The durability of porcine xenograft valves and conduits in children.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated lipoprotein (Lp) (a) concentrations are associated with coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction. Lp(a) is structurally related to proteins involved in lipid transport, fibrinolysis, coagulation, and cellular mitogenesis and is known to have important physiological interactions with the coa...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Desmarais RL,Sarembock IJ,Ayers CR,Vernon SM,Powers ER,Gimple LW

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enhanced activity of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) has been associated with extracellular matrix degradation and ischemic heart failure in animal models and human patients. This study evaluated the effects of MMP inhibition by gene transfer of TIMP-1 in a rat model of ischemic cardiomyopathy. METHODS AND...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Jayasankar V,Woo YJ,Bish LT,Pirolli TJ,Berry MF,Burdick J,Bhalla RC,Sharma RV,Gardner TJ,Sweeney HL

更新日期：2004-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relations of insulin sensitivity (IS) to hypertension incidence may vary according to baseline age, body mass index (BMI), and blood pressure (BP). METHODS AND RESULTS:We investigated the relations of IS (insulin sensitivity index, ISI(0,120)) to 4-year incidence of hypertension and BP progression in 19...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Arnlöv J,Pencina MJ,Nam BH,Meigs JB,Fox CS,Levy D,D'Agostino RB,Vasan RS

更新日期：2005-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because acute exercise increases systemic catecholamines, we sought to determine whether exercise training would alter daily or exercise-related catecholamine release and inactivation. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 24-hour urine collections, catecholamines and metabolites provided indexes of overall oxidative deam...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rogers PJ,Tyce GM,Weinshilboum RM,O'Connor DT,Bailey KR,Bove AA

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine activation is known to occur in patients with congestive heart failure, but there is uncertainty as to whether this occurs before or after the presence of overt symptoms. In the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD), a multicenter study of patients with ejection fractions of 35% or less, we co...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Francis GS,Benedict C,Johnstone DE,Kirlin PC,Nicklas J,Liang CS,Kubo SH,Rudin-Toretsky E,Yusuf S

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve consecutive patients who developed torsade de pointes (polymorphous ventricular tachycardia with marked QT prolongation, TdP) over a 4 year period were treated with intravenous injections of magnesium sulfate. In nine of the patients a single bolus of 2 g completely abolished the TdP within 1 to 5 min, and in t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tzivoni D,Banai S,Schuger C,Benhorin J,Keren A,Gottlieb S,Stern S

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old man with hypertensive cardiovascular disease and atrial flutter underwent electrophysiologic studies, including multiple intra-atrial recordings and atrial stimulation. Although the surface ECG suggested the presence of atrial flutter, intra-atrial recordings demonstrated the presence of (1) sinus-like r...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gomes JA,Kang PS,Matheson M,Gough WB Jr,El-Sherif N

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The safety and efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention of de novo lesions in unprotected left main coronary arteries remains an unresolved issue. METHODS AND RESULTS:We analyzed 67 consecutive patients treated with the following devices: 39 with stents, 12 with rotational atherectomy plus stents, 13 ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Takagi T,Stankovic G,Finci L,Toutouzas K,Chieffo A,Spanos V,Liistro F,Briguori C,Corvaja N,Albero R,Sivieri G,Paloschi R,Di Mario C,Colombo A

更新日期：2002-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The left anterior descending coronary artery of four dogs and the right common carotid artery of 15 rabbits were subjected to 40-60% reduction in transluminal diameter for 1 hour by partial ligation with suture thread. Scanning electron microscopic examination of the luminal surface of these vessels revealed endotheli...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gertz SD,Uretsky G,Wajnberg RS,Navot N,Gotsman MS

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have reported that there is a limitation of exercise capacity in mice with defects in the expression of endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase, which is associated with a greater increase in whole-body oxygen consumption (VO2). We hypothesized that in states in which superoxide anion (O2-) is increased, e...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kinugawa S,Wang Z,Kaminski PM,Wolin MS,Edwards JG,Kaley G,Hintze TH

