Background—Coronary calcification measured by fast computed tomography techniques is
a surrogate marker of coronary atherosclerotic plaque burden. In a cohort study, we …

BACKGROUND: Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) plasma levels have been shown to
be elevated in diseases related to endothelial dysfunction such as hypertension …

Background: With improved survival rates of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
(SLE), damage such as accelerated atherosclerosis gains increasing importance. Objective …

Electron beam tomography (EBT) is applied in a widespread fashion to detect and quantify
coronary artery calcification. Recent studies suggest using EBT to monitor the progression of …

Objective: To compare the presence and extent of coronary calcifications in young patients
with first, unheralded acute myocardial infarction with matched controls without a history of …

Background The 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors lovastatin
and simvastatin have been associated with rhabdomyolysis in cardiac transplant recipients …

Purpose We conducted phantom studies to investigate whether overlapping cross-sections
and volumetric scoring would significantly improve interscan reproducibility of electron beam …

Recent studies revealed an additive cardiodepressive effect of polymorphonuclear
granulocytes (PMN) and thrombocytes in hearts exposed to a no-flow ischemia. To find out …

In recent experimental studies, blood platelets have been found to exhibit some
cardiodepressive effects in ischemic and reperfused guinea pig hearts independent of …

Background: Lack of platelet aggregation response to aspirin resistance (AR) has been
reported in 5-30% of patients. Using strict criteria for AR, we have shown a three fold …