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Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Therapy
ISSN: 2573-4482
May 24-25, 2018
London, UK
Vascular Surgery 2018
Page 56
3
rd
Edition of World Congress & Exhibition on
Vascular Surgery
From chemical elements through
micromolecules to endothelial cells
Ihor Huk
Medical University Vienna, Austria
Ihor Huk, J Vasc Endovasc Therapy 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2573-4482-C1-001
T
hrough the eyes of biochemist, the body is composed of
elements. The biological function of a number of essential
elements will be discussed. Carbon-based life depends on two
important molecules: oxygen and nitric oxide. Both have been
known for more than 200 years, but their biological function
was only elucidated at the end of the 20th century. Which of
these mole-cules is the more important for the brain, heart
and vessels, and the immune system will be examined. The
importance of the amino acid arginine and its presence in
foodstuffs will be explained. The influence of some important
co-factors controlling the synthesis of nitric oxide from arginine
will be presented. Finally, some clinical data relating to vascular
and neurologi-cal degenerative diseases will be given. The
importance of 25OH vitamin D (D3) as an inde-pendent risk
factor in developing above-mentioned pathologies is soon to
be confirmed in sci-entific publications. The second part of the
presentation will deal with the elemental/chemical composition
of the human body itself, with some new data given on the effect
of elemental deficiencies. Some practical recommendations will
be given for every-day life in support of basic cellular function.
Recent Publications
1. Piechota-Polanczyk A, Jozkowicz A, Nowak W, Eilenberg
W, Neumayer C, Malinski T, Huk I and Brostjan C (2015):
The abdominal aortic aneurysm and intraluminal
thrombus: current concepts of development and
treatment(review). 2015 Front. Cardiovasc. Med. 2015
Volume 2 Article 19
2. W.Eilenberg,S.Stojkovic,A.Piechota-Polanczyk,C.Kaun,
S. Rauscher, M. Gröger, M. Klinger, J. Wojta, C. Neumayer,
I. Huk, S. Demyanets. Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated
Lipocalin (NGAL) is associatedwith symptomatic carotid
atherosclerosis and drives pro-inflammatory state in
vitro Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg (2016) 51(5):623-31
3. W. Eilenberg, S. Stojkovic, A. Kaider, N. Kozakowski,
C.M. Domenig, C. Burghuber, J. Nanobachvili, K. Huber,
C. Neumayer, I. Huk, J. Wojta, S. Demyanets. NGAL and
MMP-9/NGAL as biomarkers of plaque vulnerability and
targets of statins in patients with carotid atherosclerosis.
Clinical Chemistry and LaboratoryMedicine. (2017) June
4. W. Eilenberg, S. Stojkovic, A. Piechota-Polanczyk, A.
Kaider, N. Kozakowski, W. Weninger, J. Nanobachvili, J.
Wojta, I. Huk, S. Demyanets, C. Neumayer. Neutrophil
Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) is elevated in
type 2 diabetics with carotid artery stenosis and reduced
under metformin treatment. Cardiovascular Diabetology
(2017) 16:98
5. Jabłońska A, Neumayer C, Bolliger M, Gollackner B,
Klinger M, Paradowska E, Nanobachvili J, Huk I. Analysis
of host Toll-like receptor 3 and RIG-I-like receptor gene
expression in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm.
J Vasc Surg. 2018 Mar 19. S0741-5214(17)32687-3;
Biography
Ihor Huk is the Chairman of Division of Vascular Surgery since 2013 and
Director of Vascular Laboratory since 1994, Department of SurgeryMedical
University Vienna. He completed his Post-graduate education from Univer-
sity of Chicago, Heidelberg. His expertise in Transplant Surgery: since 1984
- kidney, liver transplantations And Vascular Surgery: clinical, experimental
research (SPACE-Study, L-arginine study), Carotid Study (Lancet 2010). His
is a member of Austrian Society of Surgery, Austrian Society of Angiology,
Austrian Society of Vascular Surgery, Ukrainian Academy of High Educa-
tion, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Member of Senats - Zaporizhzhia
Medical, Postgraduate Academy. He has been given Honorary titles of:
Professor Honoris Causa Universities Medicinalis Leopoliensis No. 009,
University of Lwiw, Ukraine und Med. Universitat in Ternopil, Ukraine. He
hasmore than 320 Scientific publications in German, English and Ukrainian
national and international. A comprehensive list of publications of journal
articles provides an overview of Prof. Huk’s research activities. Concurrent-
ly, the expert in vascular surgery also gives many international lectures at
the most distinguished vascular surgery and medical conferences.
ihor.huk@meduniwien.ac.at