Low-dose nesiritide improves renal function in heart failure patients following acute myocardial infarction.

abstract：:Whether trough-phase rivaroxaban concentrations provide sufficient anticoagulation needs more study. We evaluated levels of coagulation activation markers in the trough concentration phase in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients, and the correlation between these markers and rivaroxaban concentration. Fifty...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kitagawa F,Ishii J,Hiramitsu S,Takahashi H,Okuyama R,Kawai H,Muramatsu T,Harada M,Motoyama S,Naruse H,Matsui S,Sarai M,Hayashi M,Watanabe E,Izawa H,Ozaki Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac systolic (left ventricular ejection fraction) and diastolic (mitral inflow velocity pattern and/or mitral deceleration time) function were reported as predictors of clinical outcome or left ventricular remodeling in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Recently, a new index (Doppler-derived index c...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sasao H,Noda R,Hasegawa T,Endo A,Oimatsu H,Takada T

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both hypertension and hyperuricemia are closely associated with the morbidity and mortality of heart failure. This study was designed to evaluate the influences of long-term xanthine oxidase inhibitor (febuxostat) prescription on left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), left ventricular (LV) diastolic function, and new-ons...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Pan JA,Lin H,Wang CQ,Zhang JF,Gu J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) mechanical stress and the contact of blood with artificial surfaces lead to the activation of pro- and anticoagulant systems and the complement cascade, and to changes in cellular components. This phenomenon causes the "postperfusion-syndrome", with leukocytosis, increased capillary...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Grossmann R,Babin-Ebell J,Misoph M,Schwender S,Neukam K,Hickethier T,Elert O,Keller F

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to assess the atherosclerotic burden in patients with the first symptoms of coronary artery disease (CAD). The study population consisted of 100 consecutive patients (new-onset severe angina or myocardial infarction) and 70 age- and sex-matched volunteers without symptoms of CAD. Functional an...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Cerne A,Kranjec I

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-procedural valvuloarterial impedance (Zva) is considered as a useful predictor of mortality in patients diagnosed as having severe aortic stenosis (AS) who undergo transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). However, the prognostic significance of post-procedural Zva remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the p...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nagura F,Kataoka A,Hara M,Kozuma K,Watanabe Y,Nakashima M,Hioki H,Kawashima H,Nara Y,Shirai S,Tada N,Araki M,Naganuma T,Yamanaka F,Ueno H,Tabata M,Mizutani K,Higashimori A,Takagi K,Yamamoto M,Hayashida K,OCEAN-T

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of second-generation drug-eluting stent (DES) for the treatment of left main disease (LM) and/or three vessel disease (3VD) remains unclear. We compared 2-year outcomes of second- versus first -generation DES implantation among patients with LM and/or 3VD and to assess the differential of risk by complexi...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

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

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vector flow mapping (VFM) is a novel echocardiographic technology that shows blood flow vectors and vortexes, enabled the hydrokinetic evaluation of hemodynamics within the left ventricle. VFM provides several unique parameters: circulation, vorticity, vortex area, and energy loss. The present study aims to reveal a r...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Goya S,Wada T,Shimada K,Hirao D,Tanaka R

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:The role of inflammation in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and the mechanism by which statin treats ACS is explored. Serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels were measured in 50 patients with ACS [including 30 cases with unstable angina (UA) and 20 patients with acute myocardia...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Luo Y,Jiang D,Wen D,Yang J,Li L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old woman with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) underwent pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) because of frequent and inappropriate shocks from an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) with a rapid ventricular response. While the PVI did...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sumitomo N,Nakamura T,Fukuhara J,Nakai T,Watanabe I,Mugishima H,Hiraoka M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normoxic isolated rat hearts were perfused for 30 or 60 min with Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer (KHB) (in which the Pi concentration was adjusted to 0, 1.2, 2.4, or 10 mM) in both the presence and the absence of glucose as exogenous substrate. Functional performance and coronary flow were monitored throughout the ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Humphrey SM,Armiger LC,Holliss DG,Buckman JE

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a risk factor for the development of heart failure and mortality. The serum levels of carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (I-CTP), a marker for collagen degradation derived from the extracellular matrix of vascular and myocardial tissue, is reportedly a useful marker for ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Otaki Y,Watanabe T,Takahashi H,Yamaura G,Nishiyama S,Arimoto T,Shishido T,Miyamoto T,Kubota I

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1987 and 1989, twenty-two patients who received combined heart-lung transplantation were autopsied at La Pitie Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. With the exception of two recipients who survived for 2 months and 4 months, respectively, the majority of the patients died in the early postoperative period (the mean ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ishibashi-Ueda H,Chomette G,Delcourt A,Auriol M,Le Charpentier Y,Cabrol C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An expandable polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) covered stent is generally employed to seal coronary artery perforation. The frequency of ePTFE covered stent use is relatively low; thus, only a handful of studies have reported neointimal coverage and endothelialization inside the deployed ePTFE and clinical time course ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kongoji K,Ishibashi Y,Kotoku N,Kasahara M,Yamazaki H,Mitarai T,Kamijima R,Koyama K,Yoneyama K,Tanabe Y,Akashi YJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the number of pregnancies in women with cardiac disease is increasing worldwide, there are few data concerning their clinical characteristics and peripartum outcomes. Using the Diagnosis Procedure Combination database between 2008 and 2014 in Japan, we retrospectively identified pregnant women who underwent h...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Isogai T,Matsui H,Tanaka H,Kohyama A,Fushimi K,Yasunaga H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitive cardiac troponin I (cTnI) predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in various clinical settings. However, its clinical significance in hemodialysis (HD) patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) has not been fully elucidated. This study investigated the association of cTnI with...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Otsuka K,Nakanishi K,Shimada K,Nakamura H,Inanami H,Nishioka H,Fujimoto K,Kasayuki N,Yoshiyama M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original publication of the article, under the results section, the following sentence. ...

