Erectile dysfunction and atherosclerosis.

abstract：:Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies traditionally have been designed for individuals for whom oral speech is not a viable option. Common clinical practice has expanded AAC use to a tool for cognitive retraining or remediation. Although technologic developments offer the potential for vastly imp...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Ansel BM,Weinrich M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review concerns the clinical impact of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) apheresis for patients with refractory hypercholesterolemia. We examine and provide examples of investigations that have demonstrated the clinical benefits of LDL apheresis. In addition to benefits derived from the stabilization or regression of...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Moriarty PM,Gibson CA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute coronary syndromes (ACS), such as unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death, are commonly associated with the presence of vulnerable plaques in coronary arteries. Rupture or erosion of vulnerable plaques results in the formation of luminal thrombi due to the physical contact between ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Didangelos A,Simper D,Monaco C,Mayr M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With ever increasing sophistication in molecular biological approaches, the low-density lipoprotein receptor supergene family continues to grow rapidly. From the well-defined key role of these receptors in lipoprotein metabolism, the new members move the field into many different and diverse physiologic and developmen...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Schneider WJ,Nimpf J,Brandes C,Drexler M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular inflammation contributes critically to the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis. These processes are accelerated in hyperglycemia and play key roles in the increased incidence and severity of myocardial infarction and stroke observed in diabetes. Evidence suggests that the ligands of the receptor for...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Yan SF,Naka Y,Hudson BI,Herold K,Yan SD,Ramasamy R,Schmidt AM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of structurally unrelated antioxidants inhibit atherosclerosis in animal models of hypercholesterolemia, implicating oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. However, most prospective, randomized trials of one proposed antioxidant, vitamin E, have failed to demons...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Heinecke JW

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been increasing interest in the health benefits of supplemental and/or dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), particularly in their role in disease prevention. This interest escalated once their effects on cardiovascular health were observed from numerous observational studies in populations wh...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Fares H,Lavie CJ,DiNicolantonio JJ,O'Keefe JH,Milani RV

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paradoxical embolism through a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a commonly identified potential mechanism of ischemic stroke, especially in young patients. The recurrent stroke rate among young cryptogenic stroke patients with a PFO is modest, but higher than normal for their age. Co-existing atrial septal aneurysm is a ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Saver JL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We will review the available data on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of microvascular coronary dysfunction (MCD). RECENT FINDINGS:The study of MCD was pioneered by the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) cohort. New techniques in the diagnosis of this condition, u...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Naderi S

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family of enzymes is involved in arterial wall extracellular matrix degradation and remodeling. The latter activities have been implicated in a number of normal and pathologic processes, such as atherosclerotic lesion formation and progression, plaque destabilization and rupture, but...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Ketelhuth DF,Bäck M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raised plasma triglyceride (TG) levels are an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), and thus understanding the genetic and environmental determinants of TG levels are of major importance. TG metabolism is a process for delivering free fatty acids for energy storage or b-oxidation, and involves a n...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Talmud PJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the role of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in improving outcomes in ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) has been described, the data regarding gender-based survival outcomes are limited. There is a higher preponderance of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) i...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Mehta NK,Abraham WT,Maytin M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a significant etiologic cause of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) that leads to disabling deficits as well as significant morbidity and mortality in this population. Approximately 25 % of AIS is considered to be cryptogenic with no etiology ascertained at the time of the index event. Recent adva...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Sangha RS,Bernstein R

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologic therapies involve the utilization of proteins, DNA, antibodies, or other substances derived or synthesized from living tissue for therapeutic effects. There are several biologic therapies in clinical development for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis. The most advanced in human trials are apolipo...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Davidson MH

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We aimed to summarize recent guidelines, position papers, and high-quality clinical research relating the use of nutraceuticals in the management of individuals at high risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. RECENT FINDINGS:It is essential that individuals at high risk of cardiovascular dise...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Penson PE,Banach M

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing interest in determining the genetic predictors of plasma lipid response to diet intervention. Several candidate gene loci, namely, apolipoprotein (APO) A1, APOA4, APOC3, APOB, APOE, CETP, LPL, and FABP2, have been shown to explain a significant, but still rather small, proportion of the interindivid...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Ordovas JM,Galluzzi JR

