Inclusion of electric disturbance type cardiomyopathy in the classification of cardiomyopathy: a current review.

abstract：:The precipitating factors of repetitive exacerbation were investigated in 110 consecutive patients with chronic left heart failure admitted due to acute exacerbation more than twice to the medical emergency ward of National Cardiovascular Center from January, 1992 to December, 1996. The controls were 189 consecutive p...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sasaki T,Yanagitani Y,Kubo T,Matsuo H,Miyatake K

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is said that the chronic outcomes of the two-stent technique for bifurcation lesions are inferior to that of cross-over single stenting. However, there are many cases where true bifurcations are difficult to treat by single stenting and, in particular, strategies for bifurcation lesions that are not left ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Uchida Y,Wagatsuma K,Yamazaki J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apoptosis-related molecules may contribute to left ventricular (LV) remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI). To validate this hypothesis, we evaluated the relation between circulating plasma levels of soluble Fas ligand (sFas-L) and LV remodeling in patients post-MI. METHODS AND RESULTS:This prospective...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Fertin M,Bauters A,Pinet F,Bauters C

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the effects of mitral obstruction on left ventricular (LV) diastolic blood filling, 15 patients with tight mitral stenosis (each mitral valve area was less than 1.5 cm2) were studied. Each selected patient underwent successful percutaneous transluminal mitral commissurotomy (PTMC), which resulted in a 1.5 f...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Goto S,Abe S,Akaishi M,Yoshikawa T,Matsubara T,Ogawa S,Handa S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been nine years since intravascular ultrasound imaging(IVUS) was for the first time performed in Japan at our hospital. During this period, the progress of catheter technology brought about many improvements in catheter design and image quality. Also clinical utility of IVUS has been widely recognized with accu...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Moriuchi M,Saito S,Honye J,Takaiwa Y,Ozawa Y,Kanmatsuse K

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrioventricular (AV) block is one of the main clinical manifestations in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis (CS). Although steroid therapy is considered to be effective for AV block, the efficacy has not been demonstrated in detail. METHODS AND RESULTS:Fifteen CS patients presenting with advanced or complet...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yodogawa K,Seino Y,Shiomura R,Takahashi K,Tsuboi I,Uetake S,Hayashi H,Horie T,Iwasaki YK,Hayashi M,Miyauchi Y,Shimizu W

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several clinical studies have demonstrated an inverse relationship between systolic blood pressure (SBP) at admission and in-hospital mortality in patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, data on the relation between admission SBP and in-hospital prognosis in AMI patients are sti...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Shiraishi J,Kohno Y,Sawada T,Ito D,Kimura M,Ariyoshi M,Matsui A,Arihara M,Irie H,Hyogo M,Shima T,Nakamura T,Matoba S,Yamada H,Matsumuro A,Shirayama T,Kitamura M,Furukawa K,Matsubara H

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The SAPIEN 3 (S3; Edwards Lifescience, Irvine, CA, USA) is a new-generation percutaneous aortic valve with better profile, more precise handling and positioning, designed to reduce the risk of post-procedural paravalvular aortic leak (PVL). The aim of this study was to compare the S3 valve and SAPIEN XT valv...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Arai T,Lefèvre T,Hovasse T,Morice MC,Garot P,Benamer H,Unterseeh T,Hayashida K,Watanabe Y,Bouvier E,Cormier B,Chevalier B

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) performed one month after coronary reperfusion therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were observed using exercise Tl-201 myocardial scintigraphy performed before and after PTCA. Myocardial perfusion in Tl-201 scintigraph...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kubo H,Yano K,Hasegawa N,Toma M,Yoshimura H,Nakamura M,Nomura H,Degawa T,Hirai H,Machii K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously reported a cross-sectional analysis regarding the relationship between smoking and atrial fibrillation (AF) in a single hospital-based cohort with Japanese patients, but the effect of cessation of smoking and/or total tobacco consumption were unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS:We used data from the ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Suzuki S,Otsuka T,Sagara K,Kano H,Matsuno S,Takai H,Kato Y,Uejima T,Oikawa Y,Nagashima K,Kirigaya H,Kunihara T,Yajima J,Sawada H,Aizawa T,Yamashita T

