Infection and inflammation influence the outcome of patient with asymptomatic carotid lesions

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: It is still in debate whether the evaluation of markers of infection and inflammation may be of importance for cerebrovascular and cardiovascular prevention, and we aimed to investigate this field in a prospective 5-year clinical follow-up study in patients with early stages of atherosclerosis. METHODS: We studied 668 subjects divided in 3 groups according to the results of carotid ultrasound examination: (1) normal subjects, if intima-media thickness (IMT) was 1.5 mm. Traditional cardiovascular risk factors were investigated, and laboratory analysis included measurement of plasma lipids, fibrinogen, C-reactive protein, IgG antibodies for helicobacter pylori (HP), cy…

APPROCCIO NON INVASIVO PER LO STUDIO DEL CIRCOLO CORONARICO CON TC MULTISLICE

Elevati livelli di proteina C-reattiva sono predittivi di eventi clinici nei pazienti ipertesi con lesioni carotidee asintomatiche

Fattori di rischio cardiovascolari, sindrome plurimetabolica e disfunzione endoteliale

Fibrinogen as predictor of mortality in a 42-months follow-up after acute myocardial infarction

Il fibrinogeno come predittore di mortalita’ in un follow-up di 42 mesi post-infarto miocardico acuto

INFLUENZA PROGNOSTICA DELL’ATEROSCLEROSI CAROTIDEA O PERIFERICA IN PAZIENTI CON SINDROMI CORONARICHE ACUTE.

L’ipertensione è una variabile associata alla presenza di lesioni carotidee, nonché predittiva di eventi avversi durante il follow-up di 5 anni