Pharmacological Management of Dyslipidemia in Atherosclerosis: Limitations, Challenges, and New Therapeutic Opportunities.

abstract：:To determine the optimal cuff width for measuring toe blood pressure in patients with lower limb ischemia, this experimental prospective study examined 20 patients with symptoms of peripheral arterial disease referred for vascular examination or vascular surgery. Toe blood pressure was measured hydrostatically by the ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Påhlsson HI,Laskar C,Stark K,Andersson A,Jogestrand T,Wahlberg E

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a unique case of a 33 year old female with congenital aneurysm of the left ventricular apex associated with an aneurysm of the left main coronary artery and surgically repaired supravalvular aortic stenosis. The congenital aneurysm of the left ventricular apex was not associated with a midline thoraco-abdomi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gupta MP,Zoneraich S,Aintablain A,Mehta J

更新日期：1975-03-01 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：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：:Exercise electrocardiography and selective coronary arteriography was performed in 24 consecutive patients with complete bundle branch block. The criteria for a positive exercise electrocardiogram (E-ECG) were a 1 mm depression or elevation in the J point from the control state, as well as in the ST-segment measured a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Susmano A,Teran JC

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of lipid-lowering treatment on renal function in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). This was a retrospective study of hyperlipidemic claudicants referred to a vascular surgery and risk modification clinic. Serum creatinine and urate concentration...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Youssef F,Gupta P,Seifalian AM,Myint F,Mikhailidis DP,Hamilton G

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：: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：:The efficacy of physical training alone or combined with antiplatelet therapy (dipyridamole and aspirin) was studied in 30 patients with stage II peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD). Patients were randomly allocated to one of the following groups: Group A--dipyridamole 75 mg three times daily and aspirin 330 ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mannarino E,Pasqualini L,Innocente S,Scricciolo V,Rignanese A,Ciuffetti G

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a first experiment, an acute intravenous administration of 10 mg R 41 468, a pure serotonin-receptor blocking agent with high selectivity for blood vessels and thrombocytes and devoid of central effects, dramatically reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure in 23 elderly hypertensive patients. Heart rate and c...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： De Cree J,Leempoels J,De Cock W,Geukens H,Verhaegen H

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB-1) is a nuclear protein physiologically involved in the maintaining of DNA structure in the nucleus. When tissue damage occurs, necrotic cells as well as inflammatory cells, once activated, release this protein in circulating blood, where it seems to exert a direct proinflammatory actio...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Cirillo P,Giallauria F,Di Palma V,Maresca F,Ziviello F,Bevilacqua M,Vigorito C,Trimarco B

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously developed a technique for the in vivo visualization of the pulmonary arteries in the experimental animal with a fiberoptic instrument (angioscope). To assess the potential hemodynamic and gas exchange effects of angioscopy, we studied five dogs before and after pulmonary embolization. Sequential obs...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Shure D,Moser KM,Konopka RG

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of calcium channel blockers and beta blockers is more effective for the treatment of exercise-induced angina pectoris than beta blocker monotherapy. Since ischemia in exercise-induced angina is essentially preceded by an increase in heart rate, calcium channel blockers with negative chronotropic proper...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： van der Vring JA,Daniëls MC,Holwerda NJ,Withagen PJ,Schelling A,Cleophas TJ,Hendriks MG

更新日期：1999-06-01 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：:Lysis block treatment (LBT) is a new form of fibrinolytic therapy for deep vein thrombosis and arterial occlusion in the distal parts of the limbs. Strictly local lysis was achieved by placing a cuff around the thigh or the upper arm, inflating the cuff to a pressure of 500 mmHg ("Bier's blockade"), and giving heparin...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Martin M,Heimig T,Fiebach BJ,Magnus L,Riedel C

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of all the controversial topics in the management of cerebrovascular diseases the subject of transient ischemic attacks is perhaps the most controversial. A preponderance of literature related to the subject, reflecting a remarkable degree of interest in the topic, is a result of this controversy. Each conclusion serv...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Slade WR Jr,Enker S,Borras R,Chen JR

更新日期：1983-10-01 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：:The syndrome of intermittent claudication can be induced not only by vascular insufficiency of the lower limbs but also by diseases of the spinal cord and cauda equina. The authors describe a sixty-year-old man with intermittent claudication due to spinal canal stenosis who was successfully treated with beraprost sodi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kato H,Emura S,Ngashima K,Kishikawa H,Takashima T,Ohmori K

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：: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：:Coronary collateral vessels can provide a perfusion reserve in case of increased myocardial oxygen demand. Development of coronary collateral vessels (CCV) is triggered by the pressure gradient between the coronary bed of arteries caused by an obstruction and myocardial ischemia. Myocardial hypoxia can facilitate deve...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Topsakal R,Eryol NK,Abaci A,Oymak S,Ozdoğru I,Yilmaz Y,Seyfeli E,Oğuzhan A,Ergin A

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:The objective of this study was to determine the proportion of Greek patients referred to outpatient clinics for dyslipidemia who achieved the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goal defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) guidelines, using lifestyle chan...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Diamantopoulos EJ,Athyros VG,Yfanti GK,Migdalis EN,Elisaf M,Vardas PE,Manolis AS,Karamitsos DT,Ganotakis ES,Hatseras D,OLYMPIC Study Group.

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated protein C resistance (APC-R) is the most common inherited cause of clinically apparent venous thromboembolism. Previous data indicate that left atrial thrombus (LAT) formation is a common complication in mitral stenosis (MS) and a hypercoagulable state exists in these patients. The aim of this study was to i...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Hisar I,Ileri M,Yetkĭn E,Atak R,Senen K,Kosar F,Dŭndar S,Demĭrkan D

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium antagonists are known to exert various effects on the kidney that might modulate their antihypertensive potential. This study evaluated the renal effects, along with the efficacy, of isradipine in two subgroups of patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension (EH), defined according to plasma renin act...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Allikmets K,Parik T,Teesalu R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome (paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia alternating with sinus bradycardia and episodes of sinus node arrest) has previously presented a complicated therapeutic dilemma when excitatory and suppressive drugs have been utilized. A patient with this syndrome successfully treated with...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Pittman DE

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this double-blind, crossover study the authors have validated stroke volume determination by impedance cardiography against the pulsed Doppler echocardiographic method in elderly hypertensives. They found a good correlation between the stroke volume values obtained by the two methods over a range of values from 30 ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Antonicelli R,Savonitto S,Gambini C,Tomassini PF,Sardina M,Paciaroni E

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of uncontrolled trials has suggested that hemodilution is effective in peripheral occlusive arterial disease. This study was aimed at proving or disproving the efficacy of hemodilution by using a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind crossover design. Twenty-four stable claudicants with long, collatera...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ernst E,Matrai A,Kollar L

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of parental longevity and parental cardiovascular disease (CVD) history in CVD risk and successful aging of a random sample of older adults living in the Mediterranean basin and who participated in the MEDiterranean Islands (MEDIS) study. During 2005 to 2011, 2663 ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Tyrovolas S,Polychronopoulos E,Mariolis A,Piscopo S,Valacchi G,Makri K,Zeimbekis A,Tyrovola D,Bountziouka V,Gotsis E,Metallinos G,Tur JA,Matalas A,Lionis C,Haro JM,Panagiotakos DB

更新日期：2017-02-01 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