Pulmonary edema of environmental origin--newer concepts.

abstract：:Lipid lowering with statins improves morbidity and mortality, particularly in diabetics, and may have additional nonlipid effects. South Asians (SAs) are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes compared with white Europeans (WEs). We hypothesized that abnormal endothelial (marked by von Willebrand factor...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Jaumdally RJ,Lip GY,Varma C,Blann AD

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) frequently reveals plaque formation at sites with a normal angiographic appearance. However, whether angiographically normal coronary arteries undergo adaptive expansion in vivo remains uncertain. The authors studied 12 patients (11 men, 1 woman; mean age fifty-three +/- ten years [mean...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Nakamura Y,Takemori H,Shiraishi K,Inoki I,Sakagami M,Shimakura A,Usuda K,Kubota K,Takata S,Kobayashi K

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the aortic wall sclerosis in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), the authors measured the aortic distensibility (AD) at the ascending and descending aorta by using cine magnetic resonance (MR). Cine MR was performed in 15 patients with CAD and 15 normal controls (NCs). Patients with CAD had angiog...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Matsumoto Y,Honda T,Hamada M,Matsuoka H,Hiwada K

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a 47-year-old woman with intravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) extending into the right ventricular cavity. This rare entity is a neoplasm originating from smooth muscle of the uterus, with vermiform extensions into the inferior vena cava. The patient underwent a one-stage operation under simultaneous ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Wakiyama H,Sugimoto T,Ataka K,Yamashita C,Tsuji Y,Nakagiri K,Inoue K,Okada M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate safety and clinically defined efficacy of the implantation of a new stent coated with diamond-like carbon (DLC stent), in a group of patients who underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary revascularization procedures in two hemodynamic centers. This study was an observational p...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Salahas A,Vrahatis A,Karabinos I,Antonellis I,Ifantis G,Gavaliatsis I,Anthopoulos P,Tavernarakis A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum zinc concentration was examined in 61 patients with acute myocardial infarction who were admitted within twenty-four hours after the onset. Forty-two of 61 patients were admitted within twelve hours. The zinc level fell sharply as early as within three hours after the onset. The minimum values were attained ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Katayama T,Honda Y,Yamasaki H,Kitamura S,Okano Y

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double blind placebo-controlled cross-over trial of 24 weeks 31 patients with Raynaud's syndrome were treated with the alpha-blocker phenoxybenzamine (10-20 mg daily) and with the combination of the alpha-blocker phenoxybenzamine (10-20 mg daily) and the beta-blocker sotalol (40-80 mg daily). A favourable effect ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Cleophas TJ,van Lier HJ,Fennis JF,van 't Laar A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is present in adult atria but at very low concentrations in normal adult mammalian ventricles. In the atria, the production of ANP is regulated by physical distension of the atrial wall. The same phenomenon was investigated in the ventricles of rats and men. Cardiac tissues from human ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gu J,D'Andrea M,Seethapathy M,McDonnell C,Cichon R

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a challenge to the medical profession, for clinical examination provides useful information on CVI, but it is qualitative and does not suffice, especially in patients with isolated deep venous insufficiency but without conspicuous signs of CVI. Ambulatory venous pressure (AVP) mea...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Struckmann J

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium-blocking agent nifedipine, which possesses vasodilating potency, was tested in 8 patients with peripheral arterial insufficiency. 10 mg sublingually significantly decreased systolic arm and ankle blood pressure. Neither blood flow nor local peripheral resistance in the calf and the forefoot at rest and the...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Lorentsen E,Landmark K

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many recent studies have suggested that psoriasis, a chronic, inflammatory, immune-mediated skin disease, is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We aimed to compare arterial stiffness in psoriasis and control patient groups using the cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) and to determine wheth...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Choi BG,Kim MJ,Yang HS,Lee YW,Choe YB,Ahn KJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between different features of the metabolic syndrome (MS) (obesity, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, hypertriglyceridemia, high fasting plasma glucose level, and hyperuricemia) and the risk for increased aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) of > or = 8.0 m...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Nakanishi N,Suzuki K,Tatara K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An abnormal increase in anti-beta2-glycoprotein I antibodies (abeta2GPI) is capable of producing thrombosis and the vasculopathy-simulating antiphospholipid antibody (aPL). However, it is rarely described in cerebral ischemia without an association with aPL. The authors report a middle-aged man who experienced recurre...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Chen WH,Liu JS

更新日期：2001-02-01 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 aim of the study was to investigate whether flow velocity profiles of the aorta are related to the severity of aortic valve regurgitation (AR) in patients with diseases of the aorta. Aortic root angiography, abdominal aortic flow velocity measurements by pulsed Doppler method, and regurgitant jet measurements by c...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mitani M,Tamai J,Miyatake K

