Pharmacotherapy of chronic pulmonary arterial hypertension: value and limitations. Part II: Secondary pulmonary hypertension.

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：:Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are associated with the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Statin therapy has been shown to modulate MMPs and TIMP-1 levels, but clinical findings have not been conclusive. This study aimed to systematically re...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Ferretti G,Bacchetti T,Banach M,Simental-Mendía LE,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:A sixty-seven-year-old woman was admitted with a complaint of atypical chest pain and with right precordial coved ST-T elevation, mimicking acute anterior myocardial infarction. Results of echocardiographic examination and a coronary angiographic study were normal. The etiology of her electrocardiographic pattern was ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kataoka H

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：: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：: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：:The authors previously reported a new syndrome, angiotensin-converting enzyme dysfunction syndrome (ACEDS), which is clinically characterized by mild systemic hypertension, a hypokalemic alkalosis, and hyperreninism with a high concentration of angiotensin-I (ANG-I), a normal angiotensin-II (ANG-II) value, and a norma...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Umeki S,Terao A,Sawayama T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to test Turkish validity and reliability of Venous Insufficiency Epidemiological and Economic Study-Quality of Life/Symptoms (VEINES-QoL/Sym) in patients with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI). A total of 118 patients with CVI hospitalized in 3 different hospitals were enrolled in this study....

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kutlu A,Yilmaz E,Ceçen D,Eser E,Ozbakkaloglu A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial calcification in different arterial beds has been observed to be an independent predictor of mortality. The association of abdominal visceral artery calcium with all-cause mortality remains unexplored. Patients who had undergone contrast-enhanced computerized tomography (CT) imaging for routine assessment of ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Sadat U,Mariam NBG,Usman A,Chowdhury MM,El Nakhal T,DaCosta OF,Gillard JH,Hayes PD,Varty K

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:Carcinoid tumors of the intestine may present with bowel obstruction or with the carcinoid syndrome. Confirmation of the diagnosis by biochemical means is easy. Management is often surgical and a number of different procedures have been advocated, e.g. resection of the primary, hemicolectomy and lately, partial hepate...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Strasberg Z,Hyland J,Salem S,Wilderspin K,Tuttle RJ

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction plays an important role in the pathogenesis of cardiac syndrome X, and intracoronary low-dose acetylcholine infusion is a widely used diagnostic modality for studying the coronary artery endothelial function. The authors herein report 2 cases of cardiac syndrome X with coronary artery endotheli...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Masaki N,Takase B,Satomura K,Akima T,Matsushima Y,Hosaka H,Hamabe A,Kurita A,Ohsuzu F

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-four patients with symptoms suggesting mitral valve prolapse were evaluated by M-mode echocardiography, real time, two-dimensional, phase array echocardiography, and cardiac catheterization. Ten of these patients had unequivocal evidence of mitral valve prolapse during cardiac catheterization. This diagnosis wa...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kounis NG

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonionic contrast medium was evaluated in vitro for its effects on coagulation and complement activation in comparison to a low osmolal contrast agent. In clotting assays each contrast medium was mixed with blood and clotting parameters were analyzed by using a thromboelastographic machine. Platelet function was stu...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Parvez Z,Moncada R

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under certain conditions laser Doppler flowmeter (LDF) signals obtained from the finger pulp may appear very similar to those obtained by use of a direct current (dc) photoplethysmograph (PPG). A combined LDF/PPG system was used in conjunction with a circumference strain gauge as an index of volume change to identify ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Almond NE,Jones DP,Cooke ED

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term outcome of primary successful percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for patients with peripheral occlusive arterial disease (POAD) is frequently compromised by the development of restenosis, especially when extensive dissections result from the angioplastic procedure. Unfortunately, prevention of t...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Schweizer J,Müller A,Forkmann L,Hellner G,Kirch W

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

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：:The effect of intravenous administration of disopyramide (total dose 100 mg, bolus 20 mg every 5 minutes) was compared with that of propranolol (total dose 10 mg, bolus 2 mg every 5 minutes) in a patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Left ventricular pressure gradient (LVPG) was assessed by continuous ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Tokudome T,Mizushige K,Ueda T,Sakamoto S,Matsuo H

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:Patients with left main (LM) coronary artery disease (CAD) are at the highest risk of cardiovascular events. We evaluated possible gene polymorphisms of tumor protein 53 ( TP53, rs1042522, p.Arg72Pro) that can differentiate LM-CAD from patients with more peripheral CAD (MP-CAD) and healthy participants (control group)...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Kolovou V,Tsipis A,Mihas C,Katsiki N,Vartela V,Koutelou M,Manolopoulou D,Leondiadis E,Iakovou I,Mavrogieni S,Kolovou G

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buflomedil hydrochloride (Buflomedil), a vasoactive drug, has been proven to improve pain-free walking distance in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease stage II of the lower extremities. In the present double-blind, randomized study, resting skin flux motion activity and skin flux response to a local he...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Van den Brande P,Maurel A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the value of the early exercise test (ET) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treated with IV streptokinase (SK). The authors studied 70 patients with first AMI; 31 were treated with SK and 39 were not. Before discharge everyone was given early exercise up to 5-6 METs...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Hamouratidis N,Katsaliakis N,Manoudis F,Lazaridis K,Tselegaridis T,Stravelas V,Simeonidou E,Roussis S

更新日期：1991-09-01 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 authors encountered a forty-nine-year-old man with a lower limb ulcer refractory to intensive conservative therapy. No varicose vein was found anywhere, and the usual phlebographies and foot venous pressure measurement failed to diagnose it as a venous stasis ulcer. A direct phlebography method developed by the au...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Sugimoto T,Okada M,Fukuoka M,Uematsu M,Yoshida M,Toyama H

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thorough search for the natural history of arteriosclerosis involving the cerebrum, aorta, and peripheral vessels has been made. The disease's rate of progress has been studied anatomically, clinically, radiologically, and plethysmographically. We conclude that arteriosclerosis is usually associated with other disea...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Winsor DW,Winsor T,Maranga K

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors assessed whether measurements obtained by Judkins-style Doppler catheters are comparable to those achieved with the intracoronary Doppler technique in 42 patients with normal coronary arteries on angiography (19 syndrome X and 23 heart transplant patients). Resting coronary flow velocity and response to a ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Chauhan A,Mullins PA,Thuraisingham S,Taylor G,Petch MC,Schofield PM

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00