Environmental tobacco smoke and coronary heart disease in the American Cancer Society CPS-II cohort.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of a cluster of risk factors characteristic for the insulin resistance syndrome as a predictor for coronary heart disease (CHD) has not been studied previously. METHODS AND RESULTS:Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors was analyzed by factor analysis to investigate whether these clusters (facto...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lempiäinen P,Mykkänen L,Pyörälä K,Laakso M,Kuusisto J

更新日期：1999-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the sympathetic nervous system is an important factor in the genesis of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with impaired ventricular function. Such patients have an appropriate substrate that is capable of generating rhythm abnormalities, which may be related to enhanced automaticity, triggered automati...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Podrid PJ,Fuchs T,Candinas R

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) naturally progresses toward chronic AF at an estimated rate of 15% to 30% over a 1- to 3-year period. Pulmonary vein (PV) isolation is increasingly performed for the treatment of drug-refractory paroxysmal AF. The long-term data on clinical outcome after circumferential PV...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ouyang F,Tilz R,Chun J,Schmidt B,Wissner E,Zerm T,Neven K,Köktürk B,Konstantinidou M,Metzner A,Fuernkranz A,Kuck KH

更新日期：2010-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The indications for biventricular versus left ventricular mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to cardiac transplantation are not well established. In this study, 27 potential heart transplant candidates who were in imminent risk of dying before donor heart procurement were implanted with Thoratec prosthetic ven...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Farrar DJ,Hill JD,Gray LA Jr,Galbraith TA,Chow E,Hershon JJ

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The regulation of the cardiac neutral endopeptidase (EC 24.10, NEP) that degrades bradykinin and natriuretic peptides has been investigated in human cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. Methods and Results- NEP mRNA was quantitated by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in left ventricular biopsies f...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fielitz J,Dendorfer A,Pregla R,Ehler E,Zurbrügg HR,Bartunek J,Hetzer R,Regitz-Zagrosek V

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapamycin (sirolimus)-eluting stents are associated with reduced restenosis rates in animal studies and initial human trials. The present study evaluated whether orally administered everolimus (a macrolide of the same family as sirolimus) inhibits in-stent neointimal growth in rabbit iliac arteries. METHODS...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Farb A,John M,Acampado E,Kolodgie FD,Prescott MF,Virmani R

更新日期：2002-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two different techniques have been developed for radiofrequency catheter ablation of typical atrioventricular nodal reentry (AVNRT). Lesions made anteriorly near the apex of the triangle of Koch usually eliminate fast pathway function, whereas lesions made posteriorly near the ostium of the coronary sinus se...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Langberg JJ,Leon A,Borganelli M,Kalbfleisch SJ,el-Atassi R,Calkins H,Morady F

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electrophysiological mechanisms by which adenosine may activate cardiac afferent neurons are unknown. Slow afterhyperpolarizations (AHPs) follow action potentials in a subset of vagal C afferents, rendering them inexcitable. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that adenosine increases vagal ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Middlekauff HR,Doering A,Weiss JN

更新日期：2001-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet aggregation plays a critical role in myocardial infarction and stroke; however, the role of platelet secretion in atherosclerotic vascular disease is poorly understood. Therefore, we examined the hypothesis that platelet dense-granule secretion modulates thrombosis, inflammation, and atherosclerotic...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： King SM,McNamee RA,Houng AK,Patel R,Brands M,Reed GL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of verapamil (0.02-0.2 mg/kg) on contractility in normal and partially ischemic myocardium were compared with the changes following propranolol (0.01-1.0 mg/kg). Regional contractile function was studied in open-chest dogs with ultrasonic crystals and ischemia was controlled by graded occlusion of a caroti...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Smith HJ,Goldstein RA,Griffith JM,Kent KM,Epstein SE

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior small to modest-sized studies suggest a benefit of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance in noncomplex lesions. Whether IVUS guidance is associated with improved clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation in an unrestricted patient population is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:Asses...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Witzenbichler B,Maehara A,Weisz G,Neumann FJ,Rinaldi MJ,Metzger DC,Henry TD,Cox DA,Duffy PL,Brodie BR,Stuckey TD,Mazzaferri EL Jr,Xu K,Parise H,Mehran R,Mintz GS,Stone GW

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed 35 patients undergoing resection of a chronic postinfarction left ventricular aneurysm. There was 5.7% operative mortality. Of the long-term survivors, 80% are functional class I or II. Ten patients had postoperative left ventriculograms studied by means of a computerized analysis of endocardial motion usi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Shaw RC,Connors JP,Hieb BR,Ludbrook PA,Krone R,Kleiger RE,Ferguson TB,Weldon CS

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve healthy men were studied by M mode echocardiography during exercise to investigate the effect of afterload reduction on left ventricular function at maximal exertion. They performed two maximal exercise bicycle tests 4 hr apart while in the semisupine position and were given 20 mg nifedipine sublingually 30 min...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Andersen K,Vik-Mo H

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adipocyte-derived hormones may represent a mechanism linking insulin resistance to cardiovascular disease. In the present study, we evaluated the direct effects of resistin, a novel adipocyte-derived hormone, on endothelial activation. METHODS AND RESULTS:Endothelial cells (ECs) were incubated with human re...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Verma S,Li SH,Wang CH,Fedak PW,Li RK,Weisel RD,Mickle DA

更新日期：2003-08-12 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:Congestive heart failure (CHF) patients with central sleep apnea (CHF-CSA) have elevated plasma norepinephrine (NE) compared with CHF patients without apnea (CHF-N). Patients with CHF-CSA also demonstrate higher mean pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), which is suggestive of worse cardiac function. Whether CSA ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mansfield D,Kaye DM,Brunner La Rocca H,Solin P,Esler MD,Naughton MT

