Transfer of CD4(+) T cells aggravates atherosclerosis in immunodeficient apolipoprotein E knockout mice.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure with left bundle branch block reduces left ventricular (LV) conduction delay, contraction asynchrony, and LV end-systolic volume ("reverse remodeling"). Up to one third of patients do not improve, and the electric requirements for reverse remodeling are unc...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sweeney MO,van Bommel RJ,Schalij MJ,Borleffs CJ,Hellkamp AS,Bax JJ

更新日期：2010-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The evidence supporting the thesis that hypertension can be prevented by eliminating salt from the diet is based on four principal sources: (1) epidemiological studies in unacculturated peoples showing that the prevalence of hypertension is inversely correlated with the degree of salt intake; (2) hemodynamic studies s...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Freis ED

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transplantation of ex vivo expanded circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) from peripheral blood mononuclear cells improves the neovascularization after critical ischemia. However, the origin of the endothelial progenitor lineage and its characteristics have not yet been clearly defined. Therefore, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Urbich C,Heeschen C,Aicher A,Dernbach E,Zeiher AM,Dimmeler S

更新日期：2003-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent molecular studies have suggested that viral myocarditis frequently underlies human congestive cardiomyopathy; however, only moderately sensitive and specific techniques were used. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) gene amplification is a sensitive, specific technique ideally suited for the diagnosis of viral dise...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Jin O,Sole MJ,Butany JW,Chia WK,McLaughlin PR,Liu P,Liew CC

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphatic network and chemokine-mediated signals are essential for leukocyte traffic during the proximal steps of alloimmune response. We aimed to determine the role of lymphatic vessels and their principal growth signaling pathway, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C/D/VEGFR-3, during acute and chro...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nykänen AI,Sandelin H,Krebs R,Keränen MA,Tuuminen R,Kärpänen T,Wu Y,Pytowski B,Koskinen PK,Ylä-Herttuala S,Alitalo K,Lemström KB

更新日期：2010-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes the response to overdrive suppression of junctional pacemakers (JP) and correlates it with symptoms in 21 patients. Junctional rhythm (JR) was seen in 5 patients with intact A-V conduction, and in 16 with complete heart block, the JPs were located proximal to or within the His bundle (BH). Junction...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Narula OS,Narula JT

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intimal thickenings of the coronary arteries of newborn children are composed mainly of smooth muscle cell proliferations. To investigate whether thickening of the intima in infants is associated with a family history of coronary artery disease (CAD), we studied the relation of coronary death of grandparents...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kaprio J,Norio R,Pesonen E,Sarna S

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred twenty-nine hospital survivors of acute myocardial infarction (MI) age 60 years or younger underwent coronary arteriography a median of 2 weeks after infarction and were followed a median of 24 months (range 6-62 months). For 62%, MI was the first presentation of coronary disease and 75% were in clinical K...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Roubin GS,Harris PJ,Bernstein L,Kelly DT

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preconditioning protects the myocardium from ischemia and may be a potent means of endogenous cardioprotection during cardioplegic arrest and rewarming. However, fundamental mechanisms that potentially contribute to the beneficial effects of preconditioning during cardioplegic arrest and rewarming remain unc...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： O SJ,Zellner JL,Cox MH,Hebbar L,Brothers TE,Mukherjee R,Tempel GE,Dorman BH,Crawford FA Jr,Spinale FG

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Valve-related complications after Björk-Shiley mitral valve implantation (n = 475), aortic valve implantation (n = 424), or mitral-aortic valve implantation (n = 119) were compared with those after St. Jude Medical mitral valve replacement (n = 173), aortic valve replacement (n = 152), or mitral-aortic valve replaceme...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Horstkotte D,Körfer R,Seipel L,Bircks W,Loogen F

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitors are beneficial in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS); their safe use in women, however, remains a concern. The contribution of dosing to the observed sex-related differences in bleeding is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:We explored ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Alexander KP,Chen AY,Newby LK,Schwartz JB,Redberg RF,Hochman JS,Roe MT,Gibler WB,Ohman EM,Peterson ED,CRUSADE (Can Rapid risk stratification of Unstable angina patients Suppress ADverse outcomes with Early implementation of the ACC\/

更新日期：2006-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Friedreich's ataxia (FA), the most common inherited ataxia, is associated frequently with cardiac hypertrophy, and death is often cardiac related. Recently, the disease has been associated with a mutation that consists of an unstable expansion of GAA repeats in the first intron of the gene encoding frataxin ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Isnard R,Kalotka H,Dürr A,Cossée M,Schmitt M,Pousset F,Thomas D,Brice A,Koenig M,Komajda M

更新日期：1997-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Higher carotid intimal-medial thickness (IMT) is associated with cardiovascular risk factors and is predictive of coronary artery disease and stroke in older adults. Carotid IMT was measured in young and middle-aged adults to determine its relationship with risk factors measured (1) in childhood, (2) current...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Davis PH,Dawson JD,Riley WA,Lauer RM

更新日期：2001-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, it was reported that the degree of microvascular injury and left ventricular functional recovery during the chronic period can be predicted after treatment of the infarct-related artery based on the coronary flow velocity (CFV) pattern assessed using a Doppler guidewire. The aim of this prospective...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Yamamuro A,Akasaka T,Tamita K,Yamabe K,Katayama M,Takagi T,Morioka S

