Fernando Marengo

Dr. Fernando Marengo


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Academic Career Length

30Years (1997-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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14 July 1998 in Circulation
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RCRoxana Campisi
Roxana Campisi
JCJohannes Czernin
Johannes Czernin
HSHeiko Schöder
Heiko Schöder
JSJames W. Sayre
James W. Sayre
FMFernando Marengo
Fernando Marengo
HSHeinrich R. Schelbert
Heinrich R. Schelbert
Background —The effect of long-term smoking on coronary vasomotion and vasodilator capacity in healthy smokers is unknown. Methods and Results —Myocardial blood flow (MBF) was quantified with [ 13 N]ammonia and positron emission tomography (PET) at rest, during cold pressor testing (endothelium-dependent vasomotion), and during dipyridamole-induced hyperemia in 16 long-term smokers and 17 nonsmokers. MBF at rest did not differ between the 2 groups. Cold induced similar increases in rate-pressure product (RPP) in smokers and nonsmokers. However, MBF increased only in nonsmokers and was, during cold, higher than in smokers (0.91±0.18 versus 0.78±0.14 mL · g −1 · min −1 , P <0.05). MBF normalized to the RPP (derived from the ratio of MBF ([milliliters per gram per minute] to RPP [beats per minute times millimeters of mercury] times 10 000) declined in smokers but remained unchanged in nonsmokers (0.86±0.10 versus 0.72±0.11, P =0.0006, and 0.99±0.25 versus 0.96±0.27, P =NS). The hyperemic response to dipyridamole and the myocardial flow reserve did not differ between the 2 groups. In a multiple regression model adjusted for age, sex, serum lipid levels, years of smoking, and pack-years, years of smoking was the strongest predictor of the normalized blood flow response to cold ( P <0.001), followed by the HDL/LDL ratio. Conclusions —The normal hyperemic response to dipyridamole in long-term smokers indicates a preserved endothelium-independent coronary vascular smooth muscle relaxation, whereas the abnormal response to cold suggests a defect in coronary vasomotion likely located at the level of the coronary endothelium. Its severity depends on the total exposure time to smoking.

1 February 2008 in Cell Calcium
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YÁYanina D. Álvarez
Yanina D. Álvarez
LILorena I. Ibañez
Lorena I. Ibañez
OUOsvaldo Uchitel
Osvaldo Uchitel
FMFernando Marengo
Fernando Marengo

2 May 2016 in Journal of Neurochemistry
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ACAna María Cárdenas
Ana María Cárdenas
FMFernando Marengo
Fernando Marengo

1 June 2007 in Cardiovascular Drug Reviews
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RCRoxana Campisi
Roxana Campisi
FMFernando Marengo
Fernando Marengo

1 October 2000 in Biophysical Journal
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FMFernando Marengo
Fernando Marengo
JMJonathan R. Monck
Jonathan R. Monck

29 August 2017 in Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
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FMFernando Marengo
Fernando Marengo
ACAna Cárdenas
Ana Cárdenas