Use of a novel irrigated balloon catheter to generate continuous right atrial lesions by radiofrequency ablation.

abstract：:Vaccines are commonly used as a preventive medicine for infectious diseases worldwide, however, clinical trials on an amyloid beta vaccine for Alzheimer's disease represents a new concept in the field of vaccinations. Several recent studies indicate the potential of therapeutic vaccines as well as classical vaccines a...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Nakagami H,Koriyama H,Morishita R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired oxygenation sometimes occurs in patients with acute aortic dissection, however, the mechanism has not been fully investigated. We hypothesized that impaired oxygenation is related to inflammation secondary due to aortic dissection. Patients with acute aortic dissection who had received 14 days of conservative...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Komukai K,Shibata T,Mochizuki S

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have reported that the left ventricular (LV) lead implant success rate ranges between 88.0% and 92.4%. Coronary venous anatomy differs among patients thus, necessitating multiple types of leads. To date, the implant success rate among Japanese patients utilizing a pre-specified family LV leads (includi...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ando K,Kanda S,Miura F,Ashikaga K,Ehara N,Sakai Y,Furukawa T,Yoshimura H,Adachi K

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:After the new left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) classification criteria emerged, many studies have focused on the differences between heart failure (HF) with reduced EF (HFrEF), HF with midrange EF (HFmrEF), and HF with preserved EF (HFpEF). However, the lack of consensus on sex-related differences in prognosi...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Wang C,Zhou Y,Zhong R,Bao Y,Li Z,Tian J

更新日期：2020-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of unilateral pulmonary artery occlusion (UPAO) test for the preoperative evaluation of pneumonectomy was reported in adult patients. On the contrary, in infants, no strategies have yet been recommended to predict hemodynamics after pneumonectomy, nor has use of the UPAO test been reported. We describe the fir...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kato K,Kato T,Hayano S,Fukasawa Y,Numaguchi A,Hattori T,Saito A,Sato Y,Hayakawa M

更新日期：2018-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantation of a paclitaxel- or sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) may be associated with endothelial dysfunction. In the present study, we compared coronary endothelial function after zotarolimus-eluting stent (ZES) implantation to that after SES implantation. Patients who had one stent implantation for a single lesion i...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Shin DI,Seung KB,Kim PJ,Chang K,Choi JK,Jeon DS,Kim MJ,Lee MY,Chung WS

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of taurine (Tau) on primary cultured neonatal myocardial cells treated with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and the underlying mechanism. Primary cardiac myocytes from neonatal Wistar rats were pre-incubated with Tau, and its effects on cell viability and expression of CaM...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Wang J,Qi C,Liu L,Zhao L,Cui W,Tian Y,Liu B,Li J

更新日期：2018-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Prognosis of patients with heart failure (HF) remains unclear in Japan and should be determined in a prospective fashion. A prospective cohort of The Shinken Database comprised details on all of the new patients, including both inpatients and outpatients, who visited The Cardiovascular Institute Hospital in 2004-2005....

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Goda A,Yamashita T,Suzuki S,Ohtsuka T,Uejima T,Oikawa Y,Yajima J,Koike A,Nagashima K,Kirigaya H,Sagara K,Ogasawara K,Isobe M,Sawada H,Aizawa T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a systemic connective tissue disorder that is caused by mutations of fibrillin-1. While MFS patients are at a high risk of periodontitis and aortic diseases, little causal information has been provided to date. To clarify the relationship, their oral condition and sinus of Valsalva (SoV) were ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Suzuki J,Imai Y,Aoki M,Fujita D,Takeda N,Aoyama N,Wakayama K,Ikeda Y,Kumagai H,Akazawa H,Izumi Y,Isobe M,Komuro I,Hirata Y

更新日期：2016-07-27 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：:The mechanism underlying thrombosis in atrial fibrillation (AF) is not yet clearly understood. The apelin/APJ axis parallel and counter-regulate with the angiotensin system. The present study hypothesizes that apelin/APJ axis exert its anti-thrombus effect in normal left atrial tissue and is disrupted by up-regulated ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Cheng H,Chen Y,Li X,Chen F,Zhao J,Hu J,Shan A,Qiao S,Wei Z,He G,Xu B

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by pulmonary vascular remodeling leading to right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) and failure. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), a member of nuclear receptors, has been proved to ameliorate PAH. However, its effect on PAH-induced right ventricula...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Xu Y,Gu Q,Liu N,Yan Y,Yang X,Hao Y,Qu C

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old man with prior anteroseptal myocardial infarction (ejection fraction: 40%) presented with recurrent episodes of palpitations. Twelve-lead ECG during palpitations showed an incessant ventricular tachycardia (VT1) with right bundle branch block (RBBB) morphology and inferior axis. Electrophysiologic study ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ashino S,Watanabe I,Kofune M,Okumura Y,Kawauchi K,Yamada T,Okubo K,Hashimoto K,Shindo A,Sugimura H,Nakai T,Saito S,Hirayama A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) is shown in resistant hypertension including diabetes mellitus. Although protein kinase C (PKC) signaling is involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications, an association between PKC and MR is not known. Activation of PKCα and PKCβ by TPA (12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbo...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hayashi T,Shibata H,Kurihara I,Yokota K,Mitsuishi Y,Ohashi K,Murai-Takeda A,Jo R,Ohyama T,Sakamoto M,Tojo K,Tajima N,Utsunomiya K,Itoh H

