Aldosterone, from (patho)physiology to treatment in cardiovascular and renal damage.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the era of dual antiplatelet therapy of aspirin and clopidogrel and systematic stent implantation, Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors (GPI), including abciximab, eptifibatide and tirofiban, proved beneficial in improving early outcome of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), especially in higher risk cl...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Rubboli A,Patti G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between Paget's disease of bone (PDB) and increased cardiovascular (CV) risk has been suggested, but the literature is conflicting. OBJECTIVE:Our study aimed to evaluate two markers of CV risk [common carotid artery intima-media thickness (cIMT) and the aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV)] in p...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Gaudio A,Zanoli L,Xourafa A,Rapisarda R,Catalano A,Signorelli SS,Castellino P

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic venous disease (CVeD) is a debilitating condition that affects millions of individuals worldwide. The condition can result in varicose veins, or advance to severe skin changes and venous ulceration. The fundamental basis for CVeD is inflammation within the venous circulation and that it is subjected to increas...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Mannello F,Ligi D,Canale M,Raffetto JD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its severe form, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), are major health problems worldwide. Genetics may play a role in the pathogenesis of NAFLD/NASH. AIM:To investigate the prevalence of NAFLD/NASH in 5,400 military personnel and evaluate the effect of treatme...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Sfikas G,Psallas M,Koumaras C,Imprialos K,Perdikakis E,Doumas M,Giouleme O,Karagiannis A,Athyros VG

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal pregnancy is associated with increased insulin resistance as a metabolic adaptation to the nutritional demands of the placenta and fetus, and this is amplified in obese mothers. Insulin resistance is normally compensated for by an adaptive increase in pancreatic β-cell mass together with enhanced glucose-stimul...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Szlapinski SK,Hill DJ

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) is a common disorder that is associated with urinary tract symptoms. Nitric oxide (NO), synthesized by NO synthase (NOS) is a potent vasodilator that is present throughout the urinary tract and the corpus cavernosum. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) conversely is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide th...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Khan MA,Thompson CS,Dashwood MR,Mumtaz FH,Morgan RJ,Mikhailidis DP

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initially, the progression of chronic venous insufficiency is related to venous hypertension. The earliest complaints or symptoms, as well as vessel wall deterioration, valve restructuring, and, eventually, varicose veins, result not only from elevation of pressure, but also from a cascade of biochemical events relate...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Katsenis K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The available data suggest that efforts to reduce mortality in the CKD population should be focused on treatment and prevention of, among others, coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure. Accelerated atherosclerosi...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Franczyk-Skóra B,Gluba A,Banach M,Rozentryt P,Poloński L,Rysz J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) and dyslipidaemia are the most common metabolic complications in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). They are associated with a higher risk of lower graft function and survival, as well as an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of this review is to provide c...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Anagnostis P,Paschou SA,Spartalis E,Sarno G,De Rosa P,Muscogiuri G

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandins (PGs) belong to the family of prostanoids together with thromboxanes and are produced mainly from arachadonic acid by the enzyme cyclooxygenase. PGs are known to stimulate platelet aggregation, mediate inflammation and edema, play a role in bone metabolism and in biological adaptation of connective tiss...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Boushel R,Langberg H,Risum N,Kjaer M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tertiary amine local anesthetics (LAs) are clinically valuable agents for controlling pain and for treating some cardiac arrhythmias. These drugs inhibit conduction of electrical activity by blocking voltage-gated sodium channels. Interestingly, LAs can influence the conduction of electrical activity in heart muscle w...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Wright SN

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet adhesion on vascular wall is the first step following vascular injury. Differential platelet secretion supports angiogenesis and vascular homeostasis. Progenitor cells are pluripotent cells responsible for tissue regeneration and wound healing. Upon ischemia bone marrow-derived progenitor cells are mobilized ...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Sopova K,Tatsidou P,Stellos K

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-based therapies are a novel approach for regeneration of microvasculature. We have shown that administration of CD34-positive cells, the rich cell fraction of endothelial progenitor cells, after stroke induces angiogenesis that results in enhanced endogenous neurogenesis and functional recovery in a murine model....

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Uemura M,Kasahara Y,Nagatsuka K,Taguchi A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To reveal the cutoff point and influencing factors in the dynamic change in phenotypic group in patients with stable angina pectoris (SAP) after Xinxuekang capsule treatment. METHODS:Five hundred and seventy-six SAP patients were randomly assigned to receive Xinxuekang (XXK) capsules or Compound Danshen (CDS...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Wang LY,Tang JY,Liu J,Lu W,Yu YN,Chen BW,Wu HL,Su LY,Jing ZW,Hu SY,Liu XL,Yang XY,Li GX,Dong B,Wang DH,Xue J,Wang XF,Li ZM,Liu SR,Liu SS,Chen QG,Zhang L,Wang Z,Shen CT,Wang YY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a highly prevalent complex trait that raises the risk of other chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, sleep apnea, and cardiovascular disease, and shortens lifespan. Clinical intervention studies focused on weight loss and epidemiological studies of obesity indicate that genetic variatio...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Franks PW,Poveda A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inverse association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) risk have been reported. Apart from a lower AAA prevalence among patients with vs without DM, there are data showing that DM may exert a protective role on aneurysmal growth in patients with small AAAs, thus decreasing the risk o...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Radak D,Tanaskovic S,Katsiki N,Isenovic ER

