Ezetimibe monotherapy ameliorates vascular function in patients with hypercholesterolemia through decreasing oxidative stress.

abstract：AIMS:Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a higher burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality than the general population. Endothelial dysfunction has been suggested to play a role in both glomerular filtration rate loss and cardiovascular damage. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the relations...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Li Y,Cui R,Liu K,Eshak ES,Cui M,Dong J,Imano H,Muraki I,Kiyama M,Kitamura A,Okada T,Yamagishi K,Umesawa M,Ohira T,Iso H,CIRCS investigators.

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The Japan EPA Lipid Intervention Study (JELIS) was the first prospective randomized clinical trial to demonstrate prevention of coronary events by pure eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between various plasma fatty acid concentrations and the risk of coronary events...

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 Investigators.

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:To determine the recent serum lipid levels and other serum variables in the general Japanese population and trends in their changes over the past 40 years, a nationwide survey of serum lipid levels was conducted in 36 institutes from various districts around Japan in 2000. The total number of subjects was 12,839, aged...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Arai H,Yamamoto A,Matsuzawa Y,Saito Y,Yamada N,Oikawa S,Mabuchi H,Teramoto T,Sasaki J,Nakaya N,Itakura H,Ishikawa Y,Ouchi Y,Horibe H,Kita T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Recently, a number of studies have shown an increased red blood cell distribution width (RDW) to be a strong and independent predictor of the prognosis of coronary artery disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the underlying mechanisms responsible for the relationship between the RDW and a poor prognosi...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Wang P,Wang Y,Li H,Wu Y,Chen H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is implicated in the development of coronary atherosclerosis.We sought to investigate the association between the EAT thickness and presence of multivessel disease (MV) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS:We enrolled 45 consecutive patients with AMI who under...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Fukamachi D,Higuchi Y,Hiro T,Takayama T,Kanai T,Sudo M,Nishida T,Iida K,Saito S,Hirayama A

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：AIMS:Profiling of lipoproteins can predict risk of cardiovascular disease; gel permeation high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) improves prediction accuracy by providing detailed data for specific lipoprotein subclasses. This study applied HPLC to examine the effects of evolocumab, which effectively treats hype...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Masuda D,Kiyosue A,Hirayama A,Shimauchi J,López JAG,Miyawaki K,Yamashita S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tried to investigate whether accumulation of visceral fat assessed by a simple but widely used ultrasonography was associated with common carotid atherosclerosis in women. The subjects were consecutively admitted in-patients whose body mass index was more than 22 kg/m2. Those with cardiorenal or nutritional disorde...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kawamoto R,Kajiwara T,Oka Y,Takagi Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical effect of planned endovascular therapy (EVT) for critical limb ischemia (CLI) patients with tissue loss. Although several rounds of EVT for CLI patients are required for complete wound healing, time required for complete wound healing depends on the wound severi...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Fukunaga M,Kawasaki D,Nishimura M,Yamagami M,Fujiwara R,Nakata T

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：AIM:To assess the long-term effects of intracoronary stem cell (SC) infusion following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) on the local atherosclerotic process at the site of infusion after four years of follow-up. METHODS:We evaluated 18 post-AMI patients. Group 1 consisted of nine patients given an intracoronary injec...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Benedek I,Bucur O,Benedek T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Since we previously reported that lower levels of HDL-C may be most useful for predicting coronary artery disease (CAD) as assessed by multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT), we sought to confirm, among the levels of LDL-C, HDL-C, non-HDL-C (total cholesterol minus HDL-C) and the ratio of LDL-C to HDL-C (LDL...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Shiga Y,Miura S,Mitsutake R,Kawamura A,Uehara Y,Saku K

更新日期：2010-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:A positive association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and periodontal status has recently been noted. However, no study has evaluated the relationship by sex and in a general urban population using the uniform definition proposed in the 2009 Joint Interim Statement. The aim of this study was to clarify the relat...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kikui M,Kokubo Y,Ono T,Kida M,Kosaka T,Yamamoto M,Watanabe M,Maeda Y,Miyamoto Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:There are few data regarding associations between sleep duration and subclinical atherosclerosis in Japan. The aim of this study was to evaluate associations of self-reported sleep duration with calcification in the coronary arteries (CAC) and carotid intima media thickness (IMT) in Japanese men. METHODS:This was ...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Suzuki S,Arima H,Miyazaki S,Fujiyoshi A,Kadota A,Takashima N,Hisamatsu T,Kadowaki S,Zaid M,Torii S,Horie M,Murata K,Miura K,Ueshima H,SESSA Research Group.

