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Clinical Proteomics: The Potentiality of Urine Analysis for Understanding Diabetic Nephropathy

The incidence of diabetic nephropathy (DN) is constantly rising in parallel with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and has been predicted to double…

Treatment of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplantation

Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a relatively rare but severe complication in kidney transplantation associated with increased risk of graft loss.

Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease: An Update

Vascular calcification involves passive degeneration and an active process of arterial mineralisation, resembling osteogenesis. In chronic kidney disease…

‘A Better Way to Measure Choices’ Discrete Choice Experiment and Conjoint Analysis Studies in Nephrology: A Literature Review

Discrete choice experiments (DCE) and conjoint analysis (CA) are increasingly used to address health policy issues. This is because the DCE and CA…

Is There an Interest in Implementing a Multidisciplinary Clinic or Renal Care Network to Improve the Prognosis of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease?

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is highly prevalent in several countries and is associated with the incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and also…

Hymenoptera Stings and the Acute Kidney Injury

Hymenoptera stings are a health concern. Apidae (bees), Vespidae (hornets, yellow jackets and wasps) and Formicidae (ants) are medically-important…

A New Combination of Factor XA Inhibition and Standard Antiplatelet Therapy to Prevent More Recurrent Cardiovascular Events in Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)

Coronary artery disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide. There has been tremendous progress in the management of Acute Coronary Syndrome…

EMJ Interventional Cardiology 2013

I am delighted to welcome you to the very first edition of European Medical Journal – Interventional Cardiology, which will be the start of an…

New Concepts for Sympathetic Renal Artery Denervation: Review of Existing Literature and Case Report

Arterial hypertension (HTN) is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and also leads to hypertensive heart disease, hypertensive…

Ice-Assisted Transcatheter Closure of Interatrial Shunts: Ten-Year Follow-Up

Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is rapidly becoming a necessary tool in the catheterisation laboratory. We sought to prospectively evaluate…