Anatomy of aortic atresia. Cases presenting with a ventricular septal defect.

abstract：:Diagnosis of rejection after cardiac transplantation is currently made by right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy. To evaluate antimyosin imaging as a noninvasive means of detecting human cardiac rejection, the Fab fragment of murine monoclonal antimyosin antibodies was labeled with indium-111 and given intravenously ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Frist W,Yasuda T,Segall G,Khaw BA,Strauss HW,Gold H,Stinson E,Oyer P,Baldwin J,Billingham M

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that a simple, unmeasured posterior annuloplasty technique (two thirds of a 27-mm Duran ring) offered advantages of standardization and ease of insertion. METHODS AND RESULTS:A consecutive series of all patients (n = 418; median age, 67 years) having mitral valve repair performed by two surg...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Odell JA,Schaff HV,Orszulak TA

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rate of coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in eastern Finland has been the highest in the world. The official mortality statistics suggest, however, that is has declined by 60% during the past 20 years. The aim of the present study was to examine the contributions of incidence, recurrence, and case f...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Salomaa V,Miettinen H,Kuulasmaa K,Niemelä M,Ketonen M,Vuorenmaa T,Lehto S,Palomäki P,Mähönen M,Immonen-Räihä P,Arstila M,Kaarsalo E,Mustaniemi H,Torppa J,Tuomilehto J,Puska P,Pyörälä K

更新日期：1996-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paraplegia continues to complicate thoracoabdominal aortic interventions. The elusive mechanism of spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury has delayed the development of pharmacological adjuncts. Microglia, the resident macrophages of the central nervous system, can have pathological responses after a variet...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bell MT,Puskas F,Agoston VA,Cleveland JC Jr,Freeman KA,Gamboni F,Herson PS,Meng X,Smith PD,Weyant MJ,Fullerton DA,Reece TB

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We made continuous electrocardiographic recordings on magnetic tape during 15 episodes of ischemia in five patients with variant angina to determine the characteristics of the QRS changes. Orthogonal leads were used and the electrocardiograms were analyzed visually and by digital computer. Changes were quantified by s...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Barnhill JE,Wikswo JP Jr,Dawson AK,Gundersen S,Robertson RM,Robertson D,Virmani R,Smith RF

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inotropic drugs are often used to treat acute, severe heart failure resulting from acute myocardial infarction and other unstable coronary artery syndromes. However, catecholamine inotropic agents may potentiate coronary thrombosis via a platelet alpha2-adrenergic mechanism, thus exacerbating the original pr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sill JC,Bertha B,Berger I,Uhl C,Nugent M,Folts J

更新日期：1997-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rosiglitazone improves glycemic control for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, but there remains controversy regarding an observed association with cardiovascular hazard. The cardiovascular effects of rosiglitazone for patients with coronary artery disease remain unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:To examine...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bach RG,Brooks MM,Lombardero M,Genuth S,Donner TW,Garber A,Kennedy L,Monrad ES,Pop-Busui R,Kelsey SF,Frye RL,BARI 2D Investigators.

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Noninvasively assessed pulmonary pressure elevations and left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction are associated with increased mortality in adults with sickle cell disease, but their relationship to exercise intolerance has not been evaluated prospectively. METHODS AND RESULTS:Echocardiography, 6-minute...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sachdev V,Kato GJ,Gibbs JS,Barst RJ,Machado RF,Nouraie M,Hassell KL,Little JA,Schraufnagel DE,Krishnamurti L,Novelli EM,Girgis RE,Morris CR,Rosenzweig EB,Badesch DB,Lanzkron S,Castro OL,Taylor JG 6th,Hannoush H,Gold

更新日期：2011-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The myocardial protective role of heat shock protein (HSP) has been demonstrated, and there has been increasing interest in stress response in the heart. We examined the DNA-binding activity of heat shock transcription factor (HSF), by which the transcription of heat shock genes is mainly regulated, during h...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nishizawa J,Nakai A,Higashi T,Tanabe M,Nomoto S,Matsuda K,Ban T,Nagata K

