OBJECTIVES To investigate whether oxidized low-density lipoprotein is a suitable predictor of peripheral arterial disease severity. The role of oxidized low-density lipoprotein in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis has already been investigated. Its relevance as a predictor of the appearance and worsening of coronary arterial disease is also well known. However, the same is not true regarding ...

Cardiovascular disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis that confers a significantly increased risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and death. Whether cardiovascular risk can be reduced by implementation of secondary prevention therapies (such as antiplatelet therapy, statins, ...

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between the presence of clinical symptoms of peripheral artery disease and severe renal artery stenosis in patients referred for renal angiography. METHOD: We included 82 patients with clinical suspicion of renovascular hypertension and performed an imaging investigation (renal Doppler ultrasound and/or renal scintigraphy) f...

Background: In recent years significant attention has been paid in identifying markers of increased cardiovascular risk, in particular the coronary artery disease. The ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI),an easily accessible, inexpensive bedside test can be a significant tool to assess the vascular risk in symptomatic and asymptomatic cardiovascular patients Objective: To determine the associat...

Cardiovascular disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis that confers a significantly increased risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and death. Whether cardiovascular risk can be reduced by implementation of secondary prevention therapies (such as antiplatelet therapy, statins, ...

Cardiovascular disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis that confers a significantly increased risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and death. Whether cardiovascular risk can be reduced by implementation of secondary prevention therapies (such as antiplatelet therapy, statins, ...

OBJECTIVE There is some evidence that people who score higher on tests of intelligence in childhood have lower carotid intima-media thickness and higher ankle brachial index in middle age. These findings need replicating in other, older populations. We investigated the prospective relationship between intelligence in childhood and atherosclerosis in the carotid and peripheral arteries at age 73...

Cardiovascular disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis that confers a significantly increased risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and death. Whether cardiovascular risk can be reduced by implementation of secondary prevention therapies (such as antiplatelet therapy, statins, ...

Cardiovascular disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis that confers a significantly increased risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and death. Whether cardiovascular risk can be reduced by implementation of secondary prevention therapies (such as antiplatelet therapy, statins, ...

Cardiovascular disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis that confers a significantly increased risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and death. Whether cardiovascular risk can be reduced by implementation of secondary prevention therapies (such as antiplatelet therapy, statins, ...