The human race evolves and is increasingly exposed to new risk factors that increase the chance of acute cardiovascular events. Today, classic risk factors include pollution, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, individual income, marital status, stress due to injuries of all kinds, economic factors, and others. Observational studies have shown an upward trend towards an increase in deaths from cardiovascular disease due to exposure to risk factors, lack of more efficient control, adherence to treatments, policies for drug distribution, in addition […]

Abstract Background: Monocytes are essential components in inflammatory signaling, and their recruitment is crucial in the signaling pathway, which directs and determines cell adhesion to the activated endothelium. A better understanding of the correlation between monocyte subsets and inflammatory signaling in patients with atherosclerotic disease in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is essential for the development of more effective therapies for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Objective: To analyze differences between biomarkers and monocyte activation in the setting of […]

Abstract Background: In most healthy individuals, blood pressure (BP) shows a circadian rhythm. Being non-dipper increases cardiovascular risk in normotensive and hypertensive individuals. Nocturnal dipping shows a correlation with the state of inflammation. Objetive: To investigate the relationship between inflammation-based indexes and nocturnal BP pattern in normotensive individuals. Method: This is a retrospective study that included patients evaluated with ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM). A total of 131 normotensive individuals were included and grouped as dippers and non-dippers. The normality of […]