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular endothelium is a monolayer of cells between the vessel lumen and the vascular smooth muscle cells. Nitric oxide (NO) is a soluble gas continuously synthesized from the amino acid L-arginine in endothelial cells by the constitutive calcium-calmodulin-dependent enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS). This subst...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Tousoulis D,Kampoli AM,Tentolouris C,Papageorgiou N,Stefanadis C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Add-on therapy with the Mineralocorticoid-Receptor-Antagonists (MRAs) spironolactone and eplerenone was shown to enhance the cardioprotective action of angiotensinconverting- enzyme-inhibitors (ACEIs), angiotensin-receptor-blockers (ARBs) and/or β-blockers in nondialysis patients with congestive heart failur...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Georgianos PI,Vaios V,Eleftheriadis T,Zebekakis P,Liakopoulos V

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress has been linked to the origin and progression of cardiovascular diseases. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, reduced form (NADPH) oxidase is a multi-component, NADPH-dependent enzyme that generates superoxide anion in the presence of molecular oxygen. The enzyme has been identified and chara...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Yu J,Weïwer M,Linhardt RJ,Dordick JS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial inflammatory disease of the cardiovascular system. It has been suggested that periodontitis, an infectious disease of oral cavity caused by gramnegative anaerobic bacteria, could be linked to atherosclerosis. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this systematic review was to assess...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Almeida APCPSC,Fagundes NCF,Maia LC,Lima RR

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decades survival has significantly improved and centenarians are becoming a fast-growing group of the population. Human life span is mainly dependent on environmental and genetic factors. Favourable modifications of lifestyle factors (e.g. physical activity, diet and not smoking) and healthcare (e.g. e...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Kolovou G,Barzilai N,Caruso C,Sikora E,Capri M,Tzanetakou IP,Bilianou H,Avery P,Katsiki N,Panotopoulos G,Franceschi C,Benetos A,Mikhailidis DP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis of 'Developmental Origins of Health and Disease' (DOHaD) relies on the presence of mechanisms sensing and signalling a diversity of stimuli during fetal development. The mechanisms that have been broadly suggested to be involved in these processes are the epigenetic modifications that could 'record' per...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Krause B,Sobrevia L,Casanello P

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) is a nuclear protein that acts as a cytokine when released into the extracellular milieu by necrotic and inflammatory cells, and is involved in inflammatory responses and tissue repair. This protein is released passively during cellular necrosis by almost all cells that have a nucleus...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Biscetti F,Ghirlanda G,Flex A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the potential differences in the metabolic and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk between the distinct phenotypes of the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) according to the Rotterdam definition regardless of body mass index (BMI). PATIENTS-METHODS:The study included 300 women; 240 women with PCOS, according...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Daskalopoulos G,Karkanaki A,Piouka A,Prapas N,Panidis D,Gkeleris P,Athyros VG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "pleiotropic" effects of statins have been the centre of a considerable research activity. Among the numerous experimental and clinical studies of this field, some focused on the effects of statins on blood pressure (BP), while others reported data on BP together with other parameters. Some of the animal or human ...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Sarafidis PA,Kanaki AI,Lasaridis AN

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) and Klotho levels are considered to be the earliest biochemical abnormality of chronic kidney disease - mineral and bone disease (CKDMBD) syndrome. Moreover, emerging data suggests that the dysregulated FGF-23 and Klotho axis has many effects on the cardiovascular (C...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Memmos E,Papagianni A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin involved in calcium and bone metabolism; recently its deficiency has been related to cardiovascular disease. In cardiac tissue, vitamin D suppresses metalloproteinases (MMPs) expression, enzymes directly associated with vulnerable plaque. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether t...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Machulsky NF,Barchuk M,Gagliardi J,Gonzalez D,Lombardo M,Escudero AG,Gigena G,Blanco F,Schreier L,Fabre B,Berg G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD), 25OH-vitamin D (calcidiol) deficiency or insufficiency is a common finding with high prevalence. Numerous epidemiological studies have found an independent association of low levels of calcidiol with increased morbidity and mortality. Wi...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Brandenburg VM,Kruger T

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The implementation of cardioprotective strategies involving pre-, intra-, and postoperative interventions is key during cardiac surgery requiring extracorporeal circulation (ECC). The primary goal of this study was to review the physiopathology and protection strategies against myocardial damage secondary to ECC durin...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Ramirez-Aliaga M,Escalona-Belmonte JJ,Ramirez-Fernandez A,Rubio-Navarro M,Cruz-Manas J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen years after its discovery, NO has fully reached an established position in physiology, medicine and therapeutics. It is difficult to find a biological function or a pathological condition where NO does not play a relevant role. Discoveries in the NO field have historically evolved from cardiovascular research,...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Llorens S,Nava E

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00