Serum γ-glutamyltransferase activity in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate precocious alterations in the artery wall of patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). METHODS:We evaluated flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery and intima-media thickness (IMT) of carotid arteries in 16 patients and 16 healthy controls matched for age, gender, and ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Bilora F,Sartori MT,Zanon E,Campagnolo E,Arzenton M,Rossato A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Color-flow duplex scanning (CDS) is a good diagnostic test for lower extremity proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT). This report aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of CDS in detecting isolated calf DVT in two in-hospital populations. A total of 166 patients had routine DVT testing with both CDS and venography: 99...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Eskandari MK,Sugimoto H,Richardson T,Webster MW,Makaroun MS

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors tested the hypothesis that ethanol or its metabolite acetaldehyde might interfere in cyclic guanosine monophosphate (GMP) metabolism in coronary smooth muscle cells. Ethanol at the physiologically relevant concentration of 4.0 mg/mL or more significantly decreased basal guanylate cyclase activity and inhib...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kishi Y,Oniki T,Ashikaga T,Numano F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sneddon's syndrome is a rare condition comprising widespread livedo retucularis and multiple episodes of transient cerebral ischemia. Treatment to date has been empirical. The hemostatic/thrombotic status of 4 patients with Sneddon's syndrome was studied by a unique technique, hemostatometry, which measures primary he...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mayou SC,Kovacs IB,Ridler CD,Kirby JD

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to determine the progression of coronary artery calcification (CAC) using electron beam computed tomography (CT) when the initial CAC score (CACS) is zero and to determine the best interval to repeat a CAC scan. We studied 388 individuals with zero CACS (308 males; mean age: 48.8 ± 8.26 years)...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Koulaouzidis G,Charisopoulou D,Maffrett S,Tighe M,Jenkins PJ,McArthur T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial aneurysm is a leading cause of stroke. Its treatment has evolved over the past 2 decades. This review summarizes the treatment strategies for intracranial aneurysms from 3 different perspectives: open surgery approach, transluminal treatment approach, and new technologies being used or trialed. We introdu...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Zhao J,Lin H,Summers R,Yang M,Cousins BG,Tsui J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of enalapril on cerebral blood flow (CBF) was studied in 11 patients with chronic heart failure (NYHA II or III, dilated cardiomyopathy in 6 and old myocardial infarction in 5). CBF was evaluated by analyzing the Patlak-Plot curve obtained from radionuclide angiography with technetium-99m hexamethylpropylen...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kamishirado H,Inoue T,Fujito T,Kase M,Shimizu M,Sakai Y,Takayanagi K,Morooka S,Natsui S

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:We assessed the clinical echocardiograhic, hematological, and biochemical parameters in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMP) and control individuals mainly focusing on the mean platelet volume (MPV) in terms of DCMP and left ventricle (LV) thrombus formation. Consecutive patients (n = 251) with DCMP and 266 pat...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Tekin G,Sivri N,Tekin YK,Topal E,Erbay AR,Yetkin E

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to validate a new diagnostic tool, nitrate echocardiography (NE), for the identification of viable noncontracting myocardium in patients with a history of prior myocardial infarction (MI). Nitroglycerin (NTG) may be useful for this purpose for its peculiar pharmacodynamic action and...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Pontillo D,Carboni GP,Capezzuto A,Alessi C,Achilli A,Piccini F,Guerra R

更新日期：1996-05-01 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

abstract：:The efficacy of a new method of treatment, endovascular blood irradiation with He-Ne laser, developed by the authors, was studied in 295 patients with primary acute transmural myocardial infarction (MI). Twenty-four-hour Holter monitoring findings before and after laser irradiation suggested the possibility of prevent...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kipshidze NN,Chapidze GE,Bokhua MR,Marsagishvili LA,Dolidze NK,Eristavi DG

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：:Every day, thousands of people in the United States receive polycyclic antidepressants (PCAs) prescribed by their primary care physicians. We have examined the cardiovascular manifestations of polycyclic antidepressants in 14 patients with primary depression receiving various antidepressant drugs for a period of six m...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mahapatra RK,Paul SK,Mahapatra D,Winter S

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transient complete coronary occlusion due to spasm was induced by the cold pressor test in a 51-year-old man with variant angina. Arteriography before the test revealed a normal left coronary artery and only minor irregularities of the mid-portion of the right coronary artery. Three minutes after cold stimulation, a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kawano T,Okabe M,Arakawa K

