Aorta

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 2-Methoxyestradiol, an endogenous estradiol metabolite, differentially inhibits granulosa and endothelial cell mitosis: a potential follicular antiangiogenic regulator. 
  • A definition of initial, fatty streak, and intermediate lesions of atherosclerosis. A report from the Committee on Vascular Lesions of the Council on Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association. 
  • A definition of initial, fatty streak, and intermediate lesions of atherosclerosis. A report from the Committee on Vascular Lesions of the Council on Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association. 
  • A gene therapy strategy using a transcription factor decoy of the E2F binding site inhibits smooth muscle proliferation in vivo. 
  • A multi-institutional experience in the aortic and arterial pathology in individuals with genetically confirmed vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. 
  • A novel emboli protection cannula during cardiac surgery: in vitro results. 
  • A novel scoring system for predicting postoperative venous thromboembolic complications in patients after open aortic surgery. 
  • A nuclear factor-kappaB inhibitor BAY11-7082 inhibits interactions between human endothelial cells, T cells, and monocytes. 
  • A polymorphism of the human matrix gamma-carboxyglutamic acid protein promoter alters binding of an activating protein-1 complex and is associated with altered transcription and serum levels. 
  • A previously unreported complication of apicoaortic conduit for severe aortic stenosis. 
  • A20, a modulator of smooth muscle cell proliferation and apoptosis, prevents and induces regression of neointimal hyperplasia. 
  • AAL881, a novel small molecule inhibitor of RAF and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor activities, blocks the growth of malignant glioma. 
  • ANG II receptor blockade prevents ventricular hypertrophy and ANF gene expression with pressure overload in mice. 
  • ASE/SCA guidelines for performing a comprehensive intraoperative multiplane transesophageal echocardiography examination: recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Council for Intraoperative Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force for Certification in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • ASE/SCA guidelines for performing a comprehensive intraoperative multiplane transesophageal echocardiography examination: recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Council for Intraoperative Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force for Certification in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • AT2 receptor and vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation in vascular development. 
  • Accelerated Marfan syndrome model recapitulates established signaling pathways. 
  • Accelerated aortic flow assessment with compressed sensing with and without use of the sparsity of the complex difference image. 
  • Accelerating massively parallel hemodynamic models of coarctation of the aorta using neural networks. 
  • Acute DeBakey Type I Dissection Repair Using Frozen Elephant Trunk: The Cleveland Clinic Technique. 
  • Acute aortic dissections with entry tear in the arch: A report from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection. 
  • Adhesion of Blood Plasma Proteins and Platelet-rich Plasma on l-Valine-Based Poly(ester urea). 
  • Advances in Imaging for the Management of Acute Aortic Syndromes: Focus on Transesophageal Echocardiography and Type-A Aortic Dissection for the Perioperative Echocardiographer. 
  • Age-related development of human anti-pig xenoantibody. 
  • Aggressive aortic replacement for Loeys-Dietz syndrome. 
  • Alpha 1-adrenergic receptor mRNA level is regulated by norepinephrine in rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells. 
  • Alterations in endothelial superoxide dismutase levels as a function of growth state in vitro. 
  • Amiprilose hydrochloride inhibits porcine aortic smooth muscle cell proliferation in vitro. 
  • An evaluation of new methods of expressing aortic aneurysm size: relationship to rupture. 
  • Analysis of anatomic factors and age in patients undergoing carotid angioplasty and stenting. 
  • Aneurysmal ascending to descending aorta bypass graft compressing the pulmonary artery. 
  • Angiography and the pediatric trauma patient: a 10-year review. 
  • Angiotensin AT1 receptor inhibition. Effects on hypertrophic remodeling and ACE expression in rats with pressure-overload hypertrophy due to ascending aortic stenosis. 
  • Angiotensin AT1B receptor mediates calcium signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells of AT1A receptor-deficient mice. 
  • Angiotensin II stimulates proliferation of adventitial fibroblasts cultured from rat aortic explants. 
  • Angiotensin II type 1A receptors in vascular smooth muscle cells do not influence aortic remodeling in hypertension. 
  • Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery Repair Through an Anterior Minithoracotomy. 
  • Aortic Regurgitation in Acute Type-A Aortic Dissection: A Clinical Classification for the Perioperative Echocardiographer in the Era of the Functional Aortic Annulus. 
