Outcome of watchful waiting in asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation.

abstract：:The two-dimensional echocardiographic features of three patients with congenital aneurysms of the left atrium are described. The aneurysm arose from the left atrial appendage in two patients and from the posterior left atrial wall in one. The aneurysms were characterized by their origin from an otherwise normal left a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Foale RA,Gibson TC,Guyer DE,Gillam L,King ME,Weyman AE

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred forty-five patients with variant angina were followed for an average of 80.5 months (range, 36-184 months). Survival rate at 1, 3, 5, and 10 years was 98%, 97%, 97%, and 93%, respectively. Survival rate without myocardial infarction at 1, 3, 5, and 10 years was 86%, 85%, 83%, and 81%, respectively. By univ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Yasue H,Takizawa A,Nagao M,Nishida S,Horie M,Kubota J,Omote S,Takaoka K,Okumura K

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to investigate whether collagen type I degradation is altered in patients with essential hypertension and whether this alteration could be related to disturbances in the serum matrix metalloproteinase pathway of collagen degradation. A second aim of the study was to assess whether som...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Laviades C,Varo N,Fernández J,Mayor G,Gil MJ,Monreal I,Díez J

更新日期：1998-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical significance of minor elevations in creatine kinase-myocardial band isoenzyme (CK-MB) after coronary interventions has not been systematically evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS:We examined 4484 patients who underwent successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or directional coronary...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Abdelmeguid AE,Topol EJ,Whitlow PL,Sapp SK,Ellis SG

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trapidil (triazolopyrimidine) possesses activity against platelet-derived growth factor-induced cellular proliferation in vitro and intimal proliferation in vivo. The objective of this study was to determine if trapidil could prevent restenosis in experimentally induced atherosclerotic rabbits. New Zealand White rabbi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Liu MW,Roubin GS,Robinson KA,Black AJ,Hearn JA,Siegel RJ,King SB 3rd

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reperfusion of the previously ischemic myocardium is associated with the production of oxygen free radicals and their metabolites, which contribute to the ultimate extent of irreversible myocardial injury. The relative importance of polymorphonuclear leukocytes vs intracellular-derived oxygen metabolites has remained ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mitsos SE,Askew TE,Fantone JC,Kunkel SL,Abrams GD,Schork A,Lucchesi BR

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Factors predicting the occurrence of premature coronary artery disease (CAD) may not be quantitatively the same as those predicting CAD severity, particularly in women, in whom there have been few studies. METHODS AND RESULTS:To determine factors predictive of severity of CAD and of angina pectoris, we docu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wang XL,Tam C,McCredie RM,Wilcken DE

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Procainamide, a type 1A antiarrhythmic drug, blocks sodium channels and reduces the maximum rate of rise of the cardiac action potential (Vmax) in a rate-dependent fashion. In vitro, the magnitude of this rate-dependent reduction in Vmax is greater in tissue that is partially depolarized at rest than in tissue with a ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cascio WE,Foster JR,Buchanan JW Jr,Johnson TA,Gettes LS

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the risk of thromboembolic events (TEs) is variable and is influenced by the presence and number of comorbid conditions. The effect of percutaneous left atrial radiofrequency ablation (LARFA) of AF on the risk of TEs is unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS:LARFA was perfor...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Oral H,Chugh A,Ozaydin M,Good E,Fortino J,Sankaran S,Reich S,Igic P,Elmouchi D,Tschopp D,Wimmer A,Dey S,Crawford T,Pelosi F Jr,Jongnarangsin K,Bogun F,Morady F

更新日期：2006-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Echocardiographic and hemodynamic data were measured in closed-chest dogs during graded cardiac tamponade (pericardial pressure 5, 10, and 15 mm Hg) before and after production of diffuse ischemic left ventricular dysfunction. Left ventricular dysfunction was produced by intracoronary injection of nonradioactive micro...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hoit BD,Gabel M,Fowler NO

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the extent of myocardial infarction after coronary artery reperfusion, serum levels of cardiac myosin light chain (LC) I and creatine kinase (CK) were determined serially in 49 patients with acute myocardial infarction. Intracoronary thrombolysis was successful in 25 patients (reperfusion group), and 24 pa...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Isobe M,Nagai R,Ueda S,Tsuchimochi H,Nakaoka H,Takaku F,Yamaguchi T,Machii K,Nobuyoshi M,Yazaki Y

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), an autosomal codominant disease, is characterized by high levels of LDL cholesterol and a high incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD). To date, genetic heterogeneity has hindered the proper assessment of the relation between risk factors and CAD in FH patients. METHOD...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ferrières J,Lambert J,Lussier-Cacan S,Davignon J

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human cardiac troponin I is known to be phosphorylated at multiple amino acid residues by several kinases. Advances in mass spectrometry allow sensitive detection of known and novel phosphorylation sites and measurement of the level of phosphorylation simultaneously at each site in myocardial samples. METHO...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zhang P,Kirk JA,Ji W,dos Remedios CG,Kass DA,Van Eyk JE,Murphy AM

更新日期：2012-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The continuity equation suggests that a ratio of velocities at two different cardiac valves is inversely proportional to the ratio of cross-sectional areas of the valves. To determine whether a ratio of mitral/aortic valve orifice velocities is useful in determining aortic valve area in patients with aortic stenosis, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Richards KL,Cannon SR,Miller JF,Crawford MH

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin has been convincingly shown to reduce stroke and death in men with transient ischemic attacks (it may possibly be beneficial to women also), myocardial infarction and death in patients with unstable angina, thromboembolic complications associated with artificial heart valves in patients receiving oral anticoag...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Harker LA

