Significance of adventitial inflammation of the coronary artery in patients with unstable angina: results at autopsy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is a major modifiable cardiovascular risk factor. The present longitudinal study aimed to examine the best combination of childhood physical and environmental factors to predict adult hypertension and furthermore whether newly identified genetic variants for blood pressure increase the predictio...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Juhola J,Oikonen M,Magnussen CG,Mikkilä V,Siitonen N,Jokinen E,Laitinen T,Würtz P,Gidding SS,Taittonen L,Seppälä I,Jula A,Kähönen M,Hutri-Kähönen N,Lehtimäki T,Viikari JS,Juonala M,Raitakari OT

更新日期：2012-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanism of delayed preconditioning induced by activation of adenosine A(1) receptors (A(1)ARs) is not fully understood. We determined the role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in mediating adenosine-induced late cardioprotection using pharmacological inhibitors and iNOS gene-knockout mice. ME...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zhao T,Xi L,Chelliah J,Levasseur JE,Kukreja RC

更新日期：2000-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a paucity of randomized trials regarding diagnostic testing in women with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). It remains unclear whether the addition of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) to the standard ECG exercise treadmill test (ETT) provides incremental information to improve clinical deci...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Shaw LJ,Mieres JH,Hendel RH,Boden WE,Gulati M,Veledar E,Hachamovitch R,Arrighi JA,Merz CN,Gibbons RJ,Wenger NK,Heller GV,WOMEN Trial Investigators.

更新日期：2011-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CKIs) have different patterns of expression in vascular diseases. The Kip/Cip CKIs, p27(Kip1) and p21(Cip1), are upregulated during arterial repair and negatively regulate the growth of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). In contrast, the Ink CKI, p16(Ink4), is not e...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tanner FC,Boehm M,Akyürek LM,San H,Yang ZY,Tashiro J,Nabel GJ,Nabel EG

更新日期：2000-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:L-arginine is the precursor of endothelium-derived nitric oxide, an endogenous vasodilator. L-arginine supplementation improves vascular reactivity and functional capacity in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in small, short-term studies. We aimed to determine the effects of long-term administration of L-arg...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wilson AM,Harada R,Nair N,Balasubramanian N,Cooke JP

更新日期：2007-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Values for several coronary risk factors, including systolic and diastolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol, triglycerides, blood glucose, uric acid, hemoglobin, weight, vitral capacity and cigarette smoking have been found to be similar among spouses in the Framingham Study. However, longitudinal analyses show that...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sackett DL,Anderson GD,Milner R,Feinleib M,Kannel WB

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the dominant product of vascular Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), prostacyclin (PGI(2)), restrains atherogenesis, inhibition and deletion of COX-2 have yielded conflicting results in mouse models of atherosclerosis. Floxed mice were used to parse distinct cellular contributions of COX-2 in macrophages and ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hui Y,Ricciotti E,Crichton I,Yu Z,Wang D,Stubbe J,Wang M,Puré E,FitzGerald GA

更新日期：2010-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous reports have suggested that an attenuated exercise heart rate response may be associated with coronary heart disease risk and with mortality. These observations may parallel the association between reduced heart rate variability during normal activities and adverse outcome. This investigation was de...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lauer MS,Okin PM,Larson MG,Evans JC,Levy D

更新日期：1996-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty adult patients with predominant mitral valve disease and variable degrees of tricuspid incompetence (TI) were reinvestigated 6-28 months after mitral valve operation. Postoperatively, 10 of the 20 patients were in sinus rhythm, compared with four of 20 preoperatively. Right ventricula peak systolic pressure dec...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Simon R,Oelert H,Borst HG,Lichtlen PR

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who had disabling supraventricular tachycardia showed electrophysiologic evidence of coexistent right and left Kent bundles. The supraventricular tachycardia was accelerated by sequential antegrade and retrograde conduction over the right and left Kent bundles, respectively. Spontaneous blocking of the condu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cinca J,Valle V,Gutierrez L,Figueras J,Rius J

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have examined the association of race and outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery while controlling for both patient and hospital effects. METHODS AND RESULTS:We retrospectively analyzed data on a cohort of 566,785 white and 24,354 black Medicare beneficiaries 65 years old and...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Konety SH,Vaughan Sarrazin MS,Rosenthal GE

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrinopeptide A, platelet factor 4, beta-thromboglobulin, thromboxane B2, and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha were estimated by radioimmunoassay on venous plasma samples taken within 48 hr of admission from 16 consecutive patients with unstable angina and 15 patients with stable angina matched for clinical variables. T...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Théroux P,Latour JG,Léger-Gauthier C,De Lara J

更新日期：1987-01-01 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

abstract：:A technique is described to control recurrent or sustained supraventricular tachycardia associated with rapid ventricular rates following open heart surgery. The technique utilizes a pair of temporarily implanted atrial epicardial wire electrodes to pace the heart. In one group of patients with recurrent atrial flutte...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Waldo AL,MacLean WA,Karp RB,Kouchoukos NT,James TN

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical significance of minor elevations in creatine kinase-myocardial band isoenzyme (CK-MB) after coronary interventions has not been systematically evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS:We examined 4484 patients who underwent successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or directional coronary...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Abdelmeguid AE,Topol EJ,Whitlow PL,Sapp SK,Ellis SG

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A prospective regional study was conducted to identify factors associated with in-hospital mortality among patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). A prediction rule was developed and validated based on the data collected. METHODS AND RESULTS:Data from 3,055 patients were co...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： O'Connor GT,Plume SK,Olmstead EM,Coffin LH,Morton JR,Maloney CT,Nowicki ER,Levy DG,Tryzelaar JF,Hernandez F