  • Aortic atheroma burden and cognitive dysfunction after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Aortic clamping strategy and postoperative stroke. 
  • Aortic coarctation endarteritis in an adult: case report with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging findings and review of the literature. 
  • Aortic distensibility and retinal arteriolar narrowing: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. 
  • Aortic injury resulting from attempted subclavian central venous catheter placement. 
  • Aortic root diameter and longitudinal blood pressure tracking. 
  • Aortoiliac angulation and the need for secondary procedures to secure stent graft fixation: which angle is important? 
  • Apo E structure determines VLDL clearance and atherosclerosis risk in mice. 
  • Apoptosis during coronary artery orifice development in the chick embryo. 
  • Application of magnetic resonance microscopy to tissue engineering: a polylactide model. 
  • Arachidonic acid metabolism in cultured aortic endothelial cells. Effect of cAMP and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine. 
  • Arterial stiffness and cardiovascular events: the Framingham Heart Study. 
  • Arterial windkessel parameter estimation: a new time-domain method. 
  • Ascending aorta to main pulmonary artery fistula following orthotopic heart transplantation: successful percutaneous closure employing an Amplatzer Duct Occluder. 
  • Ascending aortitis and aortic valve endocarditis in an infant. 
  • Assessment of retrograde cardioplegia distribution using contrast echocardiography. 
  • Association Between Aortic Vascular Inflammation and Coronary Artery Plaque Characteristics in Psoriasis. 
  • Association Between Skin and Aortic Vascular Inflammation in Patients With Psoriasis: A Case-Cohort Study Using Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography. 
  • Association between secondary flow in models of the aorto-celiac junction and subendothelial macrophages in the normal rabbit. 
  • Atheromatous disease of the aorta and perioperative stroke. 
  • Atrial natriuretic polypeptide inhibits hypertrophy of vascular smooth muscle cells. 
  • Attenuation of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage in mice overexpressing extracellular superoxide dismutase. 
  • Automated flight path planning for virtual endoscopy. 
  • Balloon angioplasty of coarctation of the aorta evaluated with intravascular ultrasound imaging. 
  • Baroreflex stimulation attenuates central but not peripheral inflammation in conscious endotoxemic rats. 
  • Beta-arrestins regulate atherosclerosis and neointimal hyperplasia by controlling smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration. 
  • Biology of aortic aneurysms and dissections. 
  • Biomechanical effects of flow and coculture on human aortic and cord blood-derived endothelial cells. 
  • Blood pressure homeostasis is maintained by a P311-TGF-β axis. 
  • C-nitroso donors of nitric oxide. 
  • CD4+ T-cell and monocyte interdependence during discordant xenoimmune responses. 
  • CX3CR1 deficiency impairs dendritic cell accumulation in arterial intima and reduces atherosclerotic burden. 
  • Canonical Wnt signaling induces vascular endothelial dysfunction via p66Shc-regulated reactive oxygen species. 
  • Cardiac gene delivery with cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • Cell cycle-dependent regulation of smooth muscle cell activation. 
  • Cell-free hemoglobin reverses the endotoxin-mediated hyporesponsivity of rat aortic rings to alpha-adrenergic agents. 
  • Cellular adhesion and proliferative responses of neonatal human lymphocytes to pig endothelial cells. 
  • Central aortic pulse pressure, thrombogenicity and cardiovascular risk. 
  • Cerebral emboli and serum S100beta during cardiac operations. 
  • Changing the Rules of Resectability of T4b Esophageal Cancer Invading Aorta. 
  • Characterization of hemodynamics in anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries using patient-specific modeling. 
  • Characterization of sites with elevated LDL permeability at intercostal, celiac, and iliac branches of the normal rabbit aorta. 
  • Chemical shift imaging of atherosclerosis at 7.0 Tesla. 
  • Cholesterol-fed and casein-fed rabbit models of atherosclerosis. Part 2: Differing morphological severity of atherogenesis despite matched plasma cholesterol levels. 
  • Chronic suppression of heart-failure progression by a pseudophosphorylated mutant of phospholamban via in vivo cardiac rAAV gene delivery. 
  • Cigarette smoke-induced MMP2 and MMP9 secretion from aortic vascular smooth cells is mediated via the Jak/Stat pathway. 
