Passage of inhaled particles into the blood circulation in humans.

abstract：:Under the auspices of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently released an update to its 1996 Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Screening Recommendation Statement. The USPSTF recommended against PAD screening, giving the practice a "D" level rec...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Beckman JA,Jaff MR,Creager MA

更新日期：2006-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine how survival and clinical status were related to left ventricular (LV) size and systolic function after mitral valve replacement, 104 patients (48 mitral regurgitation [MR], 33 mitral stenosis [MS], and 23 MS/MR) with isolated mitral valve replacement were evaluated before and after surgery. Preoperative ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Crawford MH,Souchek J,Oprian CA,Miller DC,Rahimtoola S,Giacomini JC,Sethi G,Hammermeister KE

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with acute ischemic right ventricular dysfunction often develop hemodynamic compromise, yet most manifest spontaneous early clinical improvement and later recovery of global right ventricular performance. This study was designed to delineate the determinants of right ventricular performance followin...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Laster SB,Shelton TJ,Barzilai B,Goldstein JA

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been documented that the HMG coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, or statins, can decrease cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with clinical coronary disease and moderately to severely elevated lipid levels. Additional data are required to demonstrate a reduction of vascular events in coronary...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Byington RP,Jukema JW,Salonen JT,Pitt B,Bruschke AV,Hoen H,Furberg CD,Mancini GB

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The importance of clinical presentation and pretransplantation course on outcome in children with dilated cardiomyopathy listed for heart transplantation is not well defined. METHODS AND RESULTS:The impact of age, duration of illness, sex, race, ventricular geometry, and diagnosis of myocarditis on outcome ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pietra BA,Kantor PF,Bartlett HL,Chin C,Canter CE,Larsen RL,Edens RE,Colan SD,Towbin JA,Lipshultz SE,Kirklin JK,Naftel DC,Hsu DT

更新日期：2012-08-28 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:Three distinct cardiac arrhythmia disorders, the long-QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, and conduction system disease, have been associated with heterozygous mutations in the cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel alpha-subunit gene (SCN5A). We present clinical, genetic, and biophysical features of 2 new SCN5A mu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wang DW,Viswanathan PC,Balser JR,George AL Jr,Benson DW

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenalterol, a beta-adrenergic agonist, was given to nine patients with angiographically proved coronary artery disease. Subjects were studied during chronic beta-adrenergic blockade. The adequacy of blockade was assessed by the exercise heart rate response and by plasma concentrations of blocking agents. After increm...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Shiu MF,Ireland MA,Littler WA

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary sinus access by electrode catheters is easier in patients with atrioventricular junctional reentry tachycardia (AVJRT) than in patients with other supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. The reason for this has not been addressed. METHODS AND RESULTS:The size and shape of the proximal coronary sinus wer...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Doig JC,Saito J,Harris L,Downar E

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Macrophages in human atherosclerotic plaques produce a family of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), which may influence vascular remodeling and plaque disruption. Because oxidized LDL (ox-LDL) is implicated in many proatherogenic events, we hypothesized that ox-LDL would regulate expression of MMP-9 and tissu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Xu XP,Meisel SR,Ong JM,Kaul S,Cercek B,Rajavashisth TB,Sharifi B,Shah PK

更新日期：1999-03-02 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:Current information on the epidemiology and outcomes of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in children is limited by disease diversity and small case series. METHODS AND RESULTS:The Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry has collected prospective and retrospective data on children diagnosed with HCM since 1990. W...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Colan SD,Lipshultz SE,Lowe AM,Sleeper LA,Messere J,Cox GF,Lurie PR,Orav EJ,Towbin JA

更新日期：2007-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) predisposes to the formation of donor-specific antibodies, a factor contributing to chronic rejection and late allograft loss. METHODS:We describe a mechanism underlying the correlative association between IRI and donor-specific antibodies by using humanized models and pati...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Liu L,Fang C,Fu W,Jiang B,Li G,Qin L,Rosenbluth J,Gong G,Xie CB,Yoo P,Tellides G,Pober JS,Jane-Wit D

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanisms responsible for the transformation of stable angina to unstable angina, a major cause of morbidity and mortality, are commonly believed to be plaque rupture and thrombosis. We determined whether additional mechanisms are operative by analyzing the histopathology and immuno-histopathology of co...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Flugelman MY,Virmani R,Correa R,Yu ZX,Farb A,Leon MB,Elami A,Fu YM,Casscells W,Epstein SE

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) has been associated with a range of neurological and neuropsychological complications from stroke to cognitive problems such as memory and problem solving disturbance. However, little is known about the impact of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on neuropsycholog...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Währborg P,Booth JE,Clayton T,Nugara F,Pepper J,Weintraub WS,Sigwart U,Stables RH,SoS Neuropsychology Substudy Investigators.

