[Palliative percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty and stenting in elderly patients for serious coronary heart disease with renal arterial stenosis].

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of palliative percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA) and stenting in patients with serious coronary heart disease and renal arterial stenosis.

Methods: Thirty-four (23 male and 11 female) patients with a mean age of 61.0+/-11.

[Association between angiotensin converting enzyme I/D polymorphism and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in type 2 diabetic patients with atherosclerosis treated with ramipril].

Objective: To explore the relationship between angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) (I/D) gene polymorphism and the level of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in type 2 diabetic patients with atherosclerosis treated with ramipril.

Methods: A total of 118 in type 2 diabetic patients with atherosclerosis aged 35 years or older without clinical proteinuria, heart failure, or low ejection fraction (<40%), who were not taking ACE inhibitors or (ARB), were randomized into two groups to receive treatment with ramipril (ACEI group, beginning with 2.5 mg/d till reaching 5 mg/d) or placebo for 3 months.