  • Classification of Atherosclerotic Rabbit Aorta Samples with an Infrared Attenuated Total Reflection Catheter and Multivariate Data Analysis 
  • Classification of atherosclerotic rabbit aorta samples by mid-infrared spectroscopy using multivariate data analysis. 
  • Clinical Outcomes Using Freestyle Valve-Valsalva Graft Composite Conduit for Aortic Root Replacement. 
  • Cocaine-associated chest pain: a case of aortic dissection. 
  • Color flow-encoded MR imaging. 
  • Combined T2* and T1 measurements for improved perfusion and permeability studies in high field using dynamic contrast enhancement. 
  • Commentary: Lack of screening makes primary prevention most effective to reduce the mortality of aortic dissection. 
  • Commentary: Perfusion Strategies for Neonatal Aortic Arch Repair, Future Strategies, and Research Opportunities. 
  • Commentary: Risk of aortic intervention after type B dissection-You cannot win unless you keep score. 
  • Commentary: Structural abnormalities after Freestyle full aortic root replacement: Time to accept the facts. 
  • Comparison of plasminogen binding and activation on extracellular matrices produced by vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells. 
  • Comparison of right ventricle-pulmonary artery shunt position in the Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. 
  • Complementarity and competitiveness of the intrinsic and extrinsic components of the total ventricular load: demonstration after valve replacement in aortic stenosis. 
  • Complications associated with optical-access laparoscopic trocars. 
  • Comprehensive genetic analysis of the platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase (PLA2G7) gene and cardiovascular disease in case-control and family datasets. 
  • Concomitant replacement of the ascending aorta is free-for some. 
  • Contemporary Outcomes After Partial Resection of Infected Aortic Grafts. 
  • Contemporary results for proximal aortic replacement in North America. 
  • Continuous noninvasive monitoring of cardiac output with esophageal Doppler ultrasound during cardiac surgery. 
  • Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography: first-pass arterial enhancement as a function of gadolinium-chelate concentration, and the saline chaser volume and injection rate. 
  • Correlates of osteoprotegerin and association with aortic pulse wave velocity in patients with chronic kidney disease. 
  • Covalently immobilized gradients of bFGF on hydrogel scaffolds for directed cell migration. 
  • Cross-talk Between Nitrate-Nitrite-NO and NO Synthase Pathways in Control of Vascular NO Homeostasis. 
  • Curvularia alcornii Infection. 
  • Cytotoxicity of oxidized LDL to porcine aortic smooth muscle cells is associated with the oxysterols 7-ketocholesterol and 7-hydroxycholesterol. 
  • Decreased fibrinolytic activity in porcine-to-primate cardiac xenotransplantation. 
  • Deficiency of MMP1a (Matrix Metalloprotease 1a) Collagenase Suppresses Development of Atherosclerosis in Mice: Translational Implications for Human Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Descending Aortic Distensibility and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. 
  • Development of a YIGSR-peptide-modified polyurethaneurea to enhance endothelialization. 
  • Development of the atherosclerotic core region. Chemical and ultrastructural analysis of microdissected atherosclerotic lesions from human aorta. 
  • Development of the coronary blood supply: changing concepts and current ideas. 
  • Differential recognition by proteins of alpha-galactosyl residues on endothelial cell surfaces. 
  • Diffuse pulmonary lesions in early phase Takayasu arteritis predominantly involving pulmonary artery. 
  • Diminished aortic excursion in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Does the degree of coarctation of the aorta influence wall shear stress focal heterogeneity? 
  • Drebrin regulates angiotensin II-induced aortic remodelling. 
  • Dual-energy computed tomography imaging of atherosclerotic plaques in a mouse model using a liposomal-iodine nanoparticle contrast agent. 
  • ECG-gated MR angiography provides better reproducibility for standard aortic measurements. 
  • Early extracellular and cellular lipid deposits in aorta of cholesterol-fed rabbits. 
  • Echocardiographic Reporting of the Aorta in Young Competitive Athletes. 
  • Effect of B-15,000 (Iopamidol), a new nonionic contrast agent, on cardiac function of the isolated rat heart. 
  • Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Control on Aortic Stiffness in the SPRINT-HEART. 
  • Effect of autonomic blockade on the hemodynamic findings in acute cardiac tamponade. 
  • Effect of cellular senescence on the albumin permeability of blood-derived endothelial cells. 
