The importance of serial cardiac troponin measurement for evaluating the response to immunosuppressive therapy for myocarditis.

abstract：:Diabetic cardiomyopathy, clinically diagnosed as ventricular dysfunction in the absence of coronary atherosclerosis or hypertension in diabetic patients, is a cardiac muscle-specific disease that increases the risk of heart failure and mortality. Its clinical course is characterized initially by diastolic dysfunction,...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kanamori H,Naruse G,Yoshida A,Minatoguchi S,Watanabe T,Kawaguchi T,Tanaka T,Yamada Y,Takasugi H,Mikami A,Minatoguchi S,Miyazaki T,Okura H

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the occluded infarct-related artery (IRA) in latecomers may improve long-term survival mainly by reducing left ventricular remodeling. It is not clear whether inhibition of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) brings additional better clinical outcomes in this...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Park H,Kim HK,Jeong MH,Cho JY,Lee KH,Sim DS,Yoon NS,Yoon HJ,Hong YJ,Kim KH,Park HW,Kim JH,Ahn Y,Cho JG,Park JC,Kim YJ,Cho MC,Kim CJ,Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Investigators.

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive assessment of the distal left anterior descending coronary artery and intramyocardial blood flow were attempted in 50 consecutive patients (28 males and 22 females, mean age [+/-SD] 58 +/- 12 years) using a 7.5 MHz transducer (Doppler frequency: 5 MHz) and a SSA-380A ultrasound digital system with special ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yagi T,Yoshida K,Hozumi T,Akasaka T,Takagi T,Kaji S,Kawamoto T,Kawai J,Morioka S,Yoshikawa J

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no established method to quantitatively measure the presence and the severity of respiratory instability (RI). The purpose of this pilot study was to propose a novel index of diurnal RI as a surrogate measure of clinical severity of heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS:We prospectively enrolled ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kumagai N,Dohi K,Fujimoto N,Tanimura M,Sato Y,Miyahara S,Nakamori S,Fujii E,Yamada N,Ito M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The feasibility of detecting persistent regional left ventricular abnormal relaxation due to myocardial ischemia using strain echocardiography several minutes after exercise was investigated. METHODS:Consecutive 27 patients (mean age 65 +/- 9 years, 21 males, 6 females) with suspected coronary artery diseas...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Zhu H,Hozumi T,Takemoto Y,Takagi Y,Negishi K,Abo K,Sugioka K,Matsumura Y,Otsuka R,Yoshitani H,Nakao M,Yoshiyama M,Yoshikawa J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the left atrial (LA) volume and function of obese patients with/without obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and its association with left ventricular (LV) diastolic function independent of obesity. METHODS:LA volumetric and functional parameters were measured by 2-dimensional and strain echocardiograp...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kim SM,Cho KI,Kwon JH,Lee HG,Kim TI

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the effects of atrial defibrillation in patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy, we clinically and echocardiographically assessed 6 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and 7 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Their mean age was 57 +/- 14 years and the mean duration of their atrial fib...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Shite J,Yokota Y,Nakatani M,Takeuchi Y,Tsumura Y,Kawai H,Ueno H,Kawashima T,Honda Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left atrial (LA) size is an established predictor of recurrence after catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). We investigated the impact of baseline LA function on recurrence after PAF ablation and compared the predictive values of LA function with those of LA size. METHODS:We retrospect...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Oka T,Tanaka K,Ninomiya Y,Hirao Y,Tanaka N,Okada M,Inoue H,Takayasu K,Kitagaki R,Koyama Y,Okamura A,Iwakura K,Sakata Y,Fujii K,Inoue K

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the incidence of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in mitral valve prolapse (MVP), 96 patients with MVP and 23 normal control subjects were studied. Subjects in the MVP group were further classified as a group with mitral regurgitation (MR(+) group: 61 cases), and MR(-) group (35 cases). The presence of TR in eac...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Namiki A,Hirai H,Machii K,Ochiai M,Ohshima H,Tohma M,Kuwako K,Yamaguchi T,Toide H,Tohda E

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The effects of inotropic agents on left ventricular (LV) synchrony in heart failure patients are still unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dobutamine on LV mechanical dyssynchrony and LV systolic performance in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and a narrow QRS using real-...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yagishita-Tagawa Y,Abe Y,Arai K,Yagishita D,Takagi A,Ashihara K,Shoda M,Naruko T,Itoh A,Haze K,Yoshikawa J,Hagiwara N

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven directional coronary atherectomy procedures were performed in seven patients with angina pectoris and four patients with myocardial infarction, 10 men and 1 woman aged 41 to 69 years (mean 57 +/- 7 years). The onset of angina pectoris or myocardial infarction had occurred 2 months to 17 years previously. The pr...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kebukawa K,Horie T,Sumiyoshi T,Magosaki N,Kawaguchi M,Tanino S,Hosoda S,Endo M

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：:Inherited primary arrhythmia syndromes (IPAS) may result in ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation by some genetic disorders, leading to sudden cardiac death. IPAS are also called "channelopathies" since many of these are caused by an abnormality in myocardial ion channels. Congenital long-QT syndrome (LQ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Aiba T

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The standard deviation of the washout rate in dipyridamole stress thallium-201 myocardial single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was correlated with the severity of coronary artery lesions and the viability of ischemic myocardium to provide a new quantitative parameter for judging indications for...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Arao M,Setsuta K,Seino Y,Takano T

