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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zheng-Wei Chen, Chien-Ting Pan, Cheng-Hsuan Tsai, Yi-Yao Chang, Chin-Chen Chang, Bo-Ching Lee, Yu-Wei Chiu, Wei-Chieh Huang, Yu-Li Lin, Vin-Cent Wu, Chi-Sheng Hung, Che-Wei Liao, Yen-Hung Lin
Summary: In this study involving 1006 PA patients and 983 EH patients, it was found that haPWV is more sensitive than baPWV in detecting aldosterone-induced arterial stiffness. Results indicated that PA patients had significantly higher baPWV compared to EH patients.
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Qian Wang, Xinxin Xu, Xue Geng, Haijuan Hu, Wei Cui
Summary: This study found an association between heart rate and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, with an increase in heart rate leading to higher pulse wave velocity.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Xuan Deng, Yongjian Song, Xu Han, Xueyu Chen, Wenyi Yang, Shouling Wu, Yong Zhou
Summary: This study aimed to identify multiple brachial-ankle Pulse Wave Velocity (baPWV) trajectory phenotypes and assess their determinants. Four distinct baPWV trajectories were identified, mainly determined by mean arterial pressure and age. Additionally, several biochemical markers and body mass index were associated with the trajectory.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Anhang Zhang, Yupeng Liu, Shouyuan Ma, Qiligeer Bao, Jin Sun, Yongkang Su, Shuang Cai, Bokai Cheng, Man Li, Yan Zhang, Tianqi Tao, Jiaojiao Qiu, Jing Dong, Ge Song, Ping Zhu, Shuxia Wang
Summary: This study evaluated the relationship between ABI and baPWV in a Chinese community-based elderly population and found that baPWV is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in the elderly community population.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Hung-Ju Ko, Chuan-Chuan Liu, Po-Jui Hsu, Kuang-Chun Hu, Chung-Lieh Hung, Lo-Yip Yu, Yun-Chieh Huang, Shou-Chuan Shih
Summary: This study compared the role of baPWV with other risk indicators in identifying subclinical vascular disease and found that baPWV has clinical utility in improving prognosis for high-risk subjects.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Mandi Luo, Dan Yan, Xiaolu Liang, Yi Huang, Pengcheng Luo, Zhen Yang, Yucong Zhang, Ting Xu, Shangbang Gao, Le Zhang, Yiwu Zhou, Qing Shi, Cuntai Zhang, Lei Ruan
Summary: Arterial stiffness is the basis for cardiovascular diseases and its early detection and intervention are crucial for improving global burden of CVD. In this study, the researchers used quantitative proteomics to analyze plasma samples and found that fibulin-1 was significantly upregulated in individuals with high arterial stiffness, and it was positively correlated with arterial stiffness.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Ping-Ruey Chou, Pei-Yu Wu, Ping-Hsun Wu, Teng-Hui Huang, Jiun-Chi Huang, Szu-Chia Chen, Su-Chu Lee, Mei-Chuan Kuo, Yi-Wen Chiu, Ya-Ling Hsu, Jer-Ming Chang, Shang-Jyh Hwang
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between circulating cardiovascular biomarkers and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) in hemodialysis patients. The results showed that high-sensitivity troponin-T (hsTnT), N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), Galectin-3, and Cathepsin D were significantly correlated with baPWV.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Po-Chao Hsu, Wen-Hsien Lee, Wei-Chung Tsai, Ying-Chih Chen, Chun-Yuan Chu, Hsueh-Wei Yen, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Wen-Chol Voon, Wen-Ter Lai, Sheng-Hsiung Sheu, Ho-Ming Su, Cheng-An Chiu
Summary: Both ePWV and baPWV were found to be independent predictors for long-term CV and overall mortality in univariable and multivariable analysis. Furthermore, ePWV had superior additive predictive value for CV mortality compared to baPWV, while displaying similar predictive value for overall mortality as baPWV.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL HYPERTENSION
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Xujie Zhang, Yumin Jiang, Fuyou Liang, Jianping Lu
Summary: The study aims to establish the threshold values of AVI and API for screening increased arterial stiffness in the general population. The results indicate that with appropriate threshold values, AVI and API can be used for preliminary screening, but the values should be adjusted to improve diagnostic accuracy.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Ping Wang, Guihua Liao, Xi Wu, Rentao Yu, Jun Ma
Summary: Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) is a clinical indicator of aortic stiffness and a risk predictor of cardiovascular disease. In this study, we examined the correlation of baPWV with body fat-related indicators and assessed whether baPWV can predict these indicators.
