Abstract：
:Inflammation is an important contributor to atherothrombosis. The C-reactive protein (CRP) is not only an excellent biomarker of inflammation, but it is also a direct participant in atherogenesis. CRP consistently predicts new coronary events, including myocardial infarction and death, in patients with ischemic heart disease. The predictive value of CRP is, in the majority of the studies, independent of and additive to that of the troponins and its levels can be modulated by statins. Prospective observational studies show that moderately elevated levels of CRP are associated with an adverse cardiovascular prognosis among healthy individuals. The availability of high sensibility assays for CRP should provide a valuable tool for identifying patients at risk of cardiovascular events in primary prevention in conjunction with lowering LDL cholesterol and may also have utility in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) therapy. High CRP levels, associated with a higher risk, should suggest a more aggressive medical therapy in the long term and also an aggressive and invasive therapy in the short term, including the use of GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors, high doses of statins, and when a PCI is necessary, provisional stenting. Finally, CRP will provide a readily accessible marker for further testing of the inflammatory hypothesis in atherosclerosis.
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Minerva Cardioangioljournal_title
Minerva cardioangiologicaauthors
Ursella S,Mazzone M,Portale G,Testa A,Pignataro G,Covino M,Fenici P,Gasbarrini GB,Gentiloni Silveri Nkeywords:
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2005-02-01 00:00:00pages
59-68issue
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0026-4725issn
1827-1618journal_volume
53pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:The division of the venous circulation in to two sectors, one constituted by the superficial and deep venous trunks (macrocirculation) and the other by the capillaries and precapillary venules (microcirculation), is surely schematical but aids the comprehension of many hemodynamic effects connected to hampered venous ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Ablation of ventricular tachycardia is the main therapy for patients with drug-refractory VT. Although evidence suggests that VT ablation could lower the incidence of recurrent VT, many cases still develop VT in follow-up. In this study, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine risk fact...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0026-4725.20.05128-2
更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to analyze restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention, factors related to restenosis after coronary artery stenting and the degree of the risk of restenosis were evaluated. METHODS:The study enrolled 181 patients (249 lesions) who underwent the first coronary artery stenting. Mul...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:To evaluate any differences in ventricular pre-excitation secondary to Wolff Parkinson White syndrome in the aged compared to young and adult patients. METHODS: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:a clinical study was performed using a comparative prospective criterion with retrospective analysis. The duration of follow-up range...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Adjuvant trastuzumab therapy increases survival rates in patients with early HER2-positive breast cancer, although it can be potentially cardiotoxic. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction; and the relationship between the presence of cardiovascular...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0026-4725.16.04278-X
更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:A study of the protective efficiency imparted by intermittent warm blood cardioplegia (WBCP) using perfused rat heart model. METHODS:Hemodynamic parameters were monitored simultaneously with metabolic changes in high-energy phosphates using 31P-NMR spectroscopy. Following 30 min perfusion with Krebs-Henselei...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Two hundred and one patients admitted to Coronary Care Unit with documented acute myocardial infarction, whose chest pain had occurred within 12 hours of hospital admission non thrombolised, were studied. The peak of creatine kinase (CK) was examined and compared between patients without previous manifestations of myo...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Saphenous vein is nowadays the material of choice performing on femoro-distal revascularisation; when this is not available, it is important to use a material which gives the closest approximation of an ideal conduit and for same time an easy handling during the execution of the anastomosis. Although vein's degenerati...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The worldwide prevalence of heart failure is increasing in part due to an ageing population. In the developed world, heart failure affects 1-2% of the general population, accounting for 5% of adult hospital admissions. There is now convincing evidence supporting the beneficial effects of cardiac resynchronization ther...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to describe the five-year prognosis of an Italian cohort of patients following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) occurred at age ≤ 45 years and to investigate the potential role of risk predictors for future cardiovascular events (CVE). METHODS:The study enrolled 112 consecutive patients ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The Authors report their experience of the surgical treatment of cardiac prosthetic endocarditis. Between September 1974 and December 1988, 2,796 cardiac prostheses were implanted. An endocarditis in the follow-up of 23 patients involving 27 prostheses was diagnosed. The operative mortality was high in patients with m...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:An evaluation of the effects of statins on total mortality in the context of primary prevention was carried out, by means of the analysis of data taken from major clinical trials published in the literature. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION:Published systematic reviews were used to identify relevant clinical trials, ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi：10.23736/S0026-4725.17.04323-7
