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abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary calcification detected by electron beam tomography may improve cardiovascular risk prediction. The technique is particularly promising in the elderly because the predictive power of cardiovascular risk factors weakens with age. We investigated the prognostic value of coronary calcification for cardi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vliegenthart R,Oudkerk M,Hofman A,Oei HH,van Dijck W,van Rooij FJ,Witteman JC

更新日期：2005-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) have demonstrated the efficacy of surgical and catheter-mediated ablative procedures based on activation mapping during VT. Since extensive preoperative or intraoperative mapping may be impractical due to time constraints or patient intolerance, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Miller JM,Marchlinski FE,Buxton AE,Josephson ME

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Less invasive methods are replacing traditional invasive means of measuring coronary flow reserve (CFR). Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is becoming a useful tool for evaluation of coronary artery disease and has recently been used to measure CFR. This has always been done using dipyridamole, but aden...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Redberg RF,Sobol Y,Chou TM,Malloy M,Kumar S,Botvinick E,Kane J

更新日期：1995-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term survival after acute kidney injury (AKI) is poorly studied. We report the relationship between long-term mortality and AKI with small changes in serum creatinine during hospitalization after various cardiothoracic surgery procedures. METHODS AND RESULTS:This was a retrospective study of 2973 patie...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hobson CE,Yavas S,Segal MS,Schold JD,Tribble CG,Layon AJ,Bihorac A

更新日期：2009-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure is a growing cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β1) promotes cardiac fibrosis, but also activates counterregulatory pathways that serve to regulate TGF-β1 activity in heart failure. Bone morphogenetic protein 9 (BMP9) is a member of the TGFβ family ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Morine KJ,Qiao X,York S,Natov PS,Paruchuri V,Zhang Y,Aronovitz MJ,Karas RH,Kapur NK

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two sequential biphasic shocks delivered over separate lead configurations markedly improve defibrillation efficacy compared with a single shock alone. We investigated the effect of varying the intershock interval between sequential biphasic shocks on defibrillation. METHODS AND RESULTS:Defibrillation thres...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Johnson EE,Alferness CA,Wolf PD,Smith WM,Ideker RE

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial infarction, stroke, and sudden death undergo diurnal variation. Although genes relevant to hemostasis and vascular integrity undergo circadian oscillation, the role of the molecular clock in thrombotic events remains to be established. METHODS AND RESULTS:A diurnal variation in the time to thromb...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Westgate EJ,Cheng Y,Reilly DF,Price TS,Walisser JA,Bradfield CA,FitzGerald GA

更新日期：2008-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Six instances of sudden death were recorded by Holter monitoring, which showed ventricular fibrillation in five and a bradyarrhythmia in one. Complex ventricular ectopic activity preceded cardiac arrest in five patients, including the one with the bradyarrhythmic arrest. Two patients with chronic bifascicular block ar...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nikolic G,Bishop RL,Singh JB

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women have a higher operative mortality (OM) after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery than men. Suggested contributing factors have included women's increased age, advanced disease, comorbidities, and smaller body surface area (BSA). It is unclear whether women's increased risk factors fully account...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Blankstein R,Ward RP,Arnsdorf M,Jones B,Lou YB,Pine M

更新日期：2005-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined quantitative regional myocardial perfusion (RMP) measured by the washout of 133Xe at rest and after an isoproterenol challenge in 50 patients (group I) studied 8 to 14 days after they underwent saphenous vein bypass grafting to the left coronary artery, and compared this with RMP measured in the na...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schmidt DH,Blau FM,Hendrix LJ,Kamath ML,Ray G

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The main goal of the initial treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction is prompt reperfusion of the infarct-related artery. The value of pretreatment with clopidogrel before primary percutaneous coronary intervention is currently unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS:Studies were retrieved through MEDL...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vlaar PJ,Svilaas T,Damman K,de Smet BJ,Tijssen JG,Hillege HL,Zijlstra F

更新日期：2008-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental models suggest that brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) can modify left ventricular diastolic performance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of BNP on resting and exercise hemodynamics and neurohormones in patients with isolated diastolic heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Six patie...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Clarkson PB,Wheeldon NM,MacFadyen RJ,Pringle SD,MacDonald TM

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An association of chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection to coronary heart disease has been suggested recently. In a recent study, we demonstrated circulating immune complexes containing chlamydial genus-specific lipopolysaccharide in patients with coronary heart disease. The objective of the present study w...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Linnanmäki E,Leinonen M,Mattila K,Nieminen MS,Valtonen V,Saikku P

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional echocardiography can provide serial cross-sectional images of the left ventricular cavity. We examined whether such serial images from steady-state ejecting hearts would allow three-dimensional reconstruction and accurate volume estimation without major geometric assumptions. Cross-circulated, paced do...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Eaton LW,Maughan WL,Shoukas AA,Weiss JL

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ventricular tachyarrhythmias present a unique set of stimuli to arterial and cardiopulmonary baroreceptors by increasing cardiac filling pressures and decreasing arterial pressure. The net effect on the control of sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) in humans is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Smith ML,Joglar JA,Wasmund SL,Carlson MD,Welch PJ,Hamdan MH,Quan K,Page RL