  • Effect of feeding plant proteins on plasma, liver, heart, aorta and brain lipids of rats. 
  • Effect of pexelizumab in coronary artery bypass graft surgery with extended aortic cross-clamp time. 
  • Effects of aortopulmonary collaterals on cerebral cooling and cerebral metabolic recovery after circulatory arrest. 
  • Effects of institutional volumes on operative outcomes for aortic root replacement in North America. 
  • Effects of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1-specific RNA aptamers on cell adhesion, motility, and tube formation. 
  • Effects of treatment with cyclosporine, FK 506, rapamycin, mycophenolic acid, or deoxyspergualin on vascular muscle proliferation in vitro and in vivo. 
  • Efficacy of systemic administration of SDF-1 in a model of vascular insufficiency: support for an endothelium-dependent mechanism. 
  • Elemental composition of Na pump inhibited rabbit aorta VSM cells by electron probe X-ray microanalysis. 
  • Elevated PTH induces endothelial-to-chondrogenic transition in aortic endothelial cells. 
  • Emergent cardiac surgery during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): insights from the Edwards SAPIEN Aortic Bioprosthesis European Outcome (SOURCE) registry. 
  • Empirical reconstruction of the renal artery: long-term outcome. 
  • Endocarditis in a dog due to infection with a novel Bartonella subspecies. 
  • Endothelial dysfunction in hypercholesterolemia is corrected by L-arginine. 
  • Endovascular aortic balloon clamp malposition during minimally invasive cardiac surgery: detection by transcranial Doppler monitoring. 
  • Epidermal growth factor receptor trans-activation mediates the tonic and fibrogenic effects of endothelin in the aortic wall of transgenic mice. 
  • Epigenetic profiling identifies novel genes for ascending aortic aneurysm formation with bicuspid aortic valves. 
  • Estimation of the ratio of pulmonary to systemic pressures by pulsed-wave Doppler echocardiography for assessment of pulmonary arterial pressures. 
  • Estrogen receptor-beta mediates male-female differences in the development of pressure overload hypertrophy. 
  • Evaluation of CD86/CD28 and CD40/CD154 pathways in regulating monocyte-derived CD80 expression during their interaction with allogeneic endothelium. 
  • Evaluation of several methods for computing stroke volume from central aortic pressure. 
  • Evidence for the role of cell stiffness in modulation of volume-regulated anion channels. 
  • Expression of newborn pig endothelial cell xenoantigens recognized by baboon natural xenoantibody. 
  • Extracellular but not cytosolic superoxide dismutase protects against oxidant-mediated endothelial dysfunction. 
  • Extracellular lipid deposition in atherosclerosis. 
  • FDG-PET finding in early-phase Takayasu arteritis. 
  • First-in-human experience with Aortix intraaortic pump. 
  • Fluid shear stress induces endothelial transforming growth factor beta-1 transcription and production. Modulation by potassium channel blockade. 
  • Fluorescence linked enzyme chemoproteomic strategy for discovery of a potent and selective DAPK1 and ZIPK inhibitor. 
  • Focal adhesion integrity is downregulated by the alternatively spliced domain of human tenascin. 
  • Focal increases in vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and intimal macrophages at atherosclerosis-susceptible sites in the rabbit aorta after short-term cholesterol feeding. 
  • Focal toxicity of oxysterols in vascular smooth muscle cell culture. A model of the atherosclerotic core region. 
  • Free cholesterol accumulation in macrophage membranes activates Toll-like receptors and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and induces cathepsin K. 
  • Frequency-dependent response of the vascular endothelium to pulsatile shear stress. 
  • Functional evaluation of nonphagocytic NAD(P)H oxidases. 
  • G protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells and rat aorta. Regulation by angiotensin II and hypertension. 
  • Gene expression patterns in peripheral blood correlate with the extent of coronary artery disease. 
  • Genetic and functional association of FAM5C with myocardial infarction. 
  • Genetic effects in the leukotriene biosynthesis pathway and association with atherosclerosis. 
  • Genetic engineering of vein grafts resistant to atherosclerosis. 
  • Guidelines for the performance of a comprehensive intraoperative epiaortic ultrasonographic examination: recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists; endorsed by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • Guidelines for the performance of a comprehensive intraoperative epiaortic ultrasonographic examination: recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists; endorsed by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • H19, a developmentally regulated gene, is reexpressed in rat vascular smooth muscle cells after injury. 
