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Vascular Health and Risk Management
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Editor in Chief Professor Roland Asmar
Nitric oxide and coronary vascular endothelium adaptations in hypertensionAndrew S Levy, Justin CS Chung, Jeffrey T Kroetsch, et al
Update on the everolimus-eluting coronary stent system: results and implications from the SPIRIT clinical trial program
R Michael Kirchner, J Dawn Abbott
Early cardiovascular abnormalities in newly diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea
Jean-Philippe Baguet, Marie Nadra, Gilles Barone-Rochette, et al
Persistent high fever and systemic inflammation induced by percutaneous coronary intervention-related periaortitis
Takamori Kakino, Tomohiro Nakayama, Hideo Yamamoto
Management of hypertension with fixed dose combinations of candesartan cilexetil and hydrochlorothiazide: patient perspectives and clinical utility
Thomas Mengden, Sakir Uen, Peter Bramlage
The JUPITER and AURORA clinical trials for rosuvastatin in special primary prevention populations: perspectives, outcomes, and consequences
Venkata Narla, Michael J Blaha, Roger S Blumenthal, et al
Low use of statins and other coronary secondary prevention therapies in primary and secondary care in India
Krishna K Sharma, Rajeev Gupta, Aachu Agrawal, et al
Mitigating micro- and macro-vascular complications of diabetes beginning in adolescence
Daniel J Moore, Justin M Gregory, Yaa A Kumah-Crystal, et al
Seasonal hematocrit variation and health risks in the adult population of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
C Makena Hightower, Joyce D Hightower, Beatriz Y Salazar Vázquez, et al
Significance of initial blood pressure and comorbidity for the efficacy of a fixed combination of an angiotensin receptor blocker and hydrochlorothiazide in clinical practice
Roland E Schmieder, Markus Schwertfeger, Peter Bramlage
Vascular health in children and adolescents: effects of obesity and diabetes
Kevin R Short, Piers R Blackett, Andrew W Gardner, et al
Aspirin and clopidogrel hyporesponsiveness and nonresponsiveness in patients with coronary artery stenting
Rakesh K Sharma, Hanumanth K Reddy, Vibhuti N Singh, et al
Comparative assessment of angiotensin receptor blockers in different clinical settings
Paolo Verdecchia, Fabio Angeli, Salvatore Repaci, et al
The treatment of diabetic foot infections: focus on ertapenem
Michael Edmonds
Review of extended-release niacin/laropiprant fixed combination in the treatment of mixed dyslipidemia and primary hypercholesterolemia
Klaus G Parhofer
Critical appraisal of the role of pitavastatin in treating dyslipidemias and achieving lipid goals
Yasushi Saito
Endothelial repair capacity and apoptosis are inversely related in obstructive sleep apnea
Sanja Jelic, David J Lederer, Tessa Adams, et al.
Erratum
Zeina AR, Slobodin G, Naschitz JE et al.
Selective endothelin A-receptor blockade attenuates coronary microvascular dysfunction after coronary stenting in patients with type 2 diabetes
Nikolaos Östlund Papadogeorgos, Mattias Bengtsson, Majid Kalani
Randomized study to compare valsartan ± HCTZ versus amlodipine ± HCTZ strategies to maximize blood pressure control
Dion Zappe, Cheraz Cherif Papst, Philippe Ferber, et al.
