Inflammation in atherosclerosis: visualizing matrix metalloproteinase action in macrophages in vivo.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical significance of the interaction between clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) remains unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS:We examined the relationship between PPI use and 1-year cardiovascular events (cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or stroke) in patients with acute coronary syndr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Goodman SG,Clare R,Pieper KS,Nicolau JC,Storey RF,Cantor WJ,Mahaffey KW,Angiolillo DJ,Husted S,Cannon CP,James SK,Kilhamn J,Steg PG,Harrington RA,Wallentin L,Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes Trial Investigators.

更新日期：2012-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The possible contribution of endothelin-1, a potent endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor peptide, to neurohumoral compensation for hemodynamic stress was examined in nine normal volunteers and six patients with severe congestive heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Plasma levels of endothelin-1 were measured w...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Stewart DJ,Cernacek P,Costello KB,Rouleau JL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether ergonovine acts directly on coronary arteries or via remote neurohumoral reflexes, we administered small titrated increments of intracoronary ergonovine up to a maximum cumulative dose of 50 micrograms to 15 patients. In six patients with variant angina (group 1), ischemic electrocardiographic S...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hackett D,Larkin S,Chierchia S,Davies G,Kaski JC,Maseri A

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation is common in advanced heart failure, but its prognostic significance is controversial. METHODS AND RESULTS:We evaluated the relation of atrial rhythm to overall survival and sudden death in 390 consecutive advanced heart failure patients. Etiology of heart failure was coronary artery dis...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Middlekauff HR,Stevenson WG,Stevenson LW

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of aerobically perfused rat hearts, the in situ photoactivation (530-590 nm) of rose bengal (a process that leads to the production of singlet oxygen and superoxide) has been shown to lead to the rapid development of electrocardiographic abnormalities and arrhythmias. With rose bengal concentrations of 1,00...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kusama Y,Bernier M,Hearse DJ

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aneurysm of the membranous septum was found frequently in patients with ventricular septal defect; although appearance at catheterization during infancy was not common, aneurysms were detected in about half of the patients older than 2 years of age. A significant decrease in the left-to-right shunt occurred with th...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nugent EW,Freedom RM,Rowe RD,Wagner HR,Rees JK

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With TAXUS and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) trial demonstrated that in patients with 3-vessel or left main coronary artery disease, coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) was associated with a lower rate of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, s...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cohen DJ,Osnabrugge RL,Magnuson EA,Wang K,Li H,Chinnakondepalli K,Pinto D,Abdallah MS,Vilain KA,Morice MC,Dawkins KD,Kappetein AP,Mohr FW,Serruys PW,SYNTAX Trial Investigators.

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron microscopic structure of heart muscle and the ultrastructural basis of cardiac contraction have been reviewed. The relation between muscle length and developed tension has been explained in terms of the structure of the sarcomere, which is the basic unit of contraction. Using the derived length-tension cu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sonnenblick EH

更新日期：1968-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prospective data relating previous exposure to cytomegalovirus (CMV) to the risk of cardiac mortality are controversial. We investigated the effect of previous exposure to CMV infection on the risk of future cardiac disease-related death in relation to an underlying inflammatory response. METHODS AND RESULT...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Blankenberg S,Rupprecht HJ,Bickel C,Espinola-Klein C,Rippin G,Hafner G,Ossendorf M,Steinhagen K,Meyer J

更新日期：2001-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise stimulates the vascular response in pathological conditions, including ischemia; however, the molecular mechanisms by which exercise improves the impaired hypoxia-induced factor (HIF)-1 alpha-mediated response to hypoxia associated with aging are poorly understood. Here, we report that swimming trai...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cheng XW,Kuzuya M,Kim W,Song H,Hu L,Inoue A,Nakamura K,Di Q,Sasaki T,Tsuzuki M,Shi GP,Okumura K,Murohara T

更新日期：2010-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single premature beats were introduced in the reentrant circuit during stable atrial flutter in the canine sterile pericarditis model to test the hypotheses that (1) despite the fact that the reentrant circuit is functionally determined, there is a fully excitable gap; (2) the excitable gap in the reentrant ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Niwano S,Ortiz J,Abe H,Gonzalez X,Rudy Y,Waldo AL

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronal, horizontal, and sagittal sections through the mid-line are excellent ways of depicting the anatomical position of the aortic root and for studying its topographical relationship to the surrounding vascular structures. Minimal radiographic abnormalities or no abnormalities at all may be present with an enlarge...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Viamote M,Camacho M,Cahill DR,Viamonte M,Mori K

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have established that bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are present in the systemic circulation. In the current study, we investigated the hypothesis that gene transfer can be used to achieve phenotypic modulation of EPCs. METHODS AND RESULTS:In vitro, ex vivo murine v...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Iwaguro H,Yamaguchi J,Kalka C,Murasawa S,Masuda H,Hayashi S,Silver M,Li T,Isner JM,Asahara T

更新日期：2002-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Observational studies suggest that there are differences in adherence to antihypertensive medications in different classes. Our objective was to quantify the association between antihypertensive drug class and adherence in clinical settings. METHODS AND RESULTS:Studies were identified through a systematic s...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kronish IM,Woodward M,Sergie Z,Ogedegbe G,Falzon L,Mann DM

