Nonselective beta-adrenergic blockade with carvedilol does not hinder the benefits of exercise training in patients with congestive heart failure.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The availability of selective antagonists for angiotensin II receptors has focused interest on the gene expression of angiotensin II-receptor subtypes in the human heart. METHODS AND RESULTS:We analyzed expression of the AT1 and AT2 subtypes of the angiotensin II receptor in ventricular myocardium taken fro...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Haywood GA,Gullestad L,Katsuya T,Hutchinson HG,Pratt RE,Horiuchi M,Fowler MB

更新日期：1997-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients with implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) receive adjunctive antiarrhythmic drug therapy, most commonly amiodarone or sotalol. The effects of these drugs on defibrillation energy requirements have not been previously assessed in a randomized controlled trial. METHODS AND RESULTS:The Op...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hohnloser SH,Dorian P,Roberts R,Gent M,Israel CW,Fain E,Champagne J,Connolly SJ

更新日期：2006-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Significant gender-related differences exist in the development of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). In addition, administration of 17beta-estradiol (E2) to ovariectomized female mice attenuates the development of LVH, demonstrating an antagonistic role for E2 in this process, although no molecular mechani...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Babiker FA,De Windt LJ,van Eickels M,Thijssen V,Bronsaer RJ,Grohé C,van Bilsen M,Doevendans PA

更新日期：2004-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen of 388 patients with chronic bundle branch block, studied electrophysiologically and followed prospectively, had H-V intervals of 80 msec or greater. Five patients were functional class I, five class II, seven class III, and one class IV. Follow-up ranged from 103 to 1919 days (mean 711 +/- 118). Three patien...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Dhingra RC,Denes P,Wu D,Wyndham CR,Amat-y-Leon F,Towne WD,Rosen KM

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nafamostat mesilate (FUT-175) is a protease inhibitor inactivating coagulation, fibrinolysis, and platelet aggregation. A prospective, randomized trial was performed to assess the efficacy of FUT-175 in the reduction of postoperative bleeding tendency. METHODS AND RESULTS:FUT-175 was infused at a rate of 40...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Murase M,Usui A,Tomita Y,Maeda M,Koyama T,Abe T

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung transplantation and heart-lung transplantation represent surgical options for treatment of medically refractory idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. The effect of the lung allocation score on wait-list and transplantation outcomes in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension is poo...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schaffer JM,Singh SK,Joyce DL,Reitz BA,Robbins RC,Zamanian RT,Mallidi HR

更新日期：2013-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The heart contains a variety of morphologically distinct nerve terminals known to influence cardiac function. Little is known about the distribution, morphology, and neurochemistry of these terminals in the human heart. METHODS AND RESULTS:We examined the entire endocardial and epicardial surfaces of infant...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Marron K,Wharton J,Sheppard MN,Fagan D,Royston D,Kuhn DM,de Leval MR,Whitehead BF,Anderson RH,Polak JM

更新日期：1995-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The cause and associated pathophysiology of precordial ST-segment depression (ST decreases) during acute inferior myocardial infarction (IMI) are controversial. To investigate this problem, electrocardiographic findings in 48 consecutive patients with acute IMI were prospectively compared with results of coronary angi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gibson RS,Crampton RS,Watson DD,Taylor GJ,Carabello BA,Holt ND,Beller GA

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fetal tachycardia may cause hydrops fetalis and lead to fetal death. No unanimity of opinion exists regarding the optimum treatment. This study evaluates our experience with transplacental sotalol therapy to treat fetal tachycardias in terms of safety and efficacy. METHODS AND RESULTS:The charts of 21 patie...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Oudijk MA,Michon MM,Kleinman CS,Kapusta L,Stoutenbeek P,Visser GH,Meijboom EJ

