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Cells ; 11(21)2022 10 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36359773

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the levels of YKL-40 during and after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) and to establish possible connections between YKL-40 and markers of oxidative stress, inflammation, and myocardial injury. Patients undergoing elective CABG utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) were recruited into the study. Blood samples were collected at the onset of anesthesia, during surgery and post-operatively. Levels of YKL-40, 8-isoprostane, interleukin-8 (IL-8), monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) and troponin T (TnT) were measured by immunoassay. YKL-40 levels increased significantly 24 h after CPB. Positive correlation was seen between post-operative TnT and YKL-40 levels (r = 0.457, p = 0.016) and, interestingly, baseline YKL-40 predicted post-operative TnT increase (r = 0.374, p = 0.050). There was also a clear association between YKL-40 and the chemotactic factors MCP-1 (r = 0.440, p = 0.028) and IL-8 (r = 0.484, p = 0.011) linking YKL-40 to cardiac inflammation and fibrosis following CABG. The present results show, for the first time, that YKL-40 is associated with myocardial injury and leukocyte-activating factors following coronary artery bypass surgery. YKL-40 may be a factor and/or biomarker of myocardial inflammation and injury and subsequent fibrosis following heart surgery.


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Quimiotaxia de Leucócito , Proteína 1 Semelhante à Quitinase-3 , Traumatismos Cardíacos , Humanos , Biomarcadores , Quimiotaxia de Leucócito/genética , Quimiotaxia de Leucócito/fisiologia , Proteína 1 Semelhante à Quitinase-3/metabolismo , Ponte de Artéria Coronária/efeitos adversos , Fibrose , Glicoproteínas , Traumatismos Cardíacos/genética , Traumatismos Cardíacos/metabolismo , Inflamação , Interleucina-8 , Projetos Piloto
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Scand J Clin Lab Invest ; 77(5): 315-320, 2017 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28460544

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Low pulmonary vascular resistance index (PVRI) reflects favorable redundant pulmonary circulation following coronary artery bypass grafting with cardiopulmonary bypass surgery (CPB). This randomized study investigated whether aprotinin given in different modalities impacts PVRI after coronary artery bypass grafting. A total of 40 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting were randomized to four groups according to aprotinin dose: (1) high dose, (2) early low dose, (3) late low dose, and (4) without aprotinin. Oxygenation index, pulmonary shunt, alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient and PVRI were determined. PVRI was calculated as the transpulmonary pressure gradient divided by cardiac index multiplied by 80. The results showed that PVRI remained relative low in all patients provided aprotinin regardless of treatment dosage; PVRI increased at 4 h after restarting ventilation after CPB in patients without aprotinin as compared with aprotinin (266 ± 137, 266 ± 115, 244 ± 86 vs. 386 ± 121, dynes-s-cm-5, respectively, p = .047). Elevated postoperative PVRI was predictive for patients without aprotinin (AUC 0.668; SE 0.40; p < .0001; CI 0.590-0.746). There were no statistical differences in oxygenation index, pulmonary shunt or alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient between the groups. In conclusion, aprotinin maintains a low PVRI in elective patients with healthy lungs during CPB. We suggest that aprotinin maintains pulmonary arterial endothelial integrity.


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Aprotinina/uso terapêutico , Ponte Cardiopulmonar/reabilitação , Ponte de Artéria Coronária/reabilitação , Hemostáticos/uso terapêutico , Resistência Vascular/efeitos dos fármacos , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Consumo de Oxigênio , Estudos Prospectivos
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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg ; 65(4): 325-331, 2017 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25910220

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Background A cohort of patients having symptoms of sternal nonunion late after sternotomy was studied to find out whether the complaints were related to true sternal nonunion or decreased bone density. Methods A survey was mailed to 2,053 cardiac surgical patients operated in our institution between July 2007 and June 2010. The patients were requested about symptoms referring to sternal instability. A group of symptomatic individuals as well as 1:1 age- and time-matched asymptomatic controls were examined with sternal palpation, ultrasound during standardized sternal pressure provocation, and computed tomography (CT). Results The number of patients replied in the survey was 1,918 (93.4%); 2.3% (44 patients) reported sensation of movement or clicking in sternum during body movements and during coughing. Symptomatic patients living within 200 km to the hospital (21) and their asymptomatic controls (21) were selected for further clinical and imaging studies. Mean period between the initial operation and the examinations was 36 (22-56) months. Sternal palpation pain was significantly associated with reported symptoms suggestive of sternal nonunion (odds ratio [OR] 22.0; 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.5-195); however, none of the patients had clinically unstable sternum or nonunion in the sternal imaging. The symptoms of sternal instability were more frequent in patients whose bone mineralization rate (as measured with T-scores) was higher. Conclusion Symptoms suggestive of sternal nonunion were experienced by 2.3%. However, their symptoms did not correlate with CT scans or provocation ultrasound although palpation pain was evident. Thus the pain is derived from nonmechanical etiologies. Higher bone mineralization rate correlated with abnormal symptoms of sternal wound.


