abstract：:In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, most of the clinical manifestation share a vascular component triggered by endothelial dysfunction. Endothelial cells (ECs) activation occurs both on the arterial and venous side, and the high vascular density of kidneys accounts for the detrimental outcomes of SLE throu...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Mancardi D,Arrigo E,Cozzi M,Cecchi I,Radin M,Fenoglio R,Roccatello D,Sciascia S

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an ongoing debate on a potential protective role of habitual physical activity and passive heat therapy on the risk of COVID-19, a respiratory infectious disease that can manifest as severe pneumonia. To explore these putative roles, we evaluated the independent and joint associations of cardiorespi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Kunutsor SK,Laukkanen JA

更新日期：2021-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Optimizing the approach to older adults with cancer is now a priority given the increasing frequency of new cancer diagnoses that are made in the older population. The comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) represents the gold-standard for (1) defining prognosis and ability to withstand cancer treatments...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Fusco D,Ferrini A,Pasqualetti G,Giannotti C,Cesari M,Laudisio A,Ballestrero A,Scabini S,Odetti PR,Colloca GF,Monzani F,Nencioni A,Antonelli Incalzi R,Monacelli F,Oncogeriatrics Group of the Italian Society of Gerontology, Ger

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have suggested that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could be predictive of the prognosis in patients with heart failure (HF), but yield conflicting findings. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to examine the impact of COPD on adverse outcomes in patients with HF. METHODS:We...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Xu S,Ye Z,Ma J,Yuan T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Diabetes dramatically increases the risk of cardiovascular complications and mortality. Hydrogen sulphide plays an important role in reducing oxidative stress. Several studies demonstrated that hydrogen sulphide protects islet beta cells from oxidant stress damage and decreases apoptosis. The aim of...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Dorofeyeva N,Drachuk K,Rajkumar R,Sabnis O,Sagach V

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To reveal detailed histopathological changes, virus distributions, immunologic properties and multi-omic features caused by SARS-CoV-2 in the explanted lungs from the world's first successful lung transplantation of a COVID-19 patient. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 36 samples were collected from the lung...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Chen XJ,Li K,Xu L,Yu YJ,Wu B,He YL,Zhao WE,Li D,Luan CX,Hu L,Wang J,Ding JJ,Yu YF,Li JX,Tan ZM,Liu XF,Wei D,Zhang ZH,Guo XJ,Su C,Hu ZB,Guo YS,Chen JY,Chen F

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to analyse the pre-analytical process and its effect of 50 g of oral glucose challenge test results for screening gestational diabetes mellitus. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:The 50 g oral glucose challenge test was performed to 30 pregnant women, and the blood was collected as two samples for three t...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Eldem S,Oskovi-Kaplan ZA,Engin-Ustun Y,Yilmaz C,Caglar AT,Ozgu-Erdinc AS

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emergency medical services (EMS) routinely face complex scenarios where decisions should be taken with limited clinical information. The development of fast, reliable and easy to perform warning biomarkers could help in such decision-making processes. The present study aims at characterizing the validity of ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Martín-Rodríguez F,López-Izquierdo R,Medina-Lozano E,Ortega Rabbione G,Del Pozo Vegas C,Carbajosa Rodríguez V,Castro Villamor MÁ,Sánchez-Soberon I,Sanz-García A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS) may cause future stroke and therefore patients with ACAS require best medical treatment. Patients at high risk for stroke may opt for additional revascularization (either surgery or stenting) but the future stroke risk should outweigh the risk for peri/post-opera...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Timmerman N,Galyfos G,Sigala F,Thanopoulou K,de Borst GJ,Davidovic L,Eckstein HH,Filipovic N,Grugni R,Kallmayer M,de Kleijn DPV,Koncar I,Mantzaris MD,Marchal E,Matsagkas M,Mutavdzic P,Palombo D,Pasterkamp G,Potsika VT

