QT dispersion as an attribute of T-loop morphology.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among patients with documented stable coronary artery disease and in whom no revascularization was performed, we compared the respective values of angiographic diameter stenosis (DS) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) in predicting natural history. METHODS:The present analysis included the 607 patients from ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ciccarelli G,Barbato E,Toth GG,Gahl B,Xaplanteris P,Fournier S,Milkas A,Bartunek J,Vanderheyden M,Pijls N,Tonino P,Fearon WF,Jüni P,De Bruyne B

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In a group of 39 patients who received fibrinolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction, serum crosslinked fibrin degradation products (XLDP) were quantitated by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using an antibody reactive with a site near the gamma gamma crosslink of fibrin, and characterized by a gel ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Francis CW,Connaghan DG,Marder VJ

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effects of selective activation of H1 receptors on coronary hemodynamics in 16 patients divided into two groups: group A, 11 patients with atypical angina or valvular heart disease and normal coronary arteries, and group B, five patients with spontaneous angina, four of whom had significant (greater t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vigorito C,Poto S,Picotti GB,Triggiani M,Marone G

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial polymorphic ventricular tachycardia is an autosomal-dominant, inherited disease with a relatively early onset and a mortality rate of approximately 30% by the age of 30 years. Phenotypically, it is characterized by salvoes of bidirectional and polymorphic ventricular tachycardias in response to vigo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Laitinen PJ,Brown KM,Piippo K,Swan H,Devaney JM,Brahmbhatt B,Donarum EA,Marino M,Tiso N,Viitasalo M,Toivonen L,Stephan DA,Kontula K

更新日期：2001-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:From 1958 to 1969, 592 patients (mostly children) with pulmonary stenosis were admitted to the First Natural History Study of Congenital Heart Defects (NHS-1) after cardiac catheterization. Most with gradients < 50 mm Hg were managed medically; most with gradients > or = 80 mm Hg had pulmonary valvotomy. Amo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hayes CJ,Gersony WM,Driscoll DJ,Keane JF,Kidd L,O'Fallon WM,Pieroni DR,Wolfe RR,Weidman WH

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have monitored ambulant intra-arterial blood pressure with the Oxford system in six subjects with autonomic failure who exhibited postural hypotension. Plotting pooled hourly mean values we have demonstrated a consistent circadian trend in blood pressure that was the inverse of the normal pattern, with the highest ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mann S,Altman DG,Raftery EB,Bannister R

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low endothelial shear stress (ESS) promotes the development of atherosclerosis; however, its role in the progression of atherosclerotic plaques and evolution to inflamed high-risk plaques has not been studied. Our hypothesis was that the lowest values of ESS are responsible for the development of high-risk c...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chatzizisis YS,Jonas M,Coskun AU,Beigel R,Stone BV,Maynard C,Gerrity RG,Daley W,Rogers C,Edelman ER,Feldman CL,Stone PH

更新日期：2008-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of timolol vs placebo on the frequency of anginal episodes, nitroglycerin consumption and exercise performance was investigated in a double-blind, randomized, crossover study in 23 patients with angina pectoris. The optimal dose of timolol (10-30 mg twice daily) for each patient was titrated by exercise stu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Aronow WS,Turbow M,Van Camp S,Lurie M,Whittaker K

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endocarditis related to pacemaker (PM)-lead infection is a rare but serious complication of permanent transvenous pacing. To determine in which situations the diagnosis should be evoked and to determine optimal management, we reviewed our experience with endocarditis related to PM-lead infection. METHODS AN...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Klug D,Lacroix D,Savoye C,Goullard L,Grandmougin D,Hennequin JL,Kacet S,Lekieffre J

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A prospective regional study was conducted to identify factors associated with in-hospital mortality among patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). A prediction rule was developed and validated based on the data collected. METHODS AND RESULTS:Data from 3,055 patients were co...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： O'Connor GT,Plume SK,Olmstead EM,Coffin LH,Morton JR,Maloney CT,Nowicki ER,Levy DG,Tryzelaar JF,Hernandez F

