Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Cryptogenic Stroke: an Overlooked Explanation?

abstract：:Atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis is a major cause of disabling stroke or death. Although carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is currently considered to be the standard of care for patients with a severe symptomatic stenosis and selected patients with an asymptomatic carotid stenosis, carotid angioplasty and stenting (...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Kastrup A,Schnaudigel S,Wasser K,Gröschel K

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family of enzymes is involved in arterial wall extracellular matrix degradation and remodeling. The latter activities have been implicated in a number of normal and pathologic processes, such as atherosclerotic lesion formation and progression, plaque destabilization and rupture, but...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Ketelhuth DF,Bäck M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes and its micro- and macrovascular complications represent a worldwide epidemic that will place an enormous financial burden on poorer countries in the years to come. In patients with diabetes and hypertension, the main determinant of the cardiovascular and renal benefits of antihypertensive drugs is the blood ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Reboldi G,Gentile G,Angeli F,Verdecchia P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient ischemic attack (TIA) represents one end of the spectrum of focal brain ischemia, the other being completed infarction or ischemic stroke. The evolving technologic advancements in neuroimaging continue to change and sharpen the definition, epidemiology, and management of TIA. As a powerful risk factor for is...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Liberato B,Prabhakaran S,Sacco RL

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are a common but asymptomatic disease that has high susceptibility to rupture. Current therapeutic options are limited to surgical procedures because no pharmacological approaches have been proven to decrease either expansion or rupture of human AAAs. The current dearth of effective m...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Lu H,Rateri DL,Bruemmer D,Cassis LA,Daugherty A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabesity is a term often used to indicate the association of type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with obesity; the prevalence of both conditions is rapidly increasing worldwide and has reached epidemic proportions. Insulin resistance represents the major determinant of T2DM, which becomes manifest once relative β-cell fa...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Castagneto M,Mingrone G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily lifestyle practices and habits profoundly affect the likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). Abundant research and multiple recent consensus documents support the role of regular physical activity, not smoking cigarettes, maintaining a healthy body weight, controlling cholesterol levels, and contr...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Rippe JM,Angelopoulos TJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eicosanoids, including epoxyeicosatrienoic acids, hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids, and other oxylipins derived from polyunsaturated fatty acids, have emerging roles in endothelial inflammation and subsequent atherosclerosis. Unlike eicosanoids in the prostanoid series, they are known to be esterified in cell lipids such...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Shearer GC,Newman JW

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olive oil is the principal source of fat in the Mediterranean diet, which has been associated with a lower incidence of coronary heart disease and certain cancers. Olive oil is characterized by a high proportion of monounsaturated oleic acid, but the main peculiarity of extra-virgin oil is the presence of remarkable q...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Visioli F,Galli C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of statins to lower serum cholesterol and reduce coronary heart disease endpoints has confirmed portions of the lipid hypothesis. However, the time to benefit and increased benefit in overlapping populations have suggested that nonlipid or pleiotropic effects of statins may be present. The apparent benefit...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Callahan AS 3rd

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcification of atherosclerotic lesions was long thought to be an age - related, passive process, but increasingly data has revealed that atherosclerotic calcification is a more active process, involving complex signaling pathways and bone-like genetic programs. Initially, imaging of atherosclerotic calcification was...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Bailey G,Meadows J,Morrison AR

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation and oxidative processes are key components of atherosclerosis, from fatty streak formation to plaque rupture and thrombosis. Recent basic and clinical studies have identified a number of inflammatory and oxidative processes that appear to play a direct role in atherothrombosis and identify potentially cli...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Shishehbor MH,Hazen SL

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are permanent dilations in the infra-renal area in which the arterial tissue is characterized by inflammation and medial degeneration. AAAs are a common vascular disorder and cause significant mortality in the aged population. Despite the high prevalence of this disease, there is limit...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Daugherty A,Cassis LA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardioprotective effects of omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 FAs) are well known, but the role that the n-6 FAs play in coronary heart disease is unclear. These two classes of essential FAs compete for a number of enzyme systems, and their metabolites can powerfully influence (often in different directions) inflammatory r...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Harris WS

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerotic heart disease and stroke are leading causes of disability and death worldwide, affecting not only developed countries, but also low- and middle-income regions. Different strategies for handling dyslipidemia as a critical pathogenic risk factor for atherosclerosis have been proposed. However, these reco...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Cuevas A,Arteaga A,Rigotti A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke is a common and disabling condition. Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) administered within 3 h of symptom onset is the standard therapy for eligible patients with acute ischemic stroke. Unfortunately, because of the time limitation, very few patients with ischemic stroke actually receive this treat...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Elijovich L,Chong JY