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HYPERTENSION
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Kyi Mar Wai, Sawada Kaori, Ken Itoh, Okuyama Shinya, Yuka Uchikawa, Sakura Hayashi, Akiko Shiraki, Koichi Murashita, Shigeyuki Nakaji, Kazushige Ihara
Summary: Telomere length is inversely associated with arterial stiffness as reflected by baPWV, suggesting that shorter telomeres may increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. Individuals with longer telomeres may have a lower risk of arterial stiffness and related cardiovascular risks.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Chunyan Yi, Wenbo Zhang, Hongjian Ye, Haishan Wu, Xuan Huang, Jianxiong Lin, Xiao Yang
Summary: The study found that higher baPWV was independently associated with cognitive impairment (CI) in PD patients.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Masahiro Nakamori, Hayato Matsushima, Keisuke Tachiyama, Yuki Hayashi, Eiji Imamura, Tatsuya Mizoue, Shinichi Wakabayashi
Summary: Through analyzing records of stroke patients, it was found that a lower ABI, rather than a higher baPWV, was associated with cognitive decline in patients with lacunar infarction.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Soongu Kwak, Hack-Lyoung Kim, Minjae In, Woo-Hyun Lim, Jae-Bin Seo, Sang-Hyun Kim, Joo-Hee Zo, Myung-A Kim
Summary: The study found that baPWV is associated with LV structure and diastolic function in untreated hypertensive patients, and can predict LV hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction, potentially serving as a screening tool for early detection of cardiac abnormalities in untreated hypertensive patients.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Keeron Stone, Dave Veerasingam, Michelle L. Meyer, Kevin S. Heffernan, Simon Higgins, Rosa Maria Bruno, Celia Alvarez Bueno, Marcus Doeerr, Arno Schmidt-Trucksass, Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios, Julija Voicehovska, Rachel E. Climie, Chloe Park, Giacomo Pucci, Martin Bahls, Lee Stoner
Summary: This review critiques the literature on the clinical assessment and management of cardiovascular disease using brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV). It discusses the measurement of baPWV, its differences from carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity, and its value as an independent vascular biomarker. The review also identifies the evidence supporting baPWV in terms of concept validation, prospective validation, incremental value, and clinical utility, as well as the areas where evidence is limited or lacking.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yong Hoon Kim, Ae-Young Her, Myung-Ho Jeong, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Sung-Jin Hong, Seunghwan Kim, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung-Sun Kim, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang
Summary: In ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients after stent implantation, combination therapy with statin and renin-angiotensin system inhibitor (RASI) significantly reduced the occurrence of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) compared to monotherapy. The combination therapy also showed a lower all-cause death rate compared to statin monotherapy and a decreased repeat revascularization rate compared to RASI monotherapy.
CARDIOLOGY JOURNAL
(2022)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Sung-Jin Hong, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung-Sun Kim, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Yangsoo Jang, Myeong-Ki Hong
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of ticagrelor monotherapy after short-term dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on mortality. The results showed that ticagrelor monotherapy was associated with decreased all-cause mortality and bleeding risk without increasing the risk of cardiac death, ischemic stroke, acute myocardial infarction, and stent thrombosis.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOTHERAPY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yong Hoon Kim, Ae-Young Her, Myung Ho Jeong, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Sung-Jin Hong, Seunghwan Kim, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung -Sun Kim, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang
Summary: This study investigated the impact of sex on long-term clinical outcomes in Korean acute myocardial infarction patients. The results showed that in patients with a history of current smoking, the female group had significantly higher cumulative incidences of major adverse cardiac events compared to the male group.
CARDIOLOGY JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yong Hoon Kim, Ae-Young Her, Myung Ho Jeong, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Sung-Jin Hong, Seunghwan Kim, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung-Sun Kim, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang
Summary: This study found that the combination of statins and RASI was more beneficial for STEMI patients than for NSTEMI patients in reducing all-cause death and cardiac death during a 2-year follow-up period after stent implantation.