Comparison of prasugrel and clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
Nicholas B Norgard, Mazen Abu-Fadel
Cardiovascular disease and intensive glucose control in type 2 diabetes mellitus: moving practice toward evidence-based strategies
Matthias Meier, Michael Hummel
Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes or coronary heart disease following rehabilitation express serum fractalkine levels similar to those in healthy control subjects
Lars Maegdefessel, Axel Schlitt, Susanna Pippig, et al
Treatment of congenital fibrinogen deficiency: overview and recent findings
Konstantinos Tziomalos, Sofia Vakalopoulou, Vassilios Perifanis, et al
Ankle Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI): An update for practitioners
Mo Al-Qaisi, David M Nott, David H King, et al
Update on the clinical use of the low-molecular-weight heparin, parnaparin
Giuseppe Camporese, Enrico Bernardi, Franco Noventa
Comparison between automated and manual measurements of carotid intima-media thickness in clinical practice
Cláudia Maria Vilas Freire, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Felipe Batista Lima Barbosa, et al
Thinking beyond low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: strategies to further reduce cardiovascular risk
Rakesh K Sharma, Vibhuti N Singh, Hanumanth K Reddy
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: a necessity for a comprehensive secondary prevention strategy
Jeetesh V Patel, Inessa Tracey, Elizabeth A Hughes, et al
Angiotensin II receptor blockers in the prevention of complications from atrial fibrillation
Gerald V Naccarelli, Frank Peacock
Lipoprotein ratios: Physiological significance and clinical usefulness in cardiovascular prevention
Jesús Millán, Xavier Pintó, Anna Muñoz, et al
Protein C preserves microcirculation in a model of neonatal septic shock
Doris Fischer, Marcel F Nold, Claudia A Nold-Petry, et al
Antiatherogenic effects of vitamin E: the search for the Holy Grail
Dimitrios Kirmizis, Dimitrios Chatzidimitriou
HbA1c is associated with severity of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome in nondiabetic men
Nikolaos Papanas, Paschalis Steiropoulos, Evangelia Nena, et al
Pattern of heart failure in a Nigerian teaching hospital
Arthur C Onwuchekwa, Godspower E Asekomeh
The prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism with LMWHs and new anticoagulants
Andrew D Blann, Chee W Khoo
Metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease in South Asians
Danny Eapen, Girish L Kalra, Nadya Merchant, et al
Blood pressure goal achievement with olmesartan medoxomil-based treatment: additional analysis of the OLMEBEST study
Vivencio Barrios, Carlos Escobar, Alberto Calderon, et al
Cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease
Julian Wright, Alastair Hutchison
Effects of efforts to intensify management on blood pressure control among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension: A pilot study
Ramona S DeJesus, Rajeev Chaudhry, Dorinda J Leutink, et al
Selecting the optimal antithrombotic regimen for patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
Shailja V Parikh, Ellen C Keeley
Fibrinogen as a risk factor for premature myocardial infarction in Iranian patients: A case control study
Mohammad Shojaie, Morteza Pourahmad, Ahad Eshraghian, et al
RhoA/Rho-kinase signaling: a therapeutic target in pulmonary hypertension
Scott A Barman, Shu Zhu, Richard E White
Validation of reported physical activity for cholesterol control using two different physical activity instruments
Amy Z Fan, Sandra A Ham, Shravani Reddy Muppidi, et al
Bosentan in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension with the focus on the mildly symptomatic patient
Christopher J Valerio, John G Coghlan
Dronedarone for atrial fibrillation: a new therapeutic agent
Pawan D Patel, Rohit Bhuriya, Dipal D Patel, et al
Assessment of risk and prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in medically ill patients during their early days of hospital stay at a tertiary care center in a developing country
Ambarish Pandey, Nivedita Patni, Mansher Singh, et al
Should embolectomy be performed in late acute lower extremity arterial occlusions?
Hikmet Iyem, M Nesimi Eren
Is thrombophilia a major risk factor for deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities among Lebanese patients?
R Kreidy, N Irani-Hakime
A combined role of calcium channel blockers and angiotensin receptor blockers in stroke prevention
Ji-Guang Wang
Abdominal obesity is associated with microalbuminuria and an elevated cardiovascular risk profile in patients with hypertension
Martin Thoenes, Jan-Christian Reil, Bobby Varkey Khan, Peter Bramlage, et al.
Irbesartan improves arterial compliance more than lisinopril
Khalid Ali, Chakravarthi Rajkumar, Francesco Fantin, Rebekah Schiff, Christopher J Bulpitt
Prognostic stratification of acute pulmonary embolism: Focus on clinical aspects, imaging, and biomarkers
Luca Masotti, Marc Righini, Nicolas Vuilleumier, Fabio Antonelli, et al.
The role of insulin detemir in overweight type 2 diabetes management
Yared N Demssie, Naveed Younis, Handrean Soran
Anteroposterior diameter of the infrarenal abdominal aorta is higher in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Marco Matteo Ciccone, Stefano Favale, Anish Bhuva, Pietro Scicchitano, et al.
Histopathologic changes of the radial artery wall secondary to transradial catheterization
Cezar S Staniloae, Kanika P Mody, Kintur Sanghvi, Catalin Mindrescu, et al.
