Early effects of simvastatin versus atorvastatin on oxidative stress and proinflammatory cytokines in hyperlipidemic subjects.

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:The last decade, patients with AMI became older with increased burden of CVRFs. Framingham risk score increased among patients with NSTEMI and decreased in patients with STEMI. These trends impact on risk stratification and secondary prevention programs. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Plakht Y,Abu Eid A,Gilutz H,Shiyovich A

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise electrocardiography and selective coronary arteriography was performed in 24 consecutive patients with complete bundle branch block. The criteria for a positive exercise electrocardiogram (E-ECG) were a 1 mm depression or elevation in the J point from the control state, as well as in the ST-segment measured a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Susmano A,Teran JC

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes in blood rheologic properties induced by exposure to high altitude plus heavy and prolonged physical strain were investigated in 14 climbers of an Italian expedition to Himalaya (maximum altitude reached m 7350). In blood samples collected immediately after return, alterations of some haemorheologic parame...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Palareti G,Coccheri S,Poggi M,Tricarico MG,Magelli M,Cavazzuti F

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic variation of thickness during the cardiac cycle in age-related degenerative mitral valve (MV) has not been reported. Transthoracic echocardiography was used to evaluate the cyclic alteration in MV thickness in 40 patients with age-related MV thickening (diastolic MV thickness > or = 4 mm, age 70 +/- 14 year...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mizushige K,Masugata H,Senda S,Manabe K,Sakamoto H,Kinoshita A,Sakamoto S,Matsuo H

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the population with hypertension becomes older, it is important to determine the properties of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in the elderly. The pharmacokinetics and efficacy of captopril, enalapril, and a new once-daily ACE inhibitor, quinapril for the treatment of hypertension in young and elderl...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Posvar EL,Sedman AJ

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old man with diabetes presented with recurrent, massive hemoptysis following pericardiectomy for pyopericardium secondary to Streptococcus viridans infection. Chest radiograph and bronchoscopic examinations revealed no bronchial cause. Computed tomography of the chest and echocardiography showed a pseudoaneu...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Vijayvergiya R,Chongtham DS,Thingnam SK,Grover A,Lal A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to determine the progression of coronary artery calcification (CAC) using electron beam computed tomography (CT) when the initial CAC score (CACS) is zero and to determine the best interval to repeat a CAC scan. We studied 388 individuals with zero CACS (308 males; mean age: 48.8 ± 8.26 years)...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Koulaouzidis G,Charisopoulou D,Maffrett S,Tighe M,Jenkins PJ,McArthur T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the correlation between the visceral adiposity index (VAI; a useful indicator of adipose distribution and function) and homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) in participants with normal waist circumference. A cross-sectional study was conducted, which included 1834 Chinese adults. Th...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ji B,Qu H,Wang H,Wei H,Deng H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-four patients with stenoses and occlusions of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) demonstrated by intravenous digital subtraction angiography (IVDSA) were studied by extracranial duplex and transcranial Doppler. Two hundred healthy volunteers served as control group. Intracranial collateralization was...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Rosenkranz K,Langer R,Felix R

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale epidemiological studies show that hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidaemia are highly prevalent among obese individuals. Regrettably, preventive efforts have failed to abolish the increasing prevalence of obesity worldwide. The endocannabinoid system is implicated in the regulation of appetite, food intak...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Andrikopoulos GK,Tzeis S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower mortality rates from coronary heart disease and higher levels of serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) have been observed in populations residing at high altitude. However, this effect has not been investigated in Arab populations, which exhibit considerable genetic homogeneity. We assessed the rela...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Al Riyami NB,Banerjee Y,Al-Waili K,Rizvi SG,Al-Yahyaee S,Hassan MO,Albarwani S,Al-Rasadi K,Bayoumi RA

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal aortic aneurysm is common. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of smoking on prevalence and management. Patients attending the vascular unit and appropriate controls were prospectively recruited. A smoking history revealed tobacco exposure in pack years. Serum cotinine was assessed biochemically. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Badger SA,O'Donnell ME,Sharif MA,McMaster C,Young IS,Soong CV

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a lymph cyst of the thigh following sulfuric acid burns of both feet is presented. It was diagnosed by percutaneous lymphangiography with Ethiodal. Omentopexy was performed with success. A complication of hernia of small intestine into the thigh was corrected by herniorraphy. Omentopexy is an excellent ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Fisher MM,Halpern GJ,Wilkins RM

