Enhancement of procainamide-induced rate-dependent conduction slowing by elevated myocardial extracellular potassium concentration in vivo.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Jun family of activator protein 1 (AP-1) transcription factors (c-Jun, JunB, and JunD) is involved in fundamental biological processes such as proliferation, apoptosis, tumor angiogenesis, and hypertrophy. The role of individual AP-1 transcription factors in the stressed heart is not clear. In the presen...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hilfiker-Kleiner D,Hilfiker A,Kaminski K,Schaefer A,Park JK,Michel K,Quint A,Yaniv M,Weitzman JB,Drexler H

更新日期：2005-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prolonged survival of xenografted neonatal cardiomyocytes was achieved by blocking the CD28/B7 costimulatory pathway via CTLA4-Ig gene transfer. We examined the long-term survival of xenografted neonatal cardiomyocytes by adenovirus-mediated CTLA4-Ig expression and transient CD40 blockade with anti-CD40L mon...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Li TS,Ito H,Kajiwara K,Hamano K

更新日期：2003-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term beta-adrenergic blockade does not appear to be associated with drug-induced training in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF); whether exercise training can increase peak aerobic capacity in patients with CHF who are treated with beta-adrenergic blockers is currently unknown. METHODS AND RE...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Demopoulos L,Yeh M,Gentilucci M,Testa M,Bijou R,Katz SD,Mancini D,Jones M,LeJemtel TH

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescent metabolic syndrome (MetS) predicts type 2 diabetes mellitus and subclinical atherosclerosis in adulthood. Our aim was to establish the relationship between an infancy-onset dietary intervention and risk of having MetS between 15 and 20 years of age. METHODS AND RESULTS:The Special Turku Coronary ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nupponen M,Pahkala K,Juonala M,Magnussen CG,Niinikoski H,Rönnemaa T,Viikari JS,Saarinen M,Lagström H,Jula A,Simell O,Raitakari OT

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of structural heart disease and sodium channel dysfunction in the induction of electrical instability in Brugada syndrome is still debated. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 18 consecutive patients (15 males, 3 females; mean age 42.0+/-12.4 years) with clinical phenotype of Brugada syndrome and normal...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Frustaci A,Priori SG,Pieroni M,Chimenti C,Napolitano C,Rivolta I,Sanna T,Bellocci F,Russo MA

更新日期：2005-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased diastolic chamber stiffness (increased DCS) during angina (demand ischemia) has been postulated to be generated by increased diastolic myocyte calcium concentration. METHODS AND RESULTS:We reproduced demand ischemia in isolated isovolumically contracting red-cell-perfused rabbit hearts by imposing...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Varma N,Eberli FR,Apstein CS

更新日期：2000-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal (NT)-proBNP have recently emerged as promising parameters for risk assessment in acute pulmonary embolism (PE). However, their positive predictive value is low, and the prognostic implications of NT-proBNP or troponin elevation alone are questionable. METHODS A...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Binder L,Pieske B,Olschewski M,Geibel A,Klostermann B,Reiner C,Konstantinides S

更新日期：2005-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports of selected observational studies and a meta-analysis have stirred controversy and have become the impetus for calls to abandon recommendations for reduced sodium intake by the US general population. A detailed review of these studies documents substantial methodological concerns that limit the usefulne...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Whelton PK,Appel LJ,Sacco RL,Anderson CA,Antman EM,Campbell N,Dunbar SB,Frohlich ED,Hall JE,Jessup M,Labarthe DR,MacGregor GA,Sacks FM,Stamler J,Vafiadis DK,Van Horn LV

更新日期：2012-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular (LV) reconstruction surgery leads to early improvement in LV function in ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) patients. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of mitral valve (MV) repair associated with LV reconstruction on LV function 1-year after surgery in ICM patients assessed by real-t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Qin JX,Shiota T,McCarthy PM,Asher CR,Hail M,Agler DA,Popović ZB,Greenberg NL,Smedira NG,Starling RC,Young JB,Thomas JD

