[Effect of physical exercise training on graft patency after aortocoronary bypass grafting].

abstract：:From April 1987 to October 1989, 32 patients with mitral stenosis (MS) were treated, of whom percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) was performed in 14. PTMC was indicated by the surgeons in 5 patients including 1) 2 patients who refused reoperation, 2) one with early gastric cancer, 3) one with severe ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Ishihara H,Hamanaka Y,Sueda T,Kanehiro K,Shikata H,Matsuura Y,Matsuura H,Okamoto M,Tsuchioka Y,Nakagawa H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic importance of age among well-known prognostic factors such as extent of coronary artery lesions, cardiac function, and myocardial ischemia was evaluated in 147 elderly patients with coronary artery disease aged 65 years or older who underwent dipyridamole perfusion scintigraphy and coronary angiography....

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Furuno T,Yamasaki F,Yabe T,Matsumura Y,Kitaoka H,Doi Y

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although tolvaptan is a recently approved drug for heart failure and causes aquaresis without affecting renal function, its clinical efficacy for patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is yet to be elucidated. METHODS AND RESULTS:We conducted a prospective observational study in patients wit...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Matsue Y,Suzuki M,Seya M,Iwatsuka R,Mizukami A,Nagahori W,Ohno M,Matsumura A,Hashimoto Y

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optical coherence tomography (OCT) requires intracoronary injection of contrast media to remove blood from the field of view during image acquisition. Contrast injection may cause a temporal increase in intracoronary pressure. The aim of this study was to compare the intracoronary pressure during contrast in...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Shimamura K,Kubo T,Ino Y,Shiono Y,Matsuo Y,Kitabata H,Terada K,Emori H,Katayama Y,Khalifa AKM,Takahata M,Wada T,Higashioka D,Kashiwagi M,Kuroi A,Tanaka A,Hozumi T,Akasaka T

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effectiveness of pulmonary vein orifice cryoablation (PVOC) for atrial fibrillation during mitral valve surgery. METHODS:Twenty-two patients (12 men and 10 women) with mitral valve disease complicated with atrial fibrillation have been treated by PVOC since March 2000. During the mitral valv...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Furukawa H,Konishi T,Fukata M,Okura K

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of exercise thallium scintigraphy in detecting coronary artery disease is well established. However, there are at times situations in which the exercise test cannot be readily used. Isoproterenol (ISP) stress ECG (ISP-ECG) is reportedly a useful method in diagnosing coronary artery disease. In the present st...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Watanabe S,Ajisaka R,Masuoka T,Iida K,Sugishita Y,Ito I,Takeda T,Toyama H,Akisada M

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiotensin receptor and neprilysin inhibition (ARNI) has been shown to reduce cardiovascular mortality by 20% as compared with enalapril in a randomized controlled trial. However, there is a paucity of real-world data on the effects of ARNI in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), e...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Chang HY,Feng AN,Fong MC,Hsueh CW,Lai WT,Huang KC,Chong E,Chen CN,Chang HC,Yin WH

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy heterozygous patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), aged 3 to 91 years (37 men and 33 women), from 38 different families were studied to ascertain their clinical profiles including the pattern of distribution of total cholesterol (TC), Achilles tendon thickness (ATT), and a sex difference in age at ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Miida T,Aizawa Y,Yamazoe M,Shibata A

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The correlation between the time-course changes in the serum concentration of myosin light chain 1 (ML-1) and left ventricular (LV) function was investigated in 37 patients with initial anterior acute myocardial infarction (AMI) after successful reperfusion. All patients were confirmed to have coronary arteries recana...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Shimizu M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malondialdehyde-modified low-density lipoprotein (MDA-LDL) is a predictive marker of cardiovascular events in patients with stable angina pectoris. However, little is known about this marker in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We investigated the prognostic relevance of MDA-LDL to cardiovascular ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Amioka N,Miyoshi T,Otsuka H,Yamada D,Takaishi A,Ueeda M,Hirohata S,Ito H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation is a known risk factor for thromboembolism. This study investigated the use of coagulation markers to predict thromboembolism in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients. METHODS:One hundred thirty nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients (104 males, 26 females, mean age 63.7...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Enta K,Iwade K,Aosaki M,Uchida T,Kasanuki H

