Blood pressure response to a calcium entry blocker in normotensive subjects with or without a family history of hypertension.

abstract：:Infrainguinal revascularization is an effective method of treatment for femoropopliteal/tibial occlusive diseases. However, these bypass grafts are prone to stenosis. In this retrospective study, the authors investigate the association of gender with patency of infrainguinal bypass grafts. The outcomes for consecutive...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Alpagut U,Ugurlucan M,Banach M,Mikhailidis DP,Dayioglu E

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every day, thousands of people in the United States receive polycyclic antidepressants (PCAs) prescribed by their primary care physicians. We have examined the cardiovascular manifestations of polycyclic antidepressants in 14 patients with primary depression receiving various antidepressant drugs for a period of six m...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mahapatra RK,Paul SK,Mahapatra D,Winter S

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors used the microcorrosion cast technique to study the localization and the role of pericytes in the microcirculation of skeletal muscle. Both fast twitch muscles, the tibialis anterior and the pectineus muscles, and a slow twitch one, the soleus muscle, were studied, because of morphological differences of t...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gaudio E,Pannarale L,Marinozzi G

更新日期：1985-07-01 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：:Arterial compliance had been estimated in three groups of patients: control, NOCM, and CAD, from analysis of the arterial pressure curve. In the three groups, a simple first order Winkessel model had been validated during normal and post extrasystolic beats. The measured arterial compliance depends mainly on i the dia...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Levy BI,Babalis D,Masquet C,Slama R

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since acoustic properties of the myocardium are sensitive to the myocardial structure and the contractile conditions of myocyte, the authors evaluated cardiac dysfunction based on the integrated ultrasonic backscatter in 18 hemodialysis (HD) patients (duration: 102 +/- 84 months, mean age: 57.6 +/- 9.7 years) and 11 a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mizushige K,Tokudome T,Seki M,Kondo I,Hirao K,Nozaki S,Miki S,Yuasa S,Matsuo H

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

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：:Previously thought as exclusive in Japanese patients, cases of transient left ventricular apical ballooning from other countries have also been reported. The cause remains unknown. From January 1997 to December 2005, 25 patients presenting with signs and symptoms of acute myocardial infarction with normal coronary art...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Fang CC,Jao YT,Yi-Chen,Yu CL,Chen CL,Wang SP

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac amyloidosis usually presents with heart failure, but rarely leads to coronary insufficiency. The authors report a case of a 69-year-old Japanese woman with cardiac amyloidosis presenting as microvascular angina. She had exertional angina with positive exercise test and normal coronary angiograms. However, hear...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ogawa H,Mizuno Y,Ohkawara S,Tsujita K,Ando Y,Yoshinaga M,Yasue H

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of doxazosin withdrawal on normotensive subjects was examined by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) during twenty-four hours. Eight normotensive volunteers were treated with doxazosin for four weeks. ABPM was done the day before withdrawal and on the second and seventh days after withdrawal. The av...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Takata Y,Yoshizumi T,Ito Y,Hirota Y,Fujishima M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) afforded significant relief of the pain associated with acute and recurrent thrombophlebitis in 90% of 39 patients so treated. The method is simple to administer, noninvasive, and apparently free of side effects. It can be self-administered by the patient after approp...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Roberts HJ

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic arterial compliance was estimated in 31 men, including 15 patients with sustained essential hypertension and 16 normal subjects of the same age. Values were derived from analysis of the monoexponential blood pressure-time curve during diastole, according to a simple viscoelastic model. In normal subjects, bas...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Levenson JA,Safar ME,Simon AC,Kheder AI,Daou JN,Levy BI

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vessel wall properties of the common carotid artery have been noninvasively and quantitatively assessed with an ultrasonic instrument. Stiffness parameter beta, which represents the mechanical properties of the vessel, was calculated from the relationship between blood pressure and the diameter of the artery. Ther...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Wada T,Kodaira K,Fujishiro K,Maie K,Tsukiyama E,Fukumoto T,Uchida T,Yamazaki S