更新日期：2003-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The strategy for treating patients with severe asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis and cardiac disease remains unresolved. Staged or combined carotid endarterectomy in these patients offers the potential benefit of decreased neurological morbidity during and after cardiac surgery; however, in high-risk pati...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Van der Heyden J,Suttorp MJ,Bal ET,Ernst JM,Ackerstaff RG,Schaap J,Kelder JC,Schepens M,Plokker HW

更新日期：2007-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this prospective, randomized study was to examine whether additional school exercise lessons would result in improved peak oxygen uptake (primary end point) and body mass index-standard deviation score, motor and coordinative abilities, circulating progenitor cells, and high-density lipoprotein ch...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Walther C,Gaede L,Adams V,Gelbrich G,Leichtle A,Erbs S,Sonnabend M,Fikenzer K,Körner A,Kiess W,Bruegel M,Thiery J,Schuler G

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Repolarization dispersion (Rd) is frequently mentioned as a predictor of cardiac abnormalities. We present a new measure of Rd based on the root-mean-square (RMS) curve of an ECG lead set and compare its performance with that of the commonly used QT dispersion (QTd) measure with the use of recovery times mea...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fuller MS,Sándor G,Punske B,Taccardi B,MacLeod RS,Ershler PR,Green LS,Lux RL

更新日期：2000-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Modeling of the time-[1-(11)C]acetate activity curve assumes a constant concentration of labeled tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates and associated metabolites, such as glutamate and aspartate, which may, however, decrease in short-term hibernating myocardium. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 12 anesthetized pigs,...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schulz R,Kappeler C,Coenen H,Bockisch A,Heusch G

更新日期：1998-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The thienopyridines ticlopidine and clopidogrel are inhibitors of platelet function in vivo. Their mode of action has not been defined, but it appears that they require conversion to as yet unidentified metabolites that are noncompetitive antagonists of the platelet ADP receptor. Inhibition of platelet aggregation wit...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Quinn MJ,Fitzgerald DJ

更新日期：1999-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Secretoneurin is a neuropeptide located in nerve fibers along blood vessels, is upregulated by hypoxia, and induces angiogenesis. We tested the hypothesis that secretoneurin gene therapy exerts beneficial effects in a rat model of myocardial infarction and evaluated the mechanism of action on coronary endoth...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Albrecht-Schgoer K,Schgoer W,Holfeld J,Theurl M,Wiedemann D,Steger C,Gupta R,Semsroth S,Fischer-Colbrie R,Beer AG,Stanzl U,Huber E,Misener S,Dejaco D,Kishore R,Pachinger O,Grimm M,Bonaros N,Kirchmair R

更新日期：2012-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Because discrepancies about baroreflex sensitivity in essential hypertension may have resulted from the use of different measurement techniques, we assessed the extent to which the results of different techniques agree in the same subjects. The eight techniques studied were the change in RR interval per unit change in...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Goldstein DS,Horwitz D,Keiser HR

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of cardiac transplantation on cognitive brain function are uncertain. METHODS AND RESULTS:We measured cognitive brain function and quality of life in out-of-hospital cardiac transplant candidates (n = 55; ejection fraction, 19.9%; age, 54.8 years [means]). After transplantation, the patients wer...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Grimm M,Yeganehfar W,Laufer G,Madl C,Kramer L,Eisenhuber E,Simon P,Kupilik N,Schreiner W,Pacher R,Bunzel B,Wolner E,Grimm G

更新日期：1996-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The human aorta and its terminal branches were investigated in normal subjects during elective cardiac catheterization to evaluate regional wave travel and arterial wave reflections. A specially designed catheter with six micromanometers equally spaced at 10 cm intervals was positioned with the tip sensor in the dista...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Latham RD,Westerhof N,Sipkema P,Rubal BJ,Reuderink P,Murgo JP

