beta2-adrenergic cAMP signaling is uncoupled from phosphorylation of cytoplasmic proteins in canine heart.

abstract：:Conventional wall motion analysis of contrast ventriculograms assesses only that part of the wall that is tangential to the x-ray beam. To assess regional left ventricular function in three dimensions, a new computerized method based on densitometric analysis of digital subtraction left ventriculograms was developed a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chappuis F,Widmann T,Guth B,Nicod P,Peterson KL

更新日期：1988-02-01 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:NADH/NADPH oxidase is an important source of superoxide in the vasculature. Recently, we found that polymorphism of the gene p22phox, a critical component of this oxidase, is associated with a risk of coronary artery disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the localization of p22phox in human coron...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Azumi H,Inoue N,Takeshita S,Rikitake Y,Kawashima S,Hayashi Y,Itoh H,Yokoyama M

更新日期：1999-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is not clear why some plaque ruptures lead to acute coronary syndromes (ACS) but others do not. METHODS AND RESULTS:We analyzed 80 plaque ruptures in 74 patients and compared culprit lesions of ACS patients with nonculprit lesions of ACS patients and lesions of non-ACS patients; both culprit and nonculpr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fujii K,Kobayashi Y,Mintz GS,Takebayashi H,Dangas G,Moussa I,Mehran R,Lansky AJ,Kreps E,Collins M,Colombo A,Stone GW,Leon MB,Moses JW

更新日期：2003-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sustained shortening of the atrial effective refractory period (AERP), probably due to reduction in the L-type calcium current, is a major factor in the initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation (AF). We investigated underlying molecular changes by studying the relation between gene expression of the...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brundel BJ,Van Gelder IC,Henning RH,Tieleman RG,Tuinenburg AE,Wietses M,Grandjean JG,Van Gilst WH,Crijns HJ

更新日期：2001-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic stable angina are poorly characterized in terms of biomarkers that help in the assessment of prognosis. We investigated whether plasma levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) may be used as a prognostic marker in patients with chronic stable angina treated with co...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ndrepepa G,Braun S,Niemöller K,Mehilli J,von Beckerath N,von Beckerath O,Vogt W,Schömig A,Kastrati A

更新日期：2005-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that the survival benefit associated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction may be attenuated if door-to-balloon (DB) time is delayed by >1 hour beyond door-to-needle (DN) times for fibrinolytic therapy. Whereas DB times are ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pinto DS,Kirtane AJ,Nallamothu BK,Murphy SA,Cohen DJ,Laham RJ,Cutlip DE,Bates ER,Frederick PD,Miller DP,Carrozza JP Jr,Antman EM,Cannon CP,Gibson CM

更新日期：2006-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The key initiating process in atherogenesis is the subendothelial retention of apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins. Local biological responses to these retained lipoproteins, including a chronic and maladaptive macrophage- and T-cell-dominated inflammatory response, promote subsequent lesion development. The most...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tabas I,Williams KJ,Borén J

更新日期：2007-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased carotid intimal-medial thickness (IMT) and coronary artery calcification (CAC) are used as 2 markers of early atherosclerosis. Our objectives were to assess whether increased IMT and CAC are related and to determine the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and carotid IMT in young adult...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Davis PH,Dawson JD,Mahoney LT,Lauer RM

更新日期：1999-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously shown major differences in beta-adrenergic and muscarinic modulation of L-type calcium currents (ICa) in newborn and adult rabbit heart. However, little is known about developmental changes in modulation of ICa by phosphodiesterases (PDEs), which also regulate intracellular cAMP concentrat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Akita T,Joyner RW,Lu C,Kumar R,Hartzell HC

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study correlating the electrocardiographic findings and the histology of the atrioventricular (AV) conduction system was carried out in 14 cases with chronic complete AV block and in 13 cases without chronic complete AV block. Patients with chronic complete AV block were divided into two groups, based on the width o...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ohkawa S,Hackel DB,Ideker RE

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the clinical prevalence of paradoxic interventricular septal (IVS) motion, its pathogenesis remains unclear. To assess the influence of the end-diastolic transseptal pressure gradient, we studied eight open-chest dogs during right ventricular (RV) volume loading (induced by opening a Dacron shunt between the p...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kingma I,Tyberg JV,Smith ER

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred consecutive patients who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center from December 1972 through February 1975 were evaluated at surgery and then followed for as long as 4 1/2 years to study their postoperative psychosocial and behavioral course. One patient died dur...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kornfeld DS,Heller SS,Frank KA,Wilson SN,Malm JR

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug-eluting stents have shown promising antirestenotic effects in clinical trials. Non-stent-based local delivery of antiproliferative drugs may offer additional flexibility and also reach vessel areas beyond the immediate stent coverage. The aim of the present study was to evaluate a novel method of local ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Scheller B,Speck U,Abramjuk C,Bernhardt U,Böhm M,Nickenig G

更新日期：2004-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic pulmonary regurgitation after repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) may lead to right ventricular dilatation, which may be accompanied by ventricular tachycardia and sudden death. We aimed to examine the effects of pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) on (1) certain electrocardiographic markers predictive...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Therrien J,Siu SC,Harris L,Dore A,Niwa K,Janousek J,Williams WG,Webb G,Gatzoulis MA

