Oxidized lipoprotein(a) and cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) in hypertensive subjects.

abstract：:Treatment with inhibitors of 3-hydroxyl-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (statins) reduces the incidence of cardiovascular events, but it is unclear whether the beneficial effects are mediated solely by their lipid-lowering properties. We therefore investigated whether atorvastatin reduces inflammation and oxidat...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sugiyama M,Ohashi M,Takase H,Sato K,Ueda R,Dohi Y

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing methods to calculate pre-test probability of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) have been established using selected high-risk patients who were referred to conventional coronary angiography. The purpose of this study is to develop and validate our new method for pre-test probability of obstructive CAD...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Fujimoto S,Kondo T,Yamamoto H,Yokoyama N,Tarutani Y,Takamura K,Urabe Y,Konno K,Nishizaki Y,Shinozaki T,Kihara Y,Daida H,Isshiki T,Takase S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess left ventricular diastolic properties in response to dynamic exercise, mitral inflow velocity integrals were measured by pulsed-wave Doppler echocardiography in ten patients with myocardial infarction and in ten normal subjects, and simultaneous left ventricular pressure was obtained with micromanometry in t...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nakamura N,Nonogi H,Miyazaki S,Nakanishi N,Yoshioka K,Haze K,Hiramori K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old man was referred to our hospital following repetitive chest pain. Invasive coronary angiography showed an intermediate stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD), and a coronary fistula originating distal to the stenosis draining into the main pulmonary artery. To evaluate the functio...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ito T,Murai S,Fujita H,Tani T,Ohte N

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a mass chest computed tomography (CT) screening using a mobile helical CT unit, we measured the aortic diameter at three segments to confirm standard values and also attempted to detect any asymptomatic aortic aneurysms. The population screened in the present study consisted of 6971 subjects (3847 men and 3124 wome...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Itani Y,Watanabe S,Masuda Y,Hanamura K,Asakura K,Sone S,Sunami Y,Miyamoto T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) is the most common type of vulnerable plaque and is the precursor of plaque rupture. However, rupture of a TCFA is not the only mechanism underlying thrombus formation or acute coronary syndrome. Although statin therapy changes the composition of coronary artery plaques, the effects of st...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nozue T,Yamamoto S,Tohyama S,Fukui K,Umezawa S,Onishi Y,Kunishima T,Sato A,Nozato T,Miyake S,Takeyama Y,Morino Y,Yamauchi T,Muramatsu T,Hibi K,Terashima M,Michishita I

更新日期：2015-01-01 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 purpose of this study was to investigate the use of hepatocyte growth factor as a biochemical marker for acute myocardial infarction. Several biochemical markers are used for noninvasive detection of acute myocardial infarction. However, hepatocyte growth factor has not been used previously for this purpose. We me...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sato T,Yoshinouchi T,Sakamoto T,Fujieda H,Murao S,Sato H,Kobayashi H,Ohe T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is a widely used tool to investigate endothelial function. However, FMD assessment may cause mechanical damage to the arterial endothelium. In this study we investigated the effect of FMD assessment on endothelial function. We studied 20 healthy subjects (26 ± 6 years; 12 males). FMD was a...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nerla R,Di Monaco A,Sestito A,Lamendola P,Di Stasio E,Romitelli F,Lanza GA,Crea F

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed whether smoking was associated with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and the progression of coronary atherosclerosis as assessed by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) as screening for coronary artery disease (CAD). We enrolled 443 patients who had all undergone CCTA and either were c...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Higashi S,Shiga Y,Yano M,Imaizumi T,Tashiro K,Idemoto Y,Kato Y,Kuwano T,Sugihara M,Miura SI

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular calcification is an ectopic calcification that commonly occurs in atherosclerosis. Because taurine was previously shown to protect against cardiovascular diseases, the effect of taurine on vascular calcification was evaluated in calcified vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) of rat in vitro in the present stu...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Li J,Zhang B,Huang Z,Wang S,Tang C,Du J

更新日期：2004-05-01 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 clinical efficacy of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogs in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is uncertain. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of the GLP-1 analog liraglutide on left ventricular (LV) remodeling in patients with AMI. We retrospectively evaluated the effec...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nozue T,Yamada M,Tsunoda T,Katoh H,Ito S,Iwaki T,Michishita I

