Are gestational and essential hypertension similar?
Gestational and essential hypertension induce similar early altered diastolic filling of the left ventricle. Essential hypertension is characterized by a compensatory late filling mechanism due to an enhancement of left atrial function. Gestational hypertension is characterized by altered left ventricular geometry, which is far less common during essential hypertension.
Venom immunotherapy induced a shift from IL-4-producing towards IFN-gamma-producing CD4+ as well as CD8+ T lymphocytes.