Background and objectives: Vitamin K-dependent matrix Gla protein (MGP) acts as a calcification
inhibitor in vitro and in vivo. The present study was performed to (1) determine plasma …

Background Increased arterial stiffness and vascular calcification have been recognized as
important predictors of cardiovascular mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease. …

Background— Computed tomography aortic valve calcium scoring (CT-AVC) holds promise
for the assessment of patients with aortic stenosis (AS). We sought to establish the clinical …

The objective of this review is to provide an overview of the role of cardiac magnetic
resonance (CMR) in aortic stenosis (AS). Although CMR is undeniably the gold standard for …

Background Although a variety of non-invasive methods for measuring cardiovascular (CV)
risk (such as carotid intima media thickness, pulse wave velocity (PWV), coronary artery and …

Introduction Human circulating monocytes express the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) and
are involved in atherosclerosis. This study investigated the potential association between …

The structure of a one-dimensional premixed benzene–oxygen–argon flame burning at
50mbar with a fuel equivalence ratio (ϕ) of 2.0 has been determined experimentally. Mole …

OBJECTIVES: Tenascin-C (TN-C) is an adhesion-modulating extracellular matrix glycoprotein
which is overexpressed in various organs under disease conditions (infection and …

Introduction: The natural history of acute myocarditis (AM) remains partially unknown and
predictors of outcome are debated. We sought to assess the impact of various cardiac …

Computed tomographic coronary angiography (CTCA) has been proposed as a noninvasive
test for significant coronary artery disease (CAD), but only limited data are available from …