Prevention of Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis: What is the Evidence?

abstract：:We investigated the burden of frailty across the spectrum of ankle-brachial index (ABI < 0.9, 0.9 ≤ ABI < 1.1, 1.1 ≤ ABI < 1.4 and ≥1.4) using data from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) in respondents aged >50 years. Criteria used to identify frailty status included weight loss, slow wal...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Singh S,Bailey KR,Noheria A,Kullo IJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old girl was successfully recuperated from cardiopulmonary arrest shortly after running 80 m in a competition. The electrocardiogram, echocardiogram and 123I-MIBG myocardial scintigraphic imaging indicated myocardial ischemia in the anteroseptal wall of the left ventricle. Coronary angiography during the rec...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Fukuda N,Kurokawa S,Maeda K,Iseki S,Takahasi M,Niwano H,Nakazato K,Niwano S,Kurosawa T,Izumi T

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriovenous (A-V) fistulae can be congenital or acquired. Acquired arteriovenous fistulae are met with during war as well as civilian practice as a result of penetrating injuries causing perforation in an artery and a vein which are surrounded usually by a firm sheath like the femoral, carotid or subclavian sheath, ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Salvador JD,Kavka SJ

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute mesenteric ischemia is a rare but serious complication of open heart surgery. Between January 2009 and January 2012, 1360 adult patients underwent open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass at our institution; 29 patients presented gastrointestinal complications. Eight patients developed acute mesenteric isc...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Sever K,Ozbek C,Goktas B,Bas S,Ugurlucan M,Mansuroglu D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac trauma is a leading cause of death in the United States and occurs mostly due to motor vehicle accidents. Blunt cardiac trauma and penetrating chest injuries are most common, and both can lead to aortic injuries. Timely diagnosis and early management are the key to improve mortality. Cardiac computed tomograph...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gosavi S,Tyroch AH,Mukherjee D

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the value of continuous-wave Doppler sonography for detection and exclusion of lesions in the vertebrobasilar system, the ultrasonic and angiographic findings were compared in a prospective study. Altogether, 200 vertebral arteries in 176 patients were evaluated by both methods. Insonation of the vertebral a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Karnik R,Stöllberger C,Ammerer HP,Perneczky G,Slany J,Brenner H

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The idea of cerebrovascular injury in cases of thromboangiitis obliterans was not strange to Leo Buerger, but Jäger (1932), as well Lindenberg and Spatz (1939), first established it. The aim of this study was to investigate the hemodynamics in the basal cerebral arteries by means of transcranial Doppler in patients wi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Matchev S,Petrov V,Batchvarova V,Maljakova A,Doneva S

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the association between atherosclerosis of the thoracic aorta and the severity and extent of coronary atherosclerosis detected by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) coronary angiography. In 122 patients, atherosclerotic plaque was scored from 0 to 4 points by the percentage of the luminal surface...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Yorgun H,Hazirolan T,Kaya EB,Canpolat U,Sunman H,Ertuğrul O,Ateş AH,Aksoy H,Aytemir K,Tokgözoğlu L,Kabakçi G,Oto A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical approach-of-choice for the management of popliteal artery aneurysms (PAAs) remains controversial. We compared the results of the medial (MA) and dorsal (posterior) surgical approach (DA). Fifty patients (44 males/6 females; median age [range]: 59 [49-84] years) treated for 58 atherosclerotic PAAs were stu...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Bisdas T,Paraskevas KI,Pichlmaier M,Wilhelmi M,Haverich A,Teebken OE

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind, crossover study was designed to evaluate the effect of L-carnitine on the reactive hyperemia in patients with peripheral vascular disease. After drug washout, 18 patients were randomly assigned to receive placebo or L-carnitine, 3 g IV as a bolus, followed by continuous intravenous infusion of 2 mg/kg/...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Brevetti G,Attisano T,Perna S,Rossini A,Policicchio A,Corsi M

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effects of heart rate (HR) on brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI). Thirty-two patients without significant organic heart disease underwent elective cardiac catheterization or electrophysiologic study, and were then enrolled in right atrial pacing ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Su HM,Lee KT,Chu CS,Lee MY,Lin TH,Voon WC,Sheu SH,Lai WT

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:This study aimed at evaluating the changes in platelet-activating factor (PAF) and its metabolic enzymes over a 6-week follow-up period in patients with newly diagnosed heart failure ([HF] n = 12) compared with age-, sex-, and BMI-matched apparently healthy volunteers (n = 10). The PAF, its key biosynthetic enzymes (l...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Detopoulou P,Fragopoulou E,Nomikos T,Antonopoulou S,Kotroyiannis I,Vassiliadou C,Panagiotakos DB,Chrysohoou C,Pitsavos C,Stefanadis C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) is an integrated reflection of 2 opposite thrombotic/inflammatory pathways that are easily calculated from a complete blood count. The PLR initially served as a systemic inflammatory biomarker to predict the prognosis of neoplastic diseases. In recent years, the PLR has been used...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kurtul A,Ornek E

