[Electrocardiographic discrimination of infarct-related artery between left circumflex and right coronary artery: comparison of ST elevation between leads II and III].

abstract：AIMS:The effects of inotropic agents on left ventricular (LV) synchrony in heart failure patients are still unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dobutamine on LV mechanical dyssynchrony and LV systolic performance in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and a narrow QRS using real-...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yagishita-Tagawa Y,Abe Y,Arai K,Yagishita D,Takagi A,Ashihara K,Shoda M,Naruko T,Itoh A,Haze K,Yoshikawa J,Hagiwara N

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From April 1987 to October 1989, 32 patients with mitral stenosis (MS) were treated, of whom percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) was performed in 14. PTMC was indicated by the surgeons in 5 patients including 1) 2 patients who refused reoperation, 2) one with early gastric cancer, 3) one with severe ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Ishihara H,Hamanaka Y,Sueda T,Kanehiro K,Shikata H,Matsuura Y,Matsuura H,Okamoto M,Tsuchioka Y,Nakagawa H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated retardation of abnormal uptake of iodine-123-beta-methyl-p-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid(BMIPP) scintigraphy in patients with vasospastic angina. METHODS:Twenty-three patients with vasospastic angina showed abnormal uptake of BMIPP before medical treatment and had coronary vasospasm ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Inoue F,Hashimoto T,Uemura S,Kawamoto A,Dohi K,Matsushima A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intimal hyperplasia due to fibrocellular proliferation, mainly of smooth muscle cells, leads to restenosis after successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The mechanism of intimal proliferation of smooth muscle cells was investigated by histological and immunohistochemical studies of necropsied...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Inoue K,Nakamura N,Kakio T,Suyama H,Tanaka S,Goto Y,Nakazawa Y,Yamamoto Y,Nagamatsu T

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old woman with abnormal Q waves in leads II, III, aVF developed ventricular tachycardia after an operation for thyroid carcinoma. Coronary arteriography revealed no organic stenosis, but acetylcholine induced total occlusion of the right coronary artery and severe narrowing of the left coronary artery. Left ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Anzai H,Momiyama Y,Kimura M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atherosclerosis features a deterioration of the endothelial layer in all stages. Restoration of the endothelium is associated with circulating stem cell antigen 1 (sca1) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor type 2 (flk-1) positive endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). We investigated whether EPC pr...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Steinmetz M,Lucanus E,Zimmer S,Nickenig G,Werner N

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy heterozygous patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), aged 3 to 91 years (37 men and 33 women), from 38 different families were studied to ascertain their clinical profiles including the pattern of distribution of total cholesterol (TC), Achilles tendon thickness (ATT), and a sex difference in age at ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Miida T,Aizawa Y,Yamazoe M,Shibata A

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No heart transplants have been performed in Japan due to various obstacles since the only operation performed in 1968. Since 1981, a number of patients requiring heart transplants have been accepted by foreign transplantation centers in England, the U.S.A., and Germany. This report describes an investigation of the po...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Hachida M,Koyanagi H,Matsuda H,Sono J,Akasaka T,Tanaka K,Nunoda S,Satomi G,Koike K,Miyamoto N,Omoto R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is said that the chronic outcomes of the two-stent technique for bifurcation lesions are inferior to that of cross-over single stenting. However, there are many cases where true bifurcations are difficult to treat by single stenting and, in particular, strategies for bifurcation lesions that are not left ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Uchida Y,Wagatsuma K,Yamazaki J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) performed one month after coronary reperfusion therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were observed using exercise Tl-201 myocardial scintigraphy performed before and after PTCA. Myocardial perfusion in Tl-201 scintigraph...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kubo H,Yano K,Hasegawa N,Toma M,Yoshimura H,Nakamura M,Nomura H,Degawa T,Hirai H,Machii K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been no reviews regarding intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheter entrapment during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This study investigated the incidence, retrieval methods, and outcomes of IVUS catheter stuck within implanted stents. METHODS:Between January 2015 and July 2018, a total...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Hiraya D,Sato A,Hoshi T,Sakai S,Watabe H,Ieda M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain the relationship between the types of myocardial perfusion defects and supraventricular and ventricular tachyarrhythmias in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), 26 patients were studied with dipyridamole-loading thallium-201 scintigraphy and the results were correlated with 24-hour ambulatory ECG, echocardi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Doi Y,Yonezawa Y,Chikamori T,Hamashige N,Kuzume O,Takata J,Yamada M,Ozawa T

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on the importance of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in stratification of the cardiac prognosis in patients with systolic heart failure (SHF), we attempted to identify the prognostic impact of Doppler echocardiographic examinations and plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentration. ME...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Seo Y,Ishizu T,Kawano S,Watanabe S,Ishimitsu T,Aonuma K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treadmill exercise test (TET) is evaluated by exercise-induced ST-segment depression (delta ST). However, the depression sometimes only appears during the post-exercise period. Depression appearing only during the post-exercise period may be as useful as depression during exercise to predict coronary artery diseas...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Shinmura K,Suganuma Y,Hasegawa H,Tani M,Nakamura Y,Akaishi M,Ogawa S

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between myocardial contrast echocardiography and improvement of the left ventricular wall motion was studied as an indicator of the prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction. Ten patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction who demonstrated successful reperfusion (improved to TIMI g...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Nishizaki S,Ohke M,Masaoka Y,Mohri S,Mikouchi H,Nishizaki Y

