Intensive blood pressure control reduces the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with peripheral arterial disease and type 2 diabetes.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The availability of selective antagonists for angiotensin II receptors has focused interest on the gene expression of angiotensin II-receptor subtypes in the human heart. METHODS AND RESULTS:We analyzed expression of the AT1 and AT2 subtypes of the angiotensin II receptor in ventricular myocardium taken fro...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Haywood GA,Gullestad L,Katsuya T,Hutchinson HG,Pratt RE,Horiuchi M,Fowler MB

更新日期：1997-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen male patients with NYHA class IV congestive heart failure refractory to conventional therapy were treated with oral fenoximone, a new imidazole compound with inotropic and vasodilator effects, for a mean duration of 11 weeks (range 2 to 34). On initial hemodynamic evaluation, the effects of oral fenoximone we...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Shah PK,Amin DK,Hulse S,Shellock F,Swan HJ

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1964 and 1971, 49 patients were discharged from hospital following atrial baffle repair for transposition of the great arteries. Electrocardiograms of 47 of these patients were available for review seven months to eight and a half years (average 31 months) after operation. Of the 46 patients in sinus rhythm pr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Clarkson PM,Barratt-Boyles BG,Neutze JM

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chemokines are important mediators of inflammatory cell recruitment that play a significant role in atherosclerosis. Fractalkine (CX3CL1) is an unusual membrane-bound chemokine that mediates chemotaxis through the CX3CR1 receptor. Recently, functional polymorphisms in the human CX3CR1 gene have been describe...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lucas AD,Bursill C,Guzik TJ,Sadowski J,Channon KM,Greaves DR

更新日期：2003-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 1968 to June 1975 tricuspid regurgitation was encountered in 238 patients of a total of 1074 patients undergoing operations on the mitral valve. During this time tricuspid annuloplasty (TA) was performed in 137 patients and the tricuspid valve was replaced (TVR) in 101 patients. Comparison of hospital mor...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Reed GE,Boyd AD,Spencer FC,Engelman RM,Isom OW,Cunningham JN Jr

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The positions, sizes, and shapes of ventricular septal defects (VSDs) can be difficult to assess by 2-dimensional echocardiography (2DE). Volume-rendered 3-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) can provide unique views of VSDs from the left ventricular (LV) side, allowing complete assessment of their circumfere...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kardon RE,Cao QL,Masani N,Sugeng L,Supran S,Warner KG,Pandian NG,Marx GR

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reperfusion injury is insufficiently addressed in current clinical management of acute limb ischemia. Controlled reperfusion carries an enormous clinical potential and was tested in a new reality-driven rodent model. METHODS AND RESULTS:Acute hind-limb ischemia was induced in Wistar rats and maintained for ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Dick F,Li J,Giraud MN,Kalka C,Schmidli J,Tevaearai H

更新日期：2008-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent clinical trials, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockers have demonstrated effectiveness in preventing adverse events after angioplasty in high-risk patients. However, uncertainty exists regarding the cost-effective selection of patients to receive antiplatelet therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS:All 4962 patient...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Weintraub WS,Thompson TD,Culler S,Boccuzzi SJ,Becker ER,Kosinski AS,Mahoney E

更新日期：2000-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first scientific statement from the American Heart Association on maternal resuscitation. This document will provide readers with up-to-date and comprehensive information, guidelines, and recommendations for all aspects of maternal resuscitation. Maternal resuscitation is an acute event that involves many ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Jeejeebhoy FM,Zelop CM,Lipman S,Carvalho B,Joglar J,Mhyre JM,Katz VL,Lapinsky SE,Einav S,Warnes CA,Page RL,Griffin RE,Jain A,Dainty KN,Arafeh J,Windrim R,Koren G,Callaway CW,American Heart Association Emergency Cardio

