Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Interrogation at Forensic Autopsy: An Underestimated Resource?

abstract：:Although for most children the process of atherosclerosis is subclinical, dramatically accelerated atherosclerosis occurs in some pediatric disease states, with clinical coronary events occurring in childhood and very early adult life. As with most scientific statements about children and the future risk for cardiovas...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kavey RE,Allada V,Daniels SR,Hayman LL,McCrindle BW,Newburger JW,Parekh RS,Steinberger J,American Heart Association Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Science.,American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the

更新日期：2006-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) regulates the production of reactive oxygen species in macrophages. However, its role in atherosclerosis is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:Irradiated low-density lipoprotein receptor deficient mice (LDLR-/-) were transplanted with bone marrow from either UCP2 deficient mice (Ucp2-/...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Blanc J,Alves-Guerra MC,Esposito B,Rousset S,Gourdy P,Ricquier D,Tedgui A,Miroux B,Mallat Z

更新日期：2003-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Failure to differentiate supraventricular from ventricular arrhythmias is the most frequent cause of inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapies. Although a sudden-onset criterion is available to differentiate sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardias (SMVTs) and sinus tachycardias (S...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Arenal A,Almendral J,Villacastin J,Morris R,Castellanos E,Delcan JL

更新日期：1998-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the rate of left ventricular (LV) relaxation is related to the inotropic state, end-systolic fiber length and peak LV pressure, but little information is available regarding the rate of LV relaxation in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and LV dysfunction. To assess the rate of LV ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Papapietro SE,Coghlan HC,Zissermann D,Russell RO Jr,Rackley CE,Rogers WJ

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We compared ischemic preconditioning (IP) induced with a single cycle of transient ischemia and reperfusion with that induced by multiple cycles in terms of (1) efficacy of protection against myocardial necrosis and (2) susceptibility to pharmacological blockade by inhibition of protein kinase C (PKC) or ele...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sandhu R,Diaz RJ,Mao GD,Wilson GJ

更新日期：1997-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac hypertrophy and subsequent heart failure triggered by chronic hypertension represent major challenges for cardiovascular research. Beyond neurohormonal and myocyte signaling pathways, growing evidence suggests inflammatory signaling pathways as therapeutically targetable contributors to this process....

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Heymans S,Corsten MF,Verhesen W,Carai P,van Leeuwen RE,Custers K,Peters T,Hazebroek M,Stöger L,Wijnands E,Janssen BJ,Creemers EE,Pinto YM,Grimm D,Schürmann N,Vigorito E,Thum T,Stassen F,Yin X,Mayr M,de Windt LJ,

更新日期：2013-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral valve closure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation may result from direct cardiac compression. An alternative hypothesis is that with a rise in intrathoracic pressure, mitral valve closure can occur but may be influenced by whether the lungs are inflated or deflated. To test this hypothesis, we placed a large-b...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Halperin HR,Weiss JL,Guerci AD,Chandra N,Tsitlik JE,Brower R,Beattie C,Wurmb E,Cadden J,Weisfeldt ML

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reduced responsiveness of the renin-angiotensin system to hemodynamic changes in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) could be due to a defect of the juxtaglomerular apparatus. To test this hypothesis, the responses to viprostol, an analog of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) that is known to stimulate both the macu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Olivari MT,Levine TB,Cohn JN

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred consecutive patients who developed unstable postinfarction angina requiring isolated coronary artery bypass from 1982 through 1987 were analyzed. Hospital mortality was 5%; 15 (5.5%) additional late deaths occurred during the 69-month follow-up period (mean follow-up, 23.3 months). Significant independen...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gardner TJ,Stuart RS,Greene PS,Baumgartner WA

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aging is associated with increased cardiovascular risk and endothelial dysfunction. Since exercise can improve endothelium-dependent vasodilation, in the present study we tested whether long-term physical activity could prevent aging-related endothelial dysfunction. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 12 young and elder...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Taddei S,Galetta F,Virdis A,Ghiadoni L,Salvetti G,Franzoni F,Giusti C,Salvetti A