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess right ventricular (RV) filling dynamics, RV inflow velocity patterns of pulsed Doppler echocardiograms and jugular pulse tracings were analyzed in 59 patients with various types of RV overloads and in 20 normal subjects. The patients were classified as (1) RV volume overload group (RVVO) consisting of 25 pat...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Tominaga T,Oki T,Okushi H,Ishimoto T,Uchida T,Kagawa T,Kawano K,Fukuda N,Mori H

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the efficacy of early invasive strategy for the treatment of Braunwald III-B type unstable angina pectoris. METHODS:This study included 573 consecutive patients of whom 267 underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (312 lesions). The patients were divided into two groups, 95 treated with ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Nozaki K,Nakao K,Horiuchi K,Kasanuki H,Honda T

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated retardation of abnormal uptake of iodine-123-beta-methyl-p-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid(BMIPP) scintigraphy in patients with vasospastic angina. METHODS:Twenty-three patients with vasospastic angina showed abnormal uptake of BMIPP before medical treatment and had coronary vasospasm ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Inoue F,Hashimoto T,Uemura S,Kawamoto A,Dohi K,Matsushima A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significance of abnormal high signal intensity observed in left ventricular myocardium by gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepenta-acetic acid (Gd-DTPA) enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients was assessed by comparison with T1-weighted MR imaging, thallium-201 (201Tl) myoc...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Koito H,Suzuki J,Nakamori H,Ohkubo N,Wakayama Y,Iwasaka T,Inada M,Katoh T

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic renal disease (CKD) is a determinant of coronary artery calcification (CAC), which is a predictor of cardiovascular events. However, in a population without CKD, the association between CAC and renal function is unclear. CAC is affected by sex. This study aimed to determine whether serum cystatin C, ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sugiyama H,Miyoshi T,Osawa K,Miki T,Koide Y,Nakamura K,Morita H,Ito H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 76-year-old female had undergone implantation of a single chamber pacemaker for sick sinus syndrome 20 years previously. She developed chronic atrial fibrillation and required repeated admission due to congestive heart failure. She had significant mitral and tricuspid regurgitation. Paradoxical movement of the intra...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yamakawa Y,Ishikawa T,Uchino K,Sumita S,Mochida Y,Ebina T,Kobayashi S,Kobayashi T,Matsushita K,Okusu Y,Tanaka Y,Kitamura Y,Umemura S

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the circumstances involving sudden death, deaths among 20,685 male employees of "K" company during a six-year period from April 1981 to March 1987 were reviewed. The subject age ranged from 19 through 59 years, and averaged 38.6 years. Information concerning each death was obtained from the death reports ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sakai A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence, mode of the onset and prognosis of primary coronary artery dissection in 1,445 consecutive patients with myocardial infarction undergoing coronary angiography were elucidated in the present study. Primary coronary artery dissection was observed in four patients (0.28%). The first case was a 28-year-old ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Nishikawa H,Nakanishi S,Nishiyama S,Nishimura S,Kato K,Yanagishita Y,Hosoi T,Seki A,Yamaguchi H

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coagulation factor Xa (FXa) promotes thrombus formation and exacerbates inflammation via activation of protease-activated receptor (PAR)-2. We tested the hypothesis of whether administration of direct oral anticoagulant, rivaroxaban, would attenuate transverse aortic constriction (TAC)-induced atrial inflamm...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kondo H,Abe I,Fukui A,Saito S,Miyoshi M,Aoki K,Shinohara T,Teshima Y,Yufu K,Takahashi N

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Impaired left ventricular (LV) strain is associated with an increased risk of cardiac events in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS). We aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of global LV strain in conservatively treated patients with symptomatic AS. METHODS AND RESULTS:This cohort study retrospectively revi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Lee HF,Hsu LA,Chan YH,Wang CL,Chang CJ,Kuo CT

