Thrombus regression in deep venous thrombosis. Quantification of spontaneous thrombolysis with duplex scanning.

abstract：:A case of progressive pulmonary hypertension in a child with a small ventricular septal defect is presented. Natural history studies have indicated that children with small ventricular septal defects can be followed conservatively. This case represents a contradiction to that rule and suggests that further study must ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bisset GS 3rd,Hirschfeld SS

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) catalyzes the degradation of heme into biliverdin, iron, and carbon monoxide (CO). Although HO-1 is induced in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), the biological role of HO-1 in these cells has not been completely characterized. METHODS AND RESULTS:In the present study, we overexpre...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Liu XM,Chapman GB,Wang H,Durante W

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical significance of perioperative myocardial infarction (MI) after coronary artery bypass surgery is not known. Therefore, strategies for the risk stratification of these patients do not exist. This study was undertaken to define the effect of perioperative MI on prognosis after discharge from the hospital an...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Force T,Hibberd P,Weeks G,Kemper AJ,Bloomfield P,Tow D,Josa M,Khuri S,Parisi AF

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that a simple, unmeasured posterior annuloplasty technique (two thirds of a 27-mm Duran ring) offered advantages of standardization and ease of insertion. METHODS AND RESULTS:A consecutive series of all patients (n = 418; median age, 67 years) having mitral valve repair performed by two surg...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Odell JA,Schaff HV,Orszulak TA

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vigorous hyperventilation was induced for five minutes immediately after a five-minute infusion of 100 ml of Tris-buffer (pH 10) in nine patients with Prinzmetal's variant angina. In eight of the patients, chest pain with ischemic changes in the electrocardiogram occurred during this procedure or within five minutes a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Yasue H,Nagao M,Omote S,Takizawa A,Miwa K,Tanaka S

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exaggerated pulmonary hypertension is thought to play an important part in the pathogenesis of high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). Endothelin-1 is a potent pulmonary vasoconstrictor peptide that also augments microvascular permeability. METHODS AND RESULTS:We measured endothelin-1 plasma levels and pulmon...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sartori C,Vollenweider L,Löffler BM,Delabays A,Nicod P,Bärtsch P,Scherrer U

更新日期：1999-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extracorporeal circulation with circuits coated with surface-bound heparin has allowed reduced levels of systemic heparinization. Clinical benefits have included reduced postoperative bleeding and less homologous blood usage. However, the effects on the hemostatic and fibrinolytic systems have remained in pa...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ovrum E,Brosstad F,Am Holen E,Tangen G,Abdelnoor M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is not known whether progression of aortic arch (AA) atheroma is associated with vascular events in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). METHODS AND RESULTS:AA atheroma was detected on baseline transesophageal echocardiogram in 167 consecutive patients who had prevalent stroke or TIA....

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sen S,Hinderliter A,Sen PK,Simmons J,Beck J,Offenbacher S,Ohman EM,Oppenheimer SM

更新日期：2007-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paraplegia continues to complicate thoracoabdominal aortic interventions. The elusive mechanism of spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury has delayed the development of pharmacological adjuncts. Microglia, the resident macrophages of the central nervous system, can have pathological responses after a variet...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bell MT,Puskas F,Agoston VA,Cleveland JC Jr,Freeman KA,Gamboni F,Herson PS,Meng X,Smith PD,Weyant MJ,Fullerton DA,Reece TB

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical cardiac volumetric measurement techniques are essential for assessing cardiac performance but produce significant inaccuracies in extrapolation of the volume of a three-dimensional (3D) object from two-dimensional images and lack the ability to associate cardiac electrical and mechanical activities....

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gepstein L,Hayam G,Shpun S,Ben-Haim SA

更新日期：1997-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 916 apparently healthy men between the ages of 27 and 55 years (mean 37) were followed up with serial medical and exercise test evaluations for a period of 8 to 15 years (mean 12.7) to determine (1) the prevalence and specific types of new coronary events observed in subjects with and without abnormal ST se...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： McHenry PL,O'Donnell J,Morris SN,Jordan JJ

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelins are recently characterized vasoconstrictor peptides. As chronic heart failure (CHF) is characterized by peripheral arteriolar and renal vasoconstriction, we have measured venous plasma endothelin-like immunoreactivity ("endothelin") in patients with this syndrome. METHODS AND RESULTS:Compared wi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： McMurray JJ,Ray SG,Abdullah I,Dargie HJ,Morton JJ

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, despite our better understanding of the pathobiology of atherosclerosis, our knowledge of risk factors, the widespread availability of inexpensive cholesterol screening, and the availability of effective and well-tole...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： LaRosa JC

更新日期：2001-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A Y-shaped lesion in the right atrium allows induction of atrial flutter in dogs. We recorded the activation sequence during this tachycardia from 96 endocardial bipolar electrodes using intracavitary electrode arrays during 12 separate episodes in three isolated perfused hearts. In each case a reentrant impulse circu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Frame LH,Page RL,Boyden PA,Fenoglio JJ Jr,Hoffman BF

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiplatelet agents presently used in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease fail to prevent the majority of cases of recurrent stroke and systemic embolization. An evaluation of the efficacy of new agents is hampered by a lack of in vivo models in humans. Asymptomatic cerebral embolic signals (E...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Molloy J,Martin JF,Baskerville PA,Fraser SC,Markus HS

更新日期：1998-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanisms by which ACE inhibitors produce a sustained clinical benefit are not entirely clear but may involve the sympathetic nervous system. We compared the effect of local brachial artery infusions of an ACE inhibitor (perindoprilat) with the effect of placebo (0.9% NaCl) on endogenously mediated (low...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lyons D,Roy S,O'Byrne S,Swift CG