更新日期：2005-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In cardiac arrest, use of percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass support (PCPS) may lead to left ventricular loading, with deleterious effects on the myocardium, and is often accompanied by an increase in pulmonary artery pressure. The present study was designed to assess the potential of artificially induced p...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Scholz KH,Figulla HR,Schröder T,Hering JP,Bock H,Ferrari M,Kreuzer H,Hellige G

更新日期：1995-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Observational studies have shown better survival in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with 2 arterial grafts compared with 1. However, whether a third arterial graft is associated with incremental benefit remains uncertain. We sought to analyze the outcomes of 3 versus 2 arterial gra...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rocha RV,Tam DY,Karkhanis R,Nedadur R,Fang J,Tu JV,Gaudino M,Royse A,Fremes SE

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Current automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators detect tachyarrhythmias primarily by rate-only algorithms and cannot adequately distinguish hemodynamically stable from unstable tachyarrhythmias. The responses of right atrial (mean) and right ventricular pressures (mean, systolic, diastolic, and pulse) to 64 ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cohen TJ,Liem LB

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known of the prognostic significance of mitral regurgitation (MR) on transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), the impact of TAVR on MR severity, and the variables associated with possible post-TAVR improvement in MR. We evaluated these issues in a multicenter registry of patients undergoing C...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bedogni F,Latib A,De Marco F,Agnifili M,Oreglia J,Pizzocri S,Latini RA,Lanotte S,Petronio AS,De Carlo M,Ettori F,Fiorina C,Poli A,Cirri S,De Servi S,Ramondo A,Tarantini G,Marzocchi A,Fiorilli R,Klugmann S,Ussia GP

更新日期：2013-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1972 and 1984, 100 consecutive neonates (less than or equal to 30 days old) underwent repair of coarctation of the aorta. Mean (+/- SD) age at operation was 12.0 +/- 8.0 days; mean weight was 3.1 +/- 0.5 kg. Simple coarctation was present in 29 patients (group I), 32 patients had additional ventricular septal ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ziemer G,Jonas RA,Perry SB,Freed MD,Castaneda AR

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Macrophages in human atherosclerotic plaques produce a family of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), which may influence vascular remodeling and plaque disruption. Because oxidized LDL (ox-LDL) is implicated in many proatherogenic events, we hypothesized that ox-LDL would regulate expression of MMP-9 and tissu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Xu XP,Meisel SR,Ong JM,Kaul S,Cercek B,Rajavashisth TB,Sharifi B,Shah PK

更新日期：1999-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrest systems of care are successfully coordinating community, emergency medical services, and hospital efforts to improve the process of care for patients who have had a cardiac arrest. As a result, the number of people surviving sudden cardiac arrest is increasing. However, physical, cognitive, and emotiona...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sawyer KN,Camp-Rogers TR,Kotini-Shah P,Del Rios M,Gossip MR,Moitra VK,Haywood KL,Dougherty CM,Lubitz SA,Rabinstein AA,Rittenberger JC,Callaway CW,Abella BS,Geocadin RG,Kurz MC,American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovasc

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many clinical trials use composite end points to reduce sample size, but the relative importance of each individual end point within the composite may differ between patients and researchers. METHODS AND RESULTS:We asked 785 cardiovascular patients and 164 clinical trial authors to assign 25 "spending weigh...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Stolker JM,Spertus JA,Cohen DJ,Jones PG,Jain KK,Bamberger E,Lonergan BB,Chan PS

更新日期：2014-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type 2 diabetes (DM-2) and impaired glucose metabolism (IGM) are associated with an increased cardiovascular disease risk. In nondiabetic individuals, increased arterial stiffness is an important cause of cardiovascular disease. Associations between DM-2 and IGM and arterial stiffness have not been systemati...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Henry RM,Kostense PJ,Spijkerman AM,Dekker JM,Nijpels G,Heine RJ,Kamp O,Westerhof N,Bouter LM,Stehouwer CD,Hoorn Study.

