Endothelin-converting enzyme expression in the rat vascular injury model and human coronary atherosclerosis.

abstract：:Esophageal perforation is a dreaded complication of atrial fibrillation ablation that occurs in 0.1% to 0.25% of atrial fibrillation ablation procedures. Delayed diagnosis is associated with the development of atrial-esophageal fistula (AEF) and increased mortality. The relationship between the esophagus and the left ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kapur S,Barbhaiya C,Deneke T,Michaud GF

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitral leaflet extension (MLE) combined with septal myectomy is a new surgical approach to treat hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) and an enlarged mitral leaflet area. The study presents the long-term clinical results and outcome of this technique. METHODS AND RESULTS:MLE entails grafting a glu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： van der Lee C,Kofflard MJ,van Herwerden LA,Vletter WB,ten Cate FJ

更新日期：2003-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known of the prognostic significance of mitral regurgitation (MR) on transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), the impact of TAVR on MR severity, and the variables associated with possible post-TAVR improvement in MR. We evaluated these issues in a multicenter registry of patients undergoing C...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bedogni F,Latib A,De Marco F,Agnifili M,Oreglia J,Pizzocri S,Latini RA,Lanotte S,Petronio AS,De Carlo M,Ettori F,Fiorina C,Poli A,Cirri S,De Servi S,Ramondo A,Tarantini G,Marzocchi A,Fiorilli R,Klugmann S,Ussia GP

更新日期：2013-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of doxazosin in treatment of hypertension remains controversial. METHODS AND RESULTS:We evaluated the effects on blood pressure (BP) and biochemical parameters of doxazosin GITS (gastrointestinal therapeutic system) as a third-line antihypertensive agent among 10,069 participants in the Anglo-Scand...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Chapman N,Chang CL,Dahlöf B,Sever PS,Wedel H,Poulter NR,ASCOT Investigators.

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four revolutions are transforming the cardiology of our day. The first is a social revolution. It has resulted in plummeting esteem for the medical profession reflecting disenchantment coupled with the rapid emergence of the recognition that health care is a right rather than a privilege. The second revolution, interv...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sobel BE

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suckling Swiss Webster mice were inoculated with 10(4)TCD50 of coxsackieviruses, group B types 1 or 4. Virulent necrotizing myocarditis resulted in 185 infected mice. Of the latter group, three (14.3%) nurslings on the 17th and 23rd day after inoculations had left ventricular aneurysms postmortem. None of 61 concurren...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： El-Khatib MR,Chason JL,Lerner AM

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Kantrowitz CardioVAD (KCV) is an electrically powered, pneumatically driven circulatory assist device which provides diastolic augmentation and systolic unloading to the failing heart. It consists of a 60cc-pumping chamber, a percutaneous access device (PAD), and an external controller. The pumping chamber,...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Jeevanandam V,Jayakar D,Anderson AS,Martin S,Piccione W Jr,Heroux AL,Wynne J,Stephenson LW,Hsu J,Freed PS,Kantrowitz A

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial perfusion reserve can be noninvasively assessed with cardiovascular MR. In this study, the diagnostic accuracy of this technique for the detection of significant coronary artery stenosis was evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 15 patients with single-vessel coronary artery disease and 5 patients wi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Al-Saadi N,Nagel E,Gross M,Bornstedt A,Schnackenburg B,Klein C,Klimek W,Oswald H,Fleck E

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current two-dimensional echocardiographic measures of right ventricular volume are limited by the asymmetrical and crescentic shape of the ventricle and by difficulty in obtaining standardized views. Three-dimensional echocardiographic reconstruction, which does not require geometric assumptions or standardi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Jiang L,Siu SC,Handschumacher MD,Luis Guererro J,Vazquez de Prada JA,King ME,Picard MH,Weyman AE,Levine RA