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the USA, 69 % of adults are either overweight or obese and 35 % are obese. Obesity is associated with an increased incidence of various cardiovascular disorders. Obesity is a risk marker for cardiovascular disease, in that it is associated with a much higher prevalence of comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertensio...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Mandviwala T,Khalid U,Deswal A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) is common after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and represents a significant cause of poor functional outcome. DCI was mainly thought to be caused by cerebral vasospasm; however, recent clinical trials have been unable to confirm this hypothesis. Studies in humans and ani...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Geraghty JR,Testai FD

更新日期：2017-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis is a major cause of disabling stroke or death. Although carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is currently considered to be the standard of care for patients with a severe symptomatic stenosis and selected patients with an asymptomatic carotid stenosis, carotid angioplasty and stenting (...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Kastrup A,Schnaudigel S,Wasser K,Gröschel K

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cis-monounsaturated fatty acids (cis-MUFAs) on the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and on CHD mortality are not clear. Also, dietary recommendations for cis-MUFA as derived by various organizations are not in agreement. Earlier studies have mainly focused on the effects of cis-MUFA on serum lipids ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Joris PJ,Mensink RP

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary evidence demonstrating that adding 0.5 mg of colchicine per day to statin and antiplatelet therapy reduced the risk of acute coronary events in patients with stable coronary artery disease has raised the hope that it may prove effective for the long-term secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. The ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Nidorf SM,Eikelboom JW,Thompson PL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding of the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis can provide new strategies for the prevention and treatment of patients with this common disease. Clinical, epidemiologic, and basic molecular science studies have identified oxidative stress as a factor contributing to the development and progression of atherosc...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Schulze PC,Lee RT

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Lipoprotein apheresis is a very efficient but time-consuming and expensive method of lowering levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, lipoprotein(a)) and other apoB containing lipoproteins, including triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. First introduced almost 45 years ago, it has long been a therap...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Thompson G,Parhofer KG

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes and its micro- and macrovascular complications represent a worldwide epidemic that will place an enormous financial burden on poorer countries in the years to come. In patients with diabetes and hypertension, the main determinant of the cardiovascular and renal benefits of antihypertensive drugs is the blood ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Reboldi G,Gentile G,Angeli F,Verdecchia P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is now a consensus about recommending the Mediterranean diet pattern for the prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) and cancer. The most important aspect of this treatment decision, in contrast with the pharmacologic prevention of CHD (including cholesterol lowering), is that the Mediterranean diet has a str...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： de Lorgeril M,Salen P

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is frequently associated with obesity and overweight. It has a broad spectrum of clinical and histological presentations, such as steatosis, inflammation (known as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH), fibrosis, and cirrhosis. There is increasing evidence th...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Caravatto PP,Cohen R

更新日期：2017-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Despite the important progress in identifying high-risk atherosclerotic plaques, many key elements are elusive. Advanced imaging modalities provide valuable information about the anatomic and functional plaque characteristics and underscore the presence of multiple plaque morphologies. However, how th...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Zaromytidou M,Antoniadis AP,Siasos G,Coskun AU,Andreou I,Papafaklis MI,Lucier M,Feldman CL,Stone PH

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the recent decline in mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD), this disease remains the leading killer of US adults of all ages. CHD in young adults is not as well characterized as CHD in older individuals because it occurs less frequently, but this disease can have devastating consequences for young patie...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Rubin JB,Borden WB

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in humans. One of its important features is the tendency to become more persistent over time, even in the absence of underlying progressive heart disease. Conversion and maintenance of sinus rhythm by pharmacological or electrical methods become increasing...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Piña PG,Chicos AB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Studies have revealed a relation between birth weight (BW) and later risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). This meta-analysis aimed to report the dose-response relationship between BW and risk of CVDs. RECENT FINDINGS:The relation of BW to CVD subtypes was found to be U-shaped as BW below ~ 2500 g ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Mohseni R,Mohammed SH,Safabakhsh M,Mohseni F,Monfared ZS,Seyyedi J,Mejareh ZN,Alizadeh S

更新日期：2020-04-23 00:00:00