[A case of torsades de pointes probably caused by trimetaphan intoxication].

abstract：:We examined the clinical characteristics and electrocardiographic findings of 7 patients having the acquired long QT syndrome who developed torsades de pointes while receiving no antiarrhythmic drugs. A total of 43 episodes of torsades de pointes were documented among these patients. Underlying heart diseases were pre...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Takahashi N,Ito M,Inoue T,Koumatsu K,Takeshita Y,Tsumabuki S,Tamura M,Inoue K,Maeda T,Saikawa T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The relationship between the duration of arrhythmia and the subsequent long-term efficacy of disopyramide in preventing atrial fibrillation was investigated in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation. METHODS:A total of 60 patients (39 men, 21 women, mean age 65 +/- 11 years)...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Komatsu T,Yomogida K,Nakamura S,Suzuki O,Horiuchi D,Kameda K,Tomita H,Abe N,Owada S,Oikawa K,Okumura K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the circumstances involving sudden death, deaths among 20,685 male employees of "K" company during a six-year period from April 1981 to March 1987 were reviewed. The subject age ranged from 19 through 59 years, and averaged 38.6 years. Information concerning each death was obtained from the death reports ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sakai A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic regulation of plasma lipids has been shown to influence the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). We analyzed the relationship between rs599839 and rs646776 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) present in the CELSR2-PSRC1-SORT1 gene cluster, candidate gene expression, and their association with CA...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Arvind P,Nair J,Jambunathan S,Kakkar VV,Shanker J

更新日期：2014-11-01 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:Myocardial fibrosis is the major factor that regulates left ventricular (LV) diastolic function. Pioglitazone, an anti-diabetic drug, is reported to improve the LV diastolic function in diabetic patients, but its influence on myocardial fibrosis has not been clarified. We evaluated the effect of pioglitazone...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Terui G,Goto T,Katsuta M,Aoki I,Ito H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the occluded infarct-related artery (IRA) in latecomers may improve long-term survival mainly by reducing left ventricular remodeling. It is not clear whether inhibition of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) brings additional better clinical outcomes in this...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Park H,Kim HK,Jeong MH,Cho JY,Lee KH,Sim DS,Yoon NS,Yoon HJ,Hong YJ,Kim KH,Park HW,Kim JH,Ahn Y,Cho JG,Park JC,Kim YJ,Cho MC,Kim CJ,Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Investigators.

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography is routinely used in evaluating patients with mitral valve prolapse but requires a systematic examination for accurate assessment of the involved lesion of mitral valve prolapse, because the sonographer is required to mentally reconstruct two-dimensional images into thre...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Abo K,Hozumi T,Fukuda S,Matsumura Y,Matsui M,Fujioka K,Nakao M,Takemoto Y,Watanabe H,Muro T,Takeuchi K,Yoshikawa J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the risk factors for restenosis, 170 patients with 245 stenotic lesions who underwent follow-up coronary angiography after successful coronary angioplasty (PTCA) were evaluated. The mean angiographic follow-up period was 116 +/- 39 days (+/- SD). Restenosis was defined according to 3 criteria: 1) greater ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Tohma M,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old man was admitted as an emergency following an episode of syncope and severe dyspnea. The clinical presentation and laboratory data strongly suggested pulmonary embolism, so intravenous thrombolytic therapy was performed. Immediately following the initiation of thrombolytic therapy, the patient experience...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Ishizaka N,Ohno E,Kawauchi N,Shimizu T,Kojima T,Ohno M,Kurokawa K

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with right ventricular overload, the free wall of the right ventricle is often visualized by 201T1 myocardial scintigraphy. To determine quantitatively the discriminant and characteristics of cor pulmonale, 201T1 myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was performed in 16 pa...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kato H,Misawa T,Kutsumi Y,Sasaki F,Ishizaki T,Nakai T,Miyabo S,Matsushita T,Nakajima T,Ishii Y

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to the rarity of this condition, clinical treatment and outcomes in isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection (ISMAD) patients remain unknown. The primary aim of this retrospective multicenter study was to elucidate the treatment strategies and in-hospital outcomes for ISMAD patients by using admini...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Mizuno A,Iguchi H,Sawada Y,Nomura H,Komiyama N,Watanabe S,Yoshikawa A

更新日期：2018-02-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemic "pre"-conditioning has been shown to have antiarrhythmic effects. The aim of this study was to investigate whether ischemic "post"-conditioning (post-CON) also has antiarrhythmic effects in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients undergoing coronary angioplasty (PCI) as a clinica...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Okishige K,Kanda S,Shimura T,Kurabayashi M,Ueshima D,Miwa N,Sugiyama K,Aoyagi H,Yoshimura K,Yanagi H,Azegami K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical usefulness of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) for the guidance of transseptal puncture procedure during percutaneous left heart bypass support (PLHBS) and percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) was investigated to replace intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography monitoring which ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Miyamoto N,Kyo S,Motoyama T,Hung JS,Suzuki S,Aihara S,Matsumura M,Omoto R,Dohi Y,Matsuo H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 76-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with cardiac tamponade. Chest computed tomography revealed a large tumor adjacent to the pulmonary artery, the center of which was demonstrated as a high density area without contrast medium. Coronary angiography revealed a large aneurysm consisting of coronary artery f...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Iwasawa Y,Kitamura Y,Higuma K,Ono F,Imoto K,Kimura K

