Recurrent Malignant Hypertension Treated with Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker (ARB) and ACE Inhibitor
The prognosis of malignant hypertension without treatment is poor, with more than 80% mortality in two years. It is unusual to see it on more than one occasion in the same patient. We demonstrated clinical course, response to treatment and outcome of a patient presenting with recurrent malignant hypertension. In this patient, we did not see high re...
By Rok Accetto, Olga Pirc-Čerček, Andreja Marn-Pernat
Clinical Significance of Collateral Blood Vessels
Special clinical conditions of the heart create collaterals, primarily myocardial ischemia, hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy or atherosclerosis. The aim of the paper was to show the importance of collateral vessels in clinical practice, particularly in the rehabilitation of coronary heart disease. The paper presents a case report of a patient 62 y...
By Stojan Babić, Biljana Lazović, Zorana Vasiljević
Early Peritoneal Lavage in the Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis - Case Report
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory process of the pancreatic parenchyma resulting in glandular autodigestion initiated by pancreatic enzymes. At the onset of AP, parenchymal edema and adiponecrosis occur (acute edematous pancreatitis). If necrosis spreads to the parenchyma, accompanied by hemorrhage and dysfunction of the gland, the conditi...
By Ivana Đorđević, Miroslav Jeremić, Miroslav Stojanović, Irena Janković, Karin Vasić, Mihajlo Djordjević