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Vascular intimal hyperplasia is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. The authors investigated the effects of atorvastatin on vascular intimal hyperplasia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Rats were divided into 4 groups. Groups 1, 2, and 3 had experimental aortic injury and received intraperitoneal inj...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Aydin U,Ugurlucan M,Gungor F,Ziyade S,Inan B,Banach M,Kalko Y,Yasar T

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases with abnormal electrocardiogram were found to have the unusual direct communication between the coronary artery and left ventricular chamber without any manifestations of the other reported coronary arterial fistula. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Cha SD,Singer E,Maranhao V,Goldberg H

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography (LDDSE) is one of the methods most used to assess myocardial viability. Glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) has been shown to increase contraction of the ischemic zone. The aim of this study was to compare LDDSE and echocardiography during GIK infusion for detection of myocardia...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Yetkin E,Senen K,Ileri M,Atak R,Battaoglu B,Yetkin O,Tandogan I,Turhan H,Cehreli S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of digital systolic blood pressure (DBP) and flow (DBF) measurements for a quantitative diagnosis of Primary Raynaud's Phenomenon (PRP) was evaluated by comparing the results obtained in 10 patients and 20 normals. Digital skin temperature (DST), DBP and brachial systolic blood pressure (BBP) and DBF were me...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： van de Wal HJ,Wijn PF,Hoppenbrouwers MW,Skotnicki SH

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The collagen, elastin, total sugar, and nonscleroprotein content was evaluated in 32 samples of saphenous varicose vein and in 34 controls. A significantly lower collagen and elastin content was found in the varicose samples without correlation with the degree of pathologic broadening. Otherwise the total sugars and t...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Andreotti L,Cammelli D

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between echocardiographically measured epicardial fat thickness (EFT) and plasma concentrations of leptin, ghrelin, and adiponectin has not been evaluated in patients with noncachectic heart failure (HF). Patients with noncachectic HF and age- and sex-matched controls did not differ significantly in E...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Karayannis G,Giamouzis G,Tziolas N,Georgoulias P,Skoularigis J,Mikhailidis DP,Triposkiadis F

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the diagnosis of AIDS-associated heart disease is becoming routine, its treatment has not been reported except in anecdote. Also, it has been unclear whether the odds of successful treatment are altered because of the presence of cardiac involvement per se. This communication reports the authors' treatment of...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kinney EL,Monsuez JJ,Kitzis M,Vittecoq D

更新日期：1989-11-01 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：:Although limb salvage rate has improved in critical limb ischemia (CLI), an improvement in CLI prognosis has been scarcely reported. Multidisciplinary therapy (MT) including revascularization, wound bed preparation, treatment of comorbidity, and education of patients with CLI may improve prognosis. The aim of this stu...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Hioki H,Miyashita Y,Miura T,Ebisawa S,Motoki H,Izawa A,Tomita T,Koyama J,Ikeda U

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes an aggressive form of accelerated atherosclerosis predicted early after transplant by dobutamine stress echocardiography in a patient who died of massive myocardial infarction 32 months after transplantation. The main objective finding of this event was markedly increased cardiac filling pre...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Rossignol DA,Kipreos B,Akosah K,Mohanty PK

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical angiographic, and available autopsy data of 32 patients with cardiomyopathy with cardiomegaly were reviewed. Twenty-six patients had alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Of these, 20 patients had patient coronary arteries, and 6 had significant occlusive coronary artery disease. Six patients denied any history of ex...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gupta SC

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is a heterogeneous entity with an inflammatory etiopathogenesis. This study investigated the prognostic value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in patients with MINOCA. Coronary angiographies performed between June 2015 and August 2018 wer...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gürdal A,Keskin K,Siğirci S,Yildiz SS,Kiliçkesmez KO

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this study were to (1) determine if peripheral arterial disease (PAD) severity is related to deficits in lower extremity functional strength, (2) identify covariates that might affect the relationship between lower extremity functional strength and severity of PAD, and (3) determine if the relationship...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Atkins LM,Gardner AW

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the gender and age-related differences in vascular reactivity in healthy men and women across a wide age range. Fifty-seven men and 61 women between 20 and 89 years of age, free of cardiovascular disease and risk factors, were categorized into younger (20-39 years), middle-aged...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Schank BJ,Acree LS,Longfors J,Gardner AW

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：: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：:Lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a powerful predictor of cardiovascular events and mortality. The ankle-brachial index (ABI) is an objective and standard diagnostic method to diagnose PAD (an ABI ≤ 0.9 is considered pathological). The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Johansson K,Behre CJ,Bergström G,Schmidt C

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00