Silent giant left atrium. A case report.

abstract：:The authors encountered 2 brothers with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), both of whom were later found to have progressed to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Case No. 1 (younger brother): A diagnosis of HCM without left ventricular (LV) dilatation was made at age two by cardiac catheterization and echocardiogram. Howev...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Okamoto S,Ozaki M,Konishi T,Nakano T

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isocenter calibration transforms cardiac structures in digitized biplane angiograms to absolute dimensions, calculating their radiological magnification and video transformation. Since a scaling device is not required, isocenter calibration yields to more accurate measurements than the widely used reference object cal...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Wunderlich W,Fischer F,Linderer T,Kirkeeide RL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal blood rheology is a known characteristics of coronary artery disease. The authors evaluated the effects of pentoxifylline on the exercise capacity ejection fraction and symptoms of 9 patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. All patients had signs and symptoms of left ventricular dysfunction. All had at least tw...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Barnett JC,Touchon RC

更新日期：1990-12-01 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：: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：:The possibility that a familial background of hypertension might influence the blood pressure response to a calcium entry blocker was evaluated in 15 normotensive relatives of patients with essential hypertension and 18 normotensive subjects with no family history of hypertension. Under control conditions, blood press...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Saito I,Takeshita E,Saruta T,Nagano S,Sekihara T

更新日期：1987-12-01 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：:The author refers to a case described in 1761 by G.B. Morgagni, in which there were all the clinico-pathological features of aspecific aorto-arteritis, as it was pointed out in this century by some Japanese authors. Morgagni's case was a woman 40 years old, whose radial pulses were never perceived for many years befor...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Di Giacomo V

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thirty-five-year-old horse trainer presented to the emergency room of the authors' hospital with minimal nonpenetrating chest injury after having been kicked by a horse. No rib or sternum fractures were demonstrated. The admission ECG demonstrated a right bundle branch block and a left anterior hemiblock that were p...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Pontillo D,Capezzuto A,Achilli A,Serraino L,Savelli S,Guerra R

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to validate a new diagnostic tool, nitrate echocardiography (NE), for the identification of viable noncontracting myocardium in patients with a history of prior myocardial infarction (MI). Nitroglycerin (NTG) may be useful for this purpose for its peculiar pharmacodynamic action and...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Pontillo D,Carboni GP,Capezzuto A,Alessi C,Achilli A,Piccini F,Guerra R

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphologic changes in the walls of hollow viscera caused by contraction and relaxation of smooth muscle cells were studied from autopsy and surgical specimens. The specimens studied included: esophageal spasm (corkscrew and nutcracker esophagus), contraction of the lower esophageal sphincter with marked esophagea...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Lin CS,Goldfischer M,Sicular A,Landais G,Cohen LB

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This was a retrospective study that assessed achievement of lipid-lowering treatment targets in the setting of a University Hospital Lipid Clinic. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) goal attainment according to National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) and European Societ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Barkas F,Liberopoulos EN,Kostapanos MS,Liamis G,Tziallas D,Elisaf M

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:Thirty patients with intermittent claudication (IC) and treated diabetes mellitus and 30 age- and gender-matched nondiabetic claudicants underwent a vascular examination by noninvasive ultrasound methods (continuous-wave Doppler, duplex scanner). The ankle/arm systolic pressure index did not differ in the two groups. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Rubba P,Leccia G,Faccenda F,De Simone B,Carbone L,Pauciullo P,Vaccaro O,Mancini M

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between venography and SGP in 41 patients was studied. Fourteen normal subjects were used as a reference. SGP was shown to be very sensitive (97.5%), including proximal and distal DVT, and highly specific (96.4%). After some recommendations for patient positioning and technical use, it will enhance bot...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Baccalon H,Chikhany G,Lozes A,Vaislic C,Puel P,Enjalbert A

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of coronary artery disease is increasing in young adults. We evaluated the outcomes of different types of acute coronary syndrome in 917 patients undergoing coronary angiography aged ≤45 years. Male sex, smoking, dyslipidemia were the most important risk factors. ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEM...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Yılmaz S,Coşansu K

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective peripheral blood flow is positively related to cardiac output and gravity (part dependent) and inversely related to gravity (part elevated), venous pressure, interstitial fluid pressure, degree of peripheral neuropathy, arteriosclerotic and thrombotic arterial obstructions, and infection. These factors are c...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Dillon RS

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a lymph cyst of the thigh following sulfuric acid burns of both feet is presented. It was diagnosed by percutaneous lymphangiography with Ethiodal. Omentopexy was performed with success. A complication of hernia of small intestine into the thigh was corrected by herniorraphy. Omentopexy is an excellent ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Fisher MM,Halpern GJ,Wilkins RM

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of pentoxifylline (PXF) in vascular inner ear disease (VIED) was studied comparing PXF and placebo in a 4-week study; 60 patients with unilateral loss of hearing, vertigo, dizziness, tinnitus (analyzed with an analogue scale line), and cochlear flow reduction were included. The aim of the study was to stu...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Incandela L,Cesarone MR,Belcaro G,De Sanctis MT,Nicolaides AN,Griffin M,Geroulakos G,Ramaswami G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A coronary reperfusion catheter (CRC) is designed to preserve antegrade coronary flow when abrupt coronary closure occurs during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Insertion of the catheter to an occluded coronary artery for a few hours has been reported to be effective for myocardial salvage: howe...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Miyamoto A,Mizuno K,Hakamada N,Seguchi H,Satomura K,Isojima K,Kurita A,Nakamura H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neointimal hyperplasia is in the forefront in in-stent restenosis. Prevention of in-stent restenosis is possible by reducing and inhibiting the hyperplasia of smooth muscle cells. The authors planned this study to test the hypothesis that when administered orally, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) could inhibit in-stent neo...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ilkay E,Tirikli L,Ozercan I,Yavuzkir M,Karaca I,Rahman A,Arslan N

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether lipid abnormalities contributed to the endemic peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in villages where arseniasis was hyperendemic in Taiwan, the authors studied 533 adults with Doppler ultrasound and lipid profiles including total cholesterol, triglyceride, high- and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Tseng CH,Chong CK,Chen CJ,Tai TY

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Sneddon's syndrome is a rare condition comprising widespread livedo retucularis and multiple episodes of transient cerebral ischemia. Treatment to date has been empirical. The hemostatic/thrombotic status of 4 patients with Sneddon's syndrome was studied by a unique technique, hemostatometry, which measures primary he...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mayou SC,Kovacs IB,Ridler CD,Kirby JD

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The idea of cerebrovascular injury in cases of thromboangiitis obliterans was not strange to Leo Buerger, but Jäger (1932), as well Lindenberg and Spatz (1939), first established it. The aim of this study was to investigate the hemodynamics in the basal cerebral arteries by means of transcranial Doppler in patients wi...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Matchev S,Petrov V,Batchvarova V,Maljakova A,Doneva S

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this population research was to find out the risk of arterial disease (defined as angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, peripheral occlusive arterial disease, and cerebrovascular disease) and hypertension in persons with varicose veins. A 5-year follow-up study was conducted in Tampere, Finland. A validat...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mäkivaara LA,Ahti TM,Luukkaala T,Hakama M,Laurikka JO

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00