Differential densities of cholinergic nerves in canine supraventricular regions of hearts.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemodialysis (HD) patients are at high risk for adverse clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation. However, the impact of residual platelet reactivity under dual anti-platelet therapy in this subset of patients remains unclear. METHODS:We enrolled 142 stable angina patients (194 lesions)...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Konishi A,Shinke T,Otake H,Takaya T,Osue T,Kinutani H,Kuroda M,Takahashi H,Terashita D,Hirata K

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The SAPIEN 3 (S3; Edwards Lifescience, Irvine, CA, USA) is a new-generation percutaneous aortic valve with better profile, more precise handling and positioning, designed to reduce the risk of post-procedural paravalvular aortic leak (PVL). The aim of this study was to compare the S3 valve and SAPIEN XT valv...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Arai T,Lefèvre T,Hovasse T,Morice MC,Garot P,Benamer H,Unterseeh T,Hayashida K,Watanabe Y,Bouvier E,Cormier B,Chevalier B

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a useful index for determining the functional severity of epicardial coronary artery stenosis as an invasive physiological method. Although intravenous adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) is generally used as a hyperemic agent for FFR measurement in Japan, there are some concerns...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Takami H,Sonoda S,Muraoka Y,Sanuki Y,Kashiyama K,Fukuda S,Oginosawa Y,Tsuda Y,Araki M,Otsuji Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The relationship between plasma low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) is known, but the other characteristics of LDL, particularly particle size and density, are unclear. The relationship between small dense LDL phenotype and non-diabetic, normocholesterolemi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Koba S,Hirano T,Sakaue T,Sakai K,Kondo T,Yorozuya M,Suzuki H,Murakami M,Katagiri T

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most studies pay attention to the relationship between insulin resistance and coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with abnormal glucose tolerance. But few studies have focused on the role of insulin secretion. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between insulin sensitivity, insulin...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Wang H,Hu B,Lu W,Liu F,Feng B

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leakage of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is a critical contributing factor to heart failure pathophysiology. Therefore, reducing SR Ca2+ leaks may provide significant additive benefits when used in combination with conventional therapies. Dantrolene, a drug routinely used to treat malignant hyper...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kobayashi S,Wakeyama T,Ono S,Ikeda Y,Omura M,Oda T,Hisamatsu Y,Seki K,Satoh A,Hiromoto M,Akashi S,Uchida K,Harada M,Furutani Y,Nakamura Y,Kohno M,Kawamura S,Obayashi M,Michishige H,Yano M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Serum malondialdehyde-modified low-density lipoprotein(MDA-LDL) was measured as a marker of oxidative stress, and the changes in serum MDA-LDL compared in patients with acute myocardial infarction and stable angina pectoris treated by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). METHODS:Forty-one ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Araki T,Kanaya H,Shimizu M,Mabuchi H,Kitayama M,Kanemitsu S,Takekoshi N,Oxidative Stress Study Group.

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed the side effects of nitroglycerin administration and their clinical significance. METHODS:Adverse reactions associated with sublingual nitroglycerin administration were investigated in 103 patients, 71 men and 32 women (mean age 56 +/- 11 years), 32 patients with coronary artery stenosis...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Noike H,Iizuka T,Matsumoto J,Kaku M,Yoshinaga K,Aoyagi K,Sakurai T,Sugiyama Y,Hitsumoto T,Kanai M,Ohsawa H

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines are primarily used worldwide as a preventive medicine for infectious diseases and have recently been applied to cancer. We and others have developed therapeutic vaccines designed for cardiovascular diseases that are notably different from previous vaccines. In the case of cancer vaccines, a specific protein i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Nakagami H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Global coronary flow reserve (g-CFR) provides powerful prognostic information. The relationship between g-CFR and the regional physiological indices of fractional flow reserve (FFR), coronary flow reserve (r-CFR), and the index of microcirculatory resistance remains undetermined. This study aimed to assess t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Hamaya R,Fukuda T,Sugano A,Kanaji Y,Hada M,Kanno Y,Yuki H,Hoshino M,Yonetsu T,Kakuta T

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We performed meta-analysis and meta-regression of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for the bicuspid aortic valve (B-AV) versus the tricuspid aortic valve (T-AV). METHODS:MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched through June 2018 using PubMed and OVID. We included comparative studies of TAVI patients w...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Takagi H,Hari Y,Kawai N,Kuno T,Ando T,ALICE (All-Literature Investigation of Cardiovascular Evidence) Group.

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an ongoing debate regarding optimal management of patients with paradoxical low gradient severe aortic stenosis (PLG-SAS). We hypothesized that the presence of symptoms is closely associated with future adverse outcome. We aimed to determine the relation between symptoms and outcome in patients with...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Namisaki H,Nagata Y,Seo Y,Ishizu T,Izumo M,Akashi YJ,Yamashita E,Otsuji Y,Takeuchi M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The precipitating factors of repetitive exacerbation were investigated in 110 consecutive patients with chronic left heart failure admitted due to acute exacerbation more than twice to the medical emergency ward of National Cardiovascular Center from January, 1992 to December, 1996. The controls were 189 consecutive p...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sasaki T,Yanagitani Y,Kubo T,Matsuo H,Miyatake K

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between the time-course changes in the serum concentration of myosin light chain 1 (ML-1) and left ventricular (LV) function was investigated in 37 patients with initial anterior acute myocardial infarction (AMI) after successful reperfusion. All patients were confirmed to have coronary arteries recana...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Shimizu M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 83-year-old woman presented with dilated cardiomyopathy. Cardiac resynchronization therapy was performed. Two weeks later, cardiac output and ventricular wall motion were estimated using impedance cardiography and tissue Doppler echocardiography with and without pacing. Cardiac output increased from 3.5 to 4.5 l/mi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Adachi H,Hiratsuji T,Sakurai S,Tada H,Toyama T,Naito S,Hoshizaki H,Oshima S,Taniguchi K