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The minimal energy requirement (Emin) for electrical cardioversion (ECV) reflects the atrial substrate in patients with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (L-PeAF), but the relationship between EminECV and radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) has not yet been studied. We hypothesize that EminECV...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kim IS,Kim TH,Yang PS,Uhm JS,Joung B,Lee MH,Pak HN

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the long-term outcomes of successfully implanted S670 and NIR stents. METHODS:Stents were successfully implanted in 143 patients (148 lesions) aged 65 +/- 9 years from January 1999 to April 2001. Sixty-eight lesions were treated with S670 stents and 80 with NIR stents. Quantitative coro...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kawaguchi R,Hoshizaki H,Oshima S,Meguro K,Miyazaki A,Ito S,Hiratsuji T,Tsurugaya H,Ito I,Sekiguchi M,Seta Y,Adachi H,Toyama T,Naito S,Taniguchi K

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND) is a common symptom for patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). Some symptoms of PND are similar to those of sleep apnea (SA) which might be associated with overnight worsening hemodynamics in failing hearts. However, the association between PND, SA, and ove...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yagishita-Tagawa Y,Yumino D,Takagi A,Serizawa N,Hagiwara N

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The floppy mitral valve prolapses into the left atrium in such a dynamic manner that the prolapsing floppy mitral valve becomes a space-occupying lesion within the left atrium. A significant result of the floppy mitral valve prolapsing into the left atrium during left ventricular systole is the development of a "third...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Boudoulas H,Wooley CF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The effectiveness of percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention (PCI) was evaluated for chronic total occlusion (CTO) assessed as non-viable by myocardial scintigraphy. METHODS:In the period from January 2003 to October 2006, 17 patients who had successful reopening of the artery through revascularizat...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Nii H,Wagatsuma K,Kabuki T,Uchida Y,Amano H,Toda M,Yamashina S,Yamazaki J

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary flow velocity recordings were obtained in three patients with ampulla (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy using Doppler guide wire. Immediately after admission, coronary angiography demonstrated no significant stenosis and normal coronary flow in the epicardial coronary artery. Left ventriculography showed abnormal wa...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yanagi S,Nagae K,Yoshida K,Matsumura Y,Nagashima E,Okada M,Ota T,Hirota K,Yoshikawa J

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an evolving paradigm for the risk assessment of cardiovascular diseases. We hypothesized that an advanced stage of CKD may predict the presence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). METHODS:Screening for PAD by an ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI) ≤0.9 was conducted in a co...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yamasaki S,Izawa A,Koshikawa M,Saigusa T,Ebisawa S,Miura T,Shiba Y,Tomita T,Miyashita Y,Koyama J,Ikeda U

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anticoagulant therapy is used for preventing cerebral infarction in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). However, in clinical practice, many patients with NVAF are not prescribed oral anticoagulants (OACs). In this study, we retrospectively investigated the prescription status of OACs at th...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Deguchi I,Osada T,Takao M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the prognostic impact of preprocedural high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels on the long-term clinical outcomes after first-generation drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS AND RESULTS:We fou...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Ogita M,Miyauchi K,Kasai T,Doi S,Wada H,Naito R,Konishi H,Tsuboi S,Dohi T,Tamura H,Okazaki S,Daida H

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in a worldwide epidemic. Myocardial ischemia is characterized by an imbalance between myocardial oxygen supply and demand, causing cardiac dysfunction, arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, and sudden death. Various clinical ischemic manifestations a...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Shimokawa H,Yasuda S

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old woman with abnormal Q waves in leads II, III, aVF developed ventricular tachycardia after an operation for thyroid carcinoma. Coronary arteriography revealed no organic stenosis, but acetylcholine induced total occlusion of the right coronary artery and severe narrowing of the left coronary artery. Left ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Anzai H,Momiyama Y,Kimura M

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Nowadays, early detection and treatment can often keep chronic kidney disease patients from getting worse and prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular disease. Cystatin C (Cys-C) is a new marker for renal dysfunction. This study investigated whether Cys-C played an important role for screening coronary arter...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sekizuka H,Akashi YJ,Kawasaki K,Yamauchi M,Musha H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated retardation of abnormal uptake of iodine-123-beta-methyl-p-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid(BMIPP) scintigraphy in patients with vasospastic angina. METHODS:Twenty-three patients with vasospastic angina showed abnormal uptake of BMIPP before medical treatment and had coronary vasospasm ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Inoue F,Hashimoto T,Uemura S,Kawamoto A,Dohi K,Matsushima A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00