Visceral adiposity and the prevalence of hypertension in Japanese Americans.

abstract：:Background-Endocardial (EE) and myocardial capillary vascular endothelial (myocap VE) cells have been shown to modulate the contractile characteristics of myocardium in a calcium-dependent manner. We evaluated the endothelial-myocardial interaction in the rat postinfarction myocardial infarction (MI) model and the eff...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Qi XL,Stewart DJ,Gosselin H,Azad A,Picard P,Andries L,Sys SU,Brutsaert DL,Rouleau JL

更新日期：1999-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Three trials demonstrated recently that a long detection window reduces implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy in primary prevention patients. Avoid Delivering Therapies for Nonsustained Arrhythmias in ICD Patients III (ADVANCE III) was the only trial that enrolled both primary and secondary pr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kloppe A,Proclemer A,Arenal A,Lunati M,Martìnez Ferrer JB,Hersi A,Gulaj M,Wijffels MC,Santi E,Manotta L,Mangoni L,Gasparini M

更新日期：2014-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of acute mitral regurgitation were studied in six open-chest dogs in whom a portion of the anterior leaflet was excised. Phasic mitral and aortic flows were measured electromagnetically and left ventricular filling volume, regurgitant volume (RV) and forward stroke volume (SV) were calculated. The systoli...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Yoran C,Yellin EL,Becker RM,Gabbay S,Frater RW,Sonnenblick EH

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The atrioventricular (AV) node is insensitive to changes in extracellular potassium concentration, [K+]o, because of the absence of the inward rectifier potassium current (IK1). However, we propose that in the presence of adenosine, elevated [K+]o should increase the adenosine-activated inward rectifier pota...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Martynyuk AE,Morey TE,Belardinelli L,Dennis DM

更新日期：1999-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The acute effect of atrial fibrillation (AF) on the atrial effective refractory period (ERP) in humans is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 20 patients without structural heart disease, the atrial ERP was measured before and after pacing-induced AF at drive cycle lengths of 350 and 500 ms. Immediately after s...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Daoud EG,Bogun F,Goyal R,Harvey M,Man KC,Strickberger SA,Morady F

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations are increased in obese and/or hyperinsulinemic individuals. The goal of this study was to determine if the relation between insulin resistance and CRP was independent of obesity. METHODS AND RESULTS:Plasma CRP concentrations were measured before and after 3 mon...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： McLaughlin T,Abbasi F,Lamendola C,Liang L,Reaven G,Schaaf P,Reaven P

更新日期：2002-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A mortality follow-up of 12,866 men was conducted 16 years after randomization to special intervention (SI) or usual care (UC) groups of the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial to assess the long-term effect of cardiovascular risk factor intervention on coronary heart disease (CHD), cardiovascular death ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors：

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intermittent aortic root infusion of a cold solution containing either potassium chloride (KCl) or diltiazem was performed in 32 dogs during a 2-hour aortic clamping. Half of the dogs in each group had a critical stenosis created on the circumflex artery before cardiopulmonary bypass. Global left ventricular (LV) func...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vouhé PR,Hélias J,Robert P,Grondin CM

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular inflammation and subsequent matrix degradation play an important role in the development of atherosclerosis. We previously reported that adiponectin, an adipose-specific plasma protein, accumulated to the injured artery and attenuated vascular inflammatory response. Clinically, high plasma adiponect...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kumada M,Kihara S,Ouchi N,Kobayashi H,Okamoto Y,Ohashi K,Maeda K,Nagaretani H,Kishida K,Maeda N,Nagasawa A,Funahashi T,Matsuzawa Y

更新日期：2004-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to risk factors such as hypertension or hypercholesterolemia decreases the bioavailability of endothelium-derived nitric oxide (NO) and impairs endothelium-dependent vasodilation. Recently, a circulating endogenous NO synthase inhibitor, asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), has been detected in human...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Miyazaki H,Matsuoka H,Cooke JP,Usui M,Ueda S,Okuda S,Imaizumi T

