Cardiac arrest due to spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a patient with coronary ectasia--a case report.

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. A major cause of morbidity and mortality in SLE is accelerated atherosclerosis. Endothelial-specific molecule 1 (endocan) is a potential predictor of vascular events and is expressed in response to inflammatory cytokines in endothe...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Icli A,Cure E,Cure MC,Uslu AU,Balta S,Mikhailidis DP,Ozturk C,Arslan S,Sakız D,Sahin M,Kucuk A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty patients suffering from arterial hypertension and/or obliterative arteriopathy of the lower limbs (20 hypertensive uncomplicated [H group], 20 normotensive affected by obliterative arteriopathy [A group], 20 suffering from both hypertension and peripheral arterial disease [HA group]) were studied, by strain gaug...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Milio G,Cospite V,Cospite M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular (LV) diastolic function may be affected early in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), regardless of the phenotypic expression of the disease. The aim of the present study was to detect whether LV diastolic performance, evaluated by conventional Doppler echocardiography, is impaired in firs...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Efthimiadis GK,Parharidis GE,Karvounis HI,Papadopoulos CE,Gemitzis KD,Styliadis IH,Karoulas TN,Louridas GE

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old girl was successfully recuperated from cardiopulmonary arrest shortly after running 80 m in a competition. The electrocardiogram, echocardiogram and 123I-MIBG myocardial scintigraphic imaging indicated myocardial ischemia in the anteroseptal wall of the left ventricle. Coronary angiography during the rec...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Fukuda N,Kurokawa S,Maeda K,Iseki S,Takahasi M,Niwano H,Nakazato K,Niwano S,Kurosawa T,Izumi T

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentoxifylline improves microvascular blood flow in conditions of vascular insufficiency. The clinical benefits of pentoxifylline have been attributed to its effects on the cellular elements of whole blood, although a few studies suggest it may also be a vasodilator. The purpose of this study was to determine whether ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Sonkin PL,Chen LE,Seaber AV,Hatchell DL

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors encountered a forty-nine-year-old man with a lower limb ulcer refractory to intensive conservative therapy. No varicose vein was found anywhere, and the usual phlebographies and foot venous pressure measurement failed to diagnose it as a venous stasis ulcer. A direct phlebography method developed by the au...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Sugimoto T,Okada M,Fukuoka M,Uematsu M,Yoshida M,Toyama H

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) afforded significant relief of the pain associated with acute and recurrent thrombophlebitis in 90% of 39 patients so treated. The method is simple to administer, noninvasive, and apparently free of side effects. It can be self-administered by the patient after approp...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Roberts HJ

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors encountered 2 brothers with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), both of whom were later found to have progressed to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Case No. 1 (younger brother): A diagnosis of HCM without left ventricular (LV) dilatation was made at age two by cardiac catheterization and echocardiogram. Howev...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Okamoto S,Ozaki M,Konishi T,Nakano T

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Primary Care Health Centers (n = 14) in Thessaly (central Greece) recruited 436 participants, mean age 71 (50-79) years. Peripheral arterial disease was considered present if the ankle-brachial index (ABI) was <0.9 or >1.4 in at least 1 leg. Asymptom...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Argyriou C,Saleptsis V,Koutsias S,Giannoukas AD

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carotid artery atherosclerosis (CAA) represents a significant form of atherosclerosis with stroke as a major consequence. Whether it is a unique form of atherosclerosis is not established. However, this is not of major clinical relevance as no specific preventive measures over and above the established ones for cardio...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Whayne TF Jr

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the association between 5 well-defined polymorphisms of the transforming growth factor-β1 (TGFB1) gene and coronary artery disease (CAD) among patients with hypertension from northeast China. All study participants were classified into patients with CAD (n = 679) and controls (n = 686) according to angiogr...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Xu J,Yu X,Huang C,Qin R,Peng F,Lin J,Niu W

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormones decrease systemic vascular resistance by directly affecting vascular smooth muscle relaxation. There is limited literature about their effect on the mechanical performance of the aortic wall. Therefore, the authors determined the influence of hyperthyroidism on the mechanical properties and histomorph...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Moulakakis KG,Sokolis DP,Perrea DN,Dosios T,Dontas I,Poulakou MV,Dimitriou CA,Sandris G,Karayannacos PE

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initial electrocardiography changes were compared prospectively with the findings of coronary angiography to predict the infarct-related artery (IRA) in cases of single- and multi-vessel disease and to demonstrate the relationship between other coexisting coronary involvements and IRA in patients who presented with ac...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kürüm T,Birsin A,Ozbay G,Türe M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome of intermittent claudication can be induced not only by vascular insufficiency of the lower limbs but also by diseases of the spinal cord and cauda equina. The authors describe a sixty-year-old man with intermittent claudication due to spinal canal stenosis who was successfully treated with beraprost sodi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kato H,Emura S,Ngashima K,Kishikawa H,Takashima T,Ohmori K

