Lipid target achievement among patients with very high and high cardiovascular risk in a lipid clinic.

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：:The purpose of this paper is to show, by noninvasive measurements, previously undocumented effects on cardiac work of the nitrate coronary vasodilator Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (Peritrate). The chew-and-swallow 40-mg tablets of this drug were given to 10 patients of type II AHA classification. The Diastolic Time Te...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Winsor T,Winsor DW,Krohn BG,Bernett JR

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome of nonejection click-late systolic murmur and mitral valve prolapse is reviewed. A patient with this syndrome is reported. Physical findings, important diagnostic studies, and possible complications are discussed. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Pittman DE,Patel II,Gay TC,Joyner CR

更新日期：1976-10-01 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

abstract：:Low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography (LDDSE) is one of the methods most used to assess myocardial viability. Glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) has been shown to increase contraction of the ischemic zone. The aim of this study was to compare LDDSE and echocardiography during GIK infusion for detection of myocardia...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Yetkin E,Senen K,Ileri M,Atak R,Battaoglu B,Yetkin O,Tandogan I,Turhan H,Cehreli S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) frequently reveals plaque formation at sites with a normal angiographic appearance. However, whether angiographically normal coronary arteries undergo adaptive expansion in vivo remains uncertain. The authors studied 12 patients (11 men, 1 woman; mean age fifty-three +/- ten years [mean...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Nakamura Y,Takemori H,Shiraishi K,Inoki I,Sakagami M,Shimakura A,Usuda K,Kubota K,Takata S,Kobayashi K

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drugs such as dipyridamole (200 micrograms/kg/min), an adenosine uptake inhibitor, and theophylline (300 micrograms/kg/min), an adenosine receptor antagonist, respectively increased and decreased postischemic hyperemia in normal subjects, as well as in POAD patients. Moreover, dipyridamole pretreatment was able to ant...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Di Perri T,Pasini FL,Pecchi S,De Franco V,Damiani P,Pasqui AL,Capecchi PL,Orrico A,Materazzi M,Domini L

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report use of intravenous (IV) tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) to treat acute anterior wall myocardial infarction in a forty-two-year-old woman during the active menstrual period. The patient received the TPA with the front-loading system with excellent result. Hemoglobin remained unchanged. This case d...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Lee DW,Garza JL

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are associated with the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Statin therapy has been shown to modulate MMPs and TIMP-1 levels, but clinical findings have not been conclusive. This study aimed to systematically re...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ferretti G,Bacchetti T,Banach M,Simental-Mendía LE,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this independent study was to investigate differences in efficacy between HR, (0-[beta-hydroxyethyl]-rutosides) and D+H (500 mg, diosmin+hesperidin) in patients with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI). A first group of 90 patients with severe venous hypertension (CVI, ankle swelling) were randomized into an...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Cesarone MR,Belcaro G,Pellegrini L,Ledda A,Di Renzo A,Vinciguerra G,Ricci A,Gizzi G,Ippolito E,Fano F,Dugall M,Acerbi G,Cacchio M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perioperative prognosis of 81 diabetic patients after endarterectomy of the femoral artery was analyzed by a computer program and compared to the prognosis of a control group of 83 nondiabetic patients. The percentage of female patients in the group with diabetes mellitus was 22% in comparison with 8% of the contr...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Walter P,Parketta P,Heholein F

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The LONFLIT1/2 studies have established that in high-risk subjects after long ( > 10 hours) flights the incidence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) may be between 4% and 6%. The LONFLIT4 study was aimed at evaluating the control of edema and DVT prevention in low-medium-risk subjects. In this study prophylaxis...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Cesarone MR,Belcaro G,Nicolaides AN,Geroulakos G,Lennox A,Myers KA,Moia M,Ricci A,Brandolini R,Ramaswami G,Bavera P,Dugall M,Ippolito E,Winford M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the effect of increased serum uric acid (SUA) concentration and hyperuricemia on subclinical organ damage. A cross-sectional examination of 1243 asymptomatic patients aged 55 to 84 years was conducted from September to October 2012. All participants underwent the measurements of SUA and other established c...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Li Y,Lu J,Wu X,Yang C

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An echocardiographic study of a 67-year-old patient with pseudoidiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis due to secondary pulmonary hypertension is reported. Autopsy revealed findings consistent with pulmonary hypertension, and no evidence of idiopathic subaortic stenosis was found. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Pandian MG,Greenwald JG,Lichtman A,Truax H