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With ever increasing sophistication in molecular biological approaches, the low-density lipoprotein receptor supergene family continues to grow rapidly. From the well-defined key role of these receptors in lipoprotein metabolism, the new members move the field into many different and diverse physiologic and developmen...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Schneider WJ,Nimpf J,Brandes C,Drexler M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggressive lipid lowering was initially controversial due to evidence from epidemiologic studies that implied an increase in total mortality with low cholesterol levels combined with equivocal results from early trials utilizing bile acid resins or fibric acid derivatives. The advent of statin therapy allowed signific...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Todd J,Farmer JA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial body of epidemiologic data has shed light on the potential protective effects of the Mediterranean diet against atherosclerosis in humans. Many believe the reason the Mediterranean diet is atheroprotective is the elevated consumption of olive oil, an oil poor in saturated fatty acids (SFA) and highly enr...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Brown JM,Shelness GS,Rudel LL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(2) (Lp-PLA(2)) is a calcium-independent phospholipase A(2) enzyme secreted by leukocytes and associated with circulating low-density lipoprotein and macrophages in atherosclerotic plaques. Until recently, the biological role of Lp-PLA(2) in atherosclerosis was controversial, but ...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Chauffe RJ,Wilensky RL,Mohler ER 3rd

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most clinical trials on antioxidants using vitamin E or beta-carotene have failed to note any significant change in cardiovascular endpoints. The results of these studies have been interpreted as a setback for the oxidation hypothesis. An analysis of the hypothesis and the trials, however, points out major misconcepti...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Parthasarathy S,Khan-Merchant N,Penumetcha M,Khan BV,Santanam N

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few principles in medicine today are as well accepted as the benefits of using statins to reduce cardiovascular risk factors and to prevent cardiovascular disease. The recent withdrawal of a statin (cerivastatin) has lead to a re-examination of all statins, and an attempt to better assess the risk-benefit ratio of thi...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Black DM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The goal of this manuscript is to summarize the current understanding of the secreted APOA1 binding protein (AIBP), encoded by NAXE, in angiogenesis, hematopoiesis, and inflammation. The studies on AIBP illustrate a critical connection between lipid metabolism and the aforementioned endothelial and im...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Qiu X,Luo J,Fang L

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective prevention of the current annual $400 billion losses from atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) will require preventing primary causes rather than just decreasing signs and symptoms (risk factors) produced by those causes. All CVD risk factors predict a likelihood of CVD, but not all are causes of...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Lands B

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer survivorship should be defined starting not from completion of treatment, but from the time of diagnosis. Assessing and controlling the cancer patient's cardiovascular risk before, during, and after treatment is crucial to improving their overall outcome. There are many cancer therapies, including but not limit...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Chen CL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipodystrophies are a group of heterogeneous diseases characterized by the loss of adipose tissue and by abnormalities of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, including insulin resistance, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. In this review, we describe several mouse models that recapitulate various aspects of the lipodystroph...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Reue K,Péterfy M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review aims to explore the relationship between AF and carotid atherosclerosis, and the impact on the outcomes of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. Also, our aim is to critically review current knowledge and delineate future directions for effective treatment or prevention as well as str...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Wang Z,Korantzopoulos P,Liu T

更新日期：2019-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:High lipoprotein(a) levels are observationally and causally, from human genetics, associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease including myocardial infarction and aortic valve stenosis. The European Atherosclerosis Society recommends screening for elevated lipoprotein(a) levels in high-ris...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Langsted A,Nordestgaard BG

更新日期：2019-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid-lowering medications, particularly statins, have been a popular target for pharmacogenetic studies. A handful of genes have shown promise for predicting response to therapy from the perspective of lipid lowering, as well as myopathy. A number of genes have been implicated and have biological plausibility based o...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Alfonsi JE,Hegele RA,Gryn SE

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, autoimmune disease which may result in a higher risk of cardiovascular (CV) events and stroke. Tissue characterization and risk stratification of patients with rheumatoid arthritis are a challenging problem. Risk stratification of RA patients using tradition...

journal_title：Current atherosclerosis reports

authors： Khanna NN,Jamthikar AD,Gupta D,Piga M,Saba L,Carcassi C,Giannopoulos AA,Nicolaides A,Laird JR,Suri HS,Mavrogeni S,Protogerou AD,Sfikakis P,Kitas GD,Suri JS

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00