Complete isolation of left atrium surrounding the pulmonary veins: new insights from the double-Lasso technique in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.

abstract：:The effect of aortocoronary saphenous bypass graft surgery on survival of functional class I and II patients was studied in 619 patients entered in the Seattle Heart Watch when they had coronary arteriography. Cox's regression analysis was used to correct for differences in baseline characteristics that occur as a res...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hammermeister KE,DeRouen TA,Dodge HT

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelial dysfunction may contribute to the risk of premature atherosclerosis in patients with diabetes. Endothelin (ET-1) may be involved in this process by activating smooth muscle cell mitogenesis and leukocyte adhesion. We sought to assess the activity of endogenous ET-1 in a group of patients with typ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cardillo C,Campia U,Bryant MB,Panza JA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prospective data relating previous exposure to cytomegalovirus (CMV) to the risk of cardiac mortality are controversial. We investigated the effect of previous exposure to CMV infection on the risk of future cardiac disease-related death in relation to an underlying inflammatory response. METHODS AND RESULT...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Blankenberg S,Rupprecht HJ,Bickel C,Espinola-Klein C,Rippin G,Hafner G,Ossendorf M,Steinhagen K,Meyer J

更新日期：2001-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:This essay reviews the founding and early history of the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association (AHA), the largest of the AHA's 14 councils. Based on archival research, it stresses the factors that led to the council's formation and shaped its agenda. The council was established in the contex...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fye WB

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The regional wall motion impairment and predisposition to arrhythmias in human ventricular hibernation may plausibly result from abnormal intercellular propagation of the depolarizing wave front. This study investigated the hypothesis that altered patterns of expression of connexin43, the principal gap junct...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kaprielian RR,Gunning M,Dupont E,Sheppard MN,Rothery SM,Underwood R,Pennell DJ,Fox K,Pepper J,Poole-Wilson PA,Severs NJ

更新日期：1998-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relations of plasma activated factor XII (FXIIa) concentration and a common polymorphism (C46T) of the factor XII gene with hemostatic status and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) were examined by prospective surveillance. METHODS AND RESULTS:Genotyping for the C46T variant was performed in 2624 men ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zito F,Drummond F,Bujac SR,Esnouf MP,Morrissey JH,Humphries SE,Miller GJ

更新日期：2000-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unstable atherosclerotic lesions typically have an abundant inflammatory cell infiltrate, including activated T cells, macrophages, and mast cells, which may decrease plaque stability. The pathophysiology of inflammatory cell recruitment and activation in the human atheroma is incompletely described. METHOD...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Haley KJ,Lilly CM,Yang JH,Feng Y,Kennedy SP,Turi TG,Thompson JF,Sukhova GH,Libby P,Lee RT

更新日期：2000-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:For the past 5 years, investigators from many different laboratories have contributed to a greatly increased understanding of two very important lipid-carrying proteins in plasma--apo B-100 and apo B-48. Apo B-100, an extremely large protein composed of 4,536 amino acids, is synthesized by the liver and is crucial for...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Young SG

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major problem associated with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is recurrence of the stenotic lesion. Balloon catheter-mounted intracoronary stent devices may reduce restenosis by improving luminal morphology and flow characteristics. This study assessed the effects of a stainless steel wire, interdig...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Robinson KA,Roubin GS,Siegel RJ,Black AJ,Apkarian RP,King SB 3rd

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells synthesize prostanoids. Several of these have been implicated in the physiological and pathophysiological regulation of vascular tone; however, there is no direct evidence that human blood vessels synthesize sufficient prostanoid to alter vessel tone. METHO...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bhagat K,Collier J,Vallance P

更新日期：1995-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Femoropopliteal percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) remains limited by restenosis. Although vascular brachytherapy may be effective in reducing restenosis, external beam radiation would be more practical to administer after PTA. METHODS AND RESULTS:After femoropopliteal PTA without stent placement, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Therasse E,Donath D,Lespérance J,Tardif JC,Guertin MC,Oliva VL,Soulez G

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have demonstrated that induction of heat shock protein (HSP) 72 by whole-body hyperthermia reduces infarct size in an in vivo model of ischemia and reperfusion. Furthermore, hearts obtained from transgenic mice that overexpress HSP72 demonstrate improved functional recovery and decreased inf...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hutter JJ,Mestril R,Tam EK,Sievers RE,Dillmann WH,Wolfe CL

更新日期：1996-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poststroke angiogenesis contributes to long-term recovery after stroke. Signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (Stat3) is a key regulator for various inflammatory signals and angiogenesis. It was the aim of this study to determine its function in poststroke outcome. METHODS AND RESULTS:We genera...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hoffmann CJ,Harms U,Rex A,Szulzewsky F,Wolf SA,Grittner U,Lättig-Tünnemann G,Sendtner M,Kettenmann H,Dirnagl U,Endres M,Harms C

更新日期：2015-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical cardiac volumetric measurement techniques are essential for assessing cardiac performance but produce significant inaccuracies in extrapolation of the volume of a three-dimensional (3D) object from two-dimensional images and lack the ability to associate cardiac electrical and mechanical activities....

