Antihypertensive and renal effects of isradipine in essential hypertension: focus on renin system activity.

abstract：AIM:To determine the impact of stages of renal dysfunction on mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 449 patients (mean age 63 +/- 11.9 years) with ACS after PCI were included. Serum creatinine was determined and creatini...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Bevc S,Penko M,Kanic V,Hojs R

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between echocardiographically measured epicardial fat thickness (EFT) and plasma concentrations of leptin, ghrelin, and adiponectin has not been evaluated in patients with noncachectic heart failure (HF). Patients with noncachectic HF and age- and sex-matched controls did not differ significantly in E...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Karayannis G,Giamouzis G,Tziolas N,Georgoulias P,Skoularigis J,Mikhailidis DP,Triposkiadis F

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Osteoprotegerin (OPG) produced by cardiovascular system raising the possibility that alterations of OPG serum levels may be associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). Our aim is to assess the possible role of serum OPG and soluble tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (s-TRAIL) in the p...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Shaker OG,El-Shehaby A,Nabih M

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：: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：:We suggest a new, easily applicable way of myocardial hypertrophy induction in rats. Forty randomized age-matched male Wistar rats were divided into 2 groups of 20 each: a control group and an orally administered fludrocortisone/salt group. Myocardial hypertrophy was estimated by measuring body weight, heart-weight-to...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Voucharas C,Tagarakis G,Lazou A,Triposkiadis F,Tsilimingas N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] has been shown to interfere with thrombolysis in vitro, its effects on thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) are not clear. The authors evaluated 32 male patients ages thirty-five to seventy-five (mean fifty-two +/- ten) with the diagnosis of acute MI w...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Tokgözoğlu SL,Ozmen F,Kabukçu M,Karanfil A,Aytemir K,Ozkuyumcu C,Uğurlu S

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic examination was performed in 130 elderly patients (49 healthy, active subjects; 40 hypertensive without left ventricular hypertrophy; and 41 hypertensive with left ventricular hypertrophy). In the study group, mean age was 72.4 +/- 7.1 (sixty-five to eighty-eight) years...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Komsuoğlu B,Duman E,Komsuoğlu SS,Görçin B

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perioperative prognosis of 81 diabetic patients after endarterectomy of the femoral artery was analyzed by a computer program and compared to the prognosis of a control group of 83 nondiabetic patients. The percentage of female patients in the group with diabetes mellitus was 22% in comparison with 8% of the contr...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Walter P,Parketta P,Heholein F

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on 5 patients, 4 of them observed over a period of only two months in one community hospital, who developed profound sinus node suppression in the early phase following acute strokes. This complication resulted in the death of 2; in the remaining 3, it was controlled by electrical cardiac pacing or ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Bashour TT,Cohen MS,Ryan C,Antonini C Sr

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axillosubclavian vein thrombosis is seen relatively infrequently in clinical practice when compared with lower limb deep-venous thrombosis; however, it is a condition that can result in significant morbidity if managed suboptimally. A multimodal treatment approach has been increasingly adopted with thrombolysis and/or...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Smith RA,Dimitri SK

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous double-blind, randomized study, CLS 2210 (a new formulation of calcium dobesilate) or placebo was administered by intravenous infusion to 41 patients having their first acute myocardial infarction. In the present study 19 comparable patients were treated intravenously with streptokinase under identical c...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Szlavy L,Repa I,Lengye I,Lamboy L

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：:Transcutaneous oxygen tension measurement (TcPO2) is widely applied for the evaluation of chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI). Nevertheless, studies that focused on the clinical value of TcPO2 have shown varying results. We identified factors that potentially play a role in TcPO2 measurement variation such as pro...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Leenstra B,Wijnand J,Verhoeven B,Koning O,Teraa M,Verhaar MC,de Borst GJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subdural hematomas are well known but infrequent complications of thrombolytic therapy. Although these are usually associated with head trauma, the authors describe a case of a patient who received a particularly aggressive thrombolytic regimen and presented six months later with complaints of nothing more than a head...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Nathan PE,Sonenblick D,Chakote V,Wolf R,Sacchi TJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study correlated cigarette smoking, systolic or diastolic hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, low serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, hypertriglyceridemia, and obesity with development of new atherothrombotic brain infarction in 192 elderly men and 516 elderly women. Mean follo...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Aronow WS,Gutstein H,Lee NH,Edwards M

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every day, thousands of people in the United States receive polycyclic antidepressants (PCAs) prescribed by their primary care physicians. We have examined the cardiovascular manifestations of polycyclic antidepressants in 14 patients with primary depression receiving various antidepressant drugs for a period of six m...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Mahapatra RK,Paul SK,Mahapatra D,Winter S

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography (LDDSE) is one of the methods most used to assess myocardial viability. Glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) has been shown to increase contraction of the ischemic zone. The aim of this study was to compare LDDSE and echocardiography during GIK infusion for detection of myocardia...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Yetkin E,Senen K,Ileri M,Atak R,Battaoglu B,Yetkin O,Tandogan I,Turhan H,Cehreli S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 13 patients admitted to a coronary care unit, antiarrhythmic efficacy and safety of quinidine gluconate in a nonmatrix formulation were compared to placebo and quinidine sulfate. Both quinidine preparations were effective in reducing the number and severity of ventricular and supraventricular extrasystoles when com...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Thompson EJ,Marwaha R,Naik G

更新日期：1978-03-01 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：:We studied platelet half-life (T/2), plasma thromboxane B2-levels (TXB2) and circulating endothelial cells in 107 patients with a mean age of 63 +/- 6.8 years and angiographically proven peripheral vascular disease (PVD). Patients were divided into 4 groups according to Fontaine but also according to additional clinic...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Sinzinger H,Fitscha P,Peskar BA

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes the principle, advantages, and limitations of Doppler ultrasound flowmeters, and discusses the possibilities of applying these systems in evaluating the functional state of the peripheral arterial circulation. This discussion is not limited to the assessment of blood flow velocity and poststenot...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Reneman RS,Hoeks A,Spencer MP

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower mortality rates from coronary heart disease and higher levels of serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) have been observed in populations residing at high altitude. However, this effect has not been investigated in Arab populations, which exhibit considerable genetic homogeneity. We assessed the rela...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Al Riyami NB,Banerjee Y,Al-Waili K,Rizvi SG,Al-Yahyaee S,Hassan MO,Albarwani S,Al-Rasadi K,Bayoumi RA

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:We sought to noninvasively assess the relationship between arterial remodeling, endothelial shear stress (ESS), and wall stiffness in coronary arteries. We studied 28 coronary arteries from 22 patients undergoing coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). The ESS was calculated in 2-mm long segments using comput...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Katranas SA,Kelekis AL,Antoniadis AP,Chatzizisis YS,Giannoglou GD

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:Two patients suffering from idiopathic unilateral lower limb lymphedema were treated with a diet in which long-chain triglycerides (LCT) were drastically restricted. From the beginning of the treatment, a distinct improvement was observed in both patients, with reduction of the affected limb perimeters, decrease of ed...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Soria P,Cuesta A,Romero H,Martínez FJ,Sastre A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal aortic aneurysm is common. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of smoking on prevalence and management. Patients attending the vascular unit and appropriate controls were prospectively recruited. A smoking history revealed tobacco exposure in pack years. Serum cotinine was assessed biochemically. ...

journal_title：Angiology

authors： Badger SA,O'Donnell ME,Sharif MA,McMaster C,Young IS,Soong CV

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：: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