Electrical stimulation of skeletal muscles. An alternative to aerobic exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure?

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：:There is little data on management and outcomes of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients on direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) undergoing general surgery.We retrospectively assessed 98 surgeries in 85 nonvalvular AF patients aged 73 ± 8 (59 men) receiving DOACs. Cardiac, emergency, and minimally invasive surgeries were exc...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kawabata M,Goya M,Maeda S,Yagishita A,Takahashi Y,Sasano T,Hirao K

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Many published studies have evaluated the association between the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T (rs1801133) polymorphism and the risk of congenital heart disease (CHD); however, the specific conclusion is still controversial.To get a more accurate conclusion, we used a meta-analysis to evaluat...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Liu PF,Ding B,Zhang JY,Mei XF,Li F,Wu P,Mei CH,Zhou YF,Chen T

更新日期：2020-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A new controlled-release isosorbide-5-mononitrate (CR-ISMN) preparation has been developed to meet the requirement for a low nitrate concentration interval in order to avoid nitrate tolerance. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in 31 Japanese patients with stable effort angina pectoris t...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Shimada K,Sunayama S,Nakazato K,Satoh H,Kusama Y,Kawakubo K,Daida H

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:It has been reported that K-ATP channel openers have a cardioprotective effect in acute ischemia as a pharmacological preconditioning effect. In the present study, the chronic effects of clinical K-ATP channel openers, ie, nicorandil (Nic) and mexiletine (Mex), on cardiac function were evaluated in a rat model of expe...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Niwano S,Hirasawa S,Niwano H,Sasaki S,Masuda R,Sato K,Masuda T,Izumi T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although some patients with fulminant myocarditis can be rescued owing to the improvements in mechanical circulatory support therapy, there are few reports providing evidence of cardiac rehabilitation during mechanical circulatory supports, particularly among pediatric patients. We treated two pediatric patients who u...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Amao R,Imamura T,Sawada Y,Endo S,Ozaki S,Okamura K,Masuzawa A,Takaoka T,Hirata Y,Shindo T,Ono M,Haga N

更新日期：2016-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an inherited connective tissue disorder mainly caused by the fibrillin-1 mutation. Deficient fibrillin-1 is thought to result in the failed sequestration of transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) and subsequent activation of the TGFβ signaling pathway, suggesting that the circulating TGFβ level m...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ogawa N,Imai Y,Nishimura H,Kato M,Takeda N,Nawata K,Taketani T,Morota T,Takamoto S,Nagai R,Hirata Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has various morphological and clinical features. A decade has passed since the previous survey of the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Japanese HCM patients. The Aichi Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (AHC) Registry is based on a prospective multicenter observational study o...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yoshinaga M,Yoshikawa D,Ishii H,Hirashiki A,Okumura T,Kubota A,Sakai S,Harada K,Somura F,Mizuno T,Fujiwara W,Yokoi H,Hayashi M,Ishii J,Ozaki Y,Murohara T,Yoshida Y,Amano T,Izawa H

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Multivessel disease (MVD) is an independent risk factor for poor prognosis in acute myocardial infarction patients. Although several global risk scoring systems (RSS) are in use in clinical practice, there is no dedicated RSS for MVD in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The primary objective of this ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ryu KS,Bae JW,Jeong MH,Cho MC,Ryu KH,and other Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Investigators.

更新日期：2019-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasopressin receptor 2 (V2) receptor antagonist tolvaptan is an aquaretic agent that has been approved for heart failure patients with volume overload in Japan. In this study (SMILE study), we investigated patient characteristics and effectiveness in both a 14 days and shorter treated group (14DS) and 15 days and ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kinugawa K,Inomata T,Sato N,Yasuda M,Shimakawa T,Bando K,Fukuta Y

更新日期：2017-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous coronary interventions to the proximal left anterior descending artery (pLAD)-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are still challenging, especially in the ostial pLAD. Clinical outcomes of the ostial pLAD-AMI were not well investigated. The aim of the present study was to compare clinical outcomes of the os...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yamamoto K,Sakakura K,Akashi N,Watanabe Y,Noguchi M,Taniguchi Y,Wada H,Momomura SI,Fujita H

