Coronary artery endothelial dysfunction associated with sleep apnea.

abstract：:We evaluated the prevalence and severity of occult coronary artery disease (CAD) and cerebrovascular disease (CeVD) in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). We studied 100 consecutive patients with no history of CAD, normal electrocardiogram, normal systolic function, and no angina or dyspnea. All patients un...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Marsico F,Giugliano G,Ruggiero D,Parente A,Paolillo S,Guercio LD,Esposito G,Trimarco B,Filardi PP

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impairment of endothelial functions has been shown to occur after acute and chronic exposure to passive smoking (PS), as assessed by flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery. A total of 61 participants, 30 male and 31 female, mean ages 26 (18-36) were enrolled in the study. All were clinically well and no...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gül I,Karapinar H,Yarlioglues M,Ozdogru I,Kaya MG,Yilmaz A,Turgut OO,Tandogan I,Eryol NK

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] has been shown to interfere with thrombolysis in vitro, its effects on thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) are not clear. The authors evaluated 32 male patients ages thirty-five to seventy-five (mean fifty-two +/- ten) with the diagnosis of acute MI w...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Tokgözoğlu SL,Ozmen F,Kabukçu M,Karanfil A,Aytemir K,Ozkuyumcu C,Uğurlu S

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：:An association between symptomatic carotid stenosis and recent infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae is reported. Thirty-five patients (20 symptomatic and 15 asymptomatic) with carotid stenosis of 70% to 90% underwent carotid endarterectomy. Endarterectomy was performed without patch and shunt; the average occlusion tim...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Katsenis C,Kouskouni E,Kolokotronis L,Rizos D,Dimakakos P

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiologies of venous leg ulcers have been well known for millennia, and yet there remains no simple solution to this very common problem. Achieving closure of venous leg ulcers is often a lengthy process that is further complicated by the presence of significant comorbidities. The authors present data on healing v...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Bongiovanni CM,Hughes MD,Bomengen RW

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：: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：:Mammography is a screening test with extensive international application and financial infrastructure promoting accessibility and affordability. Designed specifically to detect microcalcifications, mammography is powered to detect calcifications in vessel walls. Breast arterial calcifications (BAC) are one of the most...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Erbil D,Onal EM,Demirel C,Sag AA,Dagel T,Afsar B,Covic A,Kanbay M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an overview the microvascular involvement in chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is described. Microangiopathy in the lower leg areas is characterized by the presence of typical enlarged and ramified blood capillaries, reduced capillary number, microvascular thrombosis and obliterations, and/or increased permeabilit...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Bollinger A,Leu AJ,Hoffmann U,Franzeck UK

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was the examination of short-term changes in soft-tissue water under in vivo conditions. In 12 healthy volunteers the water distribution of a selected slice of the lower limb was examined after change of position and rapid infusion of 0.9% saline solution. Two methods were used for data acqui...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Sievers KW,Gauger J,Bauermann T,Löhr E

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACSs) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are at high risk of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI), a complication associated with poor clinical outcomes. Serum albumin (SA) levels are associated with cardiovascular mortality. We assessed the association...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Murat SN,Kurtul A,Yarlioglues M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is widely believed that venous ulcers result from venous insufficiency related to venous valve damages. To further investigate the pathogenesis of venous ulcers, we compared the influence of oxidative stress in venous valvular tissue on stasis ulcer formation in patients with venous ulcers secondary to su...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Karatepe O,Unal O,Ugurlucan M,Kemik A,Karahan S,Aksoy M,Kurtoglu M

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:A sixty-seven-year-old woman was admitted with a complaint of atypical chest pain and with right precordial coved ST-T elevation, mimicking acute anterior myocardial infarction. Results of echocardiographic examination and a coronary angiographic study were normal. The etiology of her electrocardiographic pattern was ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kataoka H