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Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Cardíacos/efeitos adversos , Esternotomia/efeitos adversos , Esterno/cirurgia , Cicatrização , Fios Ortopédicos , Calcificação Fisiológica , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Cardíacos/métodos , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Razão de Chances , Medição da Dor , Dor Pós-Operatória/diagnóstico , Dor Pós-Operatória/etiologia , Palpação , Fatores de Risco , Esterno/diagnóstico por imagem , Inquéritos e Questionários , Fatores de Tempo , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Resultado do Tratamento , Ultrassonografia , Técnicas de Fechamento de Ferimentos/instrumentação
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Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care ; 6(8): 771-777, 2017 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26912911

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AIMS: Although obesity is a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), it might be associated with a favourable prognosis in patients with CHD. The aim of the study was to evaluate this so called 'obesity paradox' during a follow-up period of 20 years in patients who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). METHODS AND RESULTS: The study population consisted of 922 CHD patients who had undergone CABG between 1993 and 1994. Pre and perioperative data was collected from patient records and supplemented with patient questionnaires, telephone contacts and data from national archives. The 10-year postoperative prognosis of normal-weight patients (body mass index (BMI) 18.5-24.9 kg/m2) was inferior to that of overweight (BMI 25.0-29.9 kg/m2) and obese patients (BMI⩾30.0 kg/m2) and to the background population. Beyond 10 years the prognosis of obese patients deteriorated when compared with the overweight group. At the end of the 20-year follow-up, survival of the normal weight group was 0.68 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.49-0.87; p<0.001), the overweight group 0.82 (95% CI, 0.71-0.92; p<0.001), and the obese group 0.67 (95% CI, 0.49-0.85; p<0.001), when compared with their background populations (=1.00). Obese patients developed diabetes more frequently and died more frequently of cardiovascular disease than patients in the two other study groups during the second postoperative decade ( p<0.01). CONCLUSION: During long-term follow-up the obesity paradox seems to disappear due to progression of cardiometabolic disease in patients who have undergone CABG.


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Ponte de Artéria Coronária , Doença das Coronárias/cirurgia , Previsões , Obesidade/complicações , Medição de Risco/métodos , Fatores Etários , Índice de Massa Corporal , Doença das Coronárias/epidemiologia , Doença das Coronárias/etiologia , Feminino , Finlândia/epidemiologia , Seguimentos , Humanos , Incidência , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Obesidade/epidemiologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Fatores Sexuais , Inquéritos e Questionários , Taxa de Sobrevida/tendências
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Sci Rep ; 4: 4650, 2014 Apr 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24722012

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Upstream transcription factor 1 (USF1) allelic variants significantly influence future risk of cardiovascular disease and overall mortality in females. We investigated sex-specific effects of USF1 gene allelic variants on serum indices of lipoprotein metabolism, early markers of asymptomatic atherosclerosis and their changes during six years of follow-up. In addition, we investigated the cis-regulatory role of these USF1 variants in artery wall tissues in Caucasians. In the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, 1,608 participants (56% women, aged 31.9 ± 4.9) with lipids and cIMT data were included. For functional study, whole genome mRNA expression profiling was performed in 91 histologically classified atherosclerotic samples. In females, serum total, LDL cholesterol and apoB levels increased gradually according to USF1 rs2516839 genotypes TT < CT < CC and rs1556259 AA < AG < GG as well as according to USF1 H3 (GCCCGG) copy number 0 < 1 < 2. Furthermore, the carriers of minor alleles of rs2516839 (C) and rs1556259 (G) of USF1 gene had decreased USF1 expression in atherosclerotic plaques (P = 0.028 and 0.08, respectively) as compared to non-carriers. The genetic variation in USF1 influence USF1 transcript expression in advanced atherosclerosis and regulates levels and metabolism of circulating apoB and apoB-containing lipoprotein particles in sex-dependent manner, but is not a major determinant of early markers of atherosclerosis.


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Aterosclerose/genética , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos/fisiologia , Fatores Estimuladores Upstream/genética , Adulto , Alelos , Apolipoproteínas B/sangue , Aterosclerose/patologia , LDL-Colesterol/sangue , Feminino , Genótipo , Haplótipos , Humanos , Masculino , Placa Aterosclerótica , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Estudos Prospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Fatores Sexuais
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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg ; 46(4): 729-36, 2014 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24482385

