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Wang Y, Ma X, Yang Z, Li Q, Zhou Y, Gao F, Wang Z. Value of Absolute Eosinophil Count in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Int J Gen Med 2024; 17:1025-1038. [PMID: 38525068 PMCID: PMC10959244 DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s451900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
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Background and Aims Elevated eosinophils typically indicate hypersensitive inflammation; however, their involvement in cardiovascular events remains incompletely understood. We investigated the association between the absolute eosinophil count (AEC) and major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Additionally, we determine whether the integration of AEC with the SYNTAX II score could improve predictive ability. Methods and Results The AECs of 1711 patients with ACS undergoing PCI from June 2016 to November 2017 were analyzed on admission. All recruitments were splitted into three groups based on AEC tertiles and 101 participants underwent one or more noteworthy outcomings. The association between AEC and MACCEs (defined as a composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction [MI], and stroke) was tested by Cox proportional-hazards regression analysis. After adjusting for confounders, AEC was independently associated with MACCEs (HR 11.555, 95% CI: 3.318-40.239). Patients in the lowest AEC tertile (T1) as a reference, those in the higher tertiles had an incrementally higher risk of MACCEs (T3: HR 1.848 95% CI: 1.157-2.952; P for trend=0.008). Inclusion of AEC enhanced the predictive accuracy of the SYNTAX II score for MACCEs (AUC: from 0.701 [95% CI: 0.646-0.756] to 0.728 [95% CI: 0.677-0.780]; DeLong's test, P = 0.020). Conclusion AEC is independently linked to MACCEs in ACS patients who underwent PCI, and adds incremental predictive information to the SYNTAX II score.
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- Yufei Wang
- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- Cardio-Metabolic Medicine Center, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-Related Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-Related Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-Related Cardiovascular Disease, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Nizami AA, Mustafa W, Qadir M, Shahzad M, Iqbal H, Ali A, Jadoon SK, Akbar A, Tasneem S, Saleem Khan M. Risk Factors of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Events in Patients With Uraemia Complicated With Hypertension During Maintenance Haemodialysis Treatment. Cureus 2024; 16:e53411. [PMID: 38435216 PMCID: PMC10908417 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.53411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION This study aimed to investigate the risk factors associated with major adverse cardiovascular (group of events that affect heart and blood vessels) and cerebrovascular (events affecting blood vessels supplying the brain) events (MACCE) in patients with uraemia complicated with hypertension who required maintenance haemodialysis (MHD) treatment. METHODOLOGY Clinical data and laboratory indicators of 156 uraemia patients complicated with hypertension were collected and retrospectively analysed. The patients were admitted to a tertiary care hospital (Abbas Institute of Medical Sciences AIMS) in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, from February 2018 to February 2022. The data was collected through consecutive sampling and patients were recruited after following the inclusion and exclusion criteria. RESULTS Eighty-one out of 156 patients were not complicated with MACCE, and 75 patients were complicated with MACCE during the MHD treatment cycle, with an incidence of 48.08%. Compared to the non-MACCE group, the MACCE group's diabetes, body mass growth rate, triglyceride (TG), NT-proBNP, standard deviation and coefficient of variance for systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP-SD, SBP-CV, DBP-SD, and DBP-CV) showed significant differences (P<0.05) between the groups. Diabetes, body mass growth rate, TG, NT-proBNP, SBP-SD, SBP-CV, DBP-SD, and DBP-CV with odds ratios of 3.074, 3.202, 2.188, 2.512, 2.357, 2.431, 2.299, and 2.062 respectively were risk factors for MACCE in uraemia patients with hypertension. CONCLUSION From the results of this study, we inferred that patients with uraemia and hypertension complicated by MACCE in the treatment cycle of MHD were related to diabetes, body mass growth rate, TG, NT-proBNP, SBP-SD, SBP-CV, DBP-SD, and DBP-CV.