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with right ventricular overload, the free wall of the right ventricle is often visualized by 201T1 myocardial scintigraphy. To determine quantitatively the discriminant and characteristics of cor pulmonale, 201T1 myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was performed in 16 pa...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kato H,Misawa T,Kutsumi Y,Sasaki F,Ishizaki T,Nakai T,Miyabo S,Matsushita T,Nakajima T,Ishii Y

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most prevalent and serious infection related to left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) is driveline infection (DLI). From 2014, we employed a revised surgical technique (triple tunnel method), which deployed a longer subfascial driveline (DL) route. METHODS AND PATIENTS:We retrospectively analyzed 34 p...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yoshitake S,Kinoshita O,Nawata K,Hoshino Y,Itoda Y,Kimura M,Yamauchi H,Ono M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether drug infusions at ambulatory clinic in patients with end stage congestive heart failure are safe and reduce the period of hospitalization. METHODS:Between May 2000 and November 2006, 21 ambulatory patients with end stage congestive heart failure were treated with infusions of the natriu...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Nishi K,Sato Y,Miyamoto T,Taniguchi R,Matsuoka T,Kuwabara Y,Isoda K,Yamane K,Hatakenaka T,Fujinaga K,Fujiwara H,Takatsu Y

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of catheter intervention for adult congenital heart diseases was evaluated in 27 patients aged 20 to 52 years (mean age at catheterization 25 +/- 7 years) from 1986 to 1996. Four patients had pulmonary valve stenosis, four had aortic valve stenosis, three had coarctation of the aorta, 10 had pulmonary art...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Nakanishi T,Tsuji T,Kondoh C,Park I,Kawana M,Magosaki N,Takahashi S,Nakazawa M,Koyanagi H,Imai Y,Kasanuki H,Momma K

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcopenia is one of the important predictors of heart failure (HF) in patients with cardiac problems. Skeletal muscle pump is important to maintain Fontan circulation. We aimed to quantify the volume of the psoas major muscle (PMM) and investigate whether it is relevant to HF hospitalization in adults with ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Shiina Y,Nagao M,Shimomiya Y,Inai K

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amiodarone, which inhibits CYP2C9 and P-glycoprotein, is commonly prescribed with non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) and polypharmacy in high-risk atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. We studied efficacy and safety of NOACs in AF patients receiving amiodarone, P-glycoprotein inhibitor, or pol...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kim IS,Kim HJ,Yu HT,Kim TH,Uhm JS,Kim JY,Joung B,Lee MH,Pak HN

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative evaluations of the percent of the perimetric circumference of infarction and cardiac performance for the occurrence of late potential were performed in 12 normal subjects and 22 patients with old myocardial infarction (MI). All patients were in normal sinus rhythm without bundle branch block. Bipolar X, Y,...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Nakai K,Ito C,Koh E,Miyakawa T,Mizunuma Y,Ichikawa T,Motegi I,Suzuki T,Kato M,Takahashi T

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since image quality obtained in the mid-diastolic [or slow filling (SF)] phase is generally superior to end-systolic image in coronary multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT), low heart rate (HR) comprises the most important factor for acquisition of high-quality images. However, despite HR <70 and opti...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sano T,Kondo T,Matsutani H,Morita H,Arai T,Sekine T,Takase S,Oida A,Fukazawa H,Kodama T,Kondo M,Orihara T,Yamada N,Narula J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is associated with a risk of coronary heart disease. The prevalence and distribution of the CAC score have been examined in Western countries, but few studies have been performed in Asia, and especially in Japan. The goal of this study was to investigate CAC scores in an asympto...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Ohmoto-Sekine Y,Yanagibori R,Amakawa K,Ishihara M,Tsuji H,Ogawa K,Ishimura R,Ishiwata S,Ohno M,Yamaguchi T,Arase Y

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The deleterious effect of renal impairment in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) patients has recently been reported. We investigated the impact of moderate to severe renal impairment on long-term clinical outcomes in AF patients. METHODS:A total of 2126 AF patients were enrolled and divided into two gro...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Cho SW,Hwang JK,Chun KJ,Park SJ,Park KM,Kim JS,On YK

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00