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated retardation of abnormal uptake of iodine-123-beta-methyl-p-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid(BMIPP) scintigraphy in patients with vasospastic angina. METHODS:Twenty-three patients with vasospastic angina showed abnormal uptake of BMIPP before medical treatment and had coronary vasospasm ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Inoue F,Hashimoto T,Uemura S,Kawamoto A,Dohi K,Matsushima A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated the safety and efficacy of sirolimus-eluting stents (SESs) on early and late outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction. METHODS:A series of 100 consecutive patients (September 2004 to November 2005)with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary stenting using SES pte...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Gochi T,Umeda H,Yoshida N,Maekawa H,Watanabe K,Okada T,Katoh T,Asai T,Tani T,Yokoya M,Murakami Y,Matsushita T,Shimizu T,Ozaki Y,Hiramitsu S,Murohara T,Nomura M,Morimoto S,Hishida H

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coregistration system of instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) pullback and angiography has been developed to enhance benefits of physiology oriented percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but its reproducibility has not yet been fully assessed. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 51 coronary arteries from 39 patients ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Higashioka D,Shiono Y,Kubo T,Kitabata H,Nishi T,Terada K,Emori H,Takahata M,Wada T,Shimamura K,Matsuo Y,Ino Y,Tanaka A,Hozumi T,Akasaka T

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of complete revascularization on long-term outcome of patients with multivessel coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was determined by analysis of 10-year survival in 167 consecutive patients treated at Juntendo University Hospital during 1984-1993. For...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Ohta H,Daida H,Ohashi S,Sunayama S,Fujiwara Y,Miyauchi K,Yokoi H,Yamaguchi H

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Syndecan-4 is a transmembrane heparan sulfate-carrying glycoprotein that mediates signal transduction pathways activated by growth factors and cell surface receptors, thereby modulating tissue regeneration, angiogenesis, and focal adhesion. The aim of the present study was to determine the clinical use of se...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Takahashi R,Negishi K,Watanabe A,Arai M,Naganuma F,Ohyama Y,Kurabayashi M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report of a 65-year-old man with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy, and first-degree atrioventricular (AV) block, which had been resistant to intensive medical therapy and was eventually treated using a DDD pacemaker. The optimal AV interval setting was determined using invasive right heart catheterization an...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kataoka H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early stages of arterial hypertension, increased contractility, demonstrated by calibrated and differentiated apexcardiography is present. Already in this early phase of the disease the criteria of diastolic function, as during isovolumetric period (calibrated and differentiated apexcardiography, M-mode echocar...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Linss G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term follow-up data concerning coronary patients treated for acute myocardial infarction with intracoronary thrombolysis (ICT) or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) are sparse. In this study, the early and long-term outcomes in 95 patients undergoing only ICT (group I) and 190 patients undergoi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Mori T,Nosaka H,Kimura T,Nobuyoshi M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative epicardial two-dimensional and pulsed Doppler echocardiography (PDE) were performed for 44 patients undergoing open mitral valve surgery to determine the presence and severity of functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR). The findings of intraoperative epicardial PDE performed before cannulation for extra...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Tanaka M,Abe T,Hibi N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiplatelet therapy is required after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, but bleeding events occur unexpectedly. We aimed to assess whether bleeding event predictors after 2nd generation DES (2nd DES) implantation differed by time after implantation. METHODS:We studied 1912 consecutive patients who und...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

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

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated whether renal transplantation could improve cardiac function in patients who had undergone hemodialysis. METHODS:Cardiac function and coronary risk factors were compared between the renal transplantation group (RT group: n=34) and the maintenance hemodialysis group (HD group: n=40). ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Takahashi K,Ikeoka K,Nojima M,Shima H,Ohyanagi M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of three-dimensional echocardiographic reconstruction by semi-automatic border detection to assess left ventricular volume and function was investigated in a clinically applicable setting in 23 patients with various cardiac diseases and 7 normal volunteers. The commercial equipment permits digital acqu...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Iwase M,Kondo T,Hasegawa K,Kimura M,Matsuyama H,Watanabe Y,Hishida H

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate right ventricular (RV) function in severe left ventricular (LV) failure, we measured RV and LV ejection fractions (EF) in 18 patients with old myocardial infarction (OMI) and in 18 with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) using cardiac blood pool scintigraphy. In patients with OMI, RVEF was significantly greater ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kubota Y,Sugihara H,Nakagawa T,Inagaki S,Inoue N,Azuma A,Shimoo K,Furukawa K,Katsume H,Ijichi H

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of low cardiac output failure (LOF) immediately after open heart surgery was studied in 41 patients with LOF and 15 control patients without LOF using echocardiography. In 35 patients, transesophageal echocardiography was also performed. Left ventricular (LV) contraction was impaired in 28 of the 41 L...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Beppu S,Ikegami K,Tanaka N,Kumon K,Izumi S,Nakajima S,Nakatani S,Miyatake K,Nimura Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum levels of lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] have been reported as a residual risk marker for adverse events in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the prognostic impact of Lp(a) on long-term clinical outcomes among diabetic patients on statin therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (PC...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Takahashi N,Dohi T,Funamizu T,Endo H,Wada H,Doi S,Kato Y,Ogita M,Okai I,Iwata H,Okazaki S,Isoda K,Miyauchi K,Shimada K

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00