Comparison of high-dose with low-dose aspirin in patients with mechanical heart valve replacement treated with oral anticoagulant.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Production of NO by inducible NO synthase (iNOS) has been implicated in the pathology of spontaneous and antigen-induced autoimmune diseases, and iNOS is expressed in the myocardium of patients with heart failure. It is not clear whether inflammatory murine autoimmune heart disease, an experimental model for...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bachmaier K,Neu N,Pummerer C,Duncan GS,Mak TW,Matsuyama T,Penninger JM

更新日期：1997-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reducing sympathetic output to the heart from the neuraxis can protect against ventricular arrhythmias. The purpose of this study was to assess the value of thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) and left cardiac sympathetic denervation (LCSD) in the management of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with structu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bourke T,Vaseghi M,Michowitz Y,Sankhla V,Shah M,Swapna N,Boyle NG,Mahajan A,Narasimhan C,Lokhandwala Y,Shivkumar K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although it has been suggested that elevation of CK-MB after percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with adverse clinical outcomes, limited data are available in the setting of coronary bypass grafting. The aim of the present study was to determine the incidence, predictors, and prognostic signific...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Costa MA,Carere RG,Lichtenstein SV,Foley DP,de Valk V,Lindenboom W,Roose PC,van Geldorp TR,Macaya C,Castanon JL,Fernandez-Avilèz F,Gonzáles JH,Heyer G,Unger F,Serruys PW

更新日期：2001-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biventricular direct cardiac compression (DCC) has the potential to support the failing heart without the complications associated with a blood/device interface encountered with the use of current ventricular assist devices. A clinically designed DCC device that provides compression pressure around the base ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Artrip JH,Yi GH,Levin HR,Burkhoff D,Wang J

更新日期：1999-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Titin is a giant elastic protein that spans the half-sarcomere from Z-disk to M-band. It acts as a molecular spring and mechanosensor and has been linked to striated muscle disease. The pathways that govern titin-dependent cardiac growth and contribute to disease are diverse and difficult to dissect. METHOD...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Radke MH,Polack C,Methawasin M,Fink C,Granzier HL,Gotthardt M

更新日期：2019-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various measures of arterial stiffness and wave reflection have been proposed as cardiovascular risk markers. Prior studies have not assessed relations of a comprehensive panel of stiffness measures to prognosis in the community. METHODS AND RESULTS:We used proportional hazards models to analyze first-onset...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mitchell GF,Hwang SJ,Vasan RS,Larson MG,Pencina MJ,Hamburg NM,Vita JA,Levy D,Benjamin EJ

更新日期：2010-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Regional sympathetic denervation, such as that produced by a myocardial infarction, causes electrophysiological heterogeneity in the ventricles. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that such denervation could cause drugs to exert heterogeneous myocardial effects. METHODS AND RESULTS:Sympath...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Stanton MS,Zipes DP

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND-We determined whether repeated caffeine administration at different dosages and for different periods of time (400 or 600 mg/d for 1 week or 400 mg/d for 2 weeks) upregulates human platelet adenosine A(2A) receptors and is accompanied by increases in cAMP accumulation and decreases in aggregation and calciu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Varani K,Portaluppi F,Gessi S,Merighi S,Ongini E,Belardinelli L,Borea PA

更新日期：2000-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharmacogenetic-guided dosing of warfarin is a promising application of "personalized medicine" but has not been adequately tested in randomized trials. METHODS AND RESULTS:Consenting patients (n=206) being initiated on warfarin were randomized to pharmacogenetic-guided or standard dosing. Buccal swab DNA w...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Anderson JL,Horne BD,Stevens SM,Grove AS,Barton S,Nicholas ZP,Kahn SF,May HT,Samuelson KM,Muhlestein JB,Carlquist JF,Couma-Gen Investigators.

