Pioglitazone improves endothelial and adipose tissue dysfunction in pre-diabetic CAD subjects.

abstract：AIMS:To assess efficacy and safety of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) treatment in children and adolescents with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia. METHODS:MEDLINE, EMBASE, COCHRANE and Current Controlled Trials databases were searched. Study design, efficacy, and safety outcome-measures were extracted....

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Arambepola C,Farmer AJ,Perera R,Neil HA

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the use of lipid lowering medications and control of dyslipidemia among US adults in 1999-2006. METHODS:Data were extracted from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2006. RESULTS:The mean low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) level significantly decreased from 3.25+/-...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Li M,Ong KL,Tse HF,Cheung BM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial defective apolipoprotein B-100 (FDB) is a dominantly inherited disorder associated with hypercholesterolemia, in which substitution of the amino acid glutamine for arginine at position 3500 in the apoprotein B molecule results in LDL particles which bind poorly to the LDL receptor. To date, patients with FDB ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Schmidt EB,Illingworth DR,Bacon S,Mahley RW,Weisgraber KH

更新日期：1993-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The differences in the fatty acid spectra of serum samples obtained from vegetarians (62 females, 40 males) and non-vegetarians (70 females, 38 males) were evaluated in a matched-pair study design. This study population made it possible to examine 48 female and 31 male pairs whose age difference did not exceed 3 years...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Melchert HU,Limsathayourat N,Mihajlović H,Eichberg J,Thefeld W,Rottka H

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether cardiorespiratory fitness relates to early subclinical atherosclerotic vascular disease remains unknown. We investigated the relation of cardiorespiratory fitness to coronary artery calcification (CAC) in 2373 African-American and White young adults from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CA...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Lee CD,Jacobs DR Jr,Hankinson A,Iribarren C,Sidney S

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Emerging data suggests that 3-dimensional (D) ultrasound (US) may provide us with a new tool for the identification of the vulnerable carotid plaque. METHODS:A systematic review of the PubMed, Scopus and Cochrane databases regarding the reproducibility and effectiveness of 3D US in evaluation of carotid p...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Makris GC,Lavida A,Griffin M,Geroulakos G,Nicolaides AN

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trained people exhibit low plasma concentrations of triacylglcyeride (TAG) in both fasted and postprandial states. This mainly reflects enhanced uptake of TAG into skeletal muscle, via enhanced activity of lipoprotein lipase, the rate-limiting step in TAG removal. Endurance athletes possess a large, well-vascularised ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Hardman AE

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association of the endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor asymmetrical dimethylarginine (ADMA) and coronary endothelial function. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 289 patients with coronary artery disease we assessed coronary endothelium-dependent and -independent vascular responses to intracoro...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Maas R,Quitzau K,Schwedhelm E,Spieker L,Rafflenbeul W,Steenpass A,Lüscher TF,Böger RH

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesteryl esters (CE) are taken up by many cells without parallel uptake of HDL apolipoproteins. This selective uptake of HDL CE was investigated in human monocyte-derived macrophages (HMM). HDL3 (d = 1.125-1.21 g/ml) was labeled in its apolipoprotein A-I moiety with 125I and in its CE...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Rinninger F,Deichen JT,Jäckle S,Windler E,Greten H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Cardiovascular disease (CVD), including coronary artery disease and stroke/peripheral artery disease, is less commonly reported than venous thromboembolism in subjects with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) and little is known about the association of CVD with adjusted Global AntiphosPholipid Syndr...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Di Minno MND,Scalera A,Tufano A,Ambrosino P,Bettiol A,Silvestri E,Emmi G,Prisco D

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) may be associated with a wide spectrum of cardiac abnormalities, which share many metabolic risk factors. This study aimed to evaluate whether NAFLD is associated with left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction independent of other classical risk factors. M...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Chung GE,Lee JH,Lee H,Kim MK,Yim JY,Choi SY,Kim YJ,Yoon JH,Kim D

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human serum paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is associated with high-density lipoprotein, and inhibits oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein in vitro. Therefore, PON1 is supposed to protect against atherosclerosis in vivo. In this study, we investigated the direct effect of Sp1 on PON1 transcription in HepG2 cells usi...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Osaki F,Ikeda Y,Suehiro T,Ota K,Tsuzura S,Arii K,Kumon Y,Hashimoto K

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent data suggests that cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activity may interact with acute stress conditions via inflammatory-oxidative response and thrombogenesis. We investigated this assumption in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS:Consecutive patients with STEMI (...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Carvalho LS,Virginio VW,Panzoldo NB,Figueiredo VN,Santos SN,Modolo RG,Andrade JM,Quinaglia E Silva JC,Nadruz-Junior W,de Faria EC,Sposito AC,Brasilia Heart Study Group.

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification of mutations in PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin9) in autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (ADH), has revealed the existence of a new player in cholesterol homeostasis. PCSK9 has been shown to enhance the degradation of the LDL receptor (LDLR) at the cell surface. Gain-of-f...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Abifadel M,Guerin M,Benjannet S,Rabès JP,Le Goff W,Julia Z,Hamelin J,Carreau V,Varret M,Bruckert E,Tosolini L,Meilhac O,Couvert P,Bonnefont-Rousselot D,Chapman J,Carrié A,Michel JB,Prat A,Seidah NG,Boileau C

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood serum of most patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) caused a 2-5-fold increase in the total cholesterol content of smooth muscle cells cultured from unaffected human aortic intima, i.e. possessed an atherogenic potential manifested in culture. Removal of immunoglobulins G and M from an atherogenic serum bro...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Tertov VV,Orekhov AN,Sayadyan KS,Serebrennikov SG,Kacharava AG,Lyakishev AA,Smirnov VN