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared exercise performance, daily physical activity, and health-related quality of life in 115 participants with stable angina and 441 controls without coronary artery disease or stable angina. Participants with stable angina had shorter 6-min walk distance (P = .003), and lower total leisure-time physical activ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gardner AW,Montgomery PS,Ritti-Dias RM,Thadani U

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:Thirty patients with intermittent claudication (IC) and treated diabetes mellitus and 30 age- and gender-matched nondiabetic claudicants underwent a vascular examination by noninvasive ultrasound methods (continuous-wave Doppler, duplex scanner). The ankle/arm systolic pressure index did not differ in the two groups. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Rubba P,Leccia G,Faccenda F,De Simone B,Carbone L,Pauciullo P,Vaccaro O,Mancini M

更新日期：1991-04-01 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：:We describe the case of a young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who suffered an acute myocardial infarction (MI). The patient was treated by corticosteroids in addition to the usual management for acute MI. The role of arteritis in producing the infarction is also discussed. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Rosenthal T,Neufeld H,Kishon Y,Yelin O,Many A

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal blood rheology is a known characteristics of coronary artery disease. The authors evaluated the effects of pentoxifylline on the exercise capacity ejection fraction and symptoms of 9 patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. All patients had signs and symptoms of left ventricular dysfunction. All had at least tw...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Barnett JC,Touchon RC

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During fetal life the pulmonary circulation is one of high resistance. Soon after birth with the onset of breathing and thereafter, sequential structural changes in pulmonary vasculature take place. Several authors have reported differently on this structural remodeling. This study describes the changes in the pulmona...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Basu S,Datta BN,Khandelwal N

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old woman with progressive dyspnea underwent transthoracic echocardiography and was found to have a large multilobed mass in the left atrium that was attached to lateral wall. On inspection during surgery, the tumor was found to infiltrate the posterior mitral annulus and leaflet. The patient underwent surgi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Lazaros GA,Matsakas EP,Madas JS,Toli DI,Nikas DJ,Kershaw MA,Alpert MA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the significant advances made in the understanding and treatment of coronary artery disease much remains unclear about the pathogenesis of this complex atherothrombotic process. Atherogenesis may reflect a combination of multiple factors interacting with one another leading to coronary artery occlusion. One po...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Brody JI,Capuzzi DM,Fink GB

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of pentoxifylline (PXF) in vascular inner ear disease (VIED) was studied comparing PXF and placebo in a 4-week study; 60 patients with unilateral loss of hearing, vertigo, dizziness, tinnitus (analyzed with an analogue scale line), and cochlear flow reduction were included. The aim of the study was to stu...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Incandela L,Cesarone MR,Belcaro G,De Sanctis MT,Nicolaides AN,Griffin M,Geroulakos G,Ramaswami G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentoxifylline improves microvascular blood flow in conditions of vascular insufficiency. The clinical benefits of pentoxifylline have been attributed to its effects on the cellular elements of whole blood, although a few studies suggest it may also be a vasodilator. The purpose of this study was to determine whether ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Sonkin PL,Chen LE,Seaber AV,Hatchell DL

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined whether high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) ≥2.0 mg/L was associated with increased intima-media thickness (IMT), plaque burden, and plaque echolucency in carotid arteries. Women (n = 635) from a population sample of 64-year-old females with varying degrees of glucose tolerance underwent risk facto...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Prahl U,Wikstrand J,Bergström GM,Behre CJ,Hulthe J,Fagerberg B

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostacyclin treatment successfully delays the need for lung transplantation in many patients with progressive primary pulmonary hypertension by vasodilating pulmonary arteries. However, the treatment of pulmonary hypertension with prostacyclin may cause a paradoxical increase in pulmonary artery pressure, as shown in...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Younger JR,Lui CY

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The echocardiographic features of a surgically confirmed case of an aneurysm of the inter-atrial septum presenting as a persistent right atrial lesion were described. The lesion appeared cystic and could be differentiated from solid tumours. In contrast to other reported cases of smaller aneurysms, the lesion in this ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kong CW,Chan W

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Timolol is a new beta blocker with cardioselective properties. A single blind controlled study was performed to assess the efficacy of timolol maleate in doses of 10 to 30 mg per day in 20 patients affected by stable angina pectoris. The patients received a placebo for a baseline period of 2 weeks, followed by 12 week...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Di Segni E,Fidelman E,David D,Klein HO,Kaplinsky E

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accurate identification of patients at high risk for acute coronary syndromes among those seen in the emergency department with possible myocardial ischemia and nonischernic electrocardiograms is a problem. Two-dimensional echocardiography and myocardial perfusion imaging with 99m-technetium sestamibi can identify...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Paventi S,Parafati MA,Di Luzio E,Pellegrino CA

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00