更新日期：1997-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral arterial disease is one manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis. The prevalence of peripheral arterial disease increases with the age of the population. It is important to remember the significant association of coincident coronary artery disease, which is the major cause of mortality in these patients. R...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： White CJ,Gray WA

更新日期：2007-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prolonged metabolic abnormalities have been demonstrated previously in postischemic myocardium, including relative increases in glucose uptake and abnormal fatty acid kinetics. However, quantitative metabolic information is limited, and the time course of changes in MVO2 in postischemic myocardium is unknown...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Buxton DB,Mody FV,Krivokapich J,Phelps ME,Schelbert HR

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After repair of aortic coarctation, patients may develop restenosis, aneurysms, and pseudoaneurysms at the site of prior repair. We assessed the outcomes of late reintervention on the descending aorta after aortic coarctation repair. METHODS AND RESULTS:From March 1954 to July 2008, 130 patients had operati...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brown ML,Burkhart HM,Connolly HM,Dearani JA,Hagler DJ,Schaff HV

更新日期：2010-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The pulmonary function of ten adult patients with congenital pulmonary valvular stenosis was investigated. The patients clearly showed smaller lungs than healthy control subjects of equivalent age and height; lung elastic recoil pressure was normal at any given percentage of measured total lung capacity, indicating th...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： De Troyer A,Yernault JC,Englert M

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While continuing a study of immunologic and virologic aspects of the postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) in infants and children, we undertook a companion study in adults. Whereas the incidence in 119 children was 27.8%, as is usual for our hospital, the incidence in 142 adults was 17.6%. Most of the operations (95 of 1...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Engle MA,Gay WA Jr,McCabe J,Longo E,Johnson D,Senterfit LB,Zabriskie JB

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The time constant of ventricular relaxation (tau) is a quantitative measure of diastolic performance requiring intraventricular pressure recording. This study validates in humans an equation relating tau to left ventricular pressure at peak -dP/dt (P0), pressure at mitral valve opening (PMV), and isovolumic ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Scalia GM,Greenberg NL,McCarthy PM,Thomas JD,Vandervoort PM

更新日期：1997-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risk stratification algorithms for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) do not include a weighting for preoperative mild renal impairment defined as a serum creatinine 130 to 199 micromol/L (1.47 to 2.25 mg/dL), which may impact mortality and morbidity after CABG. METHODS AND RESULTS:We reviewed prospecti...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zakeri R,Freemantle N,Barnett V,Lipkin GW,Bonser RS,Graham TR,Rooney SJ,Wilson IC,Cramb R,Keogh BE,Pagano D

更新日期：2005-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors reduce the risk of heart failure hospitalization and cardiovascular death in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). However, their effects on cardiac structure and function in HFrEF are uncertain. METHODS:We designed a multicenter, random...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lee MMY,Brooksbank KJM,Wetherall K,Mangion K,Roditi G,Campbell RT,Berry C,Chong V,Coyle L,Docherty KF,Dreisbach JG,Labinjoh C,Lang NN,Lennie V,McConnachie A,Murphy CL,Petrie CJ,Petrie JR,Speirits IA,Sourbron S,Wel

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Functional mitral regurgitation (MR) is common in patients with heart failure and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, and its severity may vary over time, depending primarily on the loading conditions. Because dynamic changes in the severity of functional MR may affect forward stroke volume, we hypothesized t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lapu-Bula R,Robert A,Van Craeynest D,D'Hondt AM,Gerber BL,Pasquet A,Melin JA,De Kock M,Vanoverschelde JL

更新日期：2002-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although both 201Tl scintigraphy and low-dose dobutamine echocardiography (LDDE) have been proposed as effective methods of assessing myocardial viability, their relative efficacies are unknown. The aim of the present study was to compare the two imaging techniques in the prediction of improvement of regiona...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Arnese M,Cornel JH,Salustri A,Maat A,Elhendy A,Reijs AE,Ten Cate FJ,Keane D,Balk AH,Roelandt JR

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrafast computed tomography (CT), by acquiring images of the proximal coronary arteries, detects coronary calcifications and has been demonstrated to be highly sensitive for the detection of coronary artery disease in many small studies. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between ultra...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Budoff MJ,Georgiou D,Brody A,Agatston AS,Kennedy J,Wolfkiel C,Stanford W,Shields P,Lewis RJ,Janowitz WR,Rich S,Brundage BH

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a major cause of mortality in adults with congenital heart disease (CHD). The aim of this study was to determine the adult CHD population at risk of SCD and the clinical parameters associated with SCD. METHODS AND RESULTS:We performed a multicenter case-control study. Patients ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Koyak Z,Harris L,de Groot JR,Silversides CK,Oechslin EN,Bouma BJ,Budts W,Zwinderman AH,Van Gelder IC,Mulder BJ

更新日期：2012-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation is associated with increased risks of death, stroke/systemic embolism, and bleeding (incurred by antithrombotic therapy), which may occur early after diagnosis. METHODS:We assessed the risk of early events (death, stroke/systemic embolism, and major bleeding) over 12 months and their rel...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bassand JP,Virdone S,Goldhaber SZ,Camm AJ,Fitzmaurice DA,Fox KAA,Goto S,Haas S,Hacke W,Kayani G,Mantovani LG,Misselwitz F,Pieper KS,Turpie AGG,van Eickels M,Verheugt FWA,Kakkar AK

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular injury and atherothrombosis involve vessel infiltration by inflammatory leukocytes, migration of medial vascular smooth muscle cells to the intimal layer, and ultimately acute thrombosis. A strategy to simultaneously target these pathological processes has yet to be identified. The secreted protein,...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Patel S,Huang YW,Reheman A,Pluthero FG,Chaturvedi S,Mukovozov IM,Tole S,Liu GY,Li L,Durocher Y,Ni H,Kahr WH,Robinson LA

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00