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of 80 degrees head-up tilt testing with and without low dose isoproterenol provocation was evaluated for the diagnosis of neurally mediated syncope (NMS) in Japanese. Head-up tilt testing was performed in 114 consecutive patients with clinical diagnoses of NMS (68 men, 46 women, mean age 46 +/- 21 years...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Mineda Y,Sumiyoshi M,Nakazato Y,Nakata Y,Yamaguchi H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man visited a doctor because of arrhythmia and a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was made in 1990. On January 9th, 1997, when aged 63 years old, he visited another doctor because of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation tachycardia. Since his clinical symptoms did not ameliorate, he visited our hospita...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sato M,Takenaka K,Yamashita T,Koike S,Natori K,Nakahara K

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a very rare case of pure septal infarction, which was closely examined with detailed electrocardiography (ECG). The patient is a 65-year-old man, who underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for exercise-induced angina. During PTCA for the target lesions in the left anterior descending...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Tamura A,Kataoka H,Yano S,Kanzaki K,Mikuriya Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)on visceral fat storage and the autonomic nervous system were evaluated by abdominal computed tomography (measurement of visceral fat area) and power spectral analysis of heart rate variability, respectively. METHODS:The parameters of visceral fat area and heart rate va...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Matsumura K

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of deterioration of regional wall motion by echocardiography is not only subjective but also features difficulties with interobserver agreement. Progress in digital communication technology has made it possible to send video images from a distant location via the Internet. OBJECTIVES:The possibil...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Hirano Y,Ikuta S,Nakano M,Akiyama S,Nakamura H,Nasu M,Saito F,Nakagawa J,Matsuzaki M,Miyazaki S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left atrial (LA) enlargement has been documented to occur in hypertension (HT), and has been an index for evaluating the diastolic function of the left ventricle. Enlargement of the LA is one of the vital factors that induce heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with HT. METHODS AND SUBJECT...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Chen Y,Sato H,Watanabe N,Adachi T,Kodani N,Sato M,Takahashi N,Kitamura J,Sato H,Yamaguchi K,Yoshitomi H,Tanabe K

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated whether renal transplantation could improve cardiac function in patients who had undergone hemodialysis. METHODS:Cardiac function and coronary risk factors were compared between the renal transplantation group (RT group: n=34) and the maintenance hemodialysis group (HD group: n=40). ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Takahashi K,Ikeoka K,Nojima M,Shima H,Ohyanagi M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-term follow-up study was performed for 110 patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) for 34 +/- 12 months (range 3-122 months). Thirteen patients died of heart failure, 15 of sudden death and one of non-cardiac death. The 3- and 5-year survival rates were 78 and 62%, respectively. The important fact...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Watanabe K,Hirokawa Y,Suzuki K,Masani F,Otsuka H,Izumi T,Shibata A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of our study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of multislice computed tomography (MSCT) for the identification and quantification of mitral valve regurgitation in comparison with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). METHODS:Twenty-six patients (15 females, 11 males with a mean age of 44.6±14...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Vural M,Ucar O,Celebi OO,Cicekcioglu H,Durmaz HA,Selvi NA,Koparal S,Aydogdu S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Only a few examinations are available to critically ill patients. We assessed the efficacy of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the management of patients with cardiac arrest or shock. METHODS:Among a total of 2,021 patients who underwent TEE over the past 13 years at our institution, we reviewed 18...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Miyake M,Izumi C,Takahashi S,Himura Y,Gen H,Konishi T

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have elevated bleeding and ischemic outcomes. We aim to assess the short- and long-term efficacy and safety of bivalirudin compared to heparin plus glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors (GPIs) in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with CKD. METHODS:Randomized trials...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Zeng X,Lincoff AM,Schulz-Schüpke S,Steg PG,Elbez Y,Mehran R,Stone GW,McAndrew T,Lin J,Zhang X,Shi W,Lei H,Jing Z,Huang W

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been no study elucidating whether cognitive impairment (CI) can provide additive prognostic information besides that provided by preexisting prognostic factors in elderly patients with heart failure. This study examined whether CI can provide additive prognostic information in elderly patients with...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Saito H,Yamashita M,Endo Y,Mizukami A,Yoshioka K,Hashimoto T,Koseki S,Shimode Y,Kitai T,Maekawa E,Kasai T,Kamiya K,Matsue Y

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare condition that most often presents as acute coronary syndrome or sudden cardiac death. Here we present the case of a young man of 25 years, who had remained asymptomatic in spite of SCAD. This case highlights the fact that spontaneous dissections can occur at a y...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Shankarappa RK,Panneerselvam A,Dwarakaprasad R,Karur S,Krishnanaik GB,Nanjappa MC

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Along with the global aging, the number of geriatric patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been increasing. However, temporal trends in the prevalence and outcomes of geriatric patients with AMI, with a special reference to heart failure (HF) on admission, remain to be elucidated. METHODS:The ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sato K,Takahashi J,Hao K,Miyata S,Suda A,Shindo T,Ikeda S,Kikuchi Y,Shiroto T,Matsumoto Y,Sakata Y,Shimokawa H

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical indications for patients with ischemic heart disease are discussed from a physician's viewpoint. Among the subsets of this disease, surgical treatment is undoubtedly recommended for patients with serious complications following acute myocardial infarction (MI) such as cardiac rupture, interventricular septal ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Haze K

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00