G894T polymorphism in the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene is associated with an enhanced vascular responsiveness to phenylephrine.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since Mexican Americans have adverse patterns of risk factors for myocardial infarction relative to non-Hispanic whites, the incidence of myocardial infarction should be greater among Mexican Americans than among non-Hispanic whites. This expectation conflicts with reports generated from death certificate re...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Goff DC,Nichaman MZ,Chan W,Ramsey DJ,Labarthe DR,Ortiz C

更新日期：1997-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A major advantage of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) relative to percutaneous coronary intervention is its durability, yet there is a paucity of information on rates and predictors of repeat coronary revascularization after CABG in the modern era. METHODS AND RESULTS:We included patients ≥65 yea...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fosbøl EL,Zhao Y,Shahian DM,Grover FL,Edwards FH,Peterson ED

更新日期：2013-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk to personalize systolic blood pressure (SBP) treatment goals is a topic of increasing interest. Therefore, we studied whether coronary artery calcium (CAC) can further guide the allocation of anti-hypertensive treatment intensity. METHODS:We inc...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： McEvoy JW,Martin SS,Dardari ZA,Miedema MD,Sandfort V,Yeboah J,Budoff MJ,Goff DC Jr,Psaty BM,Post WS,Nasir K,Blumenthal RS,Blaha MJ

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with peripheral arterial disease are at high risk of ischemic events and therefore are treated with antithrombotics. In patients with coronary artery disease or cerebrovascular disease, bleeding is related to the subsequent occurrence of ischemic events. Our objective was to assess whether this is a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： van Hattum ES,Algra A,Lawson JA,Eikelboom BC,Moll FL,Tangelder MJ

更新日期：2009-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) catalyzes the degradation of heme into biliverdin, iron, and carbon monoxide (CO). Although HO-1 is induced in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), the biological role of HO-1 in these cells has not been completely characterized. METHODS AND RESULTS:In the present study, we overexpre...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Liu XM,Chapman GB,Wang H,Durante W

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adenosine possesses marked cardioprotective properties, but the mechanisms for this beneficial effect are unclear. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of adenosine given before ischemia or at reperfusion on mechanical function, glucose oxidation, glycolysis, and metabolite levels in isola...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Finegan BA,Lopaschuk GD,Coulson CS,Clanachan AS

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In diabetic patients in the Evaluation of Platelet IIb/IIIa Inhibitor for Stenting (EPISTENT) trial, abciximab reduced target vessel revascularization by approximately 50% compared with placebo. Whether this is a result of a lower restenosis rate caused by inhibition of intimal hyperplasia remains to be defi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chaves AJ,Sousa AG,Mattos LA,Abizaid A,Staico R,Feres F,Centemero M,Tanajura LF,Abizaid A,Pinto I,Maldonado G,Seixas A,Costa MA,Paes A,Mintz GS,Sousa JE

更新日期：2004-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This multicenter trial was conducted to determine the efficacy and safety of pimobendan, an inotropic agent with calcium-sensitizing properties and activity as a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, in patients with heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:One hundred ninety-eight ambulatory patients with symptoms of mod...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kubo SH,Gollub S,Bourge R,Rahko P,Cobb F,Jessup M,Brozena S,Brodsky M,Kirlin P,Shanes J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-six of 452 patients (19%) with chronic bifascicular block were found to have no clinically apparent associated organic heart disease (OHD) and were defined as having primary conduction disease (PCD). Comparison of patients with PCD and OHD revealed a significantly lower incidence of the following clinical varia...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Dhingra RC,Wyndham C,Bauernfeind R,Denes P,Wu D,Swiryn S,Rosen KM

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that the physical properties of myocardium in dogs can be characterized with quantitative ultrasonic integrated backscatter and that interrogation of the tissue with ultrasound can delineate cardiac cycle-dependent changes in ultrasonic backscatter in normal tissue that disappear with ischemia...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vered Z,Barzilai B,Mohr GA,Thomas LJ 3rd,Genton R,Sobel BE,Shoup TA,Melton HE,Miller JG,Pérez JE

