Impact of high-dose atorvastatin on endothelial, platelet, and angiogenic indices: effect of ethnicity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.

abstract：:Between 1991 and 2013, we evaluated the demographics, presentations, and final diagnosis of patients hospitalized with acute cardiac events and left bundle branch block (LBBB). Of 50 992 patients, 768 (1.5%) had LBBB. Compared with non-LBBB patients, patients with LBBB were mostly older, female, diabetic, and had hype...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Alkindi F,El-Menyar A,Al-Suwaidi J,Patel A,Gehani AA,Singh R,Albinali H,Arabi A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a major public health problem, with a prevalence of 10% to 20% in Western Europe. Morbid obesity, characterized by body mass index >40 kg/m(2), showed an increased prevalence in the last 30 years. Obesity is associated with reduced economic and social opportunities, reduced quality of life, and is a determi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ricci MA,De Vuono S,Scavizzi M,Gentili A,Lupattelli G

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:Buflomedil hydrochloride (Buflomedil), a vasoactive drug, has been proven to improve pain-free walking distance in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease stage II of the lower extremities. In the present double-blind, randomized study, resting skin flux motion activity and skin flux response to a local he...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Van den Brande P,Maurel A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients with intermittent claudication (IC) and treated diabetes mellitus and 30 age- and gender-matched nondiabetic claudicants underwent a vascular examination by noninvasive ultrasound methods (continuous-wave Doppler, duplex scanner). The ankle/arm systolic pressure index did not differ in the two groups. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Rubba P,Leccia G,Faccenda F,De Simone B,Carbone L,Pauciullo P,Vaccaro O,Mancini M

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to observe coronary thrombus formation serially from an antegrade perspective by means of a new thin flexible angioscope that has an inflatable balloon at the distal tip and an angulation mechanism. To test its capabilities, thrombi were induced in the left anterior descending coronary artery...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mizuno K,Miyamoto A,Isojima K,Kurita A,Senoo A,Arai T,Kikuchi M,Nakamura H

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute childhood febrile disease of unknown etiology. It exhibits not only coronary artery aneurysms in some cases but also systemic vasculitis. Whether KD is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis remains debatable. The measurement of pulse wave velocity (PWV) is useful as a simple, no...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Iwazu Y,Minami T,Kotani K

更新日期：2017-03-01 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 authors evaluated a screening program for lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD) in diabetic patients and focused on the value of toe blood pressure assessment. They recruited 437 subjects, ages 30-70 years (134 healthy controls, 166 type 1 and 137 type 2 diabetic patients; control [Ctr], DM1, and DM2) with no pr...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Sahli D,Eliasson B,Svensson M,Blohmé G,Eliasson M,Samuelsson P,Ojbrandt K,Eriksson JW

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Vascular intimal hyperplasia is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. The authors investigated the effects of atorvastatin on vascular intimal hyperplasia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Rats were divided into 4 groups. Groups 1, 2, and 3 had experimental aortic injury and received intraperitoneal inj...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Aydin U,Ugurlucan M,Gungor F,Ziyade S,Inan B,Banach M,Kalko Y,Yasar T

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether lipid abnormalities contributed to the endemic peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in villages where arseniasis was hyperendemic in Taiwan, the authors studied 533 adults with Doppler ultrasound and lipid profiles including total cholesterol, triglyceride, high- and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Tseng CH,Chong CK,Chen CJ,Tai TY

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：:Previously thought as exclusive in Japanese patients, cases of transient left ventricular apical ballooning from other countries have also been reported. The cause remains unknown. From January 1997 to December 2005, 25 patients presenting with signs and symptoms of acute myocardial infarction with normal coronary art...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Fang CC,Jao YT,Yi-Chen,Yu CL,Chen CL,Wang SP

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied 17 cases of symptomatic arterial fibrodysplasia involving peripheral arteries without concomitant renovascular hypertension in Iranian males (age range: twenty-two to forty-five years). Affected arteries were most commonly the femoral, iliac, and popliteal, but in 2 cases the axillary and brachial ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Esfahani F,Rooholamini SA,Azadeh B,Daneshbod K

更新日期：1989-02-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to angioscopically observe the process of thrombolysis after intracoronary administration of thrombolytic agents and to investigate the effects of these agents on coagulation/fibrinolysis systems in dogs. The coronary endothelium was removed and thrombus formation was confirmed by angiosc...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Maki A,Shirato C,Ohguchi M,Aoki N,Ochiai N,Taguchi S,Aoki I,Ishikawa K

