Forearm vasoconstriction during dynamic leg exercise in patients with chronic heart failure.

abstract：:Previous studies suggested that sleep-disordered breathing was associated with cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure (HF). Recently, algorithms of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) have been developed to detect advanced sleep apnea (SA); the Apnea Scan (AP Scan) being an example. The purpose of th...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Wakabayashi Y,Koyama T,Kurihara K,Kobayashi M,Ichikawa T,Abe H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old girl developed cardiopulmonary arrest after crying. From the electrocardiogram and echocardiography, a left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) with long QT syndrome (LQT) was suspected as the cause of the cardiopulmonary arrest, and treatment with a β-blocker and a calcium antagonist was then begun. A genet...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nakashima K,Kusakawa I,Yamamoto T,Hirabayashi S,Hosoya R,Shimizu W,Sumitomo N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) increases coronary artery disease (CAD) risk. In this study, we used T2DM clinical variables to predict abnormality in thallium-201 myocardial perfusion scans (Th-201 scans). These clinical variables were summed stress score (SSS), summed rest score, and summed difference score (SDS), w...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Lu CH,Pei D,Wu CZ,Kua HC,Liang YJ,Chen YL,Lin JD

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to search genes altered in expression after long-term treatment with the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1) antagonist, CV-11974, in volume-overloaded hearts. Arteriovenous shunt was made between the common carotid artery and jugular vein in Japanese White rabbits. Shunt-operated rabbits were random...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Itoh M,Takeishi Y,Nakada S,Miyamoto T,Tsunoda Y,Takahashi H,Kubota I,Tomoike H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that green tea catechins (GTC) suppress proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and that epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), which is a major constituent of GTC, selectively inhibits the platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB)-induced intracellular signaling transduction pathway. Vas...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kim DW,Park YS,Kim YG,Piao H,Kwon JS,Hwang KK,Youn TJ,Park JB,Yun YP,Sachinidis A,Kim CH,Cho MC,Ahn HY

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coexistence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM) increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, factors associated with future development of DM have not been well elucidated in patients already having essential hypertension. This study prospectively included 168 patients (mean age 41 +/- 7 years, 112 me...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Weng CM,Chou CH,Huang YY,Lin CC,Liu YW,Tsai WC

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery calcification (CAC) as measured by computed tomography is a strong predictor of coronary artery disease. The brachial intima-media thickness (IMT) was recently reported to be associated with cardiovascular risk factors. This study investigated the association of brachial IMT with CAC, which is a marker...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ono T,Miyoshi T,Ohno Y,Osawa K,Takaya Y,Miki T,Ichikawa K,Ito H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, characterized by a lack of atrial contraction and an irregular ventricular rhythm. We assessed the effect of fibrillatory wave amplitude on coronary blood flow in patients with AF using the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame count. Sixty-one patie...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sumimoto Y,Kurisu S,Hitta K,Ikenaga H,Ishibashi K,Fukuda Y,Nakano Y,Kihara Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence has shown that apoptotic cells are present in human atherosclerotic lesions. However, the molecular mechanism of the induction of apoptosis in atherosclerotic lesions is not clear. Since T cells are present in almost all stages of atherosclerosis, we examined whether T cells can modulate the expression...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Fukuo K,Suhara T,Nakahashi T,Hata S,Shimizu M,Niinobu T,Morimoto S,Ogihara T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cardiac osteosarcomas are uncommon tumors. Their growth pattern is aggressive and the prognosis is poor. A 34-year-old, 7-month pregnant woman with a primary cardiac osteosarcoma associated with the anterior mitral leaflet and connected to the interatrial septum, causing nearly subtotal obstruction of the mitr...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Koçak H,Karapolat S,Gündogdu C,Bozkurt E,Unlü Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is well known to be associated with an increased incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD). Diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HTN), both of which are traditional risk factors for CAD, are the two most common causes of CKD. However, the influence of CKD on coronary atherosclerosis i...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Shigemoto E,Iwata A,Futami M,Kato Y,Yamashita M,Imaizumi S,Kuwano T,Ike A,Sugihara M,Saku K,Miura SI

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme oxygenase (HO)-1 is a rate-limiting enzyme for degrading heme into carbon monoxide. Longer (GT)n repeat of the HO-1 gene (HMOX1) promoter has a lower transcription rate. Subjects with longer GT repeats in the HMOX1 promoter are more likely to have coronary artery disease (CAD) and cardiovascular events. We retros...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Liang KW,Lee WJ,Lee WL,Wu JP,Lee IT,Wang JS,Sheu WH

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In a mass chest computed tomography (CT) screening using a mobile helical CT unit, we measured the aortic diameter at three segments to confirm standard values and also attempted to detect any asymptomatic aortic aneurysms. The population screened in the present study consisted of 6971 subjects (3847 men and 3124 wome...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Itani Y,Watanabe S,Masuda Y,Hanamura K,Asakura K,Sone S,Sunami Y,Miyamoto T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elastase (ELA) is an enzyme catalyzing the digestion of elastin, an essential constituent of elastic fibers. Using isolated guinea pig papillary muscles, we examined the effect of ELA (3 x 10(-7) -3 x 10(-4) g/ml) on resting tension (RT) and twitch tension (TT). The effects of ELA on elastic fibers located in the sube...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sato T,Imanishi S,Arita M,Shimada T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral autonomic function is impaired in diabetic polyneuropathy. However, it is difficult to evaluate it due to the lack of non-invasive quantitative assessment. We aimed to establish a novel index to evaluate vascular autonomic function using reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT), a widely pe...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Hamada S,Oono A,Ishihara Y,Hasegawa Y,Akaza M,Sumi Y,Inoue Y,Izumiyama H,Hirao K,Isobe M,Sasano T

