Cardiac-specific overexpression of fibroblast growth factor-2 protects against myocardial dysfunction and infarction in a murine model of low-flow ischemia.

abstract：:We have applied the new technique of dual echocardiography to determine the sequence of atrial contraction as reflected in the simultaneously recorded movements of the tricuspid and mitral valves. The study group included 29 normal subjects and 23 patients with either atrial flutter, coarse atrial fibrillation or atri...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fujii J,Foster JR,Mills PG,Moos S,Craige E

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-density lipoproteins have antidiabetic properties in vitro. Furthermore, elevated high-density lipoprotein levels accompanying a genetic deficiency of cholesteryl ester transfer protein are associated with decreased levels of plasma glucose. We now investigate effects on glucose homeostasis of inhibitin...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Barter PJ,Rye KA,Tardif JC,Waters DD,Boekholdt SM,Breazna A,Kastelein JJ

更新日期：2011-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with heart failure and systolic dysfunction may develop disordered breathing during sleep. Repeated episodes of apnea and hypopnea may result in desaturation and arousals, which could adversely affect left ventricular function. The purpose of this study was to determine the short-term effects of con...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Javaheri S

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have reported an association between chronic Helicobacter pylori infection and ischemic heart disease. However, it is not clear whether this association is really due to the virulence of the bacterium or is merely the result of confounding factors (in particular, age and social class). METH...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pasceri V,Cammarota G,Patti G,Cuoco L,Gasbarrini A,Grillo RL,Fedeli G,Gasbarrini G,Maseri A

更新日期：1998-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:L-arginine is the precursor of endothelium-derived nitric oxide, an endogenous vasodilator. L-arginine supplementation improves vascular reactivity and functional capacity in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in small, short-term studies. We aimed to determine the effects of long-term administration of L-arg...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wilson AM,Harada R,Nair N,Balasubramanian N,Cooke JP

更新日期：2007-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic markers of inflammation have been found in unstable angina. Disruption of culprit coronary stenoses may cause a greater inflammatory response in patients with unstable than those with stable angina. We assessed the time course of C-reactive protein (CRP), serum amyloid A protein (SAA), and interleuk...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Liuzzo G,Buffon A,Biasucci LM,Gallimore JR,Caligiuri G,Vitelli A,Altamura S,Ciliberto G,Rebuzzi AG,Crea F,Pepys MB,Maseri A

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients (eight males) are reported with one or more episodes of circulatory collapse in the absence of overt heart disease or other known causes of arrhythmias; sudden arrhythmic death occurred in one of these patients. Age at first episode ranged from 16 to 41 (mean, 28) years. In seven patients, ventricular fi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wellens HJ,Lemery R,Smeets JL,Brugada P,Gorgels AP,Cheriex EC,de Zwaan C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether a ventricular (LV) end-systolic dimension (ESD) greater than or equal to 55 mm and LV left fractional shortening less than 25% are risk factors for aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients with aortic insufficiency, we analyzed the clinical course and M-mode echocardiograms in 47 consecutive pat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fioretti P,Roelandt J,Bos RJ,Meltzer RS,van Hoogenhuijze D,Serruys PW,Nauta J,Hugenholtz PG

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are transcription factors of the nuclear receptor superfamily. It has been reported that the thiazolidinediones, which are antidiabetic agents and high-affinity ligands for PPARgamma, regulate growth of vascular cells. In the present study, we examined the ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Asakawa M,Takano H,Nagai T,Uozumi H,Hasegawa H,Kubota N,Saito T,Masuda Y,Kadowaki T,Komuro I

更新日期：2002-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The ameliorative effect of antiplatelet therapy on atherogenesis of vein grafts was assessed in autologous cephalic veins grafted into femoral arteries of 16 normolipemic and 11 hyperlipemic stump-tailed macaque monkeys. Before grafting, one half of each vein was distended at high pressure (700 mm Hg) and the other ha...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bonchek LI,Boerboom LE,Olinger GN,Pepper JR,Munns J,Hutchinson L,Kissebah AH

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the auspices of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently released an update to its 1996 Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Screening Recommendation Statement. The USPSTF recommended against PAD screening, giving the practice a "D" level rec...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Beckman JA,Jaff MR,Creager MA

更新日期：2006-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) in prosthetic valves and intracardiac devices is challenging because both the modified Duke criteria (DC) and echocardiography have limitations in this population. The added value of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pizzi MN,Roque A,Fernández-Hidalgo N,Cuéllar-Calabria H,Ferreira-González I,Gonzàlez-Alujas MT,Oristrell G,Gracia-Sánchez L,González JJ,Rodríguez-Palomares J,Galiñanes M,Maisterra-Santos O,Garcia-Dorado D,Castell-Conesa J,Alm

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two phase III trials of enoxaparin for unstable angina/non-Q-wave myocardial infarction have shown it to be superior to unfractionated heparin for preventing a composite of death and cardiac ischemic events. A prospectively planned meta-analysis was performed to provide a more precise estimate of the effects...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Antman EM,Cohen M,Radley D,McCabe C,Rush J,Premmereur J,Braunwald E

更新日期：1999-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exertional fatigue, which frequently limits exercise in patients with chronic heart failure, is associated with early anaerobic metabolism in skeletal muscle. The present study was designed to examine the skeletal muscle metabolic response to exercise in this disorder and determine the relation of reduced mu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sullivan MJ,Green HJ,Cobb FR

