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..A third step should probably be kept for bariatric surgery...

..In any case, conclusions based on surrogate endpoints cannot completely substitute head-to-head comparisons regarding patients' outcome...

..In patients without dyslipidemia this favorable effect - as expected - was absent...

..More powerful new compounds with pan-PPAR activity and proven long-term safety should be highly effective in a clinical setting of patients with coexisting relevant lipid and glucose metabolism disorders...

..Therefore, we proposed to investigate a possible preventive effect of bezafibrate on the development of colon cancer in patients with coronary artery disease during a 6-year follow-up...

..The current study aimed to investigate the long-term effects of bezafibrate on ProBNP level in patients with pre-existing CAD and advanced functional capacity impairment...

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..These findings propose a new alternative therapeutic approach for patients with ACEI-related cough, especially those in whom ACEI treatment seems to be essential...

..New possibilities are represented by incretin mimetic compounds, dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitors, inhaled insulin and eventually oral insulin...

..A pharmacologic simultaneous targeting of interleukins and matrixins might provide an effective means to concurrently control both atherosclerosis and diabetes...

..44; 95% confidence interval 1.57 to 8.13). In conclusion, elevated IL-6 levels are strongly associated with future cardiac events and mortality in a population with stable CAD during a long-term follow-up...

..We aimed to investigate the relationship between hypoglycaemia and all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality in a large population of patients with CAD...

..The current study evaluates the prognosis of nondiabetic patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) over a 7.7-year follow-up period...

..Finally, education of both patients and physicians on the nature and prognosis of untreated hypertension is crucial...

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..Until the results of problem-oriented prospective studies on oral control of NIDDM will be available, alternative therapeutic approaches should be investigated in these patients...

..In this context, it should be carefully taken into consideration whether the leading clinical status is CAD or heart failure...

..limited information is available on estrogen influences on diastole. We aimed to investigate the acute effects of a single dose of sublingual 17beta-estradiol on left ventricular diastolic function in postmenopausal women...

..The goal of the present study was to investigate whether an association between MAC and coronary calcification (CC) exists in hypertensive patients with increased cardiovascular risk...

..but this tendency did not reach statistical significance. A significant excess in long-term mortality was observed among the undiagnosed diabetes group...

..046). CONCLUSION: Anti-CL, beta2GPI and oxLDL antibodies are elevated in coronary heart disease patients regardless of coronary calcification...

..Athletes, taken as a group, react differently and adapt better than sedentary individuals. Moreover, among them, those involved in static sport show an improved cardiovascular adaptation to this type of exercise...

..The goal of this work was to investigate gender influences on interrelationship between MAC and coronary calcifications (CC) in the same population of middle-aged and elderly patients with increased cardiovascular risk...

..It may have important implications in the evaluation of patients with respiratory and cardiovascular disorders...

..15, 95% CI 1.15-8.65). CONCLUSION: Long-term exposure to diuretic therapy may be associated with an increased colon cancer-related mortality...

..Our aim was to examine whether amongst patients with pre-existing atherothrombotic disease, increased insulin resistance is associated with incident cerebrovascular events...

..Our study demonstrates attenuated responses of basic hemodynamic parameters and Doppler-derived cardiovascular indices at symptom-limited supine bicycle exercise in heart transplant recipients compared to healthy volunteers...

..The highest prevalence of coronary calcium was in men with angina pectoris (89%), whereas it was not detected in 48% of men and 56% of women with atypical chest pain...

..44; 95% CI, 0.25-0.80) should be noted. CONCLUSION: Bezafibrate reduces the incidence of MI in patients with MS during long-term follow-up...

..CONCLUSIONS: Although the levels of oxLDL antibodies might be modified in early hypertension, once advanced coronary artery disease has developed the presence of hypertension does not affect anti-oxLDL levels...

..The aim of our study was to investigate the influences of whole-body, heavy, isometric exercise on Doppler-derived parameters in these patients...

..001). CONCLUSIONS: In patients with coronary artery disease enrolled in our study, as represented by the placebo group, HOMA-IR increased over time. During the 2 years of the follow-up, bezafibrate significantly attenuated this process...