更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The meaning of the term biomarker has been standardized by a working group of the National Institutes of Health as "a characteristic that is objectively measured and evaluated as an indicator of normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervention". The ability of...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Significant variations in the ECG have been observed in a female aged 77 with heart failure and chronic atrial fibrillation during an occasional increase in blood potassium followed by normalization. The major phenomena observed during hyperkalemia, due to a severe dehydration, were a transient sinus rhythm with atrio...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Fifty patients suffering from chronic venous disease were treated for 30 days with heparan sulphate 100 mg per os, b.i.d., or mesoglycan 50 mg per os, t.i.d., in a single blind random study. Both therapies led to a marked improvement in comparison to basal clinical values, but patients treated with heparan sulphate sh...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Precise calcium evaluation in the aortic complex may be complicated. We aimed to assess the usefulness of a novel semi-automatic algorithm for multi slice computed tomography-derived (MSCT) quantitative estimation of aortic valve calcifications (AVC) in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) undergoing tr...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0026-4725.18.04793-X
更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Congenital thrombophilia, specifically thrombophilia due to Leiden modified factor V as the cause of thromboembolic disease, is discussed. Thromboembolic disease is potentially fatal and disabling. A clinical case is presented of a girl of 15 with Leiden factor V thrombophilia in which all the typical thromboembolic e...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aneurysm of the interatrial septum (ASA) is a rare congenital heart disease, easily recognizable by real time cross sectional two dimensional echocardiography. The ASA occurs as an isolated entity or may be associated with congenital heart disease. Usually ASA may cause serious complications such as embolic phenom...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The metabolic abnormalities associated with diabetes mellitus result in macrovascular and microvascular complications in multiple organ systems; it is the cardiovascular impact that accounts for the greatest morbidity and mortality associated with this disease. Heart failure, both with reduced and preserved systolic f...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Palliative care is an alternate therapeutic approach that involves specialised medical care of a patient diagnosed with serious life threatening illness like heart failure (HF). The prime aim of the palliative care is to provide patient with relief from the symptoms, pain, physical stress, and mental stress of the dia...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to define a correct anesthesiological and surgical approach in patient who present a significant carotid stenosis with contralateral carotid occlusion. METHODS:Between 1996 and 1998 in our Department of Vascular Surgery of the Hospital S. Giovanni Battista has been executed 337...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the usefulness of autologous blood salvage and intraoperative isovolemic hemodilution in conjunction with autologous blood salvage in cardiac surgery, and also to compare two different autologous blood salvage methods. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of transfusion practice in cardiac s...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A retrospective clinico-epidemiological study of the incidence of all arteriopathy hospitalization in the Region of Piemonte over a twelve year period (1976-1987) has been performed: among all the cases, patients affected by aortic aneurysm show an average of hospitalization of 0.8 cases per 24 hours. The prevalence o...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：UNLABELLED:Currently, there are not reliable data on the incidence and prevalence of post-phlebitic syndrome (PTS) after an episode of asymptomatic postoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT). In order to evaluate the epidemiology and the clinical course of PTS in patients who were submitted to hip and knee replacement, w...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) occurs in 1 in every 500 individuals. It represents the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in those under the age of twenty-five. 3-5% patients with HCM go on to develop the dilated, hypokinetic end stage (ES) HCM with systolic failure. They have a higher incidence of heart fai...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Critical hand ischemia (CHI) is a quite uncommon but highly disabling condition, generally caused by chronic occlusive arterial disease. For a correct approach to the endovascular treatment of these patients, good knowledge of the normal vascular anatomy and of the most frequently encountered vascular anatomical varia...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Contrast enhanced computed tomography angiography (CTA) has seen rapid progress in its utility for the assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) in the last few years. More and more technological enhancements have widened the horizons for the use of this non-invasive modality beyond its traditional role in assessmen...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The Post-CABG trial was designed to assess the effects of 2 different lipid lowering strategies and low dose warfarin vs placebo (2 x 2 factorial) design on the progression of atherosclerosis in saphenous vein grafts. Atherosclerotic progression was determined by comparing baseline and follow-up angiograms (mean inter...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed world and is rapidly assuming epidemic proportions in developing countries, including India. Extensive research has proven the role of multiple etiologies such as dyslipidemia, inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and insu...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Colchicine was introduced in 1987 for the treatment of recurrent pericarditis. Up to the present, papers have been published on a total of 117 patients treated with colchicine after the failure of treatment with FANS, corticosteroids and repeated pericardiocentesis. Here two cases of chronic pericardial effusion, one ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00
