Resistin is an inflammatory marker of atherosclerosis in humans.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with advanced heart failure have bioenergetic abnormalities of skeletal muscle metabolism during exercise. Using 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy, we sought to determine whether skeletal metabolic responses to exercise are normalized by orthotopic cardiac transplantation. METHODS AND RESULTS:Fou...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Stratton JR,Kemp GJ,Daly RC,Yacoub M,Rajagopalan B

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The left ventricular (LV) dilatation of isolated mitral regurgitation (MR) is associated with an increase in chymase and a decrease in interstitial collagen and extracellular matrix. In addition to profibrotic effects, chymase has significant antifibrotic actions because it activates matrix metalloproteinase...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pat B,Chen Y,Killingsworth C,Gladden JD,Shi K,Zheng J,Powell PC,Walcott G,Ahmed MI,Gupta H,Desai R,Wei CC,Hase N,Kobayashi T,Sabri A,Granzier H,Denney T,Tillson M,Dillon AR,Husain A,Dell'italia LJ

更新日期：2010-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With recognition of disease-causing genes in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, mutation analysis is being applied. METHODS AND RESULTS:The role of genotyping in familial assessment for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy was investigated, including the prevalence of mutations in k...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Quarta G,Muir A,Pantazis A,Syrris P,Gehmlich K,Garcia-Pavia P,Ward D,Sen-Chowdhry S,Elliott PM,McKenna WJ

更新日期：2011-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart potentials were recorded from the entire chest surface in 42 patients suffering from Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. We were able to identify six types of surface maps, according to the location of the potential maximum and minimum during the delta wave. For each of these types we suggested the most likely locat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： De Ambroggi L,Taccardi B,Macchi E

更新日期：1976-08-01 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：:Left ventricular function was compared in 18 normal sedentary controls (mean age 28 years, range 22 - 34 years) and nine endurance-trained athletes (mean age 19 years, range 15 - 25 years) at rest and during supine bicycle exercise. Gated radionuclide angiocardiograms were performed at rest and at each level of graded...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bar-Shlomo BZ,Druck MN,Morch JE,Jablonsky G,Hilton JD,Feiglin DH,McLaughlin PR

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Failure to differentiate supraventricular from ventricular arrhythmias is the most frequent cause of inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapies. Although a sudden-onset criterion is available to differentiate sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardias (SMVTs) and sinus tachycardias (S...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Arenal A,Almendral J,Villacastin J,Morris R,Castellanos E,Delcan JL

更新日期：1998-08-18 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:Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) are at high risk of developing congestive heart failure (CHF). However, the relationships between glucose levels and CHF in people with or without a history of DM have not been well characterized. METHODS AND RESULTS:We evaluated the associations between fasting plasma g...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Held C,Gerstein HC,Yusuf S,Zhao F,Hilbrich L,Anderson C,Sleight P,Teo K,ONTARGET\/TRANSCEND Investigators.

更新日期：2007-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnant women with congenital heart disease (CHD) are susceptible to cardiovascular, obstetric, and offspring complications. In women with CHD, cardiac dysfunction may compromise uteroplacental flow and contribute to the increased incidence of obstetric and offspring events. METHODS AND RESULTS:We performe...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pieper PG,Balci A,Aarnoudse JG,Kampman MA,Sollie KM,Groen H,Mulder BJ,Oudijk MA,Roos-Hesselink JW,Cornette J,van Dijk AP,Spaanderman ME,Drenthen W,van Veldhuisen DJ,ZAHARA II investigators.

更新日期：2013-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Three distinct cardiac arrhythmia disorders, the long-QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, and conduction system disease, have been associated with heterozygous mutations in the cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel alpha-subunit gene (SCN5A). We present clinical, genetic, and biophysical features of 2 new SCN5A mu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wang DW,Viswanathan PC,Balser JR,George AL Jr,Benson DW

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharmacological evidence has implicated ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channels as the effectors of cardioprotection, but the relative roles of mitochondrial (mitoK(ATP)) and sarcolemmal (surfaceK(ATP)) channels remain controversial. METHODS AND RESULTS:We examined the effects of the K(ATP) channel blocker HMR...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sato T,Sasaki N,Seharaseyon J,O'Rourke B,Marbán E

更新日期：2000-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression in the heart increases after myocardial infarction (MI). In murine models of MI, COX-2 inhibition preserves left ventricular dimensions and function. We studied the effect of selective COX-2 inhibition on left ventricular remodeling and function after MI in a pig model. MET...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Timmers L,Sluijter JP,Verlaan CW,Steendijk P,Cramer MJ,Emons M,Strijder C,Gründeman PF,Sze SK,Hua L,Piek JJ,Borst C,Pasterkamp G,de Kleijn DP

更新日期：2007-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brugada syndrome (BrS) primarily associates with the loss of sodium channel function. Previous studies showed features consistent with sodium current (INa) deficit in patients carrying desmosomal mutations, diagnosed with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (or arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy). Exp...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cerrone M,Lin X,Zhang M,Agullo-Pascual E,Pfenniger A,Chkourko Gusky H,Novelli V,Kim C,Tirasawadichai T,Judge DP,Rothenberg E,Chen HS,Napolitano C,Priori SG,Delmar M

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although autonomic imbalance is known to be characteristics of patients with clinically overt symptomatic congestive heart failure, it is currently unknown whether this autonomic response arises early in the course of left ventricular dysfunction or is restricted to the later stages of circulatory failure. ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Eaton GM,Cody RJ,Nunziata E,Binkley PF

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted in 46 patients with cardiac thrombi, 15 patients with atrial myxomas, and 32 patients with other cardiac or paracardiac tumors. Diagnoses were subsequently proven by surgery, autopsy, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, or angiography in all patients. All patients underwent precor...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mügge A,Daniel WG,Haverich A,Lichtlen PR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disease-associated electrophysiological alterations may contribute to the increased predisposition to arrhythmias of the hypertrophied or failing myocardium. An I(f)-like current is expressed in rat left ventricular myocytes (LVMs), its amplitude being linearly related to the severity of cardiac hypertrophy....

