Smoking and Aortic Diseases

Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) Final Report

2002 • 12,876 citations

Detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)

2002 • 12,292 citations

How Matrix Metalloproteinases Regulate Cell Behavior

2001 • 3,860 citations

Prostaglandins and Leukotrienes: Advances in Eicosanoid Biology

2001 • 3,629 citations

MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol-lowering with simvastatin in 5963 people with diabetes: a randomised placebo-controlled trial

2003 • 2,931 citations

Leukotrienes: Mediators of Immediate Hypersensitivity Reactions and Inflammation

1983 • 2,839 citations

Cigarette smoking is associated with dose-related and potentially reversible impairment of endothelium-dependent dilation in healthy young adults.

1993 • 1,542 citations

DISSECTING ANEURYSM OF THE AORTA

1958 • 1,498 citations

Kawasaki Disease

1995 • 1,225 citations

Risk factors for aortic dissection: A necropsy study of 161 cases

1984 • 894 citations

Matrix Metalloproteinases and Cardiovascular Disease

1995 • 873 citations

Prevalence and Associations of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Detected through Screening

1997 • 863 citations

Cigarette smoking and serum lipid and lipoprotein concentrations: an analysis of published data.

1989 • 862 citations

Takayasu arteritis: a review

2002 • 723 citations

The Aneurysm Detection and Management Study Screening Program

2000 • 678 citations

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Expansion

2004 • 658 citations

Expression of the elastolytic cathepsins S and K in human atheroma and regulation of their production in smooth muscle cells.

1998 • 646 citations

Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in a Population-based Study : The Tromso Study

2001 • 606 citations

Antioxidant Vitamin C Improves Endothelial Dysfunction in Chronic Smokers

1996 • 563 citations

Lifetime Smoking Exposure Affects the Association of C-Reactive Protein with Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Subclinical Disease in Healthy Elderly Subjects

1997 • 541 citations

Aortic dissection: Anatomy, consequences, and causes

1981 • 513 citations

Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), MMP-2, and Serum Elastase Activity Are Associated With Systolic Hypertension and Arterial Stiffness

2004 • 479 citations

Cystatin C deficiency in human atherosclerosis and aortic aneurysms

1999 • 444 citations

Effect of Smoking on Arterial Stiffness and Pulse Pressure Amplification

2003 • 419 citations

Cigarette smoking and cardiovascular disease: pathophysiology and implications for treatment

2003 • 413 citations

The effect of statins versus untreated dyslipidaemia on renal function in patients with coronary heart disease. A subgroup analysis of the Greek atorvastatin and coronary heart disease evaluation (GREACE) study

2004 • 364 citations

Macrophage Metalloelastase Mediates Acute Cigarette Smoke–induced Inflammation via Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Release

2003 • 363 citations

The 5-lipoxygenase pathway promotes pathogenesis of hyperlipidemia-dependent aortic aneurysm

2004 • 347 citations

DISSECTING ANEURYSM OF THE AORTA

1937 • 334 citations

Evolution of proteins of the cystatin superfamily

1990 • 297 citations

Elevated Circulating Levels of Inflammatory Cytokines in Patients With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

1997 • 286 citations

Risk factors for asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm: Systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based screening studies

2004 • 283 citations

Risk Factors for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Results of a Case-Control Study

2000 • 260 citations

The Pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

2005 • 256 citations

Growth Rate of Aortic Diameter in Patients With Type B Aortic Dissection During the Chronic Phase

2004 • 254 citations

Impaired Coronary Tissue Plasminogen Activator Release Is Associated With Coronary Atherosclerosis and Cigarette Smoking

2001 • 249 citations

Aortic dissecting aneurysms: causative factors in 204 subjects.

1982 • 248 citations

Abdominal aortic aneurysms: The changing natural history

1984 • 232 citations

Size Matters

1997 • 222 citations

The association between cigarette smoking and abdominal aortic aneurysms

1999 • 220 citations

Smokers’ relative risk for aortic aneurysm compared with other smoking-related diseases: a systematic review

2003 • 218 citations

Effect of statins versus untreated dyslipidemia on serum uric acid levels in patients with coronary heart disease: a subgroup analysis of the greek atorvastatin and coronary-heart-disease evaluation (GREACE) study

2004 • 212 citations

Serum C-Reactive Protein Level Is Associated With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Size and May Be Produced by Aneurysmal Tissue

2003 • 200 citations

Risk factors associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm: A population-based study with historical and current data

2005 • 186 citations

Smoking and growth rate of small abdominal aortic aneurysms

1994 • 183 citations

Mortality and Size of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm at Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Not Treated Surgically and Treated With and Without Statins

2005 • 170 citations

Environmental tobacco smoke and ischemic heart disease

2003 • 165 citations

Vitamin C blocks inflammatory platelet-activating factor mimetics created by cigarette smoking.