  • HCPTPA, a protein tyrosine phosphatase that regulates vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-mediated signal transduction and biological activity. 
  • Heart size-independent analysis of myocardial function in murine pressure overload hypertrophy. 
  • Hemangioma, supraumbilical midline raphé, and coarctation of the aorta with a right aortic arch: single causal entity? 
  • Hemodynamic and Mechanical Properties of the Proximal Aorta in Young and Middle-Aged Adults With Isolated Systolic Hypertension: The Dallas Heart Study. 
  • High-Pitch Dual-Source MDCT for Imaging of the Thoracoabdominal Aorta: Relationships Among Radiation Dose, Noise, Pitch, and Body Size in a Phantom Experiment and Clinical Study. 
  • Human aortic fibrolipid lesions. Immunochemical localization of apolipoprotein B and apolipoprotein A. 
  • Human aortic fibrolipid lesions. Progenitor lesions for fibrous plaques, exhibiting early formation of the cholesterol-rich core. 
  • Human arteries engineered in vitro. 
  • Human platelets exhibit chemotaxis using functional N-formyl peptide receptors. 
  • Humoral responses to pig-to-baboon cardiac transplantation: implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of acute vascular rejection and for accommodation. 
  • Hypertension and cardiovascular hypertrophy during chronic catecholamine infusion in rats. 
  • INVITED COMMENTARY. 
  • Identification and functional analysis of human natural anti-pig xenoantibodies. 
  • IgG is a prominent component of cynomolgus antiporcine natural xenoantibody. 
  • Images in cardiovascular medicine. Untreated tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia: giant aneurysm of an aortopulmonary collateral artery demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging. 
  • Impact of Aortic Atherosclerosis Burden on Outcomes of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Impact of initial shunt type on cardiac size and function in children with single right ventricle anomalies before the Fontan procedure: the single ventricle reconstruction extension trial. 
  • Impingement of the supraceliac aorta after a gun shot wound. 
  • Implementation of echocardiography core laboratory best practices: a case study of the PARTNER I trial. 
  • Important role of endogenous norepinephrine and epinephrine in the development of in vivo pressure-overload cardiac hypertrophy. 
  • In vitro evaluation of neonatal human immunity against the pig. 
  • Increased adhesion of neutrophils to retinal vascular endothelial cells exposed to hyperosmolarity. 
  • Increased vascular smooth muscle contractility in TRPC6-/- mice. 
  • Indeterminate CT angiography in blunt thoracic trauma: is CT angiography enough? 
  • Indications for ascending aortic replacement size alone is not enough. 
  • Influence of Aortic Stiffness on Aortic-Root Growth Rate and Outcome in Patients With the Marfan Syndrome. 
  • Inhibition of renin-like activity in marmoset tissues by the renin inhibitor CGP 29 287. 
  • Inhibitory effect of angiotensin II type 2 receptor on coronary arterial remodeling after aortic banding in mice. 
  • Interaction of EGF receptor and grb2 in living cells visualized by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) microscopy. 
  • Interaction of atrial natriuretic polypeptide and angiotensin II on protooncogene expression and vascular cell growth. 
  • Interaction of low density lipoproteins with human aortic elastin. 
  • Interferon regulatory factors regulate interleukin-1beta-converting enzyme expression and apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells. 
  • International Union of Pharmacology. X. Recommendation for nomenclature of alpha 1-adrenoceptors: consensus update. 
  • Intimal alterations in rat aorta induced by stressful stimuli. 
  • Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation reduces mortality in large anterior myocardial infarction complicated by persistent ischaemia: a CRISP-AMI substudy. 
  • Intraoperative perfusion contrast echocardiography. Initial experience during coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Intravascular ultrasonography versus digital subtraction angiography: a human in vivo comparison of vessel size and morphology. 
  • Is There A Role for Aortic Wrapping in Acute Type A Dissection? 
  • Isolated Systolic Hypertension in Young and Middle-Aged Adults. 
  • Isorenin in dog brain and other tissues. 
  • JNK1 is required to preserve cardiac function in the early response to pressure overload. 
  • Kruppel-like factor 15 is critical for vascular inflammation. 
  • Lack of nitric oxide synthases increases lipoprotein immune complex deposition in the aorta and elevates plasma sphingolipid levels in lupus. 
