Tissue Doppler imaging differentiates physiological from pathological pressure-overload left ventricular hypertrophy in rats.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The TAXUS NIRx stent (Boston Scientific Corp) provides local delivery of paclitaxel via a slow-release polymer coating. The TAXUS I trial was the first in-human experience evaluating safety and feasibility of the TAXUS NIRx stent system compared with bare NIR stents (control) (Boston Scientific Corp) for tre...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Grube E,Silber S,Hauptmann KE,Mueller R,Buellesfeld L,Gerckens U,Russell ME

更新日期：2003-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The T2G1s monoclonal antifibrin antibody binds specifically to fibrin but not to fibrinogen. METHODS AND RESULTS:In a canine model of acute arterial thrombosis, we determined the feasibility of imaging thrombi using a 99mTc-labeled Fab' fragment. In 14 dogs, 10 carotid and 13 femoral artery thrombi were pro...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cerqueira MD,Stratton JR,Vracko R,Schaible TF,Ritchie JL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adhesion of monocytes to the endothelium is an initial step in the early stages of atherosclerosis and inflammation. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) stimulates a range of functional activities of monocytes, including regulation of monocyte adhesion and induction of cytokine producti...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Takahashi M,Kitagawa S,Masuyama JI,Ikeda U,Kasahara T,Takahashi YI,Furukawa Y,Kano S,Shimada K

更新日期：1996-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular inflammation and lipid deposition are prominent features of atherosclerotic lesion formation. We have shown previously that the dithiol compound alpha-lipoic acid (LA) exerts antiinflammatory effects by inhibiting tumor necrosis factor-alpha- and lipopolysaccharide-induced endothelial and monocyte a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zhang WJ,Bird KE,McMillen TS,LeBoeuf RC,Hagen TM,Frei B

更新日期：2008-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an endothelial cell-specific mitogen that is angiogenic in vitro and in vivo. It has been hypothesized that VEGF plays a role in myocardial collateral formation; however, the effects of VEGF on collateral flow to ischemic myocardium are unknown. METHODS AND RESUL...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Banai S,Jaklitsch MT,Shou M,Lazarous DF,Scheinowitz M,Biro S,Epstein SE,Unger EF

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemodynamic stability after Norwood palliation often requires manipulation of pulmonary vascular resistance to alter the pulmonary-to-systemic blood flow ratio (Qp:Qs). Qp:Qs is often estimated from arterial saturation (SaO2), a practice based on 2 untested assumptions: constant systemic arteriovenous O2 dif...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Taeed R,Schwartz SM,Pearl JM,Raake JL,Beekman RH 3rd,Manning PB,Nelson DP

更新日期：2001-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although patients with heart failure express elevated circulating levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in their peripheral circulation, the structural and functional effects of circulating levels of pathophysiologically relevant concentrations of TNF-alpha on the heart are not known. METHODS AN...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bozkurt B,Kribbs SB,Clubb FJ Jr,Michael LH,Didenko VV,Hornsby PJ,Seta Y,Oral H,Spinale FG,Mann DL

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The ameliorative effect of antiplatelet therapy on atherogenesis of vein grafts was assessed in autologous cephalic veins grafted into femoral arteries of 16 normolipemic and 11 hyperlipemic stump-tailed macaque monkeys. Before grafting, one half of each vein was distended at high pressure (700 mm Hg) and the other ha...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bonchek LI,Boerboom LE,Olinger GN,Pepper JR,Munns J,Hutchinson L,Kissebah AH

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Phase I of the NHLBI trial of Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI), 290 patients admitted within 7 hr after onset of acute infarction were randomly assigned to intravenous treatment with either streptokinase (SK) or recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA). Left ventricular function was measure...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sheehan FH,Braunwald E,Canner P,Dodge HT,Gore J,Van Natta P,Passamani ER,Williams DO,Zaret B

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial perfusion reflects the macro- and microvascular coronary circulation. Recent quantitation developments using cardiovascular magnetic resonance perfusion permit automated measurement clinically. We explored the prognostic significance of stress myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial perfusion r...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Knott KD,Seraphim A,Augusto JB,Xue H,Chacko L,Aung N,Petersen SE,Cooper JA,Manisty C,Bhuva AN,Kotecha T,Bourantas CV,Davies RH,Brown LAE,Plein S,Fontana M,Kellman P,Moon JC

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species such as the superoxide anion (.O2-) have recently been implicated as important agents involved in causing cell death in the setting of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion. When superoxide anion is involved in ischemic injury the administration of superoxide dismutase (SOD) may limit infarct siz...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Uraizee A,Reimer KA,Murry CE,Jennings RB

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Higher levels of physical activity are associated with fewer cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Although the precise mechanisms underlying this inverse association are unclear, differences in several cardiovascular risk factors may mediate this effect. METHODS AND RESULTS:In a prospective study of 27,055 ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mora S,Cook N,Buring JE,Ridker PM,Lee IM

更新日期：2007-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is compelling experimental evidence that autologous skeletal muscle (SM) cell transplantation improves postinfarction cardiac function. This study assessed whether this benefit is still manifested in the clinically relevant setting of a treatment by ACE inhibitors. METHODS AND RESULTS:A myocardial inf...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pouzet B,Ghostine S,Vilquin JT,Garcin I,Scorsin M,Hagège AA,Duboc D,Schwartz K,Menasché P

