Pulsed Tissue Doppler Imaging and Aortic Stiffness.
Published in Angiology
Association Between Plasma ADAMTS-9 Levels and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease.
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Genome-wide association studies have shown that a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 9 (ADAMTS-9) is associated with the development of atherosclerosis. We assessed the level of ADAMTS-9 in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and its severity and prognosis. We selected 666 participants who underwent coronary angiog...
Obesity as a Risk Factor for Radiographic Contrast-Induced Nephropathy.
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Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is common. Risk factors include preexisting renal impairment, diabetes, elderly age, and dehydration. In a single-centre prospective study, we investigated which factors are implicated for CIN in patients with peripheral arterial disease due for angiography. Serum creatinine was measured before, 1, 2, and 7 days p...
Prognostic Relevance of Left Ventricular Thrombus Motility: Assessment by Pulsed Wave Tissue Doppler Imaging.
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Pulsed wave tissue Doppler imaging (PW-TDI) easily detects motion of cardiac structures. Hence, PW-TDI could be of value for assessing potentially cardioembolic masses. We sought to evaluate the prognostic value of left ventricular (LV) thrombus mobility assessed by PW-TDI. In 83 consecutive patients with echocardiographically detected LV thrombi, ...
The Monocyte/High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio (MHR) as an Indicator of the Need for Amputation in Patients Wit...
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The monocyte/high density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (MHR) reflects the proatherogenic and antiatherogenic balance, and a high ratio is associated with the severity of atherosclerosis. We measured the MHR of patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) due to peripheral artery disease (PAD) requiring amputation. Patients diagnosed with PAD were di...
Anterior Tragal Crease Is Associated With SYNTAX Score in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
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The main aim of this study was to investigate the relation between anterior tragal crease (ATC) and coronary artery lesion complexity and severity assessed using the SYNTAX score (SXscore) in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). A total of 121 patients with a first-time diagnosis of NSTEMI were consecutively enroll...
Interaction Between Coronavirus S-Protein and Human ACE2: Hints for Exploring Efficient Therapeutic Targets to Treat COV...
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With the global expansion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the declaration of its outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization, there is an urgent need for vaccines and medicines to prevent and treat COVID-19. The responsible pathogen for the disease is the newly severe acute respiratory ...
Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion by Angiographic Methods in Tortuous Coronary Arteries.
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The relationship between coronary tortuosity (CorT) and tissue-level myocardial perfusion is not clear. We investigated tissue perfusion in myocardial territories supplied by tortuous coronary arteries. Among patients who had undergone coronary angiography, patients with reported CorT, those with ≥1 coronary artery were included in the study group ...
Effect of Elevated Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure on Short-Term Prognosis in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarcti...
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Pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) may increase because of cardiac alterations that result in increased filling pressures after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We hypothesized that PASP might be a useful maker to predict the risk of cardiac death after AMI. We carried out a retrospective study from 2013 to 2017 involving 5401 patients wit...
Recurrent Thromboembolism Prediction in Atrial Fibrillation: Response to Letter by Sener et al.
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