更新日期：1999-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The patency of AV expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) grafts for hemodialysis is impaired by intimal hyperplasia (IH) at the venous outflow tract. The absence of a functional endothelial monolayer on the prosthetic grafts is an important stimulus for IH. In the present study, we evaluated the feasibilit...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rotmans JI,Heyligers JM,Verhagen HJ,Velema E,Nagtegaal MM,de Kleijn DP,de Groot FG,Stroes ES,Pasterkamp G

更新日期：2005-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) regulates the production of reactive oxygen species in macrophages. However, its role in atherosclerosis is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:Irradiated low-density lipoprotein receptor deficient mice (LDLR-/-) were transplanted with bone marrow from either UCP2 deficient mice (Ucp2-/...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Blanc J,Alves-Guerra MC,Esposito B,Rousset S,Gourdy P,Ricquier D,Tedgui A,Miroux B,Mallat Z

更新日期：2003-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite progress, many hypertensive patients remain uncontrolled. Defining characteristics of uncontrolled hypertensives may facilitate efforts to improve blood pressure control. METHODS AND RESULTS:Subjects included 13,375 hypertensive adults from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANESs)...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Egan BM,Zhao Y,Axon RN,Brzezinski WA,Ferdinand KC

更新日期：2011-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death for women in the United States. Of the 1.3 million active duty service members, 16.3% are currently women, and the number of women veterans is expected to increase. Women veterans have higher rates of cardiovascular disease than civilian women and present a uniqu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Han JK,Yano EM,Watson KE,Ebrahimi R

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased plasma levels of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) have been identified as predictors of cardiac dysfunction and prognosis in congestive heart failure and ischemic heart disease. In severe sepsis patients, however, no information is available yet about the prognos...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brueckmann M,Huhle G,Lang S,Haase KK,Bertsch T,Weiss C,Kaden JJ,Putensen C,Borggrefe M,Hoffmann U

更新日期：2005-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence for increased formation of free radicals in patients with hypertension, raising the possibility that NO is inactivated by free radicals, which impairs coronary endothelial function. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that the antioxidant vitamin C could improve abnormal endothelial functio...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Solzbach U,Hornig B,Jeserich M,Just H

更新日期：1997-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is associated with reduced cardiac output, but the mechanisms involved are controversial. Possible explanations include increased intrathoracic pressure, reflex changes in myocardial inotropism, pulmonary vascular obstruction and abnormal ventricular interaction...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rankin JS,Olsen CO,Arentzen CE,Tyson GS,Maier G,Smith PK,Hammon JW Jr,Davis JW,McHale PA,Anderson RW,Sabiston DC Jr

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In vivo testing of novel antiplatelet agents requires informative biomarkers. By genetically modifying mouse von Willebrand factor (VWF(R1326H)), we have developed a small animal model that supports human but not mouse platelet-mediated thrombosis. Here, we evaluate the use of this biological platform as a p...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Magallon J,Chen J,Rabbani L,Dangas G,Yang J,Bussel J,Diacovo T

更新日期：2011-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodic fluctuations in the R-R interval have been used as noninvasive measures of cardiac autonomic tone. For example, a reduced heart rate variability has been shown to correlate with an increased mortality in patients recovering from myocardial infarction. The effects that physiologic perturbations such as exercis...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Billman GE,Hoskins RS

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We measured the content and activities of components of the beta-adrenergic receptor-G protein-adenylate cyclase complex and adrenergic neurotransmitter levels in left and right ventricular myocardial preparations derived from 77 end-stage failing human hearts from patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyop...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bristow MR,Anderson FL,Port JD,Skerl L,Hershberger RE,Larrabee P,O'Connell JB,Renlund DG,Volkman K,Murray J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies suggest that management of ambulatory hemodynamics may improve outcomes in chronic heart failure. We conducted a prospective, observational, first-in-human study of a physician-directed patient self-management system targeting left atrial pressure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Forty patients with re...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ritzema J,Troughton R,Melton I,Crozier I,Doughty R,Krum H,Walton A,Adamson P,Kar S,Shah PK,Richards M,Eigler NL,Whiting JS,Haas GJ,Heywood JT,Frampton CM,Abraham WT,Hemodynamically Guided Home Self-Therapy in Severe Hea

