Timing of continuous veno-venous hemodialysis in the treatment of acute renal failure following cardiac surgery.

abstract：:To examine important points surrounding the indications for heart transplantation (HTX) to care after HTX, we reviewed 22 patients with refractory heart failure aged less than 60 years who had been observed for the past 6 years. Sixteen patients had dilated cardiomyopathy; 1, dilated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; 3, re...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nunoda S,Kurosawa R,Kogashi K,Yamagishi S,Mitsui F,Funabashi W

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the interactions between cyclooxygenase (COX-2) and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotypic switching, the two important coupling mechanisms of the vasculature on arterial remodeling in response to high laminal shear stress. High aortic blood flow was induced by creating a fistula in the ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Roan JN,Tsai YC,Chen IW,Chang SW,Huang CC,Lam CF

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resting bradycardia is an important symptom for early diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (AN) during weight loss, and it improves with body-weight recovery. However, chronotropic incompetence (CI) in exercise is observed in some patients with AN despite amelioration of resting bradycardia in the recovery phase. We examined...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yoshida Y,Maeda J,Fukushima H,Tokita N,Yamagishi H,Tokumura M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a highly dynamic event, which is associated with increasing production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The imbalance between ROS production and antioxidant defenses leads to the condition known as oxidative stress. The most widely recognized effect of increasing oxidative stress ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Bagatini MD,Martins CC,Battisti V,Gasparetto D,da Rosa CS,Spanevello RM,Ahmed M,Schmatz R,Schetinger MR,Morsch VM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial tachyarrhythmias often originate from the superior vena cava (SVC), and right superior (RSPV) and inferior pulmonary veins (RIPV). However, a precise differentiation of those origins is challenging using the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) P-wave morphology due to the anatomical proximity. The recently...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Hisazaki K,Miyazaki S,Hasegawa K,Kaseno K,Amaya N,Shiomi Y,Tama N,Ikeda H,Fukuoka Y,Morishita T,Ishida K,Uzui H,Tada H

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of 153 patients with doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defect (DCVSD) who underwent intracardiac repair were analyzed to evaluate factors responsible for aortic valve leaflet deformity. The patients were divided into two groups according to their echocardiographic and angiographic features as...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kobayashi J,Koike K,Senzaki H,Kobayashi T,Tsunemoto M,Ishizawa A,Ohta Y,Shimada M,Omoto R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old man with prior inferior myocardial infarction suffered from monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) with narrow QRS complex of 120 ms. During VT, a fragmented prepotential preceding QRS onset by 30 ms at the right ventricular posterior septum and a late diastolic potential preceding QRS onset by 70 ms a...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sakamoto T,Fujiki A,Nakatani Y,Sakabe M,Mizumaki K,Inoue H

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamotrigine has been used for patients with epilepsy and/or bipolar disorder, overdose of which induced the hypotension, elevation of the atrial pacing threshold, cardiac conduction delay, wide complex tachycardia, cardiac arrest and Brugada-like electrocardiographic pattern. To clarify how lamotrigine induces those c...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Goto A,Hagiwara-Nagasawa M,Kambayashi R,Nunoi Y,Izumi-Nakaseko H,Kawai S,Takei Y,Matsumoto A,Sugiyama A

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Using myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE), coronary arteriography, and thallium-201 myocardial imaging (TMI), we examined the characteristics and the role of collateral vessels in 35 patients with coronary artery lesions after Kawasaki disease. The male/female ratio was 25:10. The patients' ages are examination...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kinoshita Y,Suzuki A,Nakajima T,Ono Y,Arakaki Y,Kamiya T

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：: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：:Successful restoration of patency of the infarct-related artery is important in management of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI); however, it does not necessarily translate into the restoration of perfusion at the tissue level. In this study, we evaluate the prognostic role of qualitative and qua...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Abdelmoneim SS,Martinez MW,Mankad SV,Bernier M,Dhoble A,Pellikka PA,Chandrasekaran K,Oh JK,Mulvagh SL

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammation has received a great deal of attention due to the role it plays in cardiovascular disease (CVD). The cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) has recently been developed to evaluate arterial stiffness. This index is independent of blood pressure at the time that it is measured, making it a better measur...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kotani K,Yamada T,Miyamoto M,Kario K,Ishibashi S,Taniguchi N

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. We aimed to search for any association between the peripheral T-cell activities and atherogenic risk factors in healthy subjects. Fifty male volunteers (age 22.0 +/- 2.4 years) were enrolled. No subject had any chronic disease or was under any drug treatment...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sonmez A,Kisa U,Uckaya G,Eyileten T,Kinalp C,Yilmaz MI,Dogru T,Turan M,Kocar IH