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is strong evidence that revascularization does not prevent myocardial infarction in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). The anatomic basis for this counterintuitive conclusion seems to be that most myocardial infarctions occur at sites that did not previously exhibit an angiographically significa...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Forrester JS,Shah PK

更新日期：1997-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to describe a new technique for catheter ablation of left lateral accessory pathways (APs) by radiofrequency energy applied at the epicardium through the coronary sinus wall using a unipolar configuration. METHODS AND RESULTS:In an overall group of 212 patients with left latera...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Haissaguerre M,Gaita F,Fischer B,Egloff P,Lemetayer P,Warin JF

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental studies demonstrate that short-term regional perfusion-contraction matching, in which the energy demands of regional myocardial contraction are reduced to match the diminished myocardial substrate supply, occurs during states of low coronary blood flow under resting conditions and during exercise-induced ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ross J Jr

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sirolimus-eluting stents have been reported to be effective in the treatment of coronary bifurcations. Still, it has not been fully clarified which strategy would provide the best results with true bifurcation lesions. METHODS AND RESULTS:The CACTUS trial (Coronary bifurcations: Application of the Crushing ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Colombo A,Bramucci E,Saccà S,Violini R,Lettieri C,Zanini R,Sheiban I,Paloscia L,Grube E,Schofer J,Bolognese L,Orlandi M,Niccoli G,Latib A,Airoldi F

更新日期：2009-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Reperfusion of ischemic myocardium may accelerate necrosis of injured myocytes. To determine the role of neutrophil leukocytes in this process, we examined whether neutrophil depletion during reperfusion could modify infarct size in anesthetized dogs. The proximal circumflex coronary artery was occluded for 90 minutes...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Litt MR,Jeremy RW,Weisman HF,Winkelstein JA,Becker LC

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) is widely used to inhibit endothelial synthesis of NO in vivo. However, it is controversial whether the long-term vascular effects of l-NAME are mediated primarily by inhibition of endothelial NO synthesis. We addressed this point in mice that are deficient in ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Suda O,Tsutsui M,Morishita T,Tanimoto A,Horiuchi M,Tasaki H,Huang PL,Sasaguri Y,Yanagihara N,Nakashima Y

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 20 years, operative mortality has decreased and late survival has improved for patients with chronic stable angina who have coronary artery bypass surgery. However, this favorable trend may not continue because the operation is now extended to elderly and high-risk patients. The most powerful predictors ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gersh BJ,Califf RM,Loop FD,Akins CW,Pryor DB,Takaro TC

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of aortocaval fistulae (ACFs) by open surgery is known to be a high-risk procedure. In this experimental study, we developed a percutaneous model of ACF to test a new nonsurgical method of treatment of ACF using endovascular stent grafts. METHODS AND RESULTS:An ACF was created percutaneously in ei...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Boudghène F,Sapoval M,Bonneau M,Bigot JM

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population cardiovascular health, or improving cardiovascular health among patients and the population at large, requires a redoubling of primordial and primary prevention efforts as declines in cardiovascular disease mortality have decelerated over the past decade. Great potential exists for healthcare systems-based ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Foraker RE,Benziger CP,DeBarmore BM,Cené CW,Loustalot F,Khan Y,Anderson CAM,Roger VL,American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology; and Council on Lifestyl

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Syncope and sudden death occurs in certain purebred Pug dogs which have been found to have intermittent sinus pauses and paroxysmal second degree heart block on electrocardiographic (ECG) study. We have established a colony of such dogs to study this problem and here report the results of histological examination of t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： James TN,Robertson BT,Waldo AL,Branch CE

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unlike skeletal myocytes, mammalian adult cardiomyocytes cannot regenerate after injury. A possible strategy to increase viability and augment ventricular function after myocardial injury is fetal myocardial tissue transplantation. The engrafted fetal cells are a potential source of growth factors and can be...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Leor J,Patterson M,Quinones MJ,Kedes LH,Kloner RA

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the factors influencing the success of emergency ventricular defibrillation, we identified 52 patients defibrillated at the University of Iowa Hospital during 1974--1976. Thirty-eight patients were successfully defibrillated at least once; 14 could not be defibrillated, despite multiple attempts. Comparisons...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kerber RE,Sarnat W

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effects of angioplasty (PTCA) and intracoronary streptokinase (ICSK) on relative myocardial perfusion, we administered 99mTc-macroaggregated albumin (MAA) to the uninvolved coronary artery before successful PTCA in 33 patients and before successful infusion of ICSK in eight patients and of 111In-MAA into...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wahr DW,Ports TA,Botvinick EH,Dae M,Schechtmann N,Huberty J,Hattner RS,O'Connell JW,Turley K

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Orally administered heparin (OHEP) is unreliable because of poor absorption. Sodium N-(8[2-hydroxybenzoyl]amino) caprylate (SNAC) is an amido acid that facilitates the gastrointestinal absorption of heparin. We evaluated the effectiveness of OHEP combined with SNAC (OHEP/SNAC) in the treatment of deep-vein t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gonze MD,Salartash K,Sternbergh WC 3rd,Baughman RA,Leone-Bay A,Money SR

更新日期：2000-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Isovolumic relaxation time (IVRT) and events of early transmitral flow measured by Doppler echocardiography were validated against the time constant of left ventricular relaxation (tau) in open-chest dogs. During increased inotropy (by isoproterenol infusion) at constant preload, enhancement of relaxation was indicate...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Myreng Y,Smiseth OA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00