更新日期：2010-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mechanisms by which neutrophils are attracted to the myocardium in ischemia/reperfusion are not fully defined. Lipopolysaccharide-induced CXC chemokine (LIX), cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (KC), and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2) are rodent chemokines with potent neutrophil-chemotact...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chandrasekar B,Smith JB,Freeman GL

更新日期：2001-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the effect of plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) levels on the clearance of total tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) antigen, we studied the clearance of active TPA and TPA/PAI-1 complex in subjects with low (181+/-109 pmol/L; n=7) and high (1166+/-322 pmol/L; n=4) baseline active PAI...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chandler WL,Alessi MC,Aillaud MF,Henderson P,Vague P,Juhan-Vague I

更新日期：1997-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Operator-independent isotropic 3D MRI may greatly simplify the assessment of complex morphology in congenital heart disease. We sought to evaluate the reliability of this new approach. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 31 adolescent and adult patients (age, 6 to 42 years; median, 16 years) with congenital heart diseas...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sørensen TS,Körperich H,Greil GF,Eichhorn J,Barth P,Meyer H,Pedersen EM,Beerbaum P

更新日期：2004-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an isolated rat heart preparation under both aerobic and ischemic conditions we have characterized the temperature dependency of the slow calcium channel-blocking drug verapamil. In the first series of studies, isolated working rat hearts were subjected to global ischemia at 37 degrees, 34 degrees, 31 degrees, 2...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hearse DJ,Yamamoto F,Shattock MJ

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological studies and animal experiments have provided evidence supporting the role of lipid peroxidation in atherogenesis and cardiovascular diseases. Direct evidence linking lipid oxidation to atherosclerotic progression in humans, however, has been lacking. We investigated the association of lipid o...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Salonen JT,Nyyssönen K,Salonen R,Porkkala-Sarataho E,Tuomainen TP,Diczfalusy U,Björkhem I

更新日期：1997-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Patency of the femoral artery of infants and children who previously had percutaneous arterial catheterization at a weight of less than 25 kg was studied angiographically. During the study period, 118 patients had repeat arterial catheterization. 48 from the opposite leg. Femoral artery occlusion was found in four pat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hurwitz RA,Franken EA Jr,Girod DA,Smith JA,Smith WL

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with acute minor ischemic stroke or high-risk transient ischemic attack enrolled in the POINT trial (Platelet-Oriented Inhibition in New TIA and Minor Ischemic Stroke [POINT] Trial), the combination of clopidogrel and aspirin for 90 days reduced major ischemic events but increased major hemorrhag...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Johnston SC,Elm JJ,Easton JD,Farrant M,Barsan WG,Kim AS,Lindblad AS,Palesch YY,Zurita KG,Albers GW,Cucchiara BL,Kleindorfer DO,Lutsep HL,Pearson C,Sethi P,Vora N,POINT and Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials Network

更新日期：2019-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this investigation was to establish normal values of RR variability for middle-aged persons and compare them with values found in patients early and late after myocardial infarction. We hypothesized that presence or absence of coronary heart disease, age, and sex (in this order of importance) ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bigger JT Jr,Fleiss JL,Steinman RC,Rolnitzky LM,Schneider WJ,Stein PK

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several methods exist by which to assess type A behavior (TAB). Although the videotaped clinical interview is regarded as the "gold standard," self-report measures have also proved useful in assessing TAB in large population studies. The purpose of this study was to examine prospectively the relationship of ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kawachi I,Sparrow D,Kubzansky LD,Spiro A 3rd,Vokonas PS,Weiss ST

更新日期：1998-08-04 00:00:00