High-frequency jet ventilation for respiratory failure after congenital heart surgery.

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:We tested the hypothesis that long-term administration of the specific angiotensin II subtype 1 (AT1)-receptor blocker BMS-186295 will regress hypertrophy and modify left ventricular angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) expression in rats with ascending aortic stenosis. METHODS AND RESULTS:Six weeks after su...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Weinberg EO,Lee MA,Weigner M,Lindpaintner K,Bishop SP,Benedict CR,Ho KK,Douglas PS,Chafizadeh E,Lorell BH

更新日期：1997-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in sarcomere protein, PRKAG2, LAMP2, alpha-galactosidase A (GLA), and several mitochondrial genes can cause rare familial cardiomyopathies, but their contribution to increased left ventricular wall thickness (LVWT) in the community is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 1862 unrelated particip...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Morita H,Larson MG,Barr SC,Vasan RS,O'Donnell CJ,Hirschhorn JN,Levy D,Corey D,Seidman CE,Seidman JG,Benjamin EJ

更新日期：2006-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The release of endothelium-derived relaxing factors has been shown experimentally to be of pivotal importance for the maintenance of coronary blood flow during increased demand. In humans with coronary atherosclerosis, endothelial vasodilator dysfunction is not confined only to epicardial conductance vessels...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zeiher AM,Krause T,Schächinger V,Minners J,Moser E

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic orthostatic intolerance (OI) is characterized by symptoms of inadequate cerebral perfusion with standing, in the absence of significant orthostatic hypotension. A heart rate increase of >/=30 bpm is typical. Possible underlying pathophysiologies include hypovolemia, partial dysautonomia, or a primary...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Jacob G,Shannon JR,Costa F,Furlan R,Biaggioni I,Mosqueda-Garcia R,Robertson RM,Robertson D

更新日期：1999-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adenylyl cyclases (ACs) are a family of effector molecules for G-protein-coupled receptors. The 2 ACs most abundantly expressed in cardiac myocytes are types 5 (AC5) and 6 (AC6), which have 65% amino acid homology. It has been speculated that coexpression of 2 AC types in cardiac myocytes represents redundan...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tang T,Gao MH,Lai NC,Firth AL,Takahashi T,Guo T,Yuan JX,Roth DM,Hammond HK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The late hemodynamic effects of preserving the papillary muscles during mitral valve replacement have not been evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS:Sixteen patients who had chronic mitral regurgitation due to myxomatous degeneration were randomized to preservation (Pres group, n = 8) or no preservation (No Pres g...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Komeda M,David TE,Rao V,Sun Z,Weisel RD,Burns RJ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombin plays a role in mediating ischemic injury and cardiac arrhythmias, but the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Because voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) have not previously been considered, putative effects of thrombin on VGSC function were investigated in human isolated cardiomyocytes. ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pinet C,Le Grand B,John GW,Coulombe A

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During heart development, the ventricular activation sequence changes from a base-to-apex to an apex-to-base pattern. We investigated the possibility of impulse propagation through remnants of atrioventricular (AV) connections in quail hearts. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 86 hearts (group A, HH30-34, n=15; group ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kolditz DP,Wijffels MC,Blom NA,van der Laarse A,Markwald RR,Schalij MJ,Gittenberger-de Groot AC

更新日期：2007-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the ouabain-quinidine interaction was examined in 10 conscious dogs. Left ventricular (LV) pressure, LV dP/dt, LV diameter and left atrial (LA) diameter were measured with high-fidelity micromanometers and sonomicrometer crystals. Ouabain, 0.025 mg/kg, significantly (p less than 0.05) increased LV dP/dt,...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Goldman S,Hager WD,Olajos M,Perrier D,Mayersohn M

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Repolarization dispersion (Rd) is frequently mentioned as a predictor of cardiac abnormalities. We present a new measure of Rd based on the root-mean-square (RMS) curve of an ECG lead set and compare its performance with that of the commonly used QT dispersion (QTd) measure with the use of recovery times mea...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fuller MS,Sándor G,Punske B,Taccardi B,MacLeod RS,Ershler PR,Green LS,Lux RL

