[Intraoperative and follow-up color Doppler echocardiography for evaluating the surgical results of aortic valvuloplasty in a patient with bicuspid aortic valve].

abstract：:The clinical benefit of cholesterol-lowering treatment is unknown in the Japanese elderly in whom the prevalence of morbidity and mortality related to coronary artery disease are known to be low. To evaluate the efficacy of cholesterol-lowering treatment with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Chikamori T,Sugimoto K,Hamada T,Kitaoka H,Furuno T,Seo H,Doi Y

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transvenous mitral valvuloplasty (PTMV) using the Inoue balloon was performed in 18 patients with symptomatic mitral stenosis. They were seven men and 11 women, ranging in age from 38 to 77 years (mean 59 +/- 10 years). Among them, 13 were categorized as NYHA class II; four as class III; and one as class ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Saito S,Ohtani K,Mochizuki T,Tohjo O,Arai H,Kubori S

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the influence of atrioventricular asynchronous contraction on left and right ventricular performance, pulsed Doppler echocardiographic studies were performed in 10 patients who received permanent pacemaker (VVI mode), but without significant heart disease except for complete heart block. After setting t...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Mizobuchi H,Tanigawa N,Komaki K,Ozawa Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Objective nutritional indexes have been shown to predict prognoses in some clinical settings. We aimed to investigate the prognostic values of these indexes in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed 95 consecutive patients who underwent TAVI a...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Okuno T,Koseki K,Nakanishi T,Sato K,Ninomiya K,Tomii D,Tanaka T,Sato Y,Horiuchi Y,Koike H,Yahagi K,Komiyama K,Tanaka J,Aoki J,Yokozuka M,Miura S,Tanabe K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the limits of recovery of decompensated hearts experimentally and clinically and studied the problems of applying a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). In the chronic experiments, 16 adult goats were studied as follows: Group I consisted of seven with left ventricular infarction in a 70-80% area of the...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kinoshita M,Takano H,Taenaka Y,Nakatani T,Noda H,Tatsumi E,Yagura A,Sekii H,Sasaki E,Akutsu T

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slow flow or no-reflow is a serious complication during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but little is known about the risk factors. A 64-year-old man underwent coronary angiography and PCI for stable angina. Pre-interventional intravascular ultrasound demonstrated an ultrasound attenuated coronary plaque, as...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Furuichi S,Itoh A,Ishibashi-Ueda H,Noguchi T,Miyawaki M,Nomura K,Arita Y,Otsuka M,Shindo T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum levels of lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] have been reported as a residual risk marker for adverse events in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the prognostic impact of Lp(a) on long-term clinical outcomes among diabetic patients on statin therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (PC...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Takahashi N,Dohi T,Funamizu T,Endo H,Wada H,Doi S,Kato Y,Ogita M,Okai I,Iwata H,Okazaki S,Isoda K,Miyauchi K,Shimada K

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF) frequently occurs after cardiac surgery. However, the mechanisms of POAF have not been fully elucidated. We aimed to examine whether pre-operative atrial gene expression related to cardiac metabolism is changed in patients with POAF. METHODS:Right atrial tissue was ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Shingu Y,Yokota T,Takada S,Niwano H,Ooka T,Katoh H,Tachibana T,Kubota S,Matsui Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old man with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia was followed up by coronary angiography for 9 years. During these 9 years, he experienced inferior myocardial infarction twice, at segment 1 of the right coronary artery. A coronary atherosclerotic lesion (50% stenosis) was also present at segment 6 of ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Saku K,Takeda Y,Shirai K,Nii T,Ohta T,Arakawa K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the Klotho gene is recognized as an aging-suppressor gene, the clinical significance of its soluble product, soluble Klotho, in coronary artery disease (CAD) has not been completely determined. The relationship between soluble Klotho and coronary artery calcification (CAC) was investigated in patien...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Koga S,Ikeda S,Akashi R,Yonekura T,Kawano H,Maemura K