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease are associated with COVID-19 risk and severity. Because epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) expresses ACE2, we wanted to identify the main factors associated with ACE2 levels and its cleavage enzyme, ADAM17, in epicardial fat. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Epicardial and subcutane...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Couselo-Seijas M,Almengló C,M Agra-Bermejo R,Luis Fernandez Á,Alvarez E,R González-Juanatey J,Eiras S

更新日期：2020-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the incidence of co-existent pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and lung cancer in China is increasing, risk factors related to its development are still poorly understood. We aimed to investigate which clinical factors were associated with the odds of co-existent PTB and lung cancer (PTB-lung cancer) cas...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Zheng L,Yin J,Wang S,Jiang H,Hu P,Kang Z,Lv P,Li W,Cai C

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Observational studies have shown that high levels of serum uric acid (UA) were associated with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the causal effect of urate on the risk of AF is still unknown. To clarify the potential causal association between UA and AF, we performed a Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hong M,Park JW,Yang PS,Hwang I,Kim TH,Yu HT,Uhm JS,Joung B,Lee MH,Jee SH,Pak HN

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both inflammation and oxidative stress may contribute to pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome (MetS). The C242T polymorphism (rs4673) in the CYBA gene, as the main components of NAD (P) H oxidase, causes inter-individual variability in the enzyme activity. We aimed to investigate the association between this p...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Pourgholi L,Pourgholi F,Ziaee S,Goodarzynejad H,Hosseindokht M,Boroumand M,Mandegary A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During COVID-19 outbreak, oncological care has been reorganized. Patients with cancer have been reported to experience a more severe COVID-19 syndrome; moreover, there are concerns of a potential interference between immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Betw...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tagliamento M,Spagnolo F,Poggio F,Soldato D,Conte B,Ruelle T,Barisione E,De Maria A,Del Mastro L,Di Maio M,Lambertini M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A more complete assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) can be performed by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). The aim was to assess the prevalence, distribution and characteristics of coronary artery disease (CAD) and the reclassification of cardiovascular risk by CCTA in an asymptomatic S...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： García-Ortiz L,Barreiro-Perez M,Merchan-Gómez S,Ignacio Recio-Rodriguez J,Sánchez-Aguadero N,Alonso-Dominguez R,Lugones-Sanchez C,Rodríguez-Sanchez E,Sanchez PL,Gómez-Marcos MA,on behalf EVA investigators.

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prevalence of fatty liver (FL) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) depends mainly on obesity, diabetes and genetic factors. FL and NAFLD prevalence was evaluated in Portuguese adult population and correlated with several risk factors and related mortality data, within the same period. MATERIALS AND...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Leitão J,Carvalhana S,Cochicho J,Silva AP,Velasco F,Medeiros I,Alves AC,Bourbon M,Oliveiros B,Rodrigues V,Sousa R,Sampaio F,Carvalho A,Cortez-Pinto H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque are well-established imaging markers used to capture different stages of the atherosclerotic disease process. We aimed to quantify to which extent carotid intima-media thickness predicts incidence of first-ever carotid plaque. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Two indep...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Tschiderer L,Klingenschmid G,Seekircher L,Willeit P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It remains unsettled whether alcoholic cirrhosis is a risk factor for myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS:We used data from nationwide healthcare registries to study all Danes diagnosed with alcoholic cirrhosis in 1996-2014, and five controls were matched to each of them on gender and age. We excluded every...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Deleuran T,Schmidt M,Vilstrup H,Jepsen P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past decades, the prevalence of obesity has markedly increased worldwide. Stress is recognized as a substantial contributor to increased body weight; therefore, stress management interventions, especially cognitive behavioural, are becoming increasingly popular. The impact of stress management on st...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Simos DS,Kokkinos A,Tentolouris N,Dimosthenopoulos C,Mantzou E,Artemiadis A,Bacopoulou F,Nicolaides NC,Kosta O,Chrousos GP,Darviri C

