New carotid plaque, but not the progression of intima-media thickness, predicts the progression of high-risk coronary plaque.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In response to the growing use of imaging-based cardiac stress tests in the evaluation of stable ischemic heart disease, professional societies have developed appropriate use criteria (AUC). AUC will soon be linked to reimbursement of advanced diagnostic imaging for Medicare beneficiaries via Clinical Decisio...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Lam DH,Tiwana J,Li S,Kirkpatrick JN,Cheng RK

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To maintain the integrity of tissues, endothelial cells play critical roles. Fas ligand (FasL) is well known to deliver a death signal through its receptor, Fas. The Fas/FasL system may concomitantly induce expressions of interleukin-8 (IL-8) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) besides triggering ...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Yamaoka-Tojo M,Yamaguchi S,Nitobe J,Abe S,Inoue S,Nozaki N,Okuyama M,Sata M,Kubota I,Nakamura H,Tomoike H

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Second-generation drug-eluting stents (DESs) have shown higher safety and efficacy compared with first-generation DESs. This effect was achieved by improving biocompatibility using an interalia cobalt-chromium construction, thinner stent struts and biodegradable polymers. OBJECTIVES:To assess clinical and a...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Hawranek M,Desperak P,Ciślak A,Gąsior P,Gierlotka M,Wąs T,Chodór P,Kowalczyk J,Lekston A,Gąsior M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fetuin-A is a circulating glycoprotein that is involved in various stages of atherosclerosis. Despite the fact that emerging evidence suggests fetuin-A acts as a calcification inhibitor that protects against advanced calcified atherosclerosis in dialyzed patients, the role of fetuin-A in cardiovascular diseas...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Mori K,Ikari Y,Jono S,Emoto M,Shioi A,Koyama H,Shoji T,Ishimura E,Inaba M,Hara K,Nishizawa Y

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:As the endothelium and inflammatory cells play a crucial role in the development of collaterals after a sudden or slowly progressing stenosis of coronary arteries, the levels of soluble endothelial adhesion molecules (CAMs) including vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM-1) intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Guray U,Erbay AR,Guray Y,Yilmaz MB,Boyaci AA,Sasmaz H,Korkmaz S,Kutuk E

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of thrombolytic therapy (TT) and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) in subgroups of patients with right ventricular infarction (RVI) has not been evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS:We risk-stratified 302 patients with RVI into three subsets upon admission. Class A (n=197) comprised patients wit...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Lupi-Herrera E,Lasses LA,Cosio-Aranda J,Chuquiure-Valenzuela E,Martínez-Sánchez C,Ortiz P,González-Pacheco H,Juárez-Herrera U,Rodriguez Mdel C,Vargas-Barrón J,Martínez-Rios MA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An association between early repolarization and ventricular fibrillation has recently been reported in patients with vasospastic angina (VSA). However, no studies have clarified whether the presence of early repolarization can predict VSA. METHODS:Participants comprised 286 patients (136 males) with clinica...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Ikeda H,Hasegawa K,Uzui H,Fukuoka Y,Shiomi Y,Tama N,Miyazaki S,Ishida K,Tada H

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anemia is associated with an increased risk of mortality in patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the bare-metal stent era. However, there have been no data concerning the clinical importance of anemia improvement during the follow-up period after discharge from the hospital duri...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Kim TH,Koh YS,Chang K,Seo SM,Kim CJ,Park HJ,Kim PJ,Her SH,Kim DB,Lee JM,Park CS,Kim HY,Yoo KD,Jeon DS,Park JH,Chung WS,Seung KB,CathOlic university of Korea – percutAneous Coronary inTervention registry investigators.

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the medical literature, several cases of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) with coronary artery disease (CAD) have been reported, and in clinical practice, several typical TTC cases show relevant stenoses of the coronary arteries spatially unrelated to the dysfunctional myocardium. OBJECTIVE:This study aim...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Parodi G,Citro R,Bellandi B,Del Pace S,Rigo F,Marrani M,Provenza G,Leoncini M,Salerno Uriarte JA,Bovenzi F,Bossone E,Tako-tsubo Italian Network (TIN).

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blunted heart rate variability (HRV) and presence of ventricular late potentials (VLPs) are known to correlate with an increased risk of ventricular tachycardia and sudden cardiac death in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In the present study, we investigated the effect of glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) s...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Ulgen MS,Alan S,Akdemir O,Toprak N

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to examine coronary plaque morphology after initiation of statins and compare changes in plaque morphology in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) versus stable angina pectoris (SAP). BACKGROUND:ACS is associated with a pan-inflammatory state, and intraplaque feat...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Gin AL,Vergallo R,Minami Y,Ong DS,Hou J,Jia H,Soeda T,Hu S,Zhang S,Lee H,Yu B,Jang IK

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to evaluate whether differences between sexes exist in serum-lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] and arterial-wall-apolipoprotein (a) [Apo(a)] levels in patients with advanced coronary artery disease. METHODS:The concentrations of Lp(a) in serum and Apo(a) in aortic biopsies were studied in 76 m...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Stiel GM,Reblin T,Bührlen M,Lattermann A,Nienaber CA

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recent studies have reported a strong independent association between increased red cell distribution width (RDW) and the risk of adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure, stable coronary disease, and acute coronary syndromes. However, in this study we aimed to determine the impact of an elevated RDW ...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： İlhan E,Güvenç TS,Altay S,Çağdaş M,Çalik AN,Karaca M,Güzelburç Ö,Karaca G,Biteker M,Tayyareci G