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is associated with an increased rate of cardiovascular events. The YKL-40 level is associated with atherosclerosis, endothelial dysfunction and proteinuria in renal and non-renal populations. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between the YKL-40 level and both vascula...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Kocyigit I,Gungor O,Dogan E,Karadavut S,Karakukcu C,Eroglu E,Orscelik O,Unal A,Dogan A,Sipahioglu MH,Tokgoz B,Oymak O

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Both vascular function and structure are independent predictors of cardiovascular events. The purpose of this study was to evaluate vascular function and structure of a leg artery in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). METHODS:We measured flow-mediated vasodilatation (FMD) and nitroglycerine-induced vas...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Iwamoto A,Kajikawa M,Maruhashi T,Iwamoto Y,Oda N,Kishimoto S,Matsui S,Kihara Y,Chayama K,Goto C,Noma K,Aibara Y,Nakashima A,Higashi Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study aimed to examine whether cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with arterial stiffening, evaluated using the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), independent of visceral fat (VF) in middle-aged and elderly Japanese men. We also examined whether the relationship between CRF and the CAVI is modified...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Tanisawa K,Ito T,Sun X,Kawakami R,Oshima S,Gando Y,Cao ZB,Sakamoto S,Higuchi M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of arterial stiffness in routine medical practice is important to assess the progression of arteriosclerosis. So far, many parameters have been proposed to quantitatively represent arterial stiffness. Among these, pulse wave velocity (PWV) has been most frequently applied to clinical medicine because those...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Saiki A,Sato Y,Watanabe R,Watanabe Y,Imamura H,Yamaguchi T,Ban N,Kawana H,Nagumo A,Nagayama D,Ohira M,Endo K,Tatsuno I

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Existing evidence suggests that endothelial lipase (EL) plays an important role in high-densitylipoprotein (HDL) metabolism. Because rabbits are a useful animal model for the study of human lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis, we characterized rabbit EL (rEL) expression and investigated its relationship with plasm...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Zhang J,Yu Y,Nakamura K,Koike T,Waqar AB,Zhang X,Liu E,Nishijima K,Kitajima S,Shiomi M,Qi Z,Yu J,Graham MJ,Crooke RM,Ishida T,Hirata K,Hurt-Camejo E,Chen YE,Fan J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study atherosclerosis risk in diabetes, we investigated ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) expression and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) biogenesis in the liver and hepatocytes under hyperglycemic conditions. METHODS AND RESULTS:In streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice, plasma HDL decreased while ABCA1 ...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Tsujita M,Hossain MA,Lu R,Tsuboi T,Okumura-Noji K,Yokoyama S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated resting heart rate (HR) is associated with hypertension in addition to or similar to increased incidence of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Subjects with high HR exhibit the characteristic features of insulin resistance syndrome. Sympathetic overactivity underlies this clinical condition. However, the...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Hasegawa T,Watase H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Up-regulation of soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) and of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) has been found in diabetes and in patients with acute cerebral ischemia. We asked whether (i) the two molecules are similarly upregulated among non-lacunar and lacunar diabetic strokes and (ii) sCD40L and/or MCP-1 predic...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Davì G,Tuttolomondo A,Santilli F,Basili S,Ferrante E,Di Raimondo D,Pinto A,Licata G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this study was to compare two homogeneous assays of low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) with a modified beta quantification reference measurement for LDL-C (BQ-LDL), fractions of chylomicron (CM), very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) and intermediate-density lipoprotein (IDL) by quantitative u...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Yano M,Matsunaga A,Harada S,Zhang B,Kawachi E,Tadera M,Saku K

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The Japan Atherosclerosis Society Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases 2012 (JAS Guidelines 2012) indicate that the management target for serum non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDLC) level is 30 mg/dL higher than that for low-density lipoprotein cholest...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Saiki Y,Otsuka T,Kato K,Kawada T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) can contribute to a variety of pathological states, including atherosclerosis and post-angioplasty restenosis. The p21(WAF1) cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor regulates cell-cycle progression, senescence, and differentiation in injured blood vessels. Histone de...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Okamoto H,Fujioka Y,Takahashi A,Takahashi T,Taniguchi T,Ishikawa Y,Yokoyama M

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：AIMS:Hypertrophied hearts at autopsy often display excessive coronary artery atherosclerosis, but the histopathology of coronary arteries in hearts with and without cardiomegaly has rarely been compared. METHODS:In this study, forensic autopsies provided hearts with unexplained enlargement plus comparison specimens. R...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Tracy RE

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To demonstrate the clinical benefit of inhibiting intestinal cholesterol absorption, we evaluated the effects of ezetimibe on surrogate markers of cholesterol absorption and synthesis, lipid and glucose metabolism, and markers of obesity and inflammation. METHODS:A total of 120 patients with dyslipidemia (46 men; ...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Hiramitsu S,Ishiguro Y,Matsuyama H,Yamada K,Kato K,Noba M,Uemura A,Yoshida S,Matsubara Y,Kani A,Hasegawa K,Hishida H,Ozaki Y

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In animals, dietary energy restriction is reported to increase longevity, whereas in humans, all cohort studies from Western countries have not shown an association between the low energy intake and longevity. We examined the association between total energy intake and longevity in Japan where dietary pattern is di...

journal_title：Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

authors： Nagai M,Ohkubo T,Miura K,Fujiyoshi A,Okuda N,Hayakawa T,Yoshita K,Arai Y,Nakagawa H,Nakamura K,Miyagawa N,Takashima N,Kadota A,Murakami Y,Nakamura Y,Abbott RD,Okamura T,Okayama A,Ueshima H,NIPPON DATA80 Research Gro

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00