http://www.bibsonomy.org/rss/user/avivagabriel/plaqueBibSonomy RSS Feed for /user/avivagabriel/plaquehttp://cms.csr.nih.gov/PeerReviewMeetings/CSRIRGDescription/CVSIRG/AICS.htmavivagabriel2007-08-07T01:15:49+02:00cytokines endothelium ROS oxygen endothelial atherosclerosis nitrogen T-cell NOS plaque chemokines macrophages reactive artery vessel inflammation cardiology immune species cell interleukin receptors vascular signaling inflammatory coronary cardiovascular http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=athero.section.97avivagabriel2007-08-06T22:29:20+02:00cytokines endothelium inflammation cardiology textbook endothelial atherosclerosis medical inflammatory coronary cardiovascular plaque medicine scientists reported that a person&#039;s risk of a heart attack is doubled if he or she produces a particular version of FLAP, known more technically as 5-lipoxygenase activating protein. A troublesome variant of this protein boosts production of the inflammathttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_23_167/ai_n14791480/printavivagabriel2007-08-06T04:44:41+02:00cytokines leukotriene inflammation heart FLAP genes chronic 5-lipoxygenase pathophysiology interleukins inflammatory plaque pharmaceutical inhibitor attacks drug scientists reported that a person&#039;s risk of a heart attack is doubled if he or she produces a particular version of FLAP, known more technically as 5-lipox<span class="info">...<span>scientists reported that a person&#039;s risk of a heart attack is doubled if he or she produces a particular version of FLAP, known more technically as 5-lipoxygenase activating protein. A troublesome variant of this protein boosts production of the inflammat</span></span>Wellcome Trust, UK.http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_wtx023674.htmlavivagabriel2007-08-04T02:03:40+02:00cardiology angina hypoxia atherosclerosis disease myocardial preconditioning coronary ischemic_preconditioning infarct ischemia plaque cardiovascular medicine artery Wellcome Trust, UK.http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/CoronaryArteryDisease/dh/6078avivagabriel2007-08-03T09:40:19+02:00cardiology betablockers coronary plaque cardiovascular atherosclerosis medicine arteries http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061112094524.htmavivagabriel2007-08-03T08:55:15+02:00medications cardiology drugs coronary plaque atherosclerosis medicine artery Dr. Noboru Ashida, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawaramachi, Shogoin Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. Voice +81-75-751-3465; fax: +81-75-751-3574; ash@kuhp.kyoto.u.ac.jp.http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03969.xavivagabriel2007-07-27T22:56:01+02:00cytokines inflammation occlusion cardiology p38-MAPK atherosclerosis chemotaxis kinase integrin inflammatory protein p38 coronary mitogen-activated plaque cardiovascular medicine artery Dr. Noboru Ashida, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawaramachi, Shogoin Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan<span class="info">...<span>Dr. Noboru Ashida, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawaramachi, Shogoin Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. Voice +81-75-751-3465; fax: +81-75-751-3574; ash@kuhp.kyoto.u.ac.jp.</span></span>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/07/060721203545.htmavivagabriel2007-07-25T23:06:15+02:00cells occlusions actin structural atherosclerosis disease JNK kinase mechanical plaque medicine artery branches cellular inflammation cardiology fibers N-terminal blood vessels forces inflammatory coronary shear cardiovascular biochemical proteins c-jun Pleiotropic effects of statins: improving endothelial function, enhancing stability of atherosclerotic plaques, decreasing oxidative stress &amp; inflammation, inhibiting thrombogenic response, &amp; beneficial extrahepatic effects on the immune system, CNS, andhttp://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.45.120403.095748avivagabriel2007-07-20T10:13:22+02:00pleiotropic lipids oxidative normal CNS endothelial atherosclerosis disease levels bone immunity plaque lipid medicine artery c-reactive-protein immunomodulatory inflammation cardiology immune angina stress myocardial biomarker infarction inflammatory marker coronary antiinflammatory ischemia cardiovascular thrombosis Pleiotropic effects of statins: improving endothelial function, enhancing stability of atherosclerotic plaques, decreasing oxidative stress &amp; inflammation,<span class="info">...