Search Results - "Ciamei, Monica"
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Wall shear stress is lower in the carotid artery responsible for a unilateral ischemic stroke
Published in Atherosclerosis (01-03-2006)“…According to the focal nature of atherosclerosis, ischemic stroke is frequently unilateral. Atherosclerotic plaques are favoured by local hemodynamic factors…”
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Arterial remodeling of the common carotid artery after aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic stenosis
Published in Stroke (1970) (01-10-2002)“…Aortic stenosis, causing flow abnormalities, disturbs the normal hemodynamics in the common carotid arteries. The aim of the present study was to investigate…”
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The Arg allele in position 192 of PON1 is associated with carotid atherosclerosis in subjects with elevated HDLs
Published in Atherosclerosis (01-10-2002)“…Human serum paraoxonase (PON1) is an HDL-associated enzyme involved in the protection of lipoproteins from oxidation. A polymorphism at position 192 (Gln/Arg)…”
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Hematocrit is associated with carotid atherosclerosis in men but not in women
Published in Coronary artery disease (01-06-2003)“…BACKGROUND OBJECTIVE METHOD RESULTSIn men, age, blood pressure, intima-media thickness (IMT), hematocrit (47.4± 3.7%, 47.8± 3.7%, 48.4 ± 3.7%, P < 0.05) and…”
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