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a previous randomized study showed that the use of atrial natriuretic peptide (carperitide) improved the long-term prognosis of patients with heart failure, its effect on short-term prognosis remains unclear. We retrospectively identified patients who were admitted to our tertiary-care center with acute decom...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ogiso M,Isogai T,Okabe Y,Ito K,Tsuji M,Tanaka H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although drug-eluting stents have improved clinical outcomes, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains a challenging procedure in terms of thrombus management. A new-generation P2Y12 receptor inhibitor, prasugrel, provides more rapid and potent antiplatelet action compared wit...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Naito K,Nakano Y,Waseda K,Takashima H,Ando H,Sakurai S,Suzuki A,Saka Y,Sawada H,Nagahiro S,Suzuki M,Shimoda M,Amano T

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Activities of daily living (ADL) are maintained in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), but, in patients with cardiovascular disease, ADL may have already declined. MCI combined with cardiac disease may accentuate the decline of ADL in these patients. Because the relationship between MCI and ADL in patients ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ishihara K,Izawa KP,Kitamura M,Shimogai T,Kanejima Y,Morisawa T,Shimizu I

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) experience GERD-related chest pain, but little is known about the relationship between GERD and coronary artery disease (CAD). We evaluated medical history of GERD in patients with suspected CAD and its association with types of CAD. We enrolle...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Teragawa H,Oshita C,Ueda T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary study aim was to determine whether ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) predicts adverse outcome in patients attending the emergency department (ED) with acute chest pain. Ischemia-modified albumin is a sensitive marker of myocardial ischemia. However, little is known about its ability to predict outcome in pat...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Consuegra-Sanchez L,Bouzas-Mosquera A,Sinha MK,Collinson PO,Gaze DC,Kaski JC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a major cause of death in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Systemic ventricular dysfunction is a reported risk factor for SCA. We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 46 patients (age >6 years) who experienced SCA. The following underlying cardiac defects were obs...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Miyazaki A,Sakaguchi H,Ohuchi H,Yasuda K,Tsujii N,Matsuoka M,Yamamoto T,Yazaki S,Tsuda E,Yamada O

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant coronary arteries are frequently observed in patients presenting with Fallot's tetralogy (TOF). Before the complete surgical repair of the TOF, the percutaneously performed pulmonary trunk (PT) angioplasty is often performed in order to temporarily increase the pulmonary circulation, thus increasing the pulmo...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Perret X,Bonvini RF,Aggoun Y,Verin V

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to test the ability of adenovirus-delivered vascular endothelial growth factor (Ad-VEGF) to stimulate angiogenesis and arteriogenesis in the rabbit hindlimb following the induction of ischemia and to evaluate the functional changes in the collateral circulation. Ten days after the surgical indu...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Hershey JC,Baskin EP,Corcoran HA,Bett A,Dougherty NM,Gilberto DB,Mao X,Thomas KA,Cook JJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) differentiation and phenotypic modulation are characterized by changes in gene expression for smooth muscle (SM) marker contractile proteins such as SM alpha-actin and SM22alpha. Hyperplasia suppressor gene (HSG) is a potent VSMC proliferation-inhibiting factor; however, it is not kn...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Jiang GJ,Han M,Zheng B,Wen JK

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine important points surrounding the indications for heart transplantation (HTX) to care after HTX, we reviewed 22 patients with refractory heart failure aged less than 60 years who had been observed for the past 6 years. Sixteen patients had dilated cardiomyopathy; 1, dilated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; 3, re...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nunoda S,Kurosawa R,Kogashi K,Yamagishi S,Mitsui F,Funabashi W

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the prognosis of elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is unknown. We aimed to examine the association of body weight with the clinical outcomes among Japanese elderly patients with a history of documented AF. This observational study of AF patients from an o...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yanagisawa S,Inden Y,Yoshida N,Kato H,Miyoshi-Fujii A,Mizutani Y,Ito T,Kamikubo Y,Kanzaki Y,Hirai M,Murohara T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess left ventricular diastolic properties in response to dynamic exercise, mitral inflow velocity integrals were measured by pulsed-wave Doppler echocardiography in ten patients with myocardial infarction and in ten normal subjects, and simultaneous left ventricular pressure was obtained with micromanometry in t...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nakamura N,Nonogi H,Miyazaki S,Nakanishi N,Yoshioka K,Haze K,Hiramori K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the unique property of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose, localization and follow-up of hypermetabolic processes is possible with positron emission tomography (PET). The dual-modality PET/computed tomography (CT) systems provide intrinsically fused morphologic and functional data in a single examination. We repo...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kröger K,Antoch G,Goyen M,Freudenberg LS,Veit P,Janicke I,Bockisch A,Forsting M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is finely regulated by the cardiac function and several extracardiac factors. Therefore, the relationship between the plasma BNP levels and the severity of heart failure sometimes seems inconsistent. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the plasma BNP levels in pa...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Minai K,Komukai K,Arase S,Nagoshi T,Matsuo S,Ogawa K,Kayama Y,Inada K,Tanigawa S,Takemoto T,Sekiyama H,Date T,Ogawa T,Taniguchi I,Yoshimura M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subintimal or false lumen stent deployment is a rare complication of percutaneous coronary interventions. The most balloon-induced small non-flow limiting dissections heal spontaneously and can be treated medically with close observation if distal coronary flow is not compromised. However, the complex and severe flow-...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Omurlu K,Ozeke O

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00