Pleiotropic effects of statins in atrial fibrillation patients: the evidence
Hadi AR Hadi, Wael Al Mahmeed, Jassim Al Suwaidi, Samer Ellahham
LETTER: A commentary on “A young man with acute dilated cardiomyopathy associated with methylphenidate”
Ahmad Ghanizadeh
Reducing morbidity and mortality in high risk patients with statins
Vibhuti Singh, Prakash Deedwania
Treatment of pediatric pulmonary hypertension
Amy Hawkins, Robert Tulloh
Effects of allopurinol and vitamin E on renal function in patients with cardiac coronary artery bypass grafts
Nader Nouri-Majalan, Ehsan Fotouhi Ardakani, Khalil Forouzannia, Hosein Moshtaghian
Hematocrit and mean arterial blood pressure in pre- and postmenopause women
Beatriz Y Salazar Vázquez, Miguel A Salazar Vázquez, Marcos Intaglietta, Ulf de Faire, et al.
Improving outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: role of prasugrel
Zuzana Motovska, Petr Widimsky
Role of aliskiren in cardio-renal protection and use in hypertensives with multiple risk factors
Eduardo Pimenta, Suzanne Oparil
Arterial stiffness, hypertension, and rational use of nebivolol
Enrico Agabiti-Rosei, Enzo Porteri, Damiano Rizzoni
Inhaled iloprost for the control of pulmonary hypertension
Sabine Krug, Armin Sablotzki, Stefan Hammerschmidt, Hubert Wirtz, Hans-Juergen Seyfarth
The use of sibutramine in the management of obesity and related disorders: An update
Konstantinos Tziomalos, Gerasimos E Krassas, Themistoklis Tzotzas
Safety and efficacy of alteplase in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke
Giuseppe Micieli, Simona Marcheselli, Piera Angela Tosi
Choice of ACE inhibitor combinations in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes: update after recent clinical trials
Gianpaolo Reboldi, Giorgio Gentile, Fabio Angeli, Paolo Verdecchia
Review of nifedipine GITS in the treatment of high risk patients with coronary artery disease and hypertension
Amber Lundy, Nahla Lutfi, Cherylyn Beckey
Safety and efficacy of rosiglitazone in the elderly diabetic patient
Adie Viljoen, Alan Sinclair
Efficacy, effectiveness and real life goal attainment of statins in managing cardiovascular risk
Naila Goldenberg, Charles Glueck
Fixed combination of amlodipine and atorvastatin in cardiovascular risk management: patient perspectives
Madhuri Devabhaktuni, Sripal Bangalore
Prevention of diabetes in hypertensive patients: Results and implications from the VALUE trial
Ming-Sheng Zhou, Ivonne Hernandez Schulman
Review of inhaled iloprost for the control of pulmonary artery hypertension in children
Cecile Tissot, Maurice Beghetti
Lipid-soluble cigarette smoking particles induce expression of inflammatory and extracellular-matrix-related genes in rat cerebral arteries
Petter Vikman, Cang-Bao Xu, Lars Edvinsson
Efficacy and safety of rosuvastatin in the management of dyslipidemia
Paolo Rubba, Gennaro Marotta, Marco Gentile
Prasugrel for the treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome
Filippo Marzot, Vittorio Pengo
Association between body mass index and chronic kidney disease: A population-based, cross-sectional study of a Japanese community
Ikuo Nomura, Johji Kato, Kazuo Kitamura
Amlodipine and valsartan as components of a rational and effective fixed-dose combination
Bernard Waeber, Luis M Ruilope
Prevention of atherosclerosis in patients living with HIV
Ferruccio De Lorenzo, Marta Boffito, Sophie Collot-Teixeira, Brian Gazzard, John L McGregor, Kevin Shotliff, Han Xiao
Effect of angiotensin receptor blockade on endothelial function: focus on olmesartan medoxomil
Carlos Ferrario
Use of clopidogrel in the reduction of myocardial damage during percutaneous coronary intervention
Arijit Dasgupta, Debabrata Mukherjee
Corrigendum
Dove Medical Press Editorial
Role of urate, xanthine oxidase and the effects of allopurinol in vascular oxidative stress
Jacob George, Allan D Struthers
Candesartan cilexetil in the treatment of chronic heart failure
Jean-Philippe Baguet, Gilles Barone-Rochette, Yannick Neuder
