Plasma NOx concentrations in glucose intolerance and type 2 diabetes. A case-control study in a Vietnamese population.

abstract：:Calcium deposits account for most of the dry weight of atherosclerotic lesions. Previously considered uncommon, vascular calcification is now known to be present in 80% of significant lesions and in at least 90% of patients with coronary artery disease. Previously considered a passive process, it is increasingly recog...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Parhami F,Boström K,Watson K,Demer LL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The Japan EPA Lipid Intervention Study (JELIS) reported a 19% reduction of the risk for coronary artery disease after long-term use of pure eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) in Japanese patients with hypercholesterolemia. The variation in plasma fatty acid composition influenced the risk of coronary events. The aim of th...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Itakura H,Yokoyama M,Matsuzaki M,Saito Y,Origasa H,Ishikawa Y,Oikawa S,Sasaki J,Hishida H,Kita T,Kitabatake A,Nakaya N,Sakata T,Shimada K,Shirato K,Matsuzawa Y,JELIS.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptors belonging to the low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) superfamily play important biological roles in addition to mediating the lipoprotein metabolism. The recent discovery of a novel mosaic LDLR family member by us (Yamazaki H, Bujo H, Kusunoki J, Seimiya K, Kanaki T, Morisaki N, Schneider WJ, and Saito Y...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Bujo H,Saito Y

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Heterozygous patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) are known to be associated with a high risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), which is a major determinant of their clinical outcome. The prognosis of heterozygous FH patients substantially varies, being dependent on the level of their CAD risk, and thei...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Sugisawa T,Okamura T,Makino H,Watanabe M,Kishimoto I,Miyamoto Y,Iwamoto N,Yamamoto A,Yokoyama S,Harada-Shiba M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Atherosclerosis (AS) characterized as a chronic inflammatory disease. Multiple immune cells and inflammatory cytokines, such as high mobility group protein (HMGB1), regulatory T (Treg) cells, T helper (Th17) cells, and inflammation-related cytokines, play a key role in its pathophysiology. A large number of studies...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Ding JW,Zheng XX,Zhou T,Tong XH,Luo CY,Wang XA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The risk index for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases in the Japanese metabolic syndrome-focused health checkup program was changed from total cholesterol (TC) to low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). We discuss the validity of this change with respect to standardization. METHODS:The beta-quantificatio...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Nakamura M,Koyama I,Iso H,Sato S,Okazaki M,Kayamori Y,Kiyama M,Kitamura A,Shimamoto T,Ishikawa Y

更新日期：2010-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We evaluated the impact of adherence to preferable behavior on serum lipid control assessed by a self-reported questionnaire in high-risk patients taking pravastatin for primary prevention of coronary artery disease. METHODS:High-risk patients taking pravastatin were followed for 2 years. Questionnaire surveys com...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kitagawa Y,Teramoto T,Daida H,APPROACH-J Study group.

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the association between renal vasculature changes and generalized atherosclerosis using autopsy cases. METHODS:We histologically examined 107 autopsy patients(mean age, 68.4 years; 64% men; 81% non-CVD) to investigate the association between renal vasculature changes and generalized atherosclerosis. We ...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Iwakiri T,Sato Y,Matsuura Y,Hatakeyama K,Marutsuka K,Yamashita A,Fujimoto S,Kitamura K,Asada Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to give on overview of the profile of cardiovascular disease, vascular pathology and the relationships between lifestyle and cardiovascular disease in Japanese. Compared with the United States and Europe, the higher mortality from stroke and lower mortality from coronary heart disease constitute a unique c...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Iso H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated whether the oral administration of vitamin C could prevent smoking-induced acceleration of arterial stiffness in healthy volunteers. Subjects were pretreated with 2 g vitamin C and their heart rate (HR), mean blood pressure (MBP), and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) were measured before...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Katayama Y,Shige H,Yamamoto A,Hirata F,Yasuda H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of effective drugs have been developed through animal experiments, contributing to the health of many patients. In particular, the WHHL rabbit family (WHHL rabbits and its advanced strains (coronary atherosclerosis-prone WHHL-CA rabbits and myocardial infarction-prone WHHLMI rabbits) developed at Kobe Univers...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Shiomi M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We hypothesized that excessive suppression of platelet function due to antiplatelet therapy can increase the incidence of bleeding complications. The aim of the present study was to find whether we could predict bleeding events by measuring platelet function. METHODS:We enrolled 743 subjects whose platelet functio...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Sairaku A,Nakano Y,Eno S,Hondo T,Matsuda K,Kisaka T,Kihara Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the human liver comprises approximately 2.8% of the body weight, it plays a central role in the control of energy metabolism. While the biochemistry of energy substrates such as glucose, fatty acids, and ketone bodies in the liver is well understood, many aspects of the overall control system for hepatic meta...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Yahagi N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate whether plaque scoring measurements are able to track changes in atherosclerotic plaque burden over time and to study whether this is affected by lipid-lowering therapy. METHODS:Data used were from METEOR (Measuring Effects on Intima-Media Thickness: an Evaluation Of Rosuvastatin), a randomized control...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Peters SA,Dogan S,Meijer R,Palmer MK,Grobbee DE,Crouse JR 3rd,O'Leary DH,Evans GW,Raichlen JS,Bots ML

