Hydrodynamics in the heart modulates work.

abstract：:To elucidate involvement of age-related impairments of right ventricular (RV) distensibility in the elderly congestive heart failure (CHF), we examined the prevalence of less-distensible right ventricle in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) over a wide range of ages. In 893 patients aged...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Harada D,Aasanoi H,Ushijima R,Noto T,Takagawa J,Ishise H,Inoue H

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original publication of the article, under the results section, the following sentence. ...

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：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic devices for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have evolved dramatically in recent years. However, the impact of the Killip classification of AMI outcomes in patients undergoing aggressive percutaneous coronary intervention remains unclear. We performed a 10-year retrospective review of 2062 patients diagno...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Taguchi E,Konami Y,Inoue M,Suzuyama H,Kodama K,Yoshida M,Miyamoto S,Nakao K,Sakamoto T

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Downregulation of glucose and fatty acid oxidation occurs in heart failure (HF). Trimetazidine reduces fatty acid oxidation and increases glucose oxidation. In this single-blind study, trimetazidine, 20 mg three times per day (n = 51) or placebo (n = 36) was added to treatment of 87 HF patients receiving optimal HF th...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Gunes Y,Guntekin U,Tuncer M,Sahin M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old man underwent stent implantation for right coronary artery (RCA) lesions with a bare metal stent (BMS) and two sirolimus-eluting stents (SES). However, as both the BMS and SES stented sites developed restenosis after 13 months, he underwent target lesion revascularization using directional coronary ather...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nasuno T,Tokura M,Kageyama M,Toyoda S,Sakuma M,Komatsu T,Taguchi I,Abe S,Inoue T

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of cine-computed tomography scanning is described in evaluating cardiac function in a patient with a bileaflet mitral valve prosthesis (St. Jude medical valve) and in a second patient with both mitral and aortic bileaflet prostheses. Both biventricular and prosthesis function were assessed successfully. ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Wachspress JD,Untereker WJ,Kraushaar BT

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) elicited concentration-dependent relaxation of endothelium-denuded rings of porcine coronary arteries. The relaxation induced by the H2O2 was markedly attenuated by 10 microM 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo [4,3,a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ), an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase, or by 100 nM charybdotox...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Hayabuchi Y,Nakaya Y,Matsuoka S,Kuroda Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolongation of the pulmonary artery potentials (PAPs) in response to short coupling intervals was related to polymorphic QRS configurations during the ventricular tachycardia originating above the pulmonary valve (PA-VT). This prospective study was aimed to investigate the mechanisms of polymorphic changes during the...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Takahashi M,Yokoshiki H,Mitsuyama H,Tenma T,Watanabe M,Kamada R,Sasaki R,Chiba Y,Maeno M,Anzai T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wave intensity analysis is a method of studying intravascular flow wave propagation, calculated as the product of the rate of change in pressure (d P/ t) and the rate of change in velocity (d U/d t). The typical pattern of wave intensity seen during the cardiac cycle has two dominant peaks. The larger first peak (FP) ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Fujimoto S,Mizuno R,Saito Y,Nakamura S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Females have increase in-hospital mortality and poorer outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Biological differences in the reactivity of the graft conduits to circulating catecholamine may contribute to this sex difference. This study examined sex differences in the vasoconstrictor responses of in...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Jaghoori A,Lamin V,Jacobczak R,Worthington M,Edwards J,Viana F,Stuklis R,Wilson DP,Beltrame JF

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify the clinical parameters of absolutely poor-prognosis patients with chronic critical limb ischemia (AP-CLI). Sixteen no-option CLI patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans: ASO (nine) and non-ASO patients (seven) treated with bone marrow-mononuclear cell implantation (BMI) were an...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Oda M,Toba K,Kato K,Ozawa T,Yanagawa T,Ikarashi N,Takayama T,Suzuki T,Hanawa H,Masuko M,Kobayashi H,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the influence of global longitudinal strain (GLS) measured with two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography on left ventricular mass regression (LVMR) in patients with pure aortic stenosis (AS) and normal left ventricular function undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR). The study population includ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Gelsomino S,Lucà F,Parise O,Lorusso R,Rao CM,Vizzardi E,Gensini GF,Maessen JG

