Is increased epicardial adipose tissue thickness linked to aortic stiffness in patients with primary hypertension?
In patients with newly diagnosed primary HT, increased EAT thickness was significantly linked to impaired aortic elastic properties independently of other conventional adiposity measurements.
While retinal glutamate transport is compromised during an acute ischemic insult, consequent retinal recovery and degeneration are not due to a change in the excitatory amino acid transporter localization or D-aspartate (glutamate analogue) uptake. Rat retina and optic nerve are capable of spontaneous, but temporary, functional recovery after an acute ischemic insult.