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abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiofrequency ablation of the atrioventricular node and permanent pacing are used for symptomatic relief in patients with medically refractory atrial fibrillation. In this study, meta-analysis was used to clarify clinical outcomes and survival after ablation and pacing therapy using data from the published ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wood MA,Brown-Mahoney C,Kay GN,Ellenbogen KA

更新日期：2000-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) after cardiac surgery is associated with increased risk of complications, length of stay, and cost of care. Observational evidence suggests that patients who have undergone previous statin therapy have a lower incidence of postoperative AF. We tested this observation in a randomized,...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Patti G,Chello M,Candura D,Pasceri V,D'Ambrosio A,Covino E,Di Sciascio G

更新日期：2006-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven of 214 patients (3%) with acute myocardial infarction (120 inferior and 94 anterior) developed atrial fibrillation within 3 hr of the onset of chest pain. All seven patients had an inferior infarction and in all seven the left circumflex artery was occluded proximal to the origin of its left atrial circumflex br...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hod H,Lew AS,Keltai M,Cercek B,Geft IL,Shah PK,Ganz W

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This two-part article provides an overview of the global burden of atherothrombotic cardiovascular disease. Part I initially discusses the epidemiologic transition which has resulted in a decrease in deaths in childhood due to infections, with a concomitant increase in cardiovascular and other chronic diseases; and th...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Yusuf S,Reddy S,Ounpuu S,Anand S

更新日期：2001-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent advances in surgical techniques for the repair of left ventricular aneurysms (LVAs) include the use of an endoventricular patch to exclude the aneurysm cavity. This technique has replaced conventional linear plication of the aneurysm. The endoventricular patch technique remodels the left ventricular c...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Grossi EA,Chinitz LA,Galloway AC,Delianides J,Schwartz DS,McLoughlin DE,Keller N,Kronzon I,Spencer FC,Colvin SB

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred eighty-eight patients with acute myocardial infarction were studied prospectively from August 1980 to September 1982. One hundred thirty-six of these patients were entered into a intracoronary streptokinase study after informed consent was obtained. The remaining 52 patients, who either met exclusion crite...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Smalling RW,Fuentes F,Matthews MW,Freund GC,Hicks CH,Reduto LA,Walker WE,Sterling RP,Gould KL

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-six patients undergoing orthotopic cardiac transplantation were given Minnesota ALG prophylactically or therapeutically for acute cardiac rejection. During a follow-up period of 0-28 months (mean follow-up period, 11.9 months), the actuarial survival for the entire group was 96% and 86% at 30 days and 1 year, re...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Keith FM,Magilligan DJ Jr,Lakier JB,Drost CJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Echocardiographically determined left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) has a well-demonstrated association with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, whether or not there is a sex differential in the impact of LVH on mortality has never been systematically explored. METHODS AND RESULTS:This study en...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Liao Y,Cooper RS,Mensah GA,McGee DL

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few studies of cardiac autonomic nervous activity (CANA) in patients with congenital heart disease. Methods and Results-We evaluated CANA in 54 patients after closure of an atrial/ventricular septal defect (group A), 54 patients after successful right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction (RVOTR...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ohuchi H,Suzuki H,Toyohara K,Tatsumi K,Ono Y,Arakaki Y,Echigo S

更新日期：2000-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In various heart disease paradigms, atria show stronger fibrotic responses than ventricles. The possibility that atrial and ventricular fibroblasts respond differentially to pathological stimuli has not been examined. METHODS AND RESULTS:We compared various morphological, secretory, and proliferative respon...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Burstein B,Libby E,Calderone A,Nattel S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chimeric molecules comprising the A-chain of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) and the catalytic domain of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) have intact enzymatic characteristics of u-PA, partial fibrin-binding properties of t-PA, and thrombolytic properties in animal models comparable with ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Collen D,Lu HR,Lijnen HR,Nelles L,Stassen JM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four hour noninvasive ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate monitoring was performed on patients who underwent orthotopic cardiac transplantation, as part of the investigation of the de novo hypertension that developes in such patients. Patients with essential hypertension served as control subjects. The res...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Reeves RA,Shapiro AP,Thompson ME,Johnsen AM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age is an important determinant of outcomes for patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS); however, community practice reveals a disproportionately lower use of cardiovascular medications and invasive treatment even among elderly patients with ACS who would stand to benefit. Reasons include limited trial ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Alexander KP,Newby LK,Cannon CP,Armstrong PW,Gibler WB,Rich MW,Van de Werf F,White HD,Weaver WD,Naylor MD,Gore JM,Krumholz HM,Ohman EM,American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology.,Society of Geriatric Cardiology

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics of blood-flow velocities were investigated at different sites in two types of coronary artery bypass grafts, sequential saphenous vein grafts (SSVG) and internal mammary artery grafts (IMAG). The latter appear to have the longest life span. The patency rate of the side-to-side anastomosis of the SSVG i...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fujiwara T,Kajiya F,Kanazawa S,Matsuoka S,Wada Y,Hiramatsu O,Kagiyama M,Ogasawara Y,Tsujioka K,Katsumura T

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an important active protein for the induction of angiogenesis and improvement in cardiac function after myocardial ischemia; however, the lack of a delivery system targeted to the injured myocardium reduces the local therapeutic efficacy of VEGF and increases its ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zhang J,Ding L,Zhao Y,Sun W,Chen B,Lin H,Wang X,Zhang L,Xu B,Dai J

