Cardiovascular and Ventilatory Consequences of Laparoscopic Surgery.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary flow reserve has been considered an important diagnostic index of the functional significance of coronary artery stenosis. With Doppler technique, it has been assessed as the ratio of hyperemic to basal coronary flow velocity (coronary flow velocity reserve [CFVR]) by invasive or semiinvasive method...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hozumi T,Yoshida K,Ogata Y,Akasaka T,Asami Y,Takagi T,Morioka S

更新日期：1998-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term survival after acute kidney injury (AKI) is poorly studied. We report the relationship between long-term mortality and AKI with small changes in serum creatinine during hospitalization after various cardiothoracic surgery procedures. METHODS AND RESULTS:This was a retrospective study of 2973 patie...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hobson CE,Yavas S,Segal MS,Schold JD,Tribble CG,Layon AJ,Bihorac A

更新日期：2009-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The crucial function of hepatic lipase (HL) in lipid metabolism has been well established, but the relationship between HL activity and coronary artery disease (CAD) is disputed. METHODS AND RESULTS:We measured HL activity in the postheparin plasma of 200 consecutive men undergoing elective coronary angiogr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Dugi KA,Brandauer K,Schmidt N,Nau B,Schneider JG,Mentz S,Keiper T,Schaefer JR,Meissner C,Kather H,Bahner ML,Fiehn W,Kreuzer J

更新日期：2001-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum paraoxonase (PON1), an enzyme carried on HDL, inhibits LDL oxidation, and in human population studies, low PON1 activity is associated with atherosclerosis. In addition, PON1 knockout mice are more susceptible to lipoprotein oxidation and atherosclerosis. To evaluate whether PON1 protects against ather...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tward A,Xia YR,Wang XP,Shi YS,Park C,Castellani LW,Lusis AJ,Shih DM

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanisms linking obesity to hypertension have not been established, but sodium retention and excessive sympathetic tone are key contributors. The natriuretic peptides are important regulators of sodium homeostasis and neurohormonal activation, raising the possibility that obese individuals have an impa...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wang TJ,Larson MG,Levy D,Benjamin EJ,Leip EP,Wilson PW,Vasan RS

更新日期：2004-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dual antiplatelet therapy in older versus younger patients with acute coronary syndromes is understudied. Low-dose prasugrel (5 mg/d) is recommended for younger, lower-body-weight patients and elderly patients with acute coronary syndromes to mitigate the bleeding risk of standard-dose prasugrel (10 mg/d). ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Roe MT,Goodman SG,Ohman EM,Stevens SR,Hochman JS,Gottlieb S,Martinez F,Dalby AJ,Boden WE,White HD,Prabhakaran D,Winters KJ,Aylward PE,Bassand JP,McGuire DK,Ardissino D,Fox KA,Armstrong PW

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We surveyed the national experience of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for coronary sequelae of Kawasaki disease (kDa) in 2002. METHODS AND RESULTS:A questionnaire was returned from 323/552 (59%) institutions. Two hundred forty-four patients (188 male 56 female) since 1975 were identified. The mean n...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tsuda E,Kitamura S,Cooperative Study Group of Japan.

更新日期：2004-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bradycardia and sinus node dysfunction are common causes of early postoperative morbidity in orthotopic heart transplant recipients and frequently require the use of chronotropic drugs or permanent pacemakers. Several causes have been postulated, including surgical trauma to the sinus node and its blood supp...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rothman SA,Jeevanandam V,Combs WG,Furukawa S,Hsia HH,Eisen HJ,Buxton AE,Miller JM

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extrahepatic tissues have long been considered critical contributors of cholesterol to nascent HDL particles in the reverse cholesterol transport pathway, in which ABCA1 plays the crucial role. Recent studies, however, including both overexpression and deletion of ABCA1 selectively in the liver, have highlig...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Singaraja RR,Van Eck M,Bissada N,Zimetti F,Collins HL,Hildebrand RB,Hayden A,Brunham LR,Kang MH,Fruchart JC,Van Berkel TJ,Parks JS,Staels B,Rothblat GH,Fiévet C,Hayden MR

