Diffuse fibromuscular dysplasia successfully treated with scoring balloon angioplasty in a 3-year-old boy.

abstract：:This study aimed to search genes altered in expression after long-term treatment with the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1) antagonist, CV-11974, in volume-overloaded hearts. Arteriovenous shunt was made between the common carotid artery and jugular vein in Japanese White rabbits. Shunt-operated rabbits were random...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Itoh M,Takeishi Y,Nakada S,Miyamoto T,Tsunoda Y,Takahashi H,Kubota I,Tomoike H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports demonstrated positive effects of processing residual cardiopulmonary bypass volume using a cell salvage device in conventional open heart surgery via sternotomy on hemostasis. The present study aimed to investigate whether cell salvage processing has the same effects on postoperative blood loss and tra...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Muraki R,Totsugawa T,Nagata K,Nakajima K,Oshita T,Arimichi M,Yoshitaka H,Sakaguchi T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that preoperative endothelial dysfunction [i.e., reactive hyperemia index (RHI) ≤ 1.64] predicted short-term postoperative adverse events in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery. However, the relationship between preoperative RHI and long-term cardiovascular risk in these patients is unclear...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Saito Y,Kitahara H,Matsumiya G,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein an adult case of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (Bland-White-Garland syndrome; BWG syndrome). The patient had chest discomfort during exercise and signs of mitral regurgitation. We diagnosed him as having BWG syndrome by angiography, and performed surgical treat...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ishihata T,Takeda H,Katohno E,Techigawara M,Owada K,Murata N,Ohta H,Maruyama Y

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular Na(+) ([Na(+)](i)) regulation plays a crucial role in the structural, mechanical, and electrical properties of myocardium. It is assumed that the [Na(+)](i) handling system may differ not only between normal and diseased hearts but also regionally within a heart. To gain new insight concerning disease- a...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yamamoto T,Shirayama T,Takahashi T,Matsubara H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence suggests that mitral regurgitation (MR) is associated with higher mortality in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction. However, prognostic impact of MR on heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has not been fully examined. The Japanese Heart Failure Sy...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Oikawa M,Yoshihisa A,Sato Y,Nagai T,Yoshikawa T,Saito Y,Yamamoto K,Takeishi Y,Anzai T

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigated whether gallic acid (GA) can induce death in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), and whether production of the hydroxyl radical (.OH) is involved in the process of GA action. GA killed cultured VSMCs from rat aorta, in a dosc- and time-dependent manner. Cytoplasmic shri...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Qiu X,Takemura G,Koshiji M,Hayakawa Y,Kanoh M,Maruyama R,Ohno Y,Minatoguchi S,Akao S,Fukuda K,Fujiwara T,Fujiwara H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Right atrial pressure (RAP), a representative parameter of right heart failure, is very important for prognostic evaluation and risk assessment in pulmonary hypertension. However, its measurement requires invasive cardiac catheterization. In this study, we determined the most accurate echocardiographic surrogate of ca...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Watanabe R,Amano H,Saito F,Toyoda S,Sakuma M,Abe S,Nakajima T,Inoue T

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), such as rivaroxaban, reduce the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). However, it is still unclear whether the stroke reduction benefit outweighs the bleeding risk in elderly Japanese patients with NVAF. The Xarelto Post-Author...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kitazono T,Ikeda T,Ogawa S,Nakagawara J,Minematsu K,Miyamoto S,Murakawa Y,Cavaliere M,Hayashi Y,Kidani Y,Okayama Y,Sunaya T,Sato S,Yamanaka S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we examined the action of native and oxidized low-density lipoproteins (LDL) on coronary vascular and cardiac function and ultrastructure in rat hearts perfused isovolumically in the Langendorff mode. Responses of the coronary resistance vessels to the endothelium-dependent vasodilator, histamine,...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Harrison GJ,Jordan LR,Selley ML,Willis RJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In early systole, before the effects of reflected waves from the periphery become significant, the following equation applies: PA - PO = rho cu (1) where PA and PO are the instantaneous and end-diastolic pressures in the ascending aorta, rho the density of blood, c the velocity of the pulse wave in the aorta, and u th...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Harada Y,Sugawara M,Beppu T,Higashidate M,Nakata S,Imai Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a newborn with an aneurysmal aorto-left ventricular tunnel causing significant paravalvular aortic regurgitation and obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), coexisting with a bicuspid aortic valve. The coexistence of the two malformations together with the obstruction of the RV...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Toganel R,Benedek T,Suteu C,Benedek I

