Prognostic improvement by multidisciplinary therapy in patients with critical limb ischemia.

abstract：:The aim of our study was to evaluate the sensitivity, the specificity, and the positive and negative predictive values of a recently developed computerized impedance plethysmography (CIP) in the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT); 117 consecutive outpatients with a clinical suspicion of DVT were evaluated. After ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Agnelli G,Longetti M,Cosmi B,Lupattelli L,Barzi F,Levi M,Nenci GG

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromagnetic field-focusing (EFF) probe is a precision surgical and interventional tool. Use of the device produces maximum temperature in excess of 1800 degrees C by convergence of radio-frequency (RF) induced eddy currents in biological tissues. Applications of the EFF probe in angioplasty, aneurysm thrombosis, a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Yamanashi WS,Saksanen SJ,Valentine JL,Powers M,Phillips SW,Wagner BD,Hill D,Lewis JE

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ranolazine is a relatively novel antiischemic/antianginal compound with antiarrhythmic properties. We investigated its ability to shorten the time to conversion of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) when added to amiodarone after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. In this prospective, randomized, alloc...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Simopoulos V,Tagarakis GI,Daskalopoulou SS,Daskalopoulos ME,Lenos A,Chryssagis K,Skoularingis I,Molyvdas PA,Tsilimingas NB,Aidonidis I

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the impact of stages of renal dysfunction on mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 449 patients (mean age 63 +/- 11.9 years) with ACS after PCI were included. Serum creatinine was determined and creatini...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Bevc S,Penko M,Kanic V,Hojs R

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different patterns of flow and valve gradients can lead to diagnostic uncertainty about the severity of aortic stenosis (AS). Consecutive patients with severe AS (valve area <1 cm(2)) underwent echocardiography and computed tomography. Patients were classified into 4 groups (high-gradient/normal flow [HGNF], high-grad...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Bhattacharyya S,Mittal T,Abayalingam M,Kabir T,Dalby M,Cleland JG,Baltabaeva A,Rahman Haley S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to test Turkish validity and reliability of Venous Insufficiency Epidemiological and Economic Study-Quality of Life/Symptoms (VEINES-QoL/Sym) in patients with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI). A total of 118 patients with CVI hospitalized in 3 different hospitals were enrolled in this study....

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kutlu A,Yilmaz E,Ceçen D,Eser E,Ozbakkaloglu A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes an aggressive form of accelerated atherosclerosis predicted early after transplant by dobutamine stress echocardiography in a patient who died of massive myocardial infarction 32 months after transplantation. The main objective finding of this event was markedly increased cardiac filling pre...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Rossignol DA,Kipreos B,Akosah K,Mohanty PK

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：: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：: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：:Many nonhealing tissues are hypoxic, with oxygen tensions frequently ranging from 5 to 15 mmHg. In such an environment, the normal wound healing sequence is disrupted or halted and phagocytic killing activity depressed. So the adjunctive use of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO), based on physiologic data and clinical observatio...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Wattel F,Mathieu D,Coget JM,Billard V

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the baseline characteristics, management, and outcomes of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in patients of age ≤ 40 in the Gulf region of the Middle East. We studied 8176 hospitalized patients (≤ 40 years) with ACS. Ten percent (805) of the recruited patients were ≤ 40 years. The mean age was 37 years and 89% ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Alanbaei M,Zubaid M,Al-Mallah MH,Rashed WA,Shehab A,Al-Lawati J,Chb M,Amin H,Al Suwaidi J,Al-Hamdan R,Zubair S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed coronary arteriography and gave intracoronary injection of nitrates within 8 hours after the onset of symptoms of acute myocardial infarction in eighteen patients. Improved distal filling or patency of the total occluded coronary artery after intracoronary injection of nitrates occurred in 4 of 18 patient...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Omote S,Yasue H,Takizawa A,Nagao M,Hyon H,Nishida S,Horie M

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality and morbidity from cerebrovascular and coronary arterial disease over a period of six years were studied in 224 non-diabetic patients with intermittent claudication. Patients with multiple arterial stenoses in the leg had a lower six-year survival than patients with single stenoses (55% versus 77%), with a h...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Jonason T,Ringqvist I

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate vascular wall sclerosis, the authors compared parameters of carotid pulse tracing with ascending aortic wall distensibility by using cine magnetic resonance (MR). Cine MR and carotid pulse tracing were performed in 20 healthy volunteers (mean age fifty-six years). They measured the interval from a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Honda T,Hamada M,Matsumoto Y,Matsuoka H,Hiwada K

