A rare case of pulmonary hypertension. As a result of arteriovenous fistula after cardiac surgery.

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics and surgical treatment of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) infective endocarditis (IE) compared with tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) IE in China.The relevant pre-, intra- and post-operative materials of all IE patients undergoing cardiac surgery in our center between J...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Chen J,Lu S,Hu K,Yang Z,Pan S,Hong T,Wang C

更新日期：2017-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic strategies for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have made remarkable progress over the last two decades. Currently, 3 types of drugs can be used to treat PAH; prostacyclins, phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors, and endothelin receptor antagonists (ERA). In Japan, the first generation ERA bosentan was reimb...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Maki H,Hara T,Tsuji M,Saito A,Minatsuki S,Inaba T,Amiya E,Hosoya Y,Hatano M,Morita H,Yao A,Kinugawa K,Komuro I

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent studies have suggested that arterial stiffness parameters such as peripheral pulse pressure (PPP), central blood pressure (CBP), and pulse wave velocity (PWV) are more accurate markers than brachial blood pressure for prediction of cardiovascular (CV) events. However, it remains unknown which arterial s...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ishisone T,Koeda Y,Tanaka F,Sato K,Nagano M,Nakamura M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present prospective multicenter case-control study was to investigate the long-term clinical outcome (5 years) of primary stenting compared to primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) without stenting (POBA) in patients with acute myocardial infarction at 7 cardiovascular cent...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Sasao H,Tsuchihashi K,Nagao K,Miyamoto K,Murakami H,Doi A,Shimoshige S,Hasegawa K,Kyuma M,Noda R,Shimamoto K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with ischemic heart disease are associated with poor prognosis, and their number has increased globally. Therefore, biomarkers that could predict post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) heart failure (HF) would be helpful to guide appropriate treatment. Based on the diagnosis on admission and results of echoca...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Lin X,Zhang S,Huo Z

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Purulent pericarditis is a rare disease in the antibiotic era. The common pathogens of purulent pericarditis are gram-positive species such as Staphylococcus aureus. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Salmonella, Haemophilus, fungal pathogens/tuberculosis can also result in purulent pericarditis. We report an old male case of ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Horii S,Yada H,Ito K,Osaki A,Sato A,Kimura T,Yasuda R,Toya T,Namba T,Masaki N,Adachi T

更新日期：2018-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Plaque erosion (PE) is a significant substrate of acute coronary thrombosis. An improved ability to distinguish plaque phenotype in vivo among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is of considerable interest because of the potential to formulate tailored treatment. This study assessed the p...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Dong H,Hu S,Sun R,Wang C,Dai J,Pan W,Xing L,Liu X,Wu J,Liu J,Jia H,Yu B

更新日期：2019-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous coronary intervention for the treatment of a severe calcified lesion is still one of the most technically challenging areas of interventional cardiology. Calcified lesions are a cause of stent underexpansion, which significantly increases the subsequent risks of in-stent restenosis and thrombosis, even wh...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Otsuka Y,Koyama T,Imoto Y,Katsuki Y,Kawahara M,Nakamura K,Kodama S,Noguchi H,Iwasaki K

更新日期：2017-12-12 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：: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：: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：:A male patient with tetralogy of Fallot accompanied by aortic regurgitation had maintained sufficient exercise capacity for a number of decades with the status of acyanotic tetralogy of Fallot. When he was 67 years old, he suffered a posterior wall acute myocardial infarction and direct percutaneous coronary angioplas...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Izawa A,Sekimura N,Uchikawa S,Yazaki Y,Kinoshita O,Owa M,Kubo K,Ikeda U,Sekiguchi M,Kitahara H,Amano J,Imamura H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is little data on management and outcomes of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients on direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) undergoing general surgery.We retrospectively assessed 98 surgeries in 85 nonvalvular AF patients aged 73 ± 8 (59 men) receiving DOACs. Cardiac, emergency, and minimally invasive surgeries were exc...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kawabata M,Goya M,Maeda S,Yagishita A,Takahashi Y,Sasano T,Hirao K

更新日期：2020-09-29 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：:We present a 16-year-old male patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who developed protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) and plastic bronchitis (PB) after a Fontan operation. He received medical therapies, including albumin infusion, unfractionated heparin, and high-dose anti-aldosterone therapy but could not obtain ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Okada S,Muneuchi J,Nagatomo Y,Nonaka K,Iida C,Shirouzu H,Matsuoka R,Watanabe M,Joo K

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperglycemia is an established risk factor of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, hyperglycemia with preserved pancreatic β cell function induces hyperinsulinemia to correct the glucose profile and may even result in reactive hypoglycemia (RH), which induces an inflammatory response. In this study, the incidence ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Murata M,Adachi H,Oshima S,Kurabayashi M