更新日期：2017-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its clinical relevance, a subclass of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) with elevated blood pressure, known as hypertensive ADHF (HT-ADHF), has been less intensively evaluated. This study aimed to characterize the prognostic nature and pathophysiology of HT-ADHF. A total of 509 consecutive patients with...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hiki M,Iwata H,Takasu K,Nojiri S,Ishikawa G,Chikata Y,C Mattson P,Kasai T,Miyazaki T,Inoue K,Fujiwara Y,Sumiyoshi M,Kinugawa K,Daida H

更新日期：2020-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to quantify the geometrical differences in left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure (HF) using cine-tagged MRI, and to investigate the relationship between dyssynchrony and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in HF.In 67 patients with HF [mean LV ejection fraction (...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Nagao M,Yamasaki Y,Yonezawa M,Kamitani T,Kawanami S,Mukai Y,Higo T,Yabuuchi H,Sunagawa K,Honda H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An error appeared in the article entitled "Polysaccharides from Enteromorpha Prolifera Ameliorate Acute Myocardial Infarction in Vitro and in Vivo via Up-Regulating HIF-1α" by Zongqiu Wang, Zhihua Zhang, Jing Zhao, Chunming Yong, and Yongjun Mao (Vol. 60, No. 4, 964-973, 2019).The second affiliation of the authors on ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Wang Z,Zhang Z,Zhao J,Yong C,Mao Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive behavioral therapy has emerged as an important approach to alleviate the depression of patients with heart failure. However, the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for heart failure has not been well established. We conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy of cognitive behavior...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Peng Y,Fang J,Huang W,Qin S

更新日期：2019-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation has caused severe burden for people worldwide. Differentiation of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts, and consequent progress in atrial structural remodeling have been considered the basis for persistent atrial fibrillation, yet little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying the process. He...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Sai C,Yunhan J,Zhao J,Yu Z,Yun Z,Zhezhe C,Fuqin T,Yingbin X,Ruiyan M

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To follow-up and estimate cardiac function in 11 heart failure patients with moderate to severe mitral regurgitation who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and to compare echocardiography to the rebreathing method (indirect Fick method) which were used for estimation. DESIGN:Prospective, obser...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Dong L,Wang JA,Yang Q,He H,Sun Y,Chen DD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old woman, who had received mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation resulting from infective endocarditis, was admitted for a close examination of abnormal echocardiographic findings in the left atrium. Transthoracic echocardiography showed trivial mitral regurgitation with normal left ventricular contr...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Aoyagi S,Fukunaga S,Ishihara K,Egawa N,Hosokawa Y,Nakamura E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term prognosis for up to 20 years of patients who have undergone percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) for mitral stenosis (MS) is unknown.We examined 77 of 93 patients (83%) with MS and who underwent PTMC from 1989 to 2002 at our institute, as well as the occurrence of either one of the follo...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kubota N,Ozaki K,Hoyano M,Nishida K,Takano T,Okubo T,Kimura S,Yanagawa T,Kashimura T,Minamino T

更新日期：2020-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature on malignant cardiac tumors is relatively limited because they are rare, especially among the Chinese population. We analyzed 14 patients diagnosed with malignant cardiac tumors in Fuwai Hospital and present the results of surgical treatments on the tumors. The mean age at tumor diagnosis was 47 years i...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Guo GR,Wang X,Yang J,Chen L,Song JP,Wang LQ

更新日期：2019-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:While physiological levels of nitric oxide (NO) protect the endothelium and have vasodilatory effects, excessive NO has adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. Recently, new NO-releasing pharmacodynamic hybrids of angiotensin II (Ang II) type 1 (AT1) receptor blockers (ARBs) have been developed.We analyzed wheth...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yahiro E,Miura S,Suematsu Y,Matsuo Y,Arimura T,Kuwano T,Imaizumi S,Iwata A,Uehara Y,Saku K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between mild-to-moderate renal dysfunction and cardiac diastolic dysfunction and cardiac events in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NDCM) has not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between renal and cardiac function, as well as clinical ou...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ohshima K,Hirashiki A,Cheng XW,Hayashi M,Hayashi D,Okumura T,Sakakibara M,Funahashi H,Ohshima S,Murohara T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial infarction (MI) occurs when the heart muscle is severely damaged due to a decrease in blood flow from the coronary arteries. During recovery from an MI, cardiac fibroblasts become activated and produce extracellular matrices, contributing to the wound healing process in the damaged heart. Inappropriate acti...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Wake M,Takeda N,Isagawa T,Sato T,Nakagama Y,Morioka MS,Hirota Y,Asagiri M,Maemura K,Manabe I,Tanabe K,Komuro I

更新日期：2019-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) was observed in a 13-year-old male patient with complex clinical features that included univentricular heart with single atrium, pulmonary atresia, and polysplenia syndrome. During electrophysiologic study, atrial burst stimuli reproducibly induced and terminated the SVT, while the o...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ajiki K,Hayami N,Kasaoka Y,Imai Y,Fujiu K,Murakawa Y

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to clarify the effect of standing balance training on walking speed (short-term outcome) and cardiac events (long-term outcome) in elderly ischemic heart disease (IHD) patients. This was a retrospective cohort study. Ninety-two elderly (≥ 65 years) IHD patients who underwent an inpatient ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yamamoto S,Matsunaga A,Wang G,Hoshi K,Kamiya K,Noda C,Kimura M,Yamaoka-Tojo M,Masuda T

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：: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