobilization of bone marrow stem cells. Therefore, the GM-CSF gene is a potential ...

Introduction: Interleukin-6 (IL6) is involved in aterogénesis and aterotrombótico most catastrophic phenomenon, peripheral arterial ischemia is one of the most frequent causes of limb amputation. The aim of this study was ...

Purpose of review: The most effective strategy for reducing acute myocardial ischemic injury is timely and effective reperfusion. However, myocardial reperfusion can induce further cardiomyocyte death (reperfusion injury). ...

Acute renal failure (ARF) can be caused by injuries that induce tissue hypoxia, which in turn can trigger adaptive or inflammatory responses. We previously showed the participation of basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) ...