Annals ofClinical Medicine

Volume: 4 - Number: 87 - July 15, 2004

Outstanding

Lack of Long-Term Effect of Vitamin C Supplementation on Blood Pressure

Masked Hypertension

Predicting Outcome in Ischemic Stroke: External Validation of Predictive Risk Models

Resolved: Heparin May Be Useful in Selected Patients With Brain Ischemia

Brief Reviews

Obesity Hypertension in Children: A Problem of Epidemic Proportions

Cochrane corner

Oral Anticoagulants Versus Antiplatelet Therapy for Preventing Further Vascular Events After Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Stroke of Presumed Arterial Origin

Comments, opinions, and reviews

Adventures in the Pathophysiology of Brain Ischemia: Penumbra, Gene Expression, Neuroprotection: The 2002 Thomas Willis Lecture

Controversies in stroke

Heparin in Stroke: Not for Most, but the Controversy Lingers

Full Heparin Anticoagulation Should Not Be Used in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Resolved: Heparin May Be Useful in Selected Patients With Brain Ischemia

Editorial Commentary

Masked Hypertension

Nonnarcotic Analgesic Use and the Risk of Hypertension in US Women

Investigative Report

Yield of Screening for CADASIL Mutations in Lacunar Stroke and Leukoaraiosis

Reperfusion Differentially Induces Caspase-3 Activation in Ischemic Core and Penumbra After Stroke in Immature Brain

Original contributions

Evaluation of a Stroke Family Support Organiser: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Poor Outcome After First-Ever Stroke: Predictors for Death, Dependency, and Recurrent Stroke Within the First Year

Performance of a Statistical Model to Predict Stroke Outcome in the Context of a Large, Simple, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Feedin

Utility of the NIH Stroke Scale as a Predictor of Hospital Disposition

Poststroke Depression: An 18-Month Follow-Up

New-Onset Fecal Incontinence After Stroke: Prevalence, Natural History, Risk Factors, and Impact

Establishing Data Elements for the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry: Part 1: Proceedings of an Expert Panel

HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Has Protective Effects Against Stroke Events in Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

CP-465,022, a Selective Noncompetitive AMPA Receptor Antagonist, Blocks AMPA Receptors but Is Not Neuroprotective In Vivo

Differential Regulation of Thrombospondin-1 and Thrombospondin-2 After Focal Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion

In Vitro Measurement of Fluid-Induced Wall Shear Stress in Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms Harboring Blebs

Cerebral Hypoperfusion and Delayed Hippocampal Response After Induction of Adult Kaolin Hydrocephalus

Perspectives and Editorial

Uric acid, endothelial dysfunction and pre-eclampsia

Genes and environment behind ethnical differences in variations in left ventricular mass

Smoking is bad for you: our genes say so!

Pulse pressure and inflammatory markers

The challenge of more robust and reproducible methodology in screening for primary aldosteronism

Different effects of marinobufagenin and endogenous ouabain

Minor electrocardiogram abnormalities in arterial hypertension: does it matter?

Scientific Contributions

Lack of Long-Term Effect of Vitamin C Supplementation on Blood Pressure

Left Ventricular Mass: Reliability of M-Mode and 2-Dimensional Echocardiographic Formulas

Leptin Induces Endothelial Cell Migration Through Akt, Which Is Inhibited by PPAR-Ligands

Long-Term Adrenomedullin Administration in Experimental Heart Failure

Loss of Chromosome 16 From Renal Epithelial Cells in Humans

NAD(P)H Oxidase Inhibition Improves Endothelial Function in Rat and Human Blood Vessels

Polymorphism in Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase and Blood Pressure in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

PPAR Activator Effects on Ang II–Induced Vascular Oxidative Stress and Inflammation

Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in China

Prognosis of Inappropriate Left Ventricular Mass in Hypertension: The MAVI Study

Programming Effects of Short Prenatal Exposure to Dexamethasone in Sheep

Progressive Hypertension in a Patient With "Incidental" Renal Artery Stenosis

Racial Difference in the Activity of the Amiloride-Sensitive Epithelial Sodium Channel

Reactivity as a Predictor of Subsequent Blood Pressure: Racial Differences in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in the Prolonged Regulation of Renal Function

Role of p47phox in Vascular Oxidative Stress and Hypertension Caused by Angiotensin II

Rosiglitazone Treatment Restores Renal Dopamine Receptor Function in Obese Zucker Rats

Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla Neurons of Neonatal Wistar-Kyoto and Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Serum Antioxidant Vitamins and Blood Pressure in the United States Population

Spironolactone Improves Angiotensin-Induced Vascular Changes and Oxidative Stress

Treatment and Control of Hypertension in the Community: A Prospective Analysis

Treatment of Cardiovascular and Renal Risk Factors in the Diabetic Hypertensive

Ventrolateral Medulla AT1 Receptors Support Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Rats

Short communications

Predicting Outcome in Ischemic Stroke: External Validation of Predictive Risk Models

Up to Date

Update in Critical Care

Update in Oncology

Update in Pulmonary Diseases

Update in Gastroenterology

Update in General Internal Medicine

Update on Parkinson Disease

Update in Cardiology

Alzheimer Disease: Current Concepts and Emerging Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies

Update in Pulmonary Medicine

Update in Women’s Health

Update in Gastroenterology

Update in Infectious Diseases

Update in Hospital Medicine

Update in General Internal Medicine

Metformin: An Update