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Arteriosclerotic lesions in the carotid arteries are the main cause of ischemic cerebral infarction. Only a few studies of the incidence of carotid lesions in patients with chronic peripheral arterial disease (CPAD) and myocardial infarction (MI) have been made. Thus the aim of this study was to investigate ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Spürk P,Angelkort B,Selter P

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta blockers are one of the oral agents shown to decrease cardiovascular morbidity and mortality rates in randomized, controlled trials, and hence, they are widely used for the management of many cardiovascular situations. In terms of side effects there are 3 major modes of action: (1) contraction of smooth muscles, ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Yilmaz MB,Turhan H,Akin Y,Kisacik HL,Korkmaz S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this study were to (1) determine if peripheral arterial disease (PAD) severity is related to deficits in lower extremity functional strength, (2) identify covariates that might affect the relationship between lower extremity functional strength and severity of PAD, and (3) determine if the relationship...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Atkins LM,Gardner AW

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Endurance training has been shown to increase arterial compliance; however, the effect of resistance training is unclear. PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to examine the effect lower body resistance training on arterial compliance in healthy premenopausal women. METHODS:Thirty-two women were assigned ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Fjeldstad AS,Bemben MG,Bemben DA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cell-specific molecule 1 (ESM-1; endocan) is expressed by endothelial cells, and it can be overexpressed in diabetic patients. However, little is known concerning diabetic patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Therefore, we assessed serum ESM-1 level in patients having typ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Qiu CR,Fu Q,Sui J,Zhang Q,Wei P,Wu Y,Zhu K,Lu Y,Wan P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reports on the effects of a physical treatment modality in patients with intermittent claudication. During this treatment a major part of the skin surface is subjected to intermittent suction and pressure. In a previous, preliminary study the authors found a beneficial effect of this treatment in int...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mehlsen J,Himmelstrup H,Himmelstrup B,Winther K,Trap-Jensen J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that QT dispersion (maximal minus minimal QT interval calculated on a standard 12-lead electrocardiogram) could reflect regional variations of ventricular repolarization and could provide a substrate for reentry ventricular arrhythmias. The present study evaluates QT dispersion in patients with a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Paventi S,Bevilacqua U,Parafati MA,Di Luzio E,Rossi F,Pelliccioni PR

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 78-year-old man was admitted to hospital with heart failure and chronic bronchitis. A computed tomographic scan of the chest incidentally demonstrated bilateral abnormal vessels near the left atrium. Selective angiography showed that both internal mammary arteries and bronchial arteries communicated with the pulmona...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Misumi I,Ueno K,Kimura Y,Hokamura Y,Yamabe H,Yasunaga T,Oguni T,Asao C

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct coronary stenting without balloon predilation has the potential benefits of a reduced risk of extended dissections, reduced fluoroscopy exposure, reduced procedural time, and potential cost savings. The purpose of the study was to compare the effects of angiographically successful direct stent implantation and ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Okmen E,Cam N,Sanli A,Yapici F,Uyarel H,Vural M,Ozturk R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of aorticopulmonary window associated with tetralogy of Fallot is reported with its clinical, hemodynamic, angiocardiographic, surgical, and necropsy findings. The difficulty in diagnosing a tetralogy of Fallot in the presence of a large aorticopulmonary shunt is emphasized. It is also noted that the only means...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Pérez-Martinez V,Burgueros M,Quero M,Pérez Leon J,Hafer G

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and the clinical significance of various forms of anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries are not well known. Among 2,000 consecutive patients who underwent selective coronary aretriography, 11 had such anomalies (0.55%). Two patients with atresia of the left main ostia developed ischemic symptoms a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Teplitsky I,Wurzel M,Melamed R,Aygen M

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We suggest a new, easily applicable way of myocardial hypertrophy induction in rats. Forty randomized age-matched male Wistar rats were divided into 2 groups of 20 each: a control group and an orally administered fludrocortisone/salt group. Myocardial hypertrophy was estimated by measuring body weight, heart-weight-to...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Voucharas C,Tagarakis G,Lazou A,Triposkiadis F,Tsilimingas N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral neuropathy is often found in ischemic limbs with nondiabetic atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease (PVD). Sensory symptoms such as burning pain are common in severely ischemic limbs, and sympathectomy has been undertaken for ischemic rest pain. The authors assessed noninvasive quantitative skin vasomo...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Nukada H,van Rij AM,Packer SG,Patterson A

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：: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