更新日期：2015-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of aortocoronary saphenous bypass graft surgery on survival of functional class I and II patients was studied in 619 patients entered in the Seattle Heart Watch when they had coronary arteriography. Cox's regression analysis was used to correct for differences in baseline characteristics that occur as a res...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hammermeister KE,DeRouen TA,Dodge HT

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence and cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in athletes is debated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy often reported as the most common cause. METHODS AND RESULTS:A database of all National Collegiate Athletic Association deaths (2003-2013) was developed. Additional information and autopsy reports w...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Harmon KG,Asif IM,Maleszewski JJ,Owens DS,Prutkin JM,Salerno JC,Zigman ML,Ellenbogen R,Rao AL,Ackerman MJ,Drezner JA

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of bretylium tosylate (BT) was determined in 27 consecutive cases of resistant ventricular fibrillation (VF) encountered by a hospital cardiac arrest team. The VF was sustained and completely resistant to multiple injections of lidocaine, sequential DC shocks at 400 watt-sec and one or a combination of intr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Holder DA,Sniderman AD,Fraser G,Fallen EL

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibrinogen has been identified as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and associated with traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Also, the role of elevated fibrinogen in thrombosis suggests that it may be on the causal pathway for certain risk factors to exert their effect. These associat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Stec JJ,Silbershatz H,Tofler GH,Matheney TH,Sutherland P,Lipinska I,Massaro JM,Wilson PF,Muller JE,D'Agostino RB Sr

更新日期：2000-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The time constant of ventricular relaxation (tau) is a quantitative measure of diastolic performance requiring intraventricular pressure recording. This study validates in humans an equation relating tau to left ventricular pressure at peak -dP/dt (P0), pressure at mitral valve opening (PMV), and isovolumic ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Scalia GM,Greenberg NL,McCarthy PM,Thomas JD,Vandervoort PM

更新日期：1997-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypercholesterolemia is associated with endothelial dysfunction. On the basis of the hypothesis that high plasma cholesterol per se may be a sufficient stimulus to upregulate endothelial adhesiveness and that this phenomenon might be reversible, soluble endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecules (sELAMs) were ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sampietro T,Tuoni M,Ferdeghini M,Ciardi A,Marraccini P,Prontera C,Sassi G,Taddei M,Bionda A

更新日期：1997-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemia-induced electrophysiological changes are more prominent in epicardial cells than in endocardial cells. Epicardial action potentials shorten more than endocardial action potentials during ischemia. Since the L-type Ca2+ current plays an important role in the maintenance of action potential duration, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kimura S,Bassett AL,Furukawa T,Furukawa N,Myerburg RJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of chest compression rate on initial resuscitation success and 24 hr survival after prolonged manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was investigated in 26 morphine-anesthetized dogs (17 to 30 kg). After placement of aortic and right atrial micromanometers and induction of ventricular fibrillation, m...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Feneley MP,Maier GW,Kern KB,Gaynor JW,Gall SA Jr,Sanders AB,Raessler K,Muhlbaier LH,Rankin JS,Ewy GA

更新日期：1988-01-01 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:The present study investigated whether the ACAT inhibitor avasimibe can reduce atherogenesis independently of its cholesterol-lowering effect in ApoE*3-Leiden mice. METHODS AND RESULTS:Two groups of 15 female ApoE*3-Leiden mice were put on a high-cholesterol (HC) diet; 1 group received 0.01% (wt/wt) avasimi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Delsing DJ,Offerman EH,van Duyvenvoorde W,van Der Boom H,de Wit EC,Gijbels MJ,van Der Laarse A,Jukema JW,Havekes LM,Princen HM

更新日期：2001-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore roles of endogenous atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in blood pressure and volume regulation, we examined the effects of a newly developed ANP antagonist, HS-142-1 (HS) in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertensive rats. METHODS AND RESULTS:We examined 1) the effects of HS on ANP- or br...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hirata Y,Matsuoka H,Suzuki E,Hayakawa H,Sugimoto T,Matsuda Y,Morishita Y,Kangawa K,Minamino N,Matsuo H

