Taurine prevents myocardial ischemia/reperfusion-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in prolonged hypothermic rat heart preservation.

abstract：:The number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) is considered to be a surrogate marker for coronary artery disease (CAD). Recent studies have identified a novel T-cell subset labeled with CD3(+)/CD31(+), which is necessary for EPC colony formation and constitutes the central cluster. However, the clinica...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kakizaki M,Nobori K,Watanabe H,Iino K,Ishida M,Ito H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) is cardioprotective; however, this property is lost upon blockade or inactivation of adenosine (ADO) receptor A2b. In this study, we investigated whether the effects of MRAs are mediated by an interaction between cardioprotective ADO receptors A1 and A3. Spir...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Hermidorff MM,de Assis LVM,Rodrigues JA,Soares LL,Andrade MHG,Natali AJ,Isoldi MC

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by a progressive increase in pulmonary arterial pressure and vascular resistance. Despite advances in therapy for PAH, its treatment and prognosis remain poor. We aimed to investigate whether the transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) overexp...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Guo Y,Su L,Li Y,Guo N,Xie L,Zhang D,Zhang X,Li H,Zhang G,Wang Y,Liu C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the plaque disruption in 245 consecutive patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. The plaque fissure was diagnosed with optical coherence tomography, and intravascular ultrasound was used to determine arterial remodeling. Of them, 26 fissures were found in this s...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Goyal M,Kim SW,Mishra S,Sharmin S,Won H,Cho I,Jung MK,Shin SY,Lee KJ,Kim TH,Kim CJ,Lee WS

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gradient-echo T2-star (T2*)-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a sensitive method to detect cerebral microbleeds (CMBs). The presence of CMBs was reported to be a marker of future cardiovascular mortality and is associated with various cardiovascular risk factors, use of antithrombotic drugs, and cognitive d...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Watanabe T,Kanzaki Y,Yamauchi Y,Ito T,Nishida Y,Yamamura K,Komori T,Sohmiya K,Hoshiga M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein present a case (72 years, male) with total absence of pulmonary veins (PVs) potentials at the beginning of the first procedure for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), demonstrating dormant conduction between the left atrium and all PVs revealed by adenosine triphosphate provocation with relation to the inci...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yokoyama K,Yamashita S,Tokutake K,Narui R,Kato M,Tanigawa S,Tokuda M,Inada K,Matsuo S,Shibayama K,Miyanaga S,Yoshimura M,Yamane T

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-procedural valvuloarterial impedance (Zva) is considered as a useful predictor of mortality in patients diagnosed as having severe aortic stenosis (AS) who undergo transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). However, the prognostic significance of post-procedural Zva remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the p...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nagura F,Kataoka A,Hara M,Kozuma K,Watanabe Y,Nakashima M,Hioki H,Kawashima H,Nara Y,Shirai S,Tada N,Araki M,Naganuma T,Yamanaka F,Ueno H,Tabata M,Mizutani K,Higashimori A,Takagi K,Yamamoto M,Hayashida K,OCEAN-T

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a new individually customized contrast-injection protocol for coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography based on the time-attenuation response in a test bolus, and investigated its clinical applicability. We scanned 60 patients with suspected coronary diseases using a 64-detector CT scanner, who were ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kidoh M,Nakaura T,Nakamura S,Awai K,Utsunomiya D,Namimoto T,Harada K,Yamashita Y