更新日期：2000-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A major advantage of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) relative to percutaneous coronary intervention is its durability, yet there is a paucity of information on rates and predictors of repeat coronary revascularization after CABG in the modern era. METHODS AND RESULTS:We included patients ≥65 yea...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fosbøl EL,Zhao Y,Shahian DM,Grover FL,Edwards FH,Peterson ED

更新日期：2013-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We measured cardiovagal baroreflex gain and its vascular mechanical and neural components during dynamic baroreflex engagement in 10 young untrained men, 6 older untrained men, and 12 older, physically active men. METHODS AND RESULTS:Our newly developed assessment of beat-to-beat carotid diameters during ba...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hunt BE,Farquhar WB,Taylor JA

更新日期：2001-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND. A pace mapping technique using body surface potential maps (BSPMs) was developed to guide the positioning of an ablation catheter at the ventricular insertion point of accessory pathways (AP) in patients with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW). METHODS AND RESULTS. The study was performed on 30 WPW p...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Dubuc M,Nadeau R,Tremblay G,Kus T,Molin F,Savard P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the dominant product of vascular Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), prostacyclin (PGI(2)), restrains atherogenesis, inhibition and deletion of COX-2 have yielded conflicting results in mouse models of atherosclerosis. Floxed mice were used to parse distinct cellular contributions of COX-2 in macrophages and ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hui Y,Ricciotti E,Crichton I,Yu Z,Wang D,Stubbe J,Wang M,Puré E,FitzGerald GA

更新日期：2010-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of selective atrial antiarrhythmic agents is a current strategy for suppression of atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS AND RESULTS:Whole-cell patch clamp techniques were used to evaluate inactivation of peak sodium channel current (I(Na)) in myocytes isolated from canine atria and ventricles. ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Burashnikov A,Di Diego JM,Zygmunt AC,Belardinelli L,Antzelevitch C

更新日期：2007-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary hypertension caused by systolic left ventricular dysfunction is associated with significant morbidity and mortality; however, no treatment is approved for this indication. We hypothesized that riociguat, a novel soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator, would have beneficial hemodynamic effects in pati...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bonderman D,Ghio S,Felix SB,Ghofrani HA,Michelakis E,Mitrovic V,Oudiz RJ,Boateng F,Scalise AV,Roessig L,Semigran MJ,Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Associated With Pulmonary Hypertension Riociguat Trial (LEPHT) Study Group.

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We reviewed the outcome of 76 consecutive patients (age range, 5 months to 6 years; median age, 19 months) who underwent a modified Fontan procedure after initial palliative surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) between January 1984 and December 1989. METHODS AND RESULTS:Modifications of the Fo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Farrell PE Jr,Chang AC,Murdison KA,Baffa JM,Norwood WI,Murphy JD

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphologic consequences of transluminal angioplasty of stenotic atherosclerotic coronary arteries are unknown. This study describes the production of aortoiliac atherosclerosis in rabbits and reports the morphologic changes after transluminal angioplasty of stenotic arterial lesions. Atherosclerotic lesions were ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Block PC,Baughman KL,Pasternak RC,Fallon JT

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the external brachial pulse recorded during standard blood pressure cuff deflation with use of a transducer with a wide frequency response has revealed a reproducible pattern with three distinct components that we have labeled K1, K2, and K3. K1 is a low-amplitude, low-frequency signal that is present with...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Blank SG,West JE,Müller FB,Cody RJ,Harshfield GA,Pecker MS,Laragh JH,Pickering TG

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is an independent risk factor for myocardial infarction (MI). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may reduce this risk through attenuation of serotonin-mediated platelet activation in addition to treatment of depression itself. METHODS AND RESULTS:case-control study of first MI in smo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sauer WH,Berlin JA,Kimmel SE