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- Cardiology, Combined Military Hospital, Muzaffarabad, PAK
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- Cardiology, Federal Government Polyclinic, Islamabad, PAK
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- Cardiology, Federal Government Polyclinic, Islamabad, PAK
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- Cardiology, Federal Government Polyclinic, Islamabad, PAK
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- Cardiology, Kulsum International Hospital, Islamabad, PAK
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- Emergency and Accident, District Headquarters Hospital, Muzaffarabad, PAK
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Li M, Cui X, Meng Y, Cheng M, He J, Yuan W, Ni J, Liu J. Prevalence of Hypertension and Its Association with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in College Students in Hunan, China. Int J Gen Med 2023; 16:411-423. [PMID: 36760681 PMCID: PMC9904140 DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s379957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background Although the prevalence of hypertension has been well studied in middle age and elderly populations, few studies have systematically investigated the prevalence of hypertension and its association with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk factors in young populations. Objective This study examined the prevalence of hypertension in college students and its correlation with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk factors, such as neck circumference and body mass index (BMI). Methods This population-based study recruited a total of 1719 students (723 were junior, 502 were sophomore, and 494 were freshman), including 996 males (average age: 20.8 years) and 723 females (average age: 20.4 years). Hypertension was defined by the 2018 revised edition of the Chinese Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension. Blood and pulse pressure were measured using standard protocols. Circulating levels of lipids, glucose, glycosylated hemoglobin (GHb), leptin, and adiponectin were determined using standard methods. The Chi-squared (χ2) test was used for comparison of significant differences between groups. Linear and logistic regression analyses were used to explore risk factors that significantly influence hypertension. Findings The prevalence of hypertension was 10.59% in the total cohort, and sophomores had a higher prevalence of hypertension than freshmen and juniors (χ2 = 19.372; P < 0.001). In addition, male students had a significantly higher prevalence of hypertension (10.24%) and abnormal pulse pressure (8.13%) than female students (1.4% and 0.83%) (χ2 = 327.424, P < 0.001 for high SBP and χ2 = 60.49, P < 0.001 for high DBP, respectively). Correlation analysis revealed that hypertension was significantly correlated with neck circumference and BMI (r = 0.509, P < 0.001; r = 0.474, P < 0.001), but not significantly correlated with the other parameters examined. Conclusion The prevalence of hypertension in college students is closely correlated with two obesity indicators, neck circumference and BMI.
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- Mingpeng Li
- Department of Cardiovascular, Chenzhou No. 1 People’s Hospital, Chenzhou, People’s Republic of China,The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, People’s Republic of China,Correspondence: Jianping Liu, No. 25 Renmin West Road, Chenzhou, 423000, People’s Republic of China, Email
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Shi H, Guo J, Xu K, Zhang F, Zhou Y. Study on the value of small dense low-density lipoprotein in predicting cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in the high-risk stroke population. J Clin Lab Anal 2022; 36:e24278. [PMID: 35233851 PMCID: PMC8993627 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.24278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Lipid management in people at high risk of stroke is an important measurement to prevent the occurrence of stroke. The study aims to investigate the association between sdLDL and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in high‐risk stroke populations. Methods This was a prospective study. Screened from 15,933 individuals aged >40 years in April 2013 and followed up at 3rd, 6th, 12th, and 24th months, 823 participants met the screening criteria and were investigated for clinical data and biochemical parameters. Results A total of 286 subjects had varying degrees of carotid stenosis, and 18 subjects experienced cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events during the two‐year follow‐up period. There was no positive correlation between sdLDL and carotid stenosis. Carotid stenosis and extent of carotid stenosis involvement did not predict cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in patients with high‐risk stroke, while sdLDL did. The sdLDL level in the events group was significantly higher than those in the no event group (p = 0.002). In the events group, the risk of events in the fourth quartile of sdLDL was 10.136 times higher than in the first quartile (HR = 10.136, 95% CI: 1.298–79.180, p = 0.027). Conclusions sdLDL was positively correlated with the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events, which can predict the occurrence of an event and provide a scientific basis for early prevention.
