The quantitative aspect of photoplethysmography revised.

abstract：:Although endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are considered to be an essential source of vascular endothelial repair, their bidirectional differentiation determines that they play a double-edged role in the restoration of endothelial injury. In this research, we investigated the effect of Kir2.1 ion channel on the tra...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Li J,He Y,Bu H,Wang M,Yu J,Li L,Li H,Zhang X,Cui X,Cheng M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a complex disease with multiple inter-relating causes culminating in rapid atrial activation and atrial structural remodeling. The contribution of endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria stress to AF has been highlighted. As the class III antiarrhythmic agent, ibutilide are widely used to AF...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Wang Y,Wang YL,Huang X,Yang Y,Zhao YJ,Wei CX,Zhao M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme oxygenase (HO)-1 is a rate-limiting enzyme for degrading heme into carbon monoxide. Longer (GT)n repeat of the HO-1 gene (HMOX1) promoter has a lower transcription rate. Subjects with longer GT repeats in the HMOX1 promoter are more likely to have coronary artery disease (CAD) and cardiovascular events. We retros...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Liang KW,Lee WJ,Lee WL,Wu JP,Lee IT,Wang JS,Sheu WH

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral autonomic function is impaired in diabetic polyneuropathy. However, it is difficult to evaluate it due to the lack of non-invasive quantitative assessment. We aimed to establish a novel index to evaluate vascular autonomic function using reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT), a widely pe...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Hamada S,Oono A,Ishihara Y,Hasegawa Y,Akaza M,Sumi Y,Inoue Y,Izumiyama H,Hirao K,Isobe M,Sasano T

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical hemolysis after transcatheter occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus using the Rashkind umbrella device has been postulated as a rare, but serious complication, even necessitating surgical repair. A rare, case of an adult patient with massive hemolytic anemia, successfully controlled by the combined use ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Murakami H,Tsuchihashi K,Tomita H,Ikeda R,Hirata A,Ogawa T,Nakagawa M,Kuroiwa Y,Fuse S,Shimamoto K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wire crossing of a chronic total coronary occlusion (CTO) is time consuming and limited by the amount of contrast agent and time of radiation exposure. Magnetic wire navigation (MWN) might accelerate wire crossing by maintaining a coaxial vessel orientation. This study compares MWN with the conventional approach for r...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Roth C,Berger R,Scherzer S,Krenn L,Gangl C,Dalos D,Delle-Karth G,Neunteufl T

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No studies have evaluated both the time-to-isolation (TTI) and the sequence of pulmonary vein (PV) potentials in cryoballoon ablation (CBA) for atrial fibrillation (AF). This study aimed to prospectively evaluate the acute results of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) using a novel CBA technique-the earliest potential (EP...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Mizutani Y,Kanashiro M,Makino Y,Satake A,Suzuki W,Kurobe M,Mizutani K,Ichimiya H,Uchida Y,Watanabe J,Ichimiya S,Inden Y,Murohara T

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the effect of low-dose nesiritide on renal function and major cardiac events in patients with acute decompensated heart failure following acute myocardial infarction. Sixty patients were randomized into nesiritide (loading dose 0.5 microg/kg, maintenance dose 0.0075 microg/kg/min...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Zhao Q,Wu TG,Lin Y,Li B,Luo JY,Wang LX

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

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：:It has been shown that green tea catechins (GTC) suppress proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and that epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), which is a major constituent of GTC, selectively inhibits the platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB)-induced intracellular signaling transduction pathway. Vas...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kim DW,Park YS,Kim YG,Piao H,Kwon JS,Hwang KK,Youn TJ,Park JB,Yun YP,Sachinidis A,Kim CH,Cho MC,Ahn HY

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) is the most common type of vulnerable plaque and is the precursor of plaque rupture. However, rupture of a TCFA is not the only mechanism underlying thrombus formation or acute coronary syndrome. Although statin therapy changes the composition of coronary artery plaques, the effects of st...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nozue T,Yamamoto S,Tohyama S,Fukui K,Umezawa S,Onishi Y,Kunishima T,Sato A,Nozato T,Miyake S,Takeyama Y,Morino Y,Yamauchi T,Muramatsu T,Hibi K,Terashima M,Michishita I

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular responses to 5-hydroxytrypamine (5-HT), 5-carboxamidotryptamine (5-CT, a selective 5-HT1-like receptor agonist), alpha-methyl-5-HT (alpha-M-5-HT, a relatively selective 5-HT2 receptor agonist), noradrenaline (NA), and KCl were examined in isolated, cannulated, and perfused canine common carotid arterial p...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Vhora S,Chiba S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammation has received a great deal of attention due to the role it plays in cardiovascular disease (CVD). The cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) has recently been developed to evaluate arterial stiffness. This index is independent of blood pressure at the time that it is measured, making it a better measur...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kotani K,Yamada T,Miyamoto M,Kario K,Ishibashi S,Taniguchi N

