Alcohol consumption may not affect the diameter of the coronary arteries in men with chest pain.

Objective: The effect of alcohol consumption on the risk of coronary heart disease is controversial. Several studies have assessed the effects of alcohol on the formation of atherosclerotic plaques, but few studies have evaluated the chronic effects of alcohol consumption on the coronary artery diameter. We investigated whether alcohol consumption affects the coronary artery diameter.

[Effects of hot shock protein 70 inhibitor PFTµ on inflammatory response in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW264.7 cells and mice underwent myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury].

Objective: To observe the effects of hot shock protein 70 (HSP70) inhibitor (PFTµ) on inflammation response in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW264.7 cells and mice underwent myocardial ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury.

Methods: RAW264.

[The protective role of transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 in post-myocardial infarction inflammation process.].

Objective: To investigate the protective role of transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1) in inflammatory process after myocardial infarction.

Methods: The survival rate, infarct size, the levels of plasma cardiac troponin I, infiltration of inflammatory cells, the levels of cytokines and chemokines, and cardiac function were monitored 3 and 7 days post-myocardial infarction in TRPV1 gene knockout (TRPV1(-/-)) and wild type (WT) mice.

Results: The survival rate was significantly lower in TRPV1(-/-) mice than that in WT mice (62.

Combination of C-reactive protein and cardiac troponin I for predicting adverse cardiac events after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation.

Aims: We assessed the predictive value of a combination of C-reactive protein (CRP) and cardiac troponin I (cTnI) in a 2-year prospective study in patients undergoing sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) implantation.

Methods And Results: CRP and cTnI levels were examined 1 day before and after SES implantation in 322 patients. CRP level greater than 3.

[Elevated serum high sensitivity C-reactive protein and endothelial dysfunction in silent myocardial ischemia].

Objective: To explore the association between silent myocardial ischemia (SMI) and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and endothelial dysfunction.

Methods: 148 asymptomatic patients (103 men and 45 women) with known CAD were recruited. According to the results of ambulatory electrocardiography recording (AECG), patients were divided into two groups: SMI group and non-SMI group.