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improvements are known to occur in right ventricular (RV) ejection fraction after the use of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD); less is known, however, about the mechanism of this improvement. The concept of ventricular/arterial coupling was applied to investigate whether systolic pump function or afte...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Morita S,Kormos RL,Mandarino WA,Eishi K,Kawai A,Gasior TA,Deneault LG,Armitage JM,Hardesty RL,Griffith BP

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains a concern in patients with β-thalassemia major (TM) and intermedia (TI); however, studies evaluating its prevalence and risk factors using systematic confirmation on right heart catheterization are lacking. METHODS AND RESULTS:This was a multicenter cross-sectio...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Derchi G,Galanello R,Bina P,Cappellini MD,Piga A,Lai ME,Quarta A,Casu G,Perrotta S,Pinto V,Musallam KM,Forni GL,Webthal Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Group*.

更新日期：2014-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormalities of arterial pulse and limb growth after retrograde femoral arterial catheterization have been well documented. However, the magnitude of such complications after transfemoral artery balloon dilatation has not been thoroughly investigated. This study sought to evaluate the prevalence of these ab...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lee HY,Reddy SC,Rao PS

更新日期：1997-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Femoropopliteal percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) remains limited by restenosis. Although vascular brachytherapy may be effective in reducing restenosis, external beam radiation would be more practical to administer after PTA. METHODS AND RESULTS:After femoropopliteal PTA without stent placement, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Therasse E,Donath D,Lespérance J,Tardif JC,Guertin MC,Oliva VL,Soulez G

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug-eluting stents have shown promising antirestenotic effects in clinical trials. Non-stent-based local delivery of antiproliferative drugs may offer additional flexibility and also reach vessel areas beyond the immediate stent coverage. The aim of the present study was to evaluate a novel method of local ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Scheller B,Speck U,Abramjuk C,Bernhardt U,Böhm M,Nickenig G

更新日期：2004-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a life-threatening disease. Bone marrow cell transplantation is reported to reduce the development of PH by increasing vascular beds in pulmonary circulation. However, adenoviral overexpression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in the lung is also known to reduce PH. ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kanki-Horimoto S,Horimoto H,Mieno S,Kishida K,Watanabe F,Furuya E,Katsumata T

更新日期：2006-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess myocardial infarction quantitatively in 15 mm thick transverse sections of the canine heart in vivo we utilized a new technique, positron emission transaxial tomography (PETT) and cyclotron-produced 11C-palmitate (11C-P) injected intravenously. Results were compared to regional myocardial creatine phosphokin...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Weiss ES,Ahmed SA,Welch MJ,Williamson JR,Ter-Pogossian MM,Sobel BE

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary perforation is a life-threatening complication of percutaneous interventions. In the past few years, the implantation of covered stents has emerged as a strategy for treatment when the traditional conservative approach (ie, prolonged balloon inflation and reversal of anticoagulation) fails. METHODS...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Briguori C,Nishida T,Anzuini A,Di Mario C,Grube E,Colombo A

更新日期：2000-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Echocardiography was used to study left ventricular size and contraction in 128 patients with isolated aortic valve disease -45 patients with aortic stenosis, 25 with mixed aortic valve disease and 58 with aortic regurgitation. Left ventricular measurements included the end-diastolic internal dimension (LVIDd), mural ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： McDonald IG

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac ischemia on the ambulatory ECG (AECG) and/or on the exercise treadmill test (ETT) is associated with an increased risk of adverse outcome. Myocardial revascularization more often suppresses cardiac ischemia than does medical management alone. However, few studies have compared the effects of percutan...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bourassa MG,Knatterud GL,Pepine CJ,Sopko G,Rogers WJ,Geller NL,Dyrda I,Forman SA,Chaitman BR,Sharaf B

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These types of studies lay the foundation for understanding the human apolipoproteins at the genetic level. In addition, through a few specific examples, we have already shown evidence at the DNA level that lesions in apolipoprotein genes can play a role in human atherosclerosis. This work is in its infancy, but we ho...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Breslow JL

