Anomalous circumflex coronary artery: benign or predisposed to selective atherosclerosis.

abstract：:A double-blind, crossover study was designed to evaluate the effect of L-carnitine on the reactive hyperemia in patients with peripheral vascular disease. After drug washout, 18 patients were randomly assigned to receive placebo or L-carnitine, 3 g IV as a bolus, followed by continuous intravenous infusion of 2 mg/kg/...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Brevetti G,Attisano T,Perna S,Rossini A,Policicchio A,Corsi M

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromagnetic field-focusing (EFF) probe is a precision surgical and interventional tool. Use of the device produces maximum temperature in excess of 1800 degrees C by convergence of radio-frequency (RF) induced eddy currents in biological tissues. Applications of the EFF probe in angioplasty, aneurysm thrombosis, a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Yamanashi WS,Saksanen SJ,Valentine JL,Powers M,Phillips SW,Wagner BD,Hill D,Lewis JE

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a retrospective study carried out by clinical analysis of the authors' experience in 60 patients with cerebellar strokes--of which 39 were spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage and 21 were cerebellar infarction--to compare the clinical presentation, course, and prognosis. Hypertension was found to be the most impo...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Turgut M,Ozcan OE,Ertürk O,Saribaş O,Erbengi A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a small, nonrandomized trial of cyclophosphamide in the treatment of patients with advanced thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) with modest results. The rationale of the treatment was based on the immunopathogenesis of the disease, ie, autoimmune vasculitis of peripheral arteries. Twelve male patien...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Saha K,Chabra N,Gulati SM

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased mean platelet volume (MPV) is associated with poor clinical outcome in patients with acute coronary syndrome. We evaluated the predictive role of MPV in young patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This study includes 373 patients who presented to our hospital with AMI (group 1: 134 young patients,...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ozkan B,Uysal OK,Duran M,Sahin DY,Elbasan Z,Tekin K,Cagliyan CE,Cayli M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy and 8 patients with mitral stenosis were studied by right and left heart catheterization. Hemodynamic observations were made during control period and during the infusion of phentolamine at a rate of 0.3 mg per minute. The patients with the cardiomyopathy responded to phento...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gould L,Reddy CV

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the transcatheter intervention of complex patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in Chinese adults. Between January 2004 and April 2008, 112 adult patients (43 males, 69 females, mean age 31 +/- 19 years) underwent intervention. Coils were used for patients with small PDA, and Amplatzer duct occluders or China-ma...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Yang SW,Zhou YJ,Hu DY,Liu YY,Shi DM,Guo YH,Cheng WJ,Nie XM,Wang JL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old man was admitted for primary cardiac angiosarcoma with a cardiac tamponade. Transthoracic echocardiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan demonstrated a large mass in the right atrium and thickening of the right ventricular wall. 18F-labeled deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Nakamura-Horigome M,Koyama J,Eizawa T,Kasai H,Kumazaki S,Tsutsui H,Koiwai K,Oguchi K,Kinoshita O,Ikeda U

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We suggest a new, easily applicable way of myocardial hypertrophy induction in rats. Forty randomized age-matched male Wistar rats were divided into 2 groups of 20 each: a control group and an orally administered fludrocortisone/salt group. Myocardial hypertrophy was estimated by measuring body weight, heart-weight-to...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Voucharas C,Tagarakis G,Lazou A,Triposkiadis F,Tsilimingas N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of catheter embolization from implanted venous access devices are reported and the available literature is reviewed. The catheter from an implanted venous access device migrated into the right heart after slippage of the O-ring, which attaches the catheter to the infusion port. The distal 6 cm of an infusion...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Carr ME Jr

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the effect of increased serum uric acid (SUA) concentration and hyperuricemia on subclinical organ damage. A cross-sectional examination of 1243 asymptomatic patients aged 55 to 84 years was conducted from September to October 2012. All participants underwent the measurements of SUA and other established c...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Li Y,Lu J,Wu X,Yang C

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, technical experience reported in the literature is very limited on angioplasty in patients with anomalous coronary arteries. Balloon angioplasty may be a more favorable approach for revascularization in these vessels. A major factor is selection of the guiding catheter. The authors report 4 patients with seve...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Oral D,Dağalp Z,Pamir G,Alpman A,Omürlü K,Erol C,Kervancioğlu C,Telli HH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is present in adult atria but at very low concentrations in normal adult mammalian ventricles. In the atria, the production of ANP is regulated by physical distension of the atrial wall. The same phenomenon was investigated in the ventricles of rats and men. Cardiac tissues from human ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gu J,D'Andrea M,Seethapathy M,McDonnell C,Cichon R

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-blocker usage in the United Kingdom centers around propranolol and oxprenolol as noncardioselective drugs, atenolol and metoprolol as cardioselective agents, and pindolol or oxprenolol when partial agonist activity is desired. Any meaningful comparison of a novel beta blocker against the established drugs must be...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Maclean D