更新日期：2000-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two hundred eighteen patients were evaluated in a two-phase approach (time to first appropriate discharge, survival after discharge) to identify factors that may be related to maximal benefit derived from use of an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD). METHODS AND RESULTS:One hundred nine...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Levine JH,Mellits ED,Baumgardner RA,Veltri EP,Mower M,Grunwald L,Guarnieri T,Aarons D,Griffith LS

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phosphatidylserine-expressing microparticles circulate in blood with a short half-life of <10 minutes. We tested the role of an endothelium-derived phosphatidylserine-binding opsonin, developmental endothelial locus-1 (Del-1), in the uptake of platelet microparticles. METHODS AND RESULTS:Cultured human umbi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Dasgupta SK,Le A,Chavakis T,Rumbaut RE,Thiagarajan P

更新日期：2012-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paraplegia continues to complicate thoracoabdominal aortic interventions. The elusive mechanism of spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury has delayed the development of pharmacological adjuncts. Microglia, the resident macrophages of the central nervous system, can have pathological responses after a variet...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bell MT,Puskas F,Agoston VA,Cleveland JC Jr,Freeman KA,Gamboni F,Herson PS,Meng X,Smith PD,Weyant MJ,Fullerton DA,Reece TB

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 20 years, operative mortality has decreased and late survival has improved for patients with chronic stable angina who have coronary artery bypass surgery. However, this favorable trend may not continue because the operation is now extended to elderly and high-risk patients. The most powerful predictors ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Gersh BJ,Califf RM,Loop FD,Akins CW,Pryor DB,Takaro TC

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disparate effects of social determinants of health on cardiovascular health status and health care have been extensively documented by epidemiology. Yet, very little attention has been paid to how understanding and addressing social determinants of health might improve the quality of clinical interactions, especia...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kressin NR,Chapman SE,Magnani JW

更新日期：2016-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We recently reported that sodium channel block can produce opposite effects on action potential duration (APD) and refractoriness in epicardial versus endocardial tissues of the canine ventricle. In addition, strong sodium channel current inhibition was found to cause loss of the action potential dome in epi...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Krishnan SC,Antzelevitch C

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular smooth muscle cell (VMSC) proliferation is an essential component of myointimal hyperplasia, which is implicated in the failure of 30% to 50% of vascular interventions, such as coronary angioplasty and peripheral vein grafting. We have shown that cells derived from stenotic lesions in infrainguinal ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Refson JS,Schachter M,Patel MK,Hughes AD,Munro E,Chan P,Wolfe JH,Sever PS

更新日期：1998-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Favorable changes in lipoproteins, inhibition of platelet aggregation, reduction of serum thromboxane (TX), altered plasma-membrane fluidity, and reduced production of growth factors (mitogens) have all been implicated as possibly being involved in the inhibition of arteriosclerosis by fish oil (FO), which is rich in ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Sarris GE,Fann JI,Sokoloff MH,Smith DL,Loveday M,Kosek JC,Stephens RJ,Cooper AD,May K,Willis AL

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous scales exist for the classification of major bleeding events. Limited data compare the most commonly used bleeding scales within a single at-risk cohort of patients with atrial fibrillation. Here, we analyze bleeding outcomes according to the ISTH (International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis)...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bergmark BA,Kamphuisen PW,Wiviott SD,Ruff CT,Antman EM,Nordio F,Kuder JF,Mercuri MF,Lanz HJ,Braunwald E,Giugliano RP

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anisotropy creates nonuniformity in electrical propagation and may contribute to the occurrence of unidirectional conduction block and reentry. We describe the characteristics of reentrant tachycardia in a 2D layer of anisotropic ventricular myocardium. METHODS AND RESULTS:A Langendorff-perfused epicardial ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schalij MJ,Boersma L,Huijberts M,Allessie MA

更新日期：2000-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental studies have shown that among dogs with a healed myocardial infarction, depressed baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) identifies a subgroup at higher risk for sudden death. We have examined the relation among BRS, several clinical cardiovascular variables, and subsequent mortality in 78 patients below the age of...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： La Rovere MT,Specchia G,Mortara A,Schwartz PJ