更新日期：2001-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, it has been shown that stem/progenitor cells may repair damaged/lost endothelial cells in vein grafts and wire-injured arteries. In the present study, we investigated endothelial cell turnover and regeneration in apolipoprotein E (apoE)(-/-)/transgenic mice carrying LacZ genes driven by an endothel...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Foteinos G,Hu Y,Xiao Q,Metzler B,Xu Q

更新日期：2008-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative analysis of adventitial inflammation of the coronary artery with intimal lesions is described in 12 patients who suffered coronary death and had had unstable angina (crescendo angina) at rest (group 1). After autopsy in these patients we examined epon-embedded cross sections by light and electron micros...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kohchi K,Takebayashi S,Hiroki T,Nobuyoshi M

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mechanisms by which neutrophils are attracted to the myocardium in ischemia/reperfusion are not fully defined. Lipopolysaccharide-induced CXC chemokine (LIX), cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (KC), and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2) are rodent chemokines with potent neutrophil-chemotact...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chandrasekar B,Smith JB,Freeman GL

更新日期：2001-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhibition of dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) results in a decrease in norepinephrine synthesis. The present study was a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled investigation of the long-term effects of therapy with the DBH inhibitor nepicastat (NCT) on the progression of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction an...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sabbah HN,Stanley WC,Sharov VG,Mishima T,Tanimura M,Benedict CR,Hegde S,Goldstein S

更新日期：2000-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the feasibility of bioluminescence imaging (BLI) for the in vivo assessment of cardiac allograft viability and visualization of passenger leukocytes during the course of acute rejection. METHODS AND RESULTS:Hearts of FVB (H-2q) luciferase-green fluorescent protein transgenic mice (beta-actin...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tanaka M,Swijnenburg RJ,Gunawan F,Cao YA,Yang Y,Caffarelli AD,de Bruin JL,Contag CH,Robbins RC

更新日期：2005-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent clinical trials, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockers have demonstrated effectiveness in preventing adverse events after angioplasty in high-risk patients. However, uncertainty exists regarding the cost-effective selection of patients to receive antiplatelet therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS:All 4962 patient...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Weintraub WS,Thompson TD,Culler S,Boccuzzi SJ,Becker ER,Kosinski AS,Mahoney E

更新日期：2000-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adrenomedullin is a recently discovered endogenous peptide with hypotensive and natriuretic actions in normal animals. Circulating and ventricular adrenomedullin are elevated in congestive heart failure, suggesting a possible role in the pathophysiology of this disease. No studies have previously examined th...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rademaker MT,Charles CJ,Lewis LK,Yandle TG,Cooper GJ,Coy DH,Richards AM,Nicholls MG

更新日期：1997-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcium-insensitive transient outward current (I(to)) is important to the development of cardiac memory (CM), which itself reflects the capacity of the heart to remodel electrophysiologically. We used cardiac pacing to test the hypothesis that CM evolution can be explained by developmental maturation of I(to...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Plotnikov AN,Sosunov EA,Patberg KW,Anyukhovsky EP,Gainullin RZ,Shlapakova IN,Krishnamurthy G,Danilo P Jr,Rosen MR

更新日期：2004-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of clinical characteristics on shock occurrence and survival in 241 patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS:Two hundred forty-one consecutive patients underwent ICD implantation between November 1982 and...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Grimm W,Flores BT,Marchlinski FE

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is associated with weight gain and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Few studies have tested for a relationship with coronary heart disease (CHD) or intermediate biomarkers. The role of artificially sweetened beverages is also unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS:We performed an...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： de Koning L,Malik VS,Kellogg MD,Rimm EB,Willett WC,Hu FB

更新日期：2012-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Activation of protein kinase C-linked receptors and subsequent opening of the mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K(+) (mitoK(ATP)) channel are crucial in preconditioning (PC). This study examined whether postinfarct ventricular remodeling interferes with the PC mechanism. METHODS AND RESULTS:Two weeks before isola...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Miki T,Miura T,Tsuchida A,Nakano A,Hasegawa T,Fukuma T,Shimamoto K

更新日期：2000-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term tocainide therapy has been evaluated in 17 patients with ventricular arrhythmias. Ventricular tachycardia and/or fibrillation was recurrent and sustained in nine patients, and symptomatic but unsustained in three others. Five patients had frequent but only mildly symptomatic ventricular irritability. In all ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Winkle RA,Meffin PJ,Harrison DC

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiologic studies were performed in 28 patients with documented atrioventricular (AV) nodal reentrant supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) to investigate the presence of AV nodal tissue situated between the tachycardia circuit and both the atrium (upper common pathway, UCP) and the His bundle (lower common path...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Miller JM,Rosenthal ME,Vassallo JA,Josephson ME

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with DDD pacemakers who have intact retrograde conduction are known to be at risk of developing ventricular and "endless loop" tachycardia. To address this problem, a pacing protocol was designed in which V2A2 conduction was assessed in 16 patients during ventricular pacing alone (standard method) and during ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mahmud R,Lehmann M,Denker S,Gilbert CJ,Akhtar M

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Repolarization dispersion (Rd) is frequently mentioned as a predictor of cardiac abnormalities. We present a new measure of Rd based on the root-mean-square (RMS) curve of an ECG lead set and compare its performance with that of the commonly used QT dispersion (QTd) measure with the use of recovery times mea...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fuller MS,Sándor G,Punske B,Taccardi B,MacLeod RS,Ershler PR,Green LS,Lux RL

更新日期：2000-08-08 00:00:00