Physical overdistension converts ventricular cardiomyocytes to acquire endocrine property and regulate ventricular atrial natriuretic peptide production.

abstract：:This study aimed at evaluating the changes in platelet-activating factor (PAF) and its metabolic enzymes over a 6-week follow-up period in patients with newly diagnosed heart failure ([HF] n = 12) compared with age-, sex-, and BMI-matched apparently healthy volunteers (n = 10). The PAF, its key biosynthetic enzymes (l...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Detopoulou P,Fragopoulou E,Nomikos T,Antonopoulou S,Kotroyiannis I,Vassiliadou C,Panagiotakos DB,Chrysohoou C,Pitsavos C,Stefanadis C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostacyclin treatment successfully delays the need for lung transplantation in many patients with progressive primary pulmonary hypertension by vasodilating pulmonary arteries. However, the treatment of pulmonary hypertension with prostacyclin may cause a paradoxical increase in pulmonary artery pressure, as shown in...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Younger JR,Lui CY

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although thrombotic occlusion of small vessels in thrombocytosis is allegedly well recognized, it has been reported only rarely. We treated 4 patients with primary thrombocytosis in whom ischemic toe lesions with normal peripheral pulses were the presenting and only symptoms. The symptoms preceded diagnosis by 5 years...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Walden R,Zweig A,Adar R

更新日期：1978-10-01 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：:Interventricular septal and left ventricular posterior wall excursions and velocities were determined by M-mode echocardiography in the early hours of acute myocardial infarction in 43 patients. In the group with anterior infarction, including 24 patients, the systolic septal excursion (SSE), systolic septal velocity ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kounis NG

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes and evaluates a non-invasive technique for continuous monitoring of hemodynamic changes in the legs during walking. The method involves monitoring of cutaneous toe temperature. In six normal subjects we have shown that, during exercise under carefully controlled conditions, a unique steady-state...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Baccelli G,Corbellini E,Walsh JT,Busca S,Boccaccini U,Zanchetti A

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microalbuminuria (UAE) may be considered a marker of systemic vascular dysfunction, while pulse pressure (PP) is an indicator of the stiffness of vascular conduits. Both these parameters, together with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), are linked to cardiovascular morbidity in hypertensive patients. The aim of this ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Di Bello V,Pedrinelli R,Giorgi D,Bertini A,Caputo MT,Cioppi A,Talini E,Leonardo M,Dell'Omo G,Paterni M,Giusti C

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four instances of mediastinal wound infection occurred in 100 patients who underwent bilateral internal mammary artery (IMA) mobilization for coronary bypass. Debridement of 3--5 mm of the sternal edges was performed 6--18 days after the primary operation, and 2 patients required additional, anatomically limited debri...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Grmoljez PF,Barner HB

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This was a retrospective study that assessed achievement of lipid-lowering treatment targets in the setting of a University Hospital Lipid Clinic. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goal attainment according to National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) and European Societ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Barkas F,Liberopoulos EN,Kostapanos MS,Liamis G,Tziallas D,Elisaf M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen patients with heart diseases examined by left ventricular angiography were divided into two groups consisting of those with a clinical history of heart failure (CHF+) and those without (CHF-). Changes in hemodynamics, circulating blood volume, and plasma volume due to injection of the contrast medium were st...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Koeda T,Motegi I,Ichikawa T,Suzuki T,Kato M

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate safety and clinically defined efficacy of the implantation of a new stent coated with diamond-like carbon (DLC stent), in a group of patients who underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary revascularization procedures in two hemodynamic centers. This study was an observational p...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Salahas A,Vrahatis A,Karabinos I,Antonellis I,Ifantis G,Gavaliatsis I,Anthopoulos P,Tavernarakis A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To find out whether there is an underestimated severity of narrowing in obstructive lesions of the pulmonary outflow tract in the first day of life, Doppler measurement of the pulmonary outflow tract gradient and estimation of the pulmonary artery systolic pressure in 15 neonates with pulmonary outflow tract obstructi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Robida A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systolic pressures and skin temperatures were studied in 23 patients with severe Raynaud's syndrome who were given oral phenoxybenzamine. There was a relationship between the measurements and the severity of the disease. Statistically significant correlation was found between the measurements and the time for healing ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Carter SA

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) in the late post myocardial infarction (MI) period (7-21 days) has been reported to be a predictor of sudden death. We suspected that patients with 3 beat VT on Holter monitoring in the late infarction period would demonstrate electrical instability at electrophysiologic stud...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Somberg JC,Butler B,Torres V,Tepper D,Keren G,Siegel L,Jentzer J,Miura DS