更新日期：2003-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Morbidity and mortality after conventional repair of thoracoabdominal aneurysms remain high. Alternative techniques have been proposed and are the subject of this report. METHODS AND RESULTS:Endovascular grafts that have a means of incorporating the visceral vessels into the aortic repair were divided into ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Greenberg RK,Lytle B

更新日期：2008-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apoptosis is common in advanced human atheroma and contributes to plaque instability. Because annexin V has a high affinity for exposed phosphatidylserine on apoptotic cells, radiolabeled annexin V may be used for noninvasive detection of apoptosis in atherosclerotic lesions. METHODS AND RESULTS:Atheroscler...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kolodgie FD,Petrov A,Virmani R,Narula N,Verjans JW,Weber DK,Hartung D,Steinmetz N,Vanderheyden JL,Vannan MA,Gold HK,Reutelingsperger CP,Hofstra L,Narula J

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The maintenance and termination of reentry arrhythmias are determined by tissue properties such as refractoriness and conduction velocity. Although the effects of Na(+) and K(+) channel block on electrophysiological properties and defibrillation threshold (DFT) have been studied, little is known about the ef...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Qi X,Varma P,Newman D,Dorian P

更新日期：2001-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical significance of perioperative myocardial infarction (MI) after coronary artery bypass surgery is not known. Therefore, strategies for the risk stratification of these patients do not exist. This study was undertaken to define the effect of perioperative MI on prognosis after discharge from the hospital an...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Force T,Hibberd P,Weeks G,Kemper AJ,Bloomfield P,Tow D,Josa M,Khuri S,Parisi AF

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The first compounds considered for stent-based delivery, such as heparin, were chosen on the basis of promising tissue culture and animal experiments, and yet they have failed to stop restenosis clinically. More recent compounds, such as paclitaxel, are of a different sort, being hydrophobic in nature, and t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hwang CW,Wu D,Edelman ER

更新日期：2001-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary blood flow occurs mainly during the diastolic phase of each cardiac cycle and is mainly dependent on diastolic driving pressure, especially in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). We hypothesized that calculation of the ratio of the diastolic driving pressure of a stenotic LAD to its ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Abe M,Tomiyama H,Yoshida H,Doba N

更新日期：2000-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously reported that administration of elastase inhibitors reverses fatal pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in rats by inducing smooth muscle cell (SMC) apoptosis. We showed in pulmonary artery (PA) organ culture that the mechanism by which elastase inhibitors induce SMC apoptosis involves repress...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Merklinger SL,Jones PL,Martinez EC,Rabinovitch M

更新日期：2005-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is a major modifiable cardiovascular risk factor. The present longitudinal study aimed to examine the best combination of childhood physical and environmental factors to predict adult hypertension and furthermore whether newly identified genetic variants for blood pressure increase the predictio...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Juhola J,Oikonen M,Magnussen CG,Mikkilä V,Siitonen N,Jokinen E,Laitinen T,Würtz P,Gidding SS,Taittonen L,Seppälä I,Jula A,Kähönen M,Hutri-Kähönen N,Lehtimäki T,Viikari JS,Juonala M,Raitakari OT

更新日期：2012-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little information is available regarding the occurrence of perioperative and late cardiac events in women with vascular disease. The current study was performed to examine whether sex-specific differences exist in these outcomes in a large population of vascular surgery patients and to determine the value o...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hendel RC,Chen MH,L'Italien GJ,Newell JB,Paul SD,Eagle KA,Leppo JA

更新日期：1995-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence for increased formation of free radicals in patients with hypertension, raising the possibility that NO is inactivated by free radicals, which impairs coronary endothelial function. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that the antioxidant vitamin C could improve abnormal endothelial functio...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Solzbach U,Hornig B,Jeserich M,Just H

更新日期：1997-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanisms responsible for tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-induced LV structural remodeling in the adult heart are not known. METHODS AND RESULTS:We generated a line of transgenic mice (MHCsTNF) with cardiac restricted overexpression of TNF that develop progressive LV dilation/remodeling from 4 to 12 weeks ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sivasubramanian N,Coker ML,Kurrelmeyer KM,MacLellan WR,DeMayo FJ,Spinale FG,Mann DL

更新日期：2001-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 antagonist treatment on acute coronary risk is controversial. We investigated the effect of prolonged COX-2 inhibition on inflammatory profile and endothelial function in patients with ischemic heart disease and high serum C-reactive protein (CRP) values. METHODS AND RES...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bogaty P,Brophy JM,Noel M,Boyer L,Simard S,Bertrand F,Dagenais GR

更新日期：2004-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the likelihood of procedural success in patients with multivessel coronary disease undergoing percutaneous coronary angioplasty, 350 consecutive patients (1,100 stenoses) from four clinical sites were evaluated. Eighteen variables characterizing the severity and morphology of each stenosis and 18 patient-rel...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ellis SG,Vandormael MG,Cowley MJ,DiSciascio G,Deligonul U,Topol EJ,Bulle TM

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of the American Heart Association's 2030 Impact Goal and associated metrics for success underscores the importance of cardiovascular health and cardiovascular disease surveillance systems for the acquisition of information sufficient to support implementation and evaluation. The aim of this policy statemen...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Roger VL,Sidney S,Fairchild AL,Howard VJ,Labarthe DR,Shay CM,Tiner AC,Whitsel LP,Rosamond WD,American Heart Association Advocacy Coordinating Committee.

更新日期：2020-03-03 00:00:00