更新日期：1999-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasingly, the diagnostic codes from administrative claims data are being used as clinical outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS:Data from the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) were used to compare event rates and risk factor associations between adjudicated hospitalized cardiovascular events and claims-based me...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Psaty BM,Delaney JA,Arnold AM,Curtis LH,Fitzpatrick AL,Heckbert SR,McKnight B,Ives D,Gottdiener JS,Kuller LH,Longstreth WT Jr

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of abdominal arterial calcific deposits on the prediction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) over a long follow-up interval deserves greater scrutiny. METHODS AND RESULTS:Lateral lumbar radiographs were studied as a predictor of incident coronary heart disease (CHD), CVD, and CVD mortality in 1049 m...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wilson PW,Kauppila LI,O'Donnell CJ,Kiel DP,Hannan M,Polak JM,Cupples LA

更新日期：2001-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conventional transmitral Doppler indices are unreliable in assessing clinical status in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) because they are affected by loading conditions. This study sought to determine whether tissue Doppler velocities are predictive of adverse clinical outcomes including death...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： McMahon CJ,Nagueh SF,Pignatelli RH,Denfield SW,Dreyer WJ,Price JF,Clunie S,Bezold LI,Hays AL,Towbin JA,Eidem BW

更新日期：2004-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epinephrine has been shown to impair pulmonary excretion of CO2 during resuscitation. This phenomenon was investigated in a rodent model of cardiac arrest and conventional resuscitation. METHODS AND RESULTS:The effects of racemic epinephrine were compared with the selective alpha 1-agonist methoxamine and w...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tang W,Weil MH,Gazmuri RJ,Sun S,Duggal C,Bisera J

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are well known for their ability to "protect" the structure and function of native macromolecules, particularly as they traffic across membranes. Considering the role of key mitochondrial proteins in apoptosis and the known antiapoptotic effects of HSP27 and HSP72, we postulated th...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kirchhoff SR,Gupta S,Knowlton AA

更新日期：2002-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The alpha1-adrenergic receptors (alpha1-ARs) play a key role in cardiovascular homeostasis. However, the functional role of alpha1-AR subtypes in vivo is still unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiovascular influences of alpha1b-AR. METHODS AND RESULTS:In transgenic mice lacking alpha1-AR...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vecchione C,Fratta L,Rizzoni D,Notte A,Poulet R,Porteri E,Frati G,Guelfi D,Trimarco V,Mulvany MJ,Agabiti-Rosei E,Trimarco B,Cotecchia S,Lembo G

更新日期：2002-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obstruction to left ventricular outflow can be seen after surgical repair of congenital heart disease in which a ventricular septal defect (VSD) is closed by means of a baffle to the systemic great artery arising from the right ventricle (Rastelli operation, intraventricular repair, for conotruncal anomaly)....

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rychik J,Jacobs ML,Norwood WI

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current consensus statements maintain that endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) should be standard care in coronary artery bypass graft surgery, but vein quality and clinical outcomes have been questioned. The VICO trial (Vein Integrity and Clinical Outcomes) was designed to assess the impact of different vein h...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Krishnamoorthy B,Critchley WR,Thompson AJ,Payne K,Morris J,Venkateswaran RV,Caress AL,Fildes JE,Yonan N

更新日期：2017-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Precise noninvasive evaluation of pulmonary artery (PA) morphology is extremely important for medical and surgical management of patients with cyanotic heart disease. In this study, the accuracy of two-dimensional echocardiography combined with color Doppler flow mapping to assess the size, stenosis, and atr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hiraishi S,Misawa H,Hirota H,Agata Y,Horiguchi Y,Fujino N,Yi LH,Yashiro K,Nakae S,Kawada M

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular ultrasound imaging is a promising new method for assessing vascular morphology. We evaluated the capability of intravascular ultrasound to quantify pulmonary artery (PA) morphology in vitro and explored the feasibility of in vivo PA imaging in animals and humans. In the in vitro study of 15 PA segments, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pandian NG,Weintraub A,Kreis A,Schwartz SL,Konstam MA,Salem DN

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The atrioventricular node (AVN) is the only normal electrical link between the upper and lower chambers of the heart. The AVN modulates transmission of impulses, thus coordinating the contraction of the atria and ventricles. METHODS AND RESULTS:Structural and functional complexity, combined with the absence...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Efimov IR,Mazgalev TN

更新日期：1998-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An inverse association between moderate alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease (CHD) has been observed in several epidemiological studies. To assess whether a similar association exists among diabetics, we examined the relation between light to moderate alcohol consumption and CHD in men with and wit...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ajani UA,Gaziano JM,Lotufo PA,Liu S,Hennekens CH,Buring JE,Manson JE

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outcomes for organ transplantation are constantly improving because of advances in organ preservation, surgical techniques, immune clinical monitoring, and immunosuppressive treatment preventing acute transplant rejection. However, chronic rejection including transplant vasculopathy still limits long-term pa...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Galvani S,Trayssac M,Augé N,Thiers JC,Calise D,Krell HW,Sallusto F,Kamar N,Rostaing L,Thomsen M,Nègre-Salvayre A,Salvayre R

更新日期：2011-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:DC shock catheter ablation for the treatment of ventricular tachycardia (VT) may induce VT episodes that disappear within days. METHODS AND RESULTS:A 30-J cathodal shock was delivered to the endocardial left ventricular wall in 15 closed-chest dogs. All dogs had VT during the first day after ablation. Eleve...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hauer RN,de Bakker JM,de Wilde AA,Straks W,Vermeulen JT,Janse MJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 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