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, characterized by a lack of atrial contraction and an irregular ventricular rhythm. We assessed the effect of fibrillatory wave amplitude on coronary blood flow in patients with AF using the thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame count. Sixty-one patie...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sumimoto Y,Kurisu S,Hitta K,Ikenaga H,Ishibashi K,Fukuda Y,Nakano Y,Kihara Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several coronary angiographic studies have reported that enlarged and tortuous epicardial coronary arteries are characteristic of patients with left ventricular concentric hypertrophy (LVCH). Recently, we showed that small volumes opacified by contrast medium can be accurately measured by 64-multislice computed tomogr...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ehara S,Matsumoto K,Shirai N,Nakanishi K,Otsuka K,Iguchi T,Hasegawa T,Nakata S,Yoshikawa J,Yoshiyama M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) increases peak oxygen uptake (VO2) chronically, but not acutely, despite early symptomatic improvements. Analysis of transient VO2 responses to submaximal exercise (an exercise regimen more comparable to the patients' daily activities than that provided by maximal ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Takaki H,Sunagawa K,Sugimachi M,Tamai J,Okano Y,Kurita T,Aihara N,Shimizu W,Suyama K,Kamakura S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a highly dynamic event, which is associated with increasing production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The imbalance between ROS production and antioxidant defenses leads to the condition known as oxidative stress. The most widely recognized effect of increasing oxidative stress ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Bagatini MD,Martins CC,Battisti V,Gasparetto D,da Rosa CS,Spanevello RM,Ahmed M,Schmatz R,Schetinger MR,Morsch VM

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:This study examined whether brief repeated myocardial ischemia altered free radical generating and scavenging activity in a dog model. In dogs preconditioned with four 5-min left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) occlusions and reperfusions, we examined transcardiac changes in both the function of neutrophils,...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Hoshida S,Kuzuya T,Yamashita N,Oe H,Fuji H,Hori M,Tada M,Kamada T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical alternans (MA) is frequently observed in patients with heart failure, and is a predictor of cardiac events. However, there have been controversies regarding the conditions and mechanisms of MA. To clarify heart rate-dependent contractile properties related to MA, we performed incremental right atrial pacing...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kashimura T,Kodama M,Tanaka K,Sonoda K,Watanabe S,Ohno Y,Tomita M,Obata H,Mitsuma W,Ito M,Hirono S,Hanawa H,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has a critical association with mortality and morbidity of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Troponin T is a marker of ongoing myocardial damage and predicts adverse clinical outcomes in patients with CHF. Carnitine plays an important role in the utilization of fatty acids in ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

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

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) experience GERD-related chest pain, but little is known about the relationship between GERD and coronary artery disease (CAD). We evaluated medical history of GERD in patients with suspected CAD and its association with types of CAD. We enrolle...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Teragawa H,Oshita C,Ueda T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While recent guidelines for the treatment of acute heart failure syndromes (AHFS) recommend pharmacotherapy with vasodilators in patients without excessively low blood pressure (BP), few reports have compared the relative efficiency of vasodilators on hemodynamics in AHFS patients. The present study aimed to assess th...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Hattori H,Minami Y,Mizuno M,Yumino D,Hoshi H,Arashi H,Nuki T,Sashida Y,Higashitani M,Serizawa N,Yamada N,Yamaguchi J,Mori F,Shiga T,Hagiwara N

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known the relationship between oxidative stress and vascular function. However, association between total antioxidative capacity and arterial stiffness was not studied in patients with hypertension (HT). This study investigated whether total antioxidative capacity is associated with arterial stiffness and w...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Gedikli O,Ozturk S,Yilmaz H,Baykan M,Kiris A,Durmus I,Karaman K,Karahan C,Celik S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the plaque disruption in 245 consecutive patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. The plaque fissure was diagnosed with optical coherence tomography, and intravascular ultrasound was used to determine arterial remodeling. Of them, 26 fissures were found in this s...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Goyal M,Kim SW,Mishra S,Sharmin S,Won H,Cho I,Jung MK,Shin SY,Lee KJ,Kim TH,Kim CJ,Lee WS

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AST-120 has been used widely in Japan to slow the deterioration of renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) by decreasing uremic toxins. The heart and the kidney are closely related, with cardiorenal interaction being very important. This retrospective study examined whether AST-120 influences the ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sato E,Tanaka A,Oyama J,Yamasaki A,Shimomura M,Hiwatashi A,Ueda Y,Amaha M,Nomura M,Matsumura D,Nakamura T,Node K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Independent no-reflow predictors should be evaluated in female patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) and successfully treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in the current interventional equipment and techniques, thus to be constructed a no-reflow predicting mod...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Chen Y,Wang C,Yang X,Wang L,Sun Z,Liu H,Chen L

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a 38-year-old woman with intravenous leiomyomatosis originating from the uterus involving the right ventricle, right atrium, inferior vena cava, and iliac veins. Tumors in the heart and the inferior vena cava were removed using cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest; 10 days after the cardi...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Gaudino M,Spatuzza P,Snider F,Luciani N,Cina G,Possati G

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：:Activities of daily living (ADL) are maintained in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), but, in patients with cardiovascular disease, ADL may have already declined. MCI combined with cardiac disease may accentuate the decline of ADL in these patients. Because the relationship between MCI and ADL in patients ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ishihara K,Izawa KP,Kitamura M,Shimogai T,Kanejima Y,Morisawa T,Shimizu I

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00