Multicentric origin of the atrial depolarization wave: the pacemaker complex. Relation to dynamics of atrial conduction, P-wave changes and heart rate control.

abstract：:To study the variability of the fraction of CPK released from the infarcted heart which enters the serum (serum entry ratio, or SER) with size and model of infarction, nine dogs underwent homogeneous infarctions (LAD ligation) of varying sizes, and 10 dogs underwent scattered infarctions (left coronary embolization). ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cairns JA,Missirlis E,Fallen EL

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of a single oral dose combination of 120 mg diltiazem and 160 mg propranolol in terminating paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) was evaluated in 15 patients. All 15 patients underwent electrical induction of PSVT that lasted longer than 15 min, and all underwent randomized crossover placebo and...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Yeh SJ,Lin FC,Chou YY,Hung JS,Wu D

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patency of the femoral artery of infants and children who previously had percutaneous arterial catheterization at a weight of less than 25 kg was studied angiographically. During the study period, 118 patients had repeat arterial catheterization. 48 from the opposite leg. Femoral artery occlusion was found in four pat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hurwitz RA,Franken EA Jr,Girod DA,Smith JA,Smith WL

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several centers favor replacing a diseased native heart valve with a tissue rather than a mechanical prosthesis, even in younger adult patients. However, long-term data supporting this approach are lacking. We examined the survival implications of selecting a tissue versus a mechanical prosthesis at initial ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ruel M,Chan V,Bédard P,Kulik A,Ressler L,Lam BK,Rubens FD,Goldstein W,Hendry PJ,Masters RG,Mesana TG

更新日期：2007-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bolus thrombolytic therapy is a simplified means of administering thrombolysis that facilitates rapid time to treatment. TNK-tissue plasminogen activator (TNK-tPA) is a highly fibrin-specific single-bolus thrombolytic agent. METHODS AND RESULTS:In TIMI 10B, 886 patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial in...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cannon CP,Gibson CM,McCabe CH,Adgey AA,Schweiger MJ,Sequeira RF,Grollier G,Giugliano RP,Frey M,Mueller HS,Steingart RM,Weaver WD,Van de Werf F,Braunwald E

更新日期：1998-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI) involves the hypertrophic growth of cardiomyocytes and the accumulation of fibrillar collagen in the interstitial space. We evaluated the role of kinins in postinfarction ventricular remodeling and their potential contribution to the antiremodeling...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wollert KC,Studer R,Doerfer K,Schieffer E,Holubarsch C,Just H,Drexler H

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent in vitro studies have shown that disturbed flow and oxidative conditions induce the expression of bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs 2 and 4) in cultured endothelial cells. BMPs can stimulate superoxide production and inflammatory responses in endothelial cells, raising the possibility that BMPs may play...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Miriyala S,Gongora Nieto MC,Mingone C,Smith D,Dikalov S,Harrison DG,Jo H

更新日期：2006-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outcomes after percutaneous coronary interventions in diabetic patients are shadowed by the increased rate of recurrence compared with nondiabetic patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:We conducted a multicenter, randomized trial to demonstrate the efficacy of sirolimus-eluting stents compared with standard stents ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sabaté M,Jiménez-Quevedo P,Angiolillo DJ,Gómez-Hospital JA,Alfonso F,Hernández-Antolín R,Goicolea J,Bañuelos C,Escaned J,Moreno R,Fernández C,Fernández-Avilés F,Macaya C,DIABETES Investigators.

更新日期：2005-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Significant gender-related differences exist in the development of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). In addition, administration of 17beta-estradiol (E2) to ovariectomized female mice attenuates the development of LVH, demonstrating an antagonistic role for E2 in this process, although no molecular mechani...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Babiker FA,De Windt LJ,van Eickels M,Thijssen V,Bronsaer RJ,Grohé C,van Bilsen M,Doevendans PA

更新日期：2004-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polymorphonuclear leukocytes, particularly neutrophils, are important mediators of ischemia/reperfusion-induced myocardial and coronary vascular injury. The selectin family of glycoprotein receptors mediates neutrophil "rolling," a loose, transient adhesion to the coronary endothelium that precedes the firme...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gill EA,Kong Y,Horwitz LD

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：:In 18 patients with stable effort angina, verapamil, 80 mg four times daily, was compared with propranolol, 80 mg four times daily, in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to assess the effects on anginal threshold, exercise capacity and left ventricular function measured by gated equilibrium blood pool scanning. ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sadick NN,Tan AT,Fletcher PJ,Morris J,Kelly DT

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We developed a computer model to predict lysis rates of thrombi for intravenous thrombolytic regimens based on the convective/diffusive penetration of reacting and adsorbing fibrinolytic species from the circulation into the proximal face of a dissolving clot. METHODS AND RESULTS:Solution of a one-compartme...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Anand S,Diamond SL

更新日期：1996-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The two new 99m (99mTc) labeled myocardial perfusion agents, 99mTc-Sestamibi and 99mTc-Teboroxime, are now available for routine clinical application. Both agents allow assessment of ejection fraction by the first-pass technique at rest or during exercise, thus providing additional information not available with thall...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Berman DS,Kiat H,Maddahi J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) is a newly identified peptide that is structurally related to atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP). Although it has been suggested that CNP is released from the endothelium for the regulation of local vascular tone, no data are available concerning the vasodilatory response to CN...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nakamura M,Arakawa N,Yoshida H,Makita S,Hiramori K

