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Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2018 Background: Numerous studies indicate that statins have multiple beneficial actions (known as ‘pleiotropic actions') on cardiovascular system through the improvement of endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, oxidative stress, excessive arterial thrombosis, and stabilization of the atherosclerotic plaque.
Tsigkou, V. +10 more
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Medicina, 2021 Background and Objectives: The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become the most challenging global health pandemic since the 1918 flu.
Alan Parys +6 more
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Circulation Journal, 2007 Cigarette smoking is a major vascular risk factor and in this context, it is an independent risk factor for the development of aortic disease, especially the formation and growth of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). Medline was searched up to January 31, 2007 for the relevant literature for this review of the mechanisms by which smoking causes aortic ...
Kakafika, AI, Mikhailidis, DP
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Arterial hypertension and aortic diseases
Archives of the Balkan Medical Union, 2020 Arterial hypertension (HTN) is one of the most prevalent diseases all over the word. There are many studies and reviews about the coexistence of HTN with coronary, cerebrovascular and renal diseases.
Cristina M. TIRZIU
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, 2023 The field of genetics in cardiovascular disease has introduced new possibilities for understanding the fundamental causes of aortic diseases [...
Wassim Mosleh, Mays Tawayha, Fares Awa
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Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 2013 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs of ~22 nucleotides which act as down regulators of gene expression in the post-transcription level and/or in the translation level. Several studies have shown that the process of their maturation is rather crucial for the development of cardiovascular system thus their regulation (up-,down-) is implicated ...
Vavuranakis, M. +10 more
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Asian Journal of Surgery, 2019 Summary: Objective: To compare the outcomes of the en bloc and branched graft techniques for supra-aortic vessel reconstruction in total arch replacement (TAR) for acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD).
Yi Lin +6 more
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Prevalence of Intracranial Aneurysm in Patients with Aortopathy: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analyses [PDF]
Journal of Stroke, 2020 Background and Purpose Patients with aortic disease might have an increased risk of intracranial aneurysm (IA). We conducted this research to assess the prevalence of IA in patients with aortopathy, considering the impact of gender, age, and ...
Xinyu Yu +5 more
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Straight aortic endograft in abdominal aortic disease [PDF]
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2013 We describe our 8-year experience with the use of endovascular techniques (ET) for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) through a straight endograft.We retrospectively reviewed data of all patients who were treated for AAA using ET in two centres from 1998 to 2012 and who received a single straight endograft (group A) or a double straight ...
D. Mazzaccaro +7 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023 Background Aortic aneurysm rupture and acute aortic dissection are life‐threatening conditions and represent an ever‐growing public health challenge. Comprehensive epidemiologic investigations for their risk factors are scant.
Ai Koba +8 more
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