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the long-term results of the edge-to-edge mitral repair performed without annuloplasty in degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR). METHODS AND RESULTS:From 1993 to 2002, 61 patients with degenerative MR were treated with an isolated edge-to-edge suture without any annuloplasty. Annuloplasty was omi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： De Bonis M,Lapenna E,Maisano F,Barili F,La Canna G,Buzzatti N,Pappalardo F,Calabrese M,Nisi T,Alfieri O

更新日期：2014-09-09 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:We recently reported that arterial superoxide (O2-) is augmented by increased endothelin-1 (ET-1) in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertension, a model of low renin hypertension. Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), a potent reducing molecule with antioxidant properties and an essential cofactor for endothe...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zheng JS,Yang XQ,Lookingland KJ,Fink GD,Hesslinger C,Kapatos G,Kovesdi I,Chen AF

更新日期：2003-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) has been shown to play an important role in pneumocyte proliferation and lung development. We hypothesized that exogenous KGF would enhance postpneumonectomy compensatory lung growth through alveolar proliferation. METHODS AND RESULTS:Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were used. Lef...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kaza AK,Kron IL,Leuwerke SM,Tribble CG,Laubach VE

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Titin is a giant elastic protein that spans the half-sarcomere from Z-disk to M-band. It acts as a molecular spring and mechanosensor and has been linked to striated muscle disease. The pathways that govern titin-dependent cardiac growth and contribute to disease are diverse and difficult to dissect. METHOD...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Radke MH,Polack C,Methawasin M,Fink C,Granzier HL,Gotthardt M

更新日期：2019-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased diastolic chamber stiffness (increased DCS) during angina (demand ischemia) has been postulated to be generated by increased diastolic myocyte calcium concentration. METHODS AND RESULTS:We reproduced demand ischemia in isolated isovolumically contracting red-cell-perfused rabbit hearts by imposing...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Varma N,Eberli FR,Apstein CS

更新日期：2000-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the determinants of smooth muscle injury during balloon angioplasty, we conducted a series of experiments to examine the effects of degree of arterial stretching, duration of balloon inflation, and arterial precontraction on smooth muscle injury after balloon angioplasty in isolated, perfused whole-vessel seg...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fischell TA,Grant G,Johnson DE

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidized low-density lipoprotein plays a key role in the initiation, progression, and destabilization of atherosclerotic plaques and is present in macrophages and the lipid pool. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging of atherosclerotic lesions in mice using micelle...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Briley-Saebo KC,Shaw PX,Mulder WJ,Choi SH,Vucic E,Aguinaldo JG,Witztum JL,Fuster V,Tsimikas S,Fayad ZA

更新日期：2008-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of perinatal morbidity arising from birth hypoxia or asphyxia has not changed significantly in recent years despite marked improvements in labor management. Perinatal mortality in these circumstances may therefore reflect antenatal compromise and subsequent alteration of the fetal capacity to r...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gardner DS,Fowden AL,Giussani DA

更新日期：2002-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients underwent exercise testing after operative repair of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Five patients repaired after 2 years of age comprised a childhood surgery group, and six patients repaired before 2 years of age comprised an infant surgery group. All patients w...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Paridon SM,Farooki ZQ,Kuhns LR,Arciniegas E,Pinsky WW

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic administration of heparin can decrease mortality and morbidity of acute ischemic coronary syndromes such as unstable angina and myocardial infarction. Hemorrhage is the major limiting factor in the clinical use of systemic heparin. The objective of the present study was to determine whether local de...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nunes GL,Thomas CN,Hanson SR,Barry JJ,King SB 3rd,Scott NA

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantitative approaches to the assessment of regional left ventricular (LV) function described in the preceding paper were applied in a well-defined population of patients with coronary artery disease. Two groups were chosen by electrocardiographic and angiographic criteria: group 1 had infarction and regional wal...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Parisi AF,Moynihan PF,Folland ED,Feldman CL

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Each month, the number of transplant candidates added to the waiting list exceeds the number of transplantations performed, and many outpatients deteriorate to require transplantation urgently. The current list of 2400 candidates and the average wait of 8 months continue to increase. METHODS AND RESULTS:To ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Stevenson LW,Warner SL,Steimle AE,Fonarow GC,Hamilton MA,Moriguchi JD,Kobashigawa JA,Tillisch JH,Drinkwater DC,Laks H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Beta-Blocker Heart Attack Trial was a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of propranolol therapy in 3837 men and women with acute myocardial infarction. The patients began their treatment 5-21 days after hospital admission (mean 13.8 days). During an average follow-up of 25 months, ther...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Goldstein S

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 416 women with congenital heart disease seen in the Royal Brompton National Heart and Lung Hospital, London, and the Hospital Giovanni Bosco, Torino, Italy, there were 822 pregnancies. The outcomes of 96 pregnancies in 44 patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease were studied. Patients with the Ei...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Presbitero P,Somerville J,Stone S,Aruta E,Spiegelhalter D,Rabajoli F

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alterations in myocardial function and systemic vascular tone are well documented in congestive heart failure (CHF), but little information is available on the effects of CHF on pulmonary vessels. We examined the mechanisms of tone regulation of canine pulmonary arteries during pacing-induced CHF. METHODS A...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mathew R,Wang J,Gewitz MH,Hintze TH,Wolin MS

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00