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ArticleCoronary artery disease2019

Association between circulating big endothelin-1 and noncalcified or mixed coronary atherosclerotic plaques.

Fang Wang, Tiewei Li, Xiangfeng Cong, Zhihui Hou, Bin Lu, Zhou Zhou, Xi Chen

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Article in Coronary artery disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Fang WangState Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital.
Tiewei LiState Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital.
Xiangfeng CongState Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital.
Zhihui HouState Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Radiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Bin LuState Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Radiology, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Zhou ZhouState Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital.
Xi ChenState Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Center of Laboratory Medicine, Fuwai Hospital.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNState Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular DiseaseFu Wai Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNoncalcified plaques (NCPs) and mixed plaques (MPs) are considered as the high-risk coronary plaques. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a vasoactive peptide and shows a high expression in vulnerable plaque. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the bigET-1, the precursor of ET-1, and NCPs/MPs in a Chinese population. METHODS AND

resultsA total of 513 patients with chest pain and suspected coronary artery disease were collected and divided into three groups with no plaques, calcified plaques, or NCPs/MPs according to the characteristics of all the plaques. It demonstrated that NCPs/MPs were associated with elevated bigET-1 (P < 0.001). Moreover, the proportion of NCPs/MPs was significantly increased from 43.3% in bigET-1 tertile 1 to 61.0% in tertile 3 group (P = 0.001). Multiple logistic regression analysis further showed that bigET-1 was an independent predictor for the presence of NCPs/MPs (odds ratio = 1.858; 95% confidence interval: 1.017-3.394; P = 0.044).

conclusionThe bigET-1 could be an independent predictor for the presence of NCPs/MPs.

Indexed as

Plaque, AtheroscleroticAdultAgedBiomarkersCoronary Artery DiseaseCross-Sectional StudiesEndothelin-1FemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsVascular CalcificationBiomarkersEndothelin-1

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PMID30994493
PMCPMC6693979
OpenAlexW2939687652

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