Is it possible to predict atherosclerosis in the ascending aorta by the patient's lipid panel?

Introduction: Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory event characterized by stiffness and thickening of the vascular walls. In our daily practice, we assume the atherosclerotic potential of the patient by following the total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and triglyceride levels (lipid panel). We aimed to understand the relation between the HDL, LDL, cholesterol levels and the atherosclerosis in large vascular structures such as the ascending aorta.

N1-Hetaryl substituted pyridine- and pyrazinecarboxamidrazones with antimycobacterial activity.

A series of amidrazones was prepared and characterized by 1H NMR and mass spectroscopy. The substances were tested against M. tuberculosis, M.

[Lipoxygenase inhibitors. 3. Synthesis of tetrahydrobenzazepinone phenylhydrazones].

Tetrahydro-2H-benz[b]azepin-2-ones as starting substances are synthesized by Beckmann rearrangement of Schmidt reaction. The tetrahydrobenzazepinones are transformed into the thiones, thiolactim ethers and phenylhydrazones. The compounds are tested as inhibitors of soja lipoxygenase.

[Synthesis of lipoxygenase inhibitors. 1. Synthesis of open-ring amidrazones].

The synthesis of some amidrazones as bioisosteric diazaallyl radicals is described starting from the reaction mechanism of the lipoxygenases which postulates the existence of a radical after hydrogen abstraction from the arachidonic acid, N1,N3-diaryl-, N1-aryl-N3-alkyl-benzamidrazones and N1-arylacetamidrazones are strong inhibitors of the soja lipoxygenase.