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients suffering from idiopathic unilateral lower limb lymphedema were treated with a diet in which long-chain triglycerides (LCT) were drastically restricted. From the beginning of the treatment, a distinct improvement was observed in both patients, with reduction of the affected limb perimeters, decrease of ed...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Soria P,Cuesta A,Romero H,Martínez FJ,Sastre A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An eighty-one-year-old woman received quinidine in order to convert atrial fibrillation to a sinus rhythm. The patient developed a prolonged QT interval on the EKG, as well as episodes of torsade de pointes. With the administration of intravenous magnesium sulfate, the abnormal rhythm was suppressed within minutes. Th...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gould LA,Betzu R,Vacek T,Muller RT,Pradeep V,Scafa A

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In orthostatic hypotensive patients renin is reported to increase in response to head-up tilt unless the lesion involves postganglionic sympathetic efferent nerves. The authors examined responses of plasma renin activity (PRA) to acute blood pressure reduction in 4 patients with orthostatic hypotension. When the coexi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Asato C,Muratani H,Touma T,Kawazoe N,Kimura Y,Takishita S,Fukiyama K

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and epidemiological studies during the last 7 decades indicated that elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels correlate with the pathogenesis and progression of atherosclerotic lesions in the arterial wall. This observation led...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kypreos KE,Bitzur R,Karavia EA,Xepapadaki E,Panayiotakopoulos G,Constantinou C

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cell-specific molecule 1 ([ESM-1], endocan) is a new biomarker of endothelial dysfunction, which may be involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and stress hyperglycemia in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Therefore, we investigated serum ESM-1 levels in patien...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Qiu C,Sui J,Zhang Q,Wei P,Wang P,Fu Q

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticardiolipin antibodies represent one of the main hypercoagulation states associated with venous thromboembolism. The aim of this work was to evaluate symptomatic recurrent thrombosis in patients with anticardiolipin antibodies and deep vein thrombosis of the lower limbs with or without thromboembolism. Sixty patie...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： de Godoy JM,de Godoy MF,Braile DM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of sublingual nitroglycerin on septal and left ventricular wall motion were determined by echocardiography in the early hours of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in 20 patients admitted via a mobile coronary care unit. Left ventricular and septal echoes were obtained in 11 patients with acute anterior MI a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kounis NG,Zavras GM,Papadaki PJ,Soufras GD,Kitrou MP

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:A strong association exists between diabetes mellitus and critical limb ischemia. METHODS AND RESULTS:We performed endovascular therapy on 1060 limbs in 884 patients with below knee lesions only. The patients were divided into diabetes (DG) and nondiabetes groups (NDG). Limb salvage was poorer in the DG (79...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Suzuki K,Iida O,Yamauchi Y,Nakano M,Soga Y,Kawasaki D,Tazaki J,Yamaoka T,Suematsu N,Shintani Y,Miyashita Y,Inoue N,Meguro T

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microalbuminuria (UAE) may be considered a marker of systemic vascular dysfunction, while pulse pressure (PP) is an indicator of the stiffness of vascular conduits. Both these parameters, together with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), are linked to cardiovascular morbidity in hypertensive patients. The aim of this ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Di Bello V,Pedrinelli R,Giorgi D,Bertini A,Caputo MT,Cioppi A,Talini E,Leonardo M,Dell'Omo G,Paterni M,Giusti C

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent clinical studies have demonstrated that 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors are effective in the prevention of cardiovascular events and regression of atherosclerotic lesions evaluated by angiography. In this study, the authors investigated how lipid-lowering therapy effects on ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Arai Y,Hirose N,Yamamura K,Kimura M,Murayama A,Fujii I,Tsushima M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old man was admitted for primary cardiac angiosarcoma with a cardiac tamponade. Transthoracic echocardiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan demonstrated a large mass in the right atrium and thickening of the right ventricular wall. 18F-labeled deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Nakamura-Horigome M,Koyama J,Eizawa T,Kasai H,Kumazaki S,Tsutsui H,Koiwai K,Oguchi K,Kinoshita O,Ikeda U

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The collagen, elastin, total sugar, and nonscleroprotein content was evaluated in 32 samples of saphenous varicose vein and in 34 controls. A significantly lower collagen and elastin content was found in the varicose samples without correlation with the degree of pathologic broadening. Otherwise the total sugars and t...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Andreotti L,Cammelli D

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and stiffness, reflecting subclinical atherosclerosis, are associated with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). The relationship between serum fetuin-A, which inhibits ectopic calcification, and atherosclerosis is unclear. Therefore, we investigated the association b...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Akyuz A,Oran M,Alpsoy S,Mutlu LC,Akkoyun DC,Guzel S,Alp R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00