Association of pericoronary fat volume with atherosclerotic plaque burden in the underlying coronary artery: a segment analysis.

abstract：:Role of enterohepatic cholesterol metabolism in obesity-induced increase of cholesterol synthesis was studied in healthy lean (BMI <24) and overweight (BMI >31) subjects by measuring serum lipids (including plant sterols, cholestanol and cholesterol precursors), cholesterol absorption % (double-label method), sterol b...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Miettinen TA,Gylling H

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Inhibition of the classical renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been proved to reduce atherosclerosis. Recently, angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)], a new component of RAS, has been shown to attenuate atherosclerosis formation. However, direct comparison of Ang-(1-7) and angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker (ARB) on a...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Yang J,Sun Y,Dong M,Yang X,Meng X,Niu R,Guan J,Zhang Y,Zhang C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Oxidation of long-chain fatty acids increases many-fold in atherosclerotic aortas; this may be due to an increase in the activity of the mitochondrial enzyme hexadecanoyl-CoA: carnitine O-hexadecanoyltransferase EC 2.3.1.23 (trivial name: carnitine palmitoyltransferase, CPT). To investigate this possibility, an a...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Gillies PJ,Bell FP

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate associations of a oxidative balance score (OBS) with blood levels of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein- (LDL)-cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein- (HDL) cholesterol and triglycerides, and biomarkers of inflammation (serum C-reactive protein [CRP], albumin and venous total white blood...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Lakkur S,Judd S,Bostick RM,McClellan W,Flanders WD,Stevens VL,Goodman M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:In the general population lipid-rich plaques are prone to rupture and healing of the plaque involves calcification. Patients undergoing hemodialysis have a severe derangement of mineral metabolism and calcification of the arterial tree may have different implications. METHODS:Between 2004 and 2005, ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Bellasi A,Ferramosca E,Ratti C,Block G,Raggi P

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests low vitamin D and elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentrations may increase risk for cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the association between vitamin D or PTH and subclinical atherosclerosis. This cross-sectional study included 654 community-dwelling older adults aged 55-96...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Reis JP,von Mühlen D,Michos ED,Miller ER 3rd,Appel LJ,Araneta MR,Barrett-Connor E

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases are serious threats to human health and become the leading cause of death in the world. Emerging evidence reveals that inhibition of plaque neovascularization could be an effective approach for the treatment of atherosclerosis. This study was conducted to iden...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Xie S,Dong B,Sun X,Tala,He X,Zhou J,Liu M,Li D

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the effects of different dialysis conditions on the antioxidant content, duration of the lag phase and oxidation rate of LDL. Dialysis for 22 h resulted in a 56%--66% reduction in the concentrations of beta-carotene, lycopene and alpha-tocopherol. The lag phase of copper-induced oxidation of freshly isol...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Scheek LM,Wiseman SA,Tijburg LB,van Tol A

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:KC-9432 (a new hypolipidemic compound, alpha-[p-(p-chlorobenzoyl) phenoxy-alpha-cyclohexyl acetic acid ethyl ester) was studied in rats for its effect on plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels. KC-9432 was particularly effective in hyperlipidemia in rats fed with a diet containing 2% cholesterol and 1% sodium cholate. Th...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Seri K,Sato R,Hamazaki Y,Yamamoto T,Ishiyama N

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major gene hypothesis for heparin releasable plasma lipoprotein lipase (PH-LPL) activity was assessed using segregation analyses of data on 495 members in 98 normolipidemic sedentary families of Caucasian descent who participated in the HERITAGE Family Study. Segregation analyses were performed on PH-LPL adjusted fo...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Hong Y,Rice T,Després JP,Gagnon J,Nadeau A,Bergeron J,Pérusse L,Bouchard C,Leon AS,Skinner JS,Wilmore JH,Rao DC

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombomodulin, an endothelial membrane glycoprotein, is an essential part of the protein C anti-coagulant pathway. It may also have a role in the regulation of fibrinolysis. We carried out a cross-sectional study to assess the association of soluble thrombomodulin (sTM) with peripheral artery disease (PAD) in a strat...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Salomaa V,Matei C,Aleksic N,Sansores-Garcia L,Folsom AR,Juneja H,Park E,Wu KK

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipoprotein Lp(a) has been shown to be an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). However, its association with CAD burden in patients with ACS is largely unknown, as well as the association of Lp(a) with lipid rich plaques prone to rupture. AIM:We aim at assessing CAD burden by coronary ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Niccoli G,Cin D,Scalone G,Panebianco M,Abbolito S,Cosentino N,Jacoangeli F,Refaat H,Gallo G,Salerno G,Volpe M,Crea F,De Biase L

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study analysed the effects of hydroxytyrosol (HT) on blood lipids, antioxidant status and the progression of aortic lesions in hyperlipemic rabbits. Sixty-four rabbits were distributed into eight groups of animals (n = 8). Animal groups C, A and H were fed for 1-month with a control diet containing sunflow...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： González-Santiago M,Martín-Bautista E,Carrero JJ,Fonollá J,Baró L,Bartolomé MV,Gil-Loyzaga P,López-Huertas E

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Classically, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is diagnosed by a low ankle-brachial index (ABI), but the diagnosis can also be made based on toe-brachial index (TBI) measurements. The objective of this study was to characterize patients with low TBI but normal ABI, and chart potential underestimatio...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Høyer C,Høgh AL,Sandermann J,Zacho HD,Petersen LJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 200 risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) have now been identified. Among these, the three most important are (1) abnormal lipids, including the fact that there are more than 15 types of cholesterol-containing lipoproteins and four different types of triglyceride-rich particles, some of which are very ath...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Castelli WP