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular arrhythmias play a critical role in chronic heart failure (CHF) and are associated with adverse clinical outcomes. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is associated with arrhythmias and/or a poor prognosis in CHF. Adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) is a ventilatory support system designed to normalize ventilati...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Iwaya S,Yoshihisa A,Nodera M,Owada T,Yamada S,Sato T,Suzuki S,Yamaki T,Sugimoto K,Kunii H,Nakazato K,Suzuki H,Saitoh S,Takeishi Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy and safety of this novel epicardial circumferential left atrial ablation (CLAA) with pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in sustained atrial fibrillation (AF). Thirty domestic pigs were divided equally into 3 groups: AF without ablation (AF group), AF with PVI (PVI group), ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Jiang Z,Yin H,He Y,Ma N,Tang M,Liu H,Ding F,Mei J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolongation of the pulmonary artery potentials (PAPs) in response to short coupling intervals was related to polymorphic QRS configurations during the ventricular tachycardia originating above the pulmonary valve (PA-VT). This prospective study was aimed to investigate the mechanisms of polymorphic changes during the...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Takahashi M,Yokoshiki H,Mitsuyama H,Tenma T,Watanabe M,Kamada R,Sasaki R,Chiba Y,Maeno M,Anzai T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have demonstrated that thyroid hormone (T3) can precondition the heart against ischaemic injury and improve post-ischaemic recovery. This study investigated whether the AT2 receptor (AT2R) is involved in cardioprotection and the potential molecular mechanism responsible for this effect. Hyperthyroidism was ind...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： da Silva IB,Gomes DA,Alenina N,Bader M,Dos Santos RA,Barreto-Chaves MLM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear whether the electrocardiogram amplitude in the inferior leads (Amp-I) can always predict the height of the origin of right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias (RVOT-VAs). We analyzed patients who received catheter ablation of multiple RVOT-VAs in the same session in our hospital from 2011 to 2016. Two ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kajiyama T,Hachiya H,Kusa S,Watanabe T,Hamaya R,Yamao K,Miyazaki S,Igarashi M,Nakamura H,Iesaka Y

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports demonstrated positive effects of processing residual cardiopulmonary bypass volume using a cell salvage device in conventional open heart surgery via sternotomy on hemostasis. The present study aimed to investigate whether cell salvage processing has the same effects on postoperative blood loss and tra...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Muraki R,Totsugawa T,Nagata K,Nakajima K,Oshita T,Arimichi M,Yoshitaka H,Sakaguchi T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate involvement of age-related impairments of right ventricular (RV) distensibility in the elderly congestive heart failure (CHF), we examined the prevalence of less-distensible right ventricle in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) over a wide range of ages. In 893 patients aged...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Harada D,Aasanoi H,Ushijima R,Noto T,Takagawa J,Ishise H,Inoue H

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is a prospective evaluation of the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in terms of clinical outcomes for small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) that were previously reported in a retrospective cohort study. We conducted a prospective non-randomized trial on patients with small AAA (N = 40; mean age...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nakayama A,Amiya E,Morita H,Hyodo K,Takayama N,Konishi Y,Taya M,Fujiwara T,Hosoya Y,Hoshina K,Komuro I

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug-eluting stents reduce restenosis due to neointimal growth suppression. Considering long-term outcomes, it is both difficult and important to predict drug-eluting stent restenosis. Thus, this study was designed to examine the utility of myocardial fractional flow reserve (FFR) as a predictor of sirolimus-eluting s...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ishii H,Kataoka T,Kobayashi Y,Tsumori T,Takeshita H,Matsumoto R,Shirai N,Nishioka H,Hasegawa T,Nakata S,Shimada Y,Ehara S,Muro T,Yoshiyama M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular effects of endogenous digitalis-like factors (EDLFs) extracted from the urine of hypertensive patients were investigated in isolated and perfused intermediate auricular and mesenteric arterial preparations of dogs. EDLFs produced a transient vasoconstriction in a dose-related manner in intermediate auricu...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Chiba S,Tsukada M,Katsuyama Y,Tada A,Zenda H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Etiopathogenesis of coronary artery ectasia (CAE), which is defined as abnormal dilatation of a segment of the coronary artery to 1.5 times of an adjacent normal coronary artery segment, is unclear. However, it is speculated that CAE develops in the atherosclerosis process through degeneration of coronary artery media...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Dagli N,Ozturk U,Karaca I,Yavuzkir M,Koca S,Akbulut H,Balin M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular calcification is an ectopic calcification that commonly occurs in atherosclerosis. Because taurine was previously shown to protect against cardiovascular diseases, the effect of taurine on vascular calcification was evaluated in calcified vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) of rat in vitro in the present stu...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Li J,Zhang B,Huang Z,Wang S,Tang C,Du J