  • Laser-scanning velocimetry: a confocal microscopy method for quantitative measurement of cardiovascular performance in zebrafish embryos and larvae. 
  • Late-outgrowth endothelial progenitors from patients with coronary artery disease: endothelialization of confluent stromal cell layers. 
  • Left atrial tachycardia originating from the mitral annulus-aorta junction. 
  • Letter by Hill et al. regarding article, "Mortality in first 5 years in infants with functional single ventricle born in Texas, 1996 to 2003". 
  • LncRNA VINAS regulates atherosclerosis by modulating NF-κB and MAPK signaling. 
  • Localization and differential regulation of angiotensinogen mRNA expression in the vessel wall. 
  • Localization of mRNA for three distinct alpha 1-adrenergic receptor subtypes in human tissues: implications for human alpha-adrenergic physiology. 
  • Localization of specific binding sites for atrial natriuretic factor in peripheral tissues of the guinea pig, rat, and human. 
  • Location of Aortic Enlargement and Risk of Type A Dissection at Smaller Diameters. 
  • Locational stereology performed within sampling fields in rat aortic wall, a polarized tissue. 
  • Machine learning derived segmentation of phase velocity encoded cardiovascular magnetic resonance for fully automated aortic flow quantification. 
  • Magnetic resonance imaging of blood flow with a phase subtraction technique. In vitro and in vivo validation. 
  • Management and long-term outcome of aortic dissection. 
  • Measurement of aortic blood flow in man by the computed pressure derivative method. 
  • Measurement of endothelial permeability to 125I-low density lipoproteins in rabbit arteries by use of en face preparations. 
  • Mechanism of bradykinin-stimulated prostacyclin synthesis in porcine aortic endothelial cells. 
  • Membrane-bound progesterone receptor expression in human aortic endothelial cells. 
  • Metabolic cooperation between vascular endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells in co-culture: changes in low density lipoprotein metabolism. 
  • Methylglyoxal augments intracellular oxidative stress in human aortic endothelial cells. 
  • Microarray gene expression profiles in dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathic end-stage heart failure. 
  • Minimally invasive right lateral thoracotomy without aortic cross-clamping: an attractive alternative to repeat sternotomy for reoperative mitral valve surgery. 
  • Mitochondrial GLUT10 facilitates dehydroascorbic acid import and protects cells against oxidative stress: mechanistic insight into arterial tortuosity syndrome. 
  • Molecular characterization of hypoxia-hypothermia-conditioned human endothelial cells and their interaction with human monocytes. 
  • Multiple autocrine growth factors modulate vascular smooth muscle cell growth response to angiotensin II. 
  • Multiscale modeling of blood flow to assess neurological complications in patients supported by venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. 
  • Myeloid-Specific Deletion of Peptidylarginine Deiminase 4 Mitigates Atherosclerosis. 
  • Naturally occurring anti-alpha-galactosyl antibodies: relationship to xenoreactive anti-alpha-galactosyl antibodies. 
  • Newborn baboon serum lacks natural anti-pig xenoantibody. 
  • Nitric oxide-producing polyurethanes. 
  • Novel and effective gene transfer technique for study of vascular renin angiotensin system. 
  • Novel approach to the treatment of distal malperfusion secondary to ascending aortic dissection. 
  • Novel emboli protection cannula during cardiac surgery: first animal study. 
  • Novel small leucine-rich repeat protein podocan is a negative regulator of migration and proliferation of smooth muscle cells, modulates neointima formation, and is expressed in human atheroma. 
  • Nox4 NADPH oxidase contributes to smooth muscle cell phenotypes associated with unstable atherosclerotic plaques. 
  • Of cardiovascular illness and diversity of biological response. 
  • Olfactory receptor 2 in vascular macrophages drives atherosclerosis by NLRP3-dependent IL-1 production. 
  • Outcomes after late explantation of aortic endografts depend on indication for explantation. 
  • Overexpression of G protein-coupled receptor kinase-2 in smooth muscle cells reduces neointimal hyperplasia. 
  • Partial purification of a prorenin activating enzyme in the aortic wall. 
  • Pathology of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Analysis of 26 cases. 
  • Peakwide mapping on chromosome 3q13 identifies the kalirin gene as a novel candidate gene for coronary artery disease. 