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing evidence indicates that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is linked to an increased risk of extra-hepatic conditions. However, it is currently uncertain whether NAFLD is associated with the risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Xue J,Xin H,Ren N,Zhou C,Yang J,Song L,Qin S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:D-dimers are generated during endogenous fibrinolysis of a blood clot and have a central role in diagnostic algorithms to rule out venous thromboembolism. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, more commonly called statins, are known to have effects independent of LDL-cholesterol lowering, including antithrombotic pr...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Schol-Gelok S,Morelli F,Arends LR,Boersma E,Kruip MJHA,Versmissen J,van Gelder T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glomerulonephritis clusters in families. However, infections are common inducers of glomerulonephritis and may also cluster in families. Studies of adoptees and their biological and adoptive parents may disentangle genetic from environmental causes of familial clustering. This is the first adoption study aim...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Akrawi DS,Zöller B,Fjellstedt E,Sundquist J,Sundquist K,PirouziFard M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After the Q fever outbreak in the Netherlands between 2007 and 2010, more than 300 patients with chronic Q fever have been identified. Some patients were also diagnosed with systemic sclerosis, a rare immune-mediated disease. We aimed to increase awareness of concomitant chronic Q fever infection and systemi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Jansen AFM,Raijmakers RPH,van Deuren M,Vonk MC,Bleeker-Rovers CP

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimal lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] target values are advocated for high-risk cardiovascular patients. We investigated the prognostic value of Lp(a) in the acute setting of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Plasma levels of Lp(a) were collected at time of angiography from 1711 p...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Gencer B,Rigamonti F,Nanchen D,Vuilleumier N,Kern I,Aghlmandi S,Klingenberg R,Räber L,Auer R,Carballo D,Carballo S,Heg D,Windecker S,Lüscher TF,Matter CM,Rodondi N,Mach F

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fungal infections are still a relevant challenge for clinicians involved in the cure of patients with cancer. We retrospectively reviewed charts of hospitalized patients with haematological malignancies (HMs), in which a documented fungaemia was diagnosed between January 2011 and December 2015 at 28 adult an...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Criscuolo M,Marchesi F,Candoni A,Cattaneo C,Nosari A,Veggia B,Verga L,Fracchiolla N,Vianelli N,Del Principe MI,Picardi M,Tumbarello M,Aversa F,Busca A,Pagano L,SEIFEM Group (Sorveglianza Epidemiologica Infezioni nelle Emopa

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking remains the most important avoidable cause of global mortality. Even though the number of cigarette smokers declines in first world countries, the uses of alternative nicotine delivery products increase and may even surpass the sells of cigarettes. In this light, the explicit role of nicotine in the ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Babic M,Schuchardt M,Tölle M,van der Giet M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies revealed that patients with Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) have a higher mortality rate than the general population and a comparable mortality to acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Repolarisation abnormalities, namely T-wave amplitude, may provide incremental prognostic information, in addition to tra...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Gietzen T,El-Battrawy I,Lang S,Zhou XB,Ansari U,Behnes M,Borggrefe M,Akin I

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high pulse pressure (PP) is associated with adverse cardiovascular (CV) outcomes; however, this relationship may be reversed in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFREF). METHODS:Patients from the WARCEF trial with left ventricular ejection fraction ≤35% were included. PP was divi...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Shah N,Qian M,Di Tullio MR,Graham S,Mann DL,Sacco RL,Lip GYH,Labovitz AJ,Ponikowski P,Lok DJ,Anker SD,Teerlink JR,Thompson JLP,Homma S,Freudenberger RS,WARCEF Investigators.

