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Implications of alcoholic cirrhosis in atherosclerosis of autopsied patients

Summary Introduction: Alcoholism is a major public health problem, which has a high social cost and affects many aspects of human activity. Liver disease is one of the first consequences of alcohol abuse, and steatosis, liver cirrhosis and hepatitis may occur. Other organs are also affected with patholo...

Predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis evaluated by carotid intima-media thickness in asymptomatic young women with type 1 diabetes mellitus

ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to evaluate the occurrence and clinical predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic, young adult women with type 1 DM. Subjects and methods The study included 45 women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) (aged 36 ± 9 years) who underwent carotid Doppl...

Estudos de aterosclerose experimental utilizando tomografia por emissão de pósitrons ( PET-Scan )

A aterosclerose é caracterizada como uma doença imune-inflamatória crônica das artérias devido ao grande acúmulo de lipídios na íntima. Um dos fatores envolvidos na progressão da aterosclerose é a presença de uma subfração de partículas de lipoproteína de baixa densidade (LDL) com um grau ...

Combined bioactive approach over atherosclerosis risk biomarkers

Atherosclerosis, one major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, is a complex and multifactorial disease that involves three mainly conditions: chronic inflammation, dyslipidemia and oxidative stress. Although statins are the first-line therapy for LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering, the efficacy of ...

Circulating E-selectin levels and insulin resistance are associated with early stages of atherosclerosis in nonfunctional adrenal incidentaloma

Objective To evaluate circulating E-selectin levels in patients with nonfunctional adrenal incidentaloma (NFA) in relation to insulin resistance and early atherosclerosis.Subjects and methods A total of 40 patients with NFA (mean [SD] age: 55.6 [10.7] years; 70% were females) and 35 controls (mean [SD] a...

Propriedades antiaterogênicas de novas tiazolidino-2, 4-dionas

Tiazolidinadionas (TZDs) são agentes sensibilizadores de insulina que agem por ligação ao receptor gama ativado por proliferador de peroxissomos (PPARγ). Elas têm apresentado efeitos cardioprotetores em humanos e propriedades anti-aterogênicas em modelos animais. Estudos in vitro têm sugerido que ...

Otoesclerosis sensorial profunda: correlación clínica y de imagen
Severe sensorial hearing loss due cochlear otosclerosis: clinical and imaging correlation

Rev. mex. radiol; 48 (1), 1994
Se correlacionan los hallazgos de Tomografía Computada de alta resolución e IRM sin contraste del hueso temporal con los estudios audiométricos: (audiotería tonal, logoaudiometría, timpanometría y prueba de estimulación eléctrica del promontorio) en cuatro pacientes con el diagnóstico clínico d...

El sistema Duplex en el estudio de las arterias carótidas: controversias y perspectivas
Controversies and Perspectives in Doppler Instrumentation of the carotid arteries

Rev. mex. radiol; 44 (3), 1990
Los autores describen la metodoología que utilizan en su laboratorio para: a) obtener la imagen de las arterias y analizar las placas de ateromas; b) estudiar los espectros de los flujos y c) medir la velocidad sanguinea. Refieren los criterios para evaluar el grado de estenosis, el significado hemodin...