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OBJECTIVE:Cardiovascular risk prediction is deemed fundamental and the assessment of organ damage is emerging as a potentially 'downstream' picture of individual risk. Our aim was to assess the feasibility and value of prediction of coronaropathy [coronary artery disease (CAD)] of integrated cardiovascular ultrasound examination. METHODS:This multicenter study involved eight cardiology centers that enrolled 457 consecutive patients. Blood pressures, carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), carotid pulse wave velocity (cPWV), semiquantitative score of cardiac calcifications, global myocardial longitudinal strain (GLS), and rest Doppler flow velocity on the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery were measured. After coronary angiography, patients were divided in CAD, n = 273, at least one coronary stenosis higher than 50%, and no CAD, n = 184. RESULTS:CAD were older (65.9 ± 10.7 versus 63.1 ± 11.2 years, mean ± standard deviation, P = 0.01), and had higher blood pressure (137.0 ± 18.8/77.5 ± 11.1 versus 130.2 ± 17.4/75.1 ± 9.7 mmHg, P < 0.02), cIMT (791.4 ± 165.5 versus 712.0 ± 141.5 mcm, P < 0.0001), cPWV (median: 9 versus 8.1 m/s, P < 0.01), score of calcium (median, 2 versus 1, P < 0.0001), LAD velocity (median, 38 versus 36, P < 0.07), and lower GLS (-17.6 ± 4.3 versus -19.3 ± 5.1, P < 0.05) than no CAD. Score of calcium was feasible in the totality of patients, cIMT in 97%, cPWV in 86%, GLS in 88%, and LAD in 84%. A combination of at least three variables was measurable in 80% of the patients. All ultrasound parameters significantly predicted CAD. However, in a stepwise logistic regression, the only combined predictors of obstructive CAD were score of calcium, cIMT, and LAD velocity. CONCLUSION:In Echo-Lab, Rome, Italy, the integrated cardiovascular ultrasound study is feasible in a high percentage of patients. The combination of three parameters, that is, score of calcium, cIMT, and LAD velocity, has incremental predictive value for obstructive CAD.
journal_name
J Hypertensjournal_title
Journal of hypertensionauthors
Moreo A,Gaibazzi N,Faggiano P,Mohammed M,Carerj S,Mureddu G,Pigazzani F,Muiesan L,Salvetti M,Cesana F,Faden G,Facchetti R,Giannattasio C,Rigo Fdoi
10.1097/HJH.0000000000000543subject
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2015-06-01 00:00:00pages
1291-300issue
6eissn
0263-6352issn
1473-5598journal_volume
33pub_type
杂志文章,多中心研究abstract:OBJECTIVES:Rapid growth velocity in early life may be a risk factor for obesity, elevated blood pressure, and adverse metabolic markers in childhood, but results are not consistent. We analysed the association between peak growth velocity during the first 2 years of life and blood pressure, fasting glucose and insulin ...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e328352d699
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) of the brainstem and the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus play crucial roles in central cardiovascular regulation. In hypertensive rats, an imbalance of excitatory and inhibitory inputs to the RVLM enhances central sympathetic outflow. Increased react...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834e1df4
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The antihypertensive effect of thiazide diuretics in angiotensin II induced hypertension has never been characterized. In the current study, we sought to determine the effect of a thiazide diuretic on arterial pressure and renal fluid excretion in rats receiving a chronic intravenous infusion of angiotensin ...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-200109000-00012
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) are sensitive to a high salt intake and we investigated the question of whether flow-induced dilation is affected by this type of diet, as flow responses are especially sensitive to small changes in extracellular sodium concentrations. METHODS:We evaluated the effects of...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199816100-00013
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Molecular variants of the angiotensinogen (AGT) and the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (ATR) genes have been associated with the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) and myocardial infarction (MI), but data so far available are conflicting. The primary object of the paper is to verify this possible associati...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-200105000-00007
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare the metabolite profiles of venous effluent from both kidneys of individuals with unilateral atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) in order to directly examine how impaired renal blood flow impacts small-molecule handling in humans. METHODS:We applied liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry ...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000470
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.hjh.0000160205.81652.5a
更新日期:2005-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-alpha has been implicated in the regulation of normal and pathological cellular functions, but the effect of specific gene silencing on PPARalpha-mediated function is not fully defined. AIM:This study evaluated the role of PPARalpha in hypertensive renal inj...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e328330b6d9
更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Excess dietary sodium has been linked to the development of hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases. In humans, the effects of sodium consumption on endothelial function have not been separated from the effects on blood pressure. The present study was designed to determine if dietary sodium intake aff...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835c6ca8
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834e38b6