CARDIOLOGY JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Luis Marroquin, Gabriela Tirado-Conte, Radoslaw Praco, Witold Streb, Hipolito Gutierrez, Giacomo Boccuzzi, Dabit Arzamendi-Aizpurua, Ignacio Cruz-Gonzalez, Juan Miguel Ruiz-Nodar, Jung-Sun Kim, Xavier Freixa, Jose Ramon Lopez-Minguez, Ole De Backer, Rafael Ruiz-Salmeron, Antonio Dominguez, Angela McInerney, Vicente Peral, Rodrigo Estevez-Loureiro, Eduard Fernandez-Nofrerias, Afonso B. Freitas-Ferraz, Francesco Saia, Zenon Huczek, Livia Gheorghe, Pablo Salinas, Marcin Demkow, Jose R. Delgado-Arana, Estefania Fernandez Peregrina, Zbibniew Kalarus, Ana Elvira Laffond, Yangsoo Jang, Jose Carlos Fernandez Camacho, Oh-Hyun Lee, Jose M. Hernandez-Garcia, Caterina Mas-Llado, Berenice Caneiro Queija, Ignacio J. Amat-Santos, Maciej Dabrowski, Josep Rodes-Cabau, Luis Nombela Franco
Summary: This study analyzed the medical and invasive treatment of patients referred for LAAC in the presence of LAA thrombus. The initial preferred strategy was IAT, with a relatively high thrombus resolution rate but also a higher bleeding rate. Direct LAAC was found to be feasible with high procedural success, but a high rate of device-related thrombosis was detected during follow-up.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yeon-Jik Choi, Seung-Jun Lee, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Sung-Jin Hong, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung-Sun Kim, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Hyo-Soo Kim, Woo Jung Chun, Seung-Ho Hur, Chang-Wook Nam, Seung Hwan Han, Seung-Woon Rha, In-Ho Chae, Jin-Ok Jeong, Jung Ho Heo, Junghan Yoon, Do-Sun Lim, Jong-Seon Park, Kwang Soo Cha, Doo-Il Kim, Sang Yeub Lee, Kiyuk Chang, Byung-Hee Hwang, So-Yeon Choi, Myung Ho Jeong, Ki-Hong Choi, Young-Bin Song, Soon-Jun Hong, Joon-Hyung Doh, Bon-Kwon Koo, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang
Summary: This study found that side branch wire jailing before main vessel stenting can prevent occlusion of the side branch after the 1-stent strategy for bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention. However, it is not associated with overall bifurcation lesions. The long-term clinical outcomes were comparable between the two groups.
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yongcheol Kim, SungA Bae, Thomas W. Johnson, Nak-Hoon Son, Doo Sun Sim, Young Joon Hong, Sang Wook Kim, Deok-Kyu Cho, Jung-Sun Kim, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Donghoon Choi, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang, Myung Ho Jeong
Summary: In patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing PCI with second-generation drug-eluting stent implantation, the use of IVUS guidance is associated with a significant reduction in 3-year target lesion failure, mainly driven by lower risk of cardiac death and target vessel myocardial infarction.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jung-Joon Cha, Jae-Hwan Lee, Young-Guk Ko, Jae-Hyung Roh, Yong-Hoon Yoon, Yong-Joon Lee, Seung-Jun Lee, Sung-Jin Hong, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung-Sun Kim, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Donghoon Choi, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang
Summary: This study compared the outcomes of atherectomy plus drug-coated balloon (A+DCB) with drug-coated balloon (DCB) alone for the treatment of femoropopliteal artery disease. The results showed that atherectomy improved the technical success of DCB treatment, but was associated with increased minor complications. However, there was no difference in primary clinical patency and target lesion revascularization (TLR)-free survival between the A+DCB group and the DCB alone group at 2-year follow-up.
KOREAN CIRCULATION JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jisu Jeong, Soyoung Cho, Miran Seo, Bok-Sim Lee, Yangsoo Jang, Soyeon Lim, Sungha Park
Summary: This study found that the use of soluble RAGE (sRAGE) effectively attenuates angiotensin II-induced arterial calcification.