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy exists as to whether off-pump CABG with local occlusion results in clinically significant myocardial ischemia during the occlusion period. This study was undertaken to delineate the effects of transient local coronary artery occlusion on regional systolic function. METHODS AND RESULTS:Eight cons...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brown PM Jr,Kim VB,Boyer BJ,Lust RM,Chitwood WR Jr,Elbeery JR

更新日期：1999-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the preterm newborn, a patent ductus arteriosus is in large part a result of the increased sensitivity of the immature ductus to prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). PGE2 acts through 3 G protein-coupled receptors (EP2, EP3, and EP4) that activate both adenyl cyclase and K(ATP) channels. We explored these pathways to...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Waleh N,Kajino H,Marrache AM,Ginzinger D,Roman C,Seidner SR,Moss TJ,Fouron JC,Vazquez-Tello A,Chemtob S,Clyman RI

更新日期：2004-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite successful surgical correction, morbidity of patients with coarctation of the aorta is increased. It is well known that these patients have impaired elastic properties of the prestenotic arteries. To find out whether these abnormalities are primarily present or develop later, we studied 17 newborns b...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vogt M,Kühn A,Baumgartner D,Baumgartner C,Busch R,Kostolny M,Hess J

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The electrocardiographic short QT-interval syndrome forms a distinct clinical entity presenting with a high rate of sudden death and exceptionally short QT intervals. The disorder has recently been linked to gain-of-function mutation in KCNH2. The present study demonstrates that this disorder is genetically ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bellocq C,van Ginneken AC,Bezzina CR,Alders M,Escande D,Mannens MM,Baró I,Wilde AA

更新日期：2004-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the mechanism of regional hemostasis in the left ventricular (LV) cavity during myocardial infarction, the blood pathway in LV cavity was examined with contrast echocardiography injected from the left atrium before and after coronary ligation in nine canines. Before coronary ligation, contrast echoes spre...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Beppu S,Izumi S,Miyatake K,Nagata S,Park YD,Sakakibara H,Nimura Y

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During heart development, the ventricular activation sequence changes from a base-to-apex to an apex-to-base pattern. We investigated the possibility of impulse propagation through remnants of atrioventricular (AV) connections in quail hearts. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 86 hearts (group A, HH30-34, n=15; group ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kolditz DP,Wijffels MC,Blom NA,van der Laarse A,Markwald RR,Schalij MJ,Gittenberger-de Groot AC

更新日期：2007-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Predictors of antiplatelet therapy discontinuation (ATD) during the first year after drug-eluting stent implantation are poorly known. METHODS AND RESULTS:This was a prospective study with 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-month follow-up of patients receiving at least 1 drug-eluting stent between January and April 2008 i...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ferreira-González I,Marsal JR,Ribera A,Permanyer-Miralda G,García-Del Blanco B,Martí G,Cascant P,Martín-Yuste V,Brugaletta S,Sabaté M,Alfonso F,Capote ML,De La Torre JM,Ruíz-Lera M,Sanmiguel D,Cárdenas M,Pujol B,Baz JA

更新日期：2010-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease is caused by excessive cell proliferation and fibrosis, which obliterate the lumen of pulmonary venules, leading to pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular failure, and death. This condition has no effective treatment and a 5-year survival of <5%. Understanding the mechanis...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lathen C,Zhang Y,Chow J,Singh M,Lin G,Nigam V,Ashraf YA,Yuan JX,Robbins IM,Thistlethwaite PA

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adenosine acutely reconnects pulmonary veins (PVs) after radiofrequency application, revealing "dormant conduction" and identifying PVs at risk of reconnection, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:Canine PV and left-atrial (LA) action potentials were recorded with standard microel...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Datino T,Macle L,Qi XY,Maguy A,Comtois P,Chartier D,Guerra PG,Arenal A,Fernández-Avilés F,Nattel S

更新日期：2010-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic significance of a preoperative echocardiographic left ventricular end-systolic dimension (ESD) greater than 55 mm and/or fractional shortening (FS) of 25% or less was evaluated retrospectively in 84 patients who had undergone aortic valve replacement for isolated chronic aortic regurgitation due to vari...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Daniel WG,Hood WP Jr,Siart A,Hausmann D,Nellessen U,Oelert H,Lichtlen PR