更新日期：2000-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The left ventricular (LV) dilatation of isolated mitral regurgitation (MR) is associated with an increase in chymase and a decrease in interstitial collagen and extracellular matrix. In addition to profibrotic effects, chymase has significant antifibrotic actions because it activates matrix metalloproteinase...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pat B,Chen Y,Killingsworth C,Gladden JD,Shi K,Zheng J,Powell PC,Walcott G,Ahmed MI,Gupta H,Desai R,Wei CC,Hase N,Kobayashi T,Sabri A,Granzier H,Denney T,Tillson M,Dillon AR,Husain A,Dell'italia LJ

更新日期：2010-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During septic shock, the vasoconstrictor response to norepinephrine is seriously blunted. Animal experiments suggest that hyperpolarization of smooth muscle cells by opening of potassium (K) channels underlies this phenomenon. In the present study, we examined whether K-channel blockers and/or nitric oxide (...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pickkers P,Dorresteijn MJ,Bouw MP,van der Hoeven JG,Smits P

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is an elevated risk for poor outcomes after heart transplant (HTx) in patients sensitized to human leukocyte antigens including graft dysfunction, acute cellular and antibody-mediated (AMR) rejection, and cardiac allograft vasculopathy. We report our experience with human leukocyte antigens-sensitized ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pollock-BarZiv SM,den Hollander N,Ngan BY,Kantor P,McCrindle B,West LJ,Dipchand AI

更新日期：2007-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemia-induced electrophysiological changes are more prominent in epicardial cells than in endocardial cells. Epicardial action potentials shorten more than endocardial action potentials during ischemia. Since the L-type Ca2+ current plays an important role in the maintenance of action potential duration, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kimura S,Bassett AL,Furukawa T,Furukawa N,Myerburg RJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with congestive heart failure have a high incidence of sudden cardiac death that is attributed to ventricular arrhythmias. The mortality rate in a group of patients with class III and IV heart failure is about 40% per year, and half of the deaths are sudden. Half of the patients with New York Heart Associatio...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bigger JT Jr

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme histochemical study of the sinoatrial node, the coronary sinus, and the atrial muscle extending into the anterior mitral valve was performed on human hearts. Investigation of the activity and localization of the structurally bound enzymes was performed by conventional histochemical techniques. Determination ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Théry C,Krivosic I,Asseman P,Meijer AE

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one published reports (366 patients) and 48 consecutive patients treated for postinfarction ventricular septal defect at four institutions in northern California were reviewed. Overall hospital mortality was 43% in the reviewed group and was not affected by age, concomitant myocardial revascularization, date of...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hill JD,Stiles QR

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Friedreich's ataxia (FA), the most common inherited ataxia, is associated frequently with cardiac hypertrophy, and death is often cardiac related. Recently, the disease has been associated with a mutation that consists of an unstable expansion of GAA repeats in the first intron of the gene encoding frataxin ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Isnard R,Kalotka H,Dürr A,Cossée M,Schmitt M,Pousset F,Thomas D,Brice A,Koenig M,Komajda M

更新日期：1997-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exertional fatigue, which frequently limits exercise in patients with chronic heart failure, is associated with early anaerobic metabolism in skeletal muscle. The present study was designed to examine the skeletal muscle metabolic response to exercise in this disorder and determine the relation of reduced mu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sullivan MJ,Green HJ,Cobb FR

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanisms responsible for tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-induced LV structural remodeling in the adult heart are not known. METHODS AND RESULTS:We generated a line of transgenic mice (MHCsTNF) with cardiac restricted overexpression of TNF that develop progressive LV dilation/remodeling from 4 to 12 weeks ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sivasubramanian N,Coker ML,Kurrelmeyer KM,MacLellan WR,DeMayo FJ,Spinale FG,Mann DL

更新日期：2001-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Up to 30% of patients with end-stage heart failure experience biventricular failure that requires biventricular mechanical support. For these patients, only bulky extracorporeal or implantable displacement pumps or the total artificial heart have been available to date, which enables only limited quality of ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Krabatsch T,Potapov E,Stepanenko A,Schweiger M,Kukucka M,Huebler M,Hennig E,Hetzer R

