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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-26
pubmed:abstractText
Development of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) may be a product of generalised atherosclerosis. If that is indeed the case, we would expect similarities in various risk factors and other markers in common with occlusive peripheral arterial disease (peripheral arterial disease), and less congruity with healthy controls. To test this hypothesis, we recorded the major risk factors for atherosclerosis, two markers of endothelial dysfunction, and soluble adhesion molecules in 21 patients with an uncomplicated AAA free of symptomatic peripheral arterial disease, 42 patients with peripheral arterial disease, and 42 healthy controls who were matched, as a group, for age and sex. After adjusting for smoking, there were no significant differences in blood pressure, fibrinogen, soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1, soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 or lipoproteins between the groups. However, markers of endothelial integrity von Willebrand factor and soluble thrombomodulin were both higher (P < 0.05) only in peripheral arterial disease patients. Relative to the controls, platelet marker soluble P-selectin was increased in AAA (P < 0.01) and in the peripheral arterial disease patients (P < 0.05). Levels were higher in AAA patients than in peripheral arterial disease patients (P < 0.05). Our laboratory data suggest that the pathophysiology AAA and peripheral arterial disease are not identical.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0957-5235
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
479-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Arteriosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Fibrinogen, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Lipoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-P-Selectin, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Solubility, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Thrombomodulin, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1, pubmed-meshheading:9818997-von Willebrand Factor
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Soluble adhesion molecules, endothelial markers and atherosclerosis risk factors in abdominal aortic aneurysm: a comparison with claudicants and healthy controls.
pubmed:affiliation
University Department of Medicine, The City Hospital, Birmingham, UK. BLANNA@novell5.bham.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article