Congenital solitary kidney with renovascular hypertension diagnosed by means of captopril-enhanced renography and magnetic resonance angiography.

abstract：:The factors responsible for the ST-T wave alternans (STTA) and associated arrhythmias during acute ischemia have not been clarified.In acutely ischemic porcine myocardium, we recorded transmural unipolar and bipolar electrocardiograms and mid-myocardial extracellular K(+) ([K(+)]e) from the center of the ischemic zone...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Watanabe I,Gettes LS

更新日期：2016-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have revealed that stress after catastrophic disasters can trigger cardiovascular events, however, little is known about its association with the occurrence of heart failure in past earthquakes. The objective of the present study was to determine whether the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 201...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Suzuki H,Yamada S,Kamiyama Y,Takeishi Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac output (CO) is often desirable for assessing the hemodynamic condition of a patient, especially in critically ill cardiac patients. Various noninvasive methods are available for this purpose. Inert gas rebreathing (IGR) and 2D-Doppler echocardiography methods have been validated. Based on the relationship betw...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Raissuni Z,Zores F,Henriet O,Dallest S,Roul G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients with left atrial thrombus or spontaneous echo contrast (LAT/SEC), we evaluated the additional predictive value of serum uric acid (SUA) and Left atrial diameter (LAD) for CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc, and explored the influence from the level of SUA and LAD to LAT/SEC ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ning W,Li Y,Ma C,Qiu L,Yu B

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular free wall rupture (FWR) is a catastrophic complication of that occurs after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and at present, its clinical characteristics are unclear. We analyzed a total of 6,712 consecutive patients who presented with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), and 78 patients w...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Gong W,Shi H,Yan M,Yan Y,Wang X,Li S,He X,Nie S

更新日期：2020-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To follow-up and estimate cardiac function in 11 heart failure patients with moderate to severe mitral regurgitation who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and to compare echocardiography to the rebreathing method (indirect Fick method) which were used for estimation. DESIGN:Prospective, obser...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Dong L,Wang JA,Yang Q,He H,Sun Y,Chen DD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery spasm after coronary artery bypass surgery may result in life-threatening arrhythmias, circulatory collapse, or death. We report two cases of coronary artery spasm after coronary artery bypass surgery, one of which developed ventricular fibrillation requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Unai S,Hirose H,Cook G,Lee Y,Miura S,Kigawa I,Fukuda S,Miyairi T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the new left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) classification criteria emerged, many studies have focused on the differences between heart failure (HF) with reduced EF (HFrEF), HF with midrange EF (HFmrEF), and HF with preserved EF (HFpEF). However, the lack of consensus on sex-related differences in prognosi...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Wang C,Zhou Y,Zhong R,Bao Y,Li Z,Tian J

更新日期：2020-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Although calcium channel blockers (CCB) are expected to improve the augmentation index (AI) in CKD patients, the potential effect of benidipine on AI has been poorly studied.The present study aimed to compare the effect of benidipine and amlodipine in the treatment of CKD patients as measured through AI and urinary al...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Takayama T,Yoda S,Yajima Y,Kasamaki Y,Kunimoto S,Kanai T,Hirayama A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new controlled-release isosorbide-5-mononitrate (CR-ISMN) preparation has been developed to meet the requirement for a low nitrate concentration interval in order to avoid nitrate tolerance. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in 31 Japanese patients with stable effort angina pectoris t...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Shimada K,Sunayama S,Nakazato K,Satoh H,Kusama Y,Kawakubo K,Daida H

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While physiological levels of nitric oxide (NO) protect the endothelium and have vasodilatory effects, excessive NO has adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. Recently, new NO-releasing pharmacodynamic hybrids of angiotensin II (Ang II) type 1 (AT1) receptor blockers (ARBs) have been developed.We analyzed wheth...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yahiro E,Miura S,Suematsu Y,Matsuo Y,Arimura T,Kuwano T,Imaizumi S,Iwata A,Uehara Y,Saku K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) can develop in patients with mildly to moderately stenotic lesions. However, the angiographic characteristics of lesions in patients who will later develop ACS have not been systematically investigated. For this reason, we examined the earlier angiographic findings of such patients in a r...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yamaya S,Morino Y,Taguchi Y,Ninomiya R,Ishida M,Fusazaki T,Itoh T,Kimura T

更新日期：2020-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an inherited connective tissue disorder mainly caused by the fibrillin-1 mutation. Deficient fibrillin-1 is thought to result in the failed sequestration of transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) and subsequent activation of the TGFβ signaling pathway, suggesting that the circulating TGFβ level m...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ogawa N,Imai Y,Nishimura H,Kato M,Takeda N,Nawata K,Taketani T,Morota T,Takamoto S,Nagai R,Hirata Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical scenario, which is based on systolic blood pressure (SBP) upon admission, is useful for classifying and determining initial treatment for acute heart failure (HF). However, the prognostic significance of SBP following the initial treatment is unclear.The Japanese Heart Failure Syndrome with Preserved Ejec...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Sato Y,Yoshihisa A,Oikawa M,Nagai T,Yoshikawa T,Saito Y,Yamamoto K,Takeishi Y,Anzai T

更新日期：2019-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is presumed to play an important role in the development of coronary artery disease (CAD). The purpose of our study was to examine the influence of EAT volume measured by cardiac CT on the severity and presence of CAD. A total of 209 subjects (114 normal subjects and 95 patients with CA...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kim SH,Chung JH,Kwon BJ,Song SW,Choi WS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 79-year-old man with acute myocardial infarction caused by left main trunk lesion, who experienced cardiogenic shock during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). To reverse the cardiogenic shock, we initiated veno-arterial extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) without an intra-aort...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kaneko D,Takahashi M,Fukutomi M,Funayama H,Kario K