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1987 and 1989, twenty-two patients who received combined heart-lung transplantation were autopsied at La Pitie Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. With the exception of two recipients who survived for 2 months and 4 months, respectively, the majority of the patients died in the early postoperative period (the mean ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ishibashi-Ueda H,Chomette G,Delcourt A,Auriol M,Le Charpentier Y,Cabrol C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wave intensity (WI) is a new hemodynamic index, which is defined as (dP/dt)(dU/dt) at any site of the circulation, where dP/dt and dU/dt are the time derivatives of blood pressure and velocity, respectively. Arterial WI in normal subjects has two positive sharp peaks. The first peak occurs during early systole when a ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Niki K,Sugawara M,Uchida K,Tanaka R,Tanimoto K,Imamura H,Sakomura Y,Ishizuka N,Koyanagi H,Kasanuki H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by a progressive increase in pulmonary arterial pressure and vascular resistance. Despite advances in therapy for PAH, its treatment and prognosis remain poor. We aimed to investigate whether the transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) overexp...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Guo Y,Su L,Li Y,Guo N,Xie L,Zhang D,Zhang X,Li H,Zhang G,Wang Y,Liu C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of the study were to evaluate the impact of aortic angulation (AA) on success of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a new generation self-expandable prosthesis (Medtronic Evolut R®). Specific anatomical conditions, such as for example the presence of a horizontal aorta with elevated AA, ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： D'Ancona G,Kische S,El-Mawardy M,Dißmann M,Heinze H,Zohlnhöfer-Momm D,Gürer H,Ince H

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：:Mitral valve morphology after mitral valve surgery affects postoperative intraventricular flow patterns and long-term cardiac performance. We visualized ventricular flow by echocardiography vector flow mapping (VFM) to reveal the impact of different mitral valve procedures. Eleven cases of mechanical mitral valve repl...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nakashima K,Itatani K,Kitamura T,Oka N,Horai T,Miyazaki S,Nie M,Miyaji K

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, coronary diagnostic parameters, pressure drop coefficient (CDP: ratio of trans-stenotic pressure drop to distal dynamic pressure), and lesion flow coefficient (LFC: ratio of % area stenosis (%AS) to the CDP at throat region), were evaluated to distinguish levels of %AS under varying contractility condit...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Peelukhana SV,Kolli KK,Leesar MA,Effat MA,Helmy TA,Arif I,Schneeberger EW,Succop P,Banerjee RK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the complex profile of atherosclerotic risk factors, an integrated analysis of a specific individual is difficult. Endothelial function reflects a composite of various risk factors, and may be used as an optimal tool to estimate the overall atherosclerotic risk. In this study, we investigated the value of digit...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kang J,Kim HL,Seo JB,Lee JY,Moon MK,Chung WY

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that S1P receptors affect heart ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) induced injury. However, whether S1P receptors affect IR-induced cardiac death has not been investigated. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the role of S1P receptors in IR-induced cardiac death. Healthy adult male Sprague-Dawley ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Zhang X,Chen D,Wang J,Liu J,Guo H,Zhang G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of second-generation drug-eluting stent (DES) for the treatment of left main disease (LM) and/or three vessel disease (3VD) remains unclear. We compared 2-year outcomes of second- versus first -generation DES implantation among patients with LM and/or 3VD and to assess the differential of risk by complexi...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kobayashi N,Ito Y,Hirano K,Yamawaki M,Araki M,Sakai T,Takimura H,Sakamoto Y,Mori S,Tsutsumi M,Takama T,Takafuji H,Maruyama T,Honda Y,Tokuda T,Makino K,Shirai S,Muramatsu T

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians often have a difficulty in determining the presence of mitral regurgitation (MR)-related symptoms because of subjectivity. However, there are few actual measurement data for echocardiographic left ventricular (LV) and left atrial (LA) size related to the severity of MR and the relationship between MR-relate...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Amano M,Izumi C,Kim YJ,Park SJ,Park SW,Tanaka H,Hozumi T,Ling LH,Yu CM,Fukuda S,Otsuji Y,Song JK,Sohn DW

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both hypertension and hyperuricemia are closely associated with the morbidity and mortality of heart failure. This study was designed to evaluate the influences of long-term xanthine oxidase inhibitor (febuxostat) prescription on left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), left ventricular (LV) diastolic function, and new-ons...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Pan JA,Lin H,Wang CQ,Zhang JF,Gu J

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but life-threatening cardiac disorder characterized by maternal systolic heart failure. Although PPCM is a major cause of maternal mortality, little is known about the acute-phase management of PPCM in real-world clinical settings. We retrospectively identified patients hospi...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

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

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with inhibitors of 3-hydroxyl-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (statins) reduces the incidence of cardiovascular events, but it is unclear whether the beneficial effects are mediated solely by their lipid-lowering properties. We therefore investigated whether atorvastatin reduces inflammation and oxidat...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sugiyama M,Ohashi M,Takase H,Sato K,Ueda R,Dohi Y

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few studies regarding the assessment of left ventricular contractile function in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of this study was to assess the left ventricular (LV) contractile function, i.e., the end-systolic pressure-volume relation (Ees) and a recently developed LV systolic myocardial st...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Tanaka R,Tomita M,Noda T,Kagawa K,Nishigaki K,Yamaguchi M,Kunishima A,Fujiwara H

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), such as rivaroxaban, reduce the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). However, it is still unclear whether the stroke reduction benefit outweighs the bleeding risk in elderly Japanese patients with NVAF. The Xarelto Post-Author...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kitazono T,Ikeda T,Ogawa S,Nakagawara J,Minematsu K,Miyamoto S,Murakawa Y,Cavaliere M,Hayashi Y,Kidani Y,Okayama Y,Sunaya T,Sato S,Yamanaka S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00