更新日期：2006-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Race and sex disparities in in-hospital treatment and outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) have been described, but little is known about race and sex differences in post-MI angina and long-term risk of unplanned rehospitalization. We examined race and sex differences in post-MI angina ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hess CN,Kaltenbach LA,Doll JA,Cohen DJ,Peterson ED,Wang TY

更新日期：2017-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age is an important determinant of outcomes for patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS); however, community practice reveals a disproportionately lower use of cardiovascular medications and invasive treatment even among elderly patients with ACS who would stand to benefit. Reasons include limited trial ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Alexander KP,Newby LK,Cannon CP,Armstrong PW,Gibler WB,Rich MW,Van de Werf F,White HD,Weaver WD,Naylor MD,Gore JM,Krumholz HM,Ohman EM,American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology.,Society of Geriatric Cardiology

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since Mexican Americans have adverse patterns of risk factors for myocardial infarction relative to non-Hispanic whites, the incidence of myocardial infarction should be greater among Mexican Americans than among non-Hispanic whites. This expectation conflicts with reports generated from death certificate re...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Goff DC,Nichaman MZ,Chan W,Ramsey DJ,Labarthe DR,Ortiz C

更新日期：1997-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent findings suggest a causative role of infections in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. In hypothesizing an association between infectious agents and the development of atherosclerosis, we would expect a correlation to the extent of atherosclerosis. Moreover, this effect could be multiplied by the num...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Espinola-Klein C,Rupprecht HJ,Blankenberg S,Bickel C,Kopp H,Rippin G,Victor A,Hafner G,Schlumberger W,Meyer J,AtheroGene Investigators.

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of coronary bypass 5-10 years after operation at the Baylor College of Medicine are reported. The late results demonstrate that good relief of symptoms of angina pectoris persisted in 89% of patients at 10 years of follow-up. An overall annual attrition rate of 3% has been fairly constant through 10 years ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lawrie GM,Morris GC Jr

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although patients with heart failure express elevated circulating levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in their peripheral circulation, the structural and functional effects of circulating levels of pathophysiologically relevant concentrations of TNF-alpha on the heart are not known. METHODS AN...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bozkurt B,Kribbs SB,Clubb FJ Jr,Michael LH,Didenko VV,Hornsby PJ,Seta Y,Oral H,Spinale FG,Mann DL

更新日期：1998-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early defibrillation is the most important intervention affecting survival from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). To improve public access to early defibrillation, we established Piacenza Progetto Vita (PPV), the first system of out-of-hospital early defibrillation by first-responder volunteers. METHODS AND RESU...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Capucci A,Aschieri D,Piepoli MF,Bardy GH,Iconomu E,Arvedi M

更新日期：2002-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated whether decreased myofilament calcium contractile activation may, in part, contribute to heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Calcium concentration required for 50% activation and Hill coefficient for fibers from nonfailing and failing human hearts at pH 7.1 were not different. Maximum calcium...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hajjar RJ,Schwinger RH,Schmidt U,Kim CS,Lebeche D,Doye AA,Gwathmey JK

更新日期：2000-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although beta-adrenergic receptor (AR) blockade therapy is beneficial in the treatment of heart failure, little is known regarding the transcriptional mechanisms underlying this salutary action. METHODS AND RESULTS:In the present study, we screened mice overexpressing Gsalpha, beta1AR, beta2AR, or protein k...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gaussin V,Tomlinson JE,Depre C,Engelhardt S,Antos CL,Takagi G,Hein L,Topper JN,Liggett SB,Olson EN,Lohse MJ,Vatner SF,Vatner DE

更新日期：2003-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen male patients with NYHA class IV congestive heart failure refractory to conventional therapy were treated with oral fenoximone, a new imidazole compound with inotropic and vasodilator effects, for a mean duration of 11 weeks (range 2 to 34). On initial hemodynamic evaluation, the effects of oral fenoximone we...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Shah PK,Amin DK,Hulse S,Shellock F,Swan HJ

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although evidence suggests that primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred reperfusion strategy in the majority of patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), only a minority of patients with STEMI are treated with primary PCI, and of those, only a minority receive the trea...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Jacobs AK,Antman EM,Ellrodt G,Faxon DP,Gregory T,Mensah GA,Moyer P,Ornato J,Peterson ED,Sadwin L,Smith SC,American Heart Association's Acute Myocardial Infarction Advisory Working Group.

