Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82200981;Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,No.ZR2022QH358;and Special Funds of Taishan Scholars Project of Shandong Province,No.tsqn202312384.
BACKGROUND Coronary heart disease(CHD)and pulmonary embolism(PE)are thrombotic diseases.Patients with CHD and PE are common in clinical practice.However,the clinical diagnosis of PE is challenging due to overlapping p...
BACKGROUND Coronary artery disease(CAD)is a leading cause of global cardiovascular morta-lity.Refractory angina pectoris,a manifestation of CAD,requires effective drug treatments.Pericarpium Trichosanthis injection,a ...
BACKGROUND Effective management of major cardiovascular risk factors is of great importance to reduce mortality from cardiovascular disease(CVD).The Survey of Risk Factors in Coronary Heart Disease(SURF CHD)II study i...
Ischaemic heart disease(IHD)is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.While there have been major advances in this field,these patients are still a higher risk subgroup.As such,strategies to mitigate risk ...
Accumulation of macrophage"foam"cells,laden with cholesterol and cholesteryl ester,within the intima of large arteries,is a hallmark of early"fatty streak"lesions which can progress to complex,multicellular atheromato...
Physicians cannot rely solely on the angiographic appearance of epicardial coronary artery stenosis when evaluating patients with myocardial ischemia. Instead, sound knowledge of coronary vascular physiology and of th...
The role of blood cholesterol levels in coronary heart disease(CHD) and the true effect of cholesterollowering statin drugs are debatable. In particular,whether statins actually decrease cardiac mortality and increase...
In this review,we discussed the findings and concepts underlying the potential role of Helicobacter pylori(H.pylori) infections in the initiation,development or persistence of atherosclerosis and coronary heart diseas...
Supported by Indian Council of Medical Research,New Delhi,India
AIM: To investigate the role of [breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility 1(BRCA1)-associated RING domain 1(BARD1)]/BRCA1 E3-ubiquitin ligase complex in governing the stability of mutant liver X receptor-(LXR-α...
AIM:To analyze the conventional risk factors among newly diagnosed cases of coronary heart disease(CHD) admitted to a hospital in Delhi,India.METHODS:This hospital-based prospective study in-cluded 276 consecutive new...