Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists lead to increased adenosine bioavailability and modulate contractile cardiac parameters.

abstract：:In order to clarify the pathogenesis of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in hearts with normal coronary arteries, infarct size, and the extent of contraction band necrosis (CBN), coagulation necrosis, and hemorrhage were quantitatively examined using an image analyzer in 5 autopsy cases of MI with normal or nearly nor...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Wu DJ,Fujiwara H,Matsuda M,Ishida M,Kawamura A,Takemura G,Kida M,Uegaito T,Fujiwara T,Kawai C

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is an important public health problem, especially among patients with cardiovascular disease. However, little is known about the impact of obesity on the long-term prognoses of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) consist of all causes of dea...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ikeda N,Nakajima R,Utsunomiya M,Hori M,Itaya H,Makino K,Ono T,Yamamoto M,Nemoto N,Iijima R,Hara H,Takagi T,Hara H,Nakamura M,Sugi K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phrenic nerve (PN) stimulation is essential for the elimination of PN palsy during balloon-based pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Although ultrasound-guided vascular access is safe, insertion of a PN stimulation catheter via central venous access carries a potential risk of the development of mechanical complications. ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Chikata A,Kato T,Usuda K,Fujita S,Maruyama M,Otowa KI,Takashima SI,Murai H,Usui S,Furusho H,Kaneko S,Takamura M

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:Recently, the importance of central blood pressure for cardiovascular risk stratification has been emphasized. Accordingly, the differences in peak systolic and bottom diastolic pressures between the ascending aorta and the brachial artery should be clarified. Study subjects consisted of 82 consecutive patients with s...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ohte N,Saeki T,Miyabe H,Sakata S,Mukai S,Hayano J,Niki K,Sugawara M,Kimura G

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) is considered to be a surrogate marker for coronary artery disease (CAD). Recent studies have identified a novel T-cell subset labeled with CD3(+)/CD31(+), which is necessary for EPC colony formation and constitutes the central cluster. However, the clinica...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kakizaki M,Nobori K,Watanabe H,Iino K,Ishida M,Ito H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies assessing vascular responses in nonexercising beds during exercise in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) have yielded varying results. We proposed that the clinical and hemodynamic severity of heart failure may explain some of the variation. We reasoned that diastolic ventricular interaction (D...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Atherton JJ,Dryburgh LG,Thomson HL,Moore TD,Wright KN,Muehle GW,Fitzpatrick LE,Frenneaux MP

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:The coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR), a measure of endothelial function in coronary circulation, can be measured semi-invasively in the left anterior descending coronary artery by using stress transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). During the same stress TEE, aortic distensibility indices (elastic modulus [E(p)]...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nemes A,Forster T,Csanády M

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:We herein present a case (72 years, male) with total absence of pulmonary veins (PVs) potentials at the beginning of the first procedure for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), demonstrating dormant conduction between the left atrium and all PVs revealed by adenosine triphosphate provocation with relation to the inci...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yokoyama K,Yamashita S,Tokutake K,Narui R,Kato M,Tanigawa S,Tokuda M,Inada K,Matsuo S,Shibayama K,Miyanaga S,Yoshimura M,Yamane T

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:Existing methods to calculate pre-test probability of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) have been established using selected high-risk patients who were referred to conventional coronary angiography. The purpose of this study is to develop and validate our new method for pre-test probability of obstructive CAD...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Fujimoto S,Kondo T,Yamamoto H,Yokoyama N,Tarutani Y,Takamura K,Urabe Y,Konno K,Nishizaki Y,Shinozaki T,Kihara Y,Daida H,Isshiki T,Takase S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleural effusions following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have been reported in 65%-89% of the cases. The majority of pleural effusions are left-sided, of little significance, and resolve spontaneously. However, a few pleural effusions require specific therapeutics. We report clinical and pleural histologic f...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Charniot JC,Zerhouni K,Kambouchner M,Martinod E,Vignat N,Azorin J,Gandjbakhch I,Artigou JY

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increase in epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume is associated with the development of atrial fibrillation (AF) and coronary artery disease (CAD), but little is known about differences in its distribution. METHODS AND RESULTS:We included 50 patients with paroxysmal AF (PAF), 50 patients with CAD, and 5...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Hasebe H,Yoshida K,Nogami A,Ieda M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the therapeutic efficacy of levamisole, 5-week-old DBA/2 mice were inoculated intraperitoneally with 10 plaque-forming units of encephalo-myocarditis virus. Levamisole (2.5 mg/kg/per day) was administered intraperitoneally daily, starting simultaneously with the virus inoculation, in experiment I for 14 days, ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kishimoto C,Takada H,Hiraoka Y,Kurokawa M,Ochiai H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the number of pregnancies in women with cardiac disease is increasing worldwide, there are few data concerning their clinical characteristics and peripartum outcomes. Using the Diagnosis Procedure Combination database between 2008 and 2014 in Japan, we retrospectively identified pregnant women who underwent h...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Isogai T,Matsui H,Tanaka H,Kohyama A,Fushimi K,Yasunaga H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear whether the electrocardiogram amplitude in the inferior leads (Amp-I) can always predict the height of the origin of right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias (RVOT-VAs). We analyzed patients who received catheter ablation of multiple RVOT-VAs in the same session in our hospital from 2011 to 2016. Two ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kajiyama T,Hachiya H,Kusa S,Watanabe T,Hamaya R,Yamao K,Miyazaki S,Igarashi M,Nakamura H,Iesaka Y