更新日期：2019-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Music therapy (MT) has been used in geriatric nursing hospitals, but there has been no extensive research into whether it actually has beneficial effects on elderly patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and dementia. We investigated the effects of MT on the autonomic nervous system and plasma cytokine and catech...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Okada K,Kurita A,Takase B,Otsuka T,Kodani E,Kusama Y,Atarashi H,Mizuno K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most common cause of heart failure (HF), it is critically important to clarify whether incretin hormones including glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which play an important role in blood glucose control, mediate cardioprotection. There are many lines of basic research evidence indica...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Takahashi A,Ihara M,Yamazaki S,Asanuma H,Asakura M,Kitakaze M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19 year-old woman who underwent corrective surgery for an atrial septal defect (ASD) and ventricular septal defect (VSD) 12 years previously presented with pulmonary hypertension. Cardiac catheterization showed a fistula between the right subclavian artery and vena jugularis interna. In this case, a rare example of ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Tayyareci G,Dayi SU,Akgöz H,Terzi S,Akbulut T,Aydin A,Tuygun A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have reported that the left ventricular (LV) lead implant success rate ranges between 88.0% and 92.4%. Coronary venous anatomy differs among patients thus, necessitating multiple types of leads. To date, the implant success rate among Japanese patients utilizing a pre-specified family LV leads (includi...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ando K,Kanda S,Miura F,Ashikaga K,Ehara N,Sakai Y,Furukawa T,Yoshimura H,Adachi K

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Antihypertensive drugs have been linked to new-onset diabetes (NOD); however, the effects of these drugs on the development of NOD in elderly Taiwanese hypertensive patients have not been well determined. We examined the association between antihypertensive drug therapy and the risk of NOD in a population-based study....

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Liou YS,Ma T,Tien L,Chien C,Chou P,Jong GP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) is a recently-developed non-invasive therapy that improves the clinical course of heart failure (HF) patients. However, the precise hemodynamic response and predictors of ASV therapy remain uncertain. Overall, 69 patients with New York Heart Association HF class II-IV underwent 10-minu...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Imamura T,Kinugawa K

更新日期：2017-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of heart failure (HF) management programs is compromised by the challenge of early identification of patients at imminent risk. Segmental multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis can generate an "edema index" (EI) as a surrogate for the body fluid status. In this study, we tested whether integratio...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Liu MH,Wang CH,Huang YY,Tung TH,Lee CM,Yang NI,Wang JS,Kuo LT,Cherng WJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) reduce major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome. We investigated whether early statin therapy would be effective at reducing MACE in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).A total of 1,159 patients were analyzed. They wer...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kim MC,Ahn Y,Cho KH,Lee MG,Ko JS,Park KH,Sim DS,Yoon NS,Yoon HJ,Kim KH,Hong YJ,Park HW,Kim JH,Jeong MH,Cho JG,Park JC,Kang JC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise capacity is lowered in patients with heart failure, which limits their daily activities and also reduces their quality of life. Furthermore, lowered exercise capacity has been well demonstrated to be closely related to the severity and prognosis of heart failure. Skeletal muscle abnormalities including abnorm...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kinugawa S,Takada S,Matsushima S,Okita K,Tsutsui H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proinflammatory cytokine responses might occur in elderly individuals with cardiovascular (CV) disease, cerebro-vascular (CVA) disease, and/or pulmonary disease (PD). Spiritual activation is an important coping mechanism, since psychiatric depression is an important risk factor for these individuals. Thirty-three very...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kurita A,Takase B,Shinagawa N,Kodani E,Okada K,Iwahara S,Kusama Y,Atarashi H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the precise pattern of stroke volume (SV) response during exercise in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) compared with age-matched controls. Fourteen patients with CHF and 7 controls performed symptom-limited bicycle exercise testing with respiratory gas exchange mea...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Fukuda T,Matsumoto A,Kurano M,Takano H,Iida H,Morita T,Yamashita H,Hirata Y,Nagai R,Nakajima T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal injury is an important factor for worsening outcome in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). An 81-year-old woman was admitted due to ADHF with dyspnea and mild peripheral edema. The patient was managed with intravenous administration of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) at a dose of 0.0125 μg/kg/minute, whic...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kamiya M,Sato N,Akiya M,Okazaki H,Takahashi Y,Mizuno K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins improve left ventricular (LV) remodeling in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). This study was designed to investigate the effects of atorvastatin administered in the early stage on LV remodeling in SHRs, and to explore the underlying mechanisms.Sixteen male 8-week-old SHRs were randomized to receive disti...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Zhao XY,Li L,Zhang JY,Liu GQ,Chen YL,Yang PL,Liu RY

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its clinical relevance, a subclass of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) with elevated blood pressure, known as hypertensive ADHF (HT-ADHF), has been less intensively evaluated. This study aimed to characterize the prognostic nature and pathophysiology of HT-ADHF. A total of 509 consecutive patients with...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hiki M,Iwata H,Takasu K,Nojiri S,Ishikawa G,Chikata Y,C Mattson P,Kasai T,Miyazaki T,Inoue K,Fujiwara Y,Sumiyoshi M,Kinugawa K,Daida H

更新日期：2020-03-28 00:00:00