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased plasma levels of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) have been identified as predictors of cardiac dysfunction and prognosis in congestive heart failure and ischemic heart disease. In severe sepsis patients, however, no information is available yet about the prognos...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brueckmann M,Huhle G,Lang S,Haase KK,Bertsch T,Weiss C,Kaden JJ,Putensen C,Borggrefe M,Hoffmann U

更新日期：2005-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk profile were examined in 20 healthy, nonobese, middle-aged men who were long-term users of nicotine-containing chewing gum and in 20 matched control subjects who did not use nicotine. METHODS AND RESULTS:Long-term use of nicotine-containing chewing gum was associa...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Eliasson B,Taskinen MR,Smith U

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies suggest that management of ambulatory hemodynamics may improve outcomes in chronic heart failure. We conducted a prospective, observational, first-in-human study of a physician-directed patient self-management system targeting left atrial pressure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Forty patients with re...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ritzema J,Troughton R,Melton I,Crozier I,Doughty R,Krum H,Walton A,Adamson P,Kar S,Shah PK,Richards M,Eigler NL,Whiting JS,Haas GJ,Heywood JT,Frampton CM,Abraham WT,Hemodynamically Guided Home Self-Therapy in Severe Hea

更新日期：2010-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulatory arrest (CA), which provides a bloodless field and good visualization without the need of aortic cross-clamp, is commonly used to facilitate repair of aortic lesions. However, extended periods of CA may impair cerebral metabolism and cause ischemic injury. Studies were performed to evaluate the ef...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lin PJ,Chang CH,Tan PP,Chang CN,Lee ST,Wang CC,Chang JP,Liu DW,Chu JJ,Tsai KT,Kao CL,Hsieh MJ,Hua MS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 1,801 patients in the 1985-1986 Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) Registry, 122 (6.8%) had periprocedural occlusion (4.9% in the catheterization laboratory, 1.9% outside the laboratory). Baseline patient factors independently associated with increased occlusion rates included triple-vessel disea...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Detre KM,Holmes DR Jr,Holubkov R,Cowley MJ,Bourassa MG,Faxon DP,Dorros GR,Bentivoglio LG,Kent KM,Myler RK

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression of myocardial conduction velocity can be an important mechanism of action of antiarrhythmic drugs but it can also facilitate arrhythmogenesis. We used lidocaine in an anesthetized canine preparation to address the hypothesis that drug-induced rate-dependent conduction velocity depression causes ventricular ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Anderson KP,Walker R,Lux RL,Ershler PR,Menlove R,Williams MR,Krall R,Moddrelle D

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal right ventricular muscles and similar preparations obtained from cats with signs of subacute right ventricular failure (RVF) (3 to 14 days after pressure overload induced by pulmonary artery coarctation) were studied during stimulation (at 0.5 Hz) and exposure to high-K+ Tyrode's solution. Twitch force, rate of...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gaide MS,Kimura S,Lodge NJ,Cameron JS,Kozlovskis PL,Myerburg RJ,Bassett AL

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the temporal kinetics of onset and offset of the cardiac electrophysiologic effects of orally administered amiodarone in chronically instrumented, unsedated adult dogs (n = 8). Right atrial (RA), atrioventricular nodal (AVN), and right ventricular (RV) effective refractory period (ERP), and AVN functional ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tuna IC,Qi AC,Gornick C,Bolman RM 3rd,Benditt DG

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of sodium and water accumulation in chronic constrictive pericarditis is not well understood and may differ from that in patients with chronic congestive heart failure due to myocardial disease. This study was undertaken to investigate some of the mechanisms. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using stand...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Anand IS,Ferrari R,Kalra GS,Wahi PL,Poole-Wilson PA,Harris PC

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guiding surgical therapy of ventricular tachycardia by preoperative endocardial catheter mapping necessitates improvement of the accuracy of localization of the arrhythmogenic site. We therefore used a new mathematical cineradiographic method during catheter mapping to compute the position of left ventricular arrhythm...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hauer RN,de Zwart MT,de Bakker JM,Hitchcock JF,Penn OC,Nijsen-Karelse M,Robles de Medina EO

