Site-dependent intra-atrial conduction delay. Relationship to initiation of atrial fibrillation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data suggest that the Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric ventricular assist device is superior to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for bridge to heart transplantation. Published data are limited to 1 in 4 children who received the device as part of the US clinical trial. We analyzed outcomes for all US c...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Almond CS,Morales DL,Blackstone EH,Turrentine MW,Imamura M,Massicotte MP,Jordan LC,Devaney EJ,Ravishankar C,Kanter KR,Holman W,Kroslowitz R,Tjossem C,Thuita L,Cohen GA,Buchholz H,St Louis JD,Nguyen K,Niebler RA,Walt

更新日期：2013-04-23 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：BACKGROUND:ACE inhibitors exert both acute and chronic beneficial effects on cardiac function (eg, remodeling, diastolic dysfunction) in experimental studies and in patients. They inhibit the formation of angiotensin II as well as the degradation of endogenous bradykinin. We recently reported that bradykinin induces se...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Anning PB,Grocott-Mason RM,Lewis MJ,Shah AM

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental approach is described to quantitate inhomogeneity in extracellular K concentration ([K+]out) in the presence of ischemia and to relate this inhomogeneity to the electrophysiologic changes. Extracellular potassium concentration and local direct-current electrograms from the same sites were measured in i...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Coronel R,Fiolet JW,Wilms-Schopman FJ,Schaapherder AF,Johnson TA,Gettes LS,Janse MJ

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The therapeutic benefits that accompany the continuous administration of organic nitrates are attenuated by the development of tolerance to the compounds. Altered superoxide production and NO bioavailability have been implicated in contributing to the development of tolerance, an effect that may be ameliorat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： McVeigh GE,Hamilton P,Wilson M,Hanratty CG,Leahey WJ,Devine AB,Morgan DG,Dixon LJ,McGrath LT

更新日期：2002-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In Phase I of the NHLBI trial of Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI), 290 patients admitted within 7 hr after onset of acute infarction were randomly assigned to intravenous treatment with either streptokinase (SK) or recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA). Left ventricular function was measure...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sheehan FH,Braunwald E,Canner P,Dodge HT,Gore J,Van Natta P,Passamani ER,Williams DO,Zaret B

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In seven patients who underwent Fontan procedures but in whom no valves were inserted, dynamics of right heart flow were evaluated with the use of a catheter-tipped velocity transducer, pulsed Doppler echocardiography, and angiocardiography. Right atrial (RA) contraction caused a forward flow to the pulmonary artery (...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nakazawa M,Nakanishi T,Okuda H,Satomi G,Nakae S,Imai Y,Takao A

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term survival after acute kidney injury (AKI) is poorly studied. We report the relationship between long-term mortality and AKI with small changes in serum creatinine during hospitalization after various cardiothoracic surgery procedures. METHODS AND RESULTS:This was a retrospective study of 2973 patie...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hobson CE,Yavas S,Segal MS,Schold JD,Tribble CG,Layon AJ,Bihorac A

更新日期：2009-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND-Catecholamine-induced apoptosis is mediated by activation of the beta-adrenergic signaling pathway. We tested the hypothesis that beta(1)- and beta(2)-adrenergic receptor (AR) subtypes differentially affect apoptosis in adult rat ventricular myocytes in vitro. METHODS AND RESULTS-Myocytes were first exposed...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zaugg M,Xu W,Lucchinetti E,Shafiq SA,Jamali NZ,Siddiqui MA

更新日期：2000-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In contrast to systolic function, which is relatively well preserved with advancing age, diastolic function declines steadily after age 30. Our goal was to determine whether changes in diastolic function that occur with aging could be reversed with exercise training. Methods and Results-- Adult (6-month-old)...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brenner DA,Apstein CS,Saupe KW

更新日期：2001-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several recent studies attempted to classify plaques as those prone to cause clinical manifestations (vulnerable, atheromatous plaques) or those less frequently associated with acute thrombotic complication (stable, fibrous plaques). Defining the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie these morpholo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sukhova GK,Schönbeck U,Rabkin E,Schoen FJ,Poole AR,Billinghurst RC,Libby P

更新日期：1999-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are bone marrow stromal cells that are in phase 1 clinical studies of cellular cardiomyoplasty. However, the electrophysiological effects of MSC transplantation have not been studied. Although improvement of ventricular function would represent a positive outcome of MSC transpla...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chang MG,Tung L,Sekar RB,Chang CY,Cysyk J,Dong P,Marbán E,Abraham MR

更新日期：2006-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bereavement is a period of increased risk of cardiovascular death. There is limited understanding of the potential contribution of quality of cardiovascular disease management to this increased risk. METHODS AND RESULTS:In a UK primary-care database, 12 722 older individuals with preexisting cardiovascular ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Shah SM,Carey IM,Harris T,Dewilde S,Victor CR,Cook DG

更新日期：2013-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a life-threatening disease, characterized by vascular smooth muscle cell hyperproliferation. The calcium/calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase 1 (PDE1) may play a major role in vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation. METHODS AND RESULTS:We investigated the expres...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schermuly RT,Pullamsetti SS,Kwapiszewska G,Dumitrascu R,Tian X,Weissmann N,Ghofrani HA,Kaulen C,Dunkern T,Schudt C,Voswinckel R,Zhou J,Samidurai A,Klepetko W,Paddenberg R,Kummer W,Seeger W,Grimminger F

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether blood vessels could develop de novo between an extracardiac artery and a collateral-dependent zone of the heart and to quantify the nutritive blood flow afforded by the new vessels. We also adapted the preparation so that angiogenically active agents could be ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Unger EF,Sheffield CD,Epstein SE