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scanning electron microscopy was used to compare the shape, size, and connection of left ventricular (LV) myocytes between spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY) at 3, 8, 15, 35, and 63 weeks of age. For either strain at each age, five rats were studied, in which LV myocytes consisted of a c...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Okabe M,Kawamura K,Terasaki F,Hayashi T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gradient-echo T2-star (T2*)-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a sensitive method to detect cerebral microbleeds (CMBs). The presence of CMBs was reported to be a marker of future cardiovascular mortality and is associated with various cardiovascular risk factors, use of antithrombotic drugs, and cognitive d...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Watanabe T,Kanzaki Y,Yamauchi Y,Ito T,Nishida Y,Yamamura K,Komori T,Sohmiya K,Hoshiga M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although apical and midventricular Takotsubo cardiomyopathies (TTCs) share common triggers and pathophysiological features, little is known about the potential differences in left ventricular (LV) mechanistic properties between these TTC phenotypes. We sought to investigate whether LV systolic and/or diastolic functio...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Messas N,Trimaille A,Marchandot B,Matsushita K,Kibler M,Hess S,Marquis-Gravel G,Jolicoeur EM,Jesel L,Ohlmann P,Morel O

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic dissection is a life-threatening cardiovascular disease with high in-hospital mortality. However, the risk factors of aortic dissection have not been fully elucidated. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been increasingly recognized as an independent cardiovascular risk factor. Among the underlying mechanisms to ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Naito R,Sakakura K,Kasai T,Dohi T,Wada H,Sugawara Y,Kubo N,Yamashita S,Narui K,Ishiwata S,Ohno M,Ako J,Momomura S

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy (ECG-LVH) gradually regressed after aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients with severe aortic stenosis. Sokolow-Lyon voltage (SV1 + RV5/6) is possibly the most widely used criterion for ECG-LVH. The aim of this study was to determine whether decrease in Sokolow-Lyo...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yamabe S,Dohi Y,Higashi A,Kinoshita H,Sada Y,Hidaka T,Kurisu S,Shiode N,Kihara Y,HERO (Hiroshima Heart Study Group) Investigators.

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular responses to 5-hydroxytrypamine (5-HT), 5-carboxamidotryptamine (5-CT, a selective 5-HT1-like receptor agonist), alpha-methyl-5-HT (alpha-M-5-HT, a relatively selective 5-HT2 receptor agonist), noradrenaline (NA), and KCl were examined in isolated, cannulated, and perfused canine common carotid arterial p...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Vhora S,Chiba S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subendocardial side of myocardium makes a major contribution to left ventricular (LV) contraction and is very susceptible to ischemia. In this study we sought to quantify regional wall motion during low-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) by using the myocardial velocity gradient (MVG) derived from tissu...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Tsutsui H,Uematsu M,Yamagishi M,Haruta S,Shimakura T,Miyatake K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early and long-term outcomes in elderly patients who underwent isolated aortic valve replacement (iAVR) are well defined. Conflicting data exist in elderly patients who underwent AVR plus coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We sought to evaluate the early and long-term outcomes of combined AVR + CABG in patients o...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Formica F,Mariani S,D'Alessandro S,Singh G,Di Mauro M,Cerrito MG,Messina LA,Scianna S,Papesso F,Sangalli F

