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Rationale and design of a multicenter randomized controlled study to evaluate the preventive effect of ipragliflozin on carotid atherosclerosis : the PROTECT study [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated strongly with an increased risk of micro- and macro-vascular complications, leading to impaired quality of life and shortened life expectancy. In addition to appropriate glycemic control, multi-factorial
Eguchi, Kazuo, Higashi, Yukihito, Inoue, Teruo, Ishizu, Tomoko, Kadokami, Toshiaki, Kario, Kazuomi, Kitakaze, Masafumi, Kodera, Satoshi, Maemura, Koji, Matsuhisa, Munehide, Murohara, Toyoaki, Nanasato, Mamoru, Nishio, Yoshihiko, Node, Koichi, Ohishi, Mitsuru, Oyama, Jun‑ichi, Sata, Masataka, Sato, Yasunori, Shimabukuro, Michio, Suzuki, Makoto, Taguchi, Isao, Tanaka, Atsushi, Teragawa, Hiroki, Tomiyama, Hirofumi, Ueda, Shinichiro, Yamada, Hirotsugu   +25 more
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Predictors of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Plaque Progression in a Chinese Population.

Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis, 2016
AIM Atherosclerotic diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Longitudinal changes in carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and plaque are being increasingly used as markers of atherosclerosis progression and may predict future cardiovascular ...
Ling-Chun Huang, R. Lin, Chien-Fu Chen, Chun-Hung Chen, S. Juo, Hsiu-Fen Lin   +5 more
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Quantitative susceptibility mapping of the human carotid artery: Assessing sensitivity to elastin and collagen ex vivo

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The aim is to establish the relationship between carotid susceptibility and microstructural components in diseased carotid arteries. Methods Excised cadaveric carotid arteries (n = 5) were scanned using high‐resolution QSM at 7 Tesla. After ex vivo imaging, all samples were brought to histology and stained for elastin, collagen, cells,
Alan J. Stone, Brooke Tornifoglio, Francesco Digeronimo, Karin Shmueli, Caitríona Lally   +4 more
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Early atherosclerosis and Chlamydia Pneumoniae Infection in the Coronary Arteries [PDF]

, 2015
In non-atheromatous segments of coronary arteries a sequence of preatherosclerotic changes was identified which consisted of medial thickening followed by intimal thickening. More recently, Chlamydia pneumoniae seropositivity was associated with enhanced
Hortoványi E, Illyés G, Kádár, Anna
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Clinical and therapeutic value of carotid intima-media thickness

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2015
Carotid Intima Media Thickness (IMT) has been widely used to predict cardiovascular events in primary and secondary prevention studies. Yet, the power of IMT to reclassify risk level on top of conventional risk assessment based on classical risk factors remains unsettled. In fact, recent data indicate that the prognostic power of IMT is lower than that
Vassallo E, Musella F, Mosca S, Casaretti L, Formisano R, Mattiello G, Bologna A, Fabiani I, Gambardella F, Petraglia L, Rengo G, LEOSCO, DARIO, PERRONE FILARDI, PASQUALE   +12 more
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Design, synthesis, and characterization of polymer‐hydrogel composite vascular grafts using double‐expanded polytetrafluoroethylene to achieve enhanced mechanical and biological properties

Polymer Engineering &Science, EarlyView.
A layer of bioactive P(AAm‐co‐NaAMPS)‐xanthan‐alginate hydrogel was introduced onto the inner surface of double‐expanded PTFE (dePTFE) vascular grafts to create synergy that results from the mechanical support and biomimetic properties of dePTFE vascular grafts and the enhanced cytocompatibility, endothelialization, and burst pressure resistance of the
Zhutong Li, Edward Chen, Jacob Parsons, Lih‐Sheng Turng   +3 more
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Serum Uric Acid as a Potential Concomitant with Carotid Atherosclerosis

Caspian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 2016
Background: Common carotid intima-media thickness (CC-IMT) measured by ultrasonography as a non-invasive method is nowadays known as a marker for early atherosclerosis. Objectives: Survey the relationship between serum uric acid and carotid intima-media
Seyed-Ali Roudbary, Ahmad Alizadeh, Amirreza Ghayeghran, Fariborz Roshan   +3 more
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Erectile dysfunction is associated with subclinical carotid vascular disease in young men lacking widely-known risk factors

Asian Journal of Andrology, 2018
This study aimed to gain insight into the underlying pathogenesis of erectile dysfunction in young men under the age of 40 years without widely-known risk factors.
Feng-Juan Yao, Ya-Dong Zhang, Zi Wan, Wei Li, Hong Lin, Chun-Hua Deng, Yan Zhang   +6 more
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Rationale and design of a multicenter randomized study for evaluating vascular function under uric acid control using the xanthine oxidase inhibitor, febuxostat : the PRIZE study [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Xanthine oxidase inhibitors are anti-hyperuricemic drugs that decrease serum uric acid levels by inhibiting its synthesis. Xanthine oxidase is also recognized as a pivotal enzyme in the production of oxidative stress.
Ako, Junya, Bando, Yasuko K., Eguchi, Kazuo, Higashi, Yukihito, Inoue, Teruo, Ishizaka, Nobukazu, Ishizu, Tomoko, Kanzaki, Yumiko, Kuroyanagi, Takanori, Maemura, Koji, Murohara, Toyoaki, Node, Koichi, Ohishi, Mitsuru, Oyama, Jun‑ichi, Sata, Masataka, Sato, Yasunori, Taguchi, Isao, Tanaka, Atsushi, Teragawa, Hiroki, Tomiyama, Hirofumi, Ueda, Shinichiro, Yamada, Hirotsugu   +21 more
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Oral magnesium supplementation improves endothelial function and attenuates subclinical atherosclerosis in thiazide-treated hypertensive women [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Epidemiological studies demonstrate an inverse association between serum magnesium and incidence of cardiovascular disease. Diuretics commonly cause hypomagneseamia. Method: We evaluated effects of magnesium supplementation on blood pressure
Cunha, Ana Rosa, D'El-Rei, Jenifer, Medeiros, Fernanda, Neves, Mario F., Oigman, Wille, Touyz, Rhian M., Umbelino, Bianca   +6 more
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