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exit block from a parasystolic focus is recognized when automatic discharges fail to become manifest during the excitable phase of the ventricular cycle. In the present study, an apparently complete exit block and a persistently concealed ventricular parasystole (VP) resulted from an exit refractory period (ExRP) long...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nau GJ,Aldariz AE,Acunzo RS,Chiale PA,Elizari MV,Rosenbaum MB

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phosphatidylserine-expressing microparticles circulate in blood with a short half-life of <10 minutes. We tested the role of an endothelium-derived phosphatidylserine-binding opsonin, developmental endothelial locus-1 (Del-1), in the uptake of platelet microparticles. METHODS AND RESULTS:Cultured human umbi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Dasgupta SK,Le A,Chavakis T,Rumbaut RE,Thiagarajan P

更新日期：2012-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies suggest that rigid fixation of the mitral annulus with an annuloplasty ring may impair left ventricular (LV) systolic performance. We used load-insensitive indexes of global and regional LV contractile mechanics to test the hypothesis that rigid fixation of the mitral annulus alters LV systo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rayhill SC,Castro LJ,Nizyporuk MA,Ingels NB Jr,Daughters GT,Derby GC,Tye TL,Bolger AF,Miller DC

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vasospasm of the internal thoracic artery (ITA) is common. The purpose of this study was to characterize the vascular reactivity of human ITA to dopaminergic agents used in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery (CBS): dopamine, dobutamine, and dopexamine. METHODS AND RESULTS:Segments of the distal ITA...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Myers ML,Li GH,Yaghi A,McCormack D

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the determinants of smooth muscle injury during balloon angioplasty, we conducted a series of experiments to examine the effects of degree of arterial stretching, duration of balloon inflation, and arterial precontraction on smooth muscle injury after balloon angioplasty in isolated, perfused whole-vessel seg...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fischell TA,Grant G,Johnson DE

更新日期：1990-12-01 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 atrioventricular node (AVN) is the only normal electrical link between the upper and lower chambers of the heart. The AVN modulates transmission of impulses, thus coordinating the contraction of the atria and ventricles. METHODS AND RESULTS:Structural and functional complexity, combined with the absence...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Efimov IR,Mazgalev TN

更新日期：1998-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise stimulates the vascular response in pathological conditions, including ischemia; however, the molecular mechanisms by which exercise improves the impaired hypoxia-induced factor (HIF)-1 alpha-mediated response to hypoxia associated with aging are poorly understood. Here, we report that swimming trai...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cheng XW,Kuzuya M,Kim W,Song H,Hu L,Inoue A,Nakamura K,Di Q,Sasaki T,Tsuzuki M,Shi GP,Okumura K,Murohara T

更新日期：2010-08-17 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:Ghrelin is a novel growth hormone-releasing peptide that has been shown to improve cachexia in heart failure and cancer and to ameliorate the hemodynamic and metabolic disturbances in septic shock. Because cytokine-induced inflammation is critical in these pathological states and because the growth hormone s...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Li WG,Gavrila D,Liu X,Wang L,Gunnlaugsson S,Stoll LL,McCormick ML,Sigmund CD,Tang C,Weintraub NL

更新日期：2004-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Observational studies have identified an association between body mass index (BMI) and incident atrial fibrillation (AF). Inferring causality from observational studies, however, is subject to residual confounding, reverse causation, and bias. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the causal as...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chatterjee NA,Giulianini F,Geelhoed B,Lunetta KL,Misialek JR,Niemeijer MN,Rienstra M,Rose LM,Smith AV,Arking DE,Ellinor PT,Heeringa J,Lin H,Lubitz SA,Soliman EZ,Verweij N,Alonso A,Benjamin EJ,Gudnason V,Stricker BHC

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular wall motion (WM) abnormalities have recognized prognostic significance in patients with coronary or other heart diseases; however, whether abnormal WM predicts adverse events in adults without overt cardiovascular disease has not been assessed. Our objective was to determine whether echocard...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cicala S,de Simone G,Roman MJ,Best LG,Lee ET,Wang W,Welty TK,Galloway JM,Howard BV,Devereux RB

更新日期：2007-07-10 00:00:00