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OBJECTIVES: Adipocytokines are hormones regulating energy metabolism and appetite and according to recent reports also inflammatory responses including ischaemia-reperfusion injury. Based on experimental data, we hypothesized that the levels of adipocytokines adiponectin, adipsin, leptin and/or resistin would correlate with myocardial injury, inflammation and oxidative stress during cardiac surgery. METHODS: Thirty-two patients undergoing an elective on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) were recruited into the study. Blood samples were collected after the induction of anaesthesia, and at the onset of CPB, 1 and 15 min after the removal of aortic cross-clamp and 4 and 24 h after the onset of CPB. Samples were analysed for levels of four adipocytokines (adiponectin, adipsin, leptin and resistin) and markers of oxidative stress [myeloperoxidase (MPO) and 8-isoprostane], inflammation [interleukin-6 (IL-6)] and myocardial injury [troponin T (TnT)]. RESULTS: Adiponectin and adipsin concentrations declined, while leptin and resistin levels increased significantly by 24 h after the onset of the operation. Interestingly, basal levels of resistin (r = 0.41, P = 0.020) as well as the maximal increase occurring in resistin levels during the 24-h follow-up (r = 0.49, P = 0.005) correlated positively with TnT release. In addition, the reperfusion-induced elevation in resistin levels correlated positively with oxidative stress measured as increases in MPO concentrations. CONCLUSIONS: As an original finding, we report here that resistin levels correlate with oxidative stress and myocardial injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. In addition, leptin levels were increased on the first postoperative day, but only minor declines were found in adiponectin and adipsin levels. Resistin has been implicated in unfavourable metabolic, cardiovascular and inflammatory responses: it may thus serve as a useful biomarker or a drug target in conditions complicated by ischaemia-reperfusion injury.


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Ponte de Artéria Coronária , Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica/sangue , Estresse Oxidativo/fisiologia , Resistina/sangue , Idoso , Biomarcadores/sangue , Estudos de Coortes , Citocinas/sangue , Feminino , Humanos , Inflamação/sangue , Inflamação/metabolismo , Masculino
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Cardiovasc Diabetol ; 13: 25, 2014 Jan 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24447406

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BACKGROUND: The associations of metabolic syndrome (MetS) or diabetes mellitus (DM) on long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have not been extensively evaluated. The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of MetS and DM on the 16-year survival after CABG. METHODS: Diabetic and metabolic status together with relevant cardiovascular data was established in 910 CABG patients operated in 1993-94. They were divided in three groups as follows: neither DM nor MetS (375 patients), MetS alone (279 patients) and DM with or without MetS (256 patients). The 16-year follow-up of patient survival was carried out using national health databases. The relative survival rates were analyzed using the Life Table method comparing the observed survival rates of three patient groups to the rates based on age-, sex- and time-specific life tables for the whole population in Finland. To study the independent significance of MetS and DM for clinical outcome, multivariate analysis was made using an optimizing stepwise procedure based on the Bayesian approach. RESULTS: Bayesian multivariate analysis revealed together six variables to predict clinical outcome (2 months to 16 years) in relation to the national background population, i.e. age, diabetes, left ventricular ejection fraction, BMI, perfusion time during the CABG and peripheral arterial disease. Our principal finding was that after postoperative period the 16-year prognosis of patients with neither DM nor MetS was better than that of the age-, sex-and time-matched background population (relative survival against background population 1.037, p < 0.0001). The overall survival of MetS patients resembled that of the matched background population (relative survival 0.998, NS). DM was associated with significantly increased mortality (relative survival 0.86, p < 0.0001). Additionally, mortality was even higher in patients receiving insulin treatment than in those without. Excess death rate of DM patients was predominantly caused by cardiovascular causes. CONCLUSION: In this long-term follow-up study patient groups without diabetes had at least equal 16 years' survival after CABG than their matched background populations. Survival of DM patients started to deteriorate already few years after the operation.


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Ponte de Artéria Coronária/mortalidade , Diabetes Mellitus/mortalidade , Diabetes Mellitus/cirurgia , Síndrome Metabólica/mortalidade , Síndrome Metabólica/cirurgia , Idoso , Feminino , Finlândia/epidemiologia , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Taxa de Sobrevida/tendências , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do Tratamento
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Scand J Clin Lab Invest ; 74(1): 37-43, 2014 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24266780

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BACKGROUND: Decreased pulmonary vascular resistance index (PVRI) reflects favorable postoperative pulmonary circulation after coronary artery bypass grafting. This randomized study investigated whether cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) impacts PVRI after coronary artery bypass grafting. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 47 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting were randomized into four groups according to the ventilation and surgical technique: (1) No ventilation group, with intubation tube detached from the ventilator, (2) low tidal volume group, with continuous low tidal volume ventilation, (3) continuous 10 cm H2O positive airway pressure (CPAP) group, and (4) randomly selected patients undergoing surgery without CPB. Oxygenation index, pulmonary shunt, alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient and PVRI were determined. PVRI was calculated as the transpulmonary pressure gradient divided by cardiac index multiplied by 80. RESULTS: During the first postoperative morning there were no statistical differences in oxygenation index, pulmonary shunt or alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient between the groups, while PVRI remained elevated in patients without CPB as compared with patients with CPB (263 ± 98 vs. 122 ± 84, dyne-s-cm(-5), respectively, p < 0.001). PVRI decreased in all patients with CPB regardless of ventilation technique. In contrast, elevated postoperative PVRI values were predictive for patients without CPB (AUC 0.786; SE 0.043; p < 0.001; 95% CI. 0.701-0.870). CONCLUSIONS: Modified ventilation does not affect PVRI in elective patients with healthy lungs during CPB. Instead, CPB per se may have an important role on diminished PVRI. We suggest that CPB preserves pulmonary arterial endothelial integrity.