  • Pericyte-like location of GFP-tagged melanoma cells: ex vivo and in vivo studies of extravascular migratory metastasis. 
  • Perioperative Transfusion Practices and Aortic Root Replacement: The Devil Is in the Details. 
  • Phenylephrine-modulated cardiopulmonary blood flow measured with use of X-ray digital subtraction angiography. 
  • Phosphorylation of Nox1 regulates association with NoxA1 activation domain. 
  • Physiological genomics of human arteries: quantitative relationship between gene expression and arterial stiffness. 
  • Plaque modification with tetracycline: enhanced tissue ablation with the excimer laser. 
  • Polymorphisms of the tumor suppressor gene LSAMP are associated with left main coronary artery disease. 
  • Predictors of Rapid Aortic Root Dilation and Referral for Aortic Surgery in Marfan Syndrome. 
  • Preoperative Planning for Structural Heart Disease. 
  • Pressure overload selectively up-regulates Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in vivo. 
  • Primary carcinoma of the upper urinary tract. Effect of primary and secondary therapy on survival. 
  • Processing of arterial pressure waves with a digital computer. 
  • Progesterone receptors in the human heart and great vessels. 
  • Protein kinase C isoforms in human aortic smooth muscle cells. 
  • Proteomic Architecture of Human Coronary and Aortic Atherosclerosis. 
  • Pseudoaneurysms at aortic cannulation site after coronary artery bypass graft: MR findings. 
  • Pulsatile hemodynamic effects of candesartan in patients with chronic heart failure: the CHARM Program. 
  • Quantitative ultrastructural analysis of perifibrous lipid and its association with elastin in nonatherosclerotic human aorta. 
  • Rabbit anti-human leukocyte polyclonal antibody inhibits xenogeneic cell-mediated immune responses. 
  • Recommendations regarding quantitation in M-mode echocardiography: results of a survey of echocardiographic measurements. 
  • Regulation of arachidonic acid release in vascular endothelium. Ca(2+)-dependent and -independent pathways. 
  • Regulation of factor Xa in vitro in human and mouse plasma and in vivo in mouse. Role of the endothelium and plasma proteinase inhibitors. 
  • Regulation of nitric oxide synthesis by oxygen in vascular endothelial cells. 
  • Renin expression by vascular endothelial cells in culture. 
  • Renin synthesis by canine aortic smooth muscle cells in culture. 
  • Reply: Does the Solution Only Lie in the Size of the Aorta? 
  • Reply: The future of guideline-based prophylactic proximal aortic surgery is "patient-specific" but not diameter-based metrics. 
  • Robust adenoviral and adeno-associated viral gene transfer to the in vivo murine heart: application to study of phospholamban physiology. 
  • Role of 14-3-3-mediated p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibition in cardiac myocyte survival. 
  • S-Nitrosation of arginase 1 requires direct interaction with inducible nitric oxide synthase 
  • Safety and Efficacy of Self-Expanding TAVR in Patients With Aortoventricular Angulation. 
  • Secondary heart field contributes myocardium and smooth muscle to the arterial pole of the developing heart. 
  • Secretion of extracellular superoxide dismutase in neonatal lungs. 
  • Self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacement using alternative access sites in symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis deemed extreme risk of surgery. 
  • Semiautomated segmentation of blood vessels using ellipse-overlap criteria: method and comparison to manual editing. 
  • Sex dependence and temporal dependence of the left ventricular genomic response to pressure overload. 
  • Shear stress induces ATP-independent transient nitric oxide release from vascular endothelial cells, measured directly with a porphyrinic microsensor. 
  • Single intraluminal delivery of antisense cdc2 kinase and proliferating-cell nuclear antigen oligonucleotides results in chronic inhibition of neointimal hyperplasia. 
  • Skeletal muscle grafts applied to the heart. A word of caution. 
  • Smad3 Signaling Promotes Fibrosis While Preserving Cardiac and Aortic Geometry in Obese Diabetic Mice. 
  • Species differences in natural xenoantibody to swine. 
  • Specific blockade of basic fibroblast growth factor gene expression in endothelial cells by antisense oligonucleotide. 
  • Stroke volume calculation by esophageal Doppler integrates velocity over time and multiplies this "area under the curve" by the cross sectional area of the aorta. 
  • Structure activity relationships of a series of buspirone analogs at alpha-1 adrenoceptors: further evidence that rat aorta alpha-1 adrenoceptors are of the alpha-1D-subtype. 
