Acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (ACPE) is a common cardiogenic emergency with a quite high in-hospital mortality rate. ACPE is defined as pulmonary edema with increased secondary hydrostatic capillary pressure due to elevated pulmonary venous pressure. Increased hydrostatic pressure may result from various causes including excessive administration of intravascular volume, obstruction of pulmo…
Macro and micro vascular diseases are currently the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in diabetes mellitus patients. Loss of the modulatory role of the endothelium may be a critical and in'itiating factor in the development of diabetic vascular disease. Polyphenol is known behave protective active compound to function endothelium cell. Polyphenol that contained in brown algae was phlo…
Smoking habits among middle-age and elderly in Indonesia is relatively high. The main objective of this study is to present the prevalence of Cardio Vascular Diseases (CVDs) and it’s risk factors (smoking and socio-demography) among middle-aged men in Indonesia. Data for this analysis was a part of Basic Health Survey (BHS) 2007. Information on socio-demographic characteristics, history of…