1997 • 161 citations

Nicotine is Chemotactic for Neutrophils and Enhances Neutrophil Responsiveness to Chemotactic Peptides

1984 • 157 citations

Effects of cigarette smoking and its cessation on lipid metabolism and energy expenditure in heavy smokers.

1994 • 153 citations

Evidence for a Matrix Metalloproteinase Induction/Activation System in Arterial Vasculature and Decreased Synthesis and Activity in Diabetes

2002 • 145 citations

Oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of thoracic aortic aneurysm Protective role of statin and angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker

2003 • 145 citations

Risk factors and prevalence of perioperative cognitive dysfunction in abdominal aneurysm patients

2005 • 142 citations

Unfavorable Effects of Passive Smoking on Aortic Function in Men

1998 • 139 citations

Smoking and caffeine have a synergistic detrimental effect on aortic stiffness and wave reflections

2004 • 135 citations

Smoking, atherosclerosis and risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm

1997 • 133 citations

Influence of Smoking on Predictors of Vascular Disease

2003 • 130 citations

Constitutive secretion of cystatin C (gamma-trace) by monocytes and macrophages and its downregulation after stimulation.

1987 • 126 citations

Smoking, but not Lipids, Lipoprotein (a) and Antibodies Against Oxidised LDL, is Correlated to the Expansion of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

2001 • 118 citations

Blood Elastolytic Activity in Patients with Aortic Aneurysm

1982 • 118 citations

Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms: A case-control study

1996 • 114 citations

Plasma Concentrations of Interleukin-6 and Abdominal Aortic Diameter Among Subjects Without Aortic Dilatation

1999 • 108 citations

Only two-week smoking cessation improves platelet aggregability and intraplatelet redox imbalance of long-term smokers

2005 • 106 citations

THE EFFECTS OF CHRONIC SMOKING ON THE FIBRINOLYTIC POTENTIAL OF PLASMA AND PLATELETS

1997 • 102 citations

Matrix-Degrading and Pro-Inflammatory Changes in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells Exposed to Cigarette Smoke Condensate

2003 • 101 citations

Nicotine Promoted Colon Cancer Growth via Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, c-Src, and 5-Lipoxygenase-Mediated Signal Pathway

2003 • 96 citations

Augmented oxidative stress of platelets in chronic smokers

2001 • 96 citations

The effects of second-hand smoke on biological processes important in atherogenesis

2007 • 95 citations

Smoking, Metalloproteinases, and Vascular Disease

2005 • 92 citations

Adult Kawasaki Disease: Report of Two Cases and Literature Review

2005 • 91 citations

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Aortic Occlusive Disease: a Comparison of Risk Factors and Inflammatory Response

2000 • 90 citations

Acetylcholine-induced coronary vasoconstriction in young, heavy smokers with normal coronary arteriographic findings

1993 • 89 citations

Statins and Renal Function

2002 • 88 citations

Glomerular filtration rate is a predictor of mortality after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

2006 • 87 citations

Identification of Cystatin C, a Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitor, as a Major Secretory Product of Human Alveolar MacrophagesIn Vitro

1990 • 81 citations

Factors Associated with Development of Large Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Middle-aged Men

2005 • 81 citations

The Relationship Between Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Distensibility and Serum Markers of Elastin and Collagen Metabolism

2001 • 80 citations

The Effect of Short-Term Treatment with Simvastatin on Renal Function in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease

2004 • 75 citations

Smoking and plasma fibrinogen, lipoprotein (a) and serotinin are markers for postoperative infrainguinal graft stenosis

1996 • 72 citations

Plasma levels of plasmin-antiplasmin-complexes are predictive for small abdominal aortic aneurysms expanding to operation-recommendable sizes

2001 • 70 citations

Prospective study on the effect of smoking and nicotine substitution on leucocyte blood counts and relation between blood leucocytes and lung function

1998 • 69 citations

Acute phase reactants in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm

2002 • 69 citations

Fetal and Neonatal Nicotine Exposure Differentially Regulates Vascular Contractility in Adult Male and Female Offspring

2006 • 68 citations

Relationships between activators and inhibitors of plasminogen, and the progression of small abdominal aortic aneurysms

2003 • 68 citations

Smoking and Behçet’s Disease

2000 • 67 citations

Contributory role of 5-lipoxygenase and its association with angiogenesis in the promotion of inflammation-associated colonic tumorigenesis by cigarette smoking

2004 • 67 citations

The Modulating Role of Nuclear Factor-κB in the Action of α7-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor and Cross-Talk between 5-Lipoxygenase and Cyclooxygenase-2 in Colon Cancer Growth Induced by 4-(N-Methyl-N-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone

2004 • 67 citations

Reduced lung function in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm is associated with activation of inflammation and hemostasis, not smoking or cardiovascular disease

2006 • 62 citations

Smoking, Other Risk Factors and Fibrinogen Levels Evidence of Effect Modification

2001 • 62 citations

Frequency of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients >60 Years of Age With Coronary Artery Disease

2005 • 60 citations

Effects of valsartan and perindopril combination therapy on left ventricular hypertrophy and aortic arterial stiffness in patients with essential hypertension