  • Successful Ascending Aorta and Hemiarch Replacement and Aortic Valve Resuspension Via Redo Median Sternotomy Using Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in a Practicing Jehovah's Witnesses Patient. 
  • Suitability of lattice Boltzmann inlet and outlet boundary conditions for simulating flow in image-derived vasculature. 
  • Sustained Total All-Region Perfusion During the Norwood Operation and Postoperative Recovery. 
  • Sustained VEGF delivery via PLGA nanoparticles promotes vascular growth. 
  • Symmetry aortic connector devices and acute renal injury: a comparison of renal dysfunction after three different aortocoronary bypass surgery techniques. 
  • Tamoxifen inhibits angiogenesis in estrogen receptor-negative animal models. 
  • Targeted inhibition of calcineurin in pressure-overload cardiac hypertrophy. Preservation of systolic function. 
  • Targeting Gbeta gamma signaling in arterial vascular smooth muscle proliferation: a novel strategy to limit restenosis. 
  • Technique of aortic root reconstruction using a new model of Dacron graft with prefabricated coronary branches. 
  • The "sandblasting" effect of aortic cannula on arch atheroma during cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • The Cardiovascular Continuum extended: aging effects on the aorta and microvasculature. 
  • The Oswald injury. 
  • The Perioperative Management of Ascending Aortic Dissection. 
  • The actin cytoskeleton reorganization induced by Rac1 requires the production of superoxide. 
  • The angiotensin II type 2 (AT2) receptor antagonizes the growth effects of the AT1 receptor: gain-of-function study using gene transfer. 
  • The distribution of intimal white blood cells in the normal rabbit aorta. 
  • The effect of bretylium tosylate on ventricular function. 
  • The end of the beginning. Gene transfer into the vessel wall. 
  • The hemodynamics of thrombus formation in arteries. 
  • The lipid-rich core region of human atherosclerotic fibrous plaques. Prevalence of small lipid droplets and vesicles by electron microscopy. 
  • The role of adhesion molecules in human leukocyte attachment to porcine vascular endothelium: implications for xenotransplantation. 
  • The role of calcium in the regulation of prostacyclin synthesis by porcine aortic endothelial cells. 
  • The role of endothelium in factor Xa regulation: the effect of plasma proteinase inhibitors and hirudin. 
  • The role of human T cells in human anti-pig xenogeneic cellular responses. 
  • Thromboxane receptors in smooth muscle promote hypertension, vascular remodeling, and sudden death. 
  • Tighten your belt or lose your pants? Not if it is tailored to the patient-annuloplasty during remodeling. 
  • Toxicity of oxidized low density lipoproteins for vascular smooth muscle cells and partial protection by antioxidants. 
  • Transitional features in human atherosclerosis. Intimal thickening, cholesterol clefts, and cell loss in human aortic fatty streaks. 
  • Two dimensional arrays for real time 3D intravascular ultrasound. 
  • Two-stage total aortic replacement for Loeys-Dietz syndrome. 
  • UDP acts as a growth factor for vascular smooth muscle cells by activation of P2Y(6) receptors. 
  • USP20 (Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 20) Inhibits TNF (Tumor Necrosis Factor)-Triggered Smooth Muscle Cell Inflammation and Attenuates Atherosclerosis. 
  • Ultrastructure of hypertensive rat aorta. Increased basement membrane-like material. 
  • Ultrastructure of the human aortic fibrolipid lesion. Formation of the atherosclerotic lipid-rich core. 
  • Use of human fibrinogen concentrate during proximal aortic reconstruction with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. 
  • Val-ala-pro-gly, an elastin-derived non-integrin ligand: smooth muscle cell adhesion and specificity. 
  • Valvular Disease in Marfan Syndrome: Surgical Considerations and Management. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Chen, Edward Po-Chung, Professor of Surgery, Surgery
  • Erickson, Harold Paul, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Cell Biology
  • Johnson, G. Allan, Charles E. Putman University Distinguished Professor of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering
  • McLendon, Roger Edwin, Professor of Pathology, Pathology
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • Rubin, Geoffrey D, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Radiology, Radiology
  • Sparks, Matthew A., Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology
  • Velkey, John Matthew, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Medical Education in the Department of Cell Biology, Cell Biology