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：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is finely regulated by the cardiac function and several extracardiac factors. Therefore, the relationship between the plasma BNP levels and the severity of heart failure sometimes seems inconsistent. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the plasma BNP levels in pa...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Minai K,Komukai K,Arase S,Nagoshi T,Matsuo S,Ogawa K,Kayama Y,Inada K,Tanigawa S,Takemoto T,Sekiyama H,Date T,Ogawa T,Taniguchi I,Yoshimura M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological and functional changes of free arterial grafts in dogs were studied for 3 weeks after implantation and the changes were compared to those in implanted free vein grafts. In the arterial grafts, endothelial cells with abundant pinocytotic vesicles and some cytoplasmic folds were observed by transmission an...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Isomura T,Hisatomi K,Inuzuka H,Nishimi M,Hirano A,Ohishi K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical hemolysis after transcatheter occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus using the Rashkind umbrella device has been postulated as a rare, but serious complication, even necessitating surgical repair. A rare, case of an adult patient with massive hemolytic anemia, successfully controlled by the combined use ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Murakami H,Tsuchihashi K,Tomita H,Ikeda R,Hirata A,Ogawa T,Nakagawa M,Kuroiwa Y,Fuse S,Shimamoto K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein present a case (72 years, male) with total absence of pulmonary veins (PVs) potentials at the beginning of the first procedure for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), demonstrating dormant conduction between the left atrium and all PVs revealed by adenosine triphosphate provocation with relation to the inci...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yokoyama K,Yamashita S,Tokutake K,Narui R,Kato M,Tanigawa S,Tokuda M,Inada K,Matsuo S,Shibayama K,Miyanaga S,Yoshimura M,Yamane T

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery spasm is involved in the pathogenesis of various cardiac disorders. We investigated patients with a history of syncope who underwent elective coronary angiography. We retrospectively analyzed 5781 consecutive patients who had diagnostic or follow-up angiography during a 26-year period. During this peri...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sueda S,Kohno H

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is an important public health problem, especially among patients with cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the impact of obesity on the long-term prognoses of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) consist of all causes of dea...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ikeda N,Nakajima R,Utsunomiya M,Hori M,Itaya H,Makino K,Ono T,Yamamoto M,Nemoto N,Iijima R,Hara H,Takagi T,Hara H,Nakamura M,Sugi K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) experience GERD-related chest pain, but little is known about the relationship between GERD and coronary artery disease (CAD). We evaluated medical history of GERD in patients with suspected CAD and its association with types of CAD. We enrolle...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Teragawa H,Oshita C,Ueda T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant coronary arteries are frequently observed in patients presenting with Fallot's tetralogy (TOF). Before the complete surgical repair of the TOF, the percutaneously performed pulmonary trunk (PT) angioplasty is often performed in order to temporarily increase the pulmonary circulation, thus increasing the pulmo...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Perret X,Bonvini RF,Aggoun Y,Verin V

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of nifedipine on regional dysfunction during pacing-induced ischemia were studied in eight patients with coronary artery disease. Single-plane left ventriculograms were obtained using a high-fidelity micromanometer-tipped catheter in the control and post-pacing periods both before and after pretreatment wi...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nonogi H,Sasayama S,Miyazaki S,Asanoi H,Yamanishi K,Kawai C,Eiho S,Kuwahara M

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intravenous enoximone on forearm venous circulation was studied in ten healthy volunteers (group A) and in ten patients with NYHA class III-IV congestive heart failure (group B). Distensibility of the forearm capacitance vessels was assessed from pressure-volume curves by venous occlusion plethysmography...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Branzi A,Berardi C,Ferretti RM,Beato E,Magnani G,Melandri G,Zannoli R,Magnani B

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that green tea catechins (GTC) suppress proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and that epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), which is a major constituent of GTC, selectively inhibits the platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB)-induced intracellular signaling transduction pathway. Vas...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kim DW,Park YS,Kim YG,Piao H,Kwon JS,Hwang KK,Youn TJ,Park JB,Yun YP,Sachinidis A,Kim CH,Cho MC,Ahn HY

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease and hypertension, who had received regular artificial hemodialysis for 10 years, has been treated with candesartan in a dose of 8 mg/day against her hypertension, but premature ventricular contractions were often observed during the hemodialysis. QT interval was 445 ms ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Cao X,Nakamura Y,Wada T,Izumi-Nakaseko H,Ando K,Sugiyama A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00