更新日期：2007-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous experimental studies have shown that the effect of serotonin on a coronary stenosis depends on whether that stenosis is compliant or fixed. However, the relation between coronary stenosis morphology and the response to serotonin in patients with angina is not known. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using comput...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tousoulis D,Davies G,McFadden E,Clarke J,Kaski JC,Maseri A

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with treated diabetes in the randomized-trial segment of the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) who were randomized to initial revascularization with PTCA had significantly worse 5-year survival than patients assigned to CABG. This treatment difference was not seen among diabe...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Detre KM,Guo P,Holubkov R,Califf RM,Sopko G,Bach R,Brooks MM,Bourassa MG,Shemin RJ,Rosen AD,Krone RJ,Frye RL,Feit F

更新日期：1999-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro experiments on precontracted canine coronary arteries were performed to study the direct relaxant effects of molsidomine (MOLS) and its active metabolite, SIN-1, and to determine if there is a relationship between effect and cGMP level elevations. The effects of MOLS and SIN-1 were compared with those of a cl...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rinaldi G,Cingolani H

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and prevalence of most cardiovascular disorders increase with age, and cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and major disability in adults ≥75 years of age; however, despite the large impact of cardiovascular disease on quality of life, morbidity, and mortality in older adults, patients a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rich MW,Chyun DA,Skolnick AH,Alexander KP,Forman DE,Kitzman DW,Maurer MS,McClurken JB,Resnick BM,Shen WK,Tirschwell DL,American Heart Association Older Populations Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Cardiov

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Matrix metalloproteinase-9 could exhibit an important role in the destabilization of atherosclerotic carotid plaques. We hypothesized that in patients with carotid stenosis, elevated levels of plasma matrix metalloproteinase-9 are associated with ipsilateral stroke or cardiovascular death. METHODS AND RESUL...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Eldrup N,Grønholdt ML,Sillesen H,Nordestgaard BG

更新日期：2006-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred twenty-nine hospital survivors of acute myocardial infarction (MI) age 60 years or younger underwent coronary arteriography a median of 2 weeks after infarction and were followed a median of 24 months (range 6-62 months). For 62%, MI was the first presentation of coronary disease and 75% were in clinical K...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Roubin GS,Harris PJ,Bernstein L,Kelly DT

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of long QT syndrome (LQTS) is rather straightforward. We were surprised by realizing that, despite long-standing experience, we were making occasional diagnostic errors by considering as affected subjects who, over time, resulted as not affected. These individuals were all actively practicing s...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Dagradi F,Spazzolini C,Castelletti S,Pedrazzini M,Kotta MC,Crotti L,Schwartz PJ

更新日期：2020-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequencies of onset of myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death are increased between 6 AM and 12 noon. Platelet aggregability, which may play a role in the cause of these disorders, has been observed to increase after the normal morning activities of awakening, arising, and ambulating. To determine which m...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brezinski DA,Tofler GH,Muller JE,Pohjola-Sintonen S,Willich SN,Schafer AI,Czeisler CA,Williams GH

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of sodium and water accumulation in chronic constrictive pericarditis is not well understood and may differ from that in patients with chronic congestive heart failure due to myocardial disease. This study was undertaken to investigate some of the mechanisms. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using stand...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Anand IS,Ferrari R,Kalra GS,Wahi PL,Poole-Wilson PA,Harris PC

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a high-pressure liquid chromatographic assay, we measured serum amiodarone concentrations serially in 122 patients treated with amiodarone for 1.5-53 months (mean 9.3 months) for control of refractory symptomatic atrial or symptomatic and life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias. The atrial tachyarrhythmias...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Haffajee CI,Love JC,Canada AT,Lesko LJ,Asdourian G,Alpert JS

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a heterogeneous syndrome. Phenotyping patients into pathophysiologically homogeneous groups may enable better targeting of treatment. Obesity is common in HFpEF and has many cardiovascular effects, suggesting that it may be a viable candidate for...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Obokata M,Reddy YNV,Pislaru SV,Melenovsky V,Borlaug BA

