Characteristics of atherosclerotic plaque distribution in coronary artery bifurcations: an intravascular ultrasound analysis.

abstract：AIM:The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the efficacy of drug-eluting balloons (DEBs) plus bare-metal stents (BMS) for the treatment of de-novo coronary lesions. METHODS AND RESULTS:Eleven trials involving 1279 patients were included in this study. The main endpoints were as follows: late lumen loss (LLL), bi...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Li Y,Wang C,Zuo G,Wang K,Cao Z,Du X

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study is to investigate incidence, predictors, and long-term outcomes of suboptimal coronary flow after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in a large population. METHODS:A total of 2056 consecutive patients with STEMI (mean ...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Uyarel H,Ayhan E,Cicek G,Isik T,Ugur M,Bozbay M,Yildirim E,Ergelen M,Eren M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronary microvasculature plays a key role in determining and modulating coronary blood flow across the spectrum of myocardial demand. Our understanding of this complex system has been limited partly due to our inability to visualize the anatomy of an extensive microvascular bed and its complicated functional path...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Ahmed B

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the incidence, clinical significance, and independent risk factors of stroke in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treated invasively. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We analyzed 2520 consecutive patients with AMI admitted between 2003 and 2007. Data on long-term follow-up were screened to iden...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Podolecki TS,Lenarczyk RK,Kowalczyk JP,Mazurek MH,Swiątkowski AM,Chodór PK,Pruszkowska-Skrzep PI,Sędkowska AA,Poloński L,Kalarus ZF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elderly patients with ischaemic heart disease are often treated more conservatively and for longer than younger patients, but this strategy may result in subsequent invasive intervention of more advanced and higher risk coronary disease. METHODS:We performed a retrospective analysis of 109 patients aged > o...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Vassilikos VP,Lim R,Kreidieh I,Nathan AW,Edmondson SJ,Rees GM,Banim SO,Dymond DS

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several investigators have indirectly implicated oxygen free radicals in reperfusion injury following ischemia in the isolated rabbit heart. METHODS:A quantitative assessment of free-radical production during ischemia and reperfusion was made using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Serial ...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Premaratne S,Limm W,Mugiishi MM,Piette LH,McNamara JJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Baseline coronary artery diameter and coronary artery dilation response to nitrate are associated with coronary vasoreactivity. OBJECTIVES:The present study investigated the predictive value of coronary artery tone for a positive intracoronary acetylcholine (ACh) provocation test. METHODS:A total of 197 pa...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Saito Y,Kitahara H,Shoji T,Tokimasa S,Nakayama T,Sugimoto K,Fujimoto Y,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcified coronary lesions have commonly been considered as a challenge for interventional cardiologists, and few previous studies of sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) for calcified lesion have been limited by small sample size. Therefore, we evaluated the effectiveness of SES implantation for the treatment of c...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Yuan JQ,Li JJ,Qin XW,Xu B,Yang YJ,Chen JL,Qiao SB,Ma WH,Yao M,Liu HB,Wu YJ,Chen J,You SJ,Dai J,Xia R,Gao RL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to evaluate the management and outcomes of patients of the octogenarian age group with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) in a real-world setting. METHODS:The risk of 30-day and 1-year mortality by age and the time of coronary angiography [categorized as early (≤48 h of admission) and ...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Buber J,Goldenberg I,Kimron L,Guetta V

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Few epidemiological studies have examined differences in the prevalence of risk factors and comorbidities in patients with systolic heart failure (HF), as compared with those with diastolic HF. METHODS:We analyzed data from 1426 residents of the Worcester (MA) metropolitan area hospitalized at all 11 greate...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Chinali M,Joffe SW,Aurigemma GP,Makam R,Meyer TE,Goldberg RJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ABO blood groups have been associated with venous thromboembolism and arterial thrombosis. Although platelets play key roles in thrombogenesis, the relation between ABO groups and platelets is not well known and was investigated in this study. PATIENTS AND METHODS:ABO blood type information was retrospectiv...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Timur AA,Barnard J,Murugesan G,Gandhi S,Bhatt DL,Kottke-Marchant K

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Electrocardiographic indices like maximum P-wave duration (P(max)) and P-wave dispersion (PD) can be used to detect patients with atrial conduction disorders, myocardial ischemia and those at risk for atrial fibrillation. Considering the diurnal variation of ischemia in patients with significant coronary lesi...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Yíldírím N,Topaloglu S,Bozboga S,Ocal A,Saricam E

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) activity, an enzyme responsible for the extracellular catabolism of antioxidant glutathione, may directly take part in atherogenesis and evolve as a potential biochemical risk indicator of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. An important characteristic of coronary a...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Sen N,Basar N,Maden O,Ozcan F,Ozlu MF,Gungor O,Turak O,Malcok O,Atak R,Demir AD,Balbay Y

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to clarify clinical and angiographical characteristics of acetylcholine (ACh)-induced spasm in the right and left coronary artery. METHODS AND RESULTS:We performed 557 consecutive procedures of spasm provocation tests of ACh from January 1991 to December 2000 in patients withou...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Sueda S,Kohno H,Fukuda H,Inoue K,Suzuki J,Watanabe K,Ochi T,Uraoka T