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:High sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels are associated with short- and long-term mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We investigated whether baseline hs-CRP levels are associated with burden of coronary atherosclerosis assessed by SYNTAX score (SXScore).We enrolled 321 patients with ACS...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Karadeniz M,Duran M,Akyel A,Yarlıoğlueş M,Öcek AH,Çelik İE,Kılıç A,Yalcin AA,Ergün G,Murat SN

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraaortic balloon pumping (IABP) is a useful therapy for refractory heart failure. However, the safe duration of this therapy and possible complications due to long-term IABP support remain unclear. In this study, we reviewed retrospectively patients requiring the long-term use of IABP, defined here as 10 days or mo...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Oshima K,Morishita Y,Hinohara H,Kadoi Y,Hayashi Y,Tajima Y,Kunimoto F

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin F(2alpha) (PGF(2alpha)) stimulates hypertrophic growth of neonatal rat cardiac myocytes, a feature of which includes downregulation of the Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA2), a major Ca(2+) transport protein in SR. The molecular mechanisms by which PGF(2alpha) inhibits SERCA2 gene expression remain unknown. We deter...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hara S,Arai M,Tomaru K,Doi H,Koitabashi N,Iso T,Watanabe A,Tanaka T,Maeno T,Suga T,Yokoyama T,Kurabayashi M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) is shown in resistant hypertension including diabetes mellitus. Although protein kinase C (PKC) signaling is involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications, an association between PKC and MR is not known. Activation of PKCα and PKCβ by TPA (12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbo...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hayashi T,Shibata H,Kurihara I,Yokota K,Mitsuishi Y,Ohashi K,Murai-Takeda A,Jo R,Ohyama T,Sakamoto M,Tojo K,Tajima N,Utsunomiya K,Itoh H

更新日期：2017-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine if there is any association between white coat hypertension (WCH) and body mass index. The study was performed in two phases. In the first phase, we studied consecutive underweight patients, while in the second phase, age-matched consecutive normal weight, overweight, and ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Helvaci MR,Kaya H,Yalcin A,Kuvandik G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral and aortic valve regurgitation is commonly found in osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) patients, however, little is known about the myocardial involvement in this disorder. An 82-year-old man with OI developed heart failure and was admitted to our hospital. Echocardiogram revealed severe mitral regurgitation without ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Soma K,Abe H,Takeda N,Shintani Y,Takazawa Y,Kojima T,Fujiu K,Semba H,Yamashita H,Hirata Y,Fukayama M,Nagai R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous study showed that pravastatin prevents ischemia and reperfusion-induced lethal ventricular fibrillation in rats. This study explored whether pravastatin decreases myocardial infarct size and this effect is associated with endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression in myocardium. Rats were treated...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Li H,Wang C,Sun J,Liu C,Li N,Chen J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate whether the heart is the target organ of endogenous atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).We measured the plasma levels of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), which is a second mess...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Tsutamoto T,Sakai H,Yamamoto T,Nakagawa Y

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between adiponectin levels and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Serum concentrations of adiponectin and carotid intima/media thickness (IMT) were measured in 84 consecutive patients who underwent CAB...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kiris I,Tekin I,Yesildag A,Vural H,Oyar O,Sirin B,Okutan H,Ibrisim E

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Same-day discharge transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (TRI) has been reported to be safe and feasible in Western countries. However, Asia has not produced any reports related to this matter. The present study explored the safety and feasibility of patients with indications for TR coronary angiography and a...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Chung WJ,Fang HY,Tsai TH,Yang CH,Chen CJ,Chen SM,Cheng CI,Fang CY,Hsieh YK,Hang CL,Yip HK,Wu CJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasopressin receptor 2 (V2) receptor antagonist tolvaptan is an aquaretic agent that has been approved for heart failure patients with volume overload in Japan. In this study (SMILE study), we investigated patient characteristics and effectiveness in both a 14 days and shorter treated group (14DS) and 15 days and ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kinugawa K,Inomata T,Sato N,Yasuda M,Shimakawa T,Bando K,Fukuta Y

更新日期：2017-02-07 00:00:00

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：:microRNA-99a (miR-99a) is recently recognized as a key regulator in various cancers and cardiovascular diseases. In the present study, we sought to investigate the effects of miR-99a in rat cardiomyocyte H9c2 cells against oxidative injury induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS).MTT assay, reactive oxygen species (ROS) as...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Jing R,Zhou Z,Kuang F,Huang L,Li C

更新日期：2017-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of taurine (Tau) on primary cultured neonatal myocardial cells treated with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and the underlying mechanism. Primary cardiac myocytes from neonatal Wistar rats were pre-incubated with Tau, and its effects on cell viability and expression of CaM...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Wang J,Qi C,Liu L,Zhao L,Cui W,Tian Y,Liu B,Li J

更新日期：2018-01-27 00:00:00