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many, if not most antiarrhythmic drugs, even with differing pharmacologic properties, are capable of myocardial depression. That this has not occurred commonly with most drugs currently available may reflect several factors. These may include depression of myocardial function which is not clinically overt or which is ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gottdiener JS,DiBianco R,Fletcher RD

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients (n = 314) with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were divided into three groups according to the time elapsed from onset of chest pain to when the first sample for determination of magnesium (s-Mg1) and potassium (s-K1) was drawn (A: hours 0-6; B: hours 6-10, and C: hours 10-24). Potassium and Mg were also me...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Landmark K,Urdal P

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-four patients with stenoses and occlusions of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) demonstrated by intravenous digital subtraction angiography (IVDSA) were studied by extracranial duplex and transcranial Doppler. Two hundred healthy volunteers served as control group. Intracranial collateralization was...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Rosenkranz K,Langer R,Felix R

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are only a few reports concerning coexistent hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and vasospastic angina. Clinical characteristics in patients with both diseases have not been clarified yet. This study was designed to elucidate the relationship between chest pain and coronary vasospasm in HCM patients and to deline...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kodama K,Hamada M,Kazatani Y,Matsuzaki K,Murakami E,Shigematsu Y,Hiwada K

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from 2,298 measurements of pulmonary venous admixture (QS/QT) performed in 733 patients were analyzed and processed in order to develop a method for rapid and reliable estimation of QS/QT by a simplified approach. Formulae and charts were obtained, which are easily suitable for use in all settings, and permit est...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Chiarla C,Giovannini I,Siegel JH,Coleman WP,Boldrini G,Castagneto M

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Micro" and "macro" peripheral embolisms during coronary angiography have been described. In all these cases, the aorta or the left heart chambers have been the source of embolus. A patient who during coronary angiography for acute inferior myocardial infarction experienced acute embolism of the left common femoral ar...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Jain D,Kurz T,Katus HA,Richardt G

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old woman with progressive dyspnea underwent transthoracic echocardiography and was found to have a large multilobed mass in the left atrium that was attached to lateral wall. On inspection during surgery, the tumor was found to infiltrate the posterior mitral annulus and leaflet. The patient underwent surgi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Lazaros GA,Matsakas EP,Madas JS,Toli DI,Nikas DJ,Kershaw MA,Alpert MA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological basis of postischemic hyperemia is not yet fully understood. The present study investigated the effects of pharmacologic manipulation of the prostaglandin system on local hemodynamics. Strain-gauge plethysmography was used to study 8 normal subjects and 9 patients with obliterating arterial disease o...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Pancera P,Minuz P,Rossi L,Ribul M,Arosio E,Lechi A

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this population research was to find out the risk of arterial disease (defined as angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, peripheral occlusive arterial disease, and cerebrovascular disease) and hypertension in persons with varicose veins. A 5-year follow-up study was conducted in Tampere, Finland. A validat...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mäkivaara LA,Ahti TM,Luukkaala T,Hakama M,Laurikka JO

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood viscosity (eta B) at shear rates 10 and 100s-1, plasma viscosity (eta P), hematocrit (Hct), and whole blood cholesterol (Chol) were measured in 50 patients with a history of myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris. Erythrocyte morphology was also studied by scanning electron microscopy to determine the...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Fawcett JP,Menkes DB

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

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：:In order to assess vasospastic ischemic disease objectively 41 patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon and 21 normal volunteers were investigated noninvasively by digital systolic blood pressure and digital skin temperature measurements before and after instant cold provocation. Much care had been taken to be certa...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： van de Wal HJ,Wijn PF,van Lier HJ,Kneepkens WG,Skotnicki SH

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Part I of this review discussed pharmacotherapy of primary pulmonary hypertension (PHT). Part II describes the value and limitations of oxygen and vasodilator therapy of secondary PHT, focusing on patients with PHT associated with selected connective tissue disease and chronic nonthrombotic hypoxic lung disease. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Alpert MA,Concannon MD,Mukerji B,Mukerji V

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enlarged superior thyroid artery with increased blood flow to a large benign adenomatous goiter was found to be the cause of a bruit in the region of the right carotid bifurcation. We have not been able to find mention of this cause for a cervical bruit in the literature. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Healy JF,Brault T

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00