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fetuin-A is a circulating glycoprotein that is involved in various stages of atherosclerosis. Despite the fact that emerging evidence suggests fetuin-A acts as a calcification inhibitor that protects against advanced calcified atherosclerosis in dialyzed patients, the role of fetuin-A in cardiovascular diseas...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Mori K,Ikari Y,Jono S,Emoto M,Shioi A,Koyama H,Shoji T,Ishimura E,Inaba M,Hara K,Nishizawa Y

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease and niceritrol (a prodrug of nicotinic acid) is known to reduce Lp(a) levels. Patients with coronary artery disease often have impairment of the fibrinolytic system. METHODS:To elucidate the effect of niceritrol on fibrinolysi...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Suefuji H,Ogawa H,Yasue H,Imoto N,Sakamoto T,Miyao Y,Kaikita K,Soejima H,Nishiyama K

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most common source of genetic variation. Although microvascular pathology is associated with cardiovascular events, genetic phenotypes causing microvascular disease remain largely unknown. This study identifies sex-specific SNPs associated with coronary microvas...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Yoshino S,Cilluffo R,Best PJ,Atkinson EJ,Aoki T,Cunningham JM,de Andrade M,Choi BJ,Lerman LO,Lerman A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the hypothesis that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy with ramipril reduces baseline levels of C-reactive protein in patients at high cardiovascular risk. METHODS:Secondary prevention patients were screened for eligibility and treated with ramipril for 6 month. Baseline and 6-month highl...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Lopez Santi RG,Valeff EC,Duymovich CR,Mazziotta D,Mijailovsky NE,Filippa GC,Maltez R,Hernandez VA,Monroy AG,Borzi JG,Acheme RA,Etchegoyen MC,PROCORDIS investigators.

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 15 years, heart cell implantation to regenerate infarcted myocardium has gone from the bench to clinical trial. Several phase I and II controlled randomized trials showed the feasibility, the side effects and the potential efficacy of cell implantation after myocardial infarction in humans. Preclinical exp...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Sam J,Angoulvant D,Fazel S,Weisel RD,Li RK

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Noninvasive flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) is a widely used method to assess endothelial function, but its technical difficulty and problems remain obstacles for use in clinical practice. Reactive hyperemia-peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT) was developed as a simpler and more reproducible method. We co...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Woo JS,Jang WS,Kim HS,Lee JH,Choi EY,Kim JB,Kim WS,Kim KS,Kim W

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We investigated the relationship between heart rate variability and preclinical carotid intima-media thickening, a putative index of atherosclerosis. METHODS:A sample of 350 men and women (mean age 56.8 years) selected for the presence or absence of untreated hypertension was assessed for heart rate varia...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Gautier C,Stine L,Jennings JR,Sutton-Tyrrell K,Muldoon MB,Kamarck TW,Kaplan GA,Salonen J,Manuck SB

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:K1K2Pu is a recombinant chimeric tissue-type and urokinase-type plasminogen activator consisting of the two kringle domains (K1 and K2) of human tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) and the serine proteinase domain (Pu) of single-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator (scu-PA). In experimental animal...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Van de Werf F,Lijnen HR,Collen D

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Considerable evidence suggests that thyroid dysfunction, especially hypothyroidism, may lead to coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of low serum levels of free triiodothyronine (FT3) on coronary artery calcification in outpatients with suspected CAD and the occurr...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Zhu L,Gao C,Wang X,Qi D,Zhang Y,Li M,Liu W,Hao P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intracoronary administration of prourokinase via balloon catheter during primary percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. METHODS:Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients underwent primary p...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Jiang W,Xiong X,Du X,Ma H,Li W,Cheng F

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental and clinical studies have suggested that intracoronary infusion of bone marrow-derived stem/progenitor cells (BMC) may improve left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the efficacy and safety of BMC thera...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Kang S,Yang YJ,Li CJ,Gao RL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Plasma nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) levels are altered in many diseases. However, it is not known whether they are also altered in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In the present study, we examined plasma nuclear and mtDNA levels in the patients with AMI before and after a percutaneous coronary int...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Wang L,Xie L,Zhang Q,Cai X,Tang Y,Wang L,Hang T,Liu J,Gong J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have suggested an increased risk of myocardial infarction associated with physical exercise. Activated neutrophils may contribute to the triggering mechanisms. METHODS:Fifteen patients with stable angina pectoris underwent symptom-limited bicycle ergometry. In neutrophils obtained from seri...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Ott I,Neumann FJ,Schömig A

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Some plaques grow slowly in a linear manner, whereas others undergo a rapid phasic progression. However, the detailed in-vivo relationship between plaque characteristics and plaque progression pattern has not been reported. The current study aimed to investigate the plaque progression patterns with serial int...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Xie Z,Hou J,Yu H,Jia H,Du H,Lee H,Yu B,Tian J,Jang IK

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We and others have demonstrated that administration of thrombolytic agents causes the generation of thrombosis-promoting agents. At present, we have studied whether formation in vivo of excessive amounts of plasmin is responsible for the activation of coagulation in patients treated with recombinant tissue-t...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Gram J,Munkvad S,Leebeek FW,Kluft C,Jespersen J

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have shown that strenuous exercise induces changes in the immune system. Soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) is a marker of immune system activation and is known to increase in association with cardiac disease. The aim of the present study was to assess sIL-2R levels in patients with coro...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Zafrir N,Shohat B,Ben-Gal T,Solodky A,Sulkes J,Battler A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00