更新日期：2011-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival data after 8 years of follow-up for all patients and after 7 years for certain subgroups are reported from CASS, a randomized trial of surgical or medical treatment assignment in patients with coronary artery disease who have less than severe angina or are asymptomatic after myocardial infarction. After 8 yea...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Killip T,Passamani E,Davis K

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reperfusion of acutely infarcted myocardium may be beneficial in limiting infarct expansion and ventricular remodeling even if established after the time that salvage of ischemic myocardium is possible. METHODS AND RESULTS:To examine the permanency, time course, and mechanism of this effect of late reperfus...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Boyle MP,Weisman HF

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) overproduction is responsible for cardiac valvular disease in patients with carcinoid tumors. Reduced 5-HT inactivation is one proposed mechanism of the valvulopathy observed in individuals treated with the appetite suppressants fenfluramine and phentermine. One key prot...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mekontso-Dessap A,Brouri F,Pascal O,Lechat P,Hanoun N,Lanfumey L,Seif I,Benhaiem-Sigaux N,Kirsch M,Hamon M,Adnot S,Eddahibi S

更新日期：2006-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant fraction of patients in whom mechanical left ventricular assist devices are implanted for refractory cardiac failure after open heart surgery have had the complication of right heart failure. To evaluate the effects of left ventricular assistance and pressure unloading on right ventricular function, we p...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Farrar DJ,Compton PG,Dajee H,Fonger JD,Hill JD

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We tested the hypothesis that long-term administration of the specific angiotensin II subtype 1 (AT1)-receptor blocker BMS-186295 will regress hypertrophy and modify left ventricular angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) expression in rats with ascending aortic stenosis. METHODS AND RESULTS:Six weeks after su...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Weinberg EO,Lee MA,Weigner M,Lindpaintner K,Bishop SP,Benedict CR,Ho KK,Douglas PS,Chafizadeh E,Lorell BH

更新日期：1997-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prosthetic valve thrombosis during pregnancy is life-threatening for mother and fetus, and the treatment of this complication is unclear. Cardiac surgery in pregnancy is associated with very high maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity. Thrombolytic therapy has rarely been used in these patients. The aim ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Özkan M,Çakal B,Karakoyun S,Gürsoy OM,Çevik C,Kalçık M,Oğuz AE,Gündüz S,Astarcioglu MA,Aykan AÇ,Bayram Z,Biteker M,Kaynak E,Kahveci G,Duran NE,Yıldız M

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resting cardiac function does not necessarily affect exercise capacity. However, to determine whether it affects early dynamics of oxygen uptake (VO2) during exercise, we measured VO2 during a constant work rate and during incremental exercise testing in patients with a history of myocardial infarction. VO2 ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Koike A,Hiroe M,Adachi H,Yajima T,Yamauchi Y,Nogami A,Ito H,Miyahara Y,Korenaga M,Marumo F

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We recently demonstrated that phospholipase C (PLC)-delta1 activity in cultured skin fibroblasts obtained from patients with coronary spastic angina (CSA) is enhanced. We tested the hypothesis that structural abnormality in PLC-delta1 isoform is a cause of the enhanced activity. METHODS AND RESULTS:Sequence...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nakano T,Osanai T,Tomita H,Sekimata M,Homma Y,Okumura K

更新日期：2002-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether specific antiplatelet therapies improved vein graft patency after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) we compared (1) aspirin, 325 mg daily, (2) aspirin, 325 mg three times daily, (3) aspirin plus dipyridamole (325 mg and 75 mg, respectively, three times daily), (4) sulfinpyrazone (267 mg three...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Goldman S,Copeland J,Moritz T,Henderson W,Zadina K,Ovitt T,Doherty J,Read R,Chesler E,Sako Y

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:C-reactive protein (CRP) may have proatherogenic but also vasoprotective properties. We tested the hypothesis that the configuration of CRP (pentameric, or native [nCRP], versus monomeric, or modified [mCRP]) determines these different characteristics in an in vivo model. METHODS AND RESULTS:We investigated...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schwedler SB,Amann K,Wernicke K,Krebs A,Nauck M,Wanner C,Potempa LA,Galle J

更新日期：2005-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in the ryanodine 2 receptor (RyR2) gene have been identified in patients with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. We examined the cellular basis for the ECG features and arrhythmia mechanisms using low-dose caffeine to mimic the defective calcium homeostasis encountered under the...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nam GB,Burashnikov A,Antzelevitch C

更新日期：2005-05-31 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：:Sustained-release diltiazem (D-SR) and sustained-release verapamil (V-SR) when given twice a day have been successfully used to treat both essential hypertension and angina pectoris. Review of available studies indicates that 120 to 180 mg D-SR twice a day and 240 mg V-SR once or twice a day can lower diastolic pressu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Klein MD,Weiner DA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Finn Waagstein was born in Copenhagen in 1938. He graduated from Aarhus University Medical School in 1964. He received his cardiology training in the Sahlgrenska University Hospital at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He was appointed Associate Professor in 1980, and he assisted in establishing and directing the ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Waagstein F,Rutherford JD

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute occlusion of the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery was produced in chronically instrumented conscious dogs. Tracer microspheres were used to measure during an established time period, the distribution of collateral flow within the infarcting myocardium. For up to 2 hours after coronary occlusion the ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schaper W,Pasyk S

更新日期：1976-03-01 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