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients with medically refractory ventricular tachycardia secondary to ischemic heart disease underwent surgery for cure of their arrhythmia. Preoperatively, the tachycardia could be reproducibly initiated and terminated in each patient by programmed stimulation. In all instances, intraoperative mapping locali...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Josephson ME,Harken AH,Horowitz LN

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adverse cardiovascular events associated with thrombotic occlusion occur in 4% to 12.8% of patients after coronary angioplasty. Recently, potent antiplatelet agents have been used to reduce those thrombotic complications. Tirofiban is a highly selective, short-acting inhibitor of fibrinogen binding to platel...

journal_title：Circulation

authors：

更新日期：1997-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plaque rupture with subsequent thrombosis is recognized as the underlying pathophysiology of most acute coronary syndromes and stroke. Thus, direct thrombus visualization may be beneficial for both diagnosis and guidance of therapy. We sought to test the feasibility of direct imaging of acute and subacute th...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Botnar RM,Perez AS,Witte S,Wiethoff AJ,Laredo J,Hamilton J,Quist W,Parsons EC Jr,Vaidya A,Kolodziej A,Barrett JA,Graham PB,Weisskoff RM,Manning WJ,Johnstone MT

更新日期：2004-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Initially based on histology, the diagnosis of renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is now based mostly on angiographic appearance because arterial tissue samples are rarely available. This retrospective cross-sectional study aimed to assess the clinical relevance of a binary angiographic classificatio...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Savard S,Steichen O,Azarine A,Azizi M,Jeunemaitre X,Plouin PF

更新日期：2012-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelial integrity is essential for maintaining vascular homeostasis, and endothelial denudation results in neointimal thickening. Balloon-expandable endovascular stents provide a luminal scaffolding within atherosclerotic arteries with minimal direct contact between balloon and endothelium. We wondered w...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rogers C,Parikh S,Seifert P,Edelman ER

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) is a nuclear factor released by necrotic cells and by activated immune cells. HMGB1 signals via members of the toll-like receptor family and the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE). Although HMGB1 has been implicated in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury of th...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Andrassy M,Volz HC,Igwe JC,Funke B,Eichberger SN,Kaya Z,Buss S,Autschbach F,Pleger ST,Lukic IK,Bea F,Hardt SE,Humpert PM,Bianchi ME,Mairbäurl H,Nawroth PP,Remppis A,Katus HA,Bierhaus A

更新日期：2008-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant hyperthermia is a disease resulting from defective cellular membranes, usually presenting as drug-induced pyrexic crises. We describe four patients with life threatening ventricular arrhythmias or chest pain in the absence of pyrexic crises. Three presented with life threatening arrhythmias and the fourth wi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Huckell VF,Staniloff HM,Britt BA,Waxman MB,Morch JE

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lifetime risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) has not previously been estimated, and the effect of risk factor burden on lifetime risk is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:We included all Framingham Heart Study participants who were free of CVD (myocardial infarction, coronary insufficiency, ang...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lloyd-Jones DM,Leip EP,Larson MG,D'Agostino RB,Beiser A,Wilson PW,Wolf PA,Levy D

更新日期：2006-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Because discrepancies about baroreflex sensitivity in essential hypertension may have resulted from the use of different measurement techniques, we assessed the extent to which the results of different techniques agree in the same subjects. The eight techniques studied were the change in RR interval per unit change in...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Goldstein DS,Horwitz D,Keiser HR

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral pressure half-time (T1/2) is widely used as an independent measure of mitral valve area in patients undergoing percutaneous mitral valvotomy. However, fluid dynamics theory predicts T1/2 to be strongly dependent on chamber compliance and the peak transmitral gradient, which are variables that change dramaticall...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Thomas JD,Wilkins GT,Choong CY,Abascal VM,Palacios IF,Block PC,Weyman AE

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00