Changes in cross-sectional area of the coronary lumen in the six months after angioplasty: a quantitative analysis of the variable response to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.

abstract：:We have compared casual indirect measurements of arterial pressure obtained 1) by the general practitioner (GP) and 2) in the outpatient clinic (OPC) with 24 hour continuous recording of direct arterial pressure in two selected group of unrestricted patients. 1) Eight asymptomatic, untreated patients with suspected hy...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Littler WA,Honour AJ,Pugsley DJ,Sleight P

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a 2% to 3% prevalence of echocardiographically defined mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in the general population, the actual burden, risk stratification, and treatment of the so-called arrhythmic MVP are unknown. The clinical profile is characterized by a patient, usually female, with mostly bileaflet myxomatous d...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Basso C,Iliceto S,Thiene G,Perazzolo Marra M

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether iron is involved in the reperfusion syndrome by aggravating free radical injury, the hearts from iron-loaded and control rats were perfused under normoxic, anoxic, and reperfusion conditions. Normoxic perfusion revealed no change in coronary flow, contractility, or lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) re...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： van der Kraaij AM,Mostert LJ,van Eijk HG,Koster JF

更新日期：1988-08-01 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：:An experiment was designed to determine optimal methods of myocardial reperfusion after normothermic ischemic arrest in the in vivo pig heart. Four variables were studied: 1) ischemic arrest for 15 minutes repeated six times vs 30 minutes repeated three times: 2) coronary reperfusion between each arrest period lasting...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Engelman RM,Levitsky S,Wyndham CR

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recorded direct-current extracellular electrograms simultaneously from 60 left ventricular epicardial sites in 38 alpha-chloralose-anesthetized dogs during repeated, 5 min coronary arterial occlusions. In each dog recordings made during control occlusions were compared with those made in occlusions after, or during...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Janse MJ,Schwartz PJ,Wilms-Schopman F,Peters RJ,Durrer D

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The first compounds considered for stent-based delivery, such as heparin, were chosen on the basis of promising tissue culture and animal experiments, and yet they have failed to stop restenosis clinically. More recent compounds, such as paclitaxel, are of a different sort, being hydrophobic in nature, and t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hwang CW,Wu D,Edelman ER

更新日期：2001-07-31 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:The evolution of cell phenotypes and matrix architecture in cardiac valves during fetal maturation and postnatal adaptation through senescence remains unexplored. METHODS AND RESULTS:We hypothesized that valvular interstitial (VIC) and endothelial cell (VEC) phenotypes, critical for maintaining valve functi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Aikawa E,Whittaker P,Farber M,Mendelson K,Padera RF,Aikawa M,Schoen FJ

更新日期：2006-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To simplify extensive primary repair of the thoracic aorta in acute type A aortic dissection, we developed the open triple-branched stent graft placement technique. The early results of this new technique are reported. METHODS AND RESULTS:Between June 2008 and November 2009, 30 patients with acute Stanford ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chen LW,Dai XF,Lu L,Zhang GC,Cao H

更新日期：2010-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even in high-performing health systems, some patients with diabetes mellitus have poor blood pressure (BP) control because of poor medication adherence and lack of medication intensification. We examined whether the Adherence and Intensification of Medications intervention, a pharmacist-led intervention comb...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Heisler M,Hofer TP,Schmittdiel JA,Selby JV,Klamerus ML,Bosworth HB,Bermann M,Kerr EA

更新日期：2012-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In our approach to dynamic cardiomyoplasty, which consists of wrapping a skeletal muscle around the heart and stimulating the former in synchrony with heart contractions to augment ventricular contractility, we have transferred a latissimus dorsi muscle flap to the heart by way of a partial resection of the second rib...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chachques JC,Grandjean P,Schwartz K,Mihaileanu S,Fardeau M,Swynghedauw B,Fontaliran F,Romero N,Wisnewsky C,Perier P

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with systemic morphological right ventricles (RVs), including congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries and dextro-transposition of the great arteries with a Mustard or Senning atrial baffle repair, have a high likelihood of developing systemic ventricular dysfunction. Unfortunately, there ar...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zaragoza-Macias E,Zaidi AN,Dendukuri N,Marelli A

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In subjects of all ages, those who weigh the most often have the highest blood pressure. Thus, in epidemiological studies, weight is the most important correlate of blood pressure. Using the data from the Medical College of Virginia Twin Study, we asked these questions: 1) Do the same genetic paths that regu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schieken RM,Mosteller M,Goble MM,Moskowitz WB,Hewitt JK,Eaves LJ,Nance WE

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: In ISCHEMIA, an initial invasive strategy did not significantly reduce rates of cardiovascular events or all-cause mortality compared with a conservative strategy in patients with stable ischemic heart disease and moderate/severe myocardial ischemia. The most frequent component of composite cardiovascular ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chaitman BR,Alexander KP,Cyr DD,Berger JS,Reynolds HR,Bangalore S,Boden WE,Lopes RD,Demkow M,Perna GP,Riezebos RK,McFalls EO,Banerjee S,Bagai A,Gosselin G,O'Brien SM,Rockhold FW,Waters DD,Thygesen KA,Stone GW,Whit

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This essay reviews the founding and early history of the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association (AHA), the largest of the AHA's 14 councils. Based on archival research, it stresses the factors that led to the council's formation and shaped its agenda. The council was established in the contex...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fye WB

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was performed to determine whether chronic cocaine abuse is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy in humans. METHODS AND RESULTS:A consecutive series of 40 chronic cocaine abusers 23-44 years old who were enrolled in an inpatient drug rehabilitation program were considered for the study. S...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brickner ME,Willard JE,Eichhorn EJ,Black J,Grayburn PA