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Makoto Araki, Seung-Jung Park, Harold L. Dauerman, Shiro Uemura, Jung-Sun Kim, Carlo Di Mario, Thomas W. Johnson, Giulio Guagliumi, Adnan Kastrati, Michael Joner, Niels Ramsing Holm, Fernando Alfonso, William Wijns, Tom Adriaenssens, Holger Nef, Gilles Rioufol, Nicolas Amabile, Geraud Souteyrand, Nicolas Meneveau, Edouard Gerbaud, Maksymilian P. Opolski, Nieves Gonzalo, Guillermo J. Tearney, Brett Bouma, Aaron D. Aguirre, Gary S. Mintz, Gregg W. Stone, Christos Bourantas, Lorenz Raber, Sebastiano Gili, Kyoichi Mizuno, Shigeki Kimura, Toshiro Shinke, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang, Jin Man Cho, Bryan P. Yan, Italo Porto, Giampaolo Niccoli, Rocco A. Montone, Vikas Thondapu, Michail Papafaklis, Lampros K. Michalis, Harmony Reynolds, Jacqueline Saw, Peter Libby, Giora Weisz, Mario Iannaccone, Tommaso Gori, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Taishi Yonetsu, Yoshiyasu Minami, Masamichi Takano, O. Christopher Raffel, Osamu Kurihara, Tsunenari Soeda, Tomoyo Sugiyama, Hyung Oh Kim, Tetsumin Lee, Takumi Higuma, Akihiro Nakajima, Erika Yamamoto, Krzysztof L. Bryniarski, Luca Di Vito, Rocco Vergallo, Francesco Fracassi, Michele Russo, Lena M. Seegers, Iris McNulty, Sangjoon Park, Marc Feldman, Javier Escaned, Francesco Prati, Eloisa Arbustini, Fausto J. Pinto, Ron Waksman, Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, Akiko Maehara, Ziad Ali, Aloke Finn, Renu Virmani, Annapoorna S. Kini, Joost Daemen, Teruyoshi Kume, Kiyoshi Hibi, Atsushi Tanaka, Takashi Akasaka, Takashi Kubo, Satoshi Yasuda, Kevin Croce, Juan F. Granada, Amir Lerman, Abhiram Prasad, Evelyn Regar, Yoshihiko Saito, Mullasari Ajit Sankardas, Vijayakumar Subban, Neil J. Weissman, Yundai Chen, Bo Yu, Stephen J. Nicholls, Peter Barlis, Nick E. J. West, Armin Arbab-Zadeh, Jong Chul Ye, Jouke Dijkstra, Hang Lee, Jagat Narula, Filippo Crea, Sunao Nakamura, Tsunekazu Kakuta, James Fujimoto, Valentin Fuster, Ik-Kyung Jang
Summary: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been widely used in research on and clinical application of coronary atherosclerosis. It can accurately identify culprit plaque pathology and detect sequelae from percutaneous coronary interventions that might be missed by angiography, improving clinical outcomes.
NATURE REVIEWS CARDIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Seung-Jun Lee, Dong-Woo Choi, Yongsung Suh, Sung-Jin Hong, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung-Sun Kim, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Eun-Cheol Park, Yangsoo Jang, Chung-Mo Nam, Myeong-Ki Hong
Summary: This study compared the long-term clinical outcomes of patients treated with biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents (BP-DES) and durable polymer DES (DP-DES) in PCI procedures. The results showed that the use of BP-DES was associated with a lower risk of all-cause death, cardiovascular death, and myocardial infarction compared to DP-DES at 5 years after implantation.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Seung-Jun Lee, Dong-Woo Choi, Choongki Kim, Yongsung Suh, Sung-Jin Hong, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung-Sun Kim, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Eun-Cheol Park, Yangsoo Jang, Chung-Mo Nam, Myeong-Ki Hong
Summary: This study suggests that prolonged DAPT may be beneficial for diabetic patients who have undergone drug-eluting stent implantation. The findings indicate that extending the duration of dual antiplatelet therapy in these patients may reduce the risk of all-cause death.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yong-Joon Lee, Young Woo Kim, Jinyong Ha, Minug Kim, Giulio Guagliumi, Juan F. Granada, Seul-Gee Lee, Jung-Jae Lee, Yun-Kyeong Cho, Hyuck Jun Yoon, Jung Hee Lee, Ung Kim, Ji-Yong Jang, Seung-Jin Oh, Seung-Jun Lee, Sung-Jin Hong, Chul-Min Ahn, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Hyuk-Jae Chang, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang, Joon Sang Lee, Jung-Sun Kim
Summary: Computational fractional flow reserve (FFR) estimated from coronary CTA-OCT fusion images provides more accurate functional information than coronary CTA or OCT alone.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Yongwhan Lim, Min Chul Kim, Youngkeun Ahn, Doo Sun Sim, Young Joon Hong, Ju Han Kim, Myung Ho Jeong, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Hyo-Soo Kim, Seung Woon Rha, Jung Han Yoon, Yangsoo Jang, Seung-Jea Tahk, Ki Bae Seung
Summary: This study compares the outcomes of different percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) strategies and lesion locations in non-left main (LM) bifurcation lesions. The results show that for non-LAD bifurcation lesions, the two-stent strategy has a higher risk of target lesion failure (TLF), target lesion revascularization (TLR), and target vessel revascularization (TVR) compared to the one-stent strategy. However, there is no significant difference in outcome among LAD bifurcation lesions treated with different PCI strategies.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Yong Hoon Kim, Ae-Young Her, Myung Ho Jeong, Byeong-Keuk Kim, Sung-Jin Hong, Seunghwan Kim, Chul-Min Ahn, Jung -Sun Kim, Young-Guk Ko, Donghoon Choi, Myeong-Ki Hong, Yangsoo Jang
Summary: Current smoking has negative effects on the clinical outcomes of prediabetic and AMI patients, highlighting the need for increased attention and more intensive treatment strategies including smoking cessation.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2022)