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Ponte Cardiopulmonar , Ponte de Artéria Coronária , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/cirurgia , Resistência Vascular , Idoso , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/sangue , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Oxigênio/sangue , Estudos Prospectivos , Curva ROC , Distribuição Aleatória , Respiração Artificial , Resultado do Tratamento
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Scand J Clin Lab Invest ; 74(1): 27-36, 2014 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24266783

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BACKGROUND: Confined ongoing ischemia after ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) may alter myocardial recovery. We evaluated in a rat cardiac transplantation model whether distal persistent myocardial ischemia (dMI) and remote preconditioning (RPreC) have a remote myocardial impact after IRI. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Syngeneic heterotopic cardiac transplantation was performed on 29 Fischer344 rats to induce IRI, including nine rats which underwent distal ligation of the left anterior coronary artery (LAD) to yield distal MI (IRI+ dMI). RPreC was applied by occluding the left renal artery 5 min prior to reperfusion in six rats with IRI (IRI+ RPreC) as well as in seven with distal MI (IRI+ dMI+ RPreC). Microdialysis, histology and qRT-PCR for inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) were performed after graft harvesting. RESULTS: In contrast to IRI + dMI + RPreC (39 ± 7 µmol), glutamate decreased in IRI + RPreC and IRI + dMI as compared with IRI (26 ± 3 and 31 ± 8 vs 91 ± 20, µmol respectively, p < 0.007). The relative number of vacuolated intramyocardial artery nuclei decreased in IRI + dMI as compared with IRI (0.02 ± 0.01, range 0-12 vs. 0.42 ± 0.31, range 0-3.25 PSU respectively, p < 0.04). iNOS expression decreased in IRI + RPreC as compared with IRI (p < 0.04), and eNOS expression decreased in IRI + dMI + RPreC as compared with IRI + dMI (p < 0.006) along with increased glycerol release. CONCLUSIONS: dMI after IRI has a potentially beneficial myocardial impact after cardiac arrest, which is hampered by RPreC.


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Parada Cardíaca/cirurgia , Precondicionamento Isquêmico Miocárdico , Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica/prevenção & controle , Animais , Vasos Coronários/enzimologia , Vasos Coronários/patologia , Expressão Gênica , Ácido Glutâmico/metabolismo , Parada Cardíaca/enzimologia , Transplante de Coração , Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica/enzimologia , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Miocárdio/patologia , Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo II/genética , Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo II/metabolismo , Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo III/genética , Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo III/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos F344
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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg ; 45(2): 329-34, 2014 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23842894

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OBJECTIVES: Improvement in quality of life (QoL) and survival benefit are the primary objectives of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The profile of patients undergoing isolated CABG has altered towards higher age with more preoperative comorbidities. Thus, the importance of QoL over the quantity of life among elderly patients is getting more emphasized. In this study, our main goal was to evaluate the long-term changes in QoL, overall performance status and symptomatic status after the CABG. METHODS: Comprehensive data of 508 patients who underwent isolated CABG in a single institution were prospectively collected. The RAND-36 Health Survey (RAND-36) was used as an indicator of QoL. Karnofsky dependency category was used to evaluate overall performance status, and symptomatic status was assessed using New York Heart Association (NYHA) class. All assessment were made preoperatively and repeated 1 year and 12 years later. The follow-up of the study cohort was complete in 95 and 84% of the alive patients at 1 year and 12 years, respectively. Analysis was based mainly on three age groups: ≤64 years (282 patients), 65-74 years (175 patients) and ≥75 years (51 patients). RESULTS: Thirty-day, 1-year and 10-year survival rates were 98, 97 and 79%, respectively. Twelve years after the surgery significant improvement (P<0.05) was seen in all but one RAND-36 dimensions of the QoL (general health, P=0.76) as well as in functional capacity (P<0.001) and NYHA class. All age groups showed improvements in RAND-36 physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) scores compared with the preoperative values. The youngest subgroup maintained their physical and mental health status best, whereas older subgroups had more pronounced decreases in their PCS and MCS scores. CONCLUSIONS: Despite an ongoing deterioration 12 years after the CABG, there was significant improvement in most dimensions of the QoL and functional capacity in comparison with the preoperative values. The elderly gain less long-term benefit from CABG regarding the QoL and survival.


