C-reactive protein is related to impaired oxygenation in patients with acute aortic dissection.

abstract：:Decreased Transthyretin (TTR) can be observed in heart failure patients with malnutrition evaluated by the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). This study investigated whether a combination of different nutritional assessment methods would be useful for assessing prognosis in patients with acute decompensated heart fail...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Suzuki N,Kida K,Suzuki K,Harada T,Akashi YJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the major causes of death worldwide, and the therapeutic strategies of MI are still limited. In this study, we investigated the function of miR-665 in MI. In the present study, an ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) rat model and a hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R)-induced H9c2 cell model were su...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Liu C,Tang M,Zhang X,Li J,Cao G

更新日期：2020-03-28 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：:Everolimus (EVL), one of the mammalian targets of rapamycin, is a next generation immunosuppressant that may have accessory anti-proliferative effects in heart transplant (HTx) recipients. However, little is known about the clinical relationship between EVL and regression of cardiac hypertrophy. A total of 42 HTx reci...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Imamura T,Kinugawa K,Nitta D,Kinoshita O,Nawata K,Ono M

更新日期：2016-01-01 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

abstract：:Enlargement of the mitral valve (MV) has gained attention as a compensatory mechanism for functional mitral regurgitation (FMR). We aimed to determine if MV leaflet area is associated with MV coaptation-zone area and identify the clinical factors associated with MV leaflet size and coaptation-zone area in patients wit...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Xu B,Daimon M,Kawata T,Nakao T,Hirokawa M,Sawada N,Kimura K,Yamanaka Y,Morita H,Komuro I,Yatomi Y

更新日期：2021-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Worsening of mitral regurgitation (MR) is sometimes observed after closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD). However, since the mechanism of this deterioration remains unclear, the aim of our study was to investigate the effect of left (LV) and right ventricular (RV) geometry on MR after transcatheter closure of ASD.W...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hiraishi M,Tanaka H,Motoji Y,Sawa T,Tsuji T,Miyoshi T,Imanishi J,Kaneko A,Matsumoto K,Shinke T,Hirata K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term prognosis for up to 20 years of patients who have undergone percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) for mitral stenosis (MS) is unknown.We examined 77 of 93 patients (83%) with MS and who underwent PTMC from 1989 to 2002 at our institute, as well as the occurrence of either one of the follo...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kubota N,Ozaki K,Hoyano M,Nishida K,Takano T,Okubo T,Kimura S,Yanagawa T,Kashimura T,Minamino T

更新日期：2020-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A 14 year-old boy developed infective endocarditis of the mitral valve caused by Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and became comatose. Isolated basilar artery dissection was initially observed on the 3rd day by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ie, it did not exist on day 1. He underwent successful urgent m...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kawano A,Masutani S,Inui A,Honma H,Igarashi T,Tsuneoka H,Sakamoto W,Sakurai Y,Dembo T,Imanaka K

更新日期：2021-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37 year-old female who had suffered from arteritis for 20 years underwent a Bentall operation. Since severe stenosis was observed in her left main coronary artery (LMCA) the following year, a minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) operation was performed. Unfortunately, she again complained of ang...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Sakai H,Oyama N,Kishimoto N,Takahashi M,Urasawa K,Tsutsui H

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：: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：:Although atrial ischemic damage is an atrial fibrillation (AF) risk factor, the impact of atrial branches' occlusion on AF development after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is unclear. Therefore, this study's purpose was to identify predictors of new-onset AF with regard to atrial branches' occlusion. We retrospecti...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Shiba T,Kondo Y,Senoo K,Nakano M,Okubo K,Ishio N,Shikama N,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) induced by pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) can be fatal because its rapid progression confounds diagnosis, and it is difficult to control with therapy. Here we describe a woman with symptomatic PTTM-PH accompanying gastric cancer that was suspected from perfusion scintigra...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Minatsuki S,Miura I,Yao A,Abe H,Muraoka H,Tanaka M,Imamura T,Inaba T,Maki H,Hatano M,Kinugawa K,Yao T,Fukayama M,Nagai R,Komuro I

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24 year-old woman had a congenital solitary kidney with renovascular hypertension due to fibromuscular dysplasia. She had been treated as having essential hypertension until she developed preeclampsia and HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count) syndrome at 28 weeks of gestation. Plasma reni...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hayashida M,Watanabe N,Imamura H,Kumazaki S,Kitabayashi H,Takahashi W,Uchikawa S,Yazaki Y,Kubo K