更新日期：2004-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effects of moderate potassium cardioplegia (37 mEq/l KCl) on the severity of myocardial ischemia during arrest and on post arrest ventricular function, 32 isolated, isovolumic feline hearts were studied before, during and 1 hour after ischemic arrest. Normothermia (37 degrees C) was maintained in the rem...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schaff HV,Dombroff R,Flaherty JT,Bulkley BH,Hutchins GM,Goldman RA,Gott VL

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adenosine receptor activation has been proposed to explain the cardioprotective effect of ischemic preconditioning in rabbit hearts. We tested this hypothesis in a rat model by assessing whether administration of an adenosine antagonist could block the protective effect of preconditioning and whether adenosi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Li Y,Kloner RA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro experiments on precontracted canine coronary arteries were performed to study the direct relaxant effects of molsidomine (MOLS) and its active metabolite, SIN-1, and to determine if there is a relationship between effect and cGMP level elevations. The effects of MOLS and SIN-1 were compared with those of a cl...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rinaldi G,Cingolani H

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and pathologic features of 18 consecutive patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy at The Johns Hopkins Hospital were examined in an attempt to define the incidence of myocarditis and to determine its response to immunosuppressive agents. In addition to routine studies, patients were evaluated with echocar...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Midei MG,DeMent SH,Feldman AM,Hutchins GM,Baughman KL

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cp) has been demonstrated in arteries and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). However, the validity of the methods used is questioned, and antibiotic treatment trials have thus far shown disappointing results. Nevertheless, antibodies against the Cp outer membrane proteins (OMPs) have be...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lindholt JS,Støvring J,Østergaard L,Urbonavicius S,Henneberg EW,Honoré B,Vorum H

更新日期：2004-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aortic valve calcification is an actively regulated process that displays hallmarks of atherosclerosis. Natriuretic peptides (A-, B-, and C-type natriuretic peptides [ANP, BNP, and CNP]) have been reported to have a role in the pathogenesis of vascular atherosclerosis, but their expression in aortic valves i...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Peltonen TO,Taskinen P,Soini Y,Rysä J,Ronkainen J,Ohtonen P,Satta J,Juvonen T,Ruskoaho H,Leskinen H

更新日期：2007-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apoptosis in human atherosclerotic coronary plaques possibly causes plaque destabilization by contributing to the weakening and breaking down of the fibrous cap. We tested the hypothesis that apoptosis is quantitatively increased in unstable atherosclerotic plaques. METHODS AND RESULTS:We analyzed the expre...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rossi ML,Marziliano N,Merlini PA,Bramucci E,Canosi U,Belli G,Parenti DZ,Mannucci PM,Ardissino D

更新日期：2004-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Global ventricular function was evaluated by both multiple gated cardiac blood pool scans (MUGA) and contrast ventriculograms in a group of 17 patients with suspected coronary artery disease. The contrast ventriculograms were analyzed frame by frame to generate a volume versus time curve for each patient, while the tr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Burow RD,Strauss HW,Singleton R,Pond M,Rehn T,Bailey IK,Griffith LC,Nickoloff E,Pitt B

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular mural thrombi complicate many cardiac diseases. The endocardial endothelium can modulate the mechanical performance of subjacent myocardium and mediate responses to certain physiopharmacologic agents. We studied the effects of aggregating platelets on the contractile performance of isolated cardiac muscle....

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Shah AM,Meulemans AL,Brutsaert DL

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular electrophysiologic effects of myocardial ablation performed in vitro with argon laser energy were compared with those of high-energy electrical shocks. A border zone of injured but nonnecrotic tissue surrounding the site of energy delivery was present after tissue ablation by both energy modalities. A dec...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Levine JH,Merillat JC,Stern M,Weisman HF,Kadish AH,Moore EN,Spear JF,Fonger J,Guarnieri T

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the use of physical signs for the diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia (VT) was described in the early 1900s, their value in this role has never been systematically assessed. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using a blinded, randomized protocol, we examined the ability of 26 clinicians to detect ventriculoatria...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Garratt CJ,Griffith MJ,Young G,Curzen N,Brecker S,Rickards AF,Camm AJ

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Observational studies have identified an association between body mass index (BMI) and incident atrial fibrillation (AF). Inferring causality from observational studies, however, is subject to residual confounding, reverse causation, and bias. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the causal as...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chatterjee NA,Giulianini F,Geelhoed B,Lunetta KL,Misialek JR,Niemeijer MN,Rienstra M,Rose LM,Smith AV,Arking DE,Ellinor PT,Heeringa J,Lin H,Lubitz SA,Soliman EZ,Verweij N,Alonso A,Benjamin EJ,Gudnason V,Stricker BHC

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously found in a pig coronary balloon injury model that vitamins C and E as well as probucol had beneficial effects on the vessel response to injury measured by morphometry These effects correlated with an inhibition in the ability to oxidize LDLs ex vivo, suggesting that the morphological response w...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nunes GL,Robinson K,Kalynych A,King SB 3rd,Sgoutas DS,Berk BC

更新日期：1997-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although early intravenous beta-blocker therapy during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) reduces the incidence of fatal arrhythmias in patients not treated with thrombolytic agents, its antiarrhythmic effect in thrombolysed patients remains controversial. We investigated prospectively the arrhythmia incidenc...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Heidbüchel H,Tack J,Vanneste L,Ballet A,Ector H,Van de Werf F

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:prior studies indicated that ablation of the 4 major atrial ganglionated plexi (GP) suppressed atrial fibrillation. METHODS AND RESULTS:superparamagnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) made of Fe(3)O(4) (core), thermoresponsive polymeric hydrogel (shell), and neurotoxic agent (N-isopropylacrylamide monomer [NIPA-M]) ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Yu L,Scherlag BJ,Dormer K,Nguyen KT,Pope C,Fung KM,Po SS

更新日期：2010-12-21 00:00:00