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AIM:To evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI), body fat distribution and some coronary heart disease risk factors like hyperlipidemia, hypertension and cigarette smoking. STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional. PLACE:Tiriolo, a little town close to Catanzaro, of prevalent rural economy. PARTICIPANTS:Volunteers, both males and females, aged more than 30 years and living in Tiriolo. MEASUREMENTS:Body weight and height with subjects in ordinary street clothes and without shoes. Systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) by a zero-random sphygmomanometer. Total (TC) and HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) using fingerstick capillary sample technology by a Cholestech analyzer. Waist circumference (W), measured midway between the lower rib margin and the iliac crest, and hip circumference (H) measured at the widest point over the greater trocanthers. Smoking habit by questionnaire. RESULTS:Females had higher values of SBP, DBP, BMI and HDL-C and lower of TC/HDL-C ratio and W/H ratio. Age was similar in both sexes. Females had lower prevalence of hyperlipidemia and cigarette smoking and higher prevalence of hypertension. BMI was strongly associated to blood pressure levels whereas W/H ratio was correlated to TC/HDL-C ratio. CONCLUSION:BMI and W/H ratio give complementary information, useful to assess the cardiovascular risk profile. The simplicity and quickness of these measurements should lead to their large utilization both in epidemiological prevention studies and everyday clinical practice.
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Minerva Cardioangioljournal_title
Minerva cardioangiologicaauthors
Gnasso A,Pujia A,Cortese C,Calindro MC,Gorgone G,Irace C,Mannarino I,Pane P,Romeo P,Siclari Dsubject
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1994-09-01 00:00:00pages
411-6issue
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0026-4725issn
1827-1618journal_volume
42pub_type
杂志文章abstract：OBJECTIVE:A study of the protective efficiency imparted by intermittent warm blood cardioplegia (WBCP) using perfused rat heart model. METHODS:Hemodynamic parameters were monitored simultaneously with metabolic changes in high-energy phosphates using 31P-NMR spectroscopy. Following 30 min perfusion with Krebs-Henselei...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The deep femoral artery provides the primary blood supply to the thigh, and in addition serves as the major collateral channel for bypassing the obstructed superficial femoral artery. The purpose of isolated profundoplasty is to relieve a significant stenosis and improve perfusion of the ischaemic leg. METH...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
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更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The proposal of this study is to compare the efficacy of lisinopril and theophylline, alone or in association, on erythrocytosis in renal-transplanted patients. DESIGN:Prospectic, case-control study. PATIENTS/ENVIRONMENT: 15 inpatients meeting 3 main criteria: 1) ACE therapy for past erythrocytosis, 2) actua...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Over the last years, endovascular intervention have become an important part of treatment in patients with congenital heart disease particularly for residual defects after surgery done in infancy. These transcatheter procedures can be described as dilatation of stenotic sites (angioplasty, endovascular stenting and va...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Aim of this study is to estimate the effectiveness of epidural electric stimulation of spinal cord for the treatment of patients with severe peripheral chronic arteriopathy who can't be surgically treated or when surgical therapy failed. METHODS:A retrospective study was carried out on 18 patients with peri...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In routine clinical practice, a sizeable proportion of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) undergo coronary angiography without prior non-invasive functional evaluation. In this situation, the decision wheter to perform revascularization is taken solely on the basis of angiographic parameters, which ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Precise calcium evaluation in the aortic complex may be complicated. We aimed to assess the usefulness of a novel semi-automatic algorithm for multi slice computed tomography-derived (MSCT) quantitative estimation of aortic valve calcifications (AVC) in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) undergoing tr...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0026-4725.18.04793-X
更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Fragments of synthetic prostheses in knitted Dacron velour implanted years previously have been examined. Macrophages were found which fragment elements of the prostheses. It is concluded that synthetic knitted velour prostheses are biodegradable. ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Prolonged periods of atrial fibrillation (AF) or high frequency atrial pacing lead to a significant shortening of atrial refractory periods. This time-dependent electric remodelling is reduced significantly by the administration of verapamil. METHODS:The present series consists of 24 patients all suffering ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Significant variations in the ECG have been observed in a female aged 77 with heart failure and chronic atrial fibrillation during an occasional increase in blood potassium followed by normalization. The major phenomena observed during hyperkalemia, due to a severe dehydration, were a transient sinus rhythm with atrio...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Genetically controlled nitric oxide production is currently assessed mainly by the colorimetric determination of the plasma levels of nitrite/nitrates, specific end-products of NO, or by the magnitude of the vasorelaxation obtained with forearm occlusion venous plethysmography after infusion of stimulating (acetylchol...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Ultrasound contrast agents, used with contrast-specific imaging techniques, have an established role for diagnostic cardiovascular imaging in the echocardiography laboratory. The advent of tissue harmonic imaging, albeit a significant advancement in ultrasound technology, still fail to produce diagnostically useful im...