Characterization of the hyperpolarization-activated current, I(f), in ventricular myocytes from human failing heart.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The combination of a single-bolus fibrinolytic and a low-molecular-weight heparin may facilitate prehospital reperfusion and further improve clinical outcome in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS:In the prehospital setting, 1639 patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarc...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Wallentin L,Goldstein P,Armstrong PW,Granger CB,Adgey AA,Arntz HR,Bogaerts K,Danays T,Lindahl B,Mäkijärvi M,Verheugt F,Van de Werf F

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether calcium channel blockers influence the progression of coronary atherosclerosis, 383 patients age 65 years or less with 5-75% stenoses in at least four coronary artery segments were selected at random within 1 month of coronary arteriography to participate in double-blind therapy with a placebo or ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Waters D,Lespérance J,Francetich M,Causey D,Théroux P,Chiang YK,Hudon G,Lemarbre L,Reitman M,Joyal M

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with heart failure frequently exhibit abnormal skeletal muscle metabolic responses to exercise, as assessed with 31P NMR. To investigate whether these metabolic abnormalities are due to intrinsic skeletal muscle changes, we performed gastrocnemius muscle biopsies on 22 patients with heart failure (peak VO2, 1...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mancini DM,Coyle E,Coggan A,Beltz J,Ferraro N,Montain S,Wilson JR

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse coronary artery disease is frequently untreatable by coronary artery bypass or angioplasty. Many such "no-option" patients have been subjects for trials of angiogenesis using growth factor manipulation or laser injury. We think these novel revascularization strategies are limited by insufficient inflow to puta...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Oesterle SN,Reifart N,Hauptmann E,Hayase M,Yeung AC

更新日期：2001-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chlamydia pneumoniae stimulates chronic inflammation in vascular cells. Hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) may have an ameliorating effect. We investigated possible mechanisms. METHODS AND RESULTS:We infected human macrophages that in coculture spread infection to vascular smoot...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Dechend R,Gieffers J,Dietz R,Joerres A,Rupp J,Luft FC,Maass M

更新日期：2003-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS, or NOS2) reduces the severity of accelerated graft arteriosclerosis (AGA) in transplanted organs, although the precise mechanism is unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS:We transplanted wild-type murine hearts into either wild-type or NOS2-null recipient mice; we then measured ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Qian Z,Gelzer-Bell R,Yang Sx SX,Cao W,Ohnishi T,Wasowska BA,Hruban RH,Rodriguez ER,Baldwin WM 3rd,Lowenstein CJ

更新日期：2001-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) has been shown to reduce infarct size in canine acute myocardial infarction; however, the mechanism of tissue salvage remains uncertain. We evaluated the effect of bFGF on infarct size in a model of acute infarction in which coronary occlusion was followed by prolonged r...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Horrigan MC,MacIsaac AI,Nicolini FA,Vince DG,Lee P,Ellis SG,Topol EJ

更新日期：1996-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adenosine is believed to be cardioprotective; however, it has not been elucidated whether the plasma adenosine level is increased in chronic heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Seventy-one patients attending a specialized heart failure clinic during a 6-month period were grouped according to the cause of chr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Funaya H,Kitakaze M,Node K,Minamino T,Komamura K,Hori M

更新日期：1997-03-18 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: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:Contrast agents can cause a reduction in renal function that may be due to the generation of reactive oxygen species. Conflicting evidence suggests that administration of the antioxidant acetylcysteine prevents this renal impairment. The action of other antioxidant agents has not been investigated. METHODS ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Spargias K,Alexopoulos E,Kyrzopoulos S,Iokovis P,Greenwood DC,Manginas A,Voudris V,Pavlides G,Buller CE,Kremastinos D,Cokkinos DV

更新日期：2004-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 252 isolated aortic homograft valves in 248 patients have been followed for 9 to 16.5 years (mean 10.8). The valves were sterilized in antibiotic solution and stored in a nutrient medium at 4 degrees C and were nonvital. There were 15 in-hospital deaths (6%) and a mortality of 2.7% in patients undergoing a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Barratt-Boyes BG,Roche AH,Subramanyan R,Pemberton JR,Whitlock RM

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Imaging of the flow convergence region (FCR) proximal to a regurgitant orifice has been shown to provide a method for quantifying the regurgitant flow rate. According to the continuity principle, the FCR is constituted by concentric hemispheric isovelocity surfaces centered at the orifice. The flow rate is c...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bargiggia GS,Tronconi L,Sahn DJ,Recusani F,Raisaro A,De Servi S,Valdes-Cruz LM,Montemartini C

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：:To determine whether a ventricular (LV) end-systolic dimension (ESD) greater than or equal to 55 mm and LV left fractional shortening less than 25% are risk factors for aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients with aortic insufficiency, we analyzed the clinical course and M-mode echocardiograms in 47 consecutive pat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Fioretti P,Roelandt J,Bos RJ,Meltzer RS,van Hoogenhuijze D,Serruys PW,Nauta J,Hugenholtz PG

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The T2G1s monoclonal antifibrin antibody binds specifically to fibrin but not to fibrinogen. METHODS AND RESULTS:In a canine model of acute arterial thrombosis, we determined the feasibility of imaging thrombi using a 99mTc-labeled Fab' fragment. In 14 dogs, 10 carotid and 13 femoral artery thrombi were pro...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cerqueira MD,Stratton JR,Vracko R,Schaible TF,Ritchie JL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite successful surgical correction, morbidity of patients with coarctation of the aorta is increased. It is well known that these patients have impaired elastic properties of the prestenotic arteries. To find out whether these abnormalities are primarily present or develop later, we studied 17 newborns b...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Vogt M,Kühn A,Baumgartner D,Baumgartner C,Busch R,Kostolny M,Hess J

