Arteriographic evidence of coronary arterial spasm in acute myocardial infarction.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) has recently been shown to be a major regulator of cardiac contractility. In a cellular system, we have previously shown that nNOS is regulated by the isoform 4b of plasma membrane calcium/calmodulin-dependent ATPase (PMCA4b) through direct interaction mediated by a PDZ ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Oceandy D,Cartwright EJ,Emerson M,Prehar S,Baudoin FM,Zi M,Alatwi N,Venetucci L,Schuh K,Williams JC,Armesilla AL,Neyses L

更新日期：2007-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The echocardiograms of 46 patients with aortic insufficiency which manifested typical high frequency vibrations of the anterior mitral valve leaflet were reviewed. All patients had overt clinical evidence of aortic insufficiency which was confirmed by angiography in 17 cases. In 17 cases (eight of whom underwent cat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cope GD,Kisslo JA,Johnson ML,Myers S

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aldosterone and angiotensin (Ang) II both may cause organ damage. Circulating aldosterone is produced in the adrenals; however, local cardiac synthesis has been reported. Aldosterone concentrations depend on the activity of aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2). We tested the hypothesis that reducing aldosterone by...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fiebeler A,Nussberger J,Shagdarsuren E,Rong S,Hilfenhaus G,Al-Saadi N,Dechend R,Wellner M,Meiners S,Maser-Gluth C,Jeng AY,Webb RL,Luft FC,Muller DN

更新日期：2005-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular ultrasound imaging is a promising new method for assessing vascular morphology. We evaluated the capability of intravascular ultrasound to quantify pulmonary artery (PA) morphology in vitro and explored the feasibility of in vivo PA imaging in animals and humans. In the in vitro study of 15 PA segments, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pandian NG,Weintraub A,Kreis A,Schwartz SL,Konstam MA,Salem DN

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chemokines play an essential role in regulating the infiltration of leukocytes into allografts in experimental models. Little is known of their expression or function after human cardiac transplantation. METHODS AND RESULTS:We analyzed 169 sequential human endomyocardial biopsies by immunocytochemistry for ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Melter M,Exeni A,Reinders ME,Fang JC,McMahon G,Ganz P,Hancock WW,Briscoe DM

更新日期：2001-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is widely used in food and beverage packaging. Higher urinary BPA concentrations were cross-sectionally associated with heart disease in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2004 and NHANES 2005-2006, independent of traditional ris...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Melzer D,Osborne NJ,Henley WE,Cipelli R,Young A,Money C,McCormack P,Luben R,Khaw KT,Wareham NJ,Galloway TS

更新日期：2012-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Digitalis has been shown to improve the impaired ventricular function associated with coronary artery disease as well as to increase myocardial oxygen consumption and produce coronary vasoconstriction. To elucidate the net result of these contrasting effects, six patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vogel R,Kirch D,LeFree M,Frischknecht J,Steele P

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial fiber disarray is a distinctive histopathologic finding seen in asymmetric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We studied 14 hearts with aortic atresia and intact interventricular septum, six hearts with pulmonic atresia and intact interventricular septum, eight normal infant hearts matched for age of the study he...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bulkley BH,D'Amico B,Taylor AL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) has evolved rapidly from a relatively esoteric research tool into clinical applications providing unique, quantitative information on myocardial perfusion, metabolism, and cell membrane function and having a potentially significant impact on cardiovascular medicine. Although ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gould KL

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Albuminuria is an established risk marker for both cardiovascular and renal outcomes. Albuminuria can be reduced with drugs that block the renin-angiotensin system (RAS). We questioned whether the short-term drug-induced change in albuminuria would predict the long-term cardioprotective efficacy of RAS inter...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： de Zeeuw D,Remuzzi G,Parving HH,Keane WF,Zhang Z,Shahinfar S,Snapinn S,Cooper ME,Mitch WE,Brenner BM

更新日期：2004-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current methods of signal-averaged ECG analysis interrogate the terminal 40 msec of the QRS complex and/or the ST segment and have a low positive-predictive accuracy for detecting vulnerability to sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT). The extent to which abnormalities detected during these ECG intervals ar...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hood MA,Pogwizd SM,Peirick J,Cain ME

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several clinical studies have demonstrated a general superiority of biphasic waveform defibrillation compared with monophasic waveform defibrillation using epicardial lead systems. To test the breadth of utility of biphasic waveforms in humans, a prospective, randomized evaluation of defibrillation efficacy ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bardy GH,Troutman C,Johnson G,Mehra R,Poole JE,Dolack GL,Kudenchuk PJ,Gartman DM

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postmortem-derived findings support the common beliefs that lipid-rich coronary plaques with a thin, fibrous cap are prone to rupture and that rupture and superimposed thrombosis are the primary mechanisms causing acute coronary syndromes. In vivo imaging with intracoronary techniques may disclose difference...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： de Feyter PJ,Ozaki Y,Baptista J,Escaned J,Di Mario C,de Jaegere PP,Serruys PW,Roelandt JR

更新日期：1995-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibrinogen binding to the active conformation of the alpha(IIb)beta(3) integrin receptor (glycoprotein IIb/IIIa) and cytoskeletal reorganization are important events in platelet function. Tyrosine phosphorylation of platelet proteins plays an essential role in platelet signal transduction pathways. We studie...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Santos MT,Moscardó A,Vallés J,Martínez M,Piñón M,Aznar J,Broekman MJ,Marcus AJ

更新日期：2000-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypercholesterolemia is associated with endothelial dysfunction. On the basis of the hypothesis that high plasma cholesterol per se may be a sufficient stimulus to upregulate endothelial adhesiveness and that this phenomenon might be reversible, soluble endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecules (sELAMs) were ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sampietro T,Tuoni M,Ferdeghini M,Ciardi A,Marraccini P,Prontera C,Sassi G,Taddei M,Bionda A