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been no study elucidating whether cognitive impairment (CI) can provide additive prognostic information besides that provided by preexisting prognostic factors in elderly patients with heart failure. This study examined whether CI can provide additive prognostic information in elderly patients with...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Saito H,Yamashita M,Endo Y,Mizukami A,Yoshioka K,Hashimoto T,Koseki S,Shimode Y,Kitai T,Maekawa E,Kasai T,Kamiya K,Matsue Y

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) and open mitral commissurotomy (OMC) were evaluated in 18 patients who underwent PTMC and 16 patients who underwent OMC, before and within one month of the procedure, using two-dimensional and color Doppler echocardiography. There was no significant ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Hozumi T,Yoshikawa J,Yoshida K,Akasaka T,Yamaura Y,Shiratori K,Koizumi K,Okumachi F,Kato H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Triple antithrombotic therapy increases the risk of bleeding events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) compared with dual anti-platelet therapy (DAPT). However, whether warfarin control is associated with reduced cardiovascular events and major bleeding events in patients undergo...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Konishi H,Miyauchi K,Kasai T,Tsuboi S,Ogita M,Naito R,Dohi T,Tamura H,Okazaki S,Daida H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little information about the relationship between J waves and the occurrence of ventricular fibrillation (VF) in patients with vasospastic angina (VSA). The present study aimed to assess the incidence of J waves and the occurrence of VF in patients with VSA. METHODS:The subjects consisted of 62 pat...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Fumimoto T,Ueyama T,Shimizu A,Yoshiga Y,Ono M,Kato T,Ishiguchi H,Okamura T,Yamada J,Yano M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significance of the early maximal negative T wave on electrocardiography was evaluated in 74 patients with initial acute anterior myocardial infarction (MI) admitted within 6 hours of onset. The relationship between the negative T wave and the severity of MI, as assessed by MI size and left ventricular dysfunction...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Takigawa O,Kanemoto N,Handa S

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of deterioration of regional wall motion by echocardiography is not only subjective but also features difficulties with interobserver agreement. Progress in digital communication technology has made it possible to send video images from a distant location via the Internet. OBJECTIVES:The possibil...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Hirano Y,Ikuta S,Nakano M,Akiyama S,Nakamura H,Nasu M,Saito F,Nakagawa J,Matsuzaki M,Miyazaki S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The SAPIEN 3 (S3; Edwards Lifescience, Irvine, CA, USA) is a new-generation percutaneous aortic valve with better profile, more precise handling and positioning, designed to reduce the risk of post-procedural paravalvular aortic leak (PVL). The aim of this study was to compare the S3 valve and SAPIEN XT valv...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Arai T,Lefèvre T,Hovasse T,Morice MC,Garot P,Benamer H,Unterseeh T,Hayashida K,Watanabe Y,Bouvier E,Cormier B,Chevalier B

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prediction of perioperative cardiac events associated with noncardiac surgery remains difficult in patients whose functional capacity cannot be evaluated by exercise testing. Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) has been used in these patients to improve risk stratification, but the results of standard D...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yokoshima T,Honma H,Kusama Y,Munakata K,Takano T,Nakanishi K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old man was treated medically under a diagnosis of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy 7 years previously. He was transferred to our hospital because of sudden onset of dyspnea. Chest radiography showed marked pulmonary congestion. Echocardiography revealed hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, with a...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Wakeyama T,Ogawa H,Takaki A,Iwami T,Kimura M,Tanaka T,Uchinoumi H

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Failure to control the ventricular rate in atrial fibrillation (AF) can be treated by radiofrequency (RF), ablation or modification of atrioventricular (AV) node. AV nodal ablation with pacemaker and AV nodal modification are associated with significant improvement in symptoms and quality of life. But there is no evid...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Ohnishi S,Kasanuki H

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic importance of age among well-known prognostic factors such as extent of coronary artery lesions, cardiac function, and myocardial ischemia was evaluated in 147 elderly patients with coronary artery disease aged 65 years or older who underwent dipyridamole perfusion scintigraphy and coronary angiography....