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of the administration of a thromboxane A2 (TXA2) analogue (STA2), a leukotriene C4 (LTC4), and a leukotriene D4 (LTD4) on regional myocardial blood flow (RMBF) and hemodynamics were studied in anesthetized, open-chest dogs. The blocking ability of a recently synthesized TXA2 selective antagonist, ONO-3708, and...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Torii T,Toki Y,Hieda N,Ito Y,Okumura K,Hashimoto H,Ito T,Ogawa K,Satake T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine whether alpha-human atrial natriuretic peptide (alpha-hANP) alters cardiac dimensions in humans. Left atrial (LA) and left ventricular diastolic (LV) diameters were measured by echocardiography at control and with lower body negative pressure (LBNP) at -10 and -20 mmHg during intravenous (I...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Imaizumi T,Takeshita A,Yoshida M,Suzuki S,Ando S,Hirooka Y,Nakamura M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that preoperative endothelial dysfunction [i.e., reactive hyperemia index (RHI) ≤ 1.64] predicted short-term postoperative adverse events in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery. However, the relationship between preoperative RHI and long-term cardiovascular risk in these patients is unclear...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Saito Y,Kitahara H,Matsumiya G,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is a widely used tool to investigate endothelial function. However, FMD assessment may cause mechanical damage to the arterial endothelium. In this study we investigated the effect of FMD assessment on endothelial function. We studied 20 healthy subjects (26 ± 6 years; 12 males). FMD was a...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nerla R,Di Monaco A,Sestito A,Lamendola P,Di Stasio E,Romitelli F,Lanza GA,Crea F

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular effects of endogenous digitalis-like factors (EDLFs) extracted from the urine of hypertensive patients were investigated in isolated and perfused intermediate auricular and mesenteric arterial preparations of dogs. EDLFs produced a transient vasoconstriction in a dose-related manner in intermediate auricu...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Chiba S,Tsukada M,Katsuyama Y,Tada A,Zenda H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of cobalt-60 Gamma-radiation on the gene expression and secretion of adrenomedullin (Adm) and endothelin (ET) in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Rat VSMCs cultured in Dulbecoo's modified Eagle's medium containing 10% FBS were radiated with cobalt-60 Gamma-radiation at doses of...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Zhong G,Chen F,Bu D,Li J,Qi Y,Niu D,Wang S,Pang Y,Tang C

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progression of cardiac hypertrophy and failure is associated with marked changes in cardiac autonomic innervation, and there are sympathetic-parasympathetic interactions in the regulation of cardiac function. Although the indexes of sympathetic innervation have been found to be depressed with the development of he...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yamada Y,Okumura K,Hashimoto H,Ito T,Satake T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiodarone is a highly effective antiarrhythmic agent. Unfortunately amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity is described for medium-long term therapy. We describe a case of a 65-year-old man admitted to our department for breathlessness and with a history of recurrent episodes of atrial fibrillation for which he had be...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Benassi F,Molardi A,Righi E,Santangelo R,Meli M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coexistence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM) increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, factors associated with future development of DM have not been well elucidated in patients already having essential hypertension. This study prospectively included 168 patients (mean age 41 +/- 7 years, 112 me...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Weng CM,Chou CH,Huang YY,Lin CC,Liu YW,Tsai WC

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：:Blood traces tortuous paths of flow through the heart. We postulate that momentum changes associated with direction changes optimize dynamic coupling between ventricular and atrial function, particularly on exercise. Traces of pulsed Doppler mitral flow and M-mode long-axis mitral ring movement were recorded before an...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kilner PJ,Henein MY,Gibson DG

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary myocardial involvement is common in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We evaluated the atrial and ventricular electromechanical characteristics by using tissue Doppler echocardiography in SSc patients with subclinical cardiac involvement. Twenty-seven consecutive patients (24 women; mean age +/- SD 49.9 +/- 11.3 years...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Karaahmet T,Tigen K,Gurel E,Takir M,Avci A,Cevik C,Pala S,Dundar C,Basaran Y

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00