The aim of the present study was to determine whether EMMPRIN (extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer) is present and is up-regulated in human aneurysmal aortas, and to assess a possible association with AngII (angiotensin II)-induced aneurysm formation. The presence of EMMPRIN was assessed in 41 surgical specimens from patients with a TAA (thoracic aortic aneurysm) (Type A aortic disse...

Aortic diseases have high mortality and are usually late or misdiagnosed. Especially in patients with inflammatory vasculitis, diagnosis is often confused other causes of chest pain this a delay diagnosis. Vascular complications the most important predictors morbidity Behcet’s disease also polyarteritis nodosa. The aortitis obtained by vascular imaging, but partly made only biopsy on occasion a...

type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with increased inflammation and accelerated atherosclerosis. the association of the pro-inflammatory and potentially pro-atherosclerotic molecule, pregnancy associated plasma protein-a (papp-a) with diabetes and vascular diseases remains to be further established. a total of 107 patients with type 2 diabetes and 101 healthy controls participated in this st...

common variable immunodeficiency (cvid) is the most common symptomatic primary immunodeficiency disease, predisposing the patients to various tissue involvement and organ damage. here a 16-year-old boy is presented who was referred to our center with cough, dyspnea,cyanosis, and history of recurrent pneumonia. the diagnosis of cvid was made according to reduction all serum immunoglobulin levels...

Thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections can lead to devastating complications and eventually to premature death. A diseased segment of the aorta has traditionally been replaced with a surgical prosthesis. Open surgery is, unfortunately, associated with relatively high mortality and morbidity. Stent graft treatment was introduced on the side of open surgery 20 years ago, and there have been hi...

stanford type a acute aortic dissection (aad) is a very rare complication, with potentially lethal consequences in pregnancy. in fact, pregnancy has been regularly associated with the possibility of aortic. dissection in almost half of young women. herein, we present the case of a 38-year-old woman in her 37th week of pregnancy. the patient’s medical history was indicative of g4l2ab1(4 gestaiti...

Background and Aims: Aim: Pathological vascular remodeling is the underlying cause of main cardiovascular diseases (CVD) including atherosclerosis abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Diminished smooth muscle cell (VSMC) content a key mechanism atherosclerotic plaques AAA instability. We hypothesized that Galectin-1 (Gal-1) could exert protective effects in as previously demonstrated different chro...