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Downregulation of glucose and fatty acid oxidation occurs in heart failure (HF). Trimetazidine reduces fatty acid oxidation and increases glucose oxidation. In this single-blind study, trimetazidine, 20 mg three times per day (n = 51) or placebo (n = 36) was added to treatment of 87 HF patients receiving optimal HF th...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Gunes Y,Guntekin U,Tuncer M,Sahin M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predictors of outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved left-ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF) remain unclear. The ratio of early diastolic transmitral flow velocity to early diastolic myocardial velocity (E/e') has been proposed, but the predictive accuracy remains unsatisfactory. We hypothesized tha...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kanda T,Uematsu M,Fujita M,Iida O,Masuda M,Okamoto S,Ishihara T,Nanto K,Tsujimura T,Matsuda Y,Okuno S,Mano T

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) demonstrated delay in vascular healing and increase in incidence of late and very late stent thrombosis compared with bare-metal stents (BMS). Second-generation DES, however, have shown a reduction of late and very late stent thrombosis compared with first-generation DES. Thu...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yano H,Horinaka S,Ishikawa M,Ishimitsu T

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few studies regarding the assessment of left ventricular contractile function in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of this study was to assess the left ventricular (LV) contractile function, i.e., the end-systolic pressure-volume relation (Ees) and a recently developed LV systolic myocardial st...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Tanaka R,Tomita M,Noda T,Kagawa K,Nishigaki K,Yamaguchi M,Kunishima A,Fujiwara H

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is a prospective evaluation of the effectiveness of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in terms of clinical outcomes for small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) that were previously reported in a retrospective cohort study. We conducted a prospective non-randomized trial on patients with small AAA (N = 40; mean age...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nakayama A,Amiya E,Morita H,Hyodo K,Takayama N,Konishi Y,Taya M,Fujiwara T,Hosoya Y,Hoshina K,Komuro I

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periprocedural bleeding and thromboembolic events are worrisome complications of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). Periprocedural anticoagulation management could decrease the risk of these complications. However, evaluation of the complications from pulmonary vein isolation using cryoballoon related to ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ando M,Inden Y,Yoshida Y,Sairaku A,Yanagisawa S,Suzuki H,Watanabe R,Takenaka M,Maeda M,Murohara T

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear whether the electrocardiogram amplitude in the inferior leads (Amp-I) can always predict the height of the origin of right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias (RVOT-VAs). We analyzed patients who received catheter ablation of multiple RVOT-VAs in the same session in our hospital from 2011 to 2016. Two ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kajiyama T,Hachiya H,Kusa S,Watanabe T,Hamaya R,Yamao K,Miyazaki S,Igarashi M,Nakamura H,Iesaka Y

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wave intensity (WI) is a new hemodynamic index, which is defined as (dP/dt)(dU/dt) at any site of the circulation, where dP/dt and dU/dt are the time derivatives of blood pressure and velocity, respectively. Arterial WI in normal subjects has two positive sharp peaks. The first peak occurs during early systole when a ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Niki K,Sugawara M,Uchida K,Tanaka R,Tanimoto K,Imamura H,Sakomura Y,Ishizuka N,Koyanagi H,Kasanuki H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Females have increase in-hospital mortality and poorer outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Biological differences in the reactivity of the graft conduits to circulating catecholamine may contribute to this sex difference. This study examined sex differences in the vasoconstrictor responses of in...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Jaghoori A,Lamin V,Jacobczak R,Worthington M,Edwards J,Viana F,Stuklis R,Wilson DP,Beltrame JF

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of cobalt-60 Gamma-radiation on the gene expression and secretion of adrenomedullin (Adm) and endothelin (ET) in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Rat VSMCs cultured in Dulbecoo's modified Eagle's medium containing 10% FBS were radiated with cobalt-60 Gamma-radiation at doses of...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Zhong G,Chen F,Bu D,Li J,Qi Y,Niu D,Wang S,Pang Y,Tang C

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00