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association of angiotensinogen (AGT) gene with AGT level and hypertension based on the overall genetic variation of the AGT gene in among African-Americans. METHODS:All non-rare single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in AGT were identified by resequencing 24 individuals. Five tagging SNPs wer...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-200310000-00011
更新日期:2003-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine whether acutely lowering insulin levels with somatostatin in obese, insulin-resistant hypertensive individuals reduces arterial pressure and forearm vascular resistance; and whether these changes are reversed by restoring insulin levels during continuing somatostatin infusion. SUBJECTS:Subjects ...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have previously reported that pressor doses of angiotensin II induce atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) release. Since the number of glomerular and vascular ANF receptors may vary inversely with plasma ANF levels, we investigated whether they are modified by angiotensin II. Male rats were infused intraperitoneally for...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Current clinical guidelines of primary aldosteronism recommend adrenalectomy (AdX) for unilateral primary aldosteronism based on the studies showing the potential superiority of AdX over the medical treatment. However, since most medically treated cases consisted of bilateral primary aldosteronism and all su...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000002070
更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of angiotensin II in the pathogenesis of hyperinsulinemia-induced hypertension in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Chronic hyperinsulinemia was achieved by infusing insulin (3 mU/kg per min) subcutaneously by an osmotic minipump for 6 weeks. An angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (fosi...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199816120-00009
更新日期:1998-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Elevated plasma glucocorticoid level is an independent predictor of increased mortality risk in chronic heart failure, but local biosynthesis and pathophysiological roles of glucocorticoids in the heart remain unclear. METHODS:Dahl salt-sensitive rats on high-salt diet and mice with transthoracic aortic ban...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e328326cb04
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Stroke is elevated in people of black African descent, but evidence for excess subclinical cerebrovascular disease is conflicting, and the role of risk factors in determining any ethnic differences observed unexplored. METHODS:We compared prevalence of brain infarcts, and severe white matter hyperintensitie...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e328364f5bc
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of prolonged hypertension in the absence of cardiac hypertrophy on the blood pressure-heart rate reflex during acute and chronic NO synthase blockade. METHODS:Male Wistar rats were treated acutely with N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 50 mg/kg intraperitoneally) or ch...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199610000-00009
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To examine the regulation by angiotensin II and by steroids of the expression of the angiotensin II AT1a and AT1b receptor genes in rat hearts. METHODS:Endogenous levels of angiotensin II in the rats were increased either by unilateral 0.2-mm renal artery clips or by subcutaneous infusions of frusemide (12 m...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199715080-00011
更新日期:1997-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::BMI represents an internal metabolic and physiological environment that plays a key role in development of high blood pressure (BP) for many Americans. African-American women have a higher prevalence of high BP and being overweight than men or other ethnic groups. This study examines the genetic-environmental interact...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283110402
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32833b9c63
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000822
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199007000-00003
更新日期:1990-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834f6b11
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of hypertension and diabetes mellitus on vascular albumin permeability and hypertrophy in 11-week-old Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) with and without 3 weeks of streptozotocin-induced diabetes. METHODS:Vascular albumin permeability was measured as...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199505000-00008
更新日期:1995-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has several negative effects on the heart including increase in myocardial end-systolic stress, venous return and sympathetic activity, all potential stimuli of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. The impact of the severity of OSA on LV geometry is unknown. We hypothesized that O...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/hjh.0b013e328336c90a
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::: The hypertension paradigm has contributed to a dramatic reduction in CVD mortality. This has been achieved by applying average results of population studies to identify a target population and design a common intervention to achieve a BP goal. Progressive lowering of the BP threshold has expanded the fraction of per...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000002375
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-198704000-00015
更新日期:1987-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::It is widely believed that salt-dependent hypertension is induced and maintained by expansion of intravascular fluid volume resulting from excessive retention of sodium. The purpose of this brief article is to present a series of arguments in support of the thesis that volume overload per se does not raise the arteria...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834f6de1
更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00