更新日期：2006-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac effects of hypertension include increased left ventricular (LV) mass and LV hypertrophy, as well as increased left atrial size, a predictor of stroke and atrial fibrillation. Although literature on reduction of LV mass with antihypertensive therapy is extensive, little information is available on eff...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gottdiener JS,Reda DJ,Williams DW,Materson BJ,Cushman W,Anderson RJ

更新日期：1998-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aging results in vascular stiffening and an increase in the velocity of the pressure wave as it travels down the aorta. Increased aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV) has been associated with mortality in clinical but not general populations. The objective of this investigation was to determine whether aPWV is ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sutton-Tyrrell K,Najjar SS,Boudreau RM,Venkitachalam L,Kupelian V,Simonsick EM,Havlik R,Lakatta EG,Spurgeon H,Kritchevsky S,Pahor M,Bauer D,Newman A,Health ABC Study.

更新日期：2005-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Carotid artery stenting, compared with carotid endarterectomy, is emerging as an effective and less invasive method of revascularization for extracranial carotid artery stenosis. Carotid stenting is established as the treatment of choice for certain high-risk patient subsets, and ongoing clinical trials are evaluating...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Roubin GS,Iyer S,Halkin A,Vitek J,Brennan C

更新日期：2006-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A reduced rate of diastolic closure of the anterior mitral leaflet has been shown to occur in mitral stenosis, primary pulmonary hypertension, and in cases with reduced left ventricular compliance. Posterior notion of the posterior mitral leaflet in diastole has been the distinguishing feature to rule out the diagnosi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Levisman JA,Abbasi AS,Pearce ML

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ranolazine is a novel antianginal agent that may reduce symptoms without affecting hemodynamics and has shown cardiac antiischemic effects in in vivo and in vitro models. In one study it increased active pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDHa). Other agents that increase PDHa and so increase glucose and decrease fatty...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： McCormack JG,Barr RL,Wolff AA,Lopaschuk GD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both a vascular endothelial cytochrome P450 (CYP450) product of arachidonic acid metabolism and the potassium ion (K(+)) have been identified as endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors (EDHFs) in animal vascular tissues. We studied the relative importance of EDHF, nitric oxide (NO), and prostacyclin (PGI...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Coats P,Johnston F,MacDonald J,McMurray JJ,Hillier C

更新日期：2001-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of isoproterenol on increasing the peak amplitude of the L-type calcium current is reduced in myocytes dispersed from the epicardial border zone (EBZ) of the 5-day infarcted canine heart when compared with control cells from noninfarcted hearts. This suggests that specific alterations in the beta-...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Steinberg SF,Zhang H,Pak E,Pagnotta G,Boyden PA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemodialysis vascular access dysfunction is the single most important cause of morbidity in kidney hemodialysis patients. Failure of an arteriovenous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft, the most common form of hemodialysis access, is primarily due to intimal hyperplasia and thrombosis at the venous anastom...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Luo Z,Akita GY,Date T,Treleaven C,Vincent KA,Woodcock D,Cheng SH,Gregory RJ,Jiang C

更新日期：2005-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of encainide on ventricular arrhythmia and left ventricular function were studied in 21 patients with chronic, high-grade ventricular arrhythmia using a prospective, 3-month, placebo-controlled, single-blind trial design. Encainide caused a 96% decrease in the average hourly frequency of ventricular premat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： DiBianco R,Fletcher RD,Cohen AI,Gottdiener JS,Singh SN,Katz RJ,Bates HR,Sauerbrunn B

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persons with end-stage renal disease and those with lesser degrees of chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an increased risk of death after myocardial infarction (MI) that is not fully explained by associated comorbidities. Future cardiovascular event rates and the relative response to therapy in persons with m...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tokmakova MP,Skali H,Kenchaiah S,Braunwald E,Rouleau JL,Packer M,Chertow GM,Moyé LA,Pfeffer MA,Solomon SD

更新日期：2004-12-14 00:00:00