Measurement of aortic diameters and detection of asymptomatic aortic aneurysms in a mass screening program using a mobile helical computed tomography unit.

abstract：:The efficacy of second-generation drug-eluting stent (DES) for the treatment of left main disease (LM) and/or three vessel disease (3VD) remains unclear. We compared 2-year outcomes of second- versus first -generation DES implantation among patients with LM and/or 3VD and to assess the differential of risk by complexi...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kobayashi N,Ito Y,Hirano K,Yamawaki M,Araki M,Sakai T,Takimura H,Sakamoto Y,Mori S,Tsutsumi M,Takama T,Takafuji H,Maruyama T,Honda Y,Tokuda T,Makino K,Shirai S,Muramatsu T

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：: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

abstract：:We herein present a case (72 years, male) with total absence of pulmonary veins (PVs) potentials at the beginning of the first procedure for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), demonstrating dormant conduction between the left atrium and all PVs revealed by adenosine triphosphate provocation with relation to the inci...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yokoyama K,Yamashita S,Tokutake K,Narui R,Kato M,Tanigawa S,Tokuda M,Inada K,Matsuo S,Shibayama K,Miyanaga S,Yoshimura M,Yamane T

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension and high serum cholesterol level are important risk factors for atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. In the present study we tested the hypothesis whether high sodium intake, when given in combination with Western type high-fat diet, induces endothelial dysfunction and promotes atherosclerosis. Fur...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ketonen J,Mervaala E

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory markers are elevated in acute coronary syndromes, and are also known to play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of neointimal proliferation and stent restenosis. Drug-eluting stents (DESs) have been shown to decrease stent restenosis in different studies. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ozer N,Tangurek B,Firat F,Ozer S,Tartan Z,Ozturk R,Ozay B,Ciloglu F,Yilmaz H,Cam N

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, coronary diagnostic parameters, pressure drop coefficient (CDP: ratio of trans-stenotic pressure drop to distal dynamic pressure), and lesion flow coefficient (LFC: ratio of % area stenosis (%AS) to the CDP at throat region), were evaluated to distinguish levels of %AS under varying contractility condit...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Peelukhana SV,Kolli KK,Leesar MA,Effat MA,Helmy TA,Arif I,Schneeberger EW,Succop P,Banerjee RK

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:We report herein an adult case of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (Bland-White-Garland syndrome; BWG syndrome). The patient had chest discomfort during exercise and signs of mitral regurgitation. We diagnosed him as having BWG syndrome by angiography, and performed surgical treat...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ishihata T,Takeda H,Katohno E,Techigawara M,Owada K,Murata N,Ohta H,Maruyama Y

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raising high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is an important strategy for reducing residual cardiovascular risk. In the present study, we sought to assess the effect of extended-release niacin/laropiprant on endothelial function in patients after a myocardial infarction with target low-density lipoprotein chol...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Bregar U,Jug B,Keber I,Cevc M,Sebestjen M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine constricted 37 of 58 isolated and perfused monkey coronary arteries, whereas it dilated dog coronary arteries in all cases. The vasoconstriction induced by 0.1-10 micrograms (0.37-37.4 nmol) of adenosine was examined, since adenosine in large doses produced tachyphylaxis. The adenosine-induced vasoconstricti...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nakane T,Chiba S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cardiac angiotensin II-generating system is thought to be involved in cardiac fibrosis. Both angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and human chymase can convert angiotensin I to angiotensin II. However, the relative contributions of these two enzymatic pathways to angiotensin II generation in vivo remain to be clarifi...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ohmichi N,Iwai N,Shimoike H,Izumi M,Watarida S,Mori A,Nakamura Y,Kinoshita M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the incidence of post-intubation hypotension (PIH) in hemodynamically stable patients with STEMI requiring rapid sequences intubation (RSI) and medicated with ketamine or midazolam as induction agent. STEMI patients admitted between 1st January 2009 and 1st January 2017 who did not receive any type of ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Zuin M,Rigatelli G,Dell'Avvocata F,Faggian G,Conte L,Giatti S,Michielan F,Roncon L

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary blood flow was quantified using the thrombosis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame-count method. This measurement has been significantly correlated with flow velocity measured invasively by use of a Doppler flow wire. Coronary artery ectasia or aneurysm (CEA) is thought to be present in patients with a slow...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kosar F,Acikgoz N,Sahin I,Topal E,Aksoy Y,Cehreli S

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resting bradycardia is an important symptom for early diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (AN) during weight loss, and it improves with body-weight recovery. However, chronotropic incompetence (CI) in exercise is observed in some patients with AN despite amelioration of resting bradycardia in the recovery phase. We examined...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yoshida Y,Maeda J,Fukushima H,Tokita N,Yamagishi H,Tokumura M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have reported the prognostic value of objective nutritional indices such as the Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score, Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) and Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI). However, the effects of these indices in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who have un...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Wada H,Dohi T,Miyauchi K,Endo H,Tsuboi S,Ogita M,Kasai T,Okazaki S,Isoda K,Suwa S,Daida H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between aortic artery distensibility, expressed by pulse pressure (PP) and autonomic nervous system function expressed by heart rate variability (HRV), among elders. During 2009, 469 individuals (50 % males, mean age 75 ± 6 years old), permanent inhabitants of Ikaria ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Chrysohoou C,Skoumas J,Oikonomou E,Tsiachris D,Metaxa V,Lagoudakou S,Felekos J,Masoura C,Athanassopoulou S,Kosyfa H,Pitsavos C,Stefanadis C

