Geometrical characteristics of left ventricular dyssynchrony in advanced heart failure. Myocardial strain analysis by tagged MRI.

abstract：:Uninterrupted anticoagulation therapy during atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation minimizes the risk of periprocedural thromboembolic events. Although the use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) has rapidly developed in patients undergoing AF ablation, no antidote is available for factor Xa inhibitors. We sought to inv...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Aoyama D,Miyazaki S,Hasegawa K,Kaseno K,Ishikawa E,Mukai M,Miyahara K,Aiki T,Matsui A,Yamaguchi J,Shiomi Y,Tama N,Ikeda H,Fukuoka Y,Morishita T,Ishida K,Uzui H,Tada H

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with periodontal disease exhibit exacerbated atherosclerosis, aortic stiffness, or vascular endothelial dysfunction. However, in a recent scientific statement, the American Heart Association noted that neither has periodontal disease been proven to cause atherosclerotic vascular disease nor has the treatment ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hayashi S,Yamada H,Fukui M,Ito HO,Sata M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic strategies for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have made remarkable progress over the last two decades. Currently, 3 types of drugs can be used to treat PAH; prostacyclins, phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors, and endothelin receptor antagonists (ERA). In Japan, the first generation ERA bosentan was reimb...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Maki H,Hara T,Tsuji M,Saito A,Minatsuki S,Inaba T,Amiya E,Hosoya Y,Hatano M,Morita H,Yao A,Kinugawa K,Komuro I

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine if there is any association between white coat hypertension (WCH) and body mass index. The study was performed in two phases. In the first phase, we studied consecutive underweight patients, while in the second phase, age-matched consecutive normal weight, overweight, and ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Helvaci MR,Kaya H,Yalcin A,Kuvandik G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the major causes of death worldwide, and the therapeutic strategies of MI are still limited. In this study, we investigated the function of miR-665 in MI. In the present study, an ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) rat model and a hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R)-induced H9c2 cell model were su...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Liu C,Tang M,Zhang X,Li J,Cao G

更新日期：2020-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The chronic use of bosentan has been reported to reduce the plasma concentration of sildenafil. However, it remains unclear how sildenafil exerts the effect at reduced concentrations in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients chronically treated with bosentan.We examined the hemodynamic effects of sildenafil (5...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hatano M,Yao A,Kinugawa K,Hirata Y,Nagai R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes of global and segmental ventricular strain at different deterioration levels of cardiac function in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) have not yet been explored. In total, 101 patients diagnosed with DCM consecutively underwent CMR. They were categorized accordin...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Pan J,Wan Q,Li J,Wu H,Gao C,Tao Y,Wei M

更新日期：2018-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) was observed in a 13-year-old male patient with complex clinical features that included univentricular heart with single atrium, pulmonary atresia, and polysplenia syndrome. During electrophysiologic study, atrial burst stimuli reproducibly induced and terminated the SVT, while the o...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ajiki K,Hayami N,Kasaoka Y,Imai Y,Fujiu K,Murakawa Y

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have revealed that stress after catastrophic disasters can trigger cardiovascular events, however, little is known about its association with the occurrence of heart failure in past earthquakes. The objective of the present study was to determine whether the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 201...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Suzuki H,Yamada S,Kamiyama Y,Takeishi Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:DNA damage in the peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) was investigated using the sensitive alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE)/comet assay.This case-control study consisted of CAD patients (n = 200; mean age, 59.04 ± 0.75 years) undergoing treatment at local hos...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Bhat MA,Gandhi G

更新日期：2017-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism underlying thrombosis in atrial fibrillation (AF) is not yet clearly understood. The apelin/APJ axis parallel and counter-regulate with the angiotensin system. The present study hypothesizes that apelin/APJ axis exert its anti-thrombus effect in normal left atrial tissue and is disrupted by up-regulated ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Cheng H,Chen Y,Li X,Chen F,Zhao J,Hu J,Shan A,Qiao S,Wei Z,He G,Xu B

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) can develop in patients with mildly to moderately stenotic lesions. However, the angiographic characteristics of lesions in patients who will later develop ACS have not been systematically investigated. For this reason, we examined the earlier angiographic findings of such patients in a r...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yamaya S,Morino Y,Taguchi Y,Ninomiya R,Ishida M,Fusazaki T,Itoh T,Kimura T

更新日期：2020-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural history of asymptomatic individuals with a Brugada-type electrocardiogram (ECG) is still controversial. In this study, we evaluated ventricular fibrillation (VF) inducibility in Brugada-type ECG patients and compared it with other risk factors to clarify the significance of these data on their prognosis. T...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Imaki R,Niwano S,Fukaya H,Sasaki S,Yuge M,Hirasawa S,Sato D,Sasaki T,Moriguchi M,Izumi T