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of valvular heart disease is expected to increase over the next several decades as a large proportion of the US demographic advances into the later decades of life. At the same time, the next several years can be anticipated to bring a broad transition of surgical therapy to minimally invasive (minithora...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rosengart TK,Feldman T,Borger MA,Vassiliades TA Jr,Gillinov AM,Hoercher KJ,Vahanian A,Bonow RO,O'Neill W,American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia.,American Heart Association Council on Clinical Card

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mendelian randomization studies have highlighted that lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] was associated with calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD). Lp(a) transports oxidized phospholipids with a high content in lysophosphatidylcholine. Autotaxin (ATX) transforms lysophosphatidylcholine into lysophosphatidic acid. We hypo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bouchareb R,Mahmut A,Nsaibia MJ,Boulanger MC,Dahou A,Lépine JL,Laflamme MH,Hadji F,Couture C,Trahan S,Pagé S,Bossé Y,Pibarot P,Scipione CA,Romagnuolo R,Koschinsky ML,Arsenault BJ,Marette A,Mathieu P

更新日期：2015-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthy levels of lifestyle factors can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, except for smoking status, often considered a traditional risk factor, their effect on cardiovascular risk prediction is unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS:We used a case-cohort design of postmenopausal nonsmokers in the m...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Paynter NP,LaMonte MJ,Manson JE,Martin LW,Phillips LS,Ridker PM,Robinson JG,Cook NR

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The human aorta and its terminal branches were investigated in normal subjects during elective cardiac catheterization to evaluate regional wave travel and arterial wave reflections. A specially designed catheter with six micromanometers equally spaced at 10 cm intervals was positioned with the tip sensor in the dista...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Latham RD,Westerhof N,Sipkema P,Rubal BJ,Reuderink P,Murgo JP

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disease-associated electrophysiological alterations may contribute to the increased predisposition to arrhythmias of the hypertrophied or failing myocardium. An I(f)-like current is expressed in rat left ventricular myocytes (LVMs), its amplitude being linearly related to the severity of cardiac hypertrophy....

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cerbai E,Pino R,Porciatti F,Sani G,Toscano M,Maccherini M,Giunti G,Mugelli A

更新日期：1997-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular inflammation and lipid deposition are prominent features of atherosclerotic lesion formation. We have shown previously that the dithiol compound alpha-lipoic acid (LA) exerts antiinflammatory effects by inhibiting tumor necrosis factor-alpha- and lipopolysaccharide-induced endothelial and monocyte a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zhang WJ,Bird KE,McMillen TS,LeBoeuf RC,Hagen TM,Frei B

更新日期：2008-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heat shock protein (HSP)60 is an abundant protein found primarily in the mitochondria, though 15% to 20% is found in the cytosol. Previously we observed that HSP60 complexes with bax in the cytosol. Reduction in HSP60 precipitates translocation of bax to the mitochondria and apoptosis. We hypothesized that H...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gupta S,Knowlton AA

更新日期：2002-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an immune-mediated syndrome caused by heparin. Complications range from thrombocytopenia to thrombocytopenia with thrombosis. We report a prospective, historical- controlled study evaluating the efficacy and safety of argatroban, a direct thrombin inhibitor, as antic...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lewis BE,Wallis DE,Berkowitz SD,Matthai WH,Fareed J,Walenga JM,Bartholomew J,Sham R,Lerner RG,Zeigler ZR,Rustagi PK,Jang IK,Rifkin SD,Moran J,Hursting MJ,Kelton JG,ARG-911 Study Investigators.

更新日期：2001-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases that cause symptoms incompletely relieved by available modes of treatment stimulate search for new therapies. Chronic disease processes, in which interventions are palliative rather than curative provide a particular challenge in determining the value of therapeutic intervention. Management of patients with a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Parisi AF,Strauss WE,McIntyre KM,Sasahara AA

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：:In this study we extended the characterization of outcome in 1214 medically treated patients with coronary disease by considering nonfatal infarction and death together as ischemic events. At 7 years, the cumulative event rate was 47% (18% for nonfatal infarction as the initial event and 29% for death as the initial e...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Harris PJ,Lee KL,Harrell FE Jr,Behar VS,Rosati RA

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00