更新日期：2002-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-sectional echocardiographic studies of the aortic arch and proximal descending aorta were performed in 18 patients with coarctation of the aorta and 20 normal subjects. In normals the aortic arch and proximal descending aorta appeared as an arcuate, echo-free structure curving across the plane of the scan. There...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Weyman AE,Caldwell RL,Hurwitz RA,Girod DA,Dillon JC,Feigenbaum H,Green D

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) expression in heart transplant patients has been negatively associated with acute cellular rejection and cardiac allograft vasculopathy. We assessed HLA-G expression in vascular human endothelial and smooth muscle cell cultures to determine if future therapeutic agents can b...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sheshgiri R,Rao V,Tumiati LC,Xiao R,Prodger JL,Badiwala M,Librach C,Delgado DH

更新日期：2008-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The renal actions of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in congestive heart failure (CHF) are associated with increased diuresis and natriuresis, preserved glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and lack of activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS). In contrast, diuretic-induced natriuresis may b...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cataliotti A,Boerrigter G,Costello-Boerrigter LC,Schirger JA,Tsuruda T,Heublein DM,Chen HH,Malatino LS,Burnett JC Jr

更新日期：2004-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is a risk factor for impaired cardiac performance, particularly in women. Animal studies suggest that alterations in myocardial fatty acid metabolism and efficiency in obesity can cause decreased cardiac performance. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that myocardial fatty acid metabolism...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Peterson LR,Herrero P,Schechtman KB,Racette SB,Waggoner AD,Kisrieva-Ware Z,Dence C,Klein S,Marsala J,Meyer T,Gropler RJ

更新日期：2004-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients surviving ventricular fibrillation (VF) or sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) are at a high risk of death due to a recurrence of arrhythmia. The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) terminates VT or VF, but it is not known whether this device prolongs life in these patients compared with...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Connolly SJ,Gent M,Roberts RS,Dorian P,Roy D,Sheldon RS,Mitchell LB,Green MS,Klein GJ,O'Brien B

更新日期：2000-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Several conditions that contribute to drowning and near drowning must be considered in the treatment of near-drowned victims. Regardless of the cause, mechanical ventilation should begin as soon as possible and closed-chest cardiac massage should be administered when there is any question about the adequacy of cardiac...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Modell JH

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy exists as to whether off-pump CABG with local occlusion results in clinically significant myocardial ischemia during the occlusion period. This study was undertaken to delineate the effects of transient local coronary artery occlusion on regional systolic function. METHODS AND RESULTS:Eight cons...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brown PM Jr,Kim VB,Boyer BJ,Lust RM,Chitwood WR Jr,Elbeery JR

更新日期：1999-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vasospasm of the internal thoracic artery (ITA) is common. The purpose of this study was to characterize the vascular reactivity of human ITA to dopaminergic agents used in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery (CBS): dopamine, dobutamine, and dopexamine. METHODS AND RESULTS:Segments of the distal ITA...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Myers ML,Li GH,Yaghi A,McCormack D

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain clinical and morphologic observations are described in 27 patients with severe isolated angina pectoris of either the stable (five patients) or the unstable form (22 patients). Twenty-four patients died during or shortly after cardiac operations designed to relieve angina pectoris and three died during cardiac...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Roberts WC

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may cause thrombus dislodgment followed by reduced flow and impaired microcirculatory function. We prospectively compared conventional PCI to a strategy of additional pretreatment using the X-sizer thrombectomy system. ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Beran G,Lang I,Schreiber W,Denk S,Stefenelli T,Syeda B,Maurer G,Glogar D,Siostrzonek P

更新日期：2002-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This essay reviews the founding and early history of the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association (AHA), the largest of the AHA's 14 councils. Based on archival research, it stresses the factors that led to the council's formation and shaped its agenda. The council was established in the contex...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fye WB

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short-term hibernating myocardium is characterized by a decrease in contractile function in proportion to the reduced myocardial blood flow. Myocardial creatine phosphate content, initially decreased during the first minutes of ischemia, returns to near-control values, the ischemia-induced net lactate produc...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schulz R,Rose J,Martin C,Brodde OE,Heusch G

更新日期：1993-08-01 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:The main goal of the initial treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction is prompt reperfusion of the infarct-related artery. The value of pretreatment with clopidogrel before primary percutaneous coronary intervention is currently unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS:Studies were retrieved through MEDL...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vlaar PJ,Svilaas T,Damman K,de Smet BJ,Tijssen JG,Hillege HL,Zijlstra F

更新日期：2008-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Esophageal injury is a potential complication after intraoperative or percutaneous transcatheter ablation of the posterior aspect of the left atrium. Understanding the spatial relations between the esophagus and the left atrium is essential to reduce risks. METHODS AND RESULTS:We examined by gross dissectio...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sánchez-Quintana D,Cabrera JA,Climent V,Farré J,Mendonça MC,Ho SY

更新日期：2005-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The elimination of specific dietary cholesterol target recommendations in recent guidelines has raised questions about its role with respect to cardiovascular disease. This advisory was developed after a review of human studies on the relationship of dietary cholesterol with blood lipids, lipoproteins, and cardiovascu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Carson JAS,Lichtenstein AH,Anderson CAM,Appel LJ,Kris-Etherton PM,Meyer KA,Petersen K,Polonsky T,Van Horn L,American Heart Association Nutrition Committee of the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health; Council on Arteriosclero

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00