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though the underlying mechanisms of myocardial ischemia may be different, it is difficult to differentiate syndrome X from coronary artery disease (CAD) by means of the treadmill exercise test in elderly patients with chest pain and exercise-induced myocardial ischemia. One hundred sex- and age-matched patients-4...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Hsu NW,Chen JW,Jen SL,Kuo BI,Lee WL,Mar GY,Lin SJ,Wang SP,Chang MS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in stroke prevention is now better defined. However, its role in patients older than 79 years of age is controversial. This group of patients has been excluded in most clinical trials. In this study the authors reviewed their experience with CEA patients >79 years old. The reco...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Hoballah JJ,Nazzal MM,Jacobovicz C,Sharp WJ,Kresowik TF,Corson JD

更新日期：1998-04-01 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 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：:In this report, the authors describe the angiographic findings in the forearm and hand in Okihiro's syndrome. To the best of their knowledge, it has not been described before. Okihiro et al described hypoplasia of the thenar eminence in association with a congenital disorder of ocular motility previously reported in D...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Rashad F,Keith MW,Shields R,Barre PS,Sobel M

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Color-flow duplex scanning (CDS) is a good diagnostic test for lower extremity proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT). This report aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of CDS in detecting isolated calf DVT in two in-hospital populations. A total of 166 patients had routine DVT testing with both CDS and venography: 99...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Eskandari MK,Sugimoto H,Richardson T,Webster MW,Makaroun MS

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axillosubclavian vein thrombosis is seen relatively infrequently in clinical practice when compared with lower limb deep-venous thrombosis; however, it is a condition that can result in significant morbidity if managed suboptimally. A multimodal treatment approach has been increasingly adopted with thrombolysis and/or...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Smith RA,Dimitri SK

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radial artery (RA) occlusion (RAO) remains the Achilles heel of transradial coronary procedures. Although of silent nature, RAO is relatively frequent, results in graft shortage for future coronary artery bypass surgery, and may occur even after short-lasting, 5F coronary angiography (CAG). The most frequent predictor...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Hahalis G,Tsigkas G,Kounis N,Patsilinakos S,Kafkas N,Ziakas A,Patsourakos N,Almpanis G,Koniari I,Xanthopoulou I,Koutsogiannis N,Despotopoulos S,Leopoulou M,Tassi V,Miliordos I,Anastasopoulou M,Roumeliotis A,Dapergola A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thoracic outlet syndromes of the upper extremities consist of many disorders. The most important two are the costoclavicular syndrome (compression of neurovascular structures between the clavicle and the first rib) and the scalenus anticus syndrome (compression of these structures within the scalene triangle). Con...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Winsor T,Winsor D,Mikail A,Sibley AE

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Limited Access Dataset of Prevention of Events with Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition (PEACE) Trial (n = 8290) which included patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) and preserved ejection fraction (>40%). We identified risk factors for the develo...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Badheka AO,Rathod AD,Bharadwaj AS,Bhat S,Kizilbash MA,Veeranna V,Pidlaon V,Jacob S,Afonso L

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonionic contrast medium was evaluated in vitro for its effects on coagulation and complement activation in comparison to a low osmolal contrast agent. In clotting assays each contrast medium was mixed with blood and clotting parameters were analyzed by using a thromboelastographic machine. Platelet function was stu...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Parvez Z,Moncada R

更新日期：1986-05-01 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：:Hemorrhagic complications from anticoagulants are common and may manifest in any part of the human body. Skin discoloration, pain, tenderness, and soft-tissue swelling may be the main clinical features. The authors present 3 extraordinary cases of brachial plexus neuropathy associated with anticoagulant-induced hemorr...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Frangides C,Kounis NG

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome of nonejection click-late systolic murmur and mitral valve prolapse is reviewed. A patient with this syndrome is reported. Physical findings, important diagnostic studies, and possible complications are discussed. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Pittman DE,Patel II,Gay TC,Joyner CR

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seventy-six-year-old man with ischemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, and chronic renal failure developed bilateral cyanotic toes, which upon muscle biopsy, were shown to be caused by atheromatous emboli. The probable source was atheromatosis of the abdominal aorta. The toes became gangrenous, but surgi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Cabili S,Hochman I,Goor Y

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A considerable fraction of collaterals has been shown to regress immediately after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), but the fate of these well-developed collaterals is unknown. The authors aimed to show the protective role of these recruitable collaterals in case of an acute myocardial infarction...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ozdemir O,Soylu M,Demir AD,Alyan O,Topaloglu S,Geyik B,Kütük E

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00