Background Current views on the pathogenesis of adhesion formation are based on the
'classical concept of adhesion formation', namely that a reduction in peritoneal fibrinolytic …

Patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) who experience delayed
cerebral ischemia (DCI) have an increased risk of poor outcome. Delayed cerebral ischemia …

The isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway is the source of a wide array of products. The pathway
has been highly conserved throughout evolution, and isoprenoids are some of the most …

The 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG)-coenzyme A (CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) have
been shown to exhibit several vascular protective effects, including antithrombotic …

There is evidence to suggest that certain shared features exist in the pathogenesis of
vascular disease and Alzheimer disease (AD) in the general population. In Down syndrome …

D-dimers, specific breakdown fragments of cross-linked fibrin, are generally used as
circulating markers of activated coagulation. Statins influence haemostatic factors, but their …

Combined dyslipidemia is the concurrent presence of multiple abnormalities in various lipid
subfractions, including elevated concentrations of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol …

Background and Purpose—The recently published Stroke Prevention by Aggressive
Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) study showed that statins exert a marginally …

Since increased cholesterol levels are crucial in determining the development of atheroma,
their reduction represents a mainstay in primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention …

Background: In recent years there has been a significant increase in the diagnosis of
sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) in western, countries with an incidence of 20 of …