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiplatelet therapy is required after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, but bleeding events occur unexpectedly. We aimed to assess whether bleeding event predictors after 2nd generation DES (2nd DES) implantation differed by time after implantation. METHODS:We studied 1912 consecutive patients who und...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Honda Y,Yamawaki M,Mori S,Shirai S,Makino K,Tokuda T,Maruyama T,Takafuji H,Takama T,Tsutumi M,Sakamoto Y,Takimura H,Kobayashi N,Araki M,Hirano K,Sakai T,Ito Y

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prompt restoration of coronary flow is the principal mechanism by which reperfusion therapy improves survival and other clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Thrombolytic therapy has been the standard for care over the past decade. The use of accelerated administration of tissue plasminogen a...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Motomiya T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old man was treated medically under a diagnosis of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy 7 years previously. He was transferred to our hospital because of sudden onset of dyspnea. Chest radiography showed marked pulmonary congestion. Echocardiography revealed hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, with a...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Wakeyama T,Ogawa H,Takaki A,Iwami T,Kimura M,Tanaka T,Uchinoumi H

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old woman presented with a rare case of tricuspid valve endocarditis causing inflammatory reopening of the spontaneously closed ventricular septal defect (VSD), associated with aortic valve malformation. She was admitted to our hospital because of fever lasting 4 weeks. Severe aortic regurgitation was reveal...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Hamada T,Furuno T,Fukui T,Kitaoka H,Matsumura Y,Takata J,Seo H,Chikamori T,Doi Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The effects of inotropic agents on left ventricular (LV) synchrony in heart failure patients are still unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dobutamine on LV mechanical dyssynchrony and LV systolic performance in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and a narrow QRS using real-...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yagishita-Tagawa Y,Abe Y,Arai K,Yagishita D,Takagi A,Ashihara K,Shoda M,Naruko T,Itoh A,Haze K,Yoshikawa J,Hagiwara N

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of morphological and dynamic changes in the interventricular septum (IVS) on right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) fillings in cases of LV or RV pressure overload was evaluated. Using pulsed Doppler echocardiography, LV and RV inflow signals were recorded in 20 healthy subjects, in 36 cases of...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Mizushige K,Morita H,Wada S,Nakajima S,Hirabayashi K,Senda S,Matsuo H

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure (HF) occurs across the entire range of left ventricular (LV) ejection fractions (EF), not just reduced EF. Nearly half or more patients presenting with HF have a preserved EF>0.50 (HFpEF). Diastolic dysfunction is apparent in all patients with HF, regardless of EF. A preserved EF indicates that the end-d...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Iwano H,Little WC

