Transient ST-segment in unstable angina. Clinical and hemodynamic significance.

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:Guidelines for the management of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) rely on the age, sex, and angina typicality-based pretest probabilities of angiographically significant CAD derived from invasive coronary angiography (guideline probabilities). Reliability of guideline probabilities has n...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cheng VY,Berman DS,Rozanski A,Dunning AM,Achenbach S,Al-Mallah M,Budoff MJ,Cademartiri F,Callister TQ,Chang HJ,Chinnaiyan K,Chow BJ,Delago A,Gomez M,Hadamitzky M,Hausleiter J,Karlsberg RP,Kaufmann P,Lin FY,Maffei E

更新日期：2011-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aging is associated with an increased risk of women dying from coronary heart disease as well as from all causes combined. Alterations in the major biological risk factors for early coronary heart disease and all-cause mortality are frequently seen in aging. METHODS AND RESULTS:The present investigation tes...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Owens JF,Matthews KA,Wing RR,Kuller LH

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) is a risk factor for atherosclerosis, no study has documented the effects of Lp(a) on angiogenesis. In this study, we examined collateral formation in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) model in Lp(a) transgenic mice. In addition, we examined the feasibility of gene therapy by ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Morishita R,Sakaki M,Yamamoto K,Iguchi S,Aoki M,Yamasaki K,Matsumoto K,Nakamura T,Lawn R,Ogihara T,Kaneda Y

更新日期：2002-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of predischarge quantitative exercise thallium-201 (201T1) scintigraphy to predict future cardiac events was evaluated prospectively in 140 consecutive patients with uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction; the results were compared with those of submaximal exercise treadmill testing and coronary angiogr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gibson RS,Watson DD,Craddock GB,Crampton RS,Kaiser DL,Denny MJ,Beller GA

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alterations in the balance of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their specific tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) are involved in left ventricular (LV) remodeling. Whether their expression is related to interstitial fibrosis or LV dysfunction in patients with chronic pressure overload-induced LV hypertrophy, howev...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Heymans S,Schroen B,Vermeersch P,Milting H,Gao F,Kassner A,Gillijns H,Herijgers P,Flameng W,Carmeliet P,Van de Werf F,Pinto YM,Janssens S

更新日期：2005-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Impaired endothelium-dependent, nitric oxide (NO)-mediated vasodilation may contribute to increased vasomotor tone in patients with heart failure. Whether decreased endothelium-dependent, NO-mediated vasodilation in patients with heart failure is due to decreased synthesis or increased degradation of NO is u...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Katz SD,Khan T,Zeballos GA,Mathew L,Potharlanka P,Knecht M,Whelan J

更新日期：1999-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of sodium and water accumulation in chronic constrictive pericarditis is not well understood and may differ from that in patients with chronic congestive heart failure due to myocardial disease. This study was undertaken to investigate some of the mechanisms. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using stand...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Anand IS,Ferrari R,Kalra GS,Wahi PL,Poole-Wilson PA,Harris PC

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The introduction of limited approaches to the heart and the avoidance of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) aim to reduce the invasiveness of CABG by decreasing the systemic release of inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-8, as well as the anti-inflammatory ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Diegeler A,Doll N,Rauch T,Haberer D,Walther T,Falk V,Gummert J,Autschbach R,Mohr FW

更新日期：2000-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the potential gradient field created by defibrillation electrodes is important for the understanding and improvement of defibrillation. To obtain this knowledge by direct measurements, potentials were recorded from 60 epicardial, eight septal, and 36 right ventricular transmural electrodes in six open-che...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chen PS,Wolf PD,Claydon FJ,Dixon EG,Vidaillet HJ Jr,Danieley ND,Pilkington TC,Ideker RE

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High blood pressure (BP) is a known risk factor for mobility and cognitive impairment in older adults. This study tested the association of cumulative BP exposure from young adulthood to midlife with gait and cognitive function in midlife. Furthermore, we tested whether these associations were modified by ce...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mahinrad S,Kurian S,Garner CR,Sedaghat S,Nemeth AJ,Moscufo N,Higgins JP,Jacobs DR Jr,Hausdorff JM,Lloyd-Jones DM,Sorond FA

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enteroviruses (EVs) and adenoviruses (ADVs) have been considered common causes of myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy. In the present study, we report on the association of parvovirus B19 (PVB19) genomes in the clinical setting of acute myocarditis. METHODS AND RESULTS:This study included 24 consecutive ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kühl U,Pauschinger M,Bock T,Klingel K,Schwimmbeck CP,Seeberg B,Krautwurm L,Poller W,Schultheiss HP,Kandolf R

更新日期：2003-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plaque disruption and exposure of subendothelial procoagulants such as tissue factor (TF) to circulating factor VII/VIIa (FVII/VIIa) lead to intravascular thrombosis. Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is an endogenous inhibitor of TF-induced coagulation that binds to factor Xa and the TF-FVIIa catalytic...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Caplice NM,Mueske CS,Kleppe LS,Simari RD

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy reduces mortality in moderately symptomatic heart failure patients with an ejection fraction

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Levy WC,Lee KL,Hellkamp AS,Poole JE,Mozaffarian D,Linker DT,Maggioni AP,Anand I,Poole-Wilson PA,Fishbein DP,Johnson G,Anderson J,Mark DB,Bardy GH

更新日期：2009-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Development of left ventricular hypertrophy in aortic stenosis (AS) is accompanied by coronary microcirculatory dysfunction, demonstrated by an impaired coronary vasodilator reserve (CVR). However, evidence for regional abnormalities in myocardial blood flow (MBF) and the potential mechanisms is limited. The...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rajappan K,Rimoldi OE,Dutka DP,Ariff B,Pennell DJ,Sheridan DJ,Camici PG