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A robotic catheter navigation system has been developed that provides a significant degree of freedom of catheter movement. This study examines the feasibility of synchronizing this robotic navigation system with electroanatomic mapping and 3-dimensional computed tomography imaging to perform view-synchroniz...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Reddy VY,Neuzil P,Malchano ZJ,Vijaykumar R,Cury R,Abbara S,Weichet J,McPherson CD,Ruskin JN

更新日期：2007-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Although exercise ECG testing has been shown to have important prognostic value after acute myocardial infarction, exercise 201Tl scintigraphy offers several potential advantages, including: 1) increased sensitivity for detecting residual myocardial ischemia; 2) the ability to localize ischemia to a specific area or a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gibson RS,Watson DD

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelin (ET)-1 and norepinephrine (NE) are involved in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. We investigated the role of ET-1 in ischemia/reperfusion-induced NE overflow and cardiac dysfunction using a selective ET(A) receptor antagonist (ABT-627), a selective ET(B) receptor antagonist (A-192621), and t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Yamamoto S,Matsumoto N,Kanazawa M,Fujita M,Takaoka M,Gariepy CE,Yanagisawa M,Matsumura Y

更新日期：2005-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac Na/K-ATPase (NKA) regulates intracellular Na ([Na](i)), which in turn affects intracellular Ca and thus contractility via Na/Ca exchange. Recent evidence shows that phosphorylation of the NKA-associated small transmembrane protein phospholemman (PLM) mediates beta-adrenergic-induced NKA stimulation. ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Despa S,Tucker AL,Bers DM

更新日期：2008-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Performance of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) during an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is mainly used in high-risk patients. Although potentially life-saving, patients undergoing early CABG are traditionally associated with a worse outcome than those not requiring CABG. Is this really true in an unselect...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Monteiro P,Portuguese Registry on Acute Coronary Syndromes.

更新日期：2006-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiotensin may play a pathophysiological role in experimental and human cardiovascular disease. Clinical studies have shown that ACE inhibitors reduce mortality, recurrent myocardial infarction, and ischemic events in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. Animal studies suggest that tissue ACE, partic...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Diet F,Pratt RE,Berry GJ,Momose N,Gibbons GH,Dzau VJ

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress activates endothelial innate immunity and disrupts endothelial functions, including endothelial nitric oxide synthase-derived nitric oxide bioavailability. Here, we postulated that oxidative stress induces sterol regulatory element-binding protein 2 (SREBP2) and microRNA-92a (miR-92a), which...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chen Z,Wen L,Martin M,Hsu CY,Fang L,Lin FM,Lin TY,Geary MJ,Geary GG,Zhao Y,Johnson DA,Chen JW,Lin SJ,Chien S,Huang HD,Miller YI,Huang PH,Shyy JY

更新日期：2015-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exertional fatigue, which frequently limits exercise in patients with chronic heart failure, is associated with early anaerobic metabolism in skeletal muscle. The present study was designed to examine the skeletal muscle metabolic response to exercise in this disorder and determine the relation of reduced mu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sullivan MJ,Green HJ,Cobb FR

更新日期：1991-10-01 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:Visceral adiposity is generally considered to play a key role in the metabolic syndrome, including hypertension. The purpose of this study was to evaluate cross-sectionally whether visceral adiposity is associated with prevalence of hypertension independent of other adipose depots and fasting plasma insulin....

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hayashi T,Boyko EJ,Leonetti DL,McNeely MJ,Newell-Morris L,Kahn SE,Fujimoto WY

更新日期：2003-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although surgery is indicated in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) when left ventricular (LV) end-systolic (LVES) dimension is >40 mm, LV ejection fraction may decrease after mitral valve surgery. We hypothesize that significant LV remodeling before surgery is not reflected by standard echocardiographi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schiros CG,Dell'Italia LJ,Gladden JD,Clark D 3rd,Aban I,Gupta H,Lloyd SG,McGiffin DC,Perry G,Denney TS Jr,Ahmed MI

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the features of high-risk atherosclerotic plaques is a preponderance of macrophages. Experimental studies with hyperlipidemic rabbits have shown that ultrasmall superparamagnetic particles of iron oxide (USPIOs) accumulate in plaques with a high macrophage content and that this induces magnetic resona...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kooi ME,Cappendijk VC,Cleutjens KB,Kessels AG,Kitslaar PJ,Borgers M,Frederik PM,Daemen MJ,van Engelshoven JM

更新日期：2003-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although metabolomic profiling offers promise for the prediction of coronary heart disease (CHD), and metabolic risk factors are more strongly associated with CHD in women than men, limited data are available for women. METHODS:We applied a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry metabolomics platfor...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Paynter NP,Balasubramanian R,Giulianini F,Wang DD,Tinker LF,Gopal S,Deik AA,Bullock K,Pierce KA,Scott J,Martínez-González MA,Estruch R,Manson JE,Cook NR,Albert CM,Clish CB,Rexrode KM

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In subjects of all ages, those who weigh the most often have the highest blood pressure. Thus, in epidemiological studies, weight is the most important correlate of blood pressure. Using the data from the Medical College of Virginia Twin Study, we asked these questions: 1) Do the same genetic paths that regu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schieken RM,Mosteller M,Goble MM,Moskowitz WB,Hewitt JK,Eaves LJ,Nance WE

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular septal defects are the most common congenital heart defect. They vary greatly in location, clinical presentation, associated lesions, and natural history. The present article describes the clinical aspects of ventricular septal defects and current management strategies. ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Minette MS,Sahn DJ

更新日期：2006-11-14 00:00:00