Vascular restenosis in coronary artery bypass grafting might be associated with VEGF-C/VEGFR-3 signaling pathway.

abstract：:Mitral valve morphology after mitral valve surgery affects postoperative intraventricular flow patterns and long-term cardiac performance. We visualized ventricular flow by echocardiography vector flow mapping (VFM) to reveal the impact of different mitral valve procedures. Eleven cases of mechanical mitral valve repl...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nakashima K,Itatani K,Kitamura T,Oka N,Horai T,Miyazaki S,Nie M,Miyaji K

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thrombotest (TT) technique has been widely used in Japan for monitoring oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT). The therapeutic range was originally recommended to be 10%-25%. However, the International Committee for Standardization in Hematology/International Committee on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ICSH/ICTH) recommend...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Uetsuka Y,Hosoda S,Kasanuki H,Aosaki M,Murasaki K,Ooki K,Inoue M,Akiyama E,Kitada M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined mRNA expression of the clock genes (Per1, Per2, and Bmal1) and PAI-1 (plasminogen activator inhibitor-1) after aldosterone treatment every 4 h up to 48 h in H9c2 cardiomyoblasts by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. To block the MR (mineralocorticoid receptor), the MR antagonist, spironolacto...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Tanaka K,Ashizawa N,Kawano H,Sato O,Seto S,Nishihara E,Terazono H,Isomoto S,Shinohara K,Yano K

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although drug-eluting stents (DES) for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have dramatically reduced the incidence of in-stent restenosis, their deployment for large-size coronary lesions is still controversial because of problems such as late in-stent thrombosis and late catch-up in DES. We aimed to evaluate the...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yoshida T,Sakata K,Nitta Y,Taguchi T,Kaku B,Katsuda S,Shimojima M,Gamou T,Nakahashi T,Konno T,Kawashiri MA,Yamagishi M,Hayashi K

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gradient-echo T2-star (T2*)-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a sensitive method to detect cerebral microbleeds (CMBs). The presence of CMBs was reported to be a marker of future cardiovascular mortality and is associated with various cardiovascular risk factors, use of antithrombotic drugs, and cognitive d...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Watanabe T,Kanzaki Y,Yamauchi Y,Ito T,Nishida Y,Yamamura K,Komori T,Sohmiya K,Hoshiga M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Etiopathogenesis of coronary artery ectasia (CAE), which is defined as abnormal dilatation of a segment of the coronary artery to 1.5 times of an adjacent normal coronary artery segment, is unclear. However, it is speculated that CAE develops in the atherosclerosis process through degeneration of coronary artery media...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Dagli N,Ozturk U,Karaca I,Yavuzkir M,Koca S,Akbulut H,Balin M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with severe diastolic dysfunction is a major cause of heart failure and sudden cardiac death (SCD) associated with lethal arrhythmia. Although various risk factors for cardiac events have been reported in HCM patients, previous studies have reported that some HCM patients exhibit eith...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sugiura Y,Morimoto R,Aoki S,Yamaguchi S,Haga T,Kuwayama T,Yokoi T,Hiraiwa H,Kondo T,Watanabe N,Kano N,Fukaya K,Sawamura A,Okumura T,Murohara T

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitive cardiac troponin I (cTnI) predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in various clinical settings. However, its clinical significance in hemodialysis (HD) patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) has not been fully elucidated. This study investigated the association of cTnI with...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Otsuka K,Nakanishi K,Shimada K,Nakamura H,Inanami H,Nishioka H,Fujimoto K,Kasayuki N,Yoshiyama M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is a potent antioxidant and inhibits cell apoptosis in ischemic reperfusion injury. In this study we evaluated whether addition of taurine to St. Thomas' cardioplegic solution enhances its myocardial protective effects in prolonged hypothermic heart preservation in rats. Hearts iso...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Oriyanhan W,Yamazaki K,Miwa S,Takaba K,Ikeda T,Komeda M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of total occlusion of aorta just distal to the left subclavian artery, bicuspid aortic valve, and occluded left external iliac artery in a 21-year-old man who was admitted with headache and severe hypertension is presented. We wish to report this case because so far there have been none reported with s...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Tanindi A,Tavil Y,Mutluay R,Taktak H,Cengel A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of nifedipine on regional dysfunction during pacing-induced ischemia were studied in eight patients with coronary artery disease. Single-plane left ventriculograms were obtained using a high-fidelity micromanometer-tipped catheter in the control and post-pacing periods both before and after pretreatment wi...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nonogi H,Sasayama S,Miyazaki S,Asanoi H,Yamanishi K,Kawai C,Eiho S,Kuwahara M

