Association between apolipoprotein E alleles and calcific valvular heart disease.

abstract：:We examined the influence of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) on the mechanical interaction between ischemic and nonischemic areas during acute myocardial ischemia. Circumferentially oriented ultrasonic segment gauges were implanted in the midwall of the anterior apex and posterior apex of the left vent...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lew WY,Ban-Hayashi E

更新日期：1985-11-01 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:Since the atria are thin-walled structures, most studies that have examined the spread of activation in the atria have assumed that they behave electrophysiologically as a two-dimensional surface. It was the objective of this study to determine whether or not this assumption is true by simultaneously mapping...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schuessler RB,Kawamoto T,Hand DE,Mitsuno M,Bromberg BI,Cox JL,Boineau JP

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) catalyzes the degradation of heme into biliverdin, iron, and carbon monoxide (CO). Although HO-1 is induced in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), the biological role of HO-1 in these cells has not been completely characterized. METHODS AND RESULTS:In the present study, we overexpre...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Liu XM,Chapman GB,Wang H,Durante W

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is widely used in food and beverage packaging. Higher urinary BPA concentrations were cross-sectionally associated with heart disease in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2004 and NHANES 2005-2006, independent of traditional ris...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Melzer D,Osborne NJ,Henley WE,Cipelli R,Young A,Money C,McCormack P,Luben R,Khaw KT,Wareham NJ,Galloway TS

更新日期：2012-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombolytic therapy is a promising alternative to valve replacement in the management of prosthetic valve thrombosis. We sought to determine the short- and long-term results of treating thrombosed St. Jude heart valves with thrombolytic therapy as the primary treatment modality. METHODS AND RESULTS:Between...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Silber H,Khan SS,Matloff JM,Chaux A,DeRobertis M,Gray R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While previous clinical studies have shown a possible beneficial effect of the reperfusion performed at a relatively late phase of acute myocardial infarction ("late reperfusion") in preventing left ventricular enlargement, the mechanism has not been clarified. METHODS AND RESULTS:Of 89 patients with an ini...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hirayama A,Adachi T,Asada S,Mishima M,Nanto S,Kusuoka H,Yamamoto K,Matsumura Y,Hori M,Inoue M

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 58 patients with uncomplicated acute anterior myocardial infarction, a mean decline in the sum of ST segments (sigmaST) of 34% was observed when comparing sigmaST values recorded at 3-6 hours with those recorded at 6-9 hours after the onset of symptoms (P less than 0.05). The mean absolute difference between 19 pai...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hardarson T,Henning H,O'Rourke RA,Karliner JS,Ryan W,Ross J Jr

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ruling out acute myocardial infarction (AMI) on the basis of rapid assays for cardiac markers will allow early triage of patients and cost-effective use of available coronary care facilities. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied the value of myoglobin, creatine kinase (CK)-MBmass, and troponin T in ruling out an ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： de Winter RJ,Koster RW,Sturk A,Sanders GT

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) induces an inflammatory reaction that activates neutrophils and releases free radicals in tissue. Ischemia-reperfusion further aggravates inflammation. Hemofiltration (HF) could potentially remove inflammatory mediators and reduce injury. This study assessed the effect of continu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nagashima M,Shin'oka T,Nollert G,Shum-Tim D,Rader CM,Mayer JE Jr

更新日期：1998-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of infections and inflammation in the pathophysiology of coronary heart disease is emerging. We studied the independent and joint effects of these 2 components on coronary risk. METHODS AND RESULTS:We measured baseline levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and antibodies to adenovirus, enterovirus, cy...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Roivainen M,Viik-Kajander M,Palosuo T,Toivanen P,Leinonen M,Saikku P,Tenkanen L,Manninen V,Hovi T,Mänttäri M

更新日期：2000-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A case history of a 46-year-old Negro male was presented with rheumatic aortic insufficiency, angina pectoris, and possible subacute bacterial endocarditis. While hospitalized, the patient developed angina pectoris associated with micturition. This was not accompanied by a change in blood pressure, pulse, or increase ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Morris JJ,McIntosh HD

更新日期：1963-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated high-energy phosphate (HEP) levels and the ability to perform work in rat hearts preserved by standard techniques (0.9% NaCl arrest and storage at 4 degrees C) and by continuous coronary perfusion at 22 degrees C, pH 7.25, and 55 mm Hg for 4 or 8 hr with Krebs-Henseleit buffer (KHB), modified Morgan's sol...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Novick WM,Wallace HW,Root KL,Rozanski DJ,Fuller EO

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular events are less prevalent in premenopausal women and women receiving estrogen replacement than in postmenopausal women or men. Endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) is an important local modulator of vascular tone, and abnormal endothelial function is related, in part, to the oxidative mo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Keaney JF Jr,Shwaery GT,Xu A,Nicolosi RJ,Loscalzo J,Foxall TL,Vita JA

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two guidelines from the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), and collaborating societies address the risk of aortic dissection in patients with bicuspid aortic valves and severe aortic enlargement: the "2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM Guidelines for the Diagnosis ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： 2010 ACCF\/AHA\/AATS\/ACR\/ASA\/SCA\/SCAI\/SIR\/STS\/SVM GUIDELINES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS*.,Hiratzka LF,Creager MA,Isselbacher EM,Svensson LG,2014 AHA\/ACC Guideline fo