更新日期：2011-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although metabolomic profiling offers promise for the prediction of coronary heart disease (CHD), and metabolic risk factors are more strongly associated with CHD in women than men, limited data are available for women. METHODS:We applied a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry metabolomics platfor...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Paynter NP,Balasubramanian R,Giulianini F,Wang DD,Tinker LF,Gopal S,Deik AA,Bullock K,Pierce KA,Scott J,Martínez-González MA,Estruch R,Manson JE,Cook NR,Albert CM,Clish CB,Rexrode KM

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At physiological concentrations, 17beta-estradiol selectively enhances endothelium-dependent coronary vasodilation by an unknown mechanism in postmenopausal women. METHODS AND RESULTS:To assess the contribution of nitric oxide (NO) to the vascular effects of estradiol, we measured coronary epicardial and mi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Guetta V,Quyyumi AA,Prasad A,Panza JA,Waclawiw M,Cannon RO 3rd

更新日期：1997-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to identify preoperative and intraoperative variables predictive of left ventricular dysfunction 6 months after aortic valve replacement. Patients were considered to have postoperative left ventricular dysfunction if the end-diastolic-volume index was greater than or equal to 101 ml/m2 or...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hwang MH,Hammermeister KE,Oprian C,Henderson W,Bousvaros G,Wong M,Miller DC,Folland E,Sethi G

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the contribution of disopyramide's suggested opposing direct depressant and indirect acceleratory actions on sinus node function, we studied the effects of disopyramide, 1 x 10(-7) to 1 x 10(-4) M, on isolated rabbit sinus node preparations using standard microelectrode techniques. Transmembrane potential...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Katoh T,Karagueuzian HS,Jordan J,Mandel WJ

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study investigated whether the ACAT inhibitor avasimibe can reduce atherogenesis independently of its cholesterol-lowering effect in ApoE*3-Leiden mice. METHODS AND RESULTS:Two groups of 15 female ApoE*3-Leiden mice were put on a high-cholesterol (HC) diet; 1 group received 0.01% (wt/wt) avasimi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Delsing DJ,Offerman EH,van Duyvenvoorde W,van Der Boom H,de Wit EC,Gijbels MJ,van Der Laarse A,Jukema JW,Havekes LM,Princen HM

更新日期：2001-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Echocardiographic and cardiac catheterization findings were compared in 61 patients with mitral stenosis without other significant lesions in an attempt to determine the clinical usefulness of echocardiography in the assessment of such patients. There was a poor correlation between the E-F slope on the echocardiogram ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cope GD,Kisslo JA,Johnson ML,Behar VS

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of CD4(+)CD28(null) (CD28(null)) T cells, a unique subset of T lymphocytes with proinflammatory and cell-lytic phenotype, increases markedly in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). ACS patients harboring high numbers of CD28(null) T cells have increased risk of recurrent severe acute coron...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kovalcsik E,Antunes RF,Baruah P,Kaski JC,Dumitriu IE

更新日期：2015-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primum atrial septal defect (ASD) is a defect that is usually associated with few symptoms and can be electively repaired with good results. A review of our experience with primum ASD identified a subset of patients characterized by presentation with congestive heart failure (CHF) in the first months of life...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Manning PB,Mayer JE Jr,Sanders SP,Coleman EA,Jonas RA,Keane JF,VanPraagh S,Castañeda AR

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The alpha(v)beta3 integrin plays a critical role in cell proliferation and migration. We hypothesized that vascular cell proliferation, a hallmark of injury-induced remodeling, can be tracked by targeting alpha(v)beta3 integrin expression in vivo. METHODS AND RESULTS:RP748, a novel 111In-labeled alpha(v)bet...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sadeghi MM,Krassilnikova S,Zhang J,Gharaei AA,Fassaei HR,Esmailzadeh L,Kooshkabadi A,Edwards S,Yalamanchili P,Harris TD,Sinusas AJ,Zaret BL,Bender JR

更新日期：2004-07-06 00:00:00