更新日期：2017-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary occlusion in the dog results in irreversible myocardial cell injury which develops first in subendocardial areas of severe ischemica and subsequently spreads into mid and subepicardial areas of moderate ischemia. The effect of propranolol on this progression of ischemic injury was evaluated. Three groups of d...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rasmussen MM,Reimer KA,Kloner RA,Jennings RB

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arterial relaxation is largely regulated by endothelial nitric oxide (NO). Its diminished activity has been associated with incipient atherosclerosis. We investigated the endothelium-dependent relaxation of aorta in apolipoprotein E-knockout (apoE-KO) mice exposed to single or repeated Chlamydia pneumoniae i...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Liuba P,Karnani P,Pesonen E,Paakkari I,Forslid A,Johansson L,Persson K,Wadström T,Laurini R

更新日期：2000-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have examined the association of race and outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery while controlling for both patient and hospital effects. METHODS AND RESULTS:We retrospectively analyzed data on a cohort of 566,785 white and 24,354 black Medicare beneficiaries 65 years old and...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Konety SH,Vaughan Sarrazin MS,Rosenthal GE

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Catheter ablation of the posteroseptal right atrium has been proposed for control of ventricular rate in patients with tachycardic atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the exact mechanism of rate control is unclear. Because the ablation site corresponds to the location of the slow pathway in patients with AV n...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kreiner G,Heinz G,Siostrzonek P,Gössinger HD

更新日期：1996-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and angiotensin II (Ang II) modulate heart failure in part by provoking the hypertrophic response. Signal transduction pathways of those factors are implicated in reactive oxygen intermediates (ROIs). Therefore, we hypothesized that TNF-alpha and Ang II might cause myo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nakamura K,Fushimi K,Kouchi H,Mihara K,Miyazaki M,Ohe T,Namba M

更新日期：1998-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults are living longer, and cardiovascular disease is endemic in the growing population of older adults who are surviving into old age. Functional capacity is a key metric in this population, both for the perspective it provides on aggregate health and as a vital goal of care. Whereas cardiorespiratory function has ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Forman DE,Arena R,Boxer R,Dolansky MA,Eng JJ,Fleg JL,Haykowsky M,Jahangir A,Kaminsky LA,Kitzman DW,Lewis EF,Myers J,Reeves GR,Shen WK,American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular and St

更新日期：2017-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:NO has been advocated as an adjunct to cardioplegia solutions. However, NO undergoes a rapid biradical reaction with superoxide anions to produce peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)). ONOO(-) in crystalloid cardioplegia solution induces injury to coronary endothelium and to systolic function after cardioplegia and reperf...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nakamura M,Thourani VH,Ronson RS,Velez DA,Ma XL,Katzmark S,Robinson J,Schmarkey LS,Zhao ZQ,Wang NP,Guyton RA,Vinten-Johansen J

更新日期：2000-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain clinical and morphologic observations are described in 27 patients with severe isolated angina pectoris of either the stable (five patients) or the unstable form (22 patients). Twenty-four patients died during or shortly after cardiac operations designed to relieve angina pectoris and three died during cardiac...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Roberts WC

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the variability of the fraction of CPK released from the infarcted heart which enters the serum (serum entry ratio, or SER) with size and model of infarction, nine dogs underwent homogeneous infarctions (LAD ligation) of varying sizes, and 10 dogs underwent scattered infarctions (left coronary embolization). ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cairns JA,Missirlis E,Fallen EL

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Randomized clinical trials have shown that multivessel coronary angioplasty is feasible and provides similar long-term survival as bypass surgery in selected patients. However, the higher need for repeat intervention, in particular, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, remains a problem. The objective of th...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Moussa I,Reimers B,Moses J,Di Mario C,Di Francesco L,Ferraro M,Colombo A

更新日期：1997-12-02 00:00:00