Mechanisms underlying the antiarrhythmic and arrhythmogenic actions of quinidine in a Purkinje fiber-ischemic gap preparation of reflected reentry.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aspirin is effective for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events, but it remains unclear for which subgroups of individuals aspirin is beneficial. We assessed the cost-effectiveness of aspirin separately for men and women of different ages with various levels of cardiovascular disease risk. METHODS ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Greving JP,Buskens E,Koffijberg H,Algra A

更新日期：2008-06-03 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:Iron overload has an increasing worldwide prevalence and is associated with significant cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Elevated iron levels in the myocardium lead to impaired systolic and diastolic function and elevated oxidative stress. Taurine accounts for 25% to 50% of the amino acid pool in myoc...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Oudit GY,Trivieri MG,Khaper N,Husain T,Wilson GJ,Liu P,Sole MJ,Backx PH

更新日期：2004-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is still unclear what role the sinus node may play in the genesis or perpetuation of atrial fibrillation. Therefore, we studied the electrical activity in different regions of the sinus node during atrial fibrillation. METHODS AND RESULTS:In Langendorff-perfused rabbit hearts, paroxysms of atrial fibrill...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kirchhof CJ,Allessie MA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examines the limitations and complex management problems associated with the use of tiered-therapy, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). METHODS AND RESULTS:The study group comprises the first 154 patients undergoing implantation of tiered-therapy ICDs at our institution. Pulse generat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nunain SO,Roelke M,Trouton T,Osswald S,Kim YH,Sosa-Suarez G,Brooks DR,McGovern B,Guy M,Torchiana DF

更新日期：1995-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess myocardial infarction quantitatively in 15 mm thick transverse sections of the canine heart in vivo we utilized a new technique, positron emission transaxial tomography (PETT) and cyclotron-produced 11C-palmitate (11C-P) injected intravenously. Results were compared to regional myocardial creatine phosphokin...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Weiss ES,Ahmed SA,Welch MJ,Williamson JR,Ter-Pogossian MM,Sobel BE

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with treated diabetes in the randomized-trial segment of the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) who were randomized to initial revascularization with PTCA had significantly worse 5-year survival than patients assigned to CABG. This treatment difference was not seen among diabe...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Detre KM,Guo P,Holubkov R,Califf RM,Sopko G,Bach R,Brooks MM,Bourassa MG,Shemin RJ,Rosen AD,Krone RJ,Frye RL,Feit F

更新日期：1999-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonoperative therapy includes conservative noninterventional modalities and the endovascular interventional modalities of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and a variety of laser systems and atherectomy devices. The role and impact of all nonoperative treatments are considered in the perspectives of the natural hi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Veith FJ,Gupta SK,Wengerter KR,Rivers SP,Bakal CW

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examines the cellular basis for the phenotypic appearance of broad-based T waves, increased transmural dispersion of repolarization (TDR), and torsade de pointes (TdP) induced by beta-adrenergic agonists under conditions mimicking the LQT1 form of the congenital long-QT syndrome. METHODS AND RESU...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Shimizu W,Antzelevitch C

更新日期：1998-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few comparative data regarding long-term nonfatal outcomes for women versus men after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This study compares gender differences in cardiac events in a population of hospital survivors up to 11 years after isolated CABG surgery in Ontario, Canada. METHODS AND RE...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Guru V,Fremes SE,Austin PC,Blackstone EH,Tu JV

更新日期：2006-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major preventable disease that affects hospitalized inpatients. Risk stratification and prophylactic measures have good evidence supporting their use, but multiple reasons exist that prevent full adoption, compliance, and efficacy that may underlie the persistence of VTE over the past...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Henke PK,Kahn SR,Pannucci CJ,Secemksy EA,Evans NS,Khorana AA,Creager MA,Pradhan AD,American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee.

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1962-1977, 99 patients, mean age 65 +/- 0.5 years (range 60-81 years) underwent valve replacement for severe calcific aortic valve stenosis. Ninety-three percent of the patients were in New York Heart Association functional class III or IV. The aortic valve gradient was 76 +/- 3 mm Hg and the aortic valve area in...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Murphy ES,Lawson RM,Starr A,Rahimtoola SH

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The management of asymptomatic severe mitral regurgitation remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of a watchful waiting strategy in which patients are referred to surgery when symptoms occur or when asymptomatic patients develop left ventricular (LV) enlargement, LV dysfunct...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rosenhek R,Rader F,Klaar U,Gabriel H,Krejc M,Kalbeck D,Schemper M,Maurer G,Baumgartner H

更新日期：2006-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prolonged metabolic abnormalities have been demonstrated previously in postischemic myocardium, including relative increases in glucose uptake and abnormal fatty acid kinetics. However, quantitative metabolic information is limited, and the time course of changes in MVO2 in postischemic myocardium is unknown...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Buxton DB,Mody FV,Krivokapich J,Phelps ME,Schelbert HR

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapamycin (sirolimus)-eluting stents are associated with reduced restenosis rates in animal studies and initial human trials. The present study evaluated whether orally administered everolimus (a macrolide of the same family as sirolimus) inhibits in-stent neointimal growth in rabbit iliac arteries. METHODS...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Farb A,John M,Acampado E,Kolodgie FD,Prescott MF,Virmani R

