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Kallistatin limits abdominal aortic aneurysm by attenuating generation of reactive oxygen species and apoptosis

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Inflammation, vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis and oxidative stress are believed to play important roles in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) pathogenesis.
Smriti Murali Krishna   +9 more
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Pulmonary hypertension phenotypes in patients with systemic sclerosis

open access: yesEuropean Respiratory Review, 2021
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) commonly affects patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is associated with significant morbidity and increased mortality.
Ashraful Haque   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Elective lower limb orthopedic arthroplasty surgery in patients with pulmonary hypertension

open access: yesPulmonary Circulation, 2022
Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (PH) are at increased risk when undergoing anesthesia and major surgery. Data on outcomes for elective orthopedic surgery in patients with PH are limited.
Mikaela Wardle   +15 more
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Aortic Geometric Alteration Associated With Acute Type B Aortic Dissection: Angulation, Tortuosity, and Arch Type

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2021
Background: Acute type B aortic dissection is a highly serious aortic pathology. Aortic geometric parameters may be useful variables related to the occurrence of acute type B aortic dissection (aTBAD).
Likun Sun   +22 more
doaj   +1 more source

Application of a Novel Common-Iliac-Artery Skirt Technology (CST) in Treating Challenge Aorto-Iliac or Isolated Iliac Artery Aneurysms

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Purpose: To report a novel common-iliac-artery skirt technology (CST) in treating challenge iliac artery aneurysms.Methods: When required healthy landing zone of common iliac artery (CIA) is not available, CST is a strategy to exclude the internal iliac ...
Lunchang Wang   +27 more
doaj   +1 more source

NAD+ exhaustion by CD38 upregulation contributes to blood pressure elevation and vascular damage in hypertension

open access: yesSignal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023
Hypertension is characterized by endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffness, which contribute to the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases.
Yumin Qiu   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

RhoGTPase in Vascular Disease [PDF]

open access: yesCells, 2019
Ras-homologous (Rho)A/Rho-kinase pathway plays an essential role in many cellular functions, including contraction, motility, proliferation, and apoptosis, inflammation, and its excessive activity induces oxidative stress and promotes the development of cardiovascular diseases.
Edward C. Dempsey   +6 more
openaire   +4 more sources

BNP/NT-proBNP in pulmonary arterial hypertension: time for point-of-care testing?

open access: yesEuropean Respiratory Review, 2020
Despite the advent of new therapies and improved outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), it remains a life-shortening disease and the time to diagnosis remains unchanged.
Robert A. Lewis   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vascular Disease in Psoriasis [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Investigative Dermatology, 2009
The past decade has been a roller-coaster ride for patients with psoriasis. Excitement surrounding the advent of biologic agents for the treatment of psoriasis has been displaced by sobering reports that patients with psoriasis are at increased risk for severe vascular disease (Shelling et al., 2008).
Robert S. Kirsner   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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