The syndrome of nonejection click-late systolic murmur and mitral valve prolapse. A case report and review of the subject.

abstract：:A 76-year-old man without any prior history of abnormal urinalysis findings or renal insufficiency demonstrated mild renal dysfunction after coronary bypass graft surgery (CABG). Two months after CABG, pain and blueness in the toes (blue toe syndrome) appeared and, the serum creatinine level (S-Cr) increased from 1.2 ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Sanai T,Matsui R,Hirano T

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an overview the microvascular involvement in chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is described. Microangiopathy in the lower leg areas is characterized by the presence of typical enlarged and ramified blood capillaries, reduced capillary number, microvascular thrombosis and obliterations, and/or increased permeabilit...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Bollinger A,Leu AJ,Hoffmann U,Franzeck UK

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate vascular wall sclerosis, the authors compared parameters of carotid pulse tracing with ascending aortic wall distensibility by using cine magnetic resonance (MR). Cine MR and carotid pulse tracing were performed in 20 healthy volunteers (mean age fifty-six years). They measured the interval from a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Honda T,Hamada M,Matsumoto Y,Matsuoka H,Hiwada K

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a form of congenital heart disease uncommonly diagnosed in adult patients. Transcatheter closure of PDA has been widely used in children. However, the experience is limited in adults especially with use of Gianturco coils. The authors describe a case of successful transcatheter closur...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Shamsham F,Kwan T,Safi AM,Clark LT

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last two decades concepts of hemorheology became established and required methods and techniques developed. Progress was made in the formation of a field of clinical hemorheology. The role of viscosity factors in various disorders has been established, especially in heart disease and diabetes. It has been rec...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Dintenfass L

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anomalous origin of the circumflex coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva is the most common coronary anomaly and is usually considered benign. Although several researchers in the past believed that aberrancy predisposes this vessel to accelerated atherosclerosis, this could not get wide acceptance owing to ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Samarendra P,Kumari S,Hafeez M,Vasavada BC,Sacchi TJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of glucocorticoid on the metabolism and contractility in the stunned myocardium was examined by phosphorus 31 nuclear magnetic resonance (31P-NMR) in Langendorff rabbit hearts by use of an artificial blood substitute, perfluorochemical emulsion Flusol-43. After normothermic global ischemia of fifteen minute...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kawabata H,Takada K,Katori R

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transradial approach (TRA) has been used as access site for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for years. However, no large sample study has evaluated the effect of TRA in elderly patients. A total of 1098 elderly patients (age ≥ 75 years) who underwent PCI by TRA or transfemoral approach were recruited. A 1...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： He PY,Yang YJ,Qiao SB,Xu B,Yao M,Wu YJ,Yuan JQ,Chen J,Liu HB,Dai J,Tang XR,Wang Y,Li W,Gao RL

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of lipid-lowering treatment on renal function in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). This was a retrospective study of hyperlipidemic claudicants referred to a vascular surgery and risk modification clinic. Serum creatinine and urate concentration...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Youssef F,Gupta P,Seifalian AM,Myint F,Mikhailidis DP,Hamilton G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood may provide superior cardioplegia compared with crystalloid cardioplegic solution. However, the results are controversial. This may be due to a leftward shift of the hemoglobin (Hb)-O2 dissociation curve induced by hypothermia, increasing the oxygen affinity for Hb. This effect may negate the potential benefit o...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Card RT,Prasad K,Bharadwaj B,Hnatuk LA,MacFadyen MA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the literature comparing the effects of vasodilators on forearm and calf vessels is very scarce, the authors compared different vasodilators used in cardiovascular medicine in a group of volunteers. The peripheral effects were measured in the sitting position by plethysmography at the calf and at the forearm. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Colardyn F,Clement DL

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of administration of aprotinin, a serine esterase inhibitor capable of inactivating kallikrein, on the extent and severity of acute myocardial ischemic injury and subsequent necrosis, was studied in 25 patients. Another group of 25 patients who did not receive aprotinin served as a control group.We administ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ceceña-Seldner FA,Villarreal J

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the time-dependent action of atorvastatin and simvastatin on oxidative stress and cytokine levels immediately after the start of treatment. These factors play a role in endothelial dysfunction. Hyperlipidemic patients (n = 132) were assigned to treatment with 40 mg atorvastatin, 40 mg simvasta...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Marketou ME,Zacharis EA,Nikitovic D,Ganotakis ES,Parthenakis FI,Maliaraki N,Vardas PE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and beta-thromboglobulin (beta-TG) are released from alpha granules during platelet activation. PDGF may play a role in the development of atherosclerosis and the late restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The effect of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Vissinger H,Husted SE,Kristensen SD,Nielsen HK

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitroglycerin has been the mainstay of the medical management of angina pectoris for over 100 years. The long-held clinical impression of the efficacy of nitroglycerin has now been clearly documented in controlled clinical trials designed to evaluate objective response to antianginal agents. Advances in scientific met...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Demma FJ,Wilson RR