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Ponte de Artéria Coronária , Qualidade de Vida , Idoso , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Masculino , Saúde Mental , Resultado do Tratamento
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Scand Cardiovasc J Suppl ; 47(1): 58-64, 2013 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22994795

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OBJECTIVES: Resuscitation after cardiac arrest may lead to ischemia-reperfusion injury and infarction. We evaluated whether sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor, has an impact on recovery after cardiac arrest in a rat cardiac transplantation model. DESIGN: Sixty-one Fischer344 rats underwent syngeneic heterotopic cardiac transplantation after ischemia and ligation of the left anterior coronary artery of the heart to yield myocardial infarction (IRI + MI). Of these, 22 rats received subcutaneously injected sildenafil (1 mg/kg/day) (IRI +MI + S). Twenty-three additional grafted animals with transplantation only served as controls with ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI). After 2 days, immunohistochemistry for eNOS, and RT-PCR for iNOS and Aquaporin-7 were performed after graft harvesting and histology. RESULTS: Two days after transplantation, remote intramyocardial arteries were more preserved in IRI + MI + S as compared with IRI +MI and IRI (0.74 ± 0.14, 0.56 ± 0.23 and 0.55 ± 0.22, PSU, p < 0.05, respectively). Decreased eNOS staining confirmed the presence of developing infarction in IRI + MI and IRI + MI + S. The expression of iNOS was significantly lower during IRI + MI +S as compared with IRI + MI (0.02 ± 0.01 and 1.02 ± 0.02, FC, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Administered at the onset of reperfusion and developing infarction, sildenafil has an impact on myocardial recovery after cardiac arrest and ischemia.


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Parada Cardíaca/tratamento farmacológico , Infarto do Miocárdio/complicações , Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica/prevenção & controle , Inibidores da Fosfodiesterase 5/administração & dosagem , Piperazinas/administração & dosagem , Sulfonas/administração & dosagem , Vasodilatadores/administração & dosagem , Animais , Aquaporinas/genética , Vasos Coronários/efeitos dos fármacos , Vasos Coronários/enzimologia , Vasos Coronários/patologia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Esquema de Medicação , Parada Cardíaca/enzimologia , Parada Cardíaca/etiologia , Parada Cardíaca/genética , Parada Cardíaca/patologia , Transplante de Coração , Imuno-Histoquímica , Injeções Subcutâneas , Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica/enzimologia , Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica/etiologia , Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica/genética , Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica/patologia , Miocárdio/enzimologia , Miocárdio/patologia , Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo II/genética , Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo II/metabolismo , Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo III/metabolismo , Purinas/administração & dosagem , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos F344 , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Citrato de Sildenafila , Fatores de Tempo
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg ; 146(6): 1449-55, 2013 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23062412

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OBJECTIVE: Immunoglobulin (Ig) G4-positive aortitis may determine outcome after surgery for ascending aorta. We evaluated IgG4 expression of dilated ascending aortic wall. METHODS: The study consisted of 91 patients who underwent ascending aortic surgery. For histology, hematoxylin-eosin, elastase-van Gieson, and periodic acid-Schiff stainings were performed. The amount of T and B lymphocytes, plasma cells, macrophages, cell proliferation, and IgG4 positivity were determined by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: The aortic wall in 12 patients had IgG4 positivity that was always confined to the adventitia. Adventitial plasma cells were numerous in all but 2 of these patients (P < .0001). Aortitis was revealed in 2 patients (17%) with IgG4-positive staining of the aorta and in 6 patients (8%) with IgG4 negativity. IgG4 staining was significantly associated with total aortic wall inflammation (area under the curve, 0.865; standard error, 0.043; P = .000; 95% confidence interval, 0.779-0.950). The mean diameter of the ascending aorta was 69 ± 4.7 mm and 56 ± 1.1 mm in patients with IgG4 positivity and negativity, respectively (P < .004). Approximately half of the patients with IgG4 positivity had dissection (42%), compared with only 15 of 79 (19%) of the remaining patients (P = not significant). Two patients with IgG4 positivity had to undergo reoperation because of immediate postoperative dissection. Seven patients died, including 4 patients (33%) with IgG4 positivity; the remaining 3 patients (4%) were IgG4 negative (P < .005). CONCLUSIONS: IgG4-positive ascending aortic wall was frequent in our study cohort (13%) and revealed aortic inflammation associated with dilatation.


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Aorta Torácica/imunologia , Aneurisma da Aorta Torácica/imunologia , Dissecção Aórtica/imunologia , Aortite/imunologia , Imunoglobulina G/análise , Túnica Adventícia/imunologia , Idoso , Dissecção Aórtica/diagnóstico , Dissecção Aórtica/cirurgia , Aorta Torácica/diagnóstico por imagem , Aorta Torácica/patologia , Aorta Torácica/cirurgia , Aneurisma da Aorta Torácica/diagnóstico , Aneurisma da Aorta Torácica/cirurgia , Aortite/complicações , Aortite/diagnóstico , Aortite/cirurgia , Aortografia/métodos , Biomarcadores/análise , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Dilatação Patológica , Feminino , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Plasmócitos/imunologia , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Prognóstico , Fatores de Risco , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Circ Cardiovasc Genet ; 6(1): 73-81, 2013 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23247145

