Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are long-lived environmental contaminants that are widely detected in humans. Elevated circulating levels of POPs have been linked to hypertension, obesity, diabetes, meta bolic syndrome, and myocardial infarction in humans. Atherosclerosis, characterized by lipid-rich plaques on the inner wall (intima) of the artery, also can lead to myocardial infarction a...

background the behcet disease is a multisystemic disease with involvement of vessels. objectives our aim is to evaluate the frequency of carotid artery disease in asymptomatic carotid artery involvement in patients with behcet disease and compare the results with a control group. patients and methods fifty patients with behcet disease who were asymptomatic for any vascular involvement and 50 he...

OBJECTIVE Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is an under-recognized yet treatable cause of stroke. No animal model exists for stroke caused by VZV infection of cerebral arteries. Thus, we analyzed cerebral and temporal arteries from 3 patients with VZV vasculopathy to identify features that will help in diagnosis and lead to a better understanding of VZV-induced vascular remodeling. METHODS Normal ...

endothelial dysfunction and carotid intima-media thickness are 2 indicators of subclinical cardiovascular disease. the aim of study was to analyze brachial flow mediated dilation(fmd)and carotid intima media thickness (cimt)in patients with coronary artery disease, and investigate the relationship between endothelial function, cimt and coronary artery disease risk factors.56 men and women aged ...

BACKGROUND Epicardial coronary injury is by far the most feared complication of epicardial ablation. Little information is available regarding the chronic effects of delivering radiofrequency in the vicinity of large coronary vessels, and the long-term impact of this approach for mapping and ablation on epicardial vessel integrity is poorly understood. Therefore, the aim of this study was to ch...

Background Pre-eclampsia is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality among pregnant women. This study was done with the objective of measuring abdominal aorta intima-media thickness, serum level of leptin, and lipid profile in neonates of pre-eclampsia mothers and comparing them with neonates of mothers without pre-eclampsia (control group). Materials and Methods Ninety neonates of pre...

Background & Aims: Diabetes is a very important factor for stroke due to blocked blood vessels. It can involve systemic and cerebrovascular arteries at the same time via microangiopathy and macroangiopathy. This project aimed to compare the intima-media thickness of carotid artery in children with diabetes type and the control group. Methods: In this case-control study, 50 children with the age...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We tested the hypothesis that posterior brain arteries differ pathologically from anterior brain arteries and that this difference varies with age. METHODS Brain large arteries from 194 autopsied individuals (mean age 56±17 years, 63% men, 25% nonwhite, 17% with brain infarcts) were analyzed to obtain the areas of arterial layers and lumen as well as the relative conten...

To determine whether carotid intima media thickness is increased in children with primary hypertension, the current study compared carotid intima media thickness in hypertensive children with that of normotensive control subjects matched closely for body mass index and determined the relationship between carotid intima media thickness and hypertension severity determined by ambulatory blood pre...