更新日期：2019-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the effect of long-term pegfilgrastim on collateral function and myocardial ischaemia in patients with chronic stable coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS:This was a prospective clinical trial with randomized 2:1 allocation to pegfilgrastim or placebo for 6 months. The primary study endpoint was co...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Traupe T,Stoller M,Gloekler S,Meier P,Seiler C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical illness is an aetiologically and clinically heterogeneous syndrome that is characterised by organ failure and immune dysfunction. Mortality in critically ill patients is driven by inflammation-associated organ damage and a profound vulnerability to nosocomial infection. Both factors are influenced by the acti...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wood AJT,Vassallo A,Summers C,Chilvers ER,Conway-Morris A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an idiopathic, segmental, non-atherosclerotic and non-inflammatory disease of the musculature of arterial walls, leading to stenosis of small and medium-sized arteries, mostly involving renal and cervical arteries. As a result of better and more systematic screening, it appears that in...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Van der Niepen P,van Tussenbroek F,Devos H,Debing E,Di Monaco S,Goffette P,Astarci P,Persu A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High levels of circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) have been reported in patients with inflammatory conditions. The aim of the study was to investigate the levels of cfDNA in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Comparative groups comprised 22 nonpregnant and 36 pregnant wom...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Xu Y,Song Y,Chang J,Zhou X,Qi Q,Tian X,Li M,Zeng X,Xu M,Zhang W,Cram DS,Liu J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic hyponatremia is common and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. However, whether treatment improves outcome in patients without significant symptoms is unclear. We here assessed the therapeutic outcome on clinical symptoms, neurocognitive and neuromuscular function in patients with chro...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Refardt J,Kling B,Krausert K,Fassnacht M,von Felten S,Christ-Crain M,Fenske W

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:SOX6 has been recently proposed as a pleiotropic gene for obesity and osteoporosis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the rs7117858 genetic variant in SOX6 was associated with bone mass assessed by quantitative ultrasound (QUS) and obesity-related measures in a population of young adults. MET...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Correa-Rodríguez M,Schmidt-RioValle J,Rueda-Medina B

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thyroid feedback regulation and equilibria between thyroid hormones differ in the presence or absence of a functioning thyroid remnant. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study examines the relationship between the sensitivity of TSH feedback and thyroid capacity in untreated patients with thyroid autoimmune diseas...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hoermann R,Midgley JEM,Larisch R,Dietrich JW

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diabetes mellitus is a progressive disease with cardiovascular complications. This study evaluated the effects of liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue and the dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors sitagliptin and linagliptin on cardiac function in type 2 diabetes patients with renal impairment. MAT...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hiramatsu T,Asano Y,Mabuchi M,Imai K,Iguchi D,Furuta S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood obesity is associated with premature cardiovascular complications. However, little is known about the effect of a family-based behavioural intervention on the relationship between arterial function, blood pressure and biomarkers in pre-pubertal children with obesity. DESIGN:This was a single centr...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Maggio ABR,Farpour-Lambert NJ,Aggoun Y,Galan K,Montecucco F,Mach F,Beghetti M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of lumbar spondylolisthesis (SPL) in patients suffering from low back pain (LBP) with or without rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to identify potential factors associated with SPL in patients with RA. METHODS:We performed a case-control study. Cases and contro...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Hagege B,Tubach F,Alfaiate T,Forien M,Dieudé P,Ottaviani S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Linear growth restriction is a unique feature of paediatric inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), and reduced insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) is a major determinant of short stature. We aimed to assess factors influencing somatic height in children suffering from IBD. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This was a retros...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Chouliaras G,Mantzou A,Margoni D,Tsilifis N,Pervanidou P,Panayotou I,Kanaka-Gantenbein C,Chrousos GP,Roma-Giannikou E

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid ultrasound is a noninvasive tool for risk assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD). There is no consensus on which carotid ultrasound parameter constitutes the best measurement of atherosclerosis. We investigated which model of carotid ultrasound parameters and clinical risk factors (CRF) has the ...

journal_title：European journal of clinical investigation

authors： Wu N,Chen X,Li M,Qu X,Li Y,Xie W,Wu L,Xiang Y,Li Y,Zhong L

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00