<span>Pleiotropic effects of statins: improving endothelial function, enhancing stability of atherosclerotic plaques, decreasing oxidative stress &amp; inflammation, inhibiting thrombogenic response, &amp; beneficial extrahepatic effects on the immune system, CNS, and</span></span>Statins have nonlipid mechanisms that modify endothelial function, inflammatory responses, plaque stability, and thrombus formation. Benefits extend to patients with normal lipid levels due to statins&#039; pleiotropic effects.http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/279/20/1643?ijkey=d56732d60e0fb70be4d83e2a7295b8c812acefe3&amp;keytype2=tf_ipsecshaavivagabriel2007-07-20T09:37:50+02:00pleiotropic inflammation statin levels inflammatory normal stability endothelial plaque lipid thrombosis Statins have nonlipid mechanisms that modify endothelial function, inflammatory responses, plaque stability, and thrombus formation. Benefits extend to pat<span class="info">...<span>Statins have nonlipid mechanisms that modify endothelial function, inflammatory responses, plaque stability, and thrombus formation. Benefits extend to patients with normal lipid levels due to statins&#039; pleiotropic effects.</span></span>http://www.medcompare.com/matrix/195/Chronic-Total-Occlusion-Devices.htmlavivagabriel2007-07-16T15:41:35+02:00total LAD occlusion chronic calcification catheters difficult disease descending proximal anterior coronary plaque guidewires left devices products artery results suggest that dietary management of insulin resistance and obesity can focus more on restricting calories and less on restricting dietary fat.http://atvb.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/23/8/1437avivagabriel2007-07-15T21:49:34+02:00cytokines assessments occlusion risks vasculature PCI diagnosis endothelial atherosclerosis studies disease surgery procedures function risk tests Rx guidelines anti-inflammatory prevention cardiologists plaque Tx medicine artery trials stents vessel inflammation interventional cardiology drugs therapies research imaging Dx radiography labs lipoprotein(a) cardiac vascular coronary bypass antiinflammatory syndrome CABG cardiovascular results suggest that dietary management of insulin resistance and obesity can focus more on restricting calories and less on restricting dietary fat.Women and Heart Disease The Role of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD; Elsa-Grace V. Giardina, MD; Anselm K. Gitt, MD; Uwe Gudat, MD; Helmut O. Steinberg, MD; Diethelm Tschoepe, MD Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:934-942.http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/164/9/934?ijkey=a0e155006075d09798f788400591a879b9faef2favivagabriel2007-07-15T21:47:34+02:00occlusion PCI diagnosis atherosclerosis disease studies surgery procedures Rx glucose cardiologists plaque Tx medicine artery trials cardiology interventional drugs hyperglycemia glycemic therapies research Dx coronary bypass syndrome CABG cardiovascular Women and Heart Disease The Role of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD; Elsa-Grace V. Giardina, MD; Anselm K. Gitt, MD; Uwe Gudat, M<span class="info">...<span>Women and Heart Disease The Role of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD; Elsa-Grace V. Giardina, MD; Anselm K. Gitt, MD; Uwe Gudat, MD; Helmut O. Steinberg, MD; Diethelm Tschoepe, MD Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:934-942.</span></span>Surgery does not deal with the basic molecular foundation of disease. It is a mechanical approach to a biologic problem. For those of us who are considered experts in the areas of coronary disease, what an embarrassment to admit that coronary artery diseahttp://www.heartattackproof.com/address01.htmavivagabriel2007-07-15T21:21:58+02:00occlusion PCI atherosclerosis disease studies symptomatic cure procedures surgery cardiologists plaque medicine artery trials cardiology interventional drugs epidemiology therapies research palliative systemic coronary bypass CABG syndrome cardiovascular Surgery does not deal with the basic molecular foundation of disease. It is a mechanical approach to a biologic problem. For those of us who are considered<span class="info">...<span>Surgery does not deal with the basic molecular foundation of disease. It is a mechanical approach to a biologic problem. For those of us who are considered experts in the areas of coronary disease, what an embarrassment to admit that coronary artery disea</span></span>The morbidity, mortality, expense and transient benefits of a high technology approach toward the coronary disease epidemic, has failed. It is time to realize that the answer to a faulty lifestyle epidemic is not drugs and technology – it is lifestyle.http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/esselstyn_collapse.htmavivagabriel2007-07-15T21:19:59+02:00occlusion PCI diagnosis atherosclerosis disease studies symptomatic cure procedures surgery cardiologists plaque medicine artery trials cardiology interventional drugs therapies research palliative systemic coronary bypass CABG syndrome cardiovascular The morbidity, mortality, expense and transient benefits of a high technology approach toward the coronary disease epidemic, has failed. It is time to real<span class="info">...