Mechanisms, Consequences, and Prevention of Coronary Graft Failure.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The countercurrent arrangement of capillary blood flow in the medulla of mammalian kidneys generates a gradient of oxygen tension between the renal cortex and the papillary tip that results in a state of relative hypoxia within the renal medulla. Exploration of the pathophysiological implications of medullar...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Prasad PV,Edelman RR,Epstein FH

更新日期：1996-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Receptors that couple via the stimulatory G protein, Gs, to adenylate cyclase and to a positive inotropic response have been extensively investigated in falling human heart. In contrast, much less is known about receptors, such as the A1-adenosine receptor, that couple to adenylate cyclase via the inhibitory...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hershberger RE,Feldman AM,Bristow MR

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasonic tissue characterization is a new area of investigation in the field of cardiac ultrasound. The amplitude and frequency of the ultrasound signal are normally altered as the signal penetrates through tissue. It is assumed that the amplitude distribution and frequency shift of diseased or edematous tissue are ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schnittger I,Vieli A,Heiserman JE,Director BA,Billingham ME,Ellis SG,Kernoff RS,Takamoto T,Popp RL

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rel/NF-kappaB, an oxidative stress-responsive transcription factor, participates transiently in the control of gene expression. The cellular mechanisms that mediate NF-kappaB activation during ischemia (and during reperfusion in the course of treating ischemia) are not known. METHODS AND RESULTS:To investig...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Canty TG Jr,Boyle EM Jr,Farr A,Morgan EN,Verrier ED,Pohlman TH

更新日期：1999-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Degeneration of xenografts or homografts is a major cause for reoperation in young patients after pulmonary valve replacement. We present the early results of fresh decellularized pulmonary homografts (DPH) implantation compared with glutaraldehyde-fixed bovine jugular vein (BJV) and cryopreserved homografts...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cebotari S,Tudorache I,Ciubotaru A,Boethig D,Sarikouch S,Goerler A,Lichtenberg A,Cheptanaru E,Barnaciuc S,Cazacu A,Maliga O,Repin O,Maniuc L,Breymann T,Haverich A

更新日期：2011-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of intra-aortic balloon pumping in augmenting ventricular performance during acute myocardial ischemic syndromes was determined by noninvasive multigated cardiac blood pool imaging. Nine patients with unstable angina refractory to medical therapy and nine patients with acute myocardial infarction com...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nichols AB,Pohost GM,Gold HK,Leinbach RC,Beller GA,McKusick KA,Strauss HW,Buckley MJ

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of therapeutic levels of quinidine were studied in an ischemic gap preparation of reflected reentry. The preparation consisted of a Purkinje fiber mounted in a three-compartment chamber. A narrow central compartment was perfused with a solution prepared to mimic the extracellular milieu at a site of ischem...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Shen XT,Antzelevitch C

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous reports have suggested that an attenuated exercise heart rate response may be associated with coronary heart disease risk and with mortality. These observations may parallel the association between reduced heart rate variability during normal activities and adverse outcome. This investigation was de...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lauer MS,Okin PM,Larson MG,Evans JC,Levy D

更新日期：1996-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite a recent American Heart Association (AHA) consensus statement emphasizing the importance of resistant hypertension, the incidence and prognosis of this condition are largely unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:This retrospective cohort study in 2 integrated health plans included patients with incident hype...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Daugherty SL,Powers JD,Magid DJ,Tavel HM,Masoudi FA,Margolis KL,O'Connor PJ,Selby JV,Ho PM

更新日期：2012-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of unstable angina targets the specific pathophysiological thrombotic process at the site of the active culprit lesion. In unstable angina due to a restenotic lesion, smooth muscle cell proliferation and increased vasoreactivity may play a more important role than thrombus formation. Therefore,...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Doucet S,Malekianpour M,Théroux P,Bilodeau L,Côté G,de Guise P,Dupuis J,Joyal M,Gosselin G,Tanguay JF,Juneau M,Harel F,Nattel S,Tardif JC,Lespérance J

