A novel technique for multi-track percutaneous balloon mitral valvoplasty.

abstract：:microRNA-99a (miR-99a) is recently recognized as a key regulator in various cancers and cardiovascular diseases. In the present study, we sought to investigate the effects of miR-99a in rat cardiomyocyte H9c2 cells against oxidative injury induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS).MTT assay, reactive oxygen species (ROS) as...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Jing R,Zhou Z,Kuang F,Huang L,Li C

更新日期：2017-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a systemic connective tissue disorder that is caused by mutations of fibrillin-1. While MFS patients are at a high risk of periodontitis and aortic diseases, little causal information has been provided to date. To clarify the relationship, their oral condition and sinus of Valsalva (SoV) were ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Suzuki J,Imai Y,Aoki M,Fujita D,Takeda N,Aoyama N,Wakayama K,Ikeda Y,Kumagai H,Akazawa H,Izumi Y,Isobe M,Komuro I,Hirata Y

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A male patient with tetralogy of Fallot accompanied by aortic regurgitation had maintained sufficient exercise capacity for a number of decades with the status of acyanotic tetralogy of Fallot. When he was 67 years old, he suffered a posterior wall acute myocardial infarction and direct percutaneous coronary angioplas...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Izawa A,Sekimura N,Uchikawa S,Yazaki Y,Kinoshita O,Owa M,Kubo K,Ikeda U,Sekiguchi M,Kitahara H,Amano J,Imamura H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flexible, in vivo maneuverable electrophysiology mapping techniques are not available in rat models. A novel cardiac stereotactic electrophysiology epicardial mapping system (CREAMS) allows for various measurements, including: (1) recording unipolar electrograms at multiple sites; (2) positioning of mapped sites and p...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Fan B,Wang H,Wu T,Li Y,Lin Z,Li M,Li Q,Zhang W,Zheng Q

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of hypertonic saline solution (C-HSS) with high dose furosemide on hospitalization time, readmission, and mortality in patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III heart failure.Decompensated heart failure patients (NYHA III) with chronic ischemic o...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Wan Y,Li L,Niu H,Ma X,Yang J,Yuan C,Mu G,Zhang J

更新日期：2017-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipocyte-derived adiponectin has an antiatherosclerotic effect that acts independently of its antidiabetic effect. Plasma adiponectin levels are generally low in subjects with coronary artery disease. In this study, the relationship between the plasma adiponectin level and the severity of coronary artery disease, as ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hara K,Yamauchi T,Imai Y,Manabe I,Nagai R,Kadowaki T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) reduce major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome. We investigated whether early statin therapy would be effective at reducing MACE in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).A total of 1,159 patients were analyzed. They wer...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kim MC,Ahn Y,Cho KH,Lee MG,Ko JS,Park KH,Sim DS,Yoon NS,Yoon HJ,Kim KH,Hong YJ,Park HW,Kim JH,Jeong MH,Cho JG,Park JC,Kang JC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significance of pulse pressure (PP) and mean blood pressure (MBP) for blood pressure (BP) control is unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between PP and MBP and BP control. We obtained home BP measurements for 117 patients aged 40-75 years with either office systolic BP (SBP) >or= 140 mmH...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yoshitomi Y,Nagakura C,Miyauchi A

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infective endocarditis (IE) caused by Serratia liquefaciens has been reported in only 2 adults. We experienced the first pediatric (neonatal) case of IE caused by S. liquefaciens, with mitral valve vegetation 4 days after a palliative heart surgery. This report underscores the importance of treating for both gram-posi...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Momose T,Masutani S,Oshima A,Kawasaki H,Tanaka R,Iwamoto Y,Ishido H,Senzaki H

更新日期：2018-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:High sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels are associated with short- and long-term mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We investigated whether baseline hs-CRP levels are associated with burden of coronary atherosclerosis assessed by SYNTAX score (SXScore).We enrolled 321 patients with ACS...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Karadeniz M,Duran M,Akyel A,Yarlıoğlueş M,Öcek AH,Çelik İE,Kılıç A,Yalcin AA,Ergün G,Murat SN

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Same-day discharge transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (TRI) has been reported to be safe and feasible in Western countries. However, Asia has not produced any reports related to this matter. The present study explored the safety and feasibility of patients with indications for TR coronary angiography and a...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Chung WJ,Fang HY,Tsai TH,Yang CH,Chen CJ,Chen SM,Cheng CI,Fang CY,Hsieh YK,Hang CL,Yip HK,Wu CJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an inherited connective tissue disorder mainly caused by the fibrillin-1 mutation. Deficient fibrillin-1 is thought to result in the failed sequestration of transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) and subsequent activation of the TGFβ signaling pathway, suggesting that the circulating TGFβ level m...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ogawa N,Imai Y,Nishimura H,Kato M,Takeda N,Nawata K,Taketani T,Morota T,Takamoto S,Nagai R,Hirata Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many published studies have evaluated the association between the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T (rs1801133) polymorphism and the risk of congenital heart disease (CHD); however, the specific conclusion is still controversial.To get a more accurate conclusion, we used a meta-analysis to evaluat...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Liu PF,Ding B,Zhang JY,Mei XF,Li F,Wu P,Mei CH,Zhou YF,Chen T

更新日期：2020-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Antihypertensive drugs have been linked to new-onset diabetes (NOD); however, the effects of these drugs on the development of NOD in elderly Taiwanese hypertensive patients have not been well determined. We examined the association between antihypertensive drug therapy and the risk of NOD in a population-based study....