2005 • 59 citations

Kawasaki disease

2005 • 58 citations

Endogenous nitric oxide activation protects against cigarette smoking induced apoptosis in endothelial cells

2005 • 57 citations

Raised Plasma Fibrinogen Concentration in Patients With Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

2006 • 55 citations

Aortic Augmentation Index Is Inversely Associated With Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Men Without Known Coronary Heart Disease

2006 • 55 citations

Accelerated enlargement of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms in a mouse model of chronic cigarette smoke exposure

2004 • 53 citations

Smoking Diminishes the Beneficial Effect of Statins: Observations from the Landmark Trials

2001 • 53 citations

Transforming growth factor β1 induction of Tissue Inhibitor of MetalloProteinases 3 in articular chondrocytes is mediated by reactive oxygen species

2004 • 52 citations

Risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysms in smokers

1996 • 52 citations

Cigarette suppresses the expression of P4Hα and vascular collagen production

2004 • 51 citations

Differential Activation of MAP Kinase Signaling Pathways and Nuclear Factor-κB in Bronchoalveolar Cells of Smokers and Nonsmokers

2001 • 50 citations

Effects of Statins on Renal Function After Aortic Cross Clamping During Major Vascular Surgery

2006 • 50 citations

POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS

2001 • 48 citations

Smoking, Diabetes and Hyperlipidaemia

1998 • 47 citations

Genetic approach to the role of cysteine proteases in the expansion of abdominal aortic aneurysms

2004 • 46 citations

Microembolus Detection in Patients With Takayasu’s Arteritis

2002 • 46 citations

Effects of nicotine on phenotypic modulation and initiation of DNA synthesis in cultured arterial smooth muscle cells

1986 • 43 citations

Dissection of the aorta: Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment

1980 • 42 citations

Systemic Levels of Cotinine and Elastase, but not Pulmonary Function, are Associated with the Progression of Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

2003 • 42 citations

Smoking, Lung Function and the Prognosis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

2000 • 42 citations

Differential effects of AT1 receptor and Ca2+ channel blockade on atherosclerosis, inflammatory gene expression, and production of reactive oxygen species

2007 • 41 citations

Risk Modification in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Retrospective Survey

2005 • 41 citations

The acute and chronic effect of cigarette smoking on the elastic properties of the ascending aorta in healthy male subjects.

2006 • 38 citations

Haemostatic factors, atherosclerosis and risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm

1996 • 37 citations

Impact of renal dysfunction on operative mortality following endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery

2006 • 36 citations

Incidence of Fatal or Repaired Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Relation to Inflammation-Sensitive Plasma Proteins

2003 • 35 citations

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition improves venous endothelial dysfunction in chronic smokers

1999 • 34 citations

A case–control study found that low albumin and smoking were associated with aortic dissection

2004 • 33 citations

Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger’s Disease): Searching for a Therapeutic Strategy

2007 • 31 citations

Cigarette smoke extracts, but not nicotine, inhibit prostacyclin (PGI2) synthesis in human, rabbit and rat vascular tissue

1985 • 30 citations

ILEAD‐ischemia of the lower extremities due to aortic dissection: The isolated presentation

1999 • 28 citations

The effect of nicotine on cultured cells of vascular origin

1985 • 24 citations

Abdominal aortic aneurysms: The changing natural history

1984 • 23 citations

Assessing the Impact of Renal Impairment on Outcome after Arterial Intervention: A Prospective Review of 1559 Patients

2006 • 22 citations

Impact of Smoking on Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery Outcome

2004 • 20 citations

Tobacco smoke induces a persistent, but recoverable state in Chlamydia pneumoniae infection of human endothelial cells

2005 • 20 citations

Short-Term Predictors and Long-Term Outcome after Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

2003 • 19 citations

Angiotensin Receptor Blockade Improves Vascular Compliance in Healthy Normotensive Elderly Individuals: Results From a Randomized Double‐Blind Placebo‐Controlled Trial

2006 • 19 citations

Effect of Combined Treatment With an Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonist and an HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor on Atherosclerosis in Genetically Hyperlipidemic Rabbits

2005 • 19 citations

Smoking promotes pathogenesis of aortic aneurysm through the 5-lipoxygenase pathway

2005 • 17 citations

Losartan reduces monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in aortic tissues of 2K1C hypertensive rats

2005 • 17 citations

Association of Aneurysmal and Occlusive Lesions in Behçst's Disease

2005 • 16 citations

Renal Function in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

2006 • 15 citations

Takayasu arteritis, Buerger disease and inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms: is there a common pathway in their pathogenesis?

1998 • 14 citations

Reduced protease inhibitory capacity in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms is reversed with surgical repair

2002 • 10 citations

Radionuclide imaging of aortic involvement in Buerger's disease: case report.

1977 • 9 citations

Chronic effects of maternal smoking on pulse waves in the fetal aorta

2006 • 9 citations