更新日期：2001-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcineurin is a calcium-regulated phosphatase that plays a major role in cardiac hypertrophy. We previously described that alternative splicing of the calcineurin Aβ (CnAβ) gene generates the CnAβ1 isoform, with a unique C-terminal region that is different from the autoinhibitory domain present in all other...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Felkin LE,Narita T,Germack R,Shintani Y,Takahashi K,Sarathchandra P,López-Olañeta MM,Gómez-Salinero JM,Suzuki K,Barton PJ,Rosenthal N,Lara-Pezzi E

更新日期：2011-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification of sites of dominant activation frequency during atrial fibrillation (AF) in humans and the effect of ablation at these sites have not been reported. METHODS AND RESULTS:Thirty-two patients undergoing AF ablation (19 paroxysmal, 13 permanent) during ongoing arrhythmia were studied. Electr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sanders P,Berenfeld O,Hocini M,Jaïs P,Vaidyanathan R,Hsu LF,Garrigue S,Takahashi Y,Rotter M,Sacher F,Scavée C,Ploutz-Snyder R,Jalife J,Haïssaguerre M

更新日期：2005-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet deposition and aggregation are central to the pathogenesis of ischemic complications of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Pharmacodynamic effects of the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist eptifibatide have been delineated in healthy subjects but not in patients with ACS. We assessed effects of ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tardiff BE,Jennings LK,Harrington RA,Gretler D,Potthoff RF,Vorchheimer DA,Eisenberg PR,Lincoff AM,Labinaz M,Joseph DM,McDougal MF,Kleiman NS,PERIGEE Investigators.

更新日期：2001-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Selection of treatment in vasovagal syndrome should be guided by the mechanism of symptoms. This study determined whether a simple drug test may assess one mechanism. METHODS AND RESULTS:To identify patients at risk of severe cardioinhibitory response of vagal origin, we infused 20 mg ATP into 316 patients ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Flammang D,Church T,Waynberger M,Chassing A,Antiel M

更新日期：1997-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombolytic therapy of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is evolving toward bolus administration. Derivatization of proteins with polyethylene glycol (PEG) may reduce their clearance. METHODS AND RESULTS:A staphylokinase (SakSTAR) variant with 12 amino acid substitutions to reduce its antigenicity, SakSTAR...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Collen D,Sinnaeve P,Demarsin E,Moreau H,De Maeyer M,Jespers L,Laroche Y,Van de Werf F

更新日期：2000-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasonic angioplasty was recently shown to ablate thrombi and atherosclerotic plaques in vitro and to recanalize occluded arteries in experimental animal models. The goal of the present study was to examine the clinical feasibility of ultrasonic angioplasty. METHODS AND RESULTS:Intraoperative ultrasonic a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rosenschein U,Rozenszajn LA,Kraus L,Marboe CC,Watkins JF,Rose EA,David D,Cannon PJ,Weinstein JS

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between fasting plasma cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations and the frequency and extensiveness of coronary artery disease (CAD) was studied in 496 subjects evaluated for chest pain by coronary arteriography at The Methodist Hospital. One hundred six of the patients had no CAD while 390 had 25%...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gotto AM,Gorry GA,Thompson JR,Cole JS,Trost R,Yeshurun D,DeBakey ME

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children listed for heart transplantation face the highest waiting list mortality in solid-organ transplantation medicine. We examined waiting list mortality since the pediatric heart allocation system was revised in 1999 to determine whether the revised allocation system is prioritizing patients optimally a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Almond CSD,Thiagarajan RR,Piercey GE,Gauvreau K,Blume ED,Bastardi HJ,Fynn-Thompson F,Singh TP

更新日期：2009-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two types of ischemia, pacing-induced and coronary occlusion-induced, have different effects on left ventricular diastolic properties. During pacing-induced ischemia, the diastolic pressure-volume relation is said to shift upward, whereas during coronary occlusion, it is said to shift rightward or downward. ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Takano H,Glantz SA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00