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gepstein L,Hayam G,Shpun S,Ben-Haim SA

更新日期：1997-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) play a key role in intimal thickening in atherosclerosis and restenosis. The precise signaling pathways by which the proliferation of SMCs is regulated are largely unknown. The TR3 orphan receptor, the mitogen-induced nuclear orphan receptor (MINOR), and the nuclear receptor of T c...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Arkenbout EK,de Waard V,van Bragt M,van Achterberg TA,Grimbergen JM,Pichon B,Pannekoek H,de Vries CJ

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with severe mitral disease were studied before and six months after mitral valve replacement with a three-cusp stented prosthesis using fresh autologous fascia lata tissue. Only patients in whom there was no auscultatory and angiographic evidence of incompetence of the replaced valve were selected for re...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Taylor SH,Galvin MC,Pakrashi BC,Tulpule AT,Ionescu MI,Whitaker W

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibrinogen binding to the active conformation of the alpha(IIb)beta(3) integrin receptor (glycoprotein IIb/IIIa) and cytoskeletal reorganization are important events in platelet function. Tyrosine phosphorylation of platelet proteins plays an essential role in platelet signal transduction pathways. We studie...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Santos MT,Moscardó A,Vallés J,Martínez M,Piñón M,Aznar J,Broekman MJ,Marcus AJ

更新日期：2000-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular septal defects are the most common congenital heart defect. They vary greatly in location, clinical presentation, associated lesions, and natural history. The present article describes the clinical aspects of ventricular septal defects and current management strategies. ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Minette MS,Sahn DJ

更新日期：2006-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac troponin I (cTnI), a sensitive and specific marker of myocardial cell injury, is useful in diagnosing and assessing prognosis in acute coronary syndromes. Small studies report that cTnI is elevated in severe heart failure (HF) and may predict adverse outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS:The present study e...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Horwich TB,Patel J,MacLellan WR,Fonarow GC

更新日期：2003-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and prevalence of most cardiovascular disorders increase with age, and cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and major disability in adults ≥75 years of age; however, despite the large impact of cardiovascular disease on quality of life, morbidity, and mortality in older adults, patients a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rich MW,Chyun DA,Skolnick AH,Alexander KP,Forman DE,Kitzman DW,Maurer MS,McClurken JB,Resnick BM,Shen WK,Tirschwell DL,American Heart Association Older Populations Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Cardiov

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The countercurrent arrangement of capillary blood flow in the medulla of mammalian kidneys generates a gradient of oxygen tension between the renal cortex and the papillary tip that results in a state of relative hypoxia within the renal medulla. Exploration of the pathophysiological implications of medullar...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Prasad PV,Edelman RR,Epstein FH

更新日期：1996-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelets have been implicated in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease, and a number of studies have examined platelet function and coagulation parameters in such patients. We have examined platelet coagulant activities, volumes, and aggregate ratios in 23 patients with chest pain, seven of whom had normal coro...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rao AK,Mintz PD,Lavine SJ,Bove AA,McDonough MT,Spann JF,Walsh PN

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) remains a troublesome long-term complication of heart transplantation. It is manifested by a unique and unusually accelerated form of coronary disease affecting both intramural and epicardial coronary arteries and veins.CAV is characterized by vascular injury induced by a variety o...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Weis M,von Scheidt W

更新日期：1997-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary flow reserve has been considered an important diagnostic index of the functional significance of coronary artery stenosis. With Doppler technique, it has been assessed as the ratio of hyperemic to basal coronary flow velocity (coronary flow velocity reserve [CFVR]) by invasive or semiinvasive method...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hozumi T,Yoshida K,Ogata Y,Akasaka T,Asami Y,Takagi T,Morioka S

更新日期：1998-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the potential advantages of thallium-201 (201T1) single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) to assess myocardial infarct size in the experimental animal, six normal dogs and 14 dogs with 6 to 8 hr closed-chest coronary occlusion (eight left anterior descending and six left circumflex) were stud...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Prigent F,Maddahi J,Garcia EV,Satoh Y,Van Train K,Berman DS

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular noncompaction is a cardiomyopathy characterized by excessive trabeculation of the left ventricle, progressive myocardial dysfunction, and early mortality. Left ventricular noncompaction has a heterogeneous clinical presentation that includes arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. METHODS AND ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brescia ST,Rossano JW,Pignatelli R,Jefferies JL,Price JF,Decker JA,Denfield SW,Dreyer WJ,Smith O,Towbin JA,Kim JJ

更新日期：2013-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:approximately half of patients with heart failure die suddenly as a result of ventricular arrhythmias. Although abnormal Ca(2+) release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum through ryanodine receptors (RyR2) has been linked to arrhythmogenesis, the molecular mechanisms triggering release of arrhythmogenic Ca(2+) ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： van Oort RJ,McCauley MD,Dixit SS,Pereira L,Yang Y,Respress JL,Wang Q,De Almeida AC,Skapura DG,Anderson ME,Bers DM,Wehrens XH

更新日期：2010-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acquired QT prolongation enhances the susceptibility to torsades de pointes (TdP). Clinical and experimental studies indicate ventricular action potential prolongation, increased regional dispersion of repolarization, and early afterdepolarizations as underlying factors. We examined whether K(+)-current alte...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Volders PG,Sipido KR,Vos MA,Spätjens RL,Leunissen JD,Carmeliet E,Wellens HJ

更新日期：1999-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Isovolumic relaxation time (IVRT) and events of early transmitral flow measured by Doppler echocardiography were validated against the time constant of left ventricular relaxation (tau) in open-chest dogs. During increased inotropy (by isoproterenol infusion) at constant preload, enhancement of relaxation was indicate...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Myreng Y,Smiseth OA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously demonstrated vasculoprotective effects after repeated intravenous administration of recombinant apolipoprotein A-IMilano (apoA-Im)/phospholipid complex. In this study, we sought to determine the effects of local recombinant apoA-Im/1-palmitoyl,2-oleoyl phosphatidylcholine complex (ETC-216)...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kaul S,Rukshin V,Santos R,Azarbal B,Bisgaier CL,Johansson J,Tsang VT,Chyu KY,Cercek B,Mirocha J,Shah PK

更新日期：2003-05-27 00:00:00