Youth with obesity and obesity-related type 2 diabetes mellitus demonstrate abnormalities in carotid structure and function.

abstract：:Postoperative fever and pericardial-pleural reaction, designated postpericardiotomy syndrome (PPS), is a common complication of cardiac surgery involving entry into the pericardium. To determine whether the etiology of PPS is viral or immunologic, we undertook a prospective, triple-blind study of consecutive long-term...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Engle MA,Zabriskie JB,Senterfit LB,Gay WA Jr,O'Loughlin JE Jr,Ehlers KH

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular (LV) reconstruction surgery leads to early improvement in LV function in ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) patients. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of mitral valve (MV) repair associated with LV reconstruction on LV function 1-year after surgery in ICM patients assessed by real-t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Qin JX,Shiota T,McCarthy PM,Asher CR,Hail M,Agler DA,Popović ZB,Greenberg NL,Smedira NG,Starling RC,Young JB,Thomas JD

更新日期：2003-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence, prognostic import, and impact of renal insufficiency on the benefits of ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers in community-dwelling patients with heart failure are uncertain. METHODS AND RESULTS:We analyzed data from a prospective cohort of 754 patients with heart failure who had ejection fractio...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： McAlister FA,Ezekowitz J,Tonelli M,Armstrong PW

更新日期：2004-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine if computerized tomography (CT scanning) with an EMI cranial scanner could detect edema associated with myocardial ischemia in canine hearts. A localized area of decreased density in the posterior papillary muscle and surrounding myocardium was detected on serial 8 mm CT scan sli...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Powell WJ Jr,wittenberg J,Maturi RA,Dinsmore RE,Miller SW

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective electrocardiographic study was designed to establish baseline values for electrocardiographic measurements, with specific reference to the QT interval during infancy, and to test the "QT hypothesis" for the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). In this ongoing study, ECGs are recorded on the fourth day of...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schwartz PJ,Montemerlo M,Facchini M,Salice P,Rosti D,Poggio G,Giorgetti R

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gallbladder pathology has been associated with cardiovascular disease. Recently, we showed that gallbladder distension in anesthetized pigs reflexly increased heart rate, arterial pressure, and coronary and renal vascular resistance through efferent sympathetic mechanisms. Renin release is affected by sympat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Molinari C,Grossini E,Mary DA,Vacca G

更新日期：2000-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND. A pace mapping technique using body surface potential maps (BSPMs) was developed to guide the positioning of an ablation catheter at the ventricular insertion point of accessory pathways (AP) in patients with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW). METHODS AND RESULTS. The study was performed on 30 WPW p...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Dubuc M,Nadeau R,Tremblay G,Kus T,Molin F,Savard P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical efficacy of alcohol septal ablation for drug-refractory hypertrophic cardiomyopathy remains unclear. This study examines the outcome of alcohol septal ablation performed at a tertiary hypertrophic cardiomyopathy referral center. METHODS AND RESULTS:Among 601 patients with severely symptomatic o...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sorajja P,Valeti U,Nishimura RA,Ommen SR,Rihal CS,Gersh BJ,Hodge DO,Schaff HV,Holmes DR Jr

更新日期：2008-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Macrophages contribute to the progression and acute complications of atherosclerosis. Macrophage imaging may serve as a biomarker to identify subclinical inflamed lesions, to predict future risk, and to aid in the assessment of novel therapies. METHODS AND RESULTS:To test the hypothesis that nanoparticle-en...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Morishige K,Kacher DF,Libby P,Josephson L,Ganz P,Weissleder R,Aikawa M

更新日期：2010-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pulmonary autograft procedure (Ross) is now considered the gold standard for aortic valve replacement. One of its advantages is the freedom from macroemboli without anticoagulation. Whether this holds true for circulating microemboli, detectable as high-intensity transient Doppler signals (HITS), has not...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nötzold A,Droste DW,Hagedorn G,Berndt S,Kaps M,Graf B,Sievers HH

更新日期：1997-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence indicates that etiology plays an essential role in the results of mitral valve repair. In an attempt to evaluate the possibilities and problems of repair in a rheumatic population, all consecutive patients treated between July 1988 and July 1990 were reviewed. Three hundred and four patients at risk ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Duran CM,Gometza B,De Vol EB

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heat shock protein (HSP)60 is an abundant protein found primarily in the mitochondria, though 15% to 20% is found in the cytosol. Previously we observed that HSP60 complexes with bax in the cytosol. Reduction in HSP60 precipitates translocation of bax to the mitochondria and apoptosis. We hypothesized that H...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gupta S,Knowlton AA

更新日期：2002-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isoprostanes (iPs) are free radical-catalyzed products of arachidonic acid that reflect lipid peroxidation in vivo. Several iPs exert biological effects in vitro and may contribute to the functional consequences of oxidant stress. For example, iPF(2alpha)-III (8-iso PGF(2alpha)) and iPE(2)-III modulate plate...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Audoly LP,Rocca B,Fabre JE,Koller BH,Thomas D,Loeb AL,Coffman TM,FitzGerald GA

更新日期：2000-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although dyslipoproteinemia is associated with arterial atherothrombosis, little is known about plasma lipoproteins in venous thrombosis patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:We determined plasma lipoprotein subclass concentrations using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and antigenic levels of apolipoprotein...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Deguchi H,Pecheniuk NM,Elias DJ,Averell PM,Griffin JH

更新日期：2005-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enteroviruses (EVs) and adenoviruses (ADVs) have been considered common causes of myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy. In the present study, we report on the association of parvovirus B19 (PVB19) genomes in the clinical setting of acute myocarditis. METHODS AND RESULTS:This study included 24 consecutive ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kühl U,Pauschinger M,Bock T,Klingel K,Schwimmbeck CP,Seeberg B,Krautwurm L,Poller W,Schultheiss HP,Kandolf R