更新日期：2005-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum uric acid (UA) could be a valid prognostic marker and useful for metabolic, hemodynamic, and functional (MFH) staging in chronic heart failure (CHF). METHODS AND RESULTS:For the derivation study, 112 patients with CHF (age 59+/-12 years, peak oxygen consumption [Vo2] 17+/-7 mL/kg per minute) were recr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Anker SD,Doehner W,Rauchhaus M,Sharma R,Francis D,Knosalla C,Davos CH,Cicoira M,Shamim W,Kemp M,Segal R,Osterziel KJ,Leyva F,Hetzer R,Ponikowski P,Coats AJ

更新日期：2003-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With MRI, an index of myocardial perfusion reserve (MPRI) can be determined. We assessed the value of this technique for the noninvasive detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with suspected CAD. METHODS AND RESULTS:Eighty-four patients referred for a primary diagnostic coronary angiography ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Nagel E,Klein C,Paetsch I,Hettwer S,Schnackenburg B,Wegscheider K,Fleck E

更新日期：2003-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently demonstrated that exercise training can induce important hemodynamic and metabolic adaptations in patients with chronic heart failure due to severe left ventricular dysfunction. This study examines the accompanying changes in submaximal exercise performance and the ventilatory response to exercise in ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sullivan MJ,Higginbotham MB,Cobb FR

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We sought to define the factors associated with the occurrence of stroke and systemic embolism in a large, international atrial fibrillation (AF) trial. METHODS AND RESULTS:In ROCKET AF (Rivaroxaban Once-daily, oral, direct factor Xa inhibition Compared with vitamin K antagonism for prevention of stroke and...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Piccini JP,Stevens SR,Chang Y,Singer DE,Lokhnygina Y,Go AS,Patel MR,Mahaffey KW,Halperin JL,Breithardt G,Hankey GJ,Hacke W,Becker RC,Nessel CC,Fox KA,Califf RM,ROCKET AF Steering Committee and Investigators.

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of encainide on ventricular arrhythmia and left ventricular function were studied in 21 patients with chronic, high-grade ventricular arrhythmia using a prospective, 3-month, placebo-controlled, single-blind trial design. Encainide caused a 96% decrease in the average hourly frequency of ventricular premat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： DiBianco R,Fletcher RD,Cohen AI,Gottdiener JS,Singh SN,Katz RJ,Bates HR,Sauerbrunn B

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the appreciation of structural heart disease in children and adults has increased and as catheter-based closure procedures are now being performed in clinical practice, cardiovascular physicians have multiple compelling new reasons to better understand cardiac anatomic and spatial relationships. Current 2-dimension...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kim MS,Hansgen AR,Wink O,Quaife RA,Carroll JD

更新日期：2008-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrafast computed tomography (CT), by acquiring images of the proximal coronary arteries, detects coronary calcifications and has been demonstrated to be highly sensitive for the detection of coronary artery disease in many small studies. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between ultra...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Budoff MJ,Georgiou D,Brody A,Agatston AS,Kennedy J,Wolfkiel C,Stanford W,Shields P,Lewis RJ,Janowitz WR,Rich S,Brundage BH

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation has initiated a near-continuous review of cardiopulmonary resuscitation science that replaces the previous 5-year cyclic batch-and-queue approach process. This is the first of an annual series of International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Olasveengen TM,de Caen AR,Mancini ME,Maconochie IK,Aickin R,Atkins DL,Berg RA,Bingham RM,Brooks SC,Castrén M,Chung SP,Considine J,Couto TB,Escalante R,Gazmuri RJ,Guerguerian AM,Hatanaka T,Koster RW,Kudenchuk PJ,Lang

更新日期：2017-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival rates were determined for a group of 598 patients in whom severe coronary disease was demonstrated by arteriography; initially they were treated medically and were followed-up for 15 years. Deaths due to noncoronary causes were uncommon (5% of total) in the first 5 year period but were frequent (36%) in the t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Proudfit WJ,Bruschke AV,MacMillan JP,Williams GW,Sones FM Jr

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D8/17, a B cell alloantigen, and its occurrence with DR/DQ antigens was examined in 54 patients with rheumatic heart disease and matched North Indian controls. Thirty-four patients (62.9%) carried D8/17 as compared with a frequency of 12.5% in controls (chi 2 by Yates', 18.75; p less than 0.0001). A marginally increas...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Taneja V,Mehra NK,Reddy KS,Narula J,Tandon R,Vaidya MC,Bhatia ML

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of impaired endothelium-dependent coronary vasodilation in angina pectoris and normal coronary arteriograms (microvascular angina pectoris) is not known. We examined whether supplementation with L-arginine, a precursor of endothelium-derived nitric oxide, improves endothelium-dependent coron...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Egashira K,Hirooka Y,Kuga T,Mohri M,Takeshita A

更新日期：1996-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Impaired fibrinolytic capacity, as assessed by euglobulin clot lysis time or plasma concentration of fibrinolytic parameters, has been associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI). We studied the association of a polymorphism in the gene for TPA and of plasma concentrations of TPA (antigen...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： van der Bom JG,de Knijff P,Haverkate F,Bots ML,Meijer P,de Jong PT,Hofman A,Kluft C,Grobbee DE

更新日期：1997-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular events are less prevalent in premenopausal women and women receiving estrogen replacement than in postmenopausal women or men. Endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) is an important local modulator of vascular tone, and abnormal endothelial function is related, in part, to the oxidative mo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Keaney JF Jr,Shwaery GT,Xu A,Nicolosi RJ,Loscalzo J,Foxall TL,Vita JA

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00