Time to and risk of cardiac events after myocardial perfusion scintigraphy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Puerarin is the most abundant isoflavonoid in kudzu root. It has been used to treat angina pectoris and myocardial infarction clinically. However, little is known about the effect of puerarin on cardiac hypertrophy. METHODS:Aortic banding (AB) was performed to induce cardiac hypertrophy in mice. Puerarin pr...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yuan Y,Zong J,Zhou H,Bian ZY,Deng W,Dai J,Gan HW,Yang Z,Li H,Tang QZ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As few studies have examined physical functioning changes after cardiac surgery, the factors related to the decline in physical functioning remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate the factors related to physical functioning decline after cardiac surgery in older patients. METHODS:The final study sam...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Itagaki A,Saitoh M,Okamura D,Kawamura T,Otsuka S,Tahara M,Mori Y,Kamisaka K,Ochi Y,Yuguchi S,Kato M,Morisawa T,Takahashi T

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy heterozygous patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), aged 3 to 91 years (37 men and 33 women), from 38 different families were studied to ascertain their clinical profiles including the pattern of distribution of total cholesterol (TC), Achilles tendon thickness (ATT), and a sex difference in age at ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Miida T,Aizawa Y,Yamazoe M,Shibata A

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the incidence of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in mitral valve prolapse (MVP), 96 patients with MVP and 23 normal control subjects were studied. Subjects in the MVP group were further classified as a group with mitral regurgitation (MR(+) group: 61 cases), and MR(-) group (35 cases). The presence of TR in eac...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Namiki A,Hirai H,Machii K,Ochiai M,Ohshima H,Tohma M,Kuwako K,Yamaguchi T,Toide H,Tohda E

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic importance of age among well-known prognostic factors such as extent of coronary artery lesions, cardiac function, and myocardial ischemia was evaluated in 147 elderly patients with coronary artery disease aged 65 years or older who underwent dipyridamole perfusion scintigraphy and coronary angiography....

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Furuno T,Yamasaki F,Yabe T,Matsumura Y,Kitaoka H,Doi Y

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The feasibility of detecting persistent regional left ventricular abnormal relaxation due to myocardial ischemia using strain echocardiography several minutes after exercise was investigated. METHODS:Consecutive 27 patients (mean age 65 +/- 9 years, 21 males, 6 females) with suspected coronary artery diseas...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Zhu H,Hozumi T,Takemoto Y,Takagi Y,Negishi K,Abo K,Sugioka K,Matsumura Y,Otsuka R,Yoshitani H,Nakao M,Yoshiyama M,Yoshikawa J

更新日期：2006-04-01 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:Recurrence after catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) remains an unsolved issue. This study aimed to explore the association between the left atrial appendage peak flow velocity (LAAV) and AF recurrence after ablation in persistent AF patients. METHODS:Fifty-three consecutive patients wh...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kanda T,Masuda M,Sunaga A,Fujita M,Iida O,Okamoto S,Ishihara T,Watanabe T,Takahara M,Sakata Y,Uematsu M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of aorto-coronary bypass surgery in 28 children with coronary artery lesions due to Kawasaki disease were evaluated. Ages at surgery ranged from one to 17 years, and the intervals from disease onset to surgery ranged from 2 months to 16.8 years. All patients were followed by selective coronary arteriograph...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Suzuki A,Kamiya T,Ono Y,Nakamura Y,Yagihara T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are closely related. The present study aimed to evaluate the association between estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and outcomes after cryoballoon catheter ablation for AF. METHODS:We included a total of 110 patients (64.0±10.1 years, 64% me...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yanagisawa S,Inden Y,Kato H,Fujii A,Mizutani Y,Ito T,Kamikubo Y,Kanzaki Y,Ando M,Hirai M,Shibata R,Murohara T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies on primary cardiac tumors were mainly based on small case series collected from a limited number of institutions. Contemporary data of patients with primary cardiac tumors treated with or without surgery in a nationwide clinical setting are limited. METHODS:Using the Diagnosis Procedure Com...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

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

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old man was admitted as an emergency following an episode of syncope and severe dyspnea. The clinical presentation and laboratory data strongly suggested pulmonary embolism, so intravenous thrombolytic therapy was performed. Immediately following the initiation of thrombolytic therapy, the patient experience...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Ishizaka N,Ohno E,Kawauchi N,Shimizu T,Kojima T,Ohno M,Kurokawa K

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The effects of inotropic agents on left ventricular (LV) synchrony in heart failure patients are still unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dobutamine on LV mechanical dyssynchrony and LV systolic performance in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and a narrow QRS using real-...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yagishita-Tagawa Y,Abe Y,Arai K,Yagishita D,Takagi A,Ashihara K,Shoda M,Naruko T,Itoh A,Haze K,Yoshikawa J,Hagiwara N

更新日期：2013-04-01 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:Increased left ventricular (LV) myocardial stiffness may be associated with impaired LV hemodynamics and incident heart failure (HF). However, an indicator that estimates LV myocardial stiffness easily and non-invasively is lacking. The purpose of this study was to determine whether diastolic wall strain (DW...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kamimura D,Suzuki T,Hall ME,Wang W,Winniford MD,Shah AM,Rodriguez CJ,Butler KR,Mosley TH

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate which time constant of isovolumic left ventricular pressure (LVP) decay is the most sensitive measure in acute myocardial ischemia, the time constant of isovolumic relaxation (IR) was calculated by two different models, the semilogarithmic model assuming a zero of LVP decline (TL) and an exponential mod...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yamakado T,Oomichi C,Maeda M,Onishi T,Yamada N,Kakimoto H,Nakamura M,Teramura S,Nakano T