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increase in epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume is associated with the development of atrial fibrillation (AF) and coronary artery disease (CAD), but little is known about differences in its distribution. METHODS AND RESULTS:We included 50 patients with paroxysmal AF (PAF), 50 patients with CAD, and 5...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Hasebe H,Yoshida K,Nogami A,Ieda M

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:High levels of serum phosphate are associated with calcification of human smooth muscle cells (HSMCs). We investigated whether inhibition of protein kinase A (PKA) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signals [p38, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)] can reduce inorga...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kang JH,Toita R,Asai D,Yamaoka T,Murata M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progression of cardiac hypertrophy and failure is associated with marked changes in cardiac autonomic innervation, and there are sympathetic-parasympathetic interactions in the regulation of cardiac function. Although the indexes of sympathetic innervation have been found to be depressed with the development of he...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yamada Y,Okumura K,Hashimoto H,Ito T,Satake T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of the administration of a thromboxane A2 (TXA2) analogue (STA2), a leukotriene C4 (LTC4), and a leukotriene D4 (LTD4) on regional myocardial blood flow (RMBF) and hemodynamics were studied in anesthetized, open-chest dogs. The blocking ability of a recently synthesized TXA2 selective antagonist, ONO-3708, and...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Torii T,Toki Y,Hieda N,Ito Y,Okumura K,Hashimoto H,Ito T,Ogawa K,Satake T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution and structure of lymphatic and blood capillaries in the rabbit heart conduction system were investigated by transmission electron microscopy. The sinuatrial node, atrioventricular node, and atrioventricular bundle possessed a rich network of lymphatic capillaries, which were situated not only at the p...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Shimada T,Noguchi T,Kitamura H,Matsufuji Y,Campbell GR

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While recent guidelines for the treatment of acute heart failure syndromes (AHFS) recommend pharmacotherapy with vasodilators in patients without excessively low blood pressure (BP), few reports have compared the relative efficiency of vasodilators on hemodynamics in AHFS patients. The present study aimed to assess th...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Hattori H,Minami Y,Mizuno M,Yumino D,Hoshi H,Arashi H,Nuki T,Sashida Y,Higashitani M,Serizawa N,Yamada N,Yamaguchi J,Mori F,Shiga T,Hagiwara N

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperuricemia is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD), but data regarding the relationship between serum uric acid levels and the long-term outcomes of CKD patients have been limited. The present study evaluated the associations between baseline serum uric acid levels with mortality and end-stage renal disease (ESRD...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Miyaoka T,Mochizuki T,Takei T,Tsuchiya K,Nitta K

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:Soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) is a membrane-binding protein that is released into the blood stream by immune activation. Recent reports suggest that circulating suPAR levels are associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Exercise tolerance is an independent predictor of prognosis ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ishikawa H,Izumiya Y,Shibata A,Ichikawa Y,Yamaguchi T,Yamaguchi Y,Kitada R,Iwata S,Ehara S,Tomita S,Hanatani A,Yoshiyama M

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：:Hyperuricemia is known to be associated with adverse outcomes in cardiovascular intensive care patients, but its mechanisms are unknown. A total of 569 emergency department patients were prospectively analyzed and assigned to intensive care (ICU group, n = 431) or other departments (n = 138). Uric acid (UA) levels wer...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Shibata Y,Shirakabe A,Okazaki H,Matsushita M,Goda H,Shigihara S,Asano K,Kiuchi K,Tani K,Murase T,Nakamura T,Kobayashi N,Hata N,Asai K,Shimizu W

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:In addition to plaque rupture (PR), calcified nodule (CN) may also have the potential to develop into arterial thrombus in the peripheral arteries. This study evaluated the distribution of plaque ruptures and calcified nodules in the peripheral arteries and their impact on the outcome of endovascular therapy (EVT). Co...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Horimatsu T,Fujii K,Fukunaga M,Miki K,Nishimura M,Naito Y,Shibuya M,Imanaka T,Kawai K,Tamaru H,Sumiyoshi A,Saita T,Masuyama T,Ishihara M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing and amplitude of reflected arterial waves in the ascending aorta were studied by analysis of the aortic pressure waveform and were compared with those derived using wave intensity analysis. Wave intensity analysis considers aortic pressure changes to be the result of forward and backward wavelets carrying e...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Koh TW,Pepper JR,DeSouza AC,Parker KH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the ultimate cause for the myocardial dysfunction of hypertensive heart disease is still unclear, a crucial role of the myocardial energy metabolism has been suggested. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate whether age-related myocardial dysfunction in hearts of spontaneously hypertensive...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Perings SM,Schulze K,Decking U,Kelm M,Strauer BE

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00