BACKGROUND Overt hypothyroidism has been found to be associated with cardiovascular disease. Whether subclinical hypothyroidism and thyroid autoimmunity are also risk factors for cardiovascular disease is controversial. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether subclinical hypothyroidism and thyroid autoimmunity are associated with aortic atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction in postmenopausal wom...

In recent years, the incidence of cardiovascular disease is increasing year by year in China, and ischemic cerebrovascular disease caused by atherosclerosis has become a key cause to disability and death. In this paper, a carotid atherosclerosis evaluation scheme based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was proposed. First, blood vessel wall MRI and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) were s...

Hypertension and atherosclerosis are debilitating diseases that affect millions each year. Long-term consequences include but not limited to stroke, myocardial infarction, kidney failure. Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is a proinflammatory mediator synthesized from subclass of phosphatidylcholines increases platelet activation, leukocyte adhesion, infiltration macrophages, intracellular lipid...

conclusions a significant proportion of coronary atherosclerotic plaques in cadavers with confirmed acute myocardial infarction were detected to be infected with cytomegaloviruses while no infections of c. pneumoniae and h. pylori were detected. patients and methods sixty cadavers in two equal groups were analyzed. acute myocardial infarction group included cadavers with acute myocardial infarc...

conclusion in cases with critical atherosclerotic disease of anterior tibial artery, pta-based biphasic or triphasic retrograde collateral flow prevents ischemia, whereas monophasic support or no retrograde flow remains incapable. results in the patient group, 31 lower limb arteries, of total of 17 cases, were included. after compression maneuver, dpa in 11 cases (six right, five left) showed r...

abstract introduction: non-invasive measurement of carotid intima media thickness (imt) has been noted as a marker for atherosclerosis and can serve as a predictor of cardiovascular accidents. the present study investigates the relationship between carotid imt and coronary artery disease (cad). method: this is a descriptive, analytical cross-sectional study of 300 individuals referring to isfah...

UNLABELLED Atherosclerosis is a systemic inflammatory disease of arterial wall and initiated by endothelial damage. The integrity and functional activity of endothelial monolayer play an important role in atherogenesis. The extent of endothelial injury may represent a balance between the magnitude of injury and the capacity for repair. Traditional view suggested endothelium integrity is maintai...

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) involve cardiac arteries and veins. Although the term is technically applied to any disorders affecting cardiovascular system, it is usually referred to those related to atherosclerosis or arterial disease . These conditions have similar causes, mechanisms and treatments. Most countries face high and increasing rates of cardiovascular disease. Each year, mortality ...