更新日期：2003-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In our approach to dynamic cardiomyoplasty, which consists of wrapping a skeletal muscle around the heart and stimulating the former in synchrony with heart contractions to augment ventricular contractility, we have transferred a latissimus dorsi muscle flap to the heart by way of a partial resection of the second rib...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chachques JC,Grandjean P,Schwartz K,Mihaileanu S,Fardeau M,Swynghedauw B,Fontaliran F,Romero N,Wisnewsky C,Perier P

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously shown major differences in beta-adrenergic and muscarinic modulation of L-type calcium currents (ICa) in newborn and adult rabbit heart. However, little is known about developmental changes in modulation of ICa by phosphodiesterases (PDEs), which also regulate intracellular cAMP concentrat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Akita T,Joyner RW,Lu C,Kumar R,Hartzell HC

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angina symptoms have been reported to predict mortality in men. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between angina symptoms and mortality in women. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 2004, 873 older participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health with self-reported ischemic hear...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Berecki-Gisolf J,Humphreyes-Reid L,Wilson A,Dobson A

更新日期：2009-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early graft failure after the use of less satisfactory autologous grafts (30% of all vein grafts) is caused primarily by the following problems: (1) suitable autologous transplants are limited; (2) biotechnology has not yet been able to produce reliable graft substitutes that are legally and ethically approv...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lamm P,Juchem G,Milz S,Schuffenhauer M,Reichart B

更新日期：2001-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early stages of coronary atherosclerosis are characterized by a mainly functional impairment of coronary vasodilator capacity under the impact of such risk factors as hypercholesterolemia. The goal of this study was to determine whether 6-month cholesterol-lowering therapy improves coronary flow reserve in p...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Baller D,Notohamiprodjo G,Gleichmann U,Holzinger J,Weise R,Lehmann J

更新日期：1999-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients developed late pulmonary vein obstruction (PVO) following Mustard's operation for transposition of the great arteries. In all three the absence of PVO had been documented by an earlier postoperative cardiac catheterization. At reoperation shrinkage and kinking of the dacron baffle was evident. After Mus...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Driscoll DJ,Nihill MR,Vargo TA,Mullins CE,McNamara DG

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This article presents an update of the results achieved by modern surgery in congenital heart defects (CHDs) over the past 40 years regarding survival and the need for reoperations, especially focusing on the results from the past 2 decades. METHODS AND RESULTS:From 1971 to 2011, all 7038 patients <16 years...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Erikssen G,Liestøl K,Seem E,Birkeland S,Saatvedt KJ,Hoel TN,Døhlen G,Skulstad H,Svennevig JL,Thaulow E,Lindberg HL

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to assess if clampless off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) decreases risk-adjusted mortality, stroke rate, and morbidity in unselected patients in comparison to conventional CABG. METHODS AND RESULTS:Between July 2009 and November 2010, data of 1282 consecutive patients undergoi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Börgermann J,Hakim K,Renner A,Parsa A,Aboud A,Becker T,Masshoff M,Zittermann A,Gummert JF,Kuss O

更新日期：2012-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated both anticoagulant and antiproliferative effects of heparin. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of local intramural delivery of heparin, using heparin-coated hydrogel balloons, on platelet deposition and early smooth muscle cell proliferation aft...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Azrin MA,Mitchel JF,Fram DB,Pedersen CA,Cartun RW,Barry JJ,Bow LM,Waters DD,McKay RG

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial perfusion reflects the macro- and microvascular coronary circulation. Recent quantitation developments using cardiovascular magnetic resonance perfusion permit automated measurement clinically. We explored the prognostic significance of stress myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial perfusion r...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Knott KD,Seraphim A,Augusto JB,Xue H,Chacko L,Aung N,Petersen SE,Cooper JA,Manisty C,Bhuva AN,Kotecha T,Bourantas CV,Davies RH,Brown LAE,Plein S,Fontana M,Kellman P,Moon JC

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to evaluate the effect of arglabin on the NLRP3 inflammasome inhibition and atherosclerotic lesion in ApoE2Ki mice fed a high-fat Western-type diet. METHODS AND RESULTS:Arglabin was purified, and its chemical identity was confirmed by mass spectrometry. It inhibited, in a concentrati...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Abderrazak A,Couchie D,Mahmood DF,Elhage R,Vindis C,Laffargue M,Matéo V,Büchele B,Ayala MR,El Gaafary M,Syrovets T,Slimane MN,Friguet B,Fulop T,Simmet T,El Hadri K,Rouis M

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00