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to determine the prognostic importance of left ventricular (LV) myocardial stiffness, a hemodynamic index which is closely related to B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentration in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). BACKGROUND:While elevated BNP, an abnormality of cardi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Watanabe S,Shite J,Takaoka H,Shinke T,Tanino Y,Otake H,Matsumoto D,Ogasawara D,Sawada T,Hirata K,Yokoyama M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old man with exertional angina presented with a large pseudoaneurysm of the right coronary artery at eight months after balloon angioplasty. Intravascular ultrasound revealed a large saccular pseudoaneurysm of 10.9 x 5.7 mm diameter at the proximal segment of the right coronary artery. Complete closure of th...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yasukawa T,Ozaki Y,Kakihana M,Shinjo H,Waseda K,Kuroda Y,Asai K,Wakita Y,Kono T,Takashima H,Ito T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Japan, the recent status of the mortality of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients is still unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS:We used a single-hospital based cohort database in an urban city (Tokyo) in Japan, including all the new visitors from 2004 to 2009 (n=13,228). The non-adjusted death rates of AF patients ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Suzuki S,Yamashita T,Otsuka T,Sagara K,Uejima T,Oikawa Y,Yajima J,Koike A,Nagashima K,Kirigaya H,Ogasawara K,Sawada H,Aizawa T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To analyze plasma adiponectin kinetics in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) and its association with coronary flow reserve (CFR), an index of coronary microcirculatory function. METHODS:A total of 96 cons...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Trifunovic D,Stankovic S,Marinkovic J,Beleslin B,Banovic M,Djukanovic N,Orlic D,Tesic M,Vujisic-Tesic B,Petrovic M,Nedeljkovic I,Stepanovic J,Djordjevic-Dikic A,Giga V,Ostojic M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 78-year-old man who had been treated with maintenance hemodialysis for chronic renal failure was admitted with severe edema in left arm for 1 month. Venous angiography showed a severe stenosis in left innominate vein, then, he underwent percutaneous balloon angioplasty and venous stenting (Wall Stent RP). His arm ed...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kaneko K,Hirono O,Yuuki K,Tamura H,Ishino M,Daidouji H,Ito H,Kubota I

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Kawasaki disease (KD), it has been clinically and experimentally reported that post-inflammatory vascular remodeling would induce the development of arteriosclerosis or early onset of atherosclerosis in the future. The effects of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors on cont...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Hamaoka A,Hamaoka K,Yahata T,Fujii M,Ozawa S,Toiyama K,Nishida M,Itoi T

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Failure to control the ventricular rate in atrial fibrillation (AF) can be treated by radiofrequency (RF), ablation or modification of atrioventricular (AV) node. AV nodal ablation with pacemaker and AV nodal modification are associated with significant improvement in symptoms and quality of life. But there is no evid...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Ohnishi S,Kasanuki H

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seasonal variations in cardiovascular disease is well recognized. However, little is known about the presentations and outcomes of Japanese heart failure (HF) patients in the winter season. METHODS AND RESULTS:We used a single hospital-based cohort from the Shinken Database 2004-2012, comprising all new pat...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kaneko H,Suzuki S,Goto M,Arita T,Yuzawa Y,Yagi N,Murata N,Yajima J,Oikawa Y,Sagara K,Otsuka T,Matsuno S,Kano H,Uejima T,Nagashima K,Kirigaya H,Sawada H,Aizawa T,Yamashita T

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A better understanding of the epidemiology of pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) occurring in nursery schools and kindergartens is indispensable to establish an evidence-based strategy for prevention and improved outcomes. This study aimed to describe the incidence, characteristics, and outcomes...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kiyohara K,Kitamura T,Ayusawa M,Nitta M,Iwami T,Nakata K,Matsui S,Sobue T,Kitamura Y,SPIRITS investigators.

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sarcopenia is one of the important predictors of heart failure (HF) in patients with cardiac problems. Skeletal muscle pump is important to maintain Fontan circulation. We aimed to quantify the volume of the psoas major muscle (PMM) and investigate whether it is relevant to HF hospitalization in adults with ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Shiina Y,Nagao M,Shimomiya Y,Inai K

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The relationship between the long-term efficacy of the antiarrhythmic agent cibenzoline in preventing lone paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAf) and plasma concentrations of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and catecholamine was investigated during sinus rhythm and PAf. METHODS:Plasma concentrations of ANP, ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Komatsu T,Nakamura S,Kimura M,Owada S,Yomogida K,Kameda K,Oikawa K,Tomita H,Okumura K

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the innovation of epoprostenol, a prostacyclin analog, providing treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the 1990s, two types of oral drugs, endothelin receptor antagonists (ERAs) and phosphodiesterase V inhibitors, have further improved therapy for PAH. In contrast, it has become clear that the e...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yao A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00