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AST-120 has been used widely in Japan to slow the deterioration of renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) by decreasing uremic toxins. The heart and the kidney are closely related, with cardiorenal interaction being very important. This retrospective study examined whether AST-120 influences the ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sato E,Tanaka A,Oyama J,Yamasaki A,Shimomura M,Hiwatashi A,Ueda Y,Amaha M,Nomura M,Matsumura D,Nakamura T,Node K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical hemolysis after transcatheter occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus using the Rashkind umbrella device has been postulated as a rare, but serious complication, even necessitating surgical repair. A rare, case of an adult patient with massive hemolytic anemia, successfully controlled by the combined use ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Murakami H,Tsuchihashi K,Tomita H,Ikeda R,Hirata A,Ogawa T,Nakagawa M,Kuroiwa Y,Fuse S,Shimamoto K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses the global left ventricular function and volumes using dual-source computed tomography (DSCT) with improved temporal resolution (83 ms) by use of a semi-automatic software tool in comparison to invasive angiography (IVA). One hundred patients scheduled for invasive coronary angiography because of s...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Drosch T,Tsiflikas I,Brodoefel H,Heuschmid M,Reimann A,Thomas C,Ketelsen D,Wurster D,Schroeder S,Burgstahler C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a newborn with an aneurysmal aorto-left ventricular tunnel causing significant paravalvular aortic regurgitation and obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), coexisting with a bicuspid aortic valve. The coexistence of the two malformations together with the obstruction of the RV...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Toganel R,Benedek T,Suteu C,Benedek I

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the amount of contrast media during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is closely related to the exacerbation of renal function, it should be important to reduce the dose of contrast media during PCI. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the association of less-contrast media with clinic...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Mukai Y,Sakakura K,Yamamoto K,Taniguchi Y,Tsukui T,Seguchi M,Wada H,Momomura SI,Fujita H

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlling blood pressure is essential for prevention of events after acute aortic dissection (AAD). However, in some instances a cardiac event occurs despite controlled blood pressure, and its prediction is difficult. We continuously monitored C-reactive protein (CRP) in patients receiving medical treatment for AAD ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Okina N,Ohuchida M,Takeuchi T,Fujiyama T,Satoh A,Sakamoto T,Adachi H,Imaizumi T

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to assess the atherosclerotic burden in patients with the first symptoms of coronary artery disease (CAD). The study population consisted of 100 consecutive patients (new-onset severe angina or myocardial infarction) and 70 age- and sex-matched volunteers without symptoms of CAD. Functional an...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Cerne A,Kranjec I

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is a frequent complication contributing to poor prognosis in chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients. High blood pressure (BP) is known to be associated with AS progression in the general population. In CHD patients, however, BP varies during and between hemodialysis sessions with ultrafiltratio...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Norioka N,Iwata S,Yanagi S,Ishii H,Sugioka K,Kamimori K,Ota T,Di Tullio MR,Homma S,Yoshiyama M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigated whether gallic acid (GA) can induce death in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), and whether production of the hydroxyl radical (.OH) is involved in the process of GA action. GA killed cultured VSMCs from rat aorta, in a dosc- and time-dependent manner. Cytoplasmic shri...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Qiu X,Takemura G,Koshiji M,Hayakawa Y,Kanoh M,Maruyama R,Ohno Y,Minatoguchi S,Akao S,Fukuda K,Fujiwara T,Fujiwara H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies showed that continuous anticoagulation or single antiplatelet therapy during implantations of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) was relatively safe. However, the safety of continuous multi antithrombotic therapy (AT) in patients undergoing CIED interventions has not been clearly defined. W...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ishibashi K,Miyamoto K,Kamakura T,Wada M,Nakajima I,Inoue Y,Okamura H,Noda T,Aiba T,Kamakura S,Shimizu W,Yasuda S,Akasaka T,Kusano K

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00