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty adult patients with predominant mitral valve disease and variable degrees of tricuspid incompetence (TI) were reinvestigated 6-28 months after mitral valve operation. Postoperatively, 10 of the 20 patients were in sinus rhythm, compared with four of 20 preoperatively. Right ventricula peak systolic pressure dec...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Simon R,Oelert H,Borst HG,Lichtlen PR

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Development of surgical therapy for aortic aneurysms and dissections has led to treatment of the life-threatening cardiovascular complications associated with Marfan syndrome. The present study determines the effect of surgical therapy on the life expectancy of patients with Marfan syndrome and the clinical ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Finkbohner R,Johnston D,Crawford ES,Coselli J,Milewicz DM

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether knowledge of genetic risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) affects health-related outcomes is unknown. We investigated whether incorporating a genetic risk score (GRS) in CHD risk estimates lowers low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. METHODS AND RESULTS:Participants (n=203, 45-65 year...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kullo IJ,Jouni H,Austin EE,Brown SA,Kruisselbrink TM,Isseh IN,Haddad RA,Marroush TS,Shameer K,Olson JE,Broeckel U,Green RC,Schaid DJ,Montori VM,Bailey KR

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent failures of drugs that raised high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels to reduce cardiovascular events in clinical trials have led to increased interest in alternative indices of HDL quality, such as cholesterol efflux capacity, and HDL quantity, such as HDL particle number. However, no studi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Khera AV,Demler OV,Adelman SJ,Collins HL,Glynn RJ,Ridker PM,Rader DJ,Mora S

更新日期：2017-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Although for most children the process of atherosclerosis is subclinical, dramatically accelerated atherosclerosis occurs in some pediatric disease states, with clinical coronary events occurring in childhood and very early adult life. As with most scientific statements about children and the future risk for cardiovas...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kavey RE,Allada V,Daniels SR,Hayman LL,McCrindle BW,Newburger JW,Parekh RS,Steinberger J,American Heart Association Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Science.,American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the

更新日期：2006-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Persantine-Aspirin Reinfarction Study (PARIS) was a randomized, controlled, double-blind study of dipyridamole (Persantine) and aspirin in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. Two thousand twenty-six men and women with myocardial infarction (MI) documented by electrocardiographic findings, clinical hist...

journal_title：Circulation

authors：

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Department of Veterans Affairs Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) trial compared clinical and angiographic outcomes in off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery to ascertain the relative efficacy of the 2 techniques. METHODS AND RESULTS:From February 2002 to May 2007, the ROOBY t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hattler B,Messenger JC,Shroyer AL,Collins JF,Haugen SJ,Garcia JA,Baltz JH,Cleveland JC Jr,Novitzky D,Grover FL,Veterans Affairs Randomized On\/Off Bypass (ROOBY) Study Group.

更新日期：2012-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Lidocaine is a commonly used antiarrhythmic drug that causes use-dependent blockade of sodium channels in vitro and reduces conduction velocity in vitro and in vivo. According to the modulated receptor hypothesis of antiarrhythmic drug action, lidocaine has a low affinity for rested sodium channels but a high affinity...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Davis J,Matsubara T,Scheinman MM,Katzung B,Hondeghem LH

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred four patients younger than 20 years of age underwent intracardiac xenograft valve replacement (n = 41) or extracardiac conduit implantation (n = 63). Long-term follow-up averaged 4.5 and 4.3 years, respectively, and cumulative follow-up totaled 344 patient-years (pt-yr). Thirty patients were followed more ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Miller DC,Stinson EB,Oyer PE,Billingham ME,Pitlick PT,Reitz BA,Jamieson SW,Baumgartner WA,Shumway NE

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodic fluctuations in the R-R interval have been used as noninvasive measures of cardiac autonomic tone. For example, a reduced heart rate variability has been shown to correlate with an increased mortality in patients recovering from myocardial infarction. The effects that physiologic perturbations such as exercis...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Billman GE,Hoskins RS

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00