The effect of potassium ion depletion on postinfarction canine cardiac arrhythmias.

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is uncertain whether Helicobacter pylori is associated with ischemic syndromes and whether this association is mediated by the induction of atherosclerosis. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that atherosclerotic stroke shows a selective association with virulent H pylori strains. METHODS AND RESULT...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pietroiusti A,Diomedi M,Silvestrini M,Cupini LM,Luzzi I,Gomez-Miguel MJ,Bergamaschi A,Magrini A,Carrabs T,Vellini M,Galante A

更新日期：2002-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether nicardipine, a dihydropyridine derivative, limits size of myocardial infarction, and to compare the protective effects of nicardipine administered before and early and late after coronary artery occlusion, 99mTc-labeled albumin microspheres were injected into the left atrium during 5 min temporary c...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Endo T,Nejima J,Fujita S,Kiuchi K,Iida N,Kikuchi K,Hayakawa H,Okumura H

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is effective in patients older than 75 years, who have been excluded from most trials, remains unclear. We enrolled patients 46 to 86 years old in a randomized trial and assessed the effects of 2 months of post-myocardial infarction (MI) CR on total work capacity (TWC, in ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Marchionni N,Fattirolli F,Fumagalli S,Oldridge N,Del Lungo F,Morosi L,Burgisser C,Masotti G

更新日期：2003-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To examine the effect of plasminogen activator therapy on vascular permeability, we used a modified rabbit mesenteric model of extravascular tissue accumulation of radiolabeled albumin. METHODS AND RESULTS:Albumin deposition was measured after saline, tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA; 0.86 mg/kg for ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rudd MA,Johnstone MT,Rabbani LE,George D,Ware JA,Loscalzo J

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the long-term results of the edge-to-edge mitral repair performed without annuloplasty in degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR). METHODS AND RESULTS:From 1993 to 2002, 61 patients with degenerative MR were treated with an isolated edge-to-edge suture without any annuloplasty. Annuloplasty was omi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： De Bonis M,Lapenna E,Maisano F,Barili F,La Canna G,Buzzatti N,Pappalardo F,Calabrese M,Nisi T,Alfieri O

更新日期：2014-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the sympathetic nervous system is an important factor in the genesis of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with impaired ventricular function. Such patients have an appropriate substrate that is capable of generating rhythm abnormalities, which may be related to enhanced automaticity, triggered automati...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Podrid PJ,Fuchs T,Candinas R

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isoprostanes (iPs) are free radical-catalyzed products of arachidonic acid that reflect lipid peroxidation in vivo. Several iPs exert biological effects in vitro and may contribute to the functional consequences of oxidant stress. For example, iPF(2alpha)-III (8-iso PGF(2alpha)) and iPE(2)-III modulate plate...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Audoly LP,Rocca B,Fabre JE,Koller BH,Thomas D,Loeb AL,Coffman TM,FitzGerald GA

更新日期：2000-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:If drug refractoriness to paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) occurs, arrhythmia surgery that involves channelling and the exclusion of specific atrial areas can abolish atrial fibrillation. The purpose of this study was to establish the effectiveness and safety of maze III surgery to abolish PAF. METHODS ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Jessurun ER,van Hemel NM,Defauw JA,Stofmeel MA,Kelder JC,de la Rivière AB,Ernst JM

更新日期：2000-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of acute alterations in coronary blood flow (CBF) on left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic wall thickness was measured by reflected ultrasound in twelve anesthetized dogs. During five minutes of coronary ligation, wall thickness decreased from a control of 9.0 +/- 0.3 mm to 8.1 +/- 0.3 mm (P less than 0.001);...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gaasch WH,Bernard SA

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether increased left ventricular (LV) mass in overweight individuals is related to their adiposity or to greater fat-free mass (FFM). METHODS AND RESULTS:We compared echocardiographic LV mass to FFM and adipose body mass by bioelectric impedance and to anthropometric measurements in 3107 Ame...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bella JN,Devereux RB,Roman MJ,O'Grady MJ,Welty TK,Lee ET,Fabsitz RR,Howard BV