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ultrastructural changes are described in a twenty-five-year-old female with typical Kearns-Sayre syndrome. The electrocardiogram revealed complete atrioventricular block with an occasional torsades de pointes type of ventricular tachycardia. His bundle recording demonstrated HV block with normal AH interval...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Nakano T,Imanaka K,Uchida H,Isaka N,Takezawa H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this review is to discuss the role of mexiletine, tocainide, flecainide, and amiodarone in the treatment of patients with symptomatic ventricular ectopy or sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) and fibrillation (VF). The pharmacologic properties, electrophysiologic effects, clinical efficacy, adverse r...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Cain ME

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radial artery (RA) occlusion (RAO) remains the Achilles heel of transradial coronary procedures. Although of silent nature, RAO is relatively frequent, results in graft shortage for future coronary artery bypass surgery, and may occur even after short-lasting, 5F coronary angiography (CAG). The most frequent predictor...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Hahalis G,Tsigkas G,Kounis N,Patsilinakos S,Kafkas N,Ziakas A,Patsourakos N,Almpanis G,Koniari I,Xanthopoulou I,Koutsogiannis N,Despotopoulos S,Leopoulou M,Tassi V,Miliordos I,Anastasopoulou M,Roumeliotis A,Dapergola A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentoxifylline was first introduced in Germany twenty years ago. Today it is the best researched oral drug for intermittent claudication. A total of seventeen placebo-controlled trials could be retrieved from the world literature. The majority of these studies show that pentoxifylline will prolong the walking distance...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ernst E

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：: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：: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：:An implantable cardioverter defibrillator is an important therapeutic option for patients with high risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. However, their use is also associated with several complications including inappropriate shock. Although the most frequent cause of inappropriate shock is supraventricul...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Oto A,Atalar E,Yildirir A,Kabakci G

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to determine the progression of coronary artery calcification (CAC) using electron beam computed tomography (CT) when the initial CAC score (CACS) is zero and to determine the best interval to repeat a CAC scan. We studied 388 individuals with zero CACS (308 males; mean age: 48.8 ± 8.26 years)...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Koulaouzidis G,Charisopoulou D,Maffrett S,Tighe M,Jenkins PJ,McArthur T

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:The cyclic variation of thickness during the cardiac cycle in age-related degenerative mitral valve (MV) has not been reported. Transthoracic echocardiography was used to evaluate the cyclic alteration in MV thickness in 40 patients with age-related MV thickening (diastolic MV thickness > or = 4 mm, age 70 +/- 14 year...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mizushige K,Masugata H,Senda S,Manabe K,Sakamoto H,Kinoshita A,Sakamoto S,Matsuo H

更新日期：1999-09-01 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 correlations between lipid and lipoprotein measurements and other risk factors of coronary artery disease were evaluated in 101 men undergoing coronary angiography. Clinically significant disease was present in 75 patients, whereas 24 had no observable lesions and 2 had minimal lesions. Comparisons of individual l...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Perez GO,Mendez AJ,Goldberg RB,Duncan R,Palomo A,DeMarchena E,Hsia SL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the association between common carotid and common femoral artery intima-media thickness (ccIMT and cfIMT, respectively), histopathologic severity of atherosclerosis in the ascending aorta/aortic arch, and the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) in 150 candidates for elective coronary artery bypass graf...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Tarzamni MK,Eshraghi N,Fouladi RF,Afrasiabi A,Halimi M,Azarvan A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of ruptured aortic cusp leading to acute aortic insufficiency was made by echophonocardiographic techniques in a patient with nonvegetative aortic valvular endocarditis and a negative clinical history. Early closure of the mitral valve, weak first heart sound, tall A wave of apexcardiogram, and early dia...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Zoneraich S,Zoneraich O,Rhee JJ,Gupta MP

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate precocious alterations in the artery wall of patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). METHODS:We evaluated flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery and intima-media thickness (IMT) of carotid arteries in 16 patients and 16 healthy controls matched for age, gender, and ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Bilora F,Sartori MT,Zanon E,Campagnolo E,Arzenton M,Rossato A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, technical experience reported in the literature is very limited on angioplasty in patients with anomalous coronary arteries. Balloon angioplasty may be a more favorable approach for revascularization in these vessels. A major factor is selection of the guiding catheter. The authors report 4 patients with seve...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Oral D,Dağalp Z,Pamir G,Alpman A,Omürlü K,Erol C,Kervancioğlu C,Telli HH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00