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) after myocardial infarction does not affect systolic function when compared with placebo. In contrast, intracoronary infusion of bone marrow cells appears to improve ejection fraction. We aimed to evaluate the G-CSF mobilization of subsets of stem cells. METHODS...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ripa RS,Haack-Sørensen M,Wang Y,Jørgensen E,Mortensen S,Bindslev L,Friis T,Kastrup J

更新日期：2007-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term clinical and laboratory findings in three children who required mitral valve replacement below age four years are reported. In each instance a second valve replacement was necessary approximately 8 1/2 years after the initial one, following a two and one-half fold increase in body weight. Inadequate mitral v...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Friedman S,Edmunds LH Jr,Cuaso CC

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic orthostatic intolerance (COI) is a debilitating autonomic condition in young adults. Its neurohumoral and hemodynamic profiles suggest possible alterations of postural sympathetic function and of baroreflex control of heart rate (HR). METHODS AND RESULTS:In 16 COI patients and 16 healthy volunteers,...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Furlan R,Jacob G,Snell M,Robertson D,Porta A,Harris P,Mosqueda-Garcia R

更新日期：1998-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No information is available on the long-term results of radial artery (RA) grafts used as coronary artery bypass conduits. METHODS AND RESULTS:In this report, we describe the long-term (105+/-9 months) angiographic results of a series of 90 consecutive patients in whom the RA was used as a coronary artery b...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Possati G,Gaudino M,Prati F,Alessandrini F,Trani C,Glieca F,Mazzari MA,Luciani N,Schiavoni G

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic pulmonary regurgitation after repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) may lead to right ventricular dilatation, which may be accompanied by ventricular tachycardia and sudden death. We aimed to examine the effects of pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) on (1) certain electrocardiographic markers predictive...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Therrien J,Siu SC,Harris L,Dore A,Niwa K,Janousek J,Williams WG,Webb G,Gatzoulis MA

更新日期：2001-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The extent and mechanism of the antithrombotic properties of fibrin-selective and non-fibrin-selective thrombolytic agents have not yet been established. METHODS AND RESULTS:The antithrombotic, thrombolytic, fibrinogenolytic, and pharmacokinetic properties of the following substances were determined in hams...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Stassen JM,Nyström A,Hoylaerts M,Collen D

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored the association between sodium excretion and blood pressure (BP). A new method was used to minimize the measurement error introduced by the large intrinsic variability of 24-hour sodium excretion. The ratio of intra- to interindividual variation was used to estimate the number of measurements neede...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cooper R,Soltero I,Liu K,Berkson D,Levinson S,Stamler J

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major public health problem. We sought to describe changes in 1-month survival after OHCA in patients given cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during the last 14 years in Sweden. METHODS AND RESULTS:All patients experiencing OHCA in whom CPR was attempted between ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hollenberg J,Herlitz J,Lindqvist J,Riva G,Bohm K,Rosenqvist M,Svensson L

更新日期：2008-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study investigated whether the ACAT inhibitor avasimibe can reduce atherogenesis independently of its cholesterol-lowering effect in ApoE*3-Leiden mice. METHODS AND RESULTS:Two groups of 15 female ApoE*3-Leiden mice were put on a high-cholesterol (HC) diet; 1 group received 0.01% (wt/wt) avasimi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Delsing DJ,Offerman EH,van Duyvenvoorde W,van Der Boom H,de Wit EC,Gijbels MJ,van Der Laarse A,Jukema JW,Havekes LM,Princen HM

更新日期：2001-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological studies and animal experiments have provided evidence supporting the role of lipid peroxidation in atherogenesis and cardiovascular diseases. Direct evidence linking lipid oxidation to atherosclerotic progression in humans, however, has been lacking. We investigated the association of lipid o...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Salonen JT,Nyyssönen K,Salonen R,Porkkala-Sarataho E,Tuomainen TP,Diczfalusy U,Björkhem I

更新日期：1997-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The estrogen receptor-alpha (ER-alpha) IVS1-401 polymorphism identifies a group of women (approximately 20%) who have augmented effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on levels of HDL cholesterol. This study sought to determine if this augmentation extends to HRT regulation of E-selectin and C-reactive...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Herrington DM,Howard TD,Brosnihan KB,McDonnell DP,Li X,Hawkins GA,Reboussin DM,Xu J,Zheng SL,Meyers DA,Bleecker ER

更新日期：2002-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data suggest that the Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric ventricular assist device is superior to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for bridge to heart transplantation. Published data are limited to 1 in 4 children who received the device as part of the US clinical trial. We analyzed outcomes for all US c...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Almond CS,Morales DL,Blackstone EH,Turrentine MW,Imamura M,Massicotte MP,Jordan LC,Devaney EJ,Ravishankar C,Kanter KR,Holman W,Kroslowitz R,Tjossem C,Thuita L,Cohen GA,Buchholz H,St Louis JD,Nguyen K,Niebler RA,Walt

更新日期：2013-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study compared the efficacy of ischemic preconditioning (IPC) and sodium-hydrogen exchanger (NHE)-1 inhibition to reduce infarct size (IS) induced by a 90-minute ischemic insult and examined the interaction between NHE-1 inhibition and IPC. METHODS AND RESULTS:In a canine infarct model, either IPC, pro...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gumina RJ,Buerger E,Eickmeier C,Moore J,Daemmgen J,Gross GJ

更新日期：1999-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The extent of the peri-infarct zone by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been related to all-cause mortality in patients with coronary artery disease. This relationship may result from arrhythmogenesis in the infarct border. However, the relationship between tissue heterogeneity in the infarct periphery a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schmidt A,Azevedo CF,Cheng A,Gupta SN,Bluemke DA,Foo TK,Gerstenblith G,Weiss RG,Marbán E,Tomaselli GF,Lima JA,Wu KC

更新日期：2007-04-17 00:00:00