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggested that sleep-disordered breathing was associated with cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure (HF). Recently, algorithms of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) have been developed to detect advanced sleep apnea (SA); the Apnea Scan (AP Scan) being an example. The purpose of th...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Wakabayashi Y,Koyama T,Kurihara K,Kobayashi M,Ichikawa T,Abe H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors may be useful in preventing the occurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). However, evaluation of such effect is difficult because many PAF episodes are asymptomatic and not all episodes are detected by intermittent electrocardiographic monitoring. A pacemaker has bee...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Takii E,Inage T,Yoshida T,Ohe M,Gondo T,Haraguchi G,Ito S,Kumanomido J,Imaizumi T,Fukuomoto Y

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to test the ability of adenovirus-delivered vascular endothelial growth factor (Ad-VEGF) to stimulate angiogenesis and arteriogenesis in the rabbit hindlimb following the induction of ischemia and to evaluate the functional changes in the collateral circulation. Ten days after the surgical indu...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Hershey JC,Baskin EP,Corcoran HA,Bett A,Dougherty NM,Gilberto DB,Mao X,Thomas KA,Cook JJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiofrequency catheter ablation of an atrial tachycardia (AT) and atrial fibrillation (AF) was performed in a patient with a history of pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal AF. The AT exhibited a centrifugal pattern with the posterolateral LA as the earliest activation site. The AT was not terminated by ablation a...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kuroki K,Tada H,Kunugida F,Sekiguchi Y,Machino T,Yamasaki H,Igarashi M,Aonuma K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac systolic (left ventricular ejection fraction) and diastolic (mitral inflow velocity pattern and/or mitral deceleration time) function were reported as predictors of clinical outcome or left ventricular remodeling in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Recently, a new index (Doppler-derived index c...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sasao H,Noda R,Hasegawa T,Endo A,Oimatsu H,Takada T

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperuricemia is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD), but data regarding the relationship between serum uric acid levels and the long-term outcomes of CKD patients have been limited. The present study evaluated the associations between baseline serum uric acid levels with mortality and end-stage renal disease (ESRD...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Miyaoka T,Mochizuki T,Takei T,Tsuchiya K,Nitta K

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) demonstrated delay in vascular healing and increase in incidence of late and very late stent thrombosis compared with bare-metal stents (BMS). Second-generation DES, however, have shown a reduction of late and very late stent thrombosis compared with first-generation DES. Thu...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yano H,Horinaka S,Ishikawa M,Ishimitsu T

