Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and prognosis in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

T Sang, N Lv, A Dang, N Cheng, W Zhang - Hypertension Research, 2021 - nature.com
Arterial stiffness has been suggested as an independent cardiovascular risk factor. This
systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to quantify the association between brachial-ankle …

Pulmonary artery involvement in patients with Takayasu arteritis

Y He, N Lv, A Dang, N Cheng - The Journal of rheumatology, 2020 - jrheum.org
Objective. This study was performed to explore the clinical manifestations and longterm
prognosis in patients with Takayasu arteritis (TA) with pulmonary artery involvement (PAI). …

Long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention for Takayasu arteritis patients with coronary artery involvement

X Wang, A Dang, N Lv, N Cheng, X Cheng… - Seminars in Arthritis and …, 2017 - Elsevier
… -eluting stents were implanted in all patients of PCI group, but after a median of 19 months
follow-up, 52.0% patients suffered MACE, in accordance with the study from Wang and Dang […

Takayasu arteritis-associated pulmonary hypertension

X Wang, A Dang, B Chen, N Lv, Q Liu - The Journal of rheumatology, 2015 - jrheum.org
Objective. To investigate the probable pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, and therapy
of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) in Takayasu arteritis (TA). Methods. A total of …

Myocardial extracellular volume fraction quantified by cardiovascular magnetic resonance is increased in hypertension and associated with left ventricular remodeling

…, T Lan, L Dai, Y Zhang, X Yin, L Song, A Dang… - European …, 2017 - Springer
Objectives To determine whether extracellular volume fraction (ECV) quantification by
cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) can demonstrate left ventricle (LV) abnormalities and …

The role of the renin-angiotensin and cardiac sympathetic nervous systems in the development of hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy in spontaneously …

A Dang, D Zheng, B Wang, Y Zhang, P Zhang… - Hypertension …, 1999 - jstage.jst.go.jp
To elucidate the relationship between the development of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)
in hypertension and the development of both the cardiac sympathetic nervous and renin-…

[HTML][HTML] Prognosis implication of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in adult patients with acute myocarditis

…, N Lyu, W Zhang, H Tan, Q Jin, A Dang - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: This study aims to investigate the role of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic
peptide (NT-proBNP) in predicting the poor prognosis of adult patients with acute myocarditis. …

Malnutrition status in patients of very advanced age with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and its impact on clinical outcomes

N Cheng, A Dang, N Lv, Y He, X Wang - Nutrition, Metabolism and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background and aims Malnutrition is associated with adverse outcomes in patients with
chronic disease. We screened malnutrition among patients of very advanced age with …

Association between Lipoprotein‐Associated Phospholipase A2 Gene Polymorphism and Coronary Artery Disease in the Chinese Han Population

…, Y Cheng, Y Wei, J Ye, X Yan, A Dang - Annals of Human …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The role of the lipoprotein‐associated phospholipase A 2 gene (PLA2G7) in atherosclerosis
remains controversial. We investigated the frequency of single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (…

Lipoprotein (a) is associated with poor long-term prognosis in patients aged 80 years and older with acute coronary syndrome

T Sang, N Cheng, A Dang, N Lv, W Zhang, Y Li… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Lipoprotein(a) has been suggested as an independent risk factor for
cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). OBJECTIVE This study aimed …