Cardiovascular influences of alpha1b-adrenergic receptor defect in mice.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously demonstrated vasculoprotective effects after repeated intravenous administration of recombinant apolipoprotein A-IMilano (apoA-Im)/phospholipid complex. In this study, we sought to determine the effects of local recombinant apoA-Im/1-palmitoyl,2-oleoyl phosphatidylcholine complex (ETC-216)...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kaul S,Rukshin V,Santos R,Azarbal B,Bisgaier CL,Johansson J,Tsang VT,Chyu KY,Cercek B,Mirocha J,Shah PK

更新日期：2003-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enzymatic, nonoxidative modification transforms LDL to an atherogenic molecule (E-LDL) that activates complement and macrophages and is present in early atherosclerotic lesions. METHODS AND RESULTS:We report on the atherogenic effects of E-LDL on human vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC). E-LDL accumulated i...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Klouche M,Rose-John S,Schmiedt W,Bhakdi S

更新日期：2000-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective data was recorded on 217 percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) procedures performed in the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries over an 8-year period. After the initial procedure, patients were followed with serial noninvasive studies and, in 71 patients, repeat angiography. The mean follow-up ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Capek P,McLean GK,Berkowitz HD

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：:One thousand four Medtronic Hall valves (601 mitral, 398 aortic, and five tricuspid) were implanted in 847 patients between December 1979 and June 1987. Total experience at the end of June 1987 was 2,640 patient-years of follow-up. Prothrombin time ratios were reviewed for all patients (16,866 observations), and these...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Butchart EG,Lewis PA,Grunkemeier GL,Kulatilake N,Breckenridge IM

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac parasympathetic nerves run alongside the superior vena cava (SVC) and accumulate particularly epicardially adjacent to the orifice of the coronary sinus (CS). In animals, these nerves can be electrically stimulated inside the SVC or CS, which results in negative chronotropic/dromotropic effects and n...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schauerte P,Mischke K,Plisiene J,Waldmann M,Zarse M,Stellbrink C,Schimpf T,Knackstedt C,Sinha A,Hanrath P

更新日期：2001-11-13 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:Several echocardiographic dyssynchrony indexes have been proposed to identify responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy using tissue velocity and strain. The present study aimed to compare tissue velocity-derived and strain-derived dyssynchrony indexes in patients with or without systolic dysfunction a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Miyazaki C,Powell BD,Bruce CJ,Espinosa RE,Redfield MM,Miller FA,Hayes DL,Cha YM,Oh JK

更新日期：2008-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium metabolism may play an important role in the pathogenesis of myocardial ischemic injury. The effect of the sarcolemmal calcium flux inhibitor, verapamil, on myocardial necrosis was studied in dogs subjected to temporary coronary artery occlusion. One group of dogs was untreated. A second group was given 0.8 mg...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Reimer KA,Lowe JE,Jennings RB

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cystic kidneys and vascular aneurysms are clinical manifestations seen in patients with polycystic kidney disease, a cilia-associated pathology (ciliopathy). Survivin overexpression is associated with cancer, but the clinical pathology associated with survivin downregulation or knockout has never been studie...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Aboualaiwi WA,Muntean BS,Ratnam S,Joe B,Liu L,Booth RL,Rodriguez I,Herbert BS,Bacallao RL,Fruttiger M,Mak TW,Zhou J,Nauli SM

更新日期：2014-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was performed to determine whether positron emission tomography (PET) performed after i.v. 11C-palmitate permits detection and characterization of nontransmural myocardial infarction. PET was performed after the i.v. injection of 11C-palmitate in 10 normal subjects, 24 patients with initial nontransm...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Geltman EM,Biello D,Welch MJ,Ter-Pogossian MM,Roberts R,Sobel BE

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelets play an important role in the formation of a coronary thrombus and reocclusion after thrombolysis. Therefore, we examined the thrombolytic potential of concomitant intravenous administration of potent platelet inhibitor iloprost, a prostacyclin analogue, with tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA; n = 8) a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nicolini FA,Mehta JL,Nichols WW,Saldeen TG,Grant M

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids may reduce coronary mortality. Previous data in relation to nonfatal coronary disease, however, have been inconsistent, which may be explained by the use of heterogeneous methods to assess the intake of marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. We investigated the hypothe...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Joensen AM,Overvad K,Dethlefsen C,Johnsen SP,Tjønneland A,Rasmussen LH,Schmidt EB

更新日期：2011-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidized LDL (oxLDL) is thought to play a key role in the inflammatory response in the arterial vessel wall. METHODS AND RESULTS:In a prospective, nested, case-control study, the association between plasma oxLDL and risk of an acute coronary heart disease (CHD) event was investigated in men without prevalen...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Meisinger C,Baumert J,Khuseyinova N,Loewel H,Koenig W

更新日期：2005-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the features of high-risk atherosclerotic plaques is a preponderance of macrophages. Experimental studies with hyperlipidemic rabbits have shown that ultrasmall superparamagnetic particles of iron oxide (USPIOs) accumulate in plaques with a high macrophage content and that this induces magnetic resona...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kooi ME,Cappendijk VC,Cleutjens KB,Kessels AG,Kitslaar PJ,Borgers M,Frederik PM,Daemen MJ,van Engelshoven JM