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal injury is an important factor for worsening outcome in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). An 81-year-old woman was admitted due to ADHF with dyspnea and mild peripheral edema. The patient was managed with intravenous administration of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) at a dose of 0.0125 μg/kg/minute, whic...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kamiya M,Sato N,Akiya M,Okazaki H,Takahashi Y,Mizuno K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discrimination between atrioventricular node reentry tachycardia (AVNRT) and orthodromic reciprocating tachycardia (ORT) during an electrophysiological study is sometimes challenging. This study aimed to investigate if the difference in the local VA (ventricle-atrium) interval during ventricular entrainment pacing and...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： He Q,Lei S,Jia FP,Gao LY,W X Zhu D

更新日期：2018-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent studies have suggested that arterial stiffness parameters such as peripheral pulse pressure (PPP), central blood pressure (CBP), and pulse wave velocity (PWV) are more accurate markers than brachial blood pressure for prediction of cardiovascular (CV) events. However, it remains unknown which arterial s...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ishisone T,Koeda Y,Tanaka F,Sato K,Nagano M,Nakamura M

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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：:The relationship between mild-to-moderate renal dysfunction and cardiac diastolic dysfunction and cardiac events in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NDCM) has not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between renal and cardiac function, as well as clinical ou...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ohshima K,Hirashiki A,Cheng XW,Hayashi M,Hayashi D,Okumura T,Sakakibara M,Funahashi H,Ohshima S,Murohara T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We experienced a 33-year-old patient with D-looped transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) and a history of Senning operation who was referred to our institute with cardiogenic shock and subsequently underwent urgent paracorporeal ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation, which was a first in Japan, that was e...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Nakamura M,Imamura T,Kuwahara H,Nakagaito M,Yokoyama S,Doi T,Fukahara K,Yoshimura N,Kinugawa K

更新日期：2020-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Ablation catheters with multiple electrodes are effective for the creation of linear atrial lesions but are associated with an increased risk of coagulum formation. In an animal study, we used a novel 9Fr deflectable ablation catheter with two saline/foam electrode pocket covered with 20 mm tubing. Each pocket contain...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Watanabe I,Min N,Okumura Y,Kofune M,Ashino S,Ohkubo K,Nakai T,Kunimoto S,Kasamaki Y,Hirayama A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the therapeutic impact of double-loading dose (i.e., 600 mg) versus standard-loading dose (i.e., 300 mg) of clopidogrel on ST-segment-elevation-myocardial-infarction (STEMI) patients undergoing primary-coronary-intervention (PCI).Between January 2005 and December 2013, a total of 1461 STEMI patients ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Tong MS,Sung PH,Liu CF,Chen KH,Chung SY,Chua S,Chen CJ,Lee WC,Chai HT,Yip HK,Chang HW

更新日期：2017-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of unilateral pulmonary artery occlusion (UPAO) test for the preoperative evaluation of pneumonectomy was reported in adult patients. On the contrary, in infants, no strategies have yet been recommended to predict hemodynamics after pneumonectomy, nor has use of the UPAO test been reported. We describe the fir...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kato K,Kato T,Hayano S,Fukasawa Y,Numaguchi A,Hattori T,Saito A,Sato Y,Hayakawa M

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：:The aims of this study were to quantify the geometrical differences in left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure (HF) using cine-tagged MRI, and to investigate the relationship between dyssynchrony and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in HF.In 67 patients with HF [mean LV ejection fraction (...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Nagao M,Yamasaki Y,Yonezawa M,Kamitani T,Kawanami S,Mukai Y,Higo T,Yabuuchi H,Sunagawa K,Honda H

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:There have been very few studies on serum biomarkers associated with hypertension in disaster situations. We assessed biomarkers associated with disaster-related hypertension (DRH) due to the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011.We collected blood samples from members of the Japan Self Defense Forces (JSDF) (n = ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Shiraishi Y,Kujiraoka T,Hakuno D,Masaki N,Tokuno S,Adachi T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An error appeared in the article entitled "Polysaccharides from Enteromorpha Prolifera Ameliorate Acute Myocardial Infarction in Vitro and in Vivo via Up-Regulating HIF-1α" by Zongqiu Wang, Zhihua Zhang, Jing Zhao, Chunming Yong, and Yongjun Mao (Vol. 60, No. 4, 964-973, 2019).The second affiliation of the authors on ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Wang Z,Zhang Z,Zhao J,Yong C,Mao Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), targeting the imbalanced autonomic nervous system, is a promising therapeutic approach for chronic heart failure (HF). Moreover, calcium cycling is an important part of cardiac excitation-contraction coupling (ECC), which also participates in the antiarrhythmic effects of VNS. We hypothe...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Zhang Y,Chen A,Song L,Li M,Luo Z,Zhang W,Chen Y,He B

更新日期：2016-05-25 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