更新日期：2002-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atherosclerosis is a multifactorial disease in which inflammatory processes play an important role. Inflammation underlies lesion evolution at all stages, from establishment to plaque rupture and thrombosis. Costimulatory molecules of the tumor necrosis factor superfamily such as CD40/CD40L and OX40/OX40L ha...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Olofsson PS,Söderström LA,Wågsäter D,Sheikine Y,Ocaya P,Lang F,Rabu C,Chen L,Rudling M,Aukrust P,Hedin U,Paulsson-Berne G,Sirsjö A,Hansson GK

更新日期：2008-03-11 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：BACKGROUND:We compared the efficacy and safety of different dosages of a low-molecular-weight heparin, CY 216 D (Fraxiparine), in the treatment of submassive pulmonary embolism with unfractionated heparin in a prospective, randomized, dose-finding study. METHODS AND RESULTS:The primary outcome was the evolution of pul...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Théry C,Simonneau G,Meyer G,Hélénon O,Bridey F,Armagnac C,d'Azemar P,Coquart JP

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron microscopic structure of heart muscle and the ultrastructural basis of cardiac contraction have been reviewed. The relation between muscle length and developed tension has been explained in terms of the structure of the sarcomere, which is the basic unit of contraction. Using the derived length-tension cu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sonnenblick EH

更新日期：1968-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic, complete AV block (CAVB) in the dog leads to ventricular hypertrophy, which has been described as an independent risk factor for arrhythmias. In this model, we examined (1) whether the short- and long-term electrical adaptations predispose to acquired torsade de pointes arrhythmias (TdP) and (2) the...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vos MA,de Groot SH,Verduyn SC,van der Zande J,Leunissen HD,Cleutjens JP,van Bilsen M,Daemen MJ,Schreuder JJ,Allessie MA,Wellens HJ

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare angiographically-determined coronary artery disease in diabetic patients with controls, 1,653 patients coming to cardiac catheterization were reviewed retrospectively to find 37 diabetic and 79 control patients matched for sex, age (+/- 3 years), and risk factors (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and smoking)....

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Dortimer AC,Shenoy PN,Shiroff RA,Leaman DM,Babb JD,Liedtke AJ,Zelis R

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular inflammation and subsequent matrix degradation play an important role in the development of atherosclerosis. We previously reported that adiponectin, an adipose-specific plasma protein, accumulated to the injured artery and attenuated vascular inflammatory response. Clinically, high plasma adiponect...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kumada M,Kihara S,Ouchi N,Kobayashi H,Okamoto Y,Ohashi K,Maeda K,Nagaretani H,Kishida K,Maeda N,Nagasawa A,Funahashi T,Matsuzawa Y

更新日期：2004-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early-generation drug-eluting stents releasing sirolimus (SES) or paclitaxel (PES) are associated with increased risk of very late stent thrombosis occurring >1 year after stent implantation. It is unknown whether the risk of very late stent thrombosis persists with newer-generation everolimus-eluting stents...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Räber L,Magro M,Stefanini GG,Kalesan B,van Domburg RT,Onuma Y,Wenaweser P,Daemen J,Meier B,Jüni P,Serruys PW,Windecker S

更新日期：2012-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients with proven Q fever endocarditis and three additional patients with probable endocarditis are reviewed. The most helpful diagnostic test is the demonstration of a high complement fixing antibody titre to Phase 1 antigen of Coxiella burneti. The macroscopic pathology of the aortic valve is described a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wilson HG,Neilson GH,Galea EG,Stafford G,O'Brien MF

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is the major cause of late cardiac transplant failure secondary to silent ischemia and infarction. To increase the longevity of cardiac homografts, we performed percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in five male patients (aged 45 +/- 7 years, mean +/- SEM); 17 le...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vetrovec GW,Cowley MJ,Newton CM,Lewis SA,DiSciascio G,Thompson JA,Hastillo A,Lower R,Hess M

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of reliable prosthetic valves, the number of aortic valvuloplastic procedures performed in adults has decreased significantly. This is in contradistinction to patients with congenital aortic stenosis, in whom aortic valvuloplasty remains the primary approach. Although only a 25% to 50% incidence of lon...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mindich BP,Guarino T,Goldman ME

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A synergistic interaction between the angiotensin II (Ang II) type 1 receptor and alpha1-adrenergic receptors has been described. We hypothesized that the nonselective beta-antagonist carvedilol, through its alpha1-adrenergic blocking properties, may modulate vascular reactivity to Ang II in patients with ch...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vittorio TJ,Lang CC,Katz SD,Packer M,Mancini DM,Jorde UP

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is associated with an impairment in exercise performance and muscle function that is not fully explained by the reduced leg blood flow during exercise. This study characterized the effects of PAD on muscle function, histology, and metabolism. METHODS AND RESULTS:Twenty-six ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Regensteiner JG,Wolfel EE,Brass EP,Carry MR,Ringel SP,Hargarten ME,Stamm ER,Hiatt WR

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is well established that a depressed baroreflex sensitivity may adversely influence the prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and in those with previous myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS:We tested whether a slow breathing rate (6 breaths/min) could modify the baroreflex sensitiv...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bernardi L,Porta C,Spicuzza L,Bellwon J,Spadacini G,Frey AW,Yeung LY,Sanderson JE,Pedretti R,Tramarin R

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that the physical properties of myocardium in dogs can be characterized with quantitative ultrasonic integrated backscatter and that interrogation of the tissue with ultrasound can delineate cardiac cycle-dependent changes in ultrasonic backscatter in normal tissue that disappear with ischemia...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vered Z,Barzilai B,Mohr GA,Thomas LJ 3rd,Genton R,Sobel BE,Shoup TA,Melton HE,Miller JG,Pérez JE

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00