Uncontrolled home blood pressur ...
The purposes of this study were to investigate the state of blood pressure control level and to investigate the relationship between blood pressure ...
Different strategies for perfor ...
Pulmonary vein (PV) isolation was performed in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients whose cardiac rhythm was dominated by the ectopic beats originating ...
Elevated B-type natriuretic pep ...
The aim of the present study was to assess whether elevated B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels, as an objective marker of heart failure, is a p ...
Different effects of isoflavone ...
Isoflavone intake has been associated with a reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women. The aim of the present study w ...
Electrical storm originating fr ...
We report a patient with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy presenting with an electrical storm because of a poorly tolerated monomorphic ventricul ...
A slightly elevated level of N- ...
The prognostic and diagnostic values of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) in ischemic heart disease have already been investigat ...
Clinical analysis of the risk f ...
Slow coronary flow (SCF) phenomenon is a coronary microvascular disorder characterized by the delayed passage of contrast in the absence of obstruct ...
Combined effects of irbesartan ...
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of irbesartan, carvedilol, and irbesartan plus carvedilol on the expression of tissue fac ...
A case of giant cell arteritis ...
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the medium and large blood vessels. The early symptoms of this disease are nonspecif ...
Intravenous glutathione prevent ...
This study proposes the intravenous administration of glutathione (GSH) as a novel strategy to prevent contrast medium-induced renal oxidative stres ...
Reversible course of pulmonary ...
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is considered to be a rare but serious complication of bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The majority of the ...
Influence of fastigial nucleus ...
Electrical stimulation of the rostal cerebellar fastigial nucleus (FNS) has been proved to have neuroprotective effects, but it is not known whether ...
Nitric oxide effects depend on ...
The important role of nitric oxide (NO) in regulating cardiac functions has been investigated in prior research. However, NO-induced signaling mecha ...
Flavanol-rich cocoa ameliorates ...
Consumption of flavanols improves chronic endothelial dysfunction. We investigated whether it can also improve acute lipemia-induced endothelial dys ...
Higher body mass index at the t ...
Obesity is an important public health problem, especially among patients with cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the impact of o ...
Endovascular treatment combined ...
Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is caused by compression of peripheral nerves and vascular structures along their course through the upper thoracic a ...
Serum levels of angiopoietin-1 ...
The molecular basis and pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension (PH) are rapidly evolving areas. Recently discovered angiopoietins (Ang) constitut ...
Beneficial vasoactive endotheli ...
Statins are believed to exert beneficial effects against cardiovascular disease beyond correction of dyslipidemia. There are however still very spar ...
Prognostic significance of bloo ...
High systolic blood pressure (SBP) has been linked to worse cardiovascular outcomes. However, emerging data suggest that in patients with heart fail ...
Cilostazol reduces the progress ...
Cilostazol, a phosphodiesterase III inhibitor, is known to have anti-proliferative activity. We investigated the effects of cilostazol 200 mg, in ad ...
Ox-LDL can enhance the interact ...
The importance of the interaction between natural killer (NK) cells and dendritic cells (DCs) in the expansion of antiviral and antitumor immune res ...
In patients with idiopathic ven ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of anti-inflammatory interleukin-10 and pro-inflammatory cytokines and their relationship to endoth ...
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 ...
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 ...
Correlation of atherosclerosis ...
There is a surprising paucity of studies that provide quantitative correlative data on the extent of atherosclerosis between different topographic s ...