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Fifty patients suffering from chronic venous disease were treated for 30 days with heparan sulphate 100 mg per os, b.i.d., or mesoglycan 50 mg per os, t.i.d., in a single blind random study. Both therapies led to a marked improvement in comparison to basal clinical values, but patients treated with heparan sulphate sh...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A case is reported of pseudoaneurysm of the right iliac artery secondary to an endarterectomy with dacron patch due to atherosclerosis performed 4 years ago. The case presented acute anemia and massive enteric hemorrhage subsequent to arterial rupture into the cecum. Because of the dramatic onset, the patient was imme...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a disease characterised by massive ventricular hypertrophy, reduced diastolic function and excessive ventricular contraction. It involves sections of both ventricles, but in particular the left ventricle. Although it was initially thought that this pathology might depend on a modified sy...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Renal denervation is a novel catheter based approach that has been shown to effectively lower blood pressure in patients with resistant hypertension. Small studies have shown additional benefits in patients being treated for hypertension, such as improvements in insulin sensitivity, sleep apnoea and arrhythmias. More ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:After the introduction of coronary balloon angioplasty, bare-metal, and drug-eluting stents, fully bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) could be the fourth revolution in interventional cardiology. The BRS technology shares the advantages of metallic stents regarding acute gain and prevention of acute vessel occlusion by prov...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:To evaluate any differences in ventricular pre-excitation secondary to Wolff Parkinson White syndrome in the aged compared to young and adult patients. METHODS: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:a clinical study was performed using a comparative prospective criterion with retrospective analysis. The duration of follow-up range...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Of the main aspects of hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy and appearance of cardiac dysfunction seem to be the most common and to produce an early and severe cardiac deterioration. Even in the presence of normal systolic function diastolic filling abnormalities are described. The efficacy of many ant...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In order to assess left ventricular structure and diastolic function, 50 hypertensive male subjects, 25 with and 25 without a history of alcohol abuse, and 20 normotensive male controls underwent Doppler echocardiographic examination followed by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring for 24 hours. Left ventricular mass ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A case of pseudoaneurysm of the superficial femoral artery identified preoperatively by Magnetic Resonance is reported. The number of different parameters and planes covered by the technique permitted an accurate assessment of the site, extent, internal conformation and staging of the thrombotic deposits inside the ps...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The transradial access (TRA) for cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been widely adopted in the last decades since its first description in the late forties. The transradial approach has been associated with favourable outcomes as compared with transfemoral access (TFA) in several ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0026-4725.20.05391-8
更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00
abstract：:In presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with cryptogenic cerebral embolism, traditional therapy consists of oral anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy. Surgery was considered only in case of recurrence. Transcatheter closure of PFO is currently performed. The availability of new user friendly devices and the inc...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The incidence of district (cardiac, cerebral, renal) and systemic vascular complications was studied in a population of 3992 hypertensive in-patients during the period from 1984 to 1988. The total number of male hypertensive patients was always higher (2355) than that of female hypertensive patients (1637). From the a...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess cardiac mortality in patients with reduced ejection fraction (EF< or =45%) and anemia (Hb< or =12 g/dL) undergoing coronary stenting and to investigate whether iron-deficiency anemia influenced outcome when compared to non-anemic patients or patients with other types of anemia. ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:This work aimed to study extracranial carotid dolichoarterial disease in outpatients using color Doppler ultrasonography. METHODS:A total of 1220 outpatients, 620 males and 600 females, aged between 25 and 89 years old, were enrolled in the study. Subjects were divided into three groups according to age: un...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The carotid artery is one of the most important sites in the progression of atherosclerotic lesions. Atherosclerosis is known to be determined by a variety of factors, among which arterial hypertension is one of the most important. Blood pressure control by antihypertensive treatment is thus of great benefit in manage...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The Post-CABG trial was designed to assess the effects of 2 different lipid lowering strategies and low dose warfarin vs placebo (2 x 2 factorial) design on the progression of atherosclerosis in saphenous vein grafts. Atherosclerotic progression was determined by comparing baseline and follow-up angiograms (mean inter...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In recent years, it has become increasingly recognised that a central feature of the disease progression associated with heart failure is the process of left ventricular remodeling. The remodeling process manifests as an increase in left ventricular volumes, leading to a rise in wall stress and a compensatory increase...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Arrhythmias are frequent pathology in patients with chronic hemodialysis. We evaluated whether a relatively new technique, signal averaging, could be useful in predicting the development of complex arrhythmias in these patients. METHODS:Thirty-three patients, 18 male and 15 female, subjected to thrice weekl...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00