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial tissue velocity and perfusion were studied in patients with severe angina pectoris following gene therapy by intramyocardial injection of phVEGF-A165 via thoracotomy. Plasma concentrations of VEGF-A increased postoperatively. Two months after treatment anginal status and myocardial tissue velocity...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Sylvén C,Sarkar N,Rück A,Drvota V,Hassan SY,Lind B,Nygren A,Källner Q,Blomberg P,van der Linden J,Lindblom D,Brodin LA,Islam KB

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetic patients show an increased incidence of restenosis after coronary angioplasty than non-diabetic patients. This may be because of differences in the mechanism of lumen gain during coronary revascularization in this population cohort. DESIGN:This study analyses the mechanism of lumen gain during coro...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Syeda B,Wexberg P,Gyongyosi M,Denk S,Beran G,Sperker W,Yahya N,Glogar D

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Considerable evidence suggests that thyroid dysfunction, especially hypothyroidism, may lead to coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of low serum levels of free triiodothyronine (FT3) on coronary artery calcification in outpatients with suspected CAD and the occurr...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Zhu L,Gao C,Wang X,Qi D,Zhang Y,Li M,Liu W,Hao P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate whether chronotropic incompetence (CI), the inability to reach 85% of the maximal predicted heart rate during exercise, affects the assessment of myocardial ischemia and prognosis in patients undergoing myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (MPS)...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： De Lorenzo A,Oliveira G,Ramos AC,Pinto F,Rothstein T,Lima RS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronary microvasculature plays a key role in determining and modulating coronary blood flow across the spectrum of myocardial demand. Our understanding of this complex system has been limited partly due to our inability to visualize the anatomy of an extensive microvascular bed and its complicated functional path...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Ahmed B

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) is involved in all stages of coronary atherosclerosis and related to coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the correlation between LMR and the coronary plaque burden of CAD is not clearly elucidated. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate their correlation in patients...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Si Y,Liu J,Shan W,Zhang Y,Han C,Wang R,Sun L

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The failure of reperfusion therapy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is more frequent than considered previously. AIM:To evaluate sex-related differences in long-term outcomes in patients with STEMI and incomplete infarct-related artery reperfusion after a primary percutane...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Zachura M,Wilczek K,Janion M,Gąsior M,Gierlotka M,Sadowski M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Plasma nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) levels are altered in many diseases. However, it is not known whether they are also altered in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In the present study, we examined plasma nuclear and mtDNA levels in the patients with AMI before and after a percutaneous coronary int...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Wang L,Xie L,Zhang Q,Cai X,Tang Y,Wang L,Hang T,Liu J,Gong J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates a strategy of low-pressure stenting with concomitant anti-platelet treatment designed to prevent short- and long-term events after stenting. Ninety consecutive patients who underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with stenting using low-pressure stent deployment (mean 8.1 atmos...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Cafri C,Weinstein JM,Gilutz H,Kobal S,Ilia R

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With new interventions minimizing ischemic myocardial injury, accurate and reliable techniques for the detection and continuous monitoring of myocardial ischemia are essential. We compared two techniques used for the detection of myocardial ischemia during coronary angioplasty: on-line computerized vectorcar...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Jensen SM,Johansson G,Osterman G,Reiz S,Näslund U

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The primary end points of randomized clinical trials evaluating the outcome of therapeutic strategies for coronary artery disease (CAD) have included nonfatal acute myocardial infarction, the need for further revascularization, and overall mortality. Noncardiac causes of death may distort the interpretatio...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Vieira RD,Pereira AC,Lima EG,Garzillo CL,Rezende PC,Favarato D,Hueb AC,Gersh BJ,Ramires JA,Hueb W

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For patients with severe ischemic heart disease, complete revascularization by a percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting is often not achieved and may still cause residual angina. In case of progressive coronary artery occlusions, therapeutic arteriogenesis constitutes a promisi...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Krackhardt F,Harnoss JM,Waliszewski MW,Ritter Z,Granzow S,Felsenberg D,Neumann K,Lerman LO,Hillmeister P,Gebker R,Paetsch I,Riediger F,Bramlage P,Buschmann IR

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little is known about the impact of sex-specific differences in calculating the pretest probability (PTP) of obstructive coronary artery disease. We sought to determine whether the calculation of PTP differ by sex in symptomatic patients referred to coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA). PATIENTS...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Zhang Y,Liu Y,Zhang H,Zhou J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to identify psychosocial variables that, in addition to known medical factors, predict the long-term outcome after a first myocardial infarction. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study population consisted of 222 men aged 30-60 years who entered an inpatient rehabilitation program a mean o...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Hoffmann A,Pfiffner D,Hornung R,Niederhauser H

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing evidence that an open infarct-related artery results in increased electrical stability of the heart and that this effect is at least in part responsible for the favorable outcome of these patients. In the thrombolytic era the optimal strategy for risk stratification remains controversial....

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Hermosillo AG,Araya V,Casanova JM

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to clarify clinical and angiographical characteristics of acetylcholine (ACh)-induced spasm in the right and left coronary artery. METHODS AND RESULTS:We performed 557 consecutive procedures of spasm provocation tests of ACh from January 1991 to December 2000 in patients withou...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Sueda S,Kohno H,Fukuda H,Inoue K,Suzuki J,Watanabe K,Ochi T,Uraoka T

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In-stent restenosis results primarily from neointimal hyperplasia. In a previous study we showed that continuous subcutaneous Angiopeptin infusion for 1 week significantly reduces neointimal hyperplasia in a porcine coronary overstretch in-stent restenosis model. The present study evaluated the relative effi...

journal_title：Coronary artery disease

authors： Hong MK,Kent KM,Tio FO,Foegh M,Kornowski R,Bramwell O,Cathapermal SS,Leon MB

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00