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate parameters which were related with long-term mortality in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure (AHF).A total of 287 patients with AHF presenting to the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University were enrolled into the registry from April 2012 to January 2015. The primary endpoint w...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Jin M,Wei S,Gao R,Wang K,Xu X,Yao W,Zhang H,Zhou Y,Xu D,Zhou F,Li X

更新日期：2017-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation has caused severe burden for people worldwide. Differentiation of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts, and consequent progress in atrial structural remodeling have been considered the basis for persistent atrial fibrillation, yet little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying the process. He...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Sai C,Yunhan J,Zhao J,Yu Z,Yun Z,Zhezhe C,Fuqin T,Yingbin X,Ruiyan M

更新日期：2019-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:As for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients with left atrial thrombus or spontaneous echo contrast (LAT/SEC), we evaluated the additional predictive value of serum uric acid (SUA) and Left atrial diameter (LAD) for CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc, and explored the influence from the level of SUA and LAD to LAT/SEC ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ning W,Li Y,Ma C,Qiu L,Yu B

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Bleeding complications following percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) have been closely associated with morbidity and mortality. Although radial arteries have been widely used in current PCI, including primary PCI, transfemoral PCI remains necessary for complex PCI. The purpose of this study was to compare the in...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yamamoto S,Sakakura K,Taniguchi Y,Yamamoto K,Wada H,Momomura SI,Fujita H

更新日期：2018-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of ventricular arrhythmia in patients with an implanted pacemaker is not yet known. The aim of this study was to analyze non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) episodes based on stored electrograms (EGM) and determine the occurrence rate and risk factors for NSVT in a pacemaker population.This stud...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hosoda J,Ishikawa T,Matsumoto K,Kiyokuni M,Taguchi Y,Narikawa M,Hibi K,Sugano T,Ishigami T,Tamura K,Kimura K

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous coronary interventions to the proximal left anterior descending artery (pLAD)-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are still challenging, especially in the ostial pLAD. Clinical outcomes of the ostial pLAD-AMI were not well investigated. The aim of the present study was to compare clinical outcomes of the os...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yamamoto K,Sakakura K,Akashi N,Watanabe Y,Noguchi M,Taniguchi Y,Wada H,Momomura SI,Fujita H

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin F(2alpha) (PGF(2alpha)) stimulates hypertrophic growth of neonatal rat cardiac myocytes, a feature of which includes downregulation of the Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA2), a major Ca(2+) transport protein in SR. The molecular mechanisms by which PGF(2alpha) inhibits SERCA2 gene expression remain unknown. We deter...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hara S,Arai M,Tomaru K,Doi H,Koitabashi N,Iso T,Watanabe A,Tanaka T,Maeno T,Suga T,Yokoyama T,Kurabayashi M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proinflammatory cytokine responses might occur in elderly individuals with cardiovascular (CV) disease, cerebro-vascular (CVA) disease, and/or pulmonary disease (PD). Spiritual activation is an important coping mechanism, since psychiatric depression is an important risk factor for these individuals. Thirty-three very...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kurita A,Takase B,Shinagawa N,Kodani E,Okada K,Iwahara S,Kusama Y,Atarashi H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrocardiography (ECG) is used to screen for pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, it is unclear which parameters of ECG are the most useful for screening.ECG parameters related to right ventricular hypertrophy criteria were examined in 145 ECGs of subjects who were suspected to have PH and underwent right heart ca...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Miura M,Ikeda S,Yoshida T,Yamagata Y,Nakata T,Koga S,Koide Y,Kawano H,Maemura K

更新日期：2018-01-27 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 aim of this study was to conduct a longitudinal follow-up on age-related changes in 24-hour total heart beats (THBs) and total premature beats and their correlations in healthy elderly subjects. In 15 healthy elderly subjects (mean age, 70.0 +/- 4.1, age range at 1st recording, 64 to 80 years, 10 females, 5 males)...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Tasaki H,Serita T,Ueyama C,Kitano K,Seto S,Yano K,Camm AJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progression of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction is promoted by sympathovagal imbalance. Baroreflex activation therapy (BAT) by the electrical stimulation of baroreceptors at the carotid sinus significantly improved exercise capacity and NT-proBNP levels in a randomized trial; however, no significant di...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Halbach M,Fritz T,Madershahian N,Pfister R,Reuter H

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperglycemia is an established risk factor of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, hyperglycemia with preserved pancreatic β cell function induces hyperinsulinemia to correct the glucose profile and may even result in reactive hypoglycemia (RH), which induces an inflammatory response. In this study, the incidence ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Murata M,Adachi H,Oshima S,Kurabayashi M

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the hypothesis that activated toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4) is closely related to combined major adverse clinical outcomes (MACO) [defined as advanced Killip score (> or = 3), overt congestive heart failure (CHF) (New York Heart Association functional class > or = 2) or 30-day death] in patients with ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Sheu JJ,Chang LT,Chiang CH,Youssef AA,Wu CJ,Lee FY,Yip HK

更新日期：2008-01-01 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