BACKGROUND: A predilection exists for men to develop abdominal aortic aneurysms
(AAAs), but the reasons for this gender predisposition are not known. Matrix …

Serum metabolic profiling can identify the metabolites responsible for discrimination
between doxycycline treated and untreated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

Background and purpose Accumulating evidence suggests that carotid plaque vulnerability
can be used as a determinant of ischemic stroke risk stratification and carotid intervention …

The estimation of risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) events based only on the
presence of classical risk factors is often insufficient. Therefore, efforts have been made to …

Progress in understanding the pathophysiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is
dependent in part on the development and application of effective animal models that …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an age-related disease resulting in aortic wall
weakening and dilatation which may progress to the fatal point of abrupt aortic wall rupture …

Hyperhomocysteinemia is associated with aortic aneurysm, however, the mechanisms are
unclear. We hypothesize that the expression level of genes involved in extracellular matrix …

Aim Impaired exercise capacity, adiponectin, MMPs and TIMPs have all been implicated in
the development of cardiovascular disease. The aim of our study was to determine the …

Background Atherosclerosis is a chronic lipid-driven inflammatory disease with infiltration of
low-density lipoprotein and is considered as the pivotal step in plaque formation. The aim of …

BACKGROUND: Models of native abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) have been created in
rodents using elastase and calcium chloride perfusion. These models, however, do not …