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fabry disease is one of the causes of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and can be treated with enzyme replacement therapy or pharmacological chaperone therapy. Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) can identify myocardial fibrosis and be used for the stratification in LVH. H...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Nojiri A,Anan I,Morimoto S,Kawai M,Sakuma T,Kobayashi M,Kobayashi H,Ida H,Ohashi T,Eto Y,Shibata T,Yoshimura M,Hongo K

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary (artery) spasm plays an important role in the pathogenesis of ischemic heart disease, including stable angina, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, and sudden death. The prevalence of coronary spasm differs among populations, is higher in Japan and Korea than in the Western countries probably due to geneti...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yasue H,Nakagawa H,Itoh T,Harada E,Mizuno Y

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of the everolimus-eluting stent (EES) instead of the sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) has been shown to improve clinical outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) out to 3 years. However, it is not known whether the differences in efficacy and safety outcomes remain constant t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yano H,Horinaka S,Watahiki M,Watanabe T,Ishimitsu T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated levels of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] have been associated with an increased risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD), and higher levels of Lp(a) are associated with lesions of significantly greater severity. We have examined Lp(a), total cholesterol (TC) and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) levels in pati...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Nakamura Y,Yokoi Y,Hamaguchi H,Toyonaga T,Kondo T,Takami S,Kubo M,Matsuzawa Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery often show poor nutritional status, muscle wasting, and sarcopenia, which are reported to affect postoperative functional recovery and incidence of complications. Amino acids are essential in maintaining nutritional status, synthesizing muscle protein, and promotin...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Ogawa M,Yoshida N,Satomi-Kobayashi S,Tsuboi Y,Komaki K,Wakida K,Gotake Y,Inoue T,Tanaka H,Yamashita T,Sakai Y,Izawa KP,Takahashi M,Ogawa W,Hirata KI

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated serum levels of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and N-terminal fragment of B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), and also increased arterial stiffness/abnormal central hemodynamics, are well-known risk factors for future cardiovascular events. The present study was conducted to clarify which of the two ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kimura K,Tomiyama H,Matsumoto C,Odaira M,Shiina K,Nagata M,Yamashina A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recent studies have demonstrated that not only plasma low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels, but also the number of small dense LDL particles are involved in the development of arteriosclerosis. Anion exchange resins can reduce plasma LDL levels and affect LDL particle size via increasing triglycerides. In th...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kishimoto N,Fujii S,Chiba H,Sakuma I,Tsutsui H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocyte injury might be involved in the progression of essential hypertension (EHT) toward heart failure (HF). However, in the absence of high-sensitivity (hs) assay, cardiac troponin T (TnT) in EHT has not been measurable. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 236 consecutive ambulatory patients (mean age=65.5 ye...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sato Y,Yamamoto E,Sawa T,Toda K,Hara T,Iwasaki T,Fujiwara H,Takatsu Y

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:On March 11, 2011, the Tohoku district was struck by the most powerful known earthquake to hit Japan. Although stress-induced heart diseases rise after strong psychosocial stress, little is known about the characteristics of heart failure (HF) caused by psychosocial stress related to earthquakes. METHODS:We...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Nakamura A,Satake H,Abe A,Kagaya Y,Kohzu K,Sato K,Nakajima S,Fukui S,Endo H,Takahashi T,Nozaki E,Tamaki K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:CYP2C19*2 loss-of-function allele in Caucasians may be associated with wide interindividual variability in platelet response to clopidogrel, and the incidence of gene mutation varies with racial differences, especially between Asians and Caucasians. The aim was to examine the impact of CYP2C19 ge...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yamamoto K,Hokimoto S,Chitose T,Morita K,Ono T,Kaikita K,Tsujita K,Abe T,Deguchi M,Miyagawa H,Saruwatari J,Sumida H,Sugiyama S,Nakagawa K,Ogawa H

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old woman presented with a rare case of tricuspid valve endocarditis causing inflammatory reopening of the spontaneously closed ventricular septal defect (VSD), associated with aortic valve malformation. She was admitted to our hospital because of fever lasting 4 weeks. Severe aortic regurgitation was reveal...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Hamada T,Furuno T,Fukui T,Kitaoka H,Matsumura Y,Takata J,Seo H,Chikamori T,Doi Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional mitral regurgitation (MR) has been traditionally known as secondary MR resulting from left ventricular (LV) dilatation and systolic dysfunction. However, deterioration of functional MR also relates to mitral annular (MA) dilatation. Furthermore, MA dilatation due to left atrial dilatation in patients with a...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Abe Y,Takahashi Y,Shibata T

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although an increased epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume around the left atrium (LA) is related to the atrial fibrillation (AF) burden, the role of EAT inflammation in AF is unclear. We investigated the association between AF and inflammation of the EAT around the LA. METHODS:We retrospectively identifi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kusayama T,Furusho H,Kashiwagi H,Kato T,Murai H,Usui S,Kaneko S,Takamura M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early graft failure can affect the short- and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing coronary bypass grafting surgery (CABG). The aim of our study was to explore the predictive value of transit-time flow measurement (TTFM) parameters for early graft failure (before discharge) after CABG in different coron...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Zhang G,Zhao Z,Han Z,Gao Q,Liu J,Chen Y

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00