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are cases of cardiomyopathy which are not easily classifiable into hypertrophic, dilated or restrictive type. They often show ventricular arrhythmia, right or left bundle branch block, intraventricular conduction disturbance, atrioventricular conduction disturbance, and sinus node dysfunction (sick sinus syndrom...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sekiguchi M,Hasegawa A,Hiroe M,Morimoto S,Nishikawa T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old man with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia was followed up by coronary angiography for 9 years. During these 9 years, he experienced inferior myocardial infarction twice, at segment 1 of the right coronary artery. A coronary atherosclerotic lesion (50% stenosis) was also present at segment 6 of ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Saku K,Takeda Y,Shirai K,Nii T,Ohta T,Arakawa K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The minimal energy requirement (Emin) for electrical cardioversion (ECV) reflects the atrial substrate in patients with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (L-PeAF), but the relationship between EminECV and radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) has not yet been studied. We hypothesize that EminECV...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kim IS,Kim TH,Yang PS,Uhm JS,Joung B,Lee MH,Pak HN

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is increased in circulating blood during the acute stage of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Therefore, we compared diagnostic values of PTX3 for ACS with those of biomarkers for myocardial damage, such as troponin T (TnT) and heart-type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP). METHODS AND RESU...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kume N,Mitsuoka H,Hayashida K,Tanaka M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A histopathological study of coronary arteries in patients with acute coronary syndromes was carried out. The results of this study are as follows: 1. A high incidence of thrombus formation, corresponding to the site of the infarction, was observed in cases with acute myocardial infarction. 2. Coronary thrombi contain...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Horie T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old woman presented with a rare case of tricuspid valve endocarditis causing inflammatory reopening of the spontaneously closed ventricular septal defect (VSD), associated with aortic valve malformation. She was admitted to our hospital because of fever lasting 4 weeks. Severe aortic regurgitation was reveal...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Hamada T,Furuno T,Fukui T,Kitaoka H,Matsumura Y,Takata J,Seo H,Chikamori T,Doi Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiplatelet therapy is required after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, but bleeding events occur unexpectedly. We aimed to assess whether bleeding event predictors after 2nd generation DES (2nd DES) implantation differed by time after implantation. METHODS:We studied 1912 consecutive patients who und...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Honda Y,Yamawaki M,Mori S,Shirai S,Makino K,Tokuda T,Maruyama T,Takafuji H,Takama T,Tsutumi M,Sakamoto Y,Takimura H,Kobayashi N,Araki M,Hirano K,Sakai T,Ito Y

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The floppy mitral valve prolapses into the left atrium in such a dynamic manner that the prolapsing floppy mitral valve becomes a space-occupying lesion within the left atrium. A significant result of the floppy mitral valve prolapsing into the left atrium during left ventricular systole is the development of a "third...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Boudoulas H,Wooley CF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The relationship between the long-term efficacy of the antiarrhythmic agent cibenzoline in preventing lone paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAf) and plasma concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and catecholamine was investigated during sinus rhythm and PAf. METHODS:Plasma concentrations of ANP, ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Komatsu T,Nakamura S,Kimura M,Owada S,Yomogida K,Kameda K,Oikawa K,Tomita H,Okumura K

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial fibrosis is the major factor that regulates left ventricular (LV) diastolic function. Pioglitazone, an anti-diabetic drug, is reported to improve the LV diastolic function in diabetic patients, but its influence on myocardial fibrosis has not been clarified. We evaluated the effect of pioglitazone...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Terui G,Goto T,Katsuta M,Aoki I,Ito H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the prognostic impact of preprocedural high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels on the long-term clinical outcomes after first-generation drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS AND RESULTS:We fou...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Ogita M,Miyauchi K,Kasai T,Doi S,Wada H,Naito R,Konishi H,Tsuboi S,Dohi T,Tamura H,Okazaki S,Daida H

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man with old anteroseptal myocardial infarction was admitted to treat a gradually expanding coronary aneurysm. Coronary angiography demonstrated the aneurysm and delayed flow in the left coronary descending artery. The aneurysm was successfully treated with stenting. Technetium-99m-sestamibi single photo...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Koyama Y,Matsuoka H,Kawakami H,Inoue K,Nishimura K,Ito T

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the relative importance of the anatomical characteristics of the coronary artery distribution and the sites of the arterial stenoses in relation to infarct size, 21 patients with old myocardial infarction and angiographically-proven 90% or greater stenoses (AHA classification) of one of the major coronary ar...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kamihata H,Kurimoto T,Shimada T,Karakawa M,Matsuura T,Ogura E,Hata T,Hamaguchi Y,Inada M,Nishiyama Y

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-term follow-up study was performed for 110 patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) for 34 +/- 12 months (range 3-122 months). Thirteen patients died of heart failure, 15 of sudden death and one of non-cardiac death. The 3- and 5-year survival rates were 78 and 62%, respectively. The important fact...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Watanabe K,Hirokawa Y,Suzuki K,Masani F,Otsuka H,Izumi T,Shibata A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annuloaortic ectasia is often accompanied by Marfan syndrome and associated with infective endocarditis usually involving the mitral valves. We treated a patient with annuloaortic ectasia due to idiopathic cystic medial necrosis who developed congestive heart failure with aortic valvular vegetation. A 56-year-old man ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Fujiyama A,Nishiue T,Masaki M,Kurihara H,Iba O,Komatsu K,Maeda A,Senzaki H,Kawaguchi H,Imamura H,Iwasaka T

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the effect of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) on peri-procedural (type IVa) myocardial infarction (MI) following elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS AND RESULTS:We analyzed data from 165 of 178 consecutive patients with stable angina pectoris who underw...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kurita A,Takashima H,Ando H,Kumagai S,Waseda K,Gosho M,Amano T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00