Plasma Levels of Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-Products and High-Mobility Group Box 1 in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension.

abstract：:Increased QT dispersion (QTd) is a marker of myocardial electrical instability and predicts ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Exercise training (ET) has been shown to reduce both QTd and cardiovascular mortality in various populations. Patients with metabolic syndrome (MS) have been shown to have incre...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Guiraud T,Gayda M,Curnier D,Juneau M,Talajic M,Fortier A,Nigam A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary collateral circulation (CCC) plays a crucial role in myocardial blood supply, especially for ischemic myocardium. Previous study has shown that neuregulin-1 is a prominent angiogenic factor in diabetic cardiomyopathy, whereas the relationship between neuregulin-1 and CCC has not been investigated. Thus, we ai...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Huang M,Zheng J,Chen Z,You C,Huang Q

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) is shown in resistant hypertension including diabetes mellitus. Although protein kinase C (PKC) signaling is involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications, an association between PKC and MR is not known. Activation of PKCα and PKCβ by TPA (12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbo...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hayashi T,Shibata H,Kurihara I,Yokota K,Mitsuishi Y,Ohashi K,Murai-Takeda A,Jo R,Ohyama T,Sakamoto M,Tojo K,Tajima N,Utsunomiya K,Itoh H

更新日期：2017-10-21 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：:Myocardial infarction (MI) occurs when the heart muscle is severely damaged due to a decrease in blood flow from the coronary arteries. During recovery from an MI, cardiac fibroblasts become activated and produce extracellular matrices, contributing to the wound healing process in the damaged heart. Inappropriate acti...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Wake M,Takeda N,Isagawa T,Sato T,Nakagama Y,Morioka MS,Hirota Y,Asagiri M,Maemura K,Manabe I,Tanabe K,Komuro I

更新日期：2019-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to prevent ischemic stroke, it is important to identify and treat patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who do not consult a doctor in a medical institution. The aim of this study was to determine the consultation rate at medical institutions for patients with AF in group medical examinations conducted in a ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Matsumi H,Nakamura K,Eguchi E,Miyoshi T,Nakagawa K,Nishii N,Watanabe A,Ueoka A,Yoshida M,Tokunaga N,Amioka N,Yamada N,Saito D,Morita H,Ogino K,Ito H,Ibara-AF Investigators.

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Purulent pericarditis is a rare disease in the antibiotic era. The common pathogens of purulent pericarditis are gram-positive species such as Staphylococcus aureus. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Salmonella, Haemophilus, fungal pathogens/tuberculosis can also result in purulent pericarditis. We report an old male case of ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Horii S,Yada H,Ito K,Osaki A,Sato A,Kimura T,Yasuda R,Toya T,Namba T,Masaki N,Adachi T

更新日期：2018-05-30 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：: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

abstract：:It is of concern that women are more likely to undergo fewer diagnostic tests and receive less treatment for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) than men. However, it is still unclear whether gender differences exist according to age groups. Therefore, we studied the influence of gender on the delivery of cardiac manage...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Hirakawa Y,Masuda Y,Uemura K,Kuzuya M,Kimata T,Iguchi A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature on malignant cardiac tumors is relatively limited because they are rare, especially among the Chinese population. We analyzed 14 patients diagnosed with malignant cardiac tumors in Fuwai Hospital and present the results of surgical treatments on the tumors. The mean age at tumor diagnosis was 47 years i...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Guo GR,Wang X,Yang J,Chen L,Song JP,Wang LQ

更新日期：2019-07-27 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：: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：:The purpose of this study was to clarify the effect of standing balance training on walking speed (short-term outcome) and cardiac events (long-term outcome) in elderly ischemic heart disease (IHD) patients. This was a retrospective cohort study. Ninety-two elderly (≥ 65 years) IHD patients who underwent an inpatient ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Yamamoto S,Matsunaga A,Wang G,Hoshi K,Kamiya K,Noda C,Kimura M,Yamaoka-Tojo M,Masuda T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To follow-up and estimate cardiac function in 11 heart failure patients with moderate to severe mitral regurgitation who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and to compare echocardiography to the rebreathing method (indirect Fick method) which were used for estimation. DESIGN:Prospective, obser...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Dong L,Wang JA,Yang Q,He H,Sun Y,Chen DD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between mild-to-moderate renal dysfunction and cardiac diastolic dysfunction and cardiac events in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NDCM) has not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between renal and cardiac function, as well as clinical ou...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Ohshima K,Hirashiki A,Cheng XW,Hayashi M,Hayashi D,Okumura T,Sakakibara M,Funahashi H,Ohshima S,Murohara T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 16-year-old male patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who developed protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) and plastic bronchitis (PB) after a Fontan operation. He received medical therapies, including albumin infusion, unfractionated heparin, and high-dose anti-aldosterone therapy but could not obtain ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Okada S,Muneuchi J,Nagatomo Y,Nonaka K,Iida C,Shirouzu H,Matsuoka R,Watanabe M,Joo K

