Concordance for coronary risk factors among spouses.

abstract：:To evaluate the potential advantages of thallium-201 (201T1) single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) to assess myocardial infarct size in the experimental animal, six normal dogs and 14 dogs with 6 to 8 hr closed-chest coronary occlusion (eight left anterior descending and six left circumflex) were stud...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Prigent F,Maddahi J,Garcia EV,Satoh Y,Van Train K,Berman DS

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The positions, sizes, and shapes of ventricular septal defects (VSDs) can be difficult to assess by 2-dimensional echocardiography (2DE). Volume-rendered 3-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) can provide unique views of VSDs from the left ventricular (LV) side, allowing complete assessment of their circumfere...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kardon RE,Cao QL,Masani N,Sugeng L,Supran S,Warner KG,Pandian NG,Marx GR

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We recently reported that arterial superoxide (O2-) is augmented by increased endothelin-1 (ET-1) in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertension, a model of low renin hypertension. Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), a potent reducing molecule with antioxidant properties and an essential cofactor for endothe...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zheng JS,Yang XQ,Lookingland KJ,Fink GD,Hesslinger C,Kapatos G,Kovesdi I,Chen AF

更新日期：2003-09-09 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：:The long-term results of 414 patients who underwent repair of tetralogy of Fallot between 1967 and 1977 were studied and correlated with the results of others. There were nine late deaths (8-year actuarial survival 95.8%). Six of the deaths wee directly related to the malformation or its treatment. Eight patients (2.4...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Katz NM,Blackstone EH,Kirklin JW,Pacifico AD,Bargeron LM Jr

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy is considered the only effective treatment for high-risk patients with Brugada syndrome. Quinidine depresses I(to) current, which may play an important role in the arrhythmogenesis of this disease. METHODS AND RESULTS:The effects of quinidine bisulfat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Belhassen B,Glick A,Viskin S

更新日期：2004-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute coronary hemodynamic and metabolic effects of intravenous dipyridamole were studied in 13 patients. Total left ventricular (LV), anterior (supplied by the left anterior descending coronary artery) and inferior (supplied by circumflex and right coronary arteries) regional flows and metabolic responses were as...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Feldman RL,Nichols WW,Pepine CJ,Conti CR

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Ventricular proarrhythmia hinders pharmacological atrial fibrillation treatment. Modulation of atrium-specific Kir3.x channels, which generate a constitutively active current (I(K,ACh-c)) after atrial remodeling, might circumvent this problem. Howeve...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bingen BO,Neshati Z,Askar SF,Kazbanov IV,Ypey DL,Panfilov AV,Schalij MJ,de Vries AA,Pijnappels DA

更新日期：2013-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the left prepectoral site is preferred for "hot can" placement, this site is unavailable in some patients. We evaluated the influence of electrode location on defibrillation thresholds with alternative hot can and transvenous lead configurations. METHODS AND RESULTS:Three interrelated studies were ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Yamanouchi Y,Mowrey KA,Niebauer MJ,Tchou PJ,Wilkoff BL

更新日期：1997-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We postulated that the variability of the phase shift between blood pressure and heart rate fluctuation near the frequency of 0.10 Hz might be useful in assessing autonomic circulatory control. METHODS AND RESULTS:We tested this hypothesis in 4 groups of subjects: 28 young, healthy individuals; 13 elderly h...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Halámek J,Kára T,Jurák P,Soucek M,Francis DP,Davies LC,Shen WK,Coats AJ,Novák M,Nováková Z,Panovský R,Toman J,Sumbera J,Somers VK

更新日期：2003-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six patients with unstable angina pectoris had biplane left ventricular (LV) angiograms and coronary arteriograms (CAGs) initially and at a median of 1 year following randomization to medical (15 patients) or surgical 11 patients) therapy. Left ventricular segmental wall motion was analyzed by a digital compute...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Priest MF,Curry GC,Smith LR,Rogers WJ,Mantle JA,Rackley CE,Kouchoukos NT,Russell RO Jr

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deranged magnesium concentrations in serum and cardiovascular structures have been implicated in the pathophysiology of hypertension, ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias, and sudden death. This study was conducted to determine the status and interrelation of serum and tissue concentrations of magnesium in patients wit...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ralston MA,Murnane MR,Kelley RE,Altschuld RA,Unverferth DV,Leier CV

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Finn Waagstein was born in Copenhagen in 1938. He graduated from Aarhus University Medical School in 1964. He received his cardiology training in the Sahlgrenska University Hospital at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He was appointed Associate Professor in 1980, and he assisted in establishing and directing the ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Waagstein F,Rutherford JD

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the variability of the fraction of CPK released from the infarcted heart which enters the serum (serum entry ratio, or SER) with size and model of infarction, nine dogs underwent homogeneous infarctions (LAD ligation) of varying sizes, and 10 dogs underwent scattered infarctions (left coronary embolization). ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cairns JA,Missirlis E,Fallen EL

更新日期：1978-12-01 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:Cardiac volume overload by an aortocaval shunt increases left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) and plasma and cardiac renin activity and results in LV hypertrophy. To a similar extent, the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors enalapril and quinapril prevent the increase in LVEDP. However,...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ruzicka M,Skarda V,Leenen FH

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continuous-flow rotary pumps with axial design are increasingly used for left ventricular assist support. The efficacy of this design compared with pulsatile, volume displacement pumps, with respect to characteristics of left ventricular unloading, and exercise performance remains largely unstudied. METHODS...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Haft J,Armstrong W,Dyke DB,Aaronson KD,Koelling TM,Farrar DJ,Pagani FD