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombin plays a role in mediating ischemic injury and cardiac arrhythmias, but the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Because voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) have not previously been considered, putative effects of thrombin on VGSC function were investigated in human isolated cardiomyocytes. ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pinet C,Le Grand B,John GW,Coulombe A

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:BACKGROUND- Reactive oxygen species serve signaling functions in the vasculature, and hypoxia has been associated with increased reactive oxygen species production. NADPH oxidase 4 (Nox4) is a reactive oxygen species-producing enzyme that is highly expressed in the endothelium, yet its specific role is unkno...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Craige SM,Chen K,Pei Y,Li C,Huang X,Chen C,Shibata R,Sato K,Walsh K,Keaney JF Jr

更新日期：2011-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of the infarct-related artery was performed within 42 days of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) administration in 1,414 of the 3,534 patients who participated in the Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) II study. Primary angiog...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Baim DS,Diver DJ,Feit F,Greenberg MA,Holmes DR,Weiner BH,Williams DO,Schweiger MJ,Brown BG,Frederick MM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few data regarding medium-term outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with severe left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction, particularly in the modern era, and even less assessing preoperative factors that might identify patients at highest risk. METHODS AND RESULTS:Three ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hillis GS,Zehr KJ,Williams AW,Schaff HV,Orzulak TA,Daly RC,Mullany CJ,Rodeheffer RJ,Oh JK

更新日期：2006-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the impact of operative reduction of left ventricular outflow obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, measurements of great cardiac vein flow, oxygen and lactate content, left ventricular pressures, and cardiac index were measured at rest and during pacing stress in 20 consecutive patients (13, myotomy-m...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cannon RO 3rd,McIntosh CL,Schenke WH,Maron BJ,Bonow RO,Epstein SE

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The coagulation system is closely linked with vascular inflammation, although the underlying mechanisms are still obscure. Recent studies show that protease-activated receptor (PAR)-2, a major receptor of activated factor X, is expressed in both vascular cells and leukocytes, suggesting that PAR-2 may contri...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hara T,Phuong PT,Fukuda D,Yamaguchi K,Murata C,Nishimoto S,Yagi S,Kusunose K,Yamada H,Soeki T,Wakatsuki T,Imoto I,Shimabukuro M,Sata M

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic, renal and splanchnic hemodynamics, intravascular volume, circulating catecholamine levels and plasma renin activity were compared in 39 patients with borderline hypertension and 28 normotensive subjects, who were less than 5% (n = 42, lean patients) or more than 40% overweight (n = 25, obese patients). Lean ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Messerli FH,Ventura HO,Reisin E,Dreslinski GR,Dunn FG,MacPhee AA,Frohlich ED

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary hypertension induced by chronic hypoxia is characterized by thickening of pulmonary artery walls, elevated pulmonary vascular resistance, and right-heart failure. Prostacyclin analogues reduce pulmonary pressures in this condition; raising the possibility that cycloxygenase-2 (COX-2) modulates the ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pidgeon GP,Tamosiuniene R,Chen G,Leonard I,Belton O,Bradford A,Fitzgerald DJ

更新日期：2004-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children listed for heart transplantation face the highest waiting list mortality in solid-organ transplantation medicine. We examined waiting list mortality since the pediatric heart allocation system was revised in 1999 to determine whether the revised allocation system is prioritizing patients optimally a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Almond CSD,Thiagarajan RR,Piercey GE,Gauvreau K,Blume ED,Bastardi HJ,Fynn-Thompson F,Singh TP

更新日期：2009-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, despite our better understanding of the pathobiology of atherosclerosis, our knowledge of risk factors, the widespread availability of inexpensive cholesterol screening, and the availability of effective and well-tole...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： LaRosa JC

更新日期：2001-10-02 00:00:00