Glycosaminoglycan sulodexide inhibition of MMP-9 gelatinase secretion and activity: possible pharmacological role against collagen degradation in vascular chronic diseases.

abstract：:Platelet aggregation induced by stirring of a platelet suspension after activation by the exogenous addition of stimulants, such as ADP, epinephrine and thrombin, has long been used as a platelet function test, and for the screening of antiplatelet agents. Since platelet aggregation has been demonstrated to be mediate...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Goto S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease (CKD), and particularly kidney failure, is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis and approximately a 20-fold increased risk of cardiovascular death. The majority of these patients die from complications directly attributed to atherosclerosis and their life expectancy is decreased. Establis...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Efstratiadis G,Tziomalos K,Mikhailidis DP,Athyros VG,Hatzitolios A

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Atherosclerosis (also known as arteriosclerotic vascular disease) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the arterial wall, characterized by the formation of lipid-laden lesions. The activation of endothelial cells at atherosclerotic lesion-prone sites in the arterial tree results in the up-regulation of cell adhesion m...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Araldi E,Chamorro-Jorganes A,van Solingen C,Fernández-Hernando C,Suárez Y

更新日期：2013-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomarkers are used in medicine to facilitate diagnosis, assess risk, direct therapy and determine efficacy of treatment. Sensitivity and specificity are essential in order for a biomarker to be useful. Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are considered biomarkers of cardiovascular disease. Ho...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Miller VM,Redfield MM,McConnell JP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays long-term outcome of heart transplantation is limited by a peculiar type of coronary atherosclerosis, known as cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV). Although the exact pathogenesis of CAV remains unclear, emerging evidence indicates that the endothelium plays a significant role in the onset and progression of...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Osto E,Tona F,De Bon E,Iliceto S,Cella G

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aging-associated vascular dysfunction promotes cardiovascular diseases. Recently, Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE) has attracted considerable attention in the prevention of aged vasculature. METHODS:This review discusses the pathophysiological alterations in aged vasculature and the underlying mechanisms of GBE ...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Li X,Lu L,Chen J,Zhang C,Chen H,Huang H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) constitutes the most prevalent form of abnormal respiratory control during sleep in adults. Evidence linked OSA to cardiovascular disease, and the role of OSA in abnormal Blood Pressure (BP) control has been extensively studied. Although longitudinal trials suggest a causativ...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Wolf J,Narkiewicz K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High density lipoprotein (HDL) is recognized as the major negative risk factor of cardiovascular disease and number of anti-atherogenic functions has been ascribed to HDL. HDL is an assembly of a neutral lipid core and an outer shell consisting of polar lipids and proteins. It has been defined many different ways base...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Vaisar T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes mellitus (DM) are recognized as major cardio-metabolic risk factors in primary Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) prevention, studies focusing on secondary ACS incidence are scarce. In the present study, the association between the aforementioned factors and 10-year ...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Notara V,Panagiotakos DB,Michalopoulou M,Kouvari M,Tsompanaki E,Verdi M,Vassileiou N,Kalli E,Mantas Y,Kogias Y,Stravopodis P,Papanagnou G,Zombolos S,Pitsavos C,Greecs Study Investigators.

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single-pill fixed dose combination (FDC) therapies are widely used in the treatment of arterial hypertension. OBJECTIVE:This pilot study aimed to evaluate the effects of a FDC therapy combined with therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) on blood pressure (BP) in patients with treatment resistant hypertension. M...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Kreutz R,Scholze J,Douros A

更新日期：2018-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this review is to present, critically appraise and qualitatively synthesize current evidence on the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) development during menopause, the management of climacteric symptoms in women with T2DM and the management of T2DM in postmenopausal women. Menopause represents the end...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Paschou SA,Anagnostis P,Pavlou DI,Vryonidou A,Goulis DG,Lambrinoudaki I

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Guerrero Orriach JL,Ramirez-Fernandez A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both endothelin(ET)-1 and oxidative stress have been the subjects of intense investigation within the cardiovascular field over the past decade and a half, yet little is known about the precise relationship between these important modulators of vascular function. There is a firm evidence that ET-1 can stimulate the pr...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Pollock DM,Pollock JS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing evidence that Rho-kinase contributes to cardiovascular disease, which has made Rho-kinase a target for the treatment of human diseases. To date, the only Rho-kinase inhibitor employed clinically in humans is fasudil, which has been used for the prevention of cerebral vasospasm and subsequent ischemic ...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Satoh S,Ikegaki I,Kawasaki K,Asano T,Shibuya M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper provides an overview of the pathogenesis, presentation and diagnosis of clopidogrel hypersensitivity. The majority of clopidogrel hypersensitivity cases are due to a T cell mediated Gell and Coombs Type IV reaction. History, histology, and patch testing have shown consistency with a T cell mediated mechanis...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Ford MK,Cohn JR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of normal endothelial function and bioactivity of nitric oxide (NO), associated with increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), are characteristics of cardiovascular disease states. There is good experimental evidence that these abnormalities are causally related to cardiovascular disease pathogeneses...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Channon KM

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：: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：: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：:Angiogenesis is central to cardiac repair following myocardial infarction (MI). Cardiac angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)2 significantly increased postMI, which is coincident with activated angiogenesis. The function of ACE2 is to generate angiotensin (Ang)1-7, an active peptide with cellular actions mediated by Mas...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Zhao W,Zhao T,Chen Y,Sun Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 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: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：:The incidence of cardiovascular disease is low in healthy premenopausal women and increases with age especially after the menopause; this difference has been attributed to the loss of endogenous estrogen. Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory condition of the vascular wall that may result in an acute clinical even...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Bechlioulis A,Naka KK,Calis KA,Makrigiannakis A,Michalis L,Kalantaridou SN

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a syndrome compromising the health of the mother and the fetus. Endothelial damage and reduced metabolism of the vasodilator adenosine occur and fetal hyperinsulinemia associated with deficient insulin response and a metabolic rather than mitogenic phenotype is characteristic of ...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Guzmán-Gutiérrez E,Abarzúa F,Belmar C,Nien JK,Ramírez MA,Arroyo P,Salomón C,Westermeier F,Puebla C,Leiva A,Casanello P,Sobrevia L

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A considerable amount of data supports a 1.8-7.4-fold increased mortality associated with Cushing's syndrome (CS). This is attributed to a high occurrence of several cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in CS [e.g. adiposity, arterial hypertension (AHT), dyslipidaemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)]. Therefo...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Koracevic G,Stojkovic M,Lovic D,Pavlovic M,Kostic T,Kutlesic M,Micic S,Koracevic M,Djordjevic M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropathies of the peripheral and autonomic nervous systems affect up to half of all people with diabetes mellitus, and are major risk factors for foot ulceration, amputation and cardiovascular dysfunction. Peripheral neuropathies manifest with either painful or painless symptoms, but many patients experience both. O...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Didangelos T,Veves A

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：: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：:Recent updates in the field of echocardiography have resulted in improvements in both image quality and techniques allowing echocardiography to maintain its position as the primary non-invasive imaging modality. In particular, the development of new ultrasound contrast agents and imaging techniques have now made possi...

journal_title：Current vascular pharmacology

authors： Dwivedi G,Hayat SA,Janardhanan R,Senior R

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00