更新日期：2002-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional myocardial function and blood flow were determined for 48 hours after permanent occlusion of the left circumflex coronary artery in conscious swine. Systolic wall thickening and end-diastolic wall thickness (EDWTh) were correlated with regional myocardial flow (RMBF) at 15 minutes, 24 and 48 hours after occlu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Savage RM,Guth B,White FC,Hagan AD,Bloor CM

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonoperative therapy includes conservative noninterventional modalities and the endovascular interventional modalities of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and a variety of laser systems and atherectomy devices. The role and impact of all nonoperative treatments are considered in the perspectives of the natural hi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Veith FJ,Gupta SK,Wengerter KR,Rivers SP,Bakal CW

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Z-Val-Ala-Asp(OMe)-CH2F (ZVAD-fmk), a tripeptide inhibitor of the caspase interleukin-1beta-converting enzyme family of cysteine proteases, may reduce myocardial reperfusion injury in vivo by attenuating cardiomyocyte apoptosis within the ischemic area at risk. METHODS AND RESULTS:Sprague-Dawley rats were s...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Yaoita H,Ogawa K,Maehara K,Maruyama Y

更新日期：1998-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data from single-center studies suggest that echocardiographic parameters of mechanical dyssynchrony may improve patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). In a prospective, multicenter setting, the Predictors of Response to CRT (PROSPECT) study tested the performance of these parameters ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chung ES,Leon AR,Tavazzi L,Sun JP,Nihoyannopoulos P,Merlino J,Abraham WT,Ghio S,Leclercq C,Bax JJ,Yu CM,Gorcsan J 3rd,St John Sutton M,De Sutter J,Murillo J

更新日期：2008-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of this study was to examine a possible association between systemic microinflammation, as reflected by C-reactive protein (CRP) serum levels, and coronary vasomotion in patients with coronary risk factors but with angiographically normal coronary arteries. METHODS AND RESULTS:Coronary vasomotor fu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schindler TH,Nitzsche EU,Olschewski M,Magosaki N,Mix M,Prior JO,Facta AD,Solzbach U,Just H,Schelbert HR

更新日期：2004-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conversion of chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with atrial stunning, but the short-term effect of a brief episode of AF on left atrial appendage (LAA) emptying velocity is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a short episode of AF affects left atrial function and whether ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Daoud EG,Marcovitz P,Knight BP,Goyal R,Man KC,Strickberger SA,Armstrong WF,Morady F

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Echocardiographically determined left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) has a well-demonstrated association with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, whether or not there is a sex differential in the impact of LVH on mortality has never been systematically explored. METHODS AND RESULTS:This study en...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Liao Y,Cooper RS,Mensah GA,McGee DL

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We explored whether chronic hyperglycemia is associated with defects in endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in vivo and whether defects in the hemodynamic effects of insulin explain insulin resistance. METHODS AND RESULTS:Vasodilator responses to brachial artery infusions of acetylcholine, sodium nitroprus...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mäkimattila S,Virkamäki A,Groop PH,Cockcroft J,Utriainen T,Fagerudd J,Yki-Järvinen H

更新日期：1996-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1948 knowledge of the role of the central nervous system in controlling blood pressure was rudimentary and the possibility that the brain could contribute to hypertension was barely acknowledged. Over the past 35 years the development of new technologies, particularly those of the neurosciences, and their applicati...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Reis DJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The enzyme 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11beta-HSD) prevents inappropriate activation of the nonselective mineralocorticoid receptors by glucocorticoids. Renal activity of 11beta-HSD is decreased in patients with apparent mineralocorticoid excess (SAME), licorice-induced hypertension, and essential h...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ruschitzka F,Quaschning T,Noll G,deGottardi A,Rossier MF,Enseleit F,Hürlimann D,Lüscher TF,Shaw SG

更新日期：2001-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Imaging of the flow convergence region (FCR) proximal to a regurgitant orifice has been shown to provide a method for quantifying the regurgitant flow rate. According to the continuity principle, the FCR is constituted by concentric hemispheric isovelocity surfaces centered at the orifice. The flow rate is c...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bargiggia GS,Tronconi L,Sahn DJ,Recusani F,Raisaro A,De Servi S,Valdes-Cruz LM,Montemartini C

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bartonella species are the only known bacterial pathogens causing vasculoproliferative disorders in humans (bacillary angiomatosis [BA]). Cellular and bacterial pathogenetic mechanisms underlying the induction of BA are largely unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:Activation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kempf VA,Lebiedziejewski M,Alitalo K,Wälzlein JH,Ehehalt U,Fiebig J,Huber S,Schütt B,Sander CA,Müller S,Grassl G,Yazdi AS,Brehm B,Autenrieth IB

更新日期：2005-03-01 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:In the preterm newborn, a patent ductus arteriosus is in large part a result of the increased sensitivity of the immature ductus to prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). PGE2 acts through 3 G protein-coupled receptors (EP2, EP3, and EP4) that activate both adenyl cyclase and K(ATP) channels. We explored these pathways to...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Waleh N,Kajino H,Marrache AM,Ginzinger D,Roman C,Seidner SR,Moss TJ,Fouron JC,Vazquez-Tello A,Chemtob S,Clyman RI

更新日期：2004-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequencies of onset of myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death are increased between 6 AM and 12 noon. Platelet aggregability, which may play a role in the cause of these disorders, has been observed to increase after the normal morning activities of awakening, arising, and ambulating. To determine which m...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brezinski DA,Tofler GH,Muller JE,Pohjola-Sintonen S,Willich SN,Schafer AI,Czeisler CA,Williams GH

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00