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echocardiographic and cardiac catheterization findings were compared in 61 patients with mitral stenosis without other significant lesions in an attempt to determine the clinical usefulness of echocardiography in the assessment of such patients. There was a poor correlation between the E-F slope on the echocardiogram ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cope GD,Kisslo JA,Johnson ML,Behar VS

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We studied in coronary conductance and resistance arteries the coronary vasodilator effects of the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor ramiprilat and the contribution of nitric oxide, bradykinin, and prostaglandins to this vasodilation. METHODS AND RESEARCH:In seven anesthetized dogs, a Doppler guidewir...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sudhir K,Chou TM,Hutchison SJ,Chatterjee K

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (TAPVD) into the innominate vein were studied by using M-mode and pulsed Doppler echocardiography. An abnormal continuous flow towards the transducer in a suprasternal notch position detected by pulsed Doppler echocardiography in the left hemithorax leftwar...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Skovránek J,Tůma S,Urbancová D,Samánek M

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considerable controversy exists regarding impairment of cardiac function in diabetes mellitus (DM). We investigated the serial changes in left ventricular (LV) histopathology and LV filling dynamics in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats, which have been established as an animal model of type II D...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mizushige K,Yao L,Noma T,Kiyomoto H,Yu Y,Hosomi N,Ohmori K,Matsuo H

更新日期：2000-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Although immediate and late changes in coronary stenoses after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) have been reported, most investigators have employed qualitative or semiquantitative techniques to analyze the angiograms. Such data is not optimal because of considerable interobserver variability and ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Johnson MR,Brayden GP,Ericksen EE,Collins SM,Skorton DJ,Harrison DG,Marcus ML,White CW

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in the gene G4.5 result in a wide spectrum of severe infantile cardiomyopathic phenotypes, including isolated left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC), as well as Barth syndrome (BTHS) with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The purpose of this study was to investigate patients with LVNC or BTHS for mutati...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ichida F,Tsubata S,Bowles KR,Haneda N,Uese K,Miyawaki T,Dreyer WJ,Messina J,Li H,Bowles NE,Towbin JA

更新日期：2001-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypercholesterolemia causes an upregulation of vascular angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor expression in cell culture and animal models. The presented studies were undertaken to examine AT1 receptor overexpression in hypercholesterolemic men and therapeutic interventions thereof by HMG CoA reductase inhibi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nickenig G,Bäumer AT,Temur Y,Kebben D,Jockenhövel F,Böhm M

更新日期：1999-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The residual Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Taxus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) Score is an objective measure of the degree and complexity of residual stenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS AND RESULTS:In the randomized PCI cohort of the SYNTAX Trial (n=903)...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Farooq V,Serruys PW,Bourantas CV,Zhang Y,Muramatsu T,Feldman T,Holmes DR,Mack M,Morice MC,Ståhle E,Colombo A,de Vries T,Morel MA,Dawkins KD,Kappetein AP,Mohr FW

更新日期：2013-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an immune-mediated syndrome caused by heparin. Complications range from thrombocytopenia to thrombocytopenia with thrombosis. We report a prospective, historical- controlled study evaluating the efficacy and safety of argatroban, a direct thrombin inhibitor, as antic...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lewis BE,Wallis DE,Berkowitz SD,Matthai WH,Fareed J,Walenga JM,Bartholomew J,Sham R,Lerner RG,Zeigler ZR,Rustagi PK,Jang IK,Rifkin SD,Moran J,Hursting MJ,Kelton JG,ARG-911 Study Investigators.

