Cardiac effects of alcohol.

abstract：:Obesity is new in human evolutionary history, having become possible at the population level with increased food security. As with any phenotype, obesity is at base an outcome of gene-environment interactions. However, different disciplines working in obesity research have identified different facets of the problem an...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ulijaszek SJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Interventricular septal and left ventricular posterior wall excursions and velocities were determined by M-mode echocardiography in the early hours of acute myocardial infarction in 43 patients. In the group with anterior infarction, including 24 patients, the systolic septal excursion (SSE), systolic septal velocity ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kounis NG

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Still today bronchial artery embolization (BAE) is an important procedure in the management of hemoptysis, as an alternative to, or in association with, surgical or medical therapy. From 1974 to 1990, BAE was performed in 209 patients who suffered from hemoptysis with different etiopathogeneses and severity. Bronchiec...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Cremaschi P,Nascimbene C,Vitulo P,Catanese C,Rota L,Barazzoni GC,Cornalba GP

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A relatively simple, inexpensive, and accurate procedure for the vascular laboratory evaluation of patients with suspected peripheral arterial occlusive disease is described. This method was evaluated in a series of 110 limbs in 58 patients seen in the Vascular Laboratory at the Worcester City Hospital. All patients w...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Matesanz JM,Patwardhan N,Herrmann JB

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous leg ulcers are common, chronic, debilitating, and expensive. Evidence supports use of compression bandaging, with superficial venous surgery in selected cases, but these interventions frequently fail to achieve healing. We describe a series of 152 consecutive referrals from a nurse-led specialist dermatology cl...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Neequaye SK,Douglas AD,Hofman D,Wolz M,Sharma R,Cummings R,Hands L

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cell-specific molecule 1 ([ESM-1], endocan) is a new biomarker of endothelial dysfunction, which may be involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and stress hyperglycemia in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Therefore, we investigated serum ESM-1 levels in patien...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Qiu C,Sui J,Zhang Q,Wei P,Wang P,Fu Q

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) is a common genetic disorder predisposing affected individuals to lifelong low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) elevation and coronary heart disease. However, whether HeFH increases the risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and ischemic stroke is undetermine...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Akioyamen LE,Tu JV,Genest J,Ko DT,Coutin AJS,Shan SD,Chu A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis as a cause of spontaneous dissection in the cervical internal carotid arteries has been described in only a few cases. The authors present a surgically and pathologically proven case of dissection on the base of atherosclerosis of the cervical internal carotid artery. A resection of the pathologic segm...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： De Baets P,Delanote G,Jackers G,De Puydt P,Wilms G

更新日期：1990-02-01 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

abstract：:The effects of sublingual nitroglycerin on septal and left ventricular wall motion were determined by echocardiography in the early hours of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in 20 patients admitted via a mobile coronary care unit. Left ventricular and septal echoes were obtained in 11 patients with acute anterior MI a...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kounis NG,Zavras GM,Papadaki PJ,Soufras GD,Kitrou MP

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethacrynic acid is a potent oral diuretic and saluretic agent. It has been used extensively in the treatment of heart failure and its effects on cardiovascular dynamics are well established. The clinical relief of the symptoms of pulmonary congestion frequently precedes any demonstrable diuretic effect suggesting that...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gould L,Gopalaswamy C,Chandy F,Abdou O

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enlarged superior thyroid artery with increased blood flow to a large benign adenomatous goiter was found to be the cause of a bruit in the region of the right carotid bifurcation. We have not been able to find mention of this cause for a cervical bruit in the literature. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Healy JF,Brault T

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary edema of non-cardiac origin is usually an urgent clinical problem, which has recently increased in frequency throughout the world in the past few years. This is partly due to sociological factors and to pre-eminent advances in industrial technology. Recent severe massive toxic gas explosions have had nationa...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Cordasco EM,Demeter SR,Kester L,Cordasco MA,Lammert G,Beerel F