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of lovastatin therapy on concentrations and compositions of lipoproteins were examined in 14 patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. The drug lowered plasma levels of cholesterol in total plasma, very low density + intermediate density lipoproteins (VLDL + IDL) and low density lipoprotein...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Nozaki S,Vega GL,Haddox RJ,Dolan ET,Grundy SM

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined gross and histologic study carried out on 270 selected male subjects with the common type of distribution of the coronary arteries revealed a natural resistance to intimal thickening and plaque development exhibited by the left main coronary artery and by the first centimeter of the right coronary artery. T...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Velican C,Velican D

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) was rarely diagnosed in Latvia before 2015, when the Latvian Registry of FH (LRFH) was established. Here, we report the first experience of the LRFH over three years (2015-2017). METHODS:The LRFH is an ongoing nationwide, dynamic, long-term prospective cohort. The...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Latkovskis G,Saripo V,Gilis D,Nesterovics G,Upena-Roze A,Erglis A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer are the two leading causes of death in smokers. Lung cancer screening is recommended in a large proportion of smokers. We examined the implication of coronary artery calcium (CAC) score (quantitative and qualitative) for cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Mirbolouk M,Kianoush S,Dardari Z,Miedema MD,Shaw LJ,Rumberger JA,Berman DS,Budoff MJ,Rozanski A,Al-Mallah MH,McEvoy JW,Nasir K,Blaha MJ

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton NMR spectroscopy as a means to quantify lipoprotein subclasses has received wide clinical interest. The experimental part is a fast routine procedure that contrasts favourably to other lipoprotein measurement protocols. The difficulties in using (1)H NMR, however, are in uncovering the subclass specific informa...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Ala-Korpela M,Lankinen N,Salminen A,Suna T,Soininen P,Laatikainen R,Ingman P,Jauhiainen M,Taskinen MR,Héberger K,Kaski K

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the standard procedure for preparing extensively oxidized low-density lipoprotein (Ox-LDL) is to incubate it with 10muM CuSO(4) at 37 degrees C for 24h, it is not well known how important the degree of oxidation of LDL is for inducing cell signaling. Since Lox-1 (an Ox-LDL receptor) contributes to cell prolif...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Tanigawa H,Miura S,Zhang B,Uehara Y,Matsuo Y,Fujino M,Sawamura T,Saku K

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-seven sections of human vessels, collected in the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth study from individuals aged 25-34, were stained with two monoclonal antibodies to oxidatively-modified lysine. Intensity and extent of immunoreactivity were graded by three pathologists. Aorta from a Watana...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Sloop GD,Fallon KB,Lipscomb G,Takei H,Zieske A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:HIV+ patients are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Inflammation plays a role in adults, but has not yet been assessed in HIV+ children. We compared proinflammatory cytokines and adhesion molecules in HIV+ children versus healthy controls, and assessed their relationship to carotid intima-me...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Ross AC,O'Riordan MA,Storer N,Dogra V,McComsey GA

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In the last few years it has been proved that risk factors for atherosclerosis are present in children and adolescents, and that already at this early age they are connected with anatomic, atheromatous changes in vessels. These changes can not be fully explained as occurring in young people exhibiting tradit...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Glowinska B,Urban M,Koput A,Galar M

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A marked reduction of serum cholesterol was obtained by treatment with probucol in heterozygous as well as in homozygous cases of familial hypercholesterolemia. A strict dietary regimen (low-fat, low-calories) intensified the hypocholesterolemic effect of the drug. The drug was also useful in diminishing the rebound o...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Yamamoto A,Matsuzawa Y,Kishino B,Hayashi R,Hirobe K,Kikkawa T

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of plasma fibrinogen increases with age and is particularly elevated in subjects with vascular changes due to atherosclerosis. Fibrinogen, which is the meeting point of the "cascade" of the coagulation factors and an important regulating factor of plasma viscosity, occupies a key position in atherosc...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Pola P,Savi L

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Plaque with dense inflammatory cells, including macrophages, thin fibrous cap and superficial necrotic/lipid core is thought to be prone-to-rupture. We report a time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TR-LIFS) technique for detection of such markers of plaque vulnerability in human plaques. ME...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Marcu L,Jo JA,Fang Q,Papaioannou T,Reil T,Qiao JH,Baker JD,Freischlag JA,Fishbein MC

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histologic features of aortic fatty streaks were examined in male subjects aged 10-39 from Guatemala, Jamaica Negro, Durban Bantu, New Orleans Negro, New Orleans white, Lima and Santiago. These groups were selected from the 19 available in the IAP (International Atherosclerosis Project) because they represented the gr...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Restrepo C,Tracy RE

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fatty acid composition of adipose tissue from 4114 men and women across 22 districts of Scotland is described. A biopsy of subcutaneous adipose tissue was obtained from the upper arm using a skin biopsy punch. Overall the proportion of saturated fatty acids was lower in women and those of monounsaturated and polyu...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Tavendale R,Lee AJ,Smith WC,Tunstall-Pedoe H

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) and apolipoprotein E (ApoE) mimetic peptides have attracted attention due to their ability to reduce atherosclerosis and exhibit antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and hypolipidemic properties. In this study, we tested whether three distinct and unrelated cationic peptides would inhibit...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Aluganti Narasimhulu C,Selvarajan K,Brown M,Parthasarathy S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00