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular arrhythmias play a critical role in chronic heart failure (CHF) and are associated with adverse clinical outcomes. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is associated with arrhythmias and/or a poor prognosis in CHF. Adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) is a ventilatory support system designed to normalize ventilati...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Iwaya S,Yoshihisa A,Nodera M,Owada T,Yamada S,Sato T,Suzuki S,Yamaki T,Sugimoto K,Kunii H,Nakazato K,Suzuki H,Saitoh S,Takeishi Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and immunological follow-up of a 38-year-old female patient with hypereosinophilic syndrome and classical cardiac involvement, but without demonstrable degranulation of eosinophils and lacking binding of a specific antibody for activated eosinophils, is presented. Instead, the patient demonstrated all the...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Maisch B,Drude L,Kochsiek K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) is a membrane-binding protein that is released into the blood stream by immune activation. Recent reports suggest that circulating suPAR levels are associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Exercise tolerance is an independent predictor of prognosis ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ishikawa H,Izumiya Y,Shibata A,Ichikawa Y,Yamaguchi T,Yamaguchi Y,Kitada R,Iwata S,Ehara S,Tomita S,Hanatani A,Yoshiyama M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transient left ventricular apical ballooning (so-called "ampulla" or "Takotsubo-shaped" cardiomyopathy) with type I CD36 deficiency is described in a 71-year-old woman. The patient was referred because of chest pain and worsening of dyspnea. Electrocardiogram showed T-wave inversions on the precordal leads, and acut...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kushiro T,Saito F,Kusama J,Takahashi H,Imazeki T,Tani S,Kikuchi S,Imai S,Matsudaira K,Watanabe I,Hino T,Sato Y,Nakayama T,Nagao K,Kanmatsuse K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to assess the acute cardiopulmonary effects of a 100-mg oral single dose of sildenafil in patients with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (IPAH) using a well-validated but less-used noninvasive echocardiographic method for the measurement of both systolic and diastolic pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), by tric...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Behzadnia N,Najafizadeh K,Sharif-Kashani B,Dameshghi DO,Shahabi P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular Na(+) ([Na(+)](i)) regulation plays a crucial role in the structural, mechanical, and electrical properties of myocardium. It is assumed that the [Na(+)](i) handling system may differ not only between normal and diseased hearts but also regionally within a heart. To gain new insight concerning disease- a...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yamamoto T,Shirayama T,Takahashi T,Matsubara H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is recommended for patients who are inoperable or at high risk for surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). Corticosteroid therapy is considered to be a risk factor for SAVR, but there is a paucity of information about TAVI in patients taking corticosteroids. The aim of ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Higuchi R,Tobaru T,Hagiya K,Saji M,Mahara K,Takamisawa I,Shimizu J,Takanashi S,Takayama M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vector flow mapping (VFM) is a novel echocardiographic technology that shows blood flow vectors and vortexes, enabled the hydrokinetic evaluation of hemodynamics within the left ventricle. VFM provides several unique parameters: circulation, vorticity, vortex area, and energy loss. The present study aims to reveal a r...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Goya S,Wada T,Shimada K,Hirao D,Tanaka R

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular responses to 5-hydroxytrypamine (5-HT), 5-carboxamidotryptamine (5-CT, a selective 5-HT1-like receptor agonist), alpha-methyl-5-HT (alpha-M-5-HT, a relatively selective 5-HT2 receptor agonist), noradrenaline (NA), and KCl were examined in isolated, cannulated, and perfused canine common carotid arterial p...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Vhora S,Chiba S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by a progressive increase in pulmonary arterial pressure and vascular resistance. Despite advances in therapy for PAH, its treatment and prognosis remain poor. We aimed to investigate whether the transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) overexp...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Guo Y,Su L,Li Y,Guo N,Xie L,Zhang D,Zhang X,Li H,Zhang G,Wang Y,Liu C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary slow flow (CSF) is characterized by delayed opacification of coronary arteries in the absence epicardial occlusive disease. QT duration and dispersion have been reported to be longer in patients with CSF. ACE inhibitors may improve CSF through positive effects on endothelial function. The study included 32 pa...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Guntekin U,Gumrukcuoglu HA,Gunes Y,Gunes A,Simsek H,Sahin M,Sezen Y,Akdağ S,Tuncer M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the interactions between cyclooxygenase (COX-2) and vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotypic switching, the two important coupling mechanisms of the vasculature on arterial remodeling in response to high laminal shear stress. High aortic blood flow was induced by creating a fistula in the ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Roan JN,Tsai YC,Chen IW,Chang SW,Huang CC,Lam CF

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00