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conventional transmitral Doppler indices are unreliable in assessing clinical status in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) because they are affected by loading conditions. This study sought to determine whether tissue Doppler velocities are predictive of adverse clinical outcomes including death...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： McMahon CJ,Nagueh SF,Pignatelli RH,Denfield SW,Dreyer WJ,Price JF,Clunie S,Bezold LI,Hays AL,Towbin JA,Eidem BW

更新日期：2004-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of timolol vs placebo on the frequency of anginal episodes, nitroglycerin consumption and exercise performance was investigated in a double-blind, randomized, crossover study in 23 patients with angina pectoris. The optimal dose of timolol (10-30 mg twice daily) for each patient was titrated by exercise stu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Aronow WS,Turbow M,Van Camp S,Lurie M,Whittaker K

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange (NCX) extrudes Ca(2+) from cardiac myocytes, but it can also mediate Ca(2+) influx, load the sarcoplasmic reticulum with Ca(2+), and trigger Ca(2+) release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. In ischemia/reperfusion or digitalis toxicity, increased levels of intracellular [Na(+)] ([Na(...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Satoh H,Ginsburg KS,Qing K,Terada H,Hayashi H,Bers DM

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accessory pathways originating at the tricuspid annulus that exhibit decremental antegrade conduction properties (Mahaim-type preexcitation) are amenable to radiofrequency (RF) current catheter ablation. However, a reliable and reproducible strategy for mapping and ablation of these fibers is lacking. METHO...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cappato R,Schlüter M,Weiss C,Siebels J,Hebe J,Duckeck W,Mletzko RU,Kuck KH

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an immune-mediated syndrome caused by heparin. Complications range from thrombocytopenia to thrombocytopenia with thrombosis. We report a prospective, historical- controlled study evaluating the efficacy and safety of argatroban, a direct thrombin inhibitor, as antic...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lewis BE,Wallis DE,Berkowitz SD,Matthai WH,Fareed J,Walenga JM,Bartholomew J,Sham R,Lerner RG,Zeigler ZR,Rustagi PK,Jang IK,Rifkin SD,Moran J,Hursting MJ,Kelton JG,ARG-911 Study Investigators.

更新日期：2001-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Our experimental studies since 1972 show that the heart is preserved best during cardiopulmonary bypass when it is in the beating, nonworking state. Results after mitral valve replacement (MVR) from 1968 to 1974 using various techniques of cardiac preservation were compared. In group I were 47 patients (1968 to 1972) ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Maloney JV Jr,Cooper N,Mulder DG,Buckberg GD

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The striated preferentially expressed gene (Speg) generates 4 different isoforms through alternative promoter use and tissue-specific splicing. Depending on the cell type, Speg isoforms may serve as markers of striated or smooth muscle differentiation. METHODS AND RESULTS:To elucidate function of Speg gene ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Liu X,Ramjiganesh T,Chen YH,Chung SW,Hall SR,Schissel SL,Padera RF Jr,Liao R,Ackerman KG,Kajstura J,Leri A,Anversa P,Yet SF,Layne MD,Perrella MA

更新日期：2009-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior small to modest-sized studies suggest a benefit of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance in noncomplex lesions. Whether IVUS guidance is associated with improved clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation in an unrestricted patient population is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:Asses...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Witzenbichler B,Maehara A,Weisz G,Neumann FJ,Rinaldi MJ,Metzger DC,Henry TD,Cox DA,Duffy PL,Brodie BR,Stuckey TD,Mazzaferri EL Jr,Xu K,Parise H,Mehran R,Mintz GS,Stone GW

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-six patients undergoing orthotopic cardiac transplantation were given Minnesota ALG prophylactically or therapeutically for acute cardiac rejection. During a follow-up period of 0-28 months (mean follow-up period, 11.9 months), the actuarial survival for the entire group was 96% and 86% at 30 days and 1 year, re...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Keith FM,Magilligan DJ Jr,Lakier JB,Drost CJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton (hydrogen-1) magnetic resonance imaging techniques have potential for the detection and characterization of changes associated with myocardial ischemia. Since image contrast is dependent on T1 and T2 relaxation times, we examined these parameters in a canine preparation of occlusion of the left anterior descend...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Johnston DL,Brady TJ,Ratner AV,Rosen BR,Newell JB,Pohost GM,Okada RD

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The physiological assessment of angiographically intermediate-severity stenoses remains problematic. Functional measurements of poststenotic intracoronary Doppler coronary flow reserve can be performed in humans but have not been correlated with hyperemic myocardial perfusion imaging or angiographic data in ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Miller DD,Donohue TJ,Younis LT,Bach RG,Aguirre FV,Wittry MD,Goodgold HM,Chaitman BR,Kern MJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute aortic regurgitation was created experimentally in 21 mongrel dogs to examine the relationship of the regurgitant jet to observed echocardiographic findings. The direction of the regurgitant jet was studied by echo contrast injections in the aortic root. Diastolic fluttering of the anterior mitral leaflet (AML) ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nakao S,Tanaka H,Tahara M,Yoshimura H,Sakurai S,Tei C,Kashima T

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin modulates sympathetic vasoconstriction, but the mechanisms underlying this effect are not completely elucidated. We have recently investigated the insulin effect on the alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenergic vasoconstriction pathway, where it is still conflicting with the possible insulin influence on the b...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lembo G,Iaccarino G,Vecchione C,Rendina V,Parrella L,Trimarco B

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00