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BACKGROUND: Oxidized low-density lipoprotein may be a key factor in the development of atherosclerosis. We performed a genome-wide association study on oxidized low-density lipoprotein and tested the impact of associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on the risk factors of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events. METHODS AND RESULTS: A discovery genome-wide association study was performed on a population of young healthy white individuals (N=2080), and the SNPs associated with a P<5×10(-8) were replicated in 2 independent samples (A: N=2912; B: N=1326). Associations with cardiovascular endpoints were also assessed with 2 additional clinical cohorts (C: N=1118; and D: N=808). We found 328 SNPs associated with oxidized low-density lipoprotein. The genetic variant rs676210 (Pro2739Leu) in apolipoprotein B was the proxy SNP behind all associations (P=4.3×10(-136), effect size=13.2 U/L per allele). This association was replicated in the 2 independent samples (A and B, P=2.5×10(-47) and 1.1×10(-11), effect sizes=10.3 U/L and 7.8 U/L, respectively). In the meta-analyses of cohorts A, C, and D (excluding cohort B without angiographic data), the top SNP did not associate significantly with the age of onset of angiographically verified coronary artery disease (hazard ratio=1.00 [0.94-1.06] per allele), 3-vessel coronary artery disease (hazard ratio=1.03 [0.94-1.13]), or myocardial infarction (hazard ratio=1.04 [0.96-1.12]). CONCLUSIONS: This novel genetic marker is an important factor regulating oxidized low-density lipoprotein levels but not a major genetic factor for the studied cardiovascular endpoints.


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Apolipoproteínas B/genética , Apolipoproteínas B/metabolismo , Doenças Cardiovasculares/genética , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Lipoproteínas LDL/sangue , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Aterosclerose/sangue , Aterosclerose/genética , Doenças Cardiovasculares/sangue , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Variação Genética , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único
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Scand Cardiovasc J ; 46(6): 339-44, 2012 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22845420

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OBJECTIVES: Plasma hyaluronan and syndecan-1 levels represent shedding of the endothelium glycocalyx during ischemia and edema. Diazoxide, a K(ATP)-channel opener, has been shown to decrease myocardial edema during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We evaluated whether diazoxide exerts an impact on plasma hyaluronan and syndecan-1 levels during CABG. DESIGN: Representative blood samples for hyaluronan and syndecan-1, before, during and after surgery, were obtained in 13 out of 16 patients that had a history of stable coronary artery disease undergoing CABG with or without diazoxide. Electron microscopy from biopsies procured from the right atrium in 9 patients was performed to confirm ultrastructural differences among patients before and during CABG. RESULTS: Ultrastructural differences were apparent between individual patients already before operation at base line reflecting differences in the severity of myocardial ischemia and edema. A significant decrease of hyaluronan and syndecan-1 values was observed in patients with diazoxide after surgery (p < 0.04). Significant correlation of plasma hyaluronan and syndecan-1 levels was observed in patients with diazoxide but not in controls (p < 0.005, Spearman rank rho). CONCLUSION: Diazoxide may have an impact on levels of peripheral plasma hyaluronan and syndecan-1 after CABG, suggesting decreased shedding of the endothelial glycocalyx layer.


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Ponte de Artéria Coronária , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/cirurgia , Diazóxido/uso terapêutico , Células Endoteliais/efeitos dos fármacos , Glicocálix/efeitos dos fármacos , Biomarcadores/sangue , Biópsia , Ponte de Artéria Coronária/efeitos adversos , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/sangue , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/patologia , Método Duplo-Cego , Células Endoteliais/metabolismo , Células Endoteliais/ultraestrutura , Finlândia , Glicocálix/metabolismo , Glicocálix/ultraestrutura , Humanos , Ácido Hialurônico/sangue , Microscopia Eletrônica , Projetos Piloto , Estudos Prospectivos , Sindecana-1/sangue , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do Tratamento
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Ann Thorac Surg ; 94(1): 260-4, 2012 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22734988

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PURPOSE: Mechanical stability of the postoperative sternum was assessed using novel analysis based on vibration response. DESCRIPTION: The response to controlled vibration in the 50 Hz to 1,500 Hz range was studied in 22 elective cardiac surgical patients with an accelerometer, recorded, and processed on a personal computer. Each patient had four measurement sessions. The mechanical transfer function of the sternum was estimated, and several descriptive factors were extracted from it to determine how they reflect changes occurring in the bone during the recovery from sternotomy. EVALUATION: Complete datasets were obtained from 14 patients. The most informative variable for the sternal healing was the P(600-1500) index, which reflects transmittance in the wide frequency band between 600 Hz and 1500 Hz. The index dropped after surgery, indicating a decrease in transmission. The postoperative measurements revealed a reverse trend in the same variable, which can be attributed to healing. CONCLUSIONS: Significant changes caused by the sternotomy and subsequent healing processes were observed using vibration measurement.