更新日期：1997-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombus regression in heparin-treated, acute deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremity is poorly documented in the literature; different rates of thrombus resolution and recanalization are reported. METHODS AND RESULTS:In a prospective follow-up study, duplex scanning was used to evaluate the thrombus ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： van Ramshorst B,van Bemmelen PS,Hoeneveld H,Faber JA,Eikelboom BC

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Catheter-based ultrasound is a new imaging modality to examine endovascular detail in the coronary circulation. This technique requires direct placement of the catheter in the arterial segment of interest. METHODS AND RESULTS:We examined the feasibility of a less invasive approach by imaging the coronary ar...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sudhir K,Fitzgerald PJ,MacGregor JS,DeMarco T,Ports TA,Chatterjee K,Yock PG

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic heart failure is associated with endothelial dysfunction including impaired endothelium-mediated, flow-dependent dilation (FDD). Since endothelial function is thought to play an important role in coordinating tissue perfusion and modulating arterial compliance, interventions to improve endothelial dy...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hornig B,Maier V,Drexler H

更新日期：1996-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are transcription factors of the nuclear receptor superfamily. It has been reported that the thiazolidinediones, which are antidiabetic agents and high-affinity ligands for PPARgamma, regulate growth of vascular cells. In the present study, we examined the ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Asakawa M,Takano H,Nagai T,Uozumi H,Hasegawa H,Kubota N,Saito T,Masuda Y,Kadowaki T,Komuro I

更新日期：2002-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The key initiating process in atherogenesis is the subendothelial retention of apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins. Local biological responses to these retained lipoproteins, including a chronic and maladaptive macrophage- and T-cell-dominated inflammatory response, promote subsequent lesion development. The most...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tabas I,Williams KJ,Borén J

更新日期：2007-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in ischemic preconditioning (PC) and cardioprotection is poorly understood. We addressed this issue using a genetic, rather than pharmacological, approach. METHODS AND RESULTS:In the nonpreconditioned state, eNOS-/- mice exhibited infarct sizes similar to...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Xuan YT,Guo Y,Zhu Y,Wang OL,Rokosh G,Bolli R

更新日期：2007-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange (NCX) extrudes Ca(2+) from cardiac myocytes, but it can also mediate Ca(2+) influx, load the sarcoplasmic reticulum with Ca(2+), and trigger Ca(2+) release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. In ischemia/reperfusion or digitalis toxicity, increased levels of intracellular [Na(+)] ([Na(...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Satoh H,Ginsburg KS,Qing K,Terada H,Hayashi H,Bers DM

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is not clear why some plaque ruptures lead to acute coronary syndromes (ACS) but others do not. METHODS AND RESULTS:We analyzed 80 plaque ruptures in 74 patients and compared culprit lesions of ACS patients with nonculprit lesions of ACS patients and lesions of non-ACS patients; both culprit and nonculpr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fujii K,Kobayashi Y,Mintz GS,Takebayashi H,Dangas G,Moussa I,Mehran R,Lansky AJ,Kreps E,Collins M,Colombo A,Stone GW,Leon MB,Moses JW

更新日期：2003-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypothermic hyperkalemic cardioplegia results in significant myocyte swelling and impaired contractility. These detrimental effects may be eliminated by the addition of an adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel opener. This study evaluated the hypothesis that a KATP channel opener (diazoxi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mizutani S,Prasad SM,Sellitto AD,Schuessler RB,Damiano RJ Jr,Lawton JS

更新日期：2005-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) are associated with higher risk of adverse outcomes in patients at risk for or with established coronary artery disease. Retrospective analyses suggest that this risk may be modified with statin therapy. However, a role for hsCRP in monitoring th...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Morrow DA,de Lemos JA,Sabatine MS,Wiviott SD,Blazing MA,Shui A,Rifai N,Califf RM,Braunwald E

更新日期：2006-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrafast computed tomography (CT), by acquiring images of the proximal coronary arteries, detects coronary calcifications and has been demonstrated to be highly sensitive for the detection of coronary artery disease in many small studies. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between ultra...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Budoff MJ,Georgiou D,Brody A,Agatston AS,Kennedy J,Wolfkiel C,Stanford W,Shields P,Lewis RJ,Janowitz WR,Rich S,Brundage BH

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In PTCA patients with multivessel coronary artery disease, incomplete revascularization (IR) is the result of both pre-PTCA strategy and initial lesion outcome. The unique contribution of these components on long-term patient outcome is uncertain. METHODS AND RESULTS:From the Bypass Angioplasty Revasculariz...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kip KE,Bourassa MG,Jacobs AK,Schwartz L,Feit F,Alderman EL,Weiner BH,Weiss MB,Kellett MA Jr,Sharaf BL,Dimas AP,Jones RH,Sopko G,Detre KM

更新日期：1999-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to opinions generally accepted in the past, CHD is very common in both African-American men and women, with incidence rates approaching those of US Caucasians. Higher prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, cigarette smoking, and obesity all contribute to the high level of CHD in African-Americans. Additional r...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Curry CL

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of the infarct-related artery in stable survivors of acute myocardial infarction is often performed, even in patients without any symptoms or residual ischemia. Despite the lack of randomized studies, it is widely believed that this intervention will improve the...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zeymer U,Uebis R,Vogt A,Glunz HG,Vöhringer HF,Harmjanz D,Neuhaus KL,ALKK-Study Group.

更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels in a sample of community-living women and men who consumed 1 drink of alcohol/day or less. Self-reports of alcohol consumption and clinical assessments of plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels were obtained twice, at 12 months a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Weidner G,Connor SL,Chesney MA,Burns JW,Connor WE,Matarazzo JD,Mendell NR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00