Individual patient-data meta-analysis comparing clinical outcome in patients with ST-elevation myocardial nfarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention with or without prior thrombectomy. ATTEMPT study: A pooled Analysis of Trials on ThrombEctomy in acute Myocardial infarction based on individual PatienT data
Maria De Vita, Francesco Burzotta, Giuseppe GL Biondi-Zoccai, Thierry Lefevre, Dariusz Dudek, et al
Review of tenecteplase (TNKase) in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction
Giovanni Melandri, Fabio Vagnarelli, Daniela Calabrese, Franco Semprini, Samuele Nanni, Angelo Branzi
Vascular effects of rapid-acting insulin analogs in the diabetic patient: a review
Steve Fordan, Philip Raskin
Fixed combination of irbesartan and hydrochlorothiazide in the management of hypertension
Peter Bramlage
The effect of angiotensin receptor blockers on C-reactive protein and other circulating inflammatory indices in man
Alessandra Del Fiorentino, Silvana Cianchetti, Alessandro Celi, Giulia Dell’Omo, Roberto Pedrinelli
Potential of liraglutide in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes
Carolyn F Deacon
Vascular calcifications as a marker of increased cardiovascular risk: A meta-analysis
R J M W Rennenberg, A G H Kessels, L J Schurgers, J M A van Engelshoven, P W de Leeuw, A A Kroon
Effects of candesartan cilexetil on carotid remodeling in hypertensive diabetic patients: the MITEC study
JP Baguet, R Asmar, P Valensi, S Nisse-Durgeat, JM Mallion
Redefining the role of thiazolidinediones in the management of type 2 diabetes
Anthony H Barnett
The management of gestational diabetes
N Wah Cheung
Diabetes mellitus: a prothrombotic state. Implications for outcomes after coronary revascularization
Clarissa Cola, Salvatore Brugaletta, Victoria Martín Yuste, Bieito Campos, Dominick J Angiolillo, Manel Sabaté
Angiotensin receptor blockers for the reduction of proteinuria in diabetic patients with overt nephropathy: results from the AMADEO study
Prasad Bichu, Ravi Nistala, Asma Khan, James R Sowers, Adam Whaley-Connell
Changing basal insulin from NPH to detemir or glargine in patients with type 1 diabetes and a history of severe hypoglycemia
Odd Erik Johansen, Pål Johan Vanberg, Bente Kvarv Kilhovd, Anders Palmstrøm Jørgensen
Effect of losartan on Doppler sonography indices in kidney transplant patients: A randomized clinical trial
Nader Nouri-Majalan, Reza Nafisi, Sarasadat Moghadasi-Mousavi
Risk factors associated with methamphetamine use and heart failure among Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Island peoples
Marjorie K Mau, Karynna Asao, Jimmy Efird, Erin Saito, Robert Ratner, et al
Differential expression of Gs in a murine model of homocysteinemic heart failure
Thomas P Vacek, Utpal Sen, Neetu Tyagi, Jonathan C Vacek, Munish Kumar, et al
Epidemiology of deep venous thrombosis during pregnancy and puerperium in Sudanese women
Asha A Gader, Abed Elrahium D Haggaz, Ishag Adam
Arterial stiffness in insulin resistance: The role of nitric oxide and angiotensin II receptors
Divina G Brillante, Anthony J O’Sullivan, Laurence G Howes
Results of the ONTARGET and TRANSCEND studies: an update and discussion
David Fitchett
Management of complex lipid abnormalities with a fixed dose combination of simvastatin and extended release niacin
Jennifer G Robinson
Relationship between blood pressure levels and adherence to medication in patients with chronic heart failure: How come?
Mahsa Mohammadi, Inger Ekman, Maria Schaufelberger
Stress echocardiogaphy: A useful test for assessing cardiac risk in diabetes
Rajan Sharma, Denis Pellerin
Alveolar dead space and capnographic variables before and after thrombolysis in patients with acute pulmonary embolism
Marcos Mello Moreira, Renato G G Terzi, Carlos Heitor N Carvalho, Antonio Francisco de Oliveira Neto, Mônica Corso Pereira, Ilma Aparecida Paschoal
The independent relationship between triglycerides and coronary heart disease
Alan Morrison, John E Hokanson
Current management of type B aortic dissection
T Paul Tran, Ali Khoynezhad
Nonobese, exercising children diagnosed with dyslipidemia have normal C-reactive protein
Miguel Arturo Salazar, Vázquez, Beatriz Yadira Salazar, Vázquez, M Intaglietta, Pedro Cabrales
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