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Esternotomia , Adulto , Idoso , Fenômenos Biomecânicos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Esterno/fisiologia , Vibração , Cicatrização
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Eur Heart J ; 33(18): 2307-16, 2012 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22450427

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AIMS: High-throughput metabolite quantification holds promise for cardiovascular risk assessment. Here, we evaluated whether metabolite quantification by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) improves prediction of subclinical atherosclerosis in comparison to conventional lipid testing. METHODS AND RESULTS: Circulating lipids, lipoprotein subclasses, and small molecules were assayed by NMR for 1595 individuals aged 24-39 years from the population-based Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, was measured in 2001 and 2007. Baseline conventional risk factors and systemic metabolites were used to predict 6-year incidence of high IMT (≥ 90 th percentile) or plaque. The best prediction of high intima-media thickness was achieved when total and HDL cholesterol were replaced by NMR-determined LDL cholesterol and medium HDL, docosahexaenoic acid, and tyrosine in prediction models with risk factors from the Framingham risk score. The extended prediction model improved risk stratification beyond established risk factors alone; area under the receiver operating characteristic curve 0.764 vs. 0.737, P =0.02, and net reclassification index 17.6%, P =0.0008. Higher docosahexaenoic acid levels were associated with decreased risk for incident high IMT (odds ratio: 0.74; 95% confidence interval: 0.67-0.98; P = 0.007). Tyrosine (1.33; 1.10-1.60; P = 0.003) and glutamine (1.38; 1.13-1.68; P = 0.001) levels were associated with 6-year incident high IMT independent of lipid measures. Furthermore, these amino acids were cross-sectionally associated with carotid IMT and the presence of angiographically ascertained coronary artery disease in independent populations. CONCLUSION: High-throughput metabolite quantification, with new systemic biomarkers, improved risk stratification for subclinical atherosclerosis in comparison to conventional lipids and could potentially be useful for early cardiovascular risk assessment.


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Aterosclerose/diagnóstico , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos/fisiologia , Adulto , Espessura Intima-Media Carotídea , Feminino , Humanos , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Placa Aterosclerótica/diagnóstico , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Curva ROC , Medição de Risco , Adulto Jovem
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Scand Cardiovasc J ; 46(3): 177-82, 2012 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22300108

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OBJECTIVES: Complement activation as evidenced by C4d deposition indicates immunological tissue reactivity. We sought to study the vascular reactivity of the aortic wall by characterizing C4d deposits. DESIGN: Aortic wall histology and immunohistochemistry for C4d, leukocytes, T- and B-lymphocytes, plasma cells, macrophages, endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, cell proliferation, elastase, and Van-Gieson-staining were performed to 91 consecutive patients that underwent surgery for ascending aorta, and the samples were grouped according to presence of C4d deposits. RESULTS: Fifty-three out of 91 patients had C4d deposits mainly within the adventitia (C4d +), whereas 38 patients lacked C4d deposits (C4d-) including decreased staining of intra-aortic vessels (p < 0.005). Intimal thickness and cellularity, together with inflammation consisting of plasma cells were increased in C4d- as compared with C4d + (p < 0.05). Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis showed that C4d was associated with stabile nondissecting ascending aorta (AUC 0.792; SE 0.053; p = 0.000; 95% CI 0.688-0.895), but not with presence of aortitis per se (AUC 0.523; SE 0.069; p = 0.752; 95 % CI 0.388-0.658). CONCLUSIONS: Lack of C4d may indicate active remodeling of the aortic wall leading to aortic dissection (AD). Immunologic complement factors may be amenable to diagnosis of instability after aortic surgery.


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Aorta/imunologia , Aneurisma Aórtico/imunologia , Dissecção Aórtica/imunologia , Aortite/imunologia , Complemento C4b/análise , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/análise , Idoso , Dissecção Aórtica/patologia , Dissecção Aórtica/cirurgia , Aorta/patologia , Aorta/cirurgia , Aneurisma Aórtico/patologia , Aneurisma Aórtico/cirurgia , Aortite/patologia , Aortite/cirurgia , Feminino , Finlândia , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Curva ROC
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Atherosclerosis ; 219(1): 211-7, 2011 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21820659

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OBJECTIVE: MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that inversely regulate their target gene expression. The whole miRNA profile of human atherosclerotic plaques has not been studied previously. The aim of this study was to investigate the miRNA expression profile in human atherosclerotic plaques as compared to non-atherosclerotic left internal thoracic arteries (LITA), and to connect this expression to the processes in atherosclerosis. METHODS: The miRNA expression profiles of six LITAs and 12 atherosclerotic plaques obtained from aortic, carotid, and femoral atherosclerotic arteries from Tampere Vascular Study were analyzed. The analyses were performed with Agilent's miRNA Microarray. The expression levels of over 4-fold up-regulated miRNAs were verified with qRT-PCR from a larger population (n=50). Messenger RNA levels were analyzed with Illumina's Expression BeadChip to study miRNA target expression. RESULTS: Ten miRNAs were found to be differently expressed in atherosclerotic plaques when compared to controls (p<0.05). The expression of miR-21, -34a, -146a, -146b-5p, and -210 was verified and found to be significantly up-regulated in atherosclerotic arteries versus LITAs (p<0.001, fold changes 4.61, 2.55, 2.87, 2.82, and 3.92, respectively). Several predicted targets of these miRNAs were down-regulated, and gene set enrichment analysis showed several pathways which could be differently expressed due to this miRNA profile. CONCLUSIONS: The microRNA expression profile differs significantly between atherosclerotic plaques and control arteries. The most up-regulated miRNAs are involved in processes known to be connected to atherosclerosis. Interfering with the miRNA expression in the artery wall is a potential way to affect atherosclerotic plaque and cardiovascular disease development.