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate whether flow velocity profiles of the aorta are related to the severity of aortic valve regurgitation (AR) in patients with diseases of the aorta. Aortic root angiography, abdominal aortic flow velocity measurements by pulsed Doppler method, and regurgitant jet measurements by c...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mitani M,Tamai J,Miyatake K

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：: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：:To clarify relationships between the (endothelial vasodilatory and vasoconstrictive function) and leukocyte inflammatory mediators in subjects with asymptomatic atherosclerosis, we measured (intraplatelet cyclic 3',5'-guanosine monophosphate [cGMP] and cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate [cAMP]), plasma endothelin (E...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Anwaar I,Gottsäter A,Hedblad B,Palmqvist B,Mattiasson I,Lindgärde F

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a powerful predictor of cardiovascular events and mortality. The ankle-brachial index (ABI) is an objective and standard diagnostic method to diagnose PAD (an ABI ≤ 0.9 is considered pathological). The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Johansson K,Behre CJ,Bergström G,Schmidt C

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of furosemide on the hemodynamics, blood electrolytes, and urinary output in 5 anesthetized dogs were studied. There were no significant changes in blood Na+ or Ca++ levels, but K+ decreased significantly after 15 minutes of furosemide treatment. There were no significant changes in the blood pressure, hea...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Koob R,Prasad K

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the association between 5 well-defined polymorphisms of the transforming growth factor-β1 (TGFB1) gene and coronary artery disease (CAD) among patients with hypertension from northeast China. All study participants were classified into patients with CAD (n = 679) and controls (n = 686) according to angiogr...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Xu J,Yu X,Huang C,Qin R,Peng F,Lin J,Niu W

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:We assessed lipid goal achievement in patients at high risk for vascular events from a general practice (London, United Kingdom). Patients were identified as those with a prescription for hypolipidaemic medication, a significant (>20%) Framingham risk, and from the myocardial infarction register. Two hundred forty-fiv...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Levine AP,Mikhailidis DP,Moross T,Benson K,Gor M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) is an important complication of acute transmural myocardial infarction (MI) that bears great clinical significance because of high mortality. Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is extensively used to evaluate autonomic modulation of sinus node and to identify patients at risk for an ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Yildirim A,Soylu O,Dağdeviren B,Eksik A,Tezel T

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction plays an important role in the pathogenesis of cardiac syndrome X, and intracoronary low-dose acetylcholine infusion is a widely used diagnostic modality for studying the coronary artery endothelial function. The authors herein report 2 cases of cardiac syndrome X with coronary artery endotheli...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Masaki N,Takase B,Satomura K,Akima T,Matsushima Y,Hosaka H,Hamabe A,Kurita A,Ohsuzu F

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous clonidine was used to treat systolic hypertension (systolic blood pressure greater than 160 mm Hg) in 15 patients with acute myocardial infarction and documented sympathetic overactivity (high plasma norepinephrine). Its effects on haemodynamics and blood gases were studied. After one hour, clonidine signi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Renard M,Liebens I,Waterschoot P,Bernard R

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is little information on the echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular performance after the ingestion of alcohol. Therefore, we obtained echocardiograms and systolic time intervals in 9 normal subjects before and after a cocktail party. These subjects drank 5-6 ounces of 87 proof whiskey during the party...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gould L,Reddy CV,Singh BK,Zen B

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare event and only in a few patients has the diagnosis been angiographically confirmed during life. A spontaneous dissection of the right coronary artery was detected as a cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a patient with coronary artery ectasia. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Huikuri HV,Mallon SM,Myerburg RJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Computed tomography angiography (CTA) is the gold standard follow-up modality after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). A potential alternative noninvasive and less expensive modality is duplex ultrasound scanning (DUS). METHODS:We studied 314 follow-up paired scans (DUS and CTA) in 59 patients with EVAR...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Badri H,El Haddad M,Ashour H,Nice C,Timmons G,Bhattacharya V

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors assessed whether measurements obtained by Judkins-style Doppler catheters are comparable to those achieved with the intracoronary Doppler technique in 42 patients with normal coronary arteries on angiography (19 syndrome X and 23 heart transplant patients). Resting coronary flow velocity and response to a ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Chauhan A,Mullins PA,Thuraisingham S,Taylor G,Petch MC,Schofield PM

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00