更新日期：1998-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute cardiac and cerebrovascular accidents are more frequent in hypertensive subjects with a family history of acute vascular accidents. The mechanisms underlying the susceptibility to vascular disease in these subjects are unknown. We investigated whether a parental history of premature heart attack or str...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Volpe M,Lembo G,De Luca N,Lamenza F,Tritto C,Ricciardelli B,Molaro M,De Campora P,Condorelli G,Rendina V

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term tocainide therapy has been evaluated in 17 patients with ventricular arrhythmias. Ventricular tachycardia and/or fibrillation was recurrent and sustained in nine patients, and symptomatic but unsustained in three others. Five patients had frequent but only mildly symptomatic ventricular irritability. In all ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Winkle RA,Meffin PJ,Harrison DC

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several authors have reported cases in which 201Tl scintigraphy demonstrated perfusion abnormality in the septum of patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB) and normal coronary arteriogram. The mechanism of this abnormality, however, remains to be clarified. METHODS AND RESULTS:To determine whether LBB...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ono S,Nohara R,Kambara H,Okuda K,Kawai C

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The left anterior descending coronary artery of four dogs and the right common carotid artery of 15 rabbits were subjected to 40-60% reduction in transluminal diameter for 1 hour by partial ligation with suture thread. Scanning electron microscopic examination of the luminal surface of these vessels revealed endotheli...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gertz SD,Uretsky G,Wajnberg RS,Navot N,Gotsman MS

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compared with single-chamber ventricular pacing, dual-chamber pacing can reduce adverse events and, as a result, improve quality of life in patients paced for sick sinus syndrome. It is not clear, however, how these benefits compare with the increased cost of dual-chamber pacemakers. METHODS AND RESULTS:We ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rinfret S,Cohen DJ,Lamas GA,Fleischmann KE,Weinstein MC,Orav J,Schron E,Lee KL,Goldman L

更新日期：2005-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Specific thrombin inhibitors are considered to be more potent antithrombotics than heparin. However, the relation between the systemic anticoagulation generated by thrombin inhibitors and their antithrombotic effect is not well defined. In a guinea pig carotid thrombosis model, the activated clotting time (A...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Carteaux JP,Gast A,Tschopp TB,Roux S

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two patients who underwent anatomic correction of transposition of the great arteries at the arterial level at the age of 8 weeks to 14 years were reinvestigated 1-4.6 years (mean 2.0 years) after operation. A Dacron tube was used to bridge the gap between the proximal pulmonary route and the distal pulmonary a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Yacoub MH,Bernhard A,Radley-Smith R,Lange P,Sievers H,Heintzen P

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laminins are major components of basement membranes, well located to interact with platelets upon vascular injury. Laminin-111 (α1β1γ1) is known to support platelet adhesion but is absent from most blood vessels, which contain isoforms with the α2, α4, or α5 chain. Whether vascular laminins support platelet ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schaff M,Tang C,Maurer E,Bourdon C,Receveur N,Eckly A,Hechler B,Arnold C,de Arcangelis A,Nieswandt B,Denis CV,Lefebvre O,Georges-Labouesse E,Gachet C,Lanza F,Mangin PH

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological findings suggest an association between low-for-age birth weight and the risk to develop coronary heart diseases in adulthood. During pregnancy, an imbalance between fetal demands and supply may result in permanent alterations of neuroendocrine development in the fetus. We evaluated whether c...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ruijtenbeek K,le Noble FA,Janssen GM,Kessels CG,Fazzi GE,Blanco CE,De Mey JG

更新日期：2000-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Performance of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) during an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is mainly used in high-risk patients. Although potentially life-saving, patients undergoing early CABG are traditionally associated with a worse outcome than those not requiring CABG. Is this really true in an unselect...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Monteiro P,Portuguese Registry on Acute Coronary Syndromes.