更新日期：2000-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Statins are effective in the primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guideline expands recommended statin use, but its cost-effectiveness has not been compared with other guidelines. METHODS:We used the Cardio...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Heller DJ,Coxson PG,Penko J,Pletcher MJ,Goldman L,Odden MC,Kazi DS,Bibbins-Domingo K

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac tissue engineering offers the prospect of a novel treatment for acquired or congenital heart defects. We have created vascularized pieces of beating cardiac muscle in the rat that are as thick as the adult rat right ventricle wall. METHOD AND RESULTS:Neonatal rat cardiomyocytes in Matrigel were impl...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Morritt AN,Bortolotto SK,Dilley RJ,Han X,Kompa AR,McCombe D,Wright CE,Itescu S,Angus JA,Morrison WA

更新日期：2007-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred-three patients had -echnetium 99m (stannous) pyrophosphate myocardial scintigrams for the evaluation of chest pain and suspected acute myocardial infarction. In addition to routine imaging at 60--90 minutes after injection of the radio-pharmaceutical, the blood pool was imaged immediately in each patient f...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cowley MJ,Mantle JA,Rogers WJ,Russel RO Jr,Rackley CE,Logic JR

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an open-label blinded study, we compared intracoronary and transendocardial CD34(+) cell transplantation in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. METHODS AND RESULTS:Of the 40 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, 20 were randomized to receive intracoronary injection and 20 received transendo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vrtovec B,Poglajen G,Lezaic L,Sever M,Socan A,Domanovic D,Cernelc P,Torre-Amione G,Haddad F,Wu JC

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aldosterone and angiotensin (Ang) II both may cause organ damage. Circulating aldosterone is produced in the adrenals; however, local cardiac synthesis has been reported. Aldosterone concentrations depend on the activity of aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2). We tested the hypothesis that reducing aldosterone by...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fiebeler A,Nussberger J,Shagdarsuren E,Rong S,Hilfenhaus G,Al-Saadi N,Dechend R,Wellner M,Meiners S,Maser-Gluth C,Jeng AY,Webb RL,Luft FC,Muller DN

更新日期：2005-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study reports on the trends in the volume and outcomes of coronary revascularization procedures performed on Medicare beneficiaries between 2008 and 2012. METHODS AND RESULTS:This retrospective study identifies all Medicare beneficiaries undergoing a coronary revascularization procedure: coronary arter...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Culler SD,Kugelmass AD,Brown PP,Reynolds MR,Simon AW

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The status of radioactive tracer studies in cardiovascular diagnosis is summarized. Planning guidelines are suggested for a hospital nuclear medical service including a central nuclear medical facility and satellite units, and resource criteria are given for professional personnel including training and duties, equipm...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Adelstein SJ,Jansen C,Wagner HN Jr

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although black cardiac patients receive fewer revascularization procedures than whites, it is unclear whether this has a detrimental impact on outcomes. The objective of our study was to compare 6-month functional status and angina outcomes among blacks and whites with documented coronary disease and to asse...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kaul P,Lytle BL,Spertus JA,DeLong ER,Peterson ED

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated high-energy phosphate (HEP) levels and the ability to perform work in rat hearts preserved by standard techniques (0.9% NaCl arrest and storage at 4 degrees C) and by continuous coronary perfusion at 22 degrees C, pH 7.25, and 55 mm Hg for 4 or 8 hr with Krebs-Henseleit buffer (KHB), modified Morgan's sol...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Novick WM,Wallace HW,Root KL,Rozanski DJ,Fuller EO

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no consensus on how, when, or at what intensity exercise should be performed after heart transplantation (HTx). We have recently shown that high-intensity interval training (HIT) is safe, well tolerated, and efficacious in the maintenance state after HTx, but studies have not investigated HIT effect...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nytrøen K,Rolid K,Andreassen AK,Yardley M,Gude E,Dahle DO,Bjørkelund E,Relbo Authen A,Grov I,Philip Wigh J,Have Dall C,Gustafsson F,Karason K,Gullestad L