更新日期：2003-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We recorded direct-current extracellular electrograms simultaneously from 60 left ventricular epicardial sites in 38 alpha-chloralose-anesthetized dogs during repeated, 5 min coronary arterial occlusions. In each dog recordings made during control occlusions were compared with those made in occlusions after, or during...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Janse MJ,Schwartz PJ,Wilms-Schopman F,Peters RJ,Durrer D

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability of apolipoprotein (apo)A-I to induce regression of preexisting atherosclerotic lesions has not been determined, and a mouse model of atherosclerosis regression has not yet been reported. METHODS AND RESULTS:LDL receptor-deficient mice were fed a western-type diet for 5 weeks to induce atheroscle...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tangirala RK,Tsukamoto K,Chun SH,Usher D,Puré E,Rader DJ

更新日期：1999-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute aortic regurgitation was created experimentally in 21 mongrel dogs to examine the relationship of the regurgitant jet to observed echocardiographic findings. The direction of the regurgitant jet was studied by echo contrast injections in the aortic root. Diastolic fluttering of the anterior mitral leaflet (AML) ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nakao S,Tanaka H,Tahara M,Yoshimura H,Sakurai S,Tei C,Kashima T

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the efficacy of the right gastroepiploic artery (GEA) as graft material for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) as assessed by exercise thallium 201 myocardial scintigraphy in eight patients (age, 59.4 +/- 9.35 years [mean +/- SD]) who underwent CABG with the GEA graft in the past 2 years. Plan...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kusukawa J,Hirota Y,Kawamura K,Suma H,Takeuchi A,Adachi I,Akagi H

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We recently reported that arterial superoxide (O2-) is augmented by increased endothelin-1 (ET-1) in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertension, a model of low renin hypertension. Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), a potent reducing molecule with antioxidant properties and an essential cofactor for endothe...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zheng JS,Yang XQ,Lookingland KJ,Fink GD,Hesslinger C,Kapatos G,Kovesdi I,Chen AF

更新日期：2003-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The term "concealed conduction" is used in electrocardiography when a proximal (atrial or ventricular) impulse penetrates the atrioventricular (AV) node but fails to traverse it completely. Its penetration into the node is inferred by its after effects on the propagation of succeeding impulses. Concealed AV ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Liu Y,Zeng W,Delmar M,Jalife J

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peak dP/dt is a good index of ventricular performance that is not influenced by afterload, wall motion abnormalities, or the variations in ventricular anatomy and morphology commonly encountered among patients with congenital heart disease. Unfortunately, the clinical utility of peak dP/dt has been limited b...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rhodes J,Udelson JE,Marx GR,Schmid CH,Konstam MA,Hijazi ZM,Bova SA,Fulton DR

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of the infarct-related artery in stable survivors of acute myocardial infarction is often performed, even in patients without any symptoms or residual ischemia. Despite the lack of randomized studies, it is widely believed that this intervention will improve the...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zeymer U,Uebis R,Vogt A,Glunz HG,Vöhringer HF,Harmjanz D,Neuhaus KL,ALKK-Study Group.

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Airborne particulate matter has been linked to excess morbidity and mortality. Recent attention has focused on the effects of particulate exposure on cardiac autonomic control. Inhaled particulates may affect the autonomic nervous system either directly, by eliciting a sympathetic stress response, or indirec...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Magari SR,Hauser R,Schwartz J,Williams PL,Smith TJ,Christiani DC

更新日期：2001-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although early intravenous beta-blocker therapy during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) reduces the incidence of fatal arrhythmias in patients not treated with thrombolytic agents, its antiarrhythmic effect in thrombolysed patients remains controversial. We investigated prospectively the arrhythmia incidenc...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Heidbüchel H,Tack J,Vanneste L,Ballet A,Ector H,Van de Werf F

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Threshold bipolar pacing was performed from one of 12 selected atrial sites with temporary implanted electrodes in 69 patients following open-heart surgery in order to study P wave polarity and morphology and the P-R interval during paced ectopic atrial rhythms. A negative P wave was recorded in lead I only with paci...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： MacLean WA,Karp RB,Kouchoukos NT,James TN,Waldo AL

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adrenomedullin (AM) is a novel vasodilating peptide thought to have important effects on cardiovascular function. The aim of this study was to assess the activity of endogenous AM in the cardiovascular system using AM knockout mice. METHODS AND RESULTS:Mice heterozygous for an AM-null mutation (AM+/-) and t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Niu P,Shindo T,Iwata H,Iimuro S,Takeda N,Zhang Y,Ebihara A,Suematsu Y,Kangawa K,Hirata Y,Nagai R

更新日期：2004-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biventricular direct cardiac compression (DCC) has the potential to support the failing heart without the complications associated with a blood/device interface encountered with the use of current ventricular assist devices. A clinically designed DCC device that provides compression pressure around the base ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Artrip JH,Yi GH,Levin HR,Burkhoff D,Wang J

更新日期：1999-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells synthesize prostanoids. Several of these have been implicated in the physiological and pathophysiological regulation of vascular tone; however, there is no direct evidence that human blood vessels synthesize sufficient prostanoid to alter vessel tone. METHO...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bhagat K,Collier J,Vallance P

更新日期：1995-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial ischemia is considered to be a possible stimulus for development of the coronary collateral circulation. We therefore hypothesized that chronic reduction of myocardial oxygen demand to lessen ischemia would attenuate coronary collateral development over an 8-week period using left circumflex coron...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Symons JD,Pitsillides KF,Longhurst JC

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00