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise preconditioning may protect against cardiac injury induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), but the mechanism is unresolved. The aim of this study is to explore whether the general control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2) kinase gene is associated with the protective effect of exercise preconditioning. Eight-week-old ma...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Sun ZG,Lu G,Zhao LL,Zhang LZ,Li A,Jing J,Xu X

更新日期：2020-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary heart disease (CHD) is recognized as a lifestyle-related disease and is the second leading cause of death in Japan. However, the cardiac risk factor profile of young patients with CHD has not been clarified in suburban areas of Japan. Our study aimed to determine metabolic and lifestyle risk factors in young ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Azegami M,Hongo M,Yanagisawa S,Yamazaki A,Sakaguchi K,Yazaki Y,Imamura H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although pressure-overload right ventricular hypertrophy is a long-term risk in some congenital heart diseases such as tetralogy of Fallot, how it develops is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of development of this right ventricular heart failure.Pulmonary artery banding in 10-day-old ra...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Minegishi S,Kitahori K,Murakami A,Ono M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical heart valve replacement (MHVR) entails lifetime oral anticoagulation to eliminate thrombosis. However, adverse events may still occur despite proper anticoagulation therapy. In this study, we investigated whether D-dimer can predict the clinical events in post-MHVR patients during oral anticoagulation thera...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Zhang L,Long Y,Xiao H,Yang J,Liu X,Zhang Z

更新日期：2019-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients who had had previous cardiac operations underwent minimally invasive beating heart mitral valve operations via a right minithoracotomy between November 2006 and February 2009. The mean age was 64 ± 10 years and 4 were female. Under general anesthesia with single-lumen ventilation, cardiopulmonary bypass ...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Kitamura T,Stuklis RG,Edwards J

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Intraaortic balloon pumping (IABP) is a useful therapy for refractory heart failure. However, the safe duration of this therapy and possible complications due to long-term IABP support remain unclear. In this study, we reviewed retrospectively patients requiring the long-term use of IABP, defined here as 10 days or mo...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Oshima K,Morishita Y,Hinohara H,Kadoi Y,Hayashi Y,Tajima Y,Kunimoto F

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37 year-old female who had suffered from arteritis for 20 years underwent a Bentall operation. Since severe stenosis was observed in her left main coronary artery (LMCA) the following year, a minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) operation was performed. Unfortunately, she again complained of ang...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Sakai H,Oyama N,Kishimoto N,Takahashi M,Urasawa K,Tsutsui H

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enlargement of the mitral valve (MV) has gained attention as a compensatory mechanism for functional mitral regurgitation (FMR). We aimed to determine if MV leaflet area is associated with MV coaptation-zone area and identify the clinical factors associated with MV leaflet size and coaptation-zone area in patients wit...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Xu B,Daimon M,Kawata T,Nakao T,Hirokawa M,Sawada N,Kimura K,Yamanaka Y,Morita H,Komuro I,Yatomi Y

更新日期：2021-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), the most common subtype of early onset hereditary ataxia, is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder caused by unstable GAA expansions. Two-dimensional, pulse, and pulse tissue Doppler echocardiographic examinations were performed on 21 patients with GAA expansion. There was no as...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Koc F,Akpinar O,Yerdelen D,Demir M,Sarica Y,Kanadasi M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most common cause of heart failure (HF), it is critically important to clarify whether incretin hormones including glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which play an important role in blood glucose control, mediate cardioprotection. There are many lines of basic research evidence indica...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Takahashi A,Ihara M,Yamazaki S,Asanuma H,Asakura M,Kitakaze M

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:Apelin was proved to attenuate cardiac interstitial fibrosis. However, the association between apelin level and myocardial fibrosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is still unclear.This study aims to determine whether apelin is associated with myocardial fibrosis in HCM and investigate the predictiv...

journal_title：International heart journal

authors： Zhou Y,Yuan J,Wang Y,Qiao S

更新日期：2019-05-30 00:00:00