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Furuno T,Yamasaki F,Yabe T,Matsumura Y,Kitaoka H,Doi Y

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Missense mutations in KCNH2, a gene encoding the Kv11.1 channel, cause long QT syndrome (LQTS) type 2 primarily by disrupting the intracellular transport of Kv11.1 to the plasma membrane. The present study aimed to clarify the functional changes by two novel KCNH2 missense mutations. METHODS:We performed ge...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Fukumoto D,Ding WG,Wada Y,Fujii Y,Ichikawa M,Takayama K,Fukuyama M,Kato K,Itoh H,Makiyama T,Omatsu-Kanbe M,Matsuura H,Horie M,Ohno S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:CYP2C19*2 loss-of-function allele in Caucasians may be associated with wide interindividual variability in platelet response to clopidogrel, and the incidence of gene mutation varies with racial differences, especially between Asians and Caucasians. The aim was to examine the impact of CYP2C19 ge...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Yamamoto K,Hokimoto S,Chitose T,Morita K,Ono T,Kaikita K,Tsujita K,Abe T,Deguchi M,Miyagawa H,Saruwatari J,Sumida H,Sugiyama S,Nakagawa K,Ogawa H

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is an inherited genetic disease caused by defective desmosomal proteins, and it has typical histopathological features characterized by predominantly progressive fibro-fatty infiltration of the right ventricle. Clinical presentations of ARVD/C vary fro...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Chung FP,Lin YJ,Chang SL,Lo LW,Hu YF,Tuan TC,Chao TF,Liao JN,Chiou CW,Chen SA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The relationship between the efficacy of the anticholinergic action of disopyramide, cibenzoline and aprindine and age was examined in patients with paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation. METHODS:This prospective, randomized study included 278 patients (200 men, 78 women, mean age 61 +/- 11 years) d...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Komatsu T,Nakamura S,Suzuki O,Yomogida K,Horiuchi D,Abe N,Kameda K,Owada S,Tomita H,Oikawa K,Okumura K

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To analyze plasma adiponectin kinetics in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) and its association with coronary flow reserve (CFR), an index of coronary microcirculatory function. METHODS:A total of 96 cons...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Trifunovic D,Stankovic S,Marinkovic J,Beleslin B,Banovic M,Djukanovic N,Orlic D,Tesic M,Vujisic-Tesic B,Petrovic M,Nedeljkovic I,Stepanovic J,Djordjevic-Dikic A,Giga V,Ostojic M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is said that the chronic outcomes of the two-stent technique for bifurcation lesions are inferior to that of cross-over single stenting. However, there are many cases where true bifurcations are difficult to treat by single stenting and, in particular, strategies for bifurcation lesions that are not left ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Uchida Y,Wagatsuma K,Yamazaki J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although eastern Asian countries are exposed to high levels of air pollution, the impact of long-term exposures to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality is not well identified. We assessed the relationship between long-term PM2.5 exposure and all-cause/cardio...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kim IS,Yang PS,Lee J,Yu HT,Kim TH,Uhm JS,Kim JY,Pak HN,Lee MH,Joung B

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The floppy mitral valve prolapses into the left atrium in such a dynamic manner that the prolapsing floppy mitral valve becomes a space-occupying lesion within the left atrium. A significant result of the floppy mitral valve prolapsing into the left atrium during left ventricular systole is the development of a "third...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Boudoulas H,Wooley CF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines are primarily used worldwide as a preventive medicine for infectious diseases and have recently been applied to cancer. We and others have developed therapeutic vaccines designed for cardiovascular diseases that are notably different from previous vaccines. In the case of cancer vaccines, a specific protein i...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Nakagami H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00