更新日期：2009-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB) has been revived and has gained popularity, although the exact subsets of patients who might benefit most from this technique are unknown. The aim of this retrospective study was to compare the results of coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) in octoge...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Demaria RG,Carrier M,Fortier S,Martineau R,Fortier A,Cartier R,Pellerin M,Hébert Y,Bouchard D,Pagé P,Perrault LP

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted in 46 patients with cardiac thrombi, 15 patients with atrial myxomas, and 32 patients with other cardiac or paracardiac tumors. Diagnoses were subsequently proven by surgery, autopsy, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, or angiography in all patients. All patients underwent precor...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mügge A,Daniel WG,Haverich A,Lichtlen PR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A line of block in the right atrium (RA) between the venae cavae is necessary to obtain classic atrial flutter (AFL). We tested the hypothesis that the location of that line of block would determine whether the AFL reentrant circuit would be due to single-loop reentry or figure-of-8 reentry. METHODS AND RES...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tomita Y,Matsuo K,Sahadevan J,Khrestian CM,Waldo AL

更新日期：2001-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the noninvasive methods of evaluating left ventricular performance is the measurement of left ventricular systolic time intervals (LVSTI). However, noninvasive measurement of right ventricular systole by this technique has been unreliable because of the inability to accurately time the onset of right ventricula...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hirschfeld S,Meyer R,Schwartz DC,Korfhagen J,Kaplan S

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) is commonly caused by reentry within the atrioventricular (AV) node. This arrhythmia was abolished by operative dissection of the AV junction in a patient with disabling tachycardia that was not controlled by drugs. The operation was intended to create complete AV block, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pritchett EL,Anderson RW,Benditt DG,Kasell J,Harrison L,Wallace AG,Sealy WC,Gallagher JJ

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) in prosthetic valves and intracardiac devices is challenging because both the modified Duke criteria (DC) and echocardiography have limitations in this population. The added value of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pizzi MN,Roque A,Fernández-Hidalgo N,Cuéllar-Calabria H,Ferreira-González I,Gonzàlez-Alujas MT,Oristrell G,Gracia-Sánchez L,González JJ,Rodríguez-Palomares J,Galiñanes M,Maisterra-Santos O,Garcia-Dorado D,Castell-Conesa J,Alm

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disintegrin metalloproteinases (ADAMs) may contribute to structural cardiac remodeling by altering cell-surface matrix receptors (integrins) and activating potent biomolecules. We compared expression of ADAMs, their endogenous inhibitor tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP)-3, and integrins in human ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fedak PW,Moravec CS,McCarthy PM,Altamentova SM,Wong AP,Skrtic M,Verma S,Weisel RD,Li RK

更新日期：2006-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alterations in myocardial function and systemic vascular tone are well documented in congestive heart failure (CHF), but little information is available on the effects of CHF on pulmonary vessels. We examined the mechanisms of tone regulation of canine pulmonary arteries during pacing-induced CHF. METHODS A...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mathew R,Wang J,Gewitz MH,Hintze TH,Wolin MS

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria have emerged as a central factor in the pathogenesis and progression of heart failure, and other cardiovascular diseases, as well, but no therapies are available to treat mitochondrial dysfunction. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened a group of leading experts in heart failure, cardiova...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tian R,Colucci WS,Arany Z,Bachschmid MM,Ballinger SW,Boudina S,Bruce JE,Busija DW,Dikalov S,Dorn GW II,Galis ZS,Gottlieb RA,Kelly DP,Kitsis RN,Kohr MJ,Levy D,Lewandowski ED,McClung JM,Mochly-Rosen D,O'Brien KD,O'R

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cp) has been demonstrated in arteries and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). However, the validity of the methods used is questioned, and antibiotic treatment trials have thus far shown disappointing results. Nevertheless, antibodies against the Cp outer membrane proteins (OMPs) have be...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lindholt JS,Støvring J,Østergaard L,Urbonavicius S,Henneberg EW,Honoré B,Vorum H

更新日期：2004-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After regular coronary balloon angioplasty, it would be helpful to identify those patients who have a low cardiac event rate. Coronary angiography alone is not sensitive enough for that purpose, but it has been suggested that the combination of optimal angiographic and optimal functional results indicates a ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bech GJ,Pijls NH,De Bruyne B,Peels KH,Michels HR,Bonnier HJ,Koolen JJ

更新日期：1999-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred eighteen consecutive patients undergoing valve replacement for aortic stenosis were analyzed to determine the incidence of and predisposing factors to postoperative atrial tachyarrhythmias. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed on 70 clinical, hemodynamic, radiographic, electrocardiographic, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Douglas PS,Hirshfeld JW Jr,Edmunds LH Jr

更新日期：1985-09-01 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:The use of bipolar endocardial electrogram characteristics to guide radiofrequency (RF) current catheter ablation of accessory pathways (APs) has been advocated by several investigators. However, the influences of a varying anatomy of the AP and the atrioventricular groove, of different ablative approaches, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cappato R,Schlüter M,Mont L,Kuck KH

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Doppler echocardiography is frequently used to predict filling pressures in normal sinus rhythm, but it is unknown whether it can be applied in sinus tachycardia, with merging of E and A velocities. Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) can record the mitral annular velocity. The early diastolic velocity (Ea) behaves...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nagueh SF,Mikati I,Kopelen HA,Middleton KJ,Quiñones MA,Zoghbi WA

更新日期：1998-10-20 00:00:00