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cerbai E,Pino R,Porciatti F,Sani G,Toscano M,Maccherini M,Giunti G,Mugelli A

更新日期：1997-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:prior studies indicated that ablation of the 4 major atrial ganglionated plexi (GP) suppressed atrial fibrillation. METHODS AND RESULTS:superparamagnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) made of Fe(3)O(4) (core), thermoresponsive polymeric hydrogel (shell), and neurotoxic agent (N-isopropylacrylamide monomer [NIPA-M]) ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Yu L,Scherlag BJ,Dormer K,Nguyen KT,Pope C,Fung KM,Po SS

更新日期：2010-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine whether antianginal medications affect the prognostic value of pharmacological stress echocardiography. METHODS AND RESULTS:From the EPIC-EDIC Data Bank, 7333 patients (5452 men; age; 59+/-10 years) underwent pharmacological stress echocardiography with either high-dos...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sicari R,Cortigiani L,Bigi R,Landi P,Raciti M,Picano E,Echo-Persantine International Cooperative (EPIC) Study Group.,Echo-Dobutamine International Cooperative (EDIC) Study Group.

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidized LDL (oxLDL) is thought to play a key role in the inflammatory response in the arterial vessel wall. METHODS AND RESULTS:In a prospective, nested, case-control study, the association between plasma oxLDL and risk of an acute coronary heart disease (CHD) event was investigated in men without prevalen...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Meisinger C,Baumert J,Khuseyinova N,Loewel H,Koenig W

更新日期：2005-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iron deficiency is common in patients with heart failure (HF) and is associated with reduced exercise capacity and poor outcomes. Whether correction of iron deficiency with (intravenous) ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) affects peak oxygen consumption [peak VO2], an objective measure of exercise intolerance in HF...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： van Veldhuisen DJ,Ponikowski P,van der Meer P,Metra M,Böhm M,Doletsky A,Voors AA,Macdougall IC,Anker SD,Roubert B,Zakin L,Cohen-Solal A,EFFECT-HF Investigators.

更新日期：2017-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early stages of coronary atherosclerosis are characterized by a mainly functional impairment of coronary vasodilator capacity under the impact of such risk factors as hypercholesterolemia. The goal of this study was to determine whether 6-month cholesterol-lowering therapy improves coronary flow reserve in p...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Baller D,Notohamiprodjo G,Gleichmann U,Holzinger J,Weise R,Lehmann J

更新日期：1999-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:gp130, a signal transducer of the IL-6-related cytokines, is expressed ubiquitously, including in the heart. The activation of gp130 in cardiac myocytes was reported to induce myocardial hypertrophy. The downstream side of gp130 consists of two distinct pathways in cardiac myocytes, one a Janus kinase/signal...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kunisada K,Tone E,Fujio Y,Matsui H,Yamauchi-Takihara K,Kishimoto T

更新日期：1998-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The time constant of truncated exponential pulses used with implantable defibrillators is determined by the output capacitor size and defibrillation pathway resistance. The optimal capacitor size is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:This study compared defibrillation threshold (DFT) for standard 120-microF capac...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Swerdlow CD,Kass RM,Chen PS,Hwang C,Raissi S

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The associations between pregnancy hypertensive disorders and common cardiovascular disorders have not been investigated at scale in a contemporaneous population. We aimed to investigate the association between preeclampsia, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and subsequent diagnosis of 12 different cardio...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Leon LJ,McCarthy FP,Direk K,Gonzalez-Izquierdo A,Prieto-Merino D,Casas JP,Chappell L

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of valvular heart disease is expected to increase over the next several decades as a large proportion of the US demographic advances into the later decades of life. At the same time, the next several years can be anticipated to bring a broad transition of surgical therapy to minimally invasive (minithora...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rosengart TK,Feldman T,Borger MA,Vassiliades TA Jr,Gillinov AM,Hoercher KJ,Vahanian A,Bonow RO,O'Neill W,American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia.,American Heart Association Council on Clinical Card

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition potentiates the tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) response to exogenous bradykinin. This study tested the hypothesis that ACE inhibition increases endothelial t-PA release through endogenous bradykinin. METHODS AND RESULTS:We measured the effect of intra...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pretorius M,Rosenbaum D,Vaughan DE,Brown NJ

更新日期：2003-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies suggest that rigid fixation of the mitral annulus with an annuloplasty ring may impair left ventricular (LV) systolic performance. We used load-insensitive indexes of global and regional LV contractile mechanics to test the hypothesis that rigid fixation of the mitral annulus alters LV systo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rayhill SC,Castro LJ,Nizyporuk MA,Ingels NB Jr,Daughters GT,Derby GC,Tye TL,Bolger AF,Miller DC

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin sensitivity varies up to threefold in apparently healthy individuals, but the mechanism for this is unknown. We have examined the hypothesis that vascular endothelial nitric oxide production and insulin sensitivity are directly related in humans. METHODS AND RESULTS:Nineteen healthy male subjects we...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Petrie JR,Ueda S,Webb DJ,Elliott HL,Connell JM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although echocardiography is commonly performed before coronary artery bypass surgery, there has yet to be a study examining the incremental prognostic value of a complete echocardiogram. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass surgery at 2 hospitals were divided into derivat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Afilalo J,Flynn AW,Shimony A,Rudski LG,Agnihotri AK,Morin JF,Castrillo C,Shahian DM,Picard MH

更新日期：2013-01-22 00:00:00