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A common gain-of-function LPL variant, LPLS447X, has favorable clinical features and involves a C→G base change at nucleotide 1595 of the LPL cDNA, along with a haplotype, which includes other non-coding SNPs. The mechanism for the LPL gain-in-function is not clear. LPL translation is regulated by epinephrine...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Ranganathan G,Unal R,Pokrovskaya ID,Tripathi P,Rotter JI,Goodarzi MO,Kern PA

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Blood glucose fluctuations have been found to be relevant to the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes and to be more detrimental for the development of atherosclerosis than the sustained hyperglycemia. We aim at evaluating the effect of blunted daily acute glucose fluctuations by DP...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Barbieri M,Rizzo MR,Marfella R,Boccardi V,Esposito A,Pansini A,Paolisso G

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The coronary artery disease-reporting and data system (CAD-RADS) was recently developed to standardize CAD classifications and incorporate clinical management. We aimed to investigate the prognostic value and additional risk stratification benefits of CAD-RADS compared to coronary artery calcium sco...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Nam K,Hur J,Han K,Im DJ,Suh YJ,Hong YJ,Lee HJ,Kim YJ,Choi BW

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of guar (15.6 g/day), a dietary fibre, and simultaneous administration of bezafibrate (600 mg/day) during dietetic treatment on the plasma lipoproteins and apolipoproteins was investigated in 12 patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (corresponding to the HLP type IIa pattern). Either bezafibrate alone...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Wirth A,Middelhoff G,Braeuning C,Schlierf G

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum concentrations of testosterone, androstenedione, oestradiol and total low polar oestrogens, mainly oestradiol and oestrone, were measured in 26 healthy male subjects. The subjects were divided into two groups each of them with low (less than 1.04 mmol/l) and high (greater than 1.56 mmol/l) levels of serum HD...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Nordøy A,Aakvaag A,Thelle D

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcific aortic valve disease is an active and progressive condition. Data indicate that aortic valve calcification (AVC) is associated with endothelial dysfunction and accepted as a manifestation of atherosclerosis. Coronary flow reserve (CFR) determined by transthoracic echocardiography has been introduced...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Bozbas H,Pirat B,Yildirir A,Simşek V,Sade E,Eroglu S,Atar I,Altin C,Demirtas S,Ozin B,Muderrisoglu H

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Besides carotid or cardiac embolism, stroke can occur via microangiopathy (small arterial disease [SAD]) and macroangiopathy (intracranial atherosclerotic stroke [ICAS]) of the intracranial vasculature. There have been efforts to identify risk factors specific to microangiopathy and macroangiopathy, including vasc...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Bang OY,Chung JW,Ryoo S,Moon GJ,Kim GM,Chung CS,Lee KH

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral annulus calcification (MAC) is a chronic, non-inflammatory, degenerative process of the fibrous support structure of the mitral valve. It occurs more often in women and the elderly. MAC is associated with known atherosclerotic risk factors such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. It is ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Adler Y,Fink N,Spector D,Wiser I,Sagie A

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fenofibrate, a PPAR-α agonist and rosiglitazone, a PPAR-γ agonist, reduce triglycerides and fatty acids in humans and in animal disease models. The efficacy of PPAR-α agonists in mouse model of human atherosclerosis disease has shown mixed results, and efficacy of PPAR-γ and liver X receptor (LXR) agonists h...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Srivastava RA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia is characterized by hyperlipidemia, increases in beta-migrating, very low density lipoproteins (beta-VLDL), and homozygosity for apolipoprotein E2 (apo E2). In this study, 3 patients with familial dysbetalipoproteinemia were treated with lovastatin, and kinetics for apolipoprotein B (ap...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Vega GL,East C,Grundy SM

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The local anesthetic lidocaine was studied for its effects on lipid metabolism in aortas from normal rats, rabbits, and cholesterol-fed (atherosclerotic) rabbits in vitro. Incubation of aortas in the presence of 3--5 mM lidocaine resulted in a statistically significant reduction in the incorporation of [14C]oleate int...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Bell FP,Hubert EV

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Elevated leukocyte count is a classic marker of systemic inflammation. This study examined whether the leukocyte count is associated with incidence of coronary events (CE) and stroke during a long follow-up period. METHODS:A total of 17,131 men and 2932 women, aged 27-61 years, without history of cardiovascu...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Li C,Engström G,Hedblad B

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Early arterial wall changes are already present in the apparently healthy, middle-aged population and continuously progress with age. The aim of our study was to investigate whether 30 days low-dose fluvastatin treatment could improve and reverse these arterial changes that are primarily associated with agein...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Lunder M,Janić M,Habjan S,Sabovič M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The putative association between the novel oxidized low-density lipoprotein markers, serum amyloid A-LDL (SAA-LDL) and alpha1-antitrypsin-LDL (AT-LDL), and obesity and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) has not been previously studied. In the present report, we investigated the levels of SAA-LDL and AT-LDL in rel...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Kotani K,Satoh N,Kato Y,Araki R,Koyama K,Okajima T,Tanabe M,Oishi M,Yamakage H,Yamada K,Hattori M,Shimatsu A,Japan Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Study Group.

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein B-100 (apo B-100) is the protein component of low density lipoprotein (LDL) responsible for its binding and clearance by LDL receptors (LDL-R). In familial defective apo B-100 (FDB), a mutation in apo B-100 at residue 3500 markedly reduces its affinity for LDL-R, often causing accumulation of defective ...

journal_title：Atherosclerosis

authors： Maher VM,Gallagher JJ,Thompson GR,Myant NB

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00