Prognostic value of RV isovolumic acceleration and tissue strain in moderate HFrEF.

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been speculated that oral hypoglycaemic agents that block K-ATP channels could potentially increase blood pressure by blocking such channels in vascular myocytes. No information about this issue exists regarding nateglinide. DESIGN:A multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial was...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： González-Clemente JM,Spanish Nateglinide Study Group.

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The siblings presented here are the third family found in Japan with familial LCAT deficiency. Their post-heparin plasma lipoprotein lipase and hepatic triglyceride lipase activities were measured selectively by an immunochemical method. Plasma triglyceride levels were elevated, and post-heparin plasma lipoprotein lip...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Murayama N,Asano Y,Kato K,Sakamoto Y,Hosoda S,Yamada N,Kodama T,Murase T,Akanuma Y

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Augmentation index (AIx) is a measure of arterial wave reflection, providing information on the workload of the heart. and is a possible marker for cardiovascular disease risk. The relation of alcohol consumption with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk is U-shaped with a protective effect of moderate alcohol ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： van Trijp MJ,Bos WJ,van der Schouw YT,Muller M,Grobbee DE,Bots ML

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The collagenolytic activities were assayed in fibroblast cultures established from ten keratoconus and six control corneal explants. The assays included those for both type I and type IV collagenase. The amount of free, directly assayable type I collagenase was highly increased in the media of keratoconus primary cell...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Ihalainen A,Salo T,Forsius H,Peltonen L

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretion of insulin and glucagon was investigated in pancreatic islets from diabetic and nondiabetic sand rats of similar age and weight. The metabolic characterization was based on an intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test. Compared to nondiabetic animals diabetic sand rats had a diminished insulin content in th...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hahn HJ,Schäfer H,Gottschling HD,Fiedler H

更新日期：1976-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have reported a significant gender difference in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) size, with men being characterized by smaller, denser LDL particles than women, and it has been suggested that the contribution of the greater accumulation of visceral adipose tissue in men compared with women may ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Lemieux I,Pascot A,Lamarche B,Prud'homme D,Nadeau A,Bergeron J,Després JP

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological evidence proposes the direct involvement of the liver enzymes in atrial fibrillation. These relationships are controversial and mechanistically unclear. As part of the British Regional Heart Study, we investigated whether change in liver enzymes over time associates with atrial fibrillation i...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Schutte R,Whincup PH,Papacosta O,Lennon LT,Macfarlane PW,Wannamethee G

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blocking the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) with angiotensin receptor blockers or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors protects against renal injury in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of this study was to compare the chronic effects of telmisartan and enalapril on proteinuria, urinary...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Nakamura T,Fujiwara N,Kawagoe Y,Sugaya T,Ueda Y,Koide H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In obese subjects, chronic low-grade inflammation contributes to an increased risk of metabolic abnormalities, which are reversed by weight loss. Sustained weight loss, however, is difficult to achieve and more insight into dietary approaches on anti-inflammatory responses in obese subjects is needed. In thi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Jellema A,Plat J,Mensink RP

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early detection of fungal infection is essential for beginning of prompt and specific therapy. In this study we describe a rapid and sensitive procedure to detect, by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays, a wide range of medically important opportunistic and pathogenic fungi in dermal specimens from dermat...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Turin L,Riva F,Galbiati G,Cainelli T

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Weight loss induced by bariatric surgery is an effective method to reverse obesity and comorbidities. The aim of this prospective weight loss study was to investigate changes of body fat distribution in relation to adiponectin and its isoforms and further to investigate the influence of both body fat distrib...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Engl J,Sturm W,Sandhofer A,Kaser S,Tschoner A,Tatarczyk T,Weiss H,Tilg H,Patsch JR,Ebenbichler CF

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to bile salts, which undergo a highly efficient enterohepatic circulation with multiple regulatory and physiologic functions, glucuronic acid conjugates of bilirubin are biliary excretory molecules that in health do not have a continuing biologic life. Intestinal absorptive cells are devoid of recapture tr...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Vítek L,Carey MC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differences in lipid parameters between patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) are unclear and are addressed in this study. METHODS:We enrolled 582 patients with angiographically proven stable CAD (of whom 26·9% had diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM)...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Vonbank A,Saely CH,Rein P,Drexel H

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data suggest that, among other factors, comorbidity may be an important prognostic variable in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) who are eligible for haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We examined the overall survival (OS) and underlying risk factors in 4...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Boehm A,Sperr WR,Leitner G,Worel N,Oehler L,Jaeger E,Mitterbauer M,Haas OA,Valent P,Kalhs P,Rabitsch W

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In man, HCl acidosis reduces blood and urinary urea with a concomitant rise in ammonium (NH4+) excretion. Significantly less urea is excreted following NH4Cl administration than following equimolar ingestion of NH4 HCO3. The results of these alterations in nitrogen excretion are interpreted in terms of bicarbonate uti...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Fine A,Carlyle JE,Bourke E

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) is a relatively rare but often overlooked autoimmune neurological disorder that targets antigens within the brain's inhibitory pathways resulting in incapacitating stiffness and spasms that impact on the patients' quality of life. Although a number of immunomodulating therapies si...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Alexopoulos H,Dalakas MC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Graves' disease (GD) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by hyperthyroidism, which can relapse in many patients after antithyroid drug treatment withdrawal. Several studies have been performed to predict the clinical course of GD in patients treated with antithyroid drugs, without conclusive results. The...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Orunesu E,Bagnasco M,Salmaso C,Altrinetti V,Bernasconi D,Del Monte P,Pesce G,Marugo M,Mela GS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal symptoms are common on acute exposure to high-altitude (HA). Underlying mechanisms are not understood, but vascular shunting away from the gut could be responsible. Therefore, blood flow in the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and hepatic portal vein (HPV) was examined at sea level (SL) and ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Kalson NS,Hext F,Davies AJ,Chan CW,Wright AD,Imray CH,Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary Society.