更新日期：1986-06-01 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：:The thoracic outlet syndromes of the upper extremities consist of many disorders. The most important two are the costoclavicular syndrome (compression of neurovascular structures between the clavicle and the first rib) and the scalenus anticus syndrome (compression of these structures within the scalene triangle). Con...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Winsor T,Winsor D,Mikail A,Sibley AE

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：: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：: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：:A case in which the diagnosis of idiopathic giant cell myocarditis was obscured by the presence of severe coronary artery disease is described. A 47-year-old man presented with recurrent inferior myocardial infarction and complete heart block. Cardiac catheterization confirmed severe 2-vessel disease and left ventricu...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kwok OH,Chau EM,Wang EP,Chow WH

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies support an inverse and robust relationship between physical activity (PA) and mortality risk, even after adjusting for potential confounding factors. The authors have reported 13% lower mortality risk for every 1-MET (metabolic equivalent) increase in exercise capacity. For those with an exercise...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kokkinos P

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulation factor XII (FXII) plays a key role in both coagulation and fibrinolysis and has been associated with cardiovascular disease in some studies. Plasma FXIIa levels are strongly determined by a common functional polymorphism in the promoter of the FXII gene (F12-4C>T). To investigate the potential association ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Yazdani-Biuki B,Krippl P,Brickmann K,Fuerst F,Langsenlehner U,Paulweber B,Pilger E,Wascher TC,Brezinschek HP,Renner W

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shortly after Dreyfus and his colleagues demonstrated that procainamide was metabolized by acetylation to N-acetylprocainamide (NAPA), Drayer, Reidenberg and Sevy reported that NAPA had antiarrhythmic activity in an animal model. We confirmed these findings and found that plasma levels of NAPA were high enough to warr...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Atkinson AJ Jr,Ruo TI

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between liver function and clopidogrel response has not been studied so far. We therefore sought to investigate the associations between 3 parameters of liver synthesis and on-treatment platelet reactivity to adenosine diphosphate in patients on dual antiplatelet therapy. On-treatment platelet reactiv...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Gremmel T,Mueller M,Koppensteiner R,Panzer S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), a disease well described in the renal and cerebrovascular circulations, also manifests in the lower extremity (LE) arteries. This study reports on the clinical presentation, imaging findings, and treatment of patients with LE FMD seen at a single center. Over a 7-year span, 100 of 449 pa...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Brinza E,Grabinski V,Durga S,O'Connor S,Yesenko SL,Kim ESH,Gornik HL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) 48 hours after admission is related to 30-day and long-term mortality in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who were treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We evaluated 318 consecutive patients with STEMI who w...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kiris T,Çelik A,Variş E,Akan E,Akyildiz ZI,Karaca M,Nazli C,Dogan A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses measurement variation in the measurement of ankle systolic blood pressure (ABP) when measured with Doppler ultrasound and with the strain gauge method. Ninety-seven patients were included. ABP was measured with Doppler ultrasound and with the strain gauge method. The methods were compared graphical...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Joensen JB,Juul S,Abrahamsen J,Henneberg EW,Lindholt JS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. A major cause of morbidity and mortality in SLE is accelerated atherosclerosis. Endothelial-specific molecule 1 (endocan) is a potential predictor of vascular events and is expressed in response to inflammatory cytokines in endothe...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Icli A,Cure E,Cure MC,Uslu AU,Balta S,Mikhailidis DP,Ozturk C,Arslan S,Sakız D,Sahin M,Kucuk A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 52-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of unstable angina pectoris. Coronary angiography revealed severe stenosis at a proximal site of the left anterior descending artery. Essential thrombocythemia (ET) was diagnosed on the basis of findings of marked thrombocytosis (106 x 10(4)/microL) and an increas...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Fujimura M,Akaike M,Kato M,Takamori N,Abe M,Nishiuchi T,Azuma H,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently beta-adrenergic blocking agents were considered contraindicated in peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD). However, in recent years several studies have failed to show negative effects on peripheral blood flow. It was the aim of this study to compare the effects of celiprolol, a beta-1-adrenergic ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Karnik R,Valentin A,Slany J

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00