更新日期：2016-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Between July 1985 and September 1987, 25 patients underwent 26 carotid endarterectomies based on an abnormal duplex scan (B-mode ultrasonography and pulsed-Doppler sound spectral analysis) indicative of severe stenosis or ulceration. Arteriography was not performed because of severe unstable angina requiring coronary ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Marshall WG Jr,Kouchoukos NT,Murphy SF,Pelate C

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The electrocardiographic short QT-interval syndrome forms a distinct clinical entity presenting with a high rate of sudden death and exceptionally short QT intervals. The disorder has recently been linked to gain-of-function mutation in KCNH2. The present study demonstrates that this disorder is genetically ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bellocq C,van Ginneken AC,Bezzina CR,Alders M,Escande D,Mannens MM,Baró I,Wilde AA

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet activation plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of acute coronary disease. Monocytes are involved in the progression of atherosclerosis and are potent activators of blood coagulation through their ability to synthesize tissue factor (TF). The aim of this study was to compare markers of monocyte ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Jude B,Agraou B,McFadden EP,Susen S,Bauters C,Lepelley P,Vanhaesbroucke C,Devos P,Cosson A,Asseman P

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reason for the delay in onset of the electrophysiological effects and antiarrhythmic efficacy of amiodarone is not clear. The relation between the development of the electrophysiological effects of amiodarone and its myocardial concentration is unknown. We therefore examined the time course of developmen...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nanas JN,Mason JW

更新日期：1995-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiarrhythmic efficacy and safety of oral flecainide acetate and quinidine sulfate were compared in a double-blind, 16-center parallel trial involving 280 patients with chronic premature ventricular complexes (PVCs). Eighty-five percent of the flecainide patients had at least 80% suppression of PVCs, vs 57% of th...

journal_title：Circulation

authors：

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute hemodynamic effects of dobutamine and nitroprusside were compared in 19 patients with low output cardiac failure. At dosage levels yielding similar increases in cardiac index (12 patients), nitroprusside resulted in significantly lower arterial systolic and wedge pressures and did not increase heart rate sug...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Berkowitz C,McKeever L,Croke RP,Jacobs WR,Loeb HS,Gunnar RM

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proliferation of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) plays an important role in vascular pathobiology, being involved in the development of coronary restenosis and atherosclerosis. The activation of nuclear proto-oncogenes appears to be a final common pathway onto which various mitogenic signals coverage. Accordingly...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Shi Y,Hutchinson HG,Hall DJ,Zalewski A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously shown major differences in beta-adrenergic and muscarinic modulation of L-type calcium currents (ICa) in newborn and adult rabbit heart. However, little is known about developmental changes in modulation of ICa by phosphodiesterases (PDEs), which also regulate intracellular cAMP concentrat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Akita T,Joyner RW,Lu C,Kumar R,Hartzell HC

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gallbladder pathology has been associated with cardiovascular disease. Recently, we showed that gallbladder distension in anesthetized pigs reflexly increased heart rate, arterial pressure, and coronary and renal vascular resistance through efferent sympathetic mechanisms. Renin release is affected by sympat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Molinari C,Grossini E,Mary DA,Vacca G

更新日期：2000-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). TNF-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE) has recently been purified and its complementary DNA cloned. The expression of TACE results in the production of a functional enzyme that has precursor TNF-alpha...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Satoh M,Nakamura M,Saitoh H,Satoh H,Maesawa C,Segawa I,Tashiro A,Hiramori K

更新日期：1999-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Upward trends of obesity urge more effective identification of those at cardiovascular risk. A simple dichotomous indicator, enlarged waist (> or =88 cm) combined with elevated triglycerides (> or =1.45 mmol/L) (EWET), was shown to offer advantages in identifying individuals with atherogenic "lipid overaccum...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tankó LB,Bagger YZ,Qin G,Alexandersen P,Larsen PJ,Christiansen C

更新日期：2005-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data highlight a vital link between well-performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and survival after cardiac arrest; however, the quality of CPR as actually performed by trained healthcare providers is largely unknown. We sought to measure in-hospital chest compression rates and to determine comp...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Abella BS,Sandbo N,Vassilatos P,Alvarado JP,O'Hearn N,Wigder HN,Hoffman P,Tynus K,Vanden Hoek TL,Becker LB

更新日期：2005-02-01 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:Right ventricular (RV) dilatation that occurs as a consequence of RV infarction is thought to produce hemodynamic instability by reducing left ventricular (LV) preload and compliance. We hypothesized that these geometric changes may also adversely affect LV systolic performance. METHODS AND RESULTS:Twelve 4...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brookes C,Ravn H,White P,Moeldrup U,Oldershaw P,Redington A

更新日期：1999-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcium-insensitive transient outward current (I(to)) is important to the development of cardiac memory (CM), which itself reflects the capacity of the heart to remodel electrophysiologically. We used cardiac pacing to test the hypothesis that CM evolution can be explained by developmental maturation of I(to...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Plotnikov AN,Sosunov EA,Patberg KW,Anyukhovsky EP,Gainullin RZ,Shlapakova IN,Krishnamurthy G,Danilo P Jr,Rosen MR

更新日期：2004-08-03 00:00:00