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modifications in transcutaneous oxygen pressure (TcPO2), induced by the administration of 3 mg/kg/day buflomedil chlorhydrate for seven days were evaluated in 12 subjects suffering from peripheral vascular disease (PVD). After the treatment a significant increase in TcPO2 basal values was observed in Stage III and Sta...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mannarino E,Pasqualini L,Maragoni G,Orlandi U

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six cases of suspected multiple cholesterol emboli syndrome were identified by a review of reports contained in the company's records of adverse event reports. Antecedent risk factors in these reports included cardiac catheterization, thrombolytic therapy, translumbar aortography, renal arteriography, subclavian arter...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Hauben M,Norwich J,Shapiro E,Reich L,Petchel KS,Goldsmith D

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the aortic wall sclerosis in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), the authors measured the aortic distensibility (AD) at the ascending and descending aorta by using cine magnetic resonance (MR). Cine MR was performed in 15 patients with CAD and 15 normal controls (NCs). Patients with CAD had angiog...

journal_title：Angiology

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

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a randomized, observer-blind study, the effect of incremental doses of pindolol 0.001, 0.002, 0.003, and 0.004 mg/kg IV and propranolol 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, and 0.04 mg/kg IV on SA nodal recovery time (SNRT) and atrioventricular conduction interval (AH) was assessed in 20 patients (15 men and 5 women age range thirty ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kostis JB,Binenbaum SZ,Oliveri P,Sclar C,Hosler M

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isocenter calibration transforms cardiac structures in digitized biplane angiograms to absolute dimensions, calculating their radiological magnification and video transformation. Since a scaling device is not required, isocenter calibration yields to more accurate measurements than the widely used reference object cal...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Wunderlich W,Fischer F,Linderer T,Kirkeeide RL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied 17 cases of symptomatic arterial fibrodysplasia involving peripheral arteries without concomitant renovascular hypertension in Iranian males (age range: twenty-two to forty-five years). Affected arteries were most commonly the femoral, iliac, and popliteal, but in 2 cases the axillary and brachial ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Esfahani F,Rooholamini SA,Azadeh B,Daneshbod K

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid lowering with statins improves morbidity and mortality, particularly in diabetics, and may have additional nonlipid effects. South Asians (SAs) are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes compared with white Europeans (WEs). We hypothesized that abnormal endothelial (marked by von Willebrand factor...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Jaumdally RJ,Lip GY,Varma C,Blann AD

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemorrhoidal disease (HD) is a trophic disorder of the anal canal characterized by recurrent, self-resolving acute episodes. The author reports the results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the efficacy of Daflon 500 mg in the treatment of acute and chronic symptoms of hemorrhoids. One hundred and twenty ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Godeberge P

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Timolol is a new beta blocker with cardioselective properties. A single blind controlled study was performed to assess the efficacy of timolol maleate in doses of 10 to 30 mg per day in 20 patients affected by stable angina pectoris. The patients received a placebo for a baseline period of 2 weeks, followed by 12 week...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Di Segni E,Fidelman E,David D,Klein HO,Kaplinsky E

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to the widespread use of dobutamine stress Doppler echocardiography in the hemodynamic evaluation of the prosthetic valves in aortic position, it has been rarely, if ever, used for assessment of these valves in mitral position. Therefore, this pilot study was done to assess the hemodynamic performance of S...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Rezaian GR,Aghasadeghi K,Kojuri J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many nonhealing tissues are hypoxic, with oxygen tensions frequently ranging from 5 to 15 mmHg. In such an environment, the normal wound healing sequence is disrupted or halted and phagocytic killing activity depressed. So the adjunctive use of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO), based on physiologic data and clinical observatio...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Wattel F,Mathieu D,Coget JM,Billard V

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this double-blind, crossover study the authors have validated stroke volume determination by impedance cardiography against the pulsed Doppler echocardiographic method in elderly hypertensives. They found a good correlation between the stroke volume values obtained by the two methods over a range of values from 30 ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Antonicelli R,Savonitto S,Gambini C,Tomassini PF,Sardina M,Paciaroni E

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred patients underwent submaximal exercise tolerance testing and coronary cineangiography. Sixty-six percent of the exercise tests were diagnostic including 48 positive and 18 negative tests; 34 patients had indeterminate test results. The occurrence of exercise induced ventricular premature beats was not rela...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Tucker SC,Kemp VE,Holland WE,Horgan JH

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main problems which confronts a doctor practicing in the angiology field is the decision if a conservative treatment alone is going to be sufficient for a patient or if he has to decide for vascular surgery. Concerning the latter, there should be kept in mind that always an additional conservative therapy i...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Köenig FK

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary edema of non-cardiac origin is usually an urgent clinical problem, which has recently increased in frequency throughout the world in the past few years. This is partly due to sociological factors and to pre-eminent advances in industrial technology. Recent severe massive toxic gas explosions have had nationa...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Cordasco EM,Demeter SR,Kester L,Cordasco MA,Lammert G,Beerel F

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and the clinical significance of various forms of anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries are not well known. Among 2,000 consecutive patients who underwent selective coronary aretriography, 11 had such anomalies (0.55%). Two patients with atresia of the left main ostia developed ischemic symptoms a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Teplitsky I,Wurzel M,Melamed R,Aygen M

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00