Expression of monocyte and lymphocyte adhesion molecules is increased in isolated coronary artery ectasia.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Predictors of 30-day mortality may differ from predictors of mortality at 1 year among 30-day survivors of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We aimed to evaluate the predictors of 30-day and 1-year mortality in unselected patients with ST...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Rasoul S,Ottervanger JP,de Boer MJ,Dambrink JH,Hoorntje JC,Marcel Gosselink AT,Zijlstra F,Suryapranata H,van 't Hof AW,Zwolle Myocardial Infarction Study Group.

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We characterized the impact of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components on cardiovascular adverse events in patients with symptomatic chronic multivessel coronary artery disease, which have been followed prospectively for 2 years. METHODS:Patients enrolled in the MASS II study were evaluated for each...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Lopes NH,Paulitsch FS,Pereira AC,Góis AF,Gagliardi A,Garzillo CL,Ferreira JF,Stolf NA,Hueb W

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of thrombolytic therapy (TT) and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) in subgroups of patients with right ventricular infarction (RVI) has not been evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS:We risk-stratified 302 patients with RVI into three subsets upon admission. Class A (n=197) comprised patients wit...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Lupi-Herrera E,Lasses LA,Cosio-Aranda J,Chuquiure-Valenzuela E,Martínez-Sánchez C,Ortiz P,González-Pacheco H,Juárez-Herrera U,Rodriguez Mdel C,Vargas-Barrón J,Martínez-Rios MA

更新日期：2002-02-01 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:Coronary heart disease is mainly caused by the effects of obstruction to blood flow in the coronary arteries from discrete mural lesions that encroach into the lumen and usually occur in arteries that are involved by atherosclerosis. Even though the level of certain lipoproteins is indisputably related to th...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： McGill DA,Talsma P,Ardlie NG

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to evaluate whether differences between sexes exist in serum-lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] and arterial-wall-apolipoprotein (a) [Apo(a)] levels in patients with advanced coronary artery disease. METHODS:The concentrations of Lp(a) in serum and Apo(a) in aortic biopsies were studied in 76 m...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Stiel GM,Reblin T,Bührlen M,Lattermann A,Nienaber CA

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potentially hazardous short ischemic episodes increase the tolerance of myocardium to ischemia paradoxically. This condition decreases the infarct area markedly caused by a longer duration of coronary occlusion. This phenomenon is known as 'ischemic preconditioning' and its powerful cardioprotective effect has been sh...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Evrengul H,Seleci D,Tanriverdi H,Kaftan A

更新日期：2006-05-01 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:Restenosis after coronary angioplasty is considered to be caused mainly by increased migration and proliferation of smooth muscle cells (SMC). The concept of local, site-specific delivery of pharmacologic therapies has opened the door for new, high-dose drug regimes. METHODS AND RESULTS:SMC were isolated by...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Voisard R,Koschnick S,Baur R,Vogel U,Mattfeldt T,Hemmer W,Hannekum A,Höher M,Hombach V

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Early evaluation of patients with chest pain is important not only for the detection of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) but also for identification of patients at high risk for future cardiac events. A multimarker strategy applying results of early measurements of different biochemical markers of cardiac ne...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Eggers KM,Oldgren J,Nordenskjöld A,Lindahl B

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anemia is associated with an increased risk of mortality in patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the bare-metal stent era. However, there have been no data concerning the clinical importance of anemia improvement during the follow-up period after discharge from the hospital duri...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Kim TH,Koh YS,Chang K,Seo SM,Kim CJ,Park HJ,Kim PJ,Her SH,Kim DB,Lee JM,Park CS,Kim HY,Yoo KD,Jeon DS,Park JH,Chung WS,Seung KB,CathOlic university of Korea – percutAneous Coronary inTervention registry investigators.

更新日期：2012-09-01 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:Second-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) have been used widely to treat DES in-stent restenosis (ISR), which remains a clinical challenge. Knowledge of the outcomes of repeated second-generation DES implantation for focal versus nonfocal-type ISR is still missing. METHODS:In the current study, 254 patien...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Zhu W,Li J,Luo H,Wang G,Hua Q

