Recipients of ventricular assist devices (VADR) have a higher incidence to develop antibodies (Abs) against human leukocyte antigens (HLA). Non-HLA…
In the young patients with bicuspid aortic valve, manifestation of aortic stenosis (AS) often remains silent. Asymptomatic very severe AS…
The interrelation between hemodynamic changes, functions of the cardiovascular system and biochemical reactions in the cells of the heart muscle…
The paper describes some concepts on processes occurring in the neuroendocrine and immune systems during development of general unspecific adaptational…
Diagnostic parameter “arterial pressure” known in medical practice from the earliest times is now widely used for assessment of body state. Indirect occlusive methods are the most popular measurement techniques. Although the indirect method of measurement is more than one hundred years old there is no precise understanding of biophysical processes taking place in compressed blood flow.