Comparison of the effects of ni ...
Although slow/no-reflow is a serious problem complicating primary percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) an ...
Survival and changes in physica ...
Elderly populations are increasingly represented among patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and advanced age has been identified as an impo ...
Multidetector computed tomograp ...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the morphology and composition of atherosclerotic coronary plaques in patients with stable coronary artery ...
Serum concentrations of interle ...
Many studies have suggested an imbalance between proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory markers in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Interleukin 4 ( ...
Olmesartan reduces arterial sti ...
Adipocyte fatty acid binding protein (A-FABP) has been reported to be involved in insulin resistance, lipid metabolism, and atherosclerosis; however ...
Parameters of arterial function ...
Regardless of a successful operation, patients with coarctation of aorta (CoAo) are exposed to the risk of hypertension and a propensity to vascular ...
Relation of N-terminal pro-B-ty ...
Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death in hemodialysis (HD) patients. We investigated the relation of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic ...
Pitavastatin prevents postprand ...
Obesity is a well-established risk factor for the development and progression of coronary heart disease. Moreover, endothelial dysfunction is an ear ...
Differentiation between acute a ...
Cor pulmonale (CP) is defined as the structural and functional alternation of the right ventricle (RV) caused by primary disorders of the respirator ...
No severe pulmonary vein stenos ...
Few studies have explored the utility of local electrogram-guided extensive encircling pulmonary vein isolation (EEPVI) by analyzing the pulmonary v ...
Coronary sinus ostium: the key ...
There are no research studies that comprehensively analyze, with computed tomography, the coronary sinus (CS) ostium with respect to its importance ...
The S447X variant of lipoprotei ...
Hyperlipidemia is a major risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is an important enzyme in lipoprotein metabolism. ...
Determinants of in-hospital dea ...
Ventricular septal perforation (VSP) is a serious complication associated with acute myocardial infarction (MI). The purpose of this study was to in ...
Plasma endoglin as a marker to ...
Recent clinical studies have revealed that the expression of endoglin, an accessory protein for the TGF-b receptor, is increased in patients with at ...
Inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 ...
This study investigates the interactions between cyclooxygenase (COX-2) and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotypic switching, the two importa ...
Computed tomography in patients ...
The presence of cardiac pacemaker systems may significantly limit interpretation of multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) images. In 80 patients (4 ...
Development of a model for pred ...
Monocytes and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) play important roles in the process of coronary atherosclerosis. We hypothesized that a r ...
Differentiation profile of peri ...
In-stent restenosis is largely due to intimal hyperplasia (IH). The number of vascular progenitor cells (VPCs) mobilized at the acute phase after st ...
Correlation of atherosclerosis ...
There is a surprising paucity of studies that provide quantitative correlative data on the extent of atherosclerosis between different topographic s ...
Effects of olmesartan on blood ...
The increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among patients with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been linked to arterial hypert ...
Absence of left ventricular con ...
The identification and intervention of factors associated with a coronary artery calcification (CAC) score of zero, suggesting the absence of signif ...
Association of midregional proa ...
Midregional proadrenomedullin (MR-proADM) is elevated in patients with heart failure and myocardial infarction. The aim of this study was to evaluat ...
Lymphocyte count was significan ...
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between leukocyte subtype counts and hyper- LDL cholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and ...
Leptin, leptin gene and leptin ...
Heart failure with a normal ejection fraction (HFNEF) is common in obesity and coronary artery disease (CAD). Both ischemia and reperfusion induce l ...
Urocortin-induced cardiomyocyte ...
Urocortin-1 (UCN), a member of the corticotropin- releasing factor, is a cardioprotective peptide, and is also involved in cardiac hypertrophy. The ...