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) has evolved rapidly from a relatively esoteric research tool into clinical applications providing unique, quantitative information on myocardial perfusion, metabolism, and cell membrane function and having a potentially significant impact on cardiovascular medicine. Although ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gould KL

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acquired QT prolongation enhances the susceptibility to torsades de pointes (TdP). Clinical and experimental studies indicate ventricular action potential prolongation, increased regional dispersion of repolarization, and early afterdepolarizations as underlying factors. We examined whether K(+)-current alte...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Volders PG,Sipido KR,Vos MA,Spätjens RL,Leunissen JD,Carmeliet E,Wellens HJ

更新日期：1999-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug-coated balloons (DCBs) are a predominant revascularization therapy for symptomatic femoropopliteal artery disease. Because of the differences in excipients, paclitaxel dose, and coating morphologies, varying clinical outcomes have been observed with different DCBs. We report the results of 2 studies inv...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Krishnan P,Faries P,Niazi K,Jain A,Sachar R,Bachinsky WB,Cardenas J,Werner M,Brodmann M,Mustapha JA,Mena-Hurtado C,Jaff MR,Holden AH,Lyden SP

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Early afterdepolarizations (EADs) are depolarizing potentials that occur before complete repolarization. They may be important in the acquired and possibly the idiopathic long QT syndrome and associated ventricular tachycardia (VT). The purpose of these experiments was to study in 20 open-chest dogs the effects of sym...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ben-David J,Zipes DP

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of structural heart disease and sodium channel dysfunction in the induction of electrical instability in Brugada syndrome is still debated. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 18 consecutive patients (15 males, 3 females; mean age 42.0+/-12.4 years) with clinical phenotype of Brugada syndrome and normal...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Frustaci A,Priori SG,Pieroni M,Chimenti C,Napolitano C,Rivolta I,Sanna T,Bellocci F,Russo MA

更新日期：2005-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We tested prospectively the hypothesis that stroke development can be predicted by echolucency of carotid atherosclerotic plaques in previously symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:We followed incidence of ipsilateral ischemic strokes for 4.4 years in 111 asymptomatic and 135 symptomat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Grønholdt ML,Nordestgaard BG,Schroeder TV,Vorstrup S,Sillesen H

更新日期：2001-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Office of Rare Diseases at the National Institutes of Health organized a workshop (September 14 to 15, 2006, in Bethesda, Md) to advise on new research directions needed for improved identification and treatment of rare inherited arrhythmias. These included the followi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lehnart SE,Ackerman MJ,Benson DW Jr,Brugada R,Clancy CE,Donahue JK,George AL Jr,Grant AO,Groft SC,January CT,Lathrop DA,Lederer WJ,Makielski JC,Mohler PJ,Moss A,Nerbonne JM,Olson TM,Przywara DA,Towbin JA,Wang LH,M

更新日期：2007-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brain natriuretic peptide is a novel natriuretic peptide that is secreted predominantly from the ventricles, and its plasma levels have been shown to be markedly increased in patients with chronic congestive heart failure. This study was designed to examine the plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide as w...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Morita E,Yasue H,Yoshimura M,Ogawa H,Jougasaki M,Matsumura T,Mukoyama M,Nakao K

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although echocardiography is commonly performed before coronary artery bypass surgery, there has yet to be a study examining the incremental prognostic value of a complete echocardiogram. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass surgery at 2 hospitals were divided into derivat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Afilalo J,Flynn AW,Shimony A,Rudski LG,Agnihotri AK,Morin JF,Castrillo C,Shahian DM,Picard MH

更新日期：2013-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Because discrepancies about baroreflex sensitivity in essential hypertension may have resulted from the use of different measurement techniques, we assessed the extent to which the results of different techniques agree in the same subjects. The eight techniques studied were the change in RR interval per unit change in...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Goldstein DS,Horwitz D,Keiser HR

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00