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- Hanlu Shi
- School of Medical Technology and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.,Laboratory Medicine Center, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People' s Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, China
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- Laboratory Medicine Center, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People' s Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China
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- Qian Xi Nan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qian Xi Nan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, China
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- Laboratory Medicine Center, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhejiang Provincial People' s Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China
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Hu W, Wei R, Wang L, Lu J, Liu H, Zhang W. Correlations of MMP-1, MMP-3, and MMP-12 with the degree of atherosclerosis, plaque stability and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. Exp Ther Med 2018; 15:1994-1998. [PMID: 29434795 PMCID: PMC5776639 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2017.5623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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We analyzed the effects of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1, MMP-3, and MMP-12 on the degree of carotid atherosclerosis (CAS) and plaque stability, and investigated their correlations with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (CCEs). Two hundred CAS patients were enrolled. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) was measured using ultrasonic examination. Patients were divided into the no plaque group (NP group), stable plaque group (SP group), and vulnerable plaque group (VP group). The Crouse method was used for the evaluation of plaque scores. Additionally, 60 healthy subjects were enrolled as the control group. Serum triacylglycerol (TG), total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were analyzed. The serum protein levels of MMP-1, MMP-3, and MMP-12 were measured by western blotting. The frequency of CCEs within 2 years was recorded, and its correlation with MMP-1, MMP-3, and MMP-12 was analyzed. The CAS plaque scores in the SP and VP groups were significantly increased compared with the NP group, and the difference between the SP and VP groups was significant. The levels of TC, TG, LDL-C, and HDL-C of CAS patients were significantly increased compared with those in the control group, but the differences in these indexes between the patient groups were not significant. Western blotting showed that the levels of MMP-1, MMP-3, and MMP-12 in the patient groups were significantly increased compared with those in the control group, and the protein levels in the VP group were significantly higher than those in the SP and NP groups. Additionally, the levels of MMP-1, MMP-3, and MMP-12 had significantly positive correlations with the occurrence of CCEs in CAS patients. In conclusion, MMP-1, MMP-3, and MMP-12 are positively correlated with CCEs in CAS patients. They can be used as markers for the clinical diagnosis and prognosis of CAS.
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- Wei Hu
- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650000, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650000, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Wuhan Puren Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei 430000, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Kunming Calmette International Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan 650000, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650000, P.R. China
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- Department of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan 650000, P.R. China
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Krane V, Schmidt KR, Gutjahr-Lengsfeld LJ, Mann JF, März W, Swoboda F, Wanner C; 4D Study Investigators (the German Diabetes and Dialysis Study Investigators). Long-term effects following 4 years of randomized treatment with atorvastatin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus on hemodialysis. Kidney Int 2016; 89:1380-7. [PMID: 26924051 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2015.12.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Revised: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The 4D (Die Deutsche Diabetes Dialyse) Study was a randomized, double-blind trial comparing 4 years of treatment with atorvastatin to placebo in 1255 hemodialysis patients with type 2 diabetes. The primary end point of cardiovascular events (cardiac death, myocardial infarction, and stroke) was non-significantly reduced by 8%. However, long-term effects remained uncertain. Therefore, surviving patients were invited to a follow-up survey done by questionnaire. Post-trial statin therapy was at nephrologist discretion, and outcomes were centrally adjudicated and analyzed by intention to treat and time to first event in the original treatment groups. Median overall follow-up was 11.5 years. Post-trial statin use and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels did not differ between groups. Statin treatment non-significantly affected the former primary outcome (relative risk, 0.91; 95% confidence interval, 0.78-1.07). The risk of all cardiac events combined and the risk of cardiac death were significantly lower in the original statin group compared to placebo (0.83, 0.70-0.97, and 0.80, 0.66-0.97). No significant effect was detected on cerebrovascular events, fatal stroke, fatal cancer, non-vascular, or all-cause death. No rhabdomyolysis was reported. Thus, after 4 years of atorvastatin treatment in diabetic hemodialysis patients, similar effects on outcomes were found after 11.5 years of follow-up as were found at the end of the original study. There was no evidence of emerging hazards in the long term, confirming current clinical practice guidelines.
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