Revascularization of malignant coronary instent restenosis resulting from Takayasu's arteritis using sirolimus-eluting stents.

abstract：:Coronary collateral circulation (CCC) plays a crucial role in myocardial blood supply, especially for ischemic myocardium. Previous study has shown that neuregulin-1 is a prominent angiogenic factor in diabetic cardiomyopathy, whereas the relationship between neuregulin-1 and CCC has not been investigated. Thus, we ai...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Huang M,Zheng J,Chen Z,You C,Huang Q

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics and surgical treatment of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) infective endocarditis (IE) compared with tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) IE in China.The relevant pre-, intra- and post-operative materials of all IE patients undergoing cardiac surgery in our center between J...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Chen J,Lu S,Hu K,Yang Z,Pan S,Hong T,Wang C

更新日期：2017-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Various surgical techniques have been proposed for treating aortic arch aneurysm (AAA); however, the optimal treatment has not been well defined. This study introduces a new aortic arch inclusion technique with frozen elephant trunk (FET) for AAA treatment.A retrospective analysis was performed among 22 patients for A...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Zhu C,Piao H,Wang Y,Li B,Zhang Y,Xu J,Wang T,Zhu Z,Xu R,Li D,Liu K

更新日期：2020-11-28 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：:Tolvaptan is a highly selective and orally effective arginine vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist, and is potentially useful for the treatment of heart failure (HF) patients. However, the renoprotective effect of long-term tolvaptan therapy and its underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We evaluated the effects of chron...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ishikawa M,Kobayashi N,Sugiyama F,Onoda S,Ishimitsu T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to conduct a longitudinal follow-up on age-related changes in 24-hour total heart beats (THBs) and total premature beats and their correlations in healthy elderly subjects. In 15 healthy elderly subjects (mean age, 70.0 +/- 4.1, age range at 1st recording, 64 to 80 years, 10 females, 5 males)...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Tasaki H,Serita T,Ueyama C,Kitano K,Seto S,Yano K,Camm AJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of hypertonic saline solution (C-HSS) with high dose furosemide on hospitalization time, readmission, and mortality in patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III heart failure.Decompensated heart failure patients (NYHA III) with chronic ischemic o...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Wan Y,Li L,Niu H,Ma X,Yang J,Yuan C,Mu G,Zhang J

更新日期：2017-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery spasm after coronary artery bypass surgery may result in life-threatening arrhythmias, circulatory collapse, or death. We report two cases of coronary artery spasm after coronary artery bypass surgery, one of which developed ventricular fibrillation requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Unai S,Hirose H,Cook G,Lee Y,Miura S,Kigawa I,Fukuda S,Miyairi T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Same-day discharge transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (TRI) has been reported to be safe and feasible in Western countries. However, Asia has not produced any reports related to this matter. The present study explored the safety and feasibility of patients with indications for TR coronary angiography and a...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Chung WJ,Fang HY,Tsai TH,Yang CH,Chen CJ,Chen SM,Cheng CI,Fang CY,Hsieh YK,Hang CL,Yip HK,Wu CJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although atrial ischemic damage is an atrial fibrillation (AF) risk factor, the impact of atrial branches' occlusion on AF development after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is unclear. Therefore, this study's purpose was to identify predictors of new-onset AF with regard to atrial branches' occlusion. We retrospecti...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Shiba T,Kondo Y,Senoo K,Nakano M,Okubo K,Ishio N,Shikama N,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the precise pattern of stroke volume (SV) response during exercise in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) compared with age-matched controls. Fourteen patients with CHF and 7 controls performed symptom-limited bicycle exercise testing with respiratory gas exchange mea...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Fukuda T,Matsumoto A,Kurano M,Takano H,Iida H,Morita T,Yamashita H,Hirata Y,Nagai R,Nakajima T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uninterrupted anticoagulation therapy during atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation minimizes the risk of periprocedural thromboembolic events. Although the use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) has rapidly developed in patients undergoing AF ablation, no antidote is available for factor Xa inhibitors. We sought to inv...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Aoyama D,Miyazaki S,Hasegawa K,Kaseno K,Ishikawa E,Mukai M,Miyahara K,Aiki T,Matsui A,Yamaguchi J,Shiomi Y,Tama N,Ikeda H,Fukuoka Y,Morishita T,Ishida K,Uzui H,Tada H

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective observational study was conducted to evaluate the predictive value of interleukin-18 (IL-18) for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in hemodialysis patients. A total of 85 participants (45 hemodialysis patients and 40 healthy volunteers) with a mean age of 56.3 years were enrolled in this study....