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood traces tortuous paths of flow through the heart. We postulate that momentum changes associated with direction changes optimize dynamic coupling between ventricular and atrial function, particularly on exercise. Traces of pulsed Doppler mitral flow and M-mode long-axis mitral ring movement were recorded before an...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kilner PJ,Henein MY,Gibson DG

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing readmission to hospital in patients with heart failure. This multicenter, retrospective cohort study analyzed 197 heart failure patients admitted to the research cooperation facilities between January 2017 and November 2017. We defined the readmission group ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Umehara T,Katayama N,Tsunematsu M,Kakehashi M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but life-threatening cardiac disorder characterized by maternal systolic heart failure. Although PPCM is a major cause of maternal mortality, little is known about the acute-phase management of PPCM in real-world clinical settings. We retrospectively identified patients hospi...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

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

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared to conscious sedation (CS), the use of general anesthesia (GA) in pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is associated with a lower recurrence rate of atrial fibrillation (AF). GA may improve catheter stability and mapping system accuracy compared to CS, but its influence on contact force (CF) parameters during ipsil...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Chikata A,Kato T,Yaegashi T,Sakagami S,Kato C,Saeki T,Kawai K,Takashima SI,Murai H,Usui S,Furusho H,Kaneko S,Takamura M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

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：: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：: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：:To define mechanisms that may influence collateral circulation and angiogenesis, we investigated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mRNA expression in human hearts. In non-ischemic human hearts, VEGF mRNA was not detected in vessels, but was found in cardiomyocytes. In hearts with myocardial infarction, the int...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Shinohara K,Shinohara T,Mochizuki N,Mochizuki Y,Sawa H,Kohya T,Fujita M,Fujioka Y,Kitabatake A,Nagashima K

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：: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：:The thrombotest (TT) technique has been widely used in Japan for monitoring oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT). The therapeutic range was originally recommended to be 10%-25%. However, the International Committee for Standardization in Hematology/International Committee on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ICSH/ICTH) recommend...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Uetsuka Y,Hosoda S,Kasanuki H,Aosaki M,Murasaki K,Ooki K,Inoue M,Akiyama E,Kitada M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a previous randomized study showed that the use of atrial natriuretic peptide (carperitide) improved the long-term prognosis of patients with heart failure, its effect on short-term prognosis remains unclear. We retrospectively identified patients who were admitted to our tertiary-care center with acute decom...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ogiso M,Isogai T,Okabe Y,Ito K,Tsuji M,Tanaka H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary myocardial involvement is common in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We evaluated the atrial and ventricular electromechanical characteristics by using tissue Doppler echocardiography in SSc patients with subclinical cardiac involvement. Twenty-seven consecutive patients (24 women; mean age +/- SD 49.9 +/- 11.3 years...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Karaahmet T,Tigen K,Gurel E,Takir M,Avci A,Cevik C,Pala S,Dundar C,Basaran Y

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, coronary diagnostic parameters, pressure drop coefficient (CDP: ratio of trans-stenotic pressure drop to distal dynamic pressure), and lesion flow coefficient (LFC: ratio of % area stenosis (%AS) to the CDP at throat region), were evaluated to distinguish levels of %AS under varying contractility condit...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Peelukhana SV,Kolli KK,Leesar MA,Effat MA,Helmy TA,Arif I,Schneeberger EW,Succop P,Banerjee RK

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:To elucidate involvement of age-related impairments of right ventricular (RV) distensibility in the elderly congestive heart failure (CHF), we examined the prevalence of less-distensible right ventricle in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) over a wide range of ages. In 893 patients aged...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Harada D,Aasanoi H,Ushijima R,Noto T,Takagawa J,Ishise H,Inoue H

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Balneotherapy has been shown to reduce systemic blood pressure in healthy volunteers. Hyperthermia might ameliorate the inflammatory status in heart failure through improving cardiac function. The purpose of this study was to examine the beneficial effects of balneotherapy in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF)....

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Oyama J,Kudo Y,Maeda T,Node K,Makino N

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00