更新日期：2001-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Right ventricular function may be an important determinant of exercise capacity, peak oxygen consumption (VO2), and the ventilatory response to carbon dioxide production (VE/VCO2 relation) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied the role of right ventricular function in ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Clark AL,Swan JW,Laney R,Connelly M,Somerville J,Coats AJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 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:Preclinical systolic or diastolic dysfunction is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We postulated that plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) might serve as a biomarker for preclinical ventricular dysfunction (PCVD) but that the discriminatory values for BNP may vary with age and sex. METHOD...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Redfield MM,Rodeheffer RJ,Jacobsen SJ,Mahoney DW,Bailey KR,Burnett JC Jr

更新日期：2004-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The long-term success of coronary bypass surgery is dependent on graft patency after surgery. This trial was designed to determine if aspirin improved saphenous vein graft or internal mammary artery (IMA) graft patency between 1 and 3 years after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). METHODS AND RESULTS:A...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Goldman S,Copeland J,Moritz T,Henderson W,Zadina K,Ovitt T,Kern KB,Sethi G,Sharma GV,Khuri S

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is a statistically significant association between modestly raised baseline plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) values and future cardiovascular events, the debate is still unsettled in regard to whether CRP plays a causal role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS:We genera...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Koike T,Kitajima S,Yu Y,Nishijima K,Zhang J,Ozaki Y,Morimoto M,Watanabe T,Bhakdi S,Asada Y,Chen YE,Fan J

更新日期：2009-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the cardiopulmonary effects of maximum bicycle ergometer exercise in seven patients with implanted Intermedics Nova MR pacemakers for three types of pacing in a randomized sequence: VVI or AAI at 70 beats/min (SSI 70), rate-adaptive temperature-controlled pacing with the implanted Nova MR, and rate-adaptiv...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Alt E,Völker R,Högl B,MacCarter D

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Five years ago, we described a specific ECG pattern of right bundle-branch block and ST-segment elevation in leads V1 through V3 associated with sudden death in patients without demonstrable structural heart disease. Information on long-term outcome has become available due to pooled data on a large cohort o...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brugada J,Brugada R,Brugada P

更新日期：1998-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the prevalence, frequency and characteristics of premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) in adults free of recognizable heart disease, we performed 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiography on 101 subjects (51 men and 50 women, mean age 48.8 years) in whom physical examination, chest x-ray, ECG, echocardiogram, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kostis JB,McCrone K,Moreyra AE,Gotzoyannis S,Aglitz NM,Natarajan N,Kuo PT

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological studies aimed at correlating coronary heart disease (CHD) with serum ferritin levels have thus far yielded inconsistent results. We hypothesized that a labile iron component associated with non-transferrin-bound iron (NTBI) that appears in individuals with overt or cryptic iron overload might...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： van der A DL,Marx JJ,Grobbee DE,Kamphuis MH,Georgiou NA,van Kats-Renaud JH,Breuer W,Cabantchik ZI,Roest M,Voorbij HA,van der Schouw YT

更新日期：2006-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart potentials were recorded from the entire chest surface in 42 patients suffering from Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. We were able to identify six types of surface maps, according to the location of the potential maximum and minimum during the delta wave. For each of these types we suggested the most likely locat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： De Ambroggi L,Taccardi B,Macchi E

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite successful surgical correction, morbidity of patients with coarctation of the aorta is increased. It is well known that these patients have impaired elastic properties of the prestenotic arteries. To find out whether these abnormalities are primarily present or develop later, we studied 17 newborns b...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vogt M,Kühn A,Baumgartner D,Baumgartner C,Busch R,Kostolny M,Hess J

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identification of genes that are specifically activated in restenosis lesions after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty represents a necessary step toward molecular manipulation designed to inhibit cellular proliferation responsible for such lesions. Whereas quiescent smooth muscle cells (contractile pheno...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Leclerc G,Isner JM,Kearney M,Simons M,Safian RD,Baim DS,Weir L

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) can be eliminated with continuous circular lesions (CCLs) around the pulmonary veins (PVs), but it is unclear whether all PVs are completely isolated. METHODS AND RESULTS:Forty-one patients with symptomatic PAF underwent 3D mapping, and all PV ostia were marked on the 3D...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ouyang F,Bänsch D,Ernst S,Schaumann A,Hachiya H,Chen M,Chun J,Falk P,Khanedani A,Antz M,Kuck KH

更新日期：2004-10-12 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：:Fifteen patients with symptomatic mild-to-moderate and severe chronic aortic regurgitation (AR) performed supine bicycle exercise while measurements of rest and exercise hemodynamics and left ventricular function were obtained. A continuous Doppler method was used to determine the change in distribution of total left ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kawanishi DT,McKay CR,Chandraratna PA,Nanna M,Reid CL,Elkayam U,Siegel M,Rahimtoola SH

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an open-label blinded study, we compared intracoronary and transendocardial CD34(+) cell transplantation in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. METHODS AND RESULTS:Of the 40 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, 20 were randomized to receive intracoronary injection and 20 received transendo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vrtovec B,Poglajen G,Lezaic L,Sever M,Socan A,Domanovic D,Cernelc P,Torre-Amione G,Haddad F,Wu JC

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a spectrum of mitral leaflet abnormalities has been related to the mechanism of mitral systolic anterior motion (SAM), which causes both subaortic obstruction and mitral regurgitation. In the individual patient, SAM and regurgitation vary in parallel; clinically, however, grea...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schwammenthal E,Nakatani S,He S,Hopmeyer J,Sagie A,Weyman AE,Lever HM,Yoganathan AP,Thomas JD,Levine RA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00