..The goal of the present study was to assess whether thoracic aorta calcification is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events and death in patients with stable angina pectoris...

..We did not find any evidence supporting the presence of a clinically significant interaction between ACE-I and aspirin at 100 mg/day. Thus, combined treatment by low dose aspirin and ACE-I seems to be both safe and useful...

..Thus hypertension in this context is, as in the younger members of the population in general, a major risk factor for lifelong hypertension, rather than an inconsequential phenomenon...

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..We aimed to investigate the hypothesis that CAC as assessed by dual slice spiral computed tomography (DSCT), is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients...

..We followed patients with coronary artery disease who participated in the Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention study to determine the incidence of diabetes by baseline functional status during a 7.7-year follow-up...

..Reversal and rotational blood-flow in the thoracic aorta most likely exist in all patients with systemic emboli and mobile protruding aortic atheromas. Therefore, retrograde cerebral embolism from distal aortic plaques is conceivable...

..3% of the patients. In conclusion, gallopamil had no cardiodepressant effects in most patients. On the contrary, EF, PVR, and segmental contractility tended to improve with the higher doses...

..The present study was aimed to evaluate the association between cigarette smoking and development of type 2 diabetes in patients with coronary artery disease and decreased functional capacity over a 6.2-year follow-up period...

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..The aim of our study was to explore the association between IR per se and cardiovascular events among patients with preexisting coronary artery disease...

..C-reactive protein (CRP) has emerged as an important predictor of cardiovascular disease, but there are few prospective data on its association with risk of ischemic stroke in patients at high risk...

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..26-5.08, P = 0.006) were identified as independent variables for the prediction of thoracic aorta calcification. Conclusions: Our study demonstrated a strong association of CC and calcification of the thoracic aorta on spiral CT...

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..The present study was aimed to evaluate the outcome of CAD-related functional capacity impairment in patients with and without a history of MI over a 7.7-year follow-up...

..31) and 1.96 (95% confidence interval 1.18 to 3.24), respectively. In conclusion, MS defined early at admission is a strong independent predictor of mortality and morbidity in patients with non-clinically diagnosed diabetes with ACS...

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..Calcium is often deposited in the aorta, but the associations and clinical implications of calcification of the aorta have not yet been elucidated...

..To assess the effect of fibric acid derivative bezafibrate on incidence of type 2 diabetes in obese patients over a median 6.3 years follow-up period...

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..Treatment with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors should probably now be considered routinely for all diabetic patients with CHF, irrespective of their initial serum cholesterol levels, unless there is a contraindication...

..However, there are elevated anti-beta2GPI antibody levels in patients without conventional risk factors compared with patients with these risk factors...

..Moreover, quality-of-life data suggest favorable effects of moexipril treatment in a patient population at high cardiovascular risk...

..0001 for all). In conclusion, intense resistance training leads to enhanced LV diastolic function at rest and during isometric exercise despite the markedly increased LV mass...

..The goal of the present work was to investigate whether helical CT can determine the presence of MAC and to clarify its possible association with coronary artery disease (CAD) in elderly patients...

..The goal of the present study was to determine whether an association exists between the presence of AVC and coronary calcium (CC) in high-risk hypertensive patients as detected by spiral computed tomography (dual slice mode) (DHCT)...

..Administration of these mimetic drugs or procedures could potentially advance the use of preconditioning as a therapeutic tool and/or preventive factor for cardiovascular disease...

..CONCLUSIONS: Higher survival rate was observed in severe CHF patients undergoing long-term versus intermediate-term exercise training. Long-term supervised exercise training is safe and improves exercise tolerance in these patients...

..Effect of fibrates on adiponectin has not been clarified, whereas thiazolidinediones enhance adiponectin. Thus, we explored the possibility and mechanism that fibrates enhance adiponectin in humans, mice, and cells...

..This article reviews the current and emerging therapeutic strategies for these purposes from the cardiologists' point of view...

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..The present study was aimed to investigate the long-term effect of bezafibrate on these parameters in diabetic patients enrolled in the Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention (BIP) Study...