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transradial approach for coronary diagnostic and therapeutic interventions is a well-established, safe, and effective technique that has shown a success rate comparable to that of the transfemoral approach for chronic total occlusion (CTO) with less access site complications. Recently, the transulnar approach was ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hussein H,Gan HW,Fang HY,Wu CJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old Japanese man complaining of general malaise and presenting with high fever was admitted to our hospital. He had untreated diabetes and hepatocellular carcinoma with liver cirrhosis. Overall findings of the patient indicated sepsis. Two blood cultures were positive for Streptococcus dysgalactiae, a group ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Takahashi F,Wada Y,Hasebe N

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantation of a paclitaxel- or sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) may be associated with endothelial dysfunction. In the present study, we compared coronary endothelial function after zotarolimus-eluting stent (ZES) implantation to that after SES implantation. Patients who had one stent implantation for a single lesion i...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Shin DI,Seung KB,Kim PJ,Chang K,Choi JK,Jeon DS,Kim MJ,Lee MY,Chung WS

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipocyte-derived adiponectin has an antiatherosclerotic effect that acts independently of its antidiabetic effect. Plasma adiponectin levels are generally low in subjects with coronary artery disease. In this study, the relationship between the plasma adiponectin level and the severity of coronary artery disease, as ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hara K,Yamauchi T,Imai Y,Manabe I,Nagai R,Kadowaki T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old woman, who had received mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation resulting from infective endocarditis, was admitted for a close examination of abnormal echocardiographic findings in the left atrium. Transthoracic echocardiography showed trivial mitral regurgitation with normal left ventricular contr...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Aoyagi S,Fukunaga S,Ishihara K,Egawa N,Hosokawa Y,Nakamura E

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:An aorto-cutaneous fistula is a rare complication that occurs after aortic surgery. Due to its rarity, postoperative complications are not normally highlighted in most standard teaching. We report here a case of aorto-cutaneous fistula after surgical treatment of a Stanford type A aortic dissection (AD) in a 67-year-o...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Zhao C,Zhu Z,Zheng X,Liu K

更新日期：2018-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The chronic use of bosentan has been reported to reduce the plasma concentration of sildenafil. However, it remains unclear how sildenafil exerts the effect at reduced concentrations in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients chronically treated with bosentan.We examined the hemodynamic effects of sildenafil (5...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hatano M,Yao A,Kinugawa K,Hirata Y,Nagai R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary collateral circulation (CCC) plays a crucial role in myocardial blood supply, especially for ischemic myocardium. Previous study has shown that neuregulin-1 is a prominent angiogenic factor in diabetic cardiomyopathy, whereas the relationship between neuregulin-1 and CCC has not been investigated. Thus, we ai...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Huang M,Zheng J,Chen Z,You C,Huang Q

更新日期：2020-01-31 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：:High plasma HDL-cholesterol (HDL-c) is a well-established protective factor in coronary artery disease (CAD). One of its potential protective mechanisms is the inhibition of the cytokine-induced upregulation of expression of cellular adhesion molecules (CAMs). High sCAM levels were found to be associated with low HDL-...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Stanojević NB,Ivanović ZJ,Djurovic S,Kalimanovska VS,Spasić S,Ostrić DK,Memon L

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:Five patients who had had previous cardiac operations underwent minimally invasive beating heart mitral valve operations via a right minithoracotomy between November 2006 and February 2009. The mean age was 64 ± 10 years and 4 were female. Under general anesthesia with single-lumen ventilation, cardiopulmonary bypass ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kitamura T,Stuklis RG,Edwards J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bleeding complications following percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) have been closely associated with morbidity and mortality. Although radial arteries have been widely used in current PCI, including primary PCI, transfemoral PCI remains necessary for complex PCI. The purpose of this study was to compare the in...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yamamoto S,Sakakura K,Taniguchi Y,Yamamoto K,Wada H,Momomura SI,Fujita H

更新日期：2018-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine if prednisone, a glucocorticoid, added to conventional treatment for patients with decompensated congestive heart failure (DCHF) refractory to the conventional care, results in significant relief of congestive symptoms and improvement of clinical status. Diuretic-based str...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Zhang H,Liu C,Ji Z,Liu G,Zhao Q,Ao YG,Wang L,Deng B,Zhen Y,Tian L,Ji L,Liu K

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00