Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata, West Bengal A very rare and life-threatening autoimmune disease, Goodpasture syndrome (GPS) was discovered in 1919 by Dr. Ernest Goodpasture when he reported a case of bleeding in the lungs and glomerulonephritis during an influenza epidemic. Its rate of occurrence is 1 out of 1 million per year. This disorder […]
Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata Cardiovascular complications in patients with COVID-19 require attention. Patients having comorbidities like acute cardiac injury, arrhythmia hypertension, and coronary artery disease have been associated with increased mortality. The novel coronavirus, conversely, increases the risk of developing cardiovascular pathologies like cardiomyopathy, acute coronary syndrome, myocarditis, thromboembolism, and various arrhythmias. In several […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Down syndrome (DS), also known as trisomy 21 is the most persistent aneuploidy characterized by a genetic disorder caused due to the triplication of the 21st human chromosome. This syndrome is particularly associated with the development of congenital heart disease, sleep apnoea, obesity, diabetes, premature ageing, and higher sensitivity to […]