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors retrospectively compared two groups of patients who had undergone angiography over a twenty-one-year period. The first group consisted of 348 patients who had angiography in the years 1965-1967. The second group was made up of 222 patients who had had angioplasty in the years 1975-1986. Special risk factor...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Löhr E,Herweg B,Gocke P

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the optimal cuff width for measuring toe blood pressure in patients with lower limb ischemia, this experimental prospective study examined 20 patients with symptoms of peripheral arterial disease referred for vascular examination or vascular surgery. Toe blood pressure was measured hydrostatically by the ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Påhlsson HI,Laskar C,Stark K,Andersson A,Jogestrand T,Wahlberg E

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that QT dispersion (QTD) increases during episodes of myocardial ischemia or infarction. However, no extensive data on the relation between the diseased coronary artery or the localization of stenosis and the QTD are available. The aim of the study was to examine the relation between QTD and diseased...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Tikiz H,Terzi T,Balbay Y,Demir AD,Soylu M,Keles T,Kutuk E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify relationships between the (endothelial vasodilatory and vasoconstrictive function) and leukocyte inflammatory mediators in subjects with asymptomatic atherosclerosis, we measured (intraplatelet cyclic 3',5'-guanosine monophosphate [cGMP] and cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate [cAMP]), plasma endothelin (E...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Anwaar I,Gottsäter A,Hedblad B,Palmqvist B,Mattiasson I,Lindgärde F

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentoxifylline (PF), known to increase red blood cell (RBC) deformability, has recently attracted much attention because of its possible effect of reducing capillary resistance. There has been practically no reliable demonstration of an increase in capillary blood flow by this drug. This study was intended to examine ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ohshima N,Sato M

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since acoustic properties of the myocardium are sensitive to the myocardial structure and the contractile conditions of myocyte, the authors evaluated cardiac dysfunction based on the integrated ultrasonic backscatter in 18 hemodialysis (HD) patients (duration: 102 +/- 84 months, mean age: 57.6 +/- 9.7 years) and 11 a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mizushige K,Tokudome T,Seki M,Kondo I,Hirao K,Nozaki S,Miki S,Yuasa S,Matsuo H

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal blood rheology is a known characteristics of coronary artery disease. The authors evaluated the effects of pentoxifylline on the exercise capacity ejection fraction and symptoms of 9 patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. All patients had signs and symptoms of left ventricular dysfunction. All had at least tw...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Barnett JC,Touchon RC

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this international multicenter trial was to evaluate the effects of a new surgical device (Gore External Valve Support-EVS) and technique for external valvuloplasty of the long saphenous vein (LSV). Patients with superficial venous disease and venous hypertension due to pure superficial venous incompetence ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Incandela L,Belcaro G,Nicolaides AN,Agus G,Errichi BM,Cesarone MR,De Sanctis MT,Ricci A,Sabetai M,Mondani P,De Angelis R,Bavera P,Griffin M,Geroulakos G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility, safety, and value of coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) in evaluating orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) candidates are unknown. We studied a cohort of consecutive OLT candidates with intermediate-to-high risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). Intermediate risk candidates received CCTA, a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Poulin MF,Chan EY,Doukky R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the implantation of two wallstents in a patient by use of the transradial artery approach. This approach for coronary wallstent implantation allows for intensive anticoagulation therapy with less risk of bleeding. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Herz I,Assali A,Shor N,Solodky A,Sclarovsky S

更新日期：1997-10-01 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：:The aim of this study was to assess the value of the early exercise test (ET) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treated with IV streptokinase (SK). The authors studied 70 patients with first AMI; 31 were treated with SK and 39 were not. Before discharge everyone was given early exercise up to 5-6 METs...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Hamouratidis N,Katsaliakis N,Manoudis F,Lazaridis K,Tselegaridis T,Stravelas V,Simeonidou E,Roussis S

更新日期：1991-09-01 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：: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：:To evaluate blood pressure reactivity in children and its changes in adolescents, the acute pressor response to a video-game stress test and the noninvasive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring were evaluated in 62 healthy children divided into three age groups. Basal blood pressure values were measured according to t...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Modesti PA,Pela I,Cecioni I,Gensini GF,Serneri GG,Bartolozzi G

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses measurement variation in the measurement of ankle systolic blood pressure (ABP) when measured with Doppler ultrasound and with the strain gauge method. Ninety-seven patients were included. ABP was measured with Doppler ultrasound and with the strain gauge method. The methods were compared graphical...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Joensen JB,Juul S,Abrahamsen J,Henneberg EW,Lindholt JS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00