更新日期：2001-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with symptoms of heart failure, elevations in B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) accurately identify ventricular dysfunction. However, BNP levels are not specific for ventricular dysfunction in patients who do not have overt symptoms of heart failure, suggesting that other cardiac processes such as...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bibbins-Domingo K,Ansari M,Schiller NB,Massie B,Whooley MA

更新日期：2003-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence suggests that the vessel wall contains an oxidase similar, if not identical, to phagocytic NADPH oxidase. We tested the contribution of this specific oxidase to the progression of atherosclerosis and the regulation of blood pressure. METHODS AND RESULTS:An examination of aortic rings from wild-type...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hsich E,Segal BH,Pagano PJ,Rey FE,Paigen B,Deleonardis J,Hoyt RF,Holland SM,Finkel T

更新日期：2000-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss of coronary vasodilator reserve after ischemia-reperfusion may be due to endothelial injury, and this vascular dysfunction may contribute to functional alterations observed after ischemia. To determine whether endothelial dysfunction occurs after relatively brief periods of moderate low-flow ischemia in vivo,...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Headrick JP,Angello DA,Berne RM

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) vary in volume and quality. We evaluated whether fat volume or attenuation (indirect measure of quality) predicts metabolic risk factor changes. METHODS AND RESULTS:Framingham Heart Study Multi-detector Computed Tomography Substudy particip...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Abraham TM,Pedley A,Massaro JM,Hoffmann U,Fox CS

更新日期：2015-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Application of pyruvate was shown to improve contractile function in isolated animal myocardium and hemodynamics in patients with congestive heart failure. We assessed the influence of pyruvate on systolic and diastolic myocardial function and its subcellular mode of action in isolated myocardium from end-st...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hasenfuss G,Maier LS,Hermann HP,Lüers C,Hünlich M,Zeitz O,Janssen PM,Pieske B

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biventricular direct cardiac compression (DCC) has the potential to support the failing heart without the complications associated with a blood/device interface encountered with the use of current ventricular assist devices. A clinically designed DCC device that provides compression pressure around the base ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Artrip JH,Yi GH,Levin HR,Burkhoff D,Wang J

更新日期：1999-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Jun family of activator protein 1 (AP-1) transcription factors (c-Jun, JunB, and JunD) is involved in fundamental biological processes such as proliferation, apoptosis, tumor angiogenesis, and hypertrophy. The role of individual AP-1 transcription factors in the stressed heart is not clear. In the presen...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hilfiker-Kleiner D,Hilfiker A,Kaminski K,Schaefer A,Park JK,Michel K,Quint A,Yaniv M,Weitzman JB,Drexler H

更新日期：2005-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory vasculopathies, ranging from the vasculitides (Takayasu arteritis, giant cell arteritis, and polyarteritis nodosa) to atherosclerosis, display remarkable target tissue tropisms for selected vascular beds. Molecular mechanisms directing wall inflammation to restricted anatomic sites within the va...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pryshchep O,Ma-Krupa W,Younge BR,Goronzy JJ,Weyand CM

更新日期：2008-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death in older women. Information on the relation of menopause and hormone replacement therapy with carotid atherosclerosis is limited. METHODS AND RESULTS:We examined cross-sectionally the association of menopausal status, years since last menstruation, and horm...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nabulsi AA,Folsom AR,Szklo M,White A,Higgins M,Heiss G

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel compounds that induce or inhibit platelet aggregation and constrict or dilate blood vessels were recently discovered. These compounds are all derivatives of arachidonic acid and include prostaglandin endoperoxides, thromboxane A2, prostaglandin E2, prostaglandin D2 and prostacyclin. Thromboxane A2 (TxA2) could b...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Smith JB,Araki H,Lefer AM

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early detection of adverse effects of novel therapies and understanding of their mechanisms could improve the safety and efficiency of drug development. We have retrospectively applied large-scale proteomics to blood samples from ILLUMINATE (Investigation of Lipid Level Management to Understand its Impact in...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Williams SA,Murthy AC,DeLisle RK,Hyde C,Malarstig A,Ostroff R,Weiss SJ,Segal MR,Ganz P

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00