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Liou YS,Ma T,Tien L,Chien C,Chou P,Jong GP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present prospective multicenter case-control study was to investigate the long-term clinical outcome (5 years) of primary stenting compared to primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) without stenting (POBA) in patients with acute myocardial infarction at 7 cardiovascular cent...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Sasao H,Tsuchihashi K,Nagao K,Miyamoto K,Murakami H,Doi A,Shimoshige S,Hasegawa K,Kyuma M,Noda R,Shimamoto K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study aimed to identify risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF) detected during routine medical checkups of male workers in Japan. A nested case-control study was conducted using retrospective data from January 1998 to December 2006 collected at a hospital in Ishikawa Prefecture. Cases were those first d...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Minami M,Kobayashi Y,Toyokawa S,Inoue K,Takeshita Y

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We experienced a 33-year-old patient with D-looped transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) and a history of Senning operation who was referred to our institute with cardiogenic shock and subsequently underwent urgent paracorporeal ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation, which was a first in Japan, that was e...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Nakamura M,Imamura T,Kuwahara H,Nakagaito M,Yokoyama S,Doi T,Fukahara K,Yoshimura N,Kinugawa K

更新日期：2020-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous coronary intervention for the treatment of a severe calcified lesion is still one of the most technically challenging areas of interventional cardiology. Calcified lesions are a cause of stent underexpansion, which significantly increases the subsequent risks of in-stent restenosis and thrombosis, even wh...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Otsuka Y,Koyama T,Imoto Y,Katsuki Y,Kawahara M,Nakamura K,Kodama S,Noguchi H,Iwasaki K

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics and surgical treatment of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) infective endocarditis (IE) compared with tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) IE in China.The relevant pre-, intra- and post-operative materials of all IE patients undergoing cardiac surgery in our center between J...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Chen J,Lu S,Hu K,Yang Z,Pan S,Hong T,Wang C

更新日期：2017-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical stress by pressure overload due to hypertension or valvular heart disease such as aortic valve stenosis induces cardiac hypertrophy. It has been well established that the mechanical stretch of cardiac myocytes in vitro induces hypertrophic responses such as the expression of immediate early response genes i...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Sakai H,Urasawa K,Oyama N,Kaneta S,Saito T,Kitabatake A,Tsutsui H

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T1 or longitudinal relaxation time is one of the very fundamental magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) time constants and a tissue characterizing parameter. Only during the last decade did it become possible to quantify T1 values of the myocardium through T1 mapping. Evolving from only region of interest analysis and long...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hamdy A,Kitagawa K,Ishida M,Sakuma H

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac output (CO) is often desirable for assessing the hemodynamic condition of a patient, especially in critically ill cardiac patients. Various noninvasive methods are available for this purpose. Inert gas rebreathing (IGR) and 2D-Doppler echocardiography methods have been validated. Based on the relationship betw...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Raissuni Z,Zores F,Henriet O,Dallest S,Roul G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the new left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) classification criteria emerged, many studies have focused on the differences between heart failure (HF) with reduced EF (HFrEF), HF with midrange EF (HFmrEF), and HF with preserved EF (HFpEF). However, the lack of consensus on sex-related differences in prognosi...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Wang C,Zhou Y,Zhong R,Bao Y,Li Z,Tian J

更新日期：2020-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the potential associations of intermediate monocytes (CD14(++)CD16(+)) with myocardial remodelling in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with diabetes.A total of 67 STEMI patients with diabetes were enrolled. The control group consisted of 65 STEMI patients without...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Lu W,Zhang Z,Fu C,Ma G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plaque erosion (PE) is a significant substrate of acute coronary thrombosis. An improved ability to distinguish plaque phenotype in vivo among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is of considerable interest because of the potential to formulate tailored treatment. This study assessed the p...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Dong H,Hu S,Sun R,Wang C,Dai J,Pan W,Xing L,Liu X,Wu J,Liu J,Jia H,Yu B

更新日期：2019-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old Japanese man complaining of general malaise and presenting with high fever was admitted to our hospital. He had untreated diabetes and hepatocellular carcinoma with liver cirrhosis. Overall findings of the patient indicated sepsis. Two blood cultures were positive for Streptococcus dysgalactiae, a group ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Takahashi F,Wada Y,Hasebe N

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with ischemic heart disease are associated with poor prognosis, and their number has increased globally. Therefore, biomarkers that could predict post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) heart failure (HF) would be helpful to guide appropriate treatment. Based on the diagnosis on admission and results of echoca...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Lin X,Zhang S,Huo Z

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:An error appeared in the article entitled "Polysaccharides from Enteromorpha Prolifera Ameliorate Acute Myocardial Infarction in Vitro and in Vivo via Up-Regulating HIF-1α" by Zongqiu Wang, Zhihua Zhang, Jing Zhao, Chunming Yong, and Yongjun Mao (Vol. 60, No. 4, 964-973, 2019).The second affiliation of the authors on ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Wang Z,Zhang Z,Zhao J,Yong C,Mao Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have reported that the left ventricular (LV) lead implant success rate ranges between 88.0% and 92.4%. Coronary venous anatomy differs among patients thus, necessitating multiple types of leads. To date, the implant success rate among Japanese patients utilizing a pre-specified family LV leads (includi...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ando K,Kanda S,Miura F,Ashikaga K,Ehara N,Sakai Y,Furukawa T,Yoshimura H,Adachi K

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Our study aimed to investigate whether the frame design of transcatheter heart valve (THV) affects the procedural and clinical results of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).We retrospectively reviewed 163 patients with aortic stenosis who underwent TAVI using different types of THV (Edwards SAPIEN, n = 31;...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Li F,Wang X,Wang Y,Li X,Xu D,Zhao S,Wang C,Guo Y,Wu Y,Wang W

更新日期：2020-11-28 00:00:00