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study correlating the electrocardiographic findings and the histology of the atrioventricular (AV) conduction system was carried out in 14 cases with chronic complete AV block and in 13 cases without chronic complete AV block. Patients with chronic complete AV block were divided into two groups, based on the width o...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ohkawa S,Hackel DB,Ideker RE

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anisotropy creates nonuniformity in electrical propagation and may contribute to the occurrence of unidirectional conduction block and reentry. We describe the characteristics of reentrant tachycardia in a 2D layer of anisotropic ventricular myocardium. METHODS AND RESULTS:A Langendorff-perfused epicardial ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schalij MJ,Boersma L,Huijberts M,Allessie MA

更新日期：2000-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is frequently encountered in patients with heart failure (HF) and is also a predictor of morbidity and mortality in this population. Recent experimental studies have shown electrical and structural atrial remodeling with increased fibrosis in animals with HF and have suggested a prev...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vermes E,Tardif JC,Bourassa MG,Racine N,Levesque S,White M,Guerra PG,Ducharme A

更新日期：2003-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiogenesis is a promising treatment strategy for patients who are not candidates for standard revascularization, because it promotes the growth of new blood vessels in ischemic myocardium. METHODS AND RESULTS:We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of basic fibroblast growth fact...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Laham RJ,Sellke FW,Edelman ER,Pearlman JD,Ware JA,Brown DL,Gold JP,Simons M

更新日期：1999-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:For patients with stenotic native valves, the modified Bernoulli equation (delta P = 4V2) may be applied to Doppler-measured transvalvular velocities to yield an accurate estimate of transvalvular gradients. Although it would be useful if the same approach could be used for those with stenotic prosthetic valves, no pr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wilkins GT,Gillam LD,Kritzer GL,Levine RA,Palacios IF,Weyman AE

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The isthmus between the inferior vena cava and the tricuspid annulus has been shown to be involved in the reentry circuit of common atrial flutter. The effects of radio-frequency catheter ablation of this isthmus were examined in the canine model of atrial flutter due to reentry around the tricuspid annulus....

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tabuchi T,Okumura K,Matsunaga T,Tsunoda R,Jougasaki M,Yasue H

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with supraventricular parasystole (one atrioventricular and one auricular) are reported. In both patients, reentrant extrasystoles appeared to occur as the result of Mobitz type I second-degree entrance block. We believe that when a sinus impulse fell soon after the absolute refractory period of the pathw...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kinoshita S,Nakagawa K,Kato N,Nishino T,Tanabe Y

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft failure occurs in a sizeable proportion of coronary artery bypass conduits. We herein review relevant current evidence to give an overview of the incidence, pathophysiology, and clinical consequences of this multifactorial phenomenon. Thrombosis, endothelial dysfunction, vasospasm, and oxidative stress are diffe...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gaudino M,Antoniades C,Benedetto U,Deb S,Di Franco A,Di Giammarco G,Fremes S,Glineur D,Grau J,He GW,Marinelli D,Ohmes LB,Patrono C,Puskas J,Tranbaugh R,Girardi LN,Taggart DP,ATLANTIC (Arterial Grafting International Con

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise echocardiography (digital cine-loop technique) and 201Tl single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) were performed simultaneously in 292 patients being evaluated for coronary artery disease. METHODS AND RESULTS:Pretreadmill and posttreadmill echocardiographic images of diagnostic quality we...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Quiñones MA,Verani MS,Haichin RM,Mahmarian JJ,Suarez J,Zoghbi WA

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Beta-blockers improve clinical outcome when administered early after acute myocardial infarction. However, whether beta-blockers actually reduce the myocardial infarction size is still in dispute. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging can accurately depict the left ventricular (LV) ischemic myocardium at risk (...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ibanez B,Prat-González S,Speidl WS,Vilahur G,Pinero A,Cimmino G,García MJ,Fuster V,Sanz J,Badimon JJ

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00