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

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：:It is common for patients to be diagnosed as having valvular regurgitation by Doppler echo when no such murmur has been heard by the referring clinician. To test the hypothesis that such patients have clinically unimportant heart disease, the authors evaluated the records of 213 consecutive men in whom mitral regurgit...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kinney EL,Wright RJ

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), a growth factor potent in promoting angiogenesis, has been shown to reduce infarct size in experimentally induced acute myocardial infarction. However, the effect of bFGF on regional myocardial blood flow (Qm) in the acutely infarcted myocardium has not been well clarified. In 20...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Miyataka M,Ishikawa K,Katori R

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 78-year-old woman was admitted for pulmonary embolism requiring orotracheal intubation and positive end-expiratory pressure. The pulmonary angiography confirmed a massive pulmonary embolism as suggested by echocardiography. Heparin and recombinant tissue plasminogen activator were successfully administrated; neverth...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Rigatelli G,Zanchetta M,Pedon L,Zennaro M,Maiolino P

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Micro" and "macro" peripheral embolisms during coronary angiography have been described. In all these cases, the aorta or the left heart chambers have been the source of embolus. A patient who during coronary angiography for acute inferior myocardial infarction experienced acute embolism of the left common femoral ar...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Jain D,Kurz T,Katus HA,Richardt G

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality and morbidity from cerebrovascular and coronary arterial disease over a period of six years were studied in 224 non-diabetic patients with intermittent claudication. Patients with multiple arterial stenoses in the leg had a lower six-year survival than patients with single stenoses (55% versus 77%), with a h...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Jonason T,Ringqvist I

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need to standardize treatment with high-dose IV standard heparin by using activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) reagents tested for their heparin sensitivity and by establishing a standard treatment schedule led to the development of the "Lainz concept" of heparin management. The determination of heparin se...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Haushofer A,Halbmayer WM,Prachar H,Fischer M

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pirmenol hydrochloride (CI-845), a new orally effective antiarrhythmic agent, has undergone a comprehensive preclinical safety evaluation program. Repeated dose studies to evaluate chronic toxicity in rodents revealed few drug-related findings. A dose-related body weight gain suppression occurred in mice receiving up ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Martin RA,de la Iglesia FA

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of a new method of treatment, endovascular blood irradiation with He-Ne laser, developed by the authors, was studied in 295 patients with primary acute transmural myocardial infarction (MI). Twenty-four-hour Holter monitoring findings before and after laser irradiation suggested the possibility of prevent...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kipshidze NN,Chapidze GE,Bokhua MR,Marsagishvili LA,Dolidze NK,Eristavi DG

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is little information about coronary artery endothelial dysfunction in patients with sleep apnea. We evaluated relation between severity of sleep apnea and coronary artery endothelial dysfunction. In all, 26 patients without significant coronary stenoses were enrolled. Endothelial function was estimated by measu...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kadohira T,Kobayashi Y,Iwata Y,Kitahara H,Komuro I

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) in the late post myocardial infarction (MI) period (7-21 days) has been reported to be a predictor of sudden death. We suspected that patients with 3 beat VT on Holter monitoring in the late infarction period would demonstrate electrical instability at electrophysiologic stud...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Somberg JC,Butler B,Torres V,Tepper D,Keren G,Siegel L,Jentzer J,Miura DS

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of oral pentoxifylline, administered 1,200 mg/day (400 mg slow-release tablets tid) through six weeks, was studied in 10 patients with established deep venous incompetence and persisting venous ulcers. The following parameters were used for verification of the therapeutic result: venous patency (VP) and val...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Angelides NS,Weil von der Ahe CA

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors tested the hypothesis that ethanol or its metabolite acetaldehyde might interfere in cyclic guanosine monophosphate (GMP) metabolism in coronary smooth muscle cells. Ethanol at the physiologically relevant concentration of 4.0 mg/mL or more significantly decreased basal guanylate cyclase activity and inhib...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kishi Y,Oniki T,Ashikaga T,Numano F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of a patient with an acute aortic dissection, rapidly followed by thrombosis of the false channel. The classical aortoangiography failed to give adequate information, whereas newer, less invasive investigation methods gave images that finally led to the correct diagnosis. The value of these methods...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Hitter E,Ranquin R,Mortelmans L,Parizel G

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between ankle brachial pressure index and pulse wave velocity in patients with peripheral arterial disease. METHODS:Brachial-knee and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity were measured by pneumoplethysmography using cuffs in a standard technique. Correlation...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Khandanpour N,Armon MP,Jennings B,Clark A,Meyer FJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00