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To prospectively evaluate the role of procalcitonin (PCT) in screening of patients with thyroid nodules for medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We measured PCT in 2705 patients with thyroid nodules referred to our centre between January 2011 and December 2017. Those with a positive PCT ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Giovanella L,Imperiali M,Piccardo A,Taborelli M,Verburg FA,Daurizio F,Trimboli P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of gastrins containing the active C-terminal tetrapeptide amide (mainly gastrin-34 and gastrin-17) and the N-terminal tridecapeptide fragment of gastrin-17 were measured in antral and duodenal biopsy specimens. The antral concentration of the N-terminal gastrin fragment was much higher in patients w...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Petersen B,Andersen BN

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a common oral disorder that manifests a mucosal reaction to a variety of aetiological factors, including liver disorder. This study investigated the relationship between OLP and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection by studying the prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus infection or liver diseas...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Nagao Y,Sata M,Tanikawa K,Itoh K,Kameyama T

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Humming greatly increases nasal nitric oxide (NO) in healthy people by causing a rapid washout of NO from the sinuses. This increase is abolished in patients with complete sinus ostial obstruction. OBJECTIVE:Allergic rhinitis is a risk factor for development of sinusitis and we wanted to study whether nasal...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Maniscalco M,Sofia M,Weitzberg E,De Laurentiis G,Stanziola A,Rossillo V,Lundberg JO

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following cisplatin-based chemotherapy, survivors of testicular cancer have a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Cardiac function has not been extensively studied and no comparisons have been made with men from the general population. DESIGN:Left ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Nuver J,Smit AJ,Sleijfer DT,van Gessel AI,van Roon AM,van der Meer J,van den Berg MP,Hoekstra HJ,Sluiter WJ,Gietema JA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basal cyclic AMP levels in blood mononuclear cells from healthy human donors has been studied. A great variation in cyclic AMP content ranging from below 2 to 20 pmol 10(-6) cells was seen. Incubation of the cells at 37 degrees C mostly showed a time-dependent decrease in basal cyclic AMP, levelling off after 16 h. Wh...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Svenson M,Permin H,Wiik A

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma concentrations of vitamins A and E are positively correlated with those of concurrent lipids and, on the other hand, lipid levels are influenced by apolipoprotein E polymorphism. Therefore, the effect of this polymorphism on both vitamins was analysed in an adult population. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Sub...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Gómez-Coronado D,Entrala A,Alvarez JJ,Ortega H,Olmos JM,Castro M,Sastre A,Herrera E,Lasunción MA

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have applied flow cytometry to the detection of activated platelets in patients with coronary heart disease. Paraformaldehyde-fixed platelets were incubated with one of the following monoclonal antibodies (MAbs): Bx-1 (anti-GP Ib), AP-2 (anti-GP IIb-IIIa complex), VH10 (anti-GMP-140, a glycoprotein of the alpha-gra...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Nurden AT,Macchi L,Bihour C,Durrieu C,Besse P,Nurden P

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation and immune activation appear to be important in the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease (CHD). Cytokine interferon-gamma, which is released during cell-mediated immune responses, induces indoleamine (2,3)-dioxygenase (IDO), an enzyme degrading tryptophan to kynurenine. Therefore, immune stimu...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wirleitner B,Rudzite V,Neurauter G,Murr C,Kalnins U,Erglis A,Trusinskis K,Fuchs D

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary artery disease (CAD) represents the most relevant cause of death and morbidity in the adult population of developed and developing countries. During the last decades, a strong research effort has been performed to identify more selective markers and better assess the cardiovascular risk in both prim...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Quercioli A,Montecucco F,Bertolotto M,Ottonello L,Pende A,Mach F,Dallegri F

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infiltration of white adipose tissue (WAT) by inflammatory cells in obesity is considered to be a key event in the development of insulin resistance. Recently, mast cells (MCs) have been identified as new players in the pathogenesis of obesity. We aimed to investigate the relationship between MCs and various...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Einwallner E,Kiefer FW,Di Caro G,Orthofer M,Witzeneder N,Hörmann G,Itariu B,Zeyda M,Penninger JM,Stulnig TM,Esterbauer H,Todoric J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute renal failure is a grave complication of systemic gram-negative sepsis. The pathophysiological mechanisms of sepsis leading to kidney injury result in part from systemic inflammatory and haemodynamic alterations. These are triggered by the interaction of endotoxin with Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) on cells of the...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： El-Achkar TM,Hosein M,Dagher PC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00