更新日期：2007-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung transplantation and heart-lung transplantation represent surgical options for treatment of medically refractory idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. The effect of the lung allocation score on wait-list and transplantation outcomes in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension is poo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schaffer JM,Singh SK,Joyce DL,Reitz BA,Robbins RC,Zamanian RT,Mallidi HR

更新日期：2013-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunization with cardiac myosin induces experimental autoimmune heart disease in genetically predisposed mice. These mice produce heart-specific autoantibodies, some of which are directed against the cardiac myosin isoform. METHODS AND RESULTS:We have reported the presence of circulating heart-specific aut...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Caforio AL,Grazzini M,Mann JM,Keeling PJ,Bottazzo GF,McKenna WJ,Schiaffino S

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation and matrix degradation may play a pathogenic role in chronic heart failure (CHF), and therefore, we examined whether thalidomide, a drug with potential immunomodulating and matrix-stabilizing properties, could improve left ventricular (LV) function in patients with CHF secondary to idiopathic di...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gullestad L,Ueland T,Fjeld JG,Holt E,Gundersen T,Breivik K,Følling M,Hodt A,Skårdal R,Kjekshus J,Andreassen A,Kjekshus E,Wergeland R,Yndestad A,Frøland SS,Semb AG,Aukrust P

更新日期：2005-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prenatal surgery for congenital anomalies can prevent fetal demise or alter the course of organ development, resulting in a more favorable condition at birth. The indications for fetal surgery continue to expand, yet little is known about the acute sequelae of fetal surgery on the human cardiovascular system...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rychik J,Tian Z,Cohen MS,Ewing SG,Cohen D,Howell LJ,Wilson RD,Johnson MP,Hedrick HL,Flake AW,Crombleholme TM,Adzick NS

更新日期：2004-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ticagrelor, when compared with clopidogrel, reduced the 12-month risk of vascular death/myocardial infarction and stroke in patients with ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes intended to undergo primary percutaneous coronary intervention in the PLATelet inhibition and patient Outcomes (PLATO) trial. This pr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Armstrong PW,Siha H,Fu Y,Westerhout CM,Steg PG,James SK,Storey RF,Horrow J,Katus H,Clemmensen P,Harrington RA,Wallentin L

更新日期：2012-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Progression of heart failure after initial myocardial injury is mediated in part by various redundant inflammatory mediators, including the widely expressed cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). Because COX-2 inhibitors are useful in treating many inflammation-mediated diseases, we asked whether COX-2 inhibition can att...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Delgado RM 3rd,Nawar MA,Zewail AM,Kar B,Vaughn WK,Wu KK,Aleksic N,Sivasubramanian N,McKay K,Mann DL,Willerson JT

更新日期：2004-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased diastolic chamber stiffness (increased DCS) during angina (demand ischemia) has been postulated to be generated by increased diastolic myocyte calcium concentration. METHODS AND RESULTS:We reproduced demand ischemia in isolated isovolumically contracting red-cell-perfused rabbit hearts by imposing...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Varma N,Eberli FR,Apstein CS

更新日期：2000-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is commonly present in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and is independently associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Screening tests for depressive symptoms should be applied to identify patients who may require further assessment and treatment. This multispecialty consen...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lichtman JH,Bigger JT Jr,Blumenthal JA,Frasure-Smith N,Kaufmann PG,Lespérance F,Mark DB,Sheps DS,Taylor CB,Froelicher ES,American Heart Association Prevention Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing.,American Heart Assoc

更新日期：2008-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The time of acute myocardial infarction was determined in all 1,741 patients of the ISAM (Intravenous Streptokinase in Acute Myocardial Infarction) Study, based on onset of clinical symptoms and evaluation of plasma CK-MB enzyme time-activity curves. The incidence of myocardial infarction was markedly increased betwee...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Willich SN,Linderer T,Wegscheider K,Leizorovicz A,Alamercery I,Schröder R

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Regulatory T cells (Treg) are present in atherosclerotic lesions and can modulate disease. In this study we characterized changes in Treg responses associated with prolonged hypercholesterolemia and lesion progression. METHODS AND RESULTS:Low-density lipoprotein receptor null mice in which Treg express gree...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Maganto-García E,Tarrio ML,Grabie N,Bu DX,Lichtman AH

更新日期：2011-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies suggest that the antifibrillatory action of class I and III drugs is due to prolongation of the atrial wavelength. The aim of the present study was to directly evaluate the electrophysiological action of antifibrillatory drugs in a goat model of chronic atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS AND...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wijffels MC,Dorland R,Mast F,Allessie MA

更新日期：2000-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the electrocardiographic and hemodynamic changes in isolated right ventricular infarction, 0.25 ml or 0.5 ml of metallic mercury was injected into the right coronary artery of 14 closed-chest dogs. At autopsy, at least 60% of the right ventricle was necrotic in every dog. Hemodynamic observations were m...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chou TC,Fowler NO,Gabel M,van der Bel-Kahn J,Feltner EJ

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We compared the efficacy and safety of different dosages of a low-molecular-weight heparin, CY 216 D (Fraxiparine), in the treatment of submassive pulmonary embolism with unfractionated heparin in a prospective, randomized, dose-finding study. METHODS AND RESULTS:The primary outcome was the evolution of pul...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Théry C,Simonneau G,Meyer G,Hélénon O,Bridey F,Armagnac C,d'Azemar P,Coquart JP

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00