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease constitutes the major cause of mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease. Arterial stiffness is an important contributor to the occurrence and progression of cardiovascular disease. Various risk factors, including altered hormone levels, have been suggested to be associated with arterial...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Gungor O,Kircelli F,Voroneanu L,Covic A,Ok E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We focused on the ratios of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to arachidonic acid (AA) and explored the significance of these ratios relative to clinical characteristics by age in ischemic stroke patients. METHODS:We enrolled patients with acute ischemic stroke who underwent radiological i...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Ueno Y,Tanaka R,Yamashiro K,Miyamoto N,Hira K,Kurita N,Sakurai M,Urabe T,Shimada K,Miyazaki T,Daida H,Hattori N

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Ultrasound protocols to measure carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) differ considerably with regard to the inclusion of the number of carotid segments and angles used. Detailed information on the completeness of CIMT information is often lacking in published reports, and at most, overall percentages are presented...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Dogan S,Duivenvoorden R,Grobbee DE,Kastelein JJ,Shear CL,Evans GW,Visseren FL,Bots ML,Radiance 1 and 2 Study Groups.

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Increasing evidence indicates that antimicrobial peptides, human neutrophil peptide-1, -2, and -3 (HNP1-3) and human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 are involved in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis; however, little is known about their circulating protein levels in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We therefore ...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Zhao H,Yan H,Yamashita S,Li W,Liu C,Chen Y,Zhou P,Chi Y,Wang S,Zhao B,Song L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The Framingham risk score (FRS) is one of the standard tools used to predict the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD). No previous study has investigated its efficacy for a Japanese population cohort. The purpose of this study was to develop new coronary prediction algorithms for the Japanese population in the...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Nishimura K,Okamura T,Watanabe M,Nakai M,Takegami M,Higashiyama A,Kokubo Y,Okayama A,Miyamoto Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The arterial pressure-volume index (API) and arterial velocity-pulse index (AVI) are novel measurement indices of arterial stiffness. This study was performed to examine the screening validity of the API and AVI for preclinical atherosclerosis in Japanese community-dwelling adults. METHODS:We conducted a cross-sec...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Yamanashi H,Koyamatsu J,Nagayoshi M,Shimizu Y,Kawashiri SY,Kondo H,Fukui S,Tamai M,Maeda T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:A novel device has been developed for measuring the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) as an indicator of arterial stiffness. In this study, we evaluated the effect of pitavastatin on CAVI in type 2 diabetic patients. METHODS:Forty-five type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with low-density lipoprotein cholesterolemia...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Miyashita Y,Endo K,Saiki A,Ban N,Yamaguchi T,Kawana H,Nagayama D,Ohira M,Oyama T,Shirai K

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Statins not only reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, but also prevent the progression of kidney dysfunction. Ezetimibe, a cholesterol-absorption inhibitor, also lowers LDL cholesterol levels when added to statins; however, the effect of add-on ezetimibe on kidney function has had conflicting results....

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kinouchi K,Ichihara A,Bokuda K,Morimoto S,Itoh H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays an important role in atherogenesis, and the redox state is determined by the balance between antioxidants and the ROS generating system. To defend against enhanced ROS, mammalian cells have a complex network of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismu...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kobayashi S,Inoue N,Azumi H,Seno T,Hirata K,Kawashima S,Hayashi Y,Itoh H,Yokozaki H,Yokoyama M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to observe the efficacy of atorvastatin and the related factors of meeting the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)-recommended low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in patients with hypercholesterolemia. A total of 107 patients were treated with atorvastatin 10 mg/day for...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Yoshitomi Y,Tsujibayashi T,Ishii T,Sakurai S,Nagakura C,Miyauchi A,National Cholesterol Education Program.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We have conducted medical surveys on two Japanese populations (Japanese Americans living in the US and native Japanese living in Japan) to investigate the impact of westernization of lifestyles on diseases in Japanese people. A 1998 survey revealed that the progression of carotid intima-media wall thickness (IMT) w...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kubota M,Yoneda M,Watanabe H,Egusa G

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Limited correlations between C-reactive protein (CRP) and coronary artery disease (CAD) have been reported. Recently, MRI became a useful tool for non-invasively evaluating atherosclerotic plaques in thoracic and abdominal aortas. METHODS:To elucidate the associations between plasma CRP levels and the severities o...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Momiyama Y,Ohmori R,Fayad ZA,Kihara T,Tanaka N,Kato R,Taniguchi H,Nagata M,Nakamura H,Ohsuzu F

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The identification and appropriate management of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers with unrecognized obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a major public health concern and priority; OSA among drivers has not been fully investigated in Japan, and a better understanding of this undiagnosed disease is warranted. The...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Ueyama M,Kokuto H,Sugihara H,Oikawa S,Suzuki F,Goto H,Kudoh S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We investigated the effects of a calorie-restricted low-carbohydrate diet on glucose and lipid metabolism, and body fat distribution, especially on the secretion of leptin and lipoprotein lipase from adipose tissue in Otsuka Long Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats. METHODS:Forty-three week-old male OLETF rats were...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Koide N,Oyama T,Miyashita Y,Shirai K

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:It has been reported that beta-blockers (BB) reduce cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerotic disease. However, little is known about the efficacy of these drugs in patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI). We investigated whether beta-blocker therapy affects the clinical outcomes of CLI patients. M...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Soga Y,Iida O,Takahara M,Hirano K,Suzuki K,Kawasaki D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilirubin is a fundamental metabolic end product of heme degradation. Despite acting as a cytotoxic metabolite at high concentrations, bilirubin at physiological concentrations has antioxidant effects, such as scavenging reactive oxygen species, leading to a decrease in oxidative stress. Endothelial dysfunction is an ...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Maruhashi T,Kihara Y,Higashi Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00