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the association of widowhood with the severity and extent of coronary artery disease (CAD), and whether it is modified by sex or socioeconomic status. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 1068 patients undergoing coronary angiography at five centers in Saudi Arabia and the Uni...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Daoulah A,Alama MN,Elkhateeb OE,Al-Murayeh M,Al-Kaabi S,Al-Faifi SM,Alosaimi HM,Lotfi A,Asiri KS,Elimam AM,Abougalambo AS,Murad W,Haddara MM,Dixon CM,Alsheikh-Ali AA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report on 10 patients with Kawasaki disease and thrombocytopenia who were found to have a high incidence of coronary artery aneurysm and acute myocardial infarction. The clinical features of these patients, the cause of their thrombocytopenia and the relationship between cardiovascular pathology and throm...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Niwa K,Aotsuka H,Hamada H,Uchishiba M,Terai M,Niimi H

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) is a high-molecular-weight, zinc-binding matrix metalloproteinase that is known to be abundantly expressed in ruptured plaques. Previous studies have shown PAPP-A to be a significant marker of plaque instability and cardiovascular events in patients with acute c...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Park S,Youn JC,Shin DJ,Park CM,Kim JS,Ko YG,Choi D,Ha JW,Jang Y,Chung N

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vessel bifurcations are prone to atherosclerotic plaque accumulation. Using volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis, we investigated atheroma distribution at human coronary bifurcations in vivo. METHODS:We analyzed plaque distribution in 49 left anterior descending coronary artery-diagonal and 20 left c...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Badak O,Schoenhagen P,Tsunoda T,Magyar WA,Coughlin J,Kapadia S,Nissen SE,Tuzcu EM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelial dysfunction is a key step in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis and subsequent cardiovascular complications. We examined whether peripheral endothelial function, as assessed by fingertip reactive hyperemia-peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT), can provide additional clinical valu...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Matsuzawa Y,Li J,Aoki T,Guddeti RR,Kwon TG,Cilluffo R,Widmer RJ,Gulati R,Lennon RJ,Lerman LO,Lerman A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is effective in the treatment of severe coronary artery disease (CAD) unresponsive to anti-anginal medication or revascularization procedures. However, there is still concern about its safety. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the reliability, morbidity, and mortality aspects of SCS in ...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Jessurun GA,Ten Vaarwerk IA,DeJongste MJ,Tio RA,Staal MJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 2015 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association update on primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) recommended PCI of the non-infarct-related artery at the time of primary PCI (class IIb recommendation). Despite ev...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Vaidya SR,Qamar A,Arora S,Devarapally SR,Kondur A,Kaul P

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The high-frequency contribution (i.e. 60-120 Hz) within the QRS complex of the surface ECG is supposed to be related to the arrhythmogenic substrate underlying sustained ventricular tachycardia in patients with coronary artery disease. One of the factors that prevents a wider clinical application of spectral...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Slavkovský P,Hulín I

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) is a sensitive indicator of hemodynamic stress and its increased level is associated with higher mortality in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. Virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) can provide quantitative information on plaque ...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Hong YJ,Ahn Y,Sim DS,Yoon NS,Yoon HJ,Kim KH,Park HW,Kim JH,Jeong MH,Cho JG,Park JC,Kang JC

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：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：:The phenomenon of myocardial stunning has been observed in all animal species studied. The possible occurrence of myocardial stunning in man has been demonstrated after either regional ischemia (such as exercise-induced angina, vasospastic or unstable angina) or after global ischemia (i.e., after cardioplegic arrest d...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Ambrosio G,Tritto I

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the effect on adherence to statin therapy and assess the effect of beneficial changes in behavior that resulted in weight loss in patients who underwent coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring with cardiac computed tomography. BACKGROUND:Despite convincing data demonstrating the b...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Kalia NK,Cespedes L,Youssef G,Li D,Budoff MJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 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:Although smoking is a risk factor for coronary atherosclerosis, the age-related impact on lesion characteristics and plaque instability remains unclear. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In ADAPT-DES, 780 patients with 916 culprit lesions were evaluated by preprocedural grayscale and virtual histology-intravascular ultr...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Kang SJ,Mintz GS,Witzenbichler B,Metzger DC,Rinaldi MJ,Duffy PL,Weisz G,Stuckey TD,Brodie BR,Shimizu T,Litherland C,Kirtane AJ,Stone GW,Maehara A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes is similar to that of patients with previous history of ischaemic heart disease and the prevalence of ischaemic heart disease complicating diabetic syndromes is growing rapidly. Management of ischaemic heart disease in diabetic patients remains a challenge. T...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Marzilli M,Affinito S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes is a strong predictor of a poor outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The prevalence of prediabetes and its impact on the prognosis after CABG is not well described. In this study, we evaluated the prevalence and prognostic impact of the different states of abnormal glucose regulatio...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Petursson P,Herlitz J,Lindqvist J,Sjöland H,Gudbjörnsdottir S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00