更新日期：2003-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study was designed to define the prevalence and characteristics of skeletal muscle alterations in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and their relation to exercise capacity. METHODS AND RESULTS:The ultrastructure of skeletal muscle was analyzed by ultrastructural morphometry in 57 patient...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Drexler H,Riede U,Münzel T,König H,Funke E,Just H

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of plaque stabilization was developed to explain how lipid lowering could decrease adverse coronary events without a substantial reduction in the regression of atherosclerosis. Plaques were stabilized by reducing serum cholesterol leading to several favorable pathobiological changes in the vessel wall of l...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ambrose JA,Martinez EE

更新日期：2002-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Few data are available regarding the effects of exercise training upon cardiac structure and performance in man. We evaluated the echograms of 24 normals before (PRE) and after (POST) 11 weeks of endurance exercise training. Conditioning consisted of a walk-jog-run protocol at 70% maximal heart rate for one hour four ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： DeMaria AN,Neumann A,Lee G,Fowler W,Mason DT

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have demonstrated that myocardial acceleration during isovolumic contraction (IVA) is a sensitive index of right ventricular contractile function. In this study, we assessed the usefulness of IVA to measure left ventricular (LV) contractile function and force-frequency relationships in an experimental pre...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vogel M,Cheung MM,Li J,Kristiansen SB,Schmidt MR,White PA,Sorensen K,Redington AN

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary vein (PV) -encircling radiofrequency ablation frequently is effective in vagal atrial fibrillation (AF), and there is evidence that PVs may be particularly prone to cholinergically induced arrhythmia mechanisms. However, PV ablation procedures also can affect intracardiac autonomic ganglia. The pre...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lemola K,Chartier D,Yeh YH,Dubuc M,Cartier R,Armour A,Ting M,Sakabe M,Shiroshita-Takeshita A,Comtois P,Nattel S

更新日期：2008-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS CABG) is a novel coronary operation that does not require infrastructure and is potentially available to all cardiac surgeons. It aims at decreasing the invasiveness of conventional CABG while preserving the applicability and durability of surgical rev...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： McGinn JT Jr,Usman S,Lapierre H,Pothula VR,Mesana TG,Ruel M

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical cardiac volumetric measurement techniques are essential for assessing cardiac performance but produce significant inaccuracies in extrapolation of the volume of a three-dimensional (3D) object from two-dimensional images and lack the ability to associate cardiac electrical and mechanical activities....

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gepstein L,Hayam G,Shpun S,Ben-Haim SA

更新日期：1997-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected health and economy worldwide on an unprecedented scale. Patients have diverse clinical outcomes, but those with preexisting cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and related conditions incur disproportionately worse outcome. The high infectivity of severe a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Liu PP,Blet A,Smyth D,Li H

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a heterogeneous syndrome. Phenotyping patients into pathophysiologically homogeneous groups may enable better targeting of treatment. Obesity is common in HFpEF and has many cardiovascular effects, suggesting that it may be a viable candidate for...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Obokata M,Reddy YNV,Pislaru SV,Melenovsky V,Borlaug BA

更新日期：2017-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) reduces body weight and cardiovascular mortality in morbidly obese patients. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) seems to mediate the metabolic benefits of RYGB partly in a weight loss-independent manner. The present study investigated in rats and patients whether obesity-induced ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Osto E,Doytcheva P,Corteville C,Bueter M,Dörig C,Stivala S,Buhmann H,Colin S,Rohrer L,Hasballa R,Tailleux A,Wolfrum C,Tona F,Manz J,Vetter D,Spliethoff K,Vanhoutte PM,Landmesser U,Pattou F,Staels B,Matter CM,Lut

更新日期：2015-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanism of ECG changes and arrhythmogenesis in Brugada syndrome (BS) patients is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:A BS patient without clinically detected cardiac structural abnormalities underwent cardiac transplantation for intolerable numbers of implantable cardioverter/defibrillator discharges. The pa...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Coronel R,Casini S,Koopmann TT,Wilms-Schopman FJ,Verkerk AO,de Groot JR,Bhuiyan Z,Bezzina CR,Veldkamp MW,Linnenbank AC,van der Wal AC,Tan HL,Brugada P,Wilde AA,de Bakker JM

更新日期：2005-11-01 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:Factors predicting the occurrence of premature coronary artery disease (CAD) may not be quantitatively the same as those predicting CAD severity, particularly in women, in whom there have been few studies. METHODS AND RESULTS:To determine factors predictive of severity of CAD and of angina pectoris, we docu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wang XL,Tam C,McCredie RM,Wilcken DE

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that a simple, unmeasured posterior annuloplasty technique (two thirds of a 27-mm Duran ring) offered advantages of standardization and ease of insertion. METHODS AND RESULTS:A consecutive series of all patients (n = 418; median age, 67 years) having mitral valve repair performed by two surg...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Odell JA,Schaff HV,Orszulak TA

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of potassium ion (K+) depletion on postmyocardial infarction ventricular arrhythmias was investigated in 32 dogs: 12 control animals, 10 animals that ate a diet extremely low in K+ for 15 days, and 10 others that, in addition to dietary K+ deprivation, received 50 mg of hydrochlorothiazide four times. The e...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Garan H,McGovern BA,Canzanello VJ,McCauley J,Bodvarsson M,Harrington JT,Madias NE,Newell JB,Ruskin JN

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00