BackgroundA global outbreak of the human monkeypox virus (HMPXV), first identified in May 2022, was declared a health emergency of international concern on 23 July 2022.Before the global outbreak, monkeypox cases were mostly confined to central and west African countries, where this virus is prevalent.Close contact, mainly sexual contact, is Physio
Heart rate turbulence and variability in patients with ventricular arrhythmias
Background: To evaluate the changes in autonomic neural control mechanisms before malignant ventricular arrhythmias, we measured heart rate variability Pie Servers (HRV) and heart rate turbulence (HRT) in patients with ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation (Group I; n=6), non sustained ventricular tachycardia (Group II; n=32), frequent premature
IGFBP-2 partly mediates the early metabolic improvements caused by bariatric surgery
Summary: Insulin-like growth Boards factor-binding protein (IGFBP)-2 is a circulating biomarker of cardiometabolic health.Here, we report that circulating IGFBP-2 concentrations robustly increase after different bariatric procedures in humans, reaching higher levels after biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD-DS) than after Roux-en-Y