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MicroRNAs/genética , Placa Aterosclerótica/genética , Idoso , Regulação para Baixo , Feminino , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Masculino , Artéria Torácica Interna/química , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Regulação para Cima
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Scand J Clin Lab Invest ; 71(7): 553-62, 2011 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21728900

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BACKGROUND: A disintegrin and metalloproteinase-8 (ADAM8) is a potential surrogate of inflammation which has recently been associated with myocardial infarction. We evaluated in a rat cardiac transplantation model whether ischemia-reperfusion injury alone (IRI) or with early regional myocardial infarction (MI) would suffice to induce inflammatory myocardial remodeling and ADAM8 expression. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Isogenic heterotopic cardiac transplantation after cardiac arrest was performed to 48 Fischer 344 rats to induce ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), of which 27 rats also underwent ligation of the left anterior coronary artery (LAD) of the heart to yield MI. Histology was performed at 0.5, 24 and 48 h after transplantation. ADAM8 was evaluated by qRT-PCR after graft harvesting. RESULTS: After 0.5 and 48 h respectively, edematous intramyocardial artery nuclei and periadventitial inflammation were more prominent in MI after transplantation, as compared with IRI alone and Controls (57.0 vs 40.0 and 5.0; 1.9 vs 1.1 and 0.9, point score units, p < 0.05, respectively). The expression of ADAM-8 was increased in MI as compared with Controls (1.9 vs 1.0, 1.9 fold increase) at 48 h. In grafts with MI, ADAM8 was localized using immunohistochemistry to the vicinity of the area corresponding to the developing infarction as well as in intramyocardial arteries remote to the infarction area. CONCLUSIONS: Remote histopathological changes of ischemic cardiac grafts are associated with increased expression of ADAM8 thus emphasizing a global myocardial impact of MI.


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Proteínas ADAM/metabolismo , Vasos Coronários/metabolismo , Parada Cardíaca/metabolismo , Transplante de Coração , Infarto do Miocárdio/metabolismo , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Traumatismo por Reperfusão/metabolismo , Remodelação Ventricular , Proteínas ADAM/genética , Animais , Vasos Coronários/patologia , Expressão Gênica , Parada Cardíaca/patologia , Imuno-Histoquímica , Infarto do Miocárdio/patologia , Miocárdio/patologia , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos F344 , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Traumatismo por Reperfusão/patologia , Transplante Heterotópico , Função Ventricular Esquerda
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Scand J Clin Lab Invest ; 71(6): 515-22, 2011 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21728902

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BACKGROUND. Dilatation of the ascending aorta (AA) is affected by extra-cellular matrix modifications and inflammation. A disintegrin and metalloproteases (ADAMs) may reveal differences between AA and ascending aortic dissection (AD). We characterized the inflammatory histology of AD and AA and examined the role of ADAM8 and -15 in these diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS. Aortic wall histology and immunohistochemistry for leukocytes, T- and B-lymphocytes, plasma cells, macrophages, endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, cell proliferation, elastase and Van-Gieson-staining were performed to 40 consecutive patients that underwent surgery for AA or AD. The expressions of ADAM8 and -15 mRNA and proteins were evaluated using QRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS. Thirty-four patients were enrolled, of which 29 had AA and five had AD of the ascending aorta. B-cells throughout the aortic wall and intimal plasma cells were more numerous during AD as compared with AA (p < 0.05). The gene expressions for ADAM8 and -15 were notably lower in AA as compared with AD. The median for down-regulation of ADAM8 and -15 in AA was -2.7 and -1.8, respectively. ADAM8 and -15 were mainly found in the media layer in patients with AD. Two of the patients with AA and increased ADAMs developed AD of the remaining aorta. CONCLUSIONS. The involvement of ADAM8 and -15 together with inflammation consisting of B-cells may indicate active remodelling of the aortic wall leading to AD.


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Proteínas ADAM/metabolismo , Aorta/enzimologia , Aneurisma Aórtico/enzimologia , Dissecção Aórtica/enzimologia , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas ADAM/genética , Idoso , Dissecção Aórtica/patologia , Dissecção Aórtica/cirurgia , Aorta/patologia , Aorta/cirurgia , Aneurisma Aórtico/patologia , Aneurisma Aórtico/cirurgia , Linfócitos B/patologia , Regulação para Baixo , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase em Tempo Real , Transcrição Gênica
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