Oxidative stress and atherosclerosis.

abstract：:We briefly and comprehensively present some of the novel findings in the field of revascularization therapy and management of ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We highlight the latest evidence-based advancements in the pharmacological and mechanical treatment of patients who presented with STEMI. Sin...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Prodanov P,Widimsky P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcomes from recent lipid-lowering trials have led to an update of the third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Adult Treatment Panel's guidelines for treatment of hypercholesterolemia in adults. The updated NCEP guidelines now offer an optional goal of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholester...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Sabharwal AK,Boord JB

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid-lowering medications, particularly statins, have been a popular target for pharmacogenetic studies. A handful of genes have shown promise for predicting response to therapy from the perspective of lipid lowering, as well as myopathy. A number of genes have been implicated and have biological plausibility based o...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Alfonsi JE,Hegele RA,Gryn SE

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels are inversely related to risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). However, the simplistic assumption that HDL-C levels directly and causally impact atherogenesis has been challenged in recent years. The purpose of this article is to review the current ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Brunham LR

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacotherapies with agents that inhibit platelet function have proven to be effective in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes, and in the prevention of complications during and after percutaneous coronary intervention. Because of multiple synergetic pathways of platelet activation and their close interplay wit...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Kalra K,Franzese CJ,Gesheff MG,Lev EI,Pandya S,Bliden KP,Tantry US,Gurbel PA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient ischemic attack (TIA) represents one end of the spectrum of focal brain ischemia, the other being completed infarction or ischemic stroke. The evolving technologic advancements in neuroimaging continue to change and sharpen the definition, epidemiology, and management of TIA. As a powerful risk factor for is...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Liberato B,Prabhakaran S,Sacco RL

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：: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 THE REVIEW:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, autoimmune disease which may result in a higher risk of cardiovascular (CV) events and stroke. Tissue characterization and risk stratification of patients with rheumatoid arthritis are a challenging problem. Risk stratification of RA patients using tradition...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Khanna NN,Jamthikar AD,Gupta D,Piga M,Saba L,Carcassi C,Giannopoulos AA,Nicolaides A,Laird JR,Suri HS,Mavrogeni S,Protogerou AD,Sfikakis P,Kitas GD,Suri JS

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

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：:Plant foods rich in carbohydrate and dietary fiber have many health benefits. One concern often expressed about higher carbohydrate, lower fat diets is that they may increase fasting serum triglycerides. Recently the importance of hypertriglyceridemia as an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease has been r...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Anderson JW

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional foods are foods that, by virtue of physiologically active food components, provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition. Many functional foods have been found to be potentially beneficial in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality in the United States. These ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Hasler CM,Kundrat S,Wool D

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since initial reports of its association with ischemic stroke appeared in 1988, there has been continued controversy regarding the existence and strength of the association between patent foramen ovale (PFO) and ischemic stroke. Many case-control studies have reported an association between incident cryptogenic ischem...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Carpenter DA,Ford AL,Lee JM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiazolidinediones (TZDs), which are synthetic ligands for peroxisome proliferator activated receptor g (PPARg) activation, have been introduced in clinical medicine to improve insulin resistance and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. The metabolic effects of TZDs are mediated by receptor-dependent act...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： van Wijk JP,Rabelink TJ

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olive oil is the principal source of fat in the Mediterranean diet, which has been associated with a lower incidence of coronary heart disease and certain cancers. Olive oil is characterized by a high proportion of monounsaturated oleic acid, but the main peculiarity of extra-virgin oil is the presence of remarkable q...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Visioli F,Galli C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver X receptors (LXRs) are ligand-activated transcription factors belonging to the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily. Since their initial identification more than a decade ago, LXRs have been characterized as key transcriptional regulators of lipid and carbohydrate homeostasis. LXRs are activated by the intra...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Nomiyama T,Bruemmer D

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability for statins to reduce major cardiovascular events and mortality has lead to this drug class being the most commonly prescribed in the world. In particular, the benefit of these drugs in type 2 diabetes (T2D) is well established. In February 2012, the Food and Drug Administration released changes to statin ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Axsom K,Berger JS,Schwartzbard AZ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a significant prevalence (20%-80% depending on the population and the study) of lipid disorders and other cardiovascular risk factors in people living with HIV infection. This review focuses on HIV and HIV treatment-associated metabolic and cardiovascular concerns, including dyslipidemias, lipodystrophy syndr...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Troll JG

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Mutations in both nuclear and mitochondrial genes are associated with the development of atherosclerotic lesions in arteries and may provide a partial explanation to the focal nature of lesion distribution in the arterial wall. This review is aimed to discuss the genetic aspects of atherogenesis with ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Orekhov AN,Ivanova EA,Markin AM,Nikiforov NG,Sobenin IA

更新日期：2020-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation and oxidative processes are key components of atherosclerosis, from fatty streak formation to plaque rupture and thrombosis. Recent basic and clinical studies have identified a number of inflammatory and oxidative processes that appear to play a direct role in atherothrombosis and identify potentially cli...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Shishehbor MH,Hazen SL

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:Effective prevention of the current annual $400 billion losses from atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) will require preventing primary causes rather than just decreasing signs and symptoms (risk factors) produced by those causes. All CVD risk factors predict a likelihood of CVD, but not all are causes of...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Lands B

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:The cardioprotective effects of omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 FAs) are well known, but the role that the n-6 FAs play in coronary heart disease is unclear. These two classes of essential FAs compete for a number of enzyme systems, and their metabolites can powerfully influence (often in different directions) inflammatory r...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Harris WS

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally and poses a threat to both men and women across their lifespans. There is accumulating evidence to support that CAD may present differently in women and men, ranging from the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and manage...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Madan N,Gajo E,Sanghani RM,Volgman AS

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial body of epidemiologic data has shed light on the potential protective effects of the Mediterranean diet against atherosclerosis in humans. Many believe the reason the Mediterranean diet is atheroprotective is the elevated consumption of olive oil, an oil poor in saturated fatty acids (SFA) and highly enr...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Brown JM,Shelness GS,Rudel LL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily lifestyle practices and habits profoundly affect the likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). Abundant research and multiple recent consensus documents support the role of regular physical activity, not smoking cigarettes, maintaining a healthy body weight, controlling cholesterol levels, and contr...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Rippe JM,Angelopoulos TJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:High lipoprotein(a) levels are observationally and causally, from human genetics, associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease including myocardial infarction and aortic valve stenosis. The European Atherosclerosis Society recommends screening for elevated lipoprotein(a) levels in high-ris...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Langsted A,Nordestgaard BG

更新日期：2019-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Angioplasty and stenting for intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) are a last resort for patients with high-grade intracranial stenosis with multiple ischemic events unresponsive to medical therapy. Medical management, consisting of aggressive risk factor control and dual antiplatelet therapy, is superior to an...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Chatterjee AR,Derdeyn CP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00