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Wang S,Chen F,Yang S,Shi J

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect on mortality of torsemide and a combination of loop diuretics (furosemide + torsemide) in contemporary practice in patients with chronic heart failure (HF).We investigated patients with HF in the Heart Failure Center of Fuwai Hospital from 2009 to 2013 who were disch...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yao Y,Zhang J,Zhang Y,Zhang R

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral and aortic valve regurgitation is commonly found in osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) patients, however, little is known about the myocardial involvement in this disorder. An 82-year-old man with OI developed heart failure and was admitted to our hospital. Echocardiogram revealed severe mitral regurgitation without ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Soma K,Abe H,Takeda N,Shintani Y,Takazawa Y,Kojima T,Fujiu K,Semba H,Yamashita H,Hirata Y,Fukayama M,Nagai R

更新日期：2012-01-01 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

abstract：:Therapeutic strategies for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have made remarkable progress over the last two decades. Currently, 3 types of drugs can be used to treat PAH; prostacyclins, phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors, and endothelin receptor antagonists (ERA). In Japan, the first generation ERA bosentan was reimb...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Maki H,Hara T,Tsuji M,Saito A,Minatsuki S,Inaba T,Amiya E,Hosoya Y,Hatano M,Morita H,Yao A,Kinugawa K,Komuro I

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is frequently observed in patients with congestive heart failure. Recent studies have shown that SDB negatively affects the onset of congestive heart failure; however, no studies have addressed the relationship between the level of SDB and the onset time of acute dyspnea. We hypothesiz...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yoneyama K,Osada N,Shimozato T,Ishibashi Y,Hayashi A,Takahashi E,Kida K,Suzuki K,Tamura M,Inoue K,Akashi YJ,Omiya K,Miyake F,Izawa KP,Watanabe S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperglycemia is an established risk factor of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, hyperglycemia with preserved pancreatic β cell function induces hyperinsulinemia to correct the glucose profile and may even result in reactive hypoglycemia (RH), which induces an inflammatory response. In this study, the incidence ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Murata M,Adachi H,Oshima S,Kurabayashi M

更新日期：2018-07-31 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：:Mechanical stress by pressure overload due to hypertension or valvular heart disease such as aortic valve stenosis induces cardiac hypertrophy. It has been well established that the mechanical stretch of cardiac myocytes in vitro induces hypertrophic responses such as the expression of immediate early response genes i...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Sakai H,Urasawa K,Oyama N,Kaneta S,Saito T,Kitabatake A,Tsutsui H

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factors responsible for the ST-T wave alternans (STTA) and associated arrhythmias during acute ischemia have not been clarified.In acutely ischemic porcine myocardium, we recorded transmural unipolar and bipolar electrocardiograms and mid-myocardial extracellular K(+) ([K(+)]e) from the center of the ischemic zone...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Watanabe I,Gettes LS

更新日期：2016-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains a major problem in recipients with heart transplantation (HTx), because it may play a significant role in the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy, which is one of the major causes of death after HTx. Valganciclovir (VGC) is effective for the treatment of CMV infection,...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Imamura T,Shiga T,Kinugawa K,Kato N,Endo M,Inaba T,Maki H,Hatano M,Yao A,Hirata Y,Nagai R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients requiring an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), the combined use of a prior pacemaker and a subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD) could be an alternative treatment option to implantation of new leads or upgrading of pacemakers to an ICD if vascular access is limited. Here, we assessed the prevalence of S-ICD...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kawabata M,Goya M,Takahashi Y,Maeda S,Yagishita A,Shirai Y,Kaneko M,Shiohira S,Hirao K

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes of global and segmental ventricular strain at different deterioration levels of cardiac function in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) have not yet been explored. In total, 101 patients diagnosed with DCM consecutively underwent CMR. They were categorized accordin...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Pan J,Wan Q,Li J,Wu H,Gao C,Tao Y,Wei M

更新日期：2018-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:High sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels are associated with short- and long-term mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We investigated whether baseline hs-CRP levels are associated with burden of coronary atherosclerosis assessed by SYNTAX score (SXScore).We enrolled 321 patients with ACS...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Karadeniz M,Duran M,Akyel A,Yarlıoğlueş M,Öcek AH,Çelik İE,Kılıç A,Yalcin AA,Ergün G,Murat SN

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:DNA damage in the peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) was investigated using the sensitive alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE)/comet assay.This case-control study consisted of CAD patients (n = 200; mean age, 59.04 ± 0.75 years) undergoing treatment at local hos...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Bhat MA,Gandhi G

更新日期：2017-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:High plasma HDL-cholesterol (HDL-c) is a well-established protective factor in coronary artery disease (CAD). One of its potential protective mechanisms is the inhibition of the cytokine-induced upregulation of expression of cellular adhesion molecules (CAMs). High sCAM levels were found to be associated with low HDL-...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Stanojević NB,Ivanović ZJ,Djurovic S,Kalimanovska VS,Spasić S,Ostrić DK,Memon L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins provide effective secondary prevention of cardiovascular events after acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Current guidelines recommend that statins be initiated in ACS patients before hospital discharge. In this retrospective study, we investigated the influence of early compared with late in-hospital initiation of...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Li YH,Wu HL,Yang YH,Tsai HS,Chao TH

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00