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium antagonists are known to exert various effects on the kidney that might modulate their antihypertensive potential. This study evaluated the renal effects, along with the efficacy, of isradipine in two subgroups of patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension (EH), defined according to plasma renin act...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Allikmets K,Parik T,Teesalu R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies support an inverse and robust relationship between physical activity (PA) and mortality risk, even after adjusting for potential confounding factors. The authors have reported 13% lower mortality risk for every 1-MET (metabolic equivalent) increase in exercise capacity. For those with an exercise...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kokkinos P

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swelling is one of the most frequent complaints of patients in daily clinical practice; leg edema is its objective confirmation. It can be associated with several diseases. Micronized purified flavonoid fraction (MPFF) is a phlebotropic drug commonly used to treat the signs and symptoms associated with chronic venous ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Olszewski W

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enlarged superior thyroid artery with increased blood flow to a large benign adenomatous goiter was found to be the cause of a bruit in the region of the right carotid bifurcation. We have not been able to find mention of this cause for a cervical bruit in the literature. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Healy JF,Brault T

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to validate a new diagnostic tool, nitrate echocardiography (NE), for the identification of viable noncontracting myocardium in patients with a history of prior myocardial infarction (MI). Nitroglycerin (NTG) may be useful for this purpose for its peculiar pharmacodynamic action and...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Pontillo D,Carboni GP,Capezzuto A,Alessi C,Achilli A,Piccini F,Guerra R

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors encountered 2 brothers with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), both of whom were later found to have progressed to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Case No. 1 (younger brother): A diagnosis of HCM without left ventricular (LV) dilatation was made at age two by cardiac catheterization and echocardiogram. Howev...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Okamoto S,Ozaki M,Konishi T,Nakano T

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is common for patients to be diagnosed as having valvular regurgitation by Doppler echo when no such murmur has been heard by the referring clinician. To test the hypothesis that such patients have clinically unimportant heart disease, the authors evaluated the records of 213 consecutive men in whom mitral regurgit...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kinney EL,Wright RJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients suffering from idiopathic unilateral lower limb lymphedema were treated with a diet in which long-chain triglycerides (LCT) were drastically restricted. From the beginning of the treatment, a distinct improvement was observed in both patients, with reduction of the affected limb perimeters, decrease of ed...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Soria P,Cuesta A,Romero H,Martínez FJ,Sastre A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Computed tomography angiography (CTA) is the gold standard follow-up modality after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). A potential alternative noninvasive and less expensive modality is duplex ultrasound scanning (DUS). METHODS:We studied 314 follow-up paired scans (DUS and CTA) in 59 patients with EVAR...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Badri H,El Haddad M,Ashour H,Nice C,Timmons G,Bhattacharya V

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients with mild hypertension (untreated diastolic blood pressure of 95 to 114 mmHg) received, in random order, three successive treatments of four weeks with placebo, spirapril (6 mg daily), or hydrochlorothiazide (HCT2) (24 mg daily). At the end of each treatment, blood samples for assessment of platelet ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gleerup G,Petersen JR,Mehlsen J,Winther K

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has been well described in the treatment of mesenteric artery stenoses but has met with limited success in ostial lesions. The authors describe a case of a 79-year-old woman diagnosed with chronic mesenteric ischemia associated with a 22-pound weight loss and postprandial pa...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Forauer AR,McLean GK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sneddon's syndrome is a rare condition comprising widespread livedo retucularis and multiple episodes of transient cerebral ischemia. Treatment to date has been empirical. The hemostatic/thrombotic status of 4 patients with Sneddon's syndrome was studied by a unique technique, hemostatometry, which measures primary he...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mayou SC,Kovacs IB,Ridler CD,Kirby JD

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of paraumbilical vein aneurysm are reported. The patients were diagnosed as having cirrhotic liver with portal hypertension. Angiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography demonstrated a dilated paraumbilical vein arising from the left branch of the portal vein. Furthermore, localized dilatation of a ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ohhira M,Matsumoto A,Ohhira M,Murazumi K,Ohta H,Ono M,Kohgo Y

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both essential hypertension (EH) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can impair the elasticity of the ascending aorta. We prospectively enrolled 42 patients with T2DM, 44 patients with EH, 45 patients with T2DM and EH (T2DM + EH), and 41 healthy subjects (HS). They all underwent transthoracic echocardiography to measu...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Song XT,Fan L,Yan ZN,Rui YF

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-four patients with symptoms suggesting mitral valve prolapse were evaluated by M-mode echocardiography, real time, two-dimensional, phase array echocardiography, and cardiac catheterization. Ten of these patients had unequivocal evidence of mitral valve prolapse during cardiac catheterization. This diagnosis wa...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kounis NG

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00