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High blood pressure (BP) continues to be a major, poorly controlled but modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular death. Among key Western lifestyle factors, a diet poor in fiber is associated with prevalence of high BP. The impact of lack of prebiotic fiber and the associated mechanisms that lead to higher ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kaye DM,Shihata WA,Jama HA,Tsyganov K,Ziemann M,Kiriazis H,Horlock D,Vijay A,Giam B,Vinh A,Johnson C,Fiedler A,Donner D,Snelson M,Coughlan MT,Phillips S,Du XJ,El-Osta A,Drummond G,Lambert GW,Spector TD,Valdes AM

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a mechanical sector-scanner, two-dimensional echocardiograms were obtained from 28 normal subjects, 15 patients with tetralogy of Fallot, 11 patients with complete transposition of the great arteries and six patients with double outlet right ventricle. The image obtained perpendicular to the long axis of the lef...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Henry WL,Maron BJ,Griffith JM

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemodynamic efficiency of Fontan circulation is believed to be a major determinant of outcome. Prior research on flow dynamics in different modifications of Fontan circulation used in vitro models and computer-based simulation. This study was designed to compare in vivo flow dynamics in the systemic venous p...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Be'eri E,Maier SE,Landzberg MJ,Chung T,Geva T

更新日期：1998-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We recently reported that sodium channel block can produce opposite effects on action potential duration (APD) and refractoriness in epicardial versus endocardial tissues of the canine ventricle. In addition, strong sodium channel current inhibition was found to cause loss of the action potential dome in epi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Krishnan SC,Antzelevitch C

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of aortocoronary saphenous bypass graft surgery on survival of functional class I and II patients was studied in 619 patients entered in the Seattle Heart Watch when they had coronary arteriography. Cox's regression analysis was used to correct for differences in baseline characteristics that occur as a res...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hammermeister KE,DeRouen TA,Dodge HT

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular (LV) mechanical dyssynchrony (LVMD) has emerged as a therapeutic target using cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in selected patients with chronic heart failure. Current methods used to evaluate LVMD are technically difficult and do not assess LVMD of the whole LV simultaneously. We dev...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kapetanakis S,Kearney MT,Siva A,Gall N,Cooklin M,Monaghan MJ

更新日期：2005-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We tested prospectively the hypothesis that stroke development can be predicted by echolucency of carotid atherosclerotic plaques in previously symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:We followed incidence of ipsilateral ischemic strokes for 4.4 years in 111 asymptomatic and 135 symptomat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Grønholdt ML,Nordestgaard BG,Schroeder TV,Vorstrup S,Sillesen H

更新日期：2001-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously suggested that the primary arterial switch operation is a feasible strategy for patients with transposition of the great arteries and intact ventricular septum (TGA-IVS) up to age 2 months. This study reports our current results with this approach and examines whether this policy could be ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kang N,de Leval MR,Elliott M,Tsang V,Kocyildirim E,Sehic I,Foran J,Sullivan I

更新日期：2004-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To date, the uptake of drugs into the human heart by transport proteins is poorly understood. A candidate protein is the organic cation transporter novel type 2 (OCTN2) (SLC22A5), physiologically acting as a sodium-dependent transport protein for carnitine. We investigated expression and localization of OCTN...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Grube M,Meyer zu Schwabedissen HE,Präger D,Haney J,Möritz KU,Meissner K,Rosskopf D,Eckel L,Böhm M,Jedlitschky G,Kroemer HK

更新日期：2006-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of regional myocardial ischemia by TQ-ST segment mapping, while commonly used, is relatively imprecise and nonspecific. In 41 open-chest dogs we examined whether monophasic action potentials (MAPs) recorded from the myocardial surface by means of a new contact-electrode technique could be used to more p...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Franz MR,Flaherty JT,Platia EV,Bulkley BH,Weisfeldt ML

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:If drug refractoriness to paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) occurs, arrhythmia surgery that involves channelling and the exclusion of specific atrial areas can abolish atrial fibrillation. The purpose of this study was to establish the effectiveness and safety of maze III surgery to abolish PAF. METHODS ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Jessurun ER,van Hemel NM,Defauw JA,Stofmeel MA,Kelder JC,de la Rivière AB,Ernst JM

更新日期：2000-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether and to what extent complement is activated in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and how it contributes to inflammation of the ischemic area are not yet clear. Fibrinolytic agents used for thrombolysis are known to activate complement in vitro and may contribute to its activation in vivo. The aim of t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Frangi D,Gardinali M,Conciato L,Cafaro C,Pozzoni L,Agostoni A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An association of chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae infection to coronary heart disease has been suggested recently. In a recent study, we demonstrated circulating immune complexes containing chlamydial genus-specific lipopolysaccharide in patients with coronary heart disease. The objective of the present study w...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Linnanmäki E,Leinonen M,Mattila K,Nieminen MS,Valtonen V,Saikku P

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several methods exist by which to assess type A behavior (TAB). Although the videotaped clinical interview is regarded as the "gold standard," self-report measures have also proved useful in assessing TAB in large population studies. The purpose of this study was to examine prospectively the relationship of ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kawachi I,Sparrow D,Kubzansky LD,Spiro A 3rd,Vokonas PS,Weiss ST

更新日期：1998-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the initial phase of an ischemic insult, left ventricular (LV) performance depends on the complex interaction between oxygen deprivation, vascular turgor, and accumulation of metabolites. In experimental preparations, low-flow ischemia decreases systolic shortening and increases diastolic LV distensib...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： De Bruyne B,Bronzwaer JG,Heyndrickx GR,Paulus WJ

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00