更新日期：2006-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New methods of R-R interval variability based on fractal scaling and nonlinear dynamics ("chaos theory") may give new insights into heart rate dynamics. The aims of this study were to (1) systematically characterize and quantify the effects of aging from early childhood to advanced age on 24-hour heart rate ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pikkujämsä SM,Mäkikallio TH,Sourander LB,Räihä IJ,Puukka P,Skyttä J,Peng CK,Goldberger AL,Huikuri HV

更新日期：1999-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether and to what extent complement is activated in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and how it contributes to inflammation of the ischemic area are not yet clear. Fibrinolytic agents used for thrombolysis are known to activate complement in vitro and may contribute to its activation in vivo. The aim of t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Frangi D,Gardinali M,Conciato L,Cafaro C,Pozzoni L,Agostoni A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheters provide transverse imaging at the level of the ultrasound transducer. This limits imaging to large-diameter segments without critical atherosclerotic narrowings. We have developed a prototype 20-MHz forward-viewing IVUS catheter that provides two-dimensional ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ng KH,Evans JL,Vonesh MJ,Meyers SN,Mills TA,Kane BJ,Aldrich WN,Jang YT,Yock PG,Rold MD

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphatic network and chemokine-mediated signals are essential for leukocyte traffic during the proximal steps of alloimmune response. We aimed to determine the role of lymphatic vessels and their principal growth signaling pathway, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C/D/VEGFR-3, during acute and chro...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nykänen AI,Sandelin H,Krebs R,Keränen MA,Tuuminen R,Kärpänen T,Wu Y,Pytowski B,Koskinen PK,Ylä-Herttuala S,Alitalo K,Lemström KB

更新日期：2010-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells as cellular therapy for myocardial injury has yet to be examined in a large-animal model. METHODS AND RESULTS:Immunosuppressed Yorkshire pigs were assigned to 1 of 3 groups: A myocardial infarction group (MI group; distal left anterior desce...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Xiong Q,Ye L,Zhang P,Lepley M,Tian J,Li J,Zhang L,Swingen C,Vaughan JT,Kaufman DS,Zhang J

更新日期：2013-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Orthostatic intolerance is characterized by postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) with exaggerated tachycardia, orthostatic symptoms, and "pooling" (which comprises acrocyanosis and dependent edema when upright). My colleagues and I tested the hypothesis that pooling results from increased venous compliance i...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Stewart JM

更新日期：2002-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to compare the risk conferred by white-coat versus sustained mild hypertension for the development of cardiovascular disease. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients (n=479) who underwent 24-hour intra-arterial ambulatory blood pressure monitoring on the basis of a persistently elevated clini...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Khattar RS,Senior R,Lahiri A

更新日期：1998-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet function can be assessed by various techniques in vitro or in vivo, but methodological problems in the field are considerable. By use of the conventional in vitro technique (Born aggregometry), it has been shown that sympathoadrenal activation in vivo (e.g., mental stress, epinephrine infusions, exercise, and...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hjemdahl P,Larsson PT,Wallén NH

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 22 children with congenital complete heart block (CCHB) available for study, 14 (63.6%) were born to 11 mothers with clinical or laboratory evidence of connective tissue disease, primarily lupus erythematosus (LE). Seven mothers had both clinical and laboratory evidence of disease while four had only positive labor...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： McCue CM,Mantakas ME,Tingelstad JB,Ruddy S

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood clotting activation is an important component of the inflammatory response; the outbursts of unstable angina are usually associated with increased thrombin formation and coronary mural thrombosis. METHODS AND RESULTS:To investigate 1) whether monocyte activation is responsible for the enhanced thrombi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Serneri GG,Abbate R,Gori AM,Attanasio M,Martini F,Giusti B,Dabizzi P,Poggesi L,Modesti PA,Trotta F

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00