Predictive value of telomere length on outcome following acute myocardial infarction: evidence for contrasting effects of vascular vs. blood oxidative stress
Margaritis M, Sanna F, Lazaros G, Akoumianakis I, Patel S, Antonopoulos AS, Duke C, Herdman L, Psarros C, Oikonomou EK, Shirodaria C, Petrou M, Sayeed R, Krasopoulos G, Lee R, Tousoulis D, Channon KM, Antoniades C. Predictive value of telomere length on outcome following acute myocardial infarction: evidence for contrasting effects of vascular vs. blood oxidative stress. European Heart Journal 2017, 38: 3094-3104. PMID: 28444175, PMCID: PMC5837455, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx177.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsAcute myocardial infarctionVascular smooth muscle cellsVascular oxidative stressSaphenous veinMyocardial infarctionOxidative stressPredictive valueRecent acute myocardial infarctionCoronary artery bypassBlood mononuclear cellsClinical predictive valueBlood oxidative stressSmooth muscle cellsFunctional genetic polymorphismsEffects of vascularTissue-specific biomarkersArtery bypassProspective cohortConsecutive patientsClinical outcomesVascular factorsPost-AMIMononuclear cellsArtery segmentsA prospective study of external stenting of saphenous vein grafts to the right coronary artery: the VEST II study
Taggart DP, Amin S, Djordjevic J, Oikonomou EK, Thomas S, Kampoli AM, Sabharwal N, Antoniades C, Krasopoulos G. A prospective study of external stenting of saphenous vein grafts to the right coronary artery: the VEST II study. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2017, 51: 952-958. PMID: 28379404, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw438.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight coronary arteryComputed tomography angiographyCoronary arteryExternal stentRight internal mammary artery graftInternal mammary artery graftLeft internal mammary arteryGraft 1 yearMammary artery graftsRight coronary territoryCoronary artery bypassEnd of surgeryInternal mammary arterySaphenous vein graftsSide branchesLeft territoryRight territorySVG patencyArtery bypassArtery graftExternal stentingMammary arteryPrimary endpointGraft failureII study