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women have higher risk of contrast-induced nephropathy than men. The purpose of this study was to determine the relative impact of gender on long-term renal function after percutaneous renal interventions (PRI). METHODS AND RESULTS:We included all patients undergoing PRI. Men (n = 72) and women (n = 28) had...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Albertal M,Nau G,Padilla LT,Cura FA,Thierer J,Belardi JA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a condition with high mortality, but it is amenable to secondary prevention. Data on its prevalence in Thailand are scarce. To study the prevalence of PAD in a middle-class, urban Thai population, a cross-sectional study was conducted at the Electric Generating Authority of Thailan...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Sritara P,Sritara C,Woodward M,Wangsuphachart S,Barzi F,Hengprasith B,Yipintsoi T

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the prevalence of significant coronary artery disease (CAD) and nondiagnostic studies in patients referred for clinically indicated coronary angiography performed by 128 multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). METHODS:We examined patients referred for coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Lazoura O,Vlychou M,Vassiou K,Rountas C,Ioannis F

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic arterial compliance was estimated in 31 men, including 15 patients with sustained essential hypertension and 16 normal subjects of the same age. Values were derived from analysis of the monoexponential blood pressure-time curve during diastole, according to a simple viscoelastic model. In normal subjects, bas...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Levenson JA,Safar ME,Simon AC,Kheder AI,Daou JN,Levy BI

更新日期：1981-06-01 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：:An implantable cardioverter defibrillator is an important therapeutic option for patients with high risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. However, their use is also associated with several complications including inappropriate shock. Although the most frequent cause of inappropriate shock is supraventricul...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Oto A,Atalar E,Yildirir A,Kabakci G

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study correlated cigarette smoking, systolic or diastolic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, low serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, hypertriglyceridemia, and obesity with development of new atherothrombotic brain infarction in 192 elderly men and 516 elderly women. Mean follo...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Aronow WS,Gutstein H,Lee NH,Edwards M

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five patients with precocious coronary heart disease (CHD) (aged forty years or less) and 82 first-degree relatives were studied for lipid profile. Eighty-eight age- and sex-matched controls were also studied. The mean serum cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, very low density lipop...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ahlawat S,Gupta S,Siwach SB,Mohan S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of paraumbilical vein aneurysm are reported. The patients were diagnosed as having cirrhotic liver with portal hypertension. Angiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography demonstrated a dilated paraumbilical vein arising from the left branch of the portal vein. Furthermore, localized dilatation of a ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ohhira M,Matsumoto A,Ohhira M,Murazumi K,Ohta H,Ono M,Kohgo Y

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occlusive lesions in the arterial endothelium are often caused by formation of intimal hyperplasia and fibrinoid necrosis. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between antiendothelial cell antibodies (AECAs) and the development of coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral artery disease (P...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Aslim E,Hakki Akay T,Bastürk B,Ozkan S,Gültekin B,Ozcobanoglu S,Sirvan S,Aslamaci S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular malformations of the mediastinum including mediastinal lymphangioma are exceedingly rare in adults. A resected case of mediastinal cystic lymphangioma (cystic hygroma) that presented with acute onset of retrosternal chest pain is reported in a 45-year-old man. Cystic hygromas are benign cysts frequently disco...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Daya SK,Gowda RM,Gowda MR,Khan IA

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：:Coagulation factor XII (FXII) plays a key role in both coagulation and fibrinolysis and has been associated with cardiovascular disease in some studies. Plasma FXIIa levels are strongly determined by a common functional polymorphism in the promoter of the FXII gene (F12-4C>T). To investigate the potential association ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Yazdani-Biuki B,Krippl P,Brickmann K,Fuerst F,Langsenlehner U,Paulweber B,Pilger E,Wascher TC,Brezinschek HP,Renner W

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 78-year-old woman was admitted for pulmonary embolism requiring orotracheal intubation and positive end-expiratory pressure. The pulmonary angiography confirmed a massive pulmonary embolism as suggested by echocardiography. Heparin and recombinant tissue plasminogen activator were successfully administrated; neverth...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Rigatelli G,Zanchetta M,Pedon L,Zennaro M,Maiolino P

更新日期：2004-07-01 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