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the surgical results of papillary muscle approximation (PMA) and papillary muscle relocation (PMR) for functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) and to compare the effects of both procedures on the change in mitral regurgitation (MR) and echocardiogram parameters associated with t...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Furukawa K,Yano M,Nakamura E,Matsuyama M,Nishimura M,Kawagoe K,Nakamura K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine whether alpha-human atrial natriuretic peptide (alpha-hANP) alters cardiac dimensions in humans. Left atrial (LA) and left ventricular diastolic (LV) diameters were measured by echocardiography at control and with lower body negative pressure (LBNP) at -10 and -20 mmHg during intravenous (I...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Imaizumi T,Takeshita A,Yoshida M,Suzuki S,Ando S,Hirooka Y,Nakamura M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), a member of the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid family, prevents cardiovascular disease. C-reactive protein (CRP) is a marker of inflammation, which promotes atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship among EPA, CRP, and the prevalence of peripheral arter...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sugiura T,Yoshikawa D,Ishii H,Suzuki S,Kumagai S,Inoue Y,Okumura S,Isobe S,Hayashi M,Ando H,Amano T,Murohara T

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a common primary myocardial disease leading to congestive heart failure, arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. Increasing studies demonstrate substantial genetic determinants for DCM. Nevertheless, DCM is of substantial genetic heterogeneity, and the genetic basis for DCM in most patient...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sun YM,Wang J,Xu YJ,Wang XH,Yuan F,Liu H,Li RG,Zhang M,Li YJ,Shi HY,Zhao L,Qiu XB,Qu XK,Yang YQ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by a progressive increase in pulmonary arterial pressure and vascular resistance. Despite advances in therapy for PAH, its treatment and prognosis remain poor. We aimed to investigate whether the transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) overexp...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Guo Y,Su L,Li Y,Guo N,Xie L,Zhang D,Zhang X,Li H,Zhang G,Wang Y,Liu C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subendocardial side of myocardium makes a major contribution to left ventricular (LV) contraction and is very susceptible to ischemia. In this study we sought to quantify regional wall motion during low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) by using the myocardial velocity gradient (MVG) derived from tissu...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Tsutsui H,Uematsu M,Yamagishi M,Haruta S,Shimakura T,Miyatake K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transient left ventricular apical ballooning (so-called "ampulla" or "Takotsubo-shaped" cardiomyopathy) with type I CD36 deficiency is described in a 71-year-old woman. The patient was referred because of chest pain and worsening of dyspnea. Electrocardiogram showed T-wave inversions on the precordal leads, and acut...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kushiro T,Saito F,Kusama J,Takahashi H,Imazeki T,Tani S,Kikuchi S,Imai S,Matsudaira K,Watanabe I,Hino T,Sato Y,Nakayama T,Nagao K,Kanmatsuse K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original publication of the article, the unit of hand in Fig. 2 was wrongly given as "N/kg" instead of "kg". ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Taya M,Amiya E,Hatano M,Maki H,Nitta D,Saito A,Tsuji M,Hosoya Y,Minatsuki S,Nakayama A,Fujiwara T,Konishi Y,Yokota K,Watanabe M,Morita H,Haga N,Komuro I

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very late stent thrombosis (VLST) is a serious complication after percutaneous coronary intervention. However, the best therapy for VLST with late-acquired incomplete stent apposition and incomplete neointimal coverage remains unknown. In these cases, neointimal coverage was nearly complete and no late-acquired malapp...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kakefuda Y,Sato A,Watabe H,Aihara H,Nishina H,Noguchi Y,Hoshi T,Aonuma K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phrenic nerve (PN) stimulation is essential for the elimination of PN palsy during balloon-based pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Although ultrasound-guided vascular access is safe, insertion of a PN stimulation catheter via central venous access carries a potential risk of the development of mechanical complications. ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Chikata A,Kato T,Usuda K,Fujita S,Maruyama M,Otowa KI,Takashima SI,Murai H,Usui S,Furusho H,Kaneko S,Takamura M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few data regarding acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in young Japanese patients. We examined the risk factors for ACS in young Japanese patients, especially impaired glucose metabolism. From a database of 789 consecutive patients admitted to our hospital with ACS between 2000 and 2005, we compared risk factors o...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ikeda N,Nakajima R,Tsunoda T,Nakamura M,Sugi K

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old man underwent stent implantation for right coronary artery (RCA) lesions with a bare metal stent (BMS) and two sirolimus-eluting stents (SES). However, as both the BMS and SES stented sites developed restenosis after 13 months, he underwent target lesion revascularization using directional coronary ather...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nasuno T,Tokura M,Kageyama M,Toyoda S,Sakuma M,Komatsu T,Taguchi I,Abe S,Inoue T

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic devices for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have evolved dramatically in recent years. However, the impact of the Killip classification of AMI outcomes in patients undergoing aggressive percutaneous coronary intervention remains unclear. We performed a 10-year retrospective review of 2062 patients diagno...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Taguchi E,Konami Y,Inoue M,Suzuyama H,Kodama K,Yoshida M,Miyamoto S,Nakao K,Sakamoto T

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00