<span>The morbidity, mortality, expense and transient benefits of a high technology approach toward the coronary disease epidemic, has failed. It is time to realize that the answer to a faulty lifestyle epidemic is not drugs and technology – it is lifestyle.</span></span>Modern cardiology has given up on curing heart disease. Its aggressive interventions-- coronary artery bypass graft, atherectomy, angioplasty, and stenting--do not reduce the frequency of new heart attacks or prolong survival except in small subsets of pahttp://www.heartattackproof.com/reversal01.htmavivagabriel2007-07-15T21:13:00+02:00assessments occlusion PCI diagnosis atherosclerosis disease studies surgery procedures Rx cardiologists plaque Tx medicine artery trials cardiology interventional drugs therapies imaging research Dx radiography coronary bypass syndrome CABG cardiovascular Modern cardiology has given up on curing heart disease. Its aggressive interventions-- coronary artery bypass graft, atherectomy, angioplasty, and stenting<span class="info">...<span>Modern cardiology has given up on curing heart disease. Its aggressive interventions-- coronary artery bypass graft, atherectomy, angioplasty, and stenting--do not reduce the frequency of new heart attacks or prolong survival except in small subsets of pa</span></span>An unreasonable gap exists between medical enthusiasm devoted to acute interventions and meager efforts devoted to secondary prevention. Rene C. Favaloro, MD, Pioneer of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgeryhttp://www.heartattackproof.com/morethan01_intro.htmavivagabriel2007-07-15T20:41:31+02:00occlusion PCI atherosclerosis disease studies symptomatic procedures surgery preventive cardiologists prevention plaque medicine artery trials interventional cardiology drugs research systemic coronary bypass CABG syndrome cardiovascular holistic An unreasonable gap exists between medical enthusiasm devoted to acute interventions and meager efforts devoted to secondary prevention. Rene C. Favaloro, <span class="info">...<span>An unreasonable gap exists between medical enthusiasm devoted to acute interventions and meager efforts devoted to secondary prevention. Rene C. Favaloro, MD, Pioneer of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery</span></span>elective PTCA of totally occluded coronary arteries is feasible but the primary success rate is lower (57%) than that associated with conventional lesions. The long-term clinical results following successful angioplasty are satisfactory (64%), but the inchttp://www.darenet.nl/nl/page/repository.item/show?saharaIdentifier=eurkeur:oai:ep.eur.nl:1765/4138avivagabriel2007-07-15T20:35:51+02:00total occlusion occlusions PCI atherosclerosis disease studies procedures surgery intervention percutaneous cardiologists plaque medicine artery trials cardiology interventional drugs research TCO coronary bypass syndrome CABG cardiovascular CTO chr elective PTCA of totally occluded coronary arteries is feasible but the primary success rate is lower (57%) than that associated with conventional lesions.<span class="info">...<span>elective PTCA of totally occluded coronary arteries is feasible but the primary success rate is lower (57%) than that associated with conventional lesions. The long-term clinical results following successful angioplasty are satisfactory (64%), but the inc</span></span>Our patient exemplified the challenges involved in a CTO, which included the length of the lesion, the lack of a proximal nipple, the presence of a side branch at the occlusion point, poor visualization of the distal vessel despite contralateral injectionhttp://www.cardiacinterventionstoday.com/PDFarticles/0307/CIT0307_01.phpavivagabriel2007-07-15T20:27:13+02:00assessments occlusion PCI diagnosis atherosclerosis disease studies surgery procedures Rx cardiologists plaque Tx medicine artery trials cardiology interventional drugs therapies imaging research Dx radiography coronary bypass syndrome CABG cardiovascular Our patient exemplified the challenges involved in a CTO, which included the length of the lesion, the lack of a proximal nipple, the presence of a side br<span class="info">...<span>Our patient exemplified the challenges involved in a CTO, which included the length of the lesion, the lack of a proximal nipple, the presence of a side branch at the occlusion point, poor visualization of the distal vessel despite contralateral injection</span></span>http://www.themediweb.net/cardiology/Coronary%20Heart%20Disease.htmavivagabriel2007-07-15T20:23:08+02:00intima endothelium occlusion embolism atherosclerosis disease function MI elasticicity rhythm plaque medicine artery atheroma structure cardiology angina lumen adventititia myocardial infarction valves coronary syndrome cardiovascular media arteries