Effects of ramipril on plasma fibrinolytic balance in patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction. HEART Study Investigators.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of carteolol, a nonselective beta-adrenergic receptor blocker with intrinsic sympathomimetic activity, were compared with those of metoprolol in a murine model of viral myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy caused by encephalomyocarditis virus. METHODS AND RESULTS:In the acute experiment, BALB/...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tominaga M,Matsumori A,Okada I,Yamada T,Kawai C

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored the association between sodium excretion and blood pressure (BP). A new method was used to minimize the measurement error introduced by the large intrinsic variability of 24-hour sodium excretion. The ratio of intra- to interindividual variation was used to estimate the number of measurements neede...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Cooper R,Soltero I,Liu K,Berkson D,Levinson S,Stamler J

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to prospectively test whether the risk of bleeding complications in 212 consecutive outpatients treated with oral anticoagulants could be predicted by levels of endothelium-derived hemostatic variables. METHODS AND RESULTS:All bleeding complications were recorded during 5 years of ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Jansson JH,Boman K,Brännström M,Nilsson TK

更新日期：1997-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:For the past 5 years, investigators from many different laboratories have contributed to a greatly increased understanding of two very important lipid-carrying proteins in plasma--apo B-100 and apo B-48. Apo B-100, an extremely large protein composed of 4,536 amino acids, is synthesized by the liver and is crucial for...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Young SG

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if acute lung rejection after heart-lung transplantation can be detected noninvasively with indium-111-labeled (111In) lymphocytes, we studied 33 allogeneic and 18 isogeneic heterotopic heart-lung transplants in rats. Twenty-four hours after injection of isogeneic splenic 111In-lymphocytes (75 +/- 2 micro...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Arai H,Yuda T,Goodgold HM,deMello DE,Hendershott L,Pennington DG

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resting left ventricular (LV) function was evaluated in 22 patients with permanent ventricular pacemakers. LV ejection fraction and volume indexes were determined by gated blood pool scintigraphy at ventricular pacing rates of 50-100 beats/min. In patients with a normal heart size, increases in pacing rates resulted i...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Narahara KA,Blettel ML

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a life-threatening disorder characterized by increased pulmonary artery pressure, remodeling of the pulmonary vasculature, and right ventricular failure. Loss of endothelium-derived nitric oxide (NO) and prostacyclin contributes to PH pathogenesis, and current therapies are tar...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bubb KJ,Trinder SL,Baliga RS,Patel J,Clapp LH,MacAllister RJ,Hobbs AJ

更新日期：2014-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitral regurgitation (MR) generally accompanies inferobasal myocardial infarction (MI), with leaflet tethering by displaced papillary muscles. Mitral regurgitation is also reported with anteroapical MI without global dilatation or inferior wall motion abnormalities. We hypothesized that anteroapical MI exten...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Yosefy C,Beeri R,Guerrero JL,Vaturi M,Scherrer-Crosbie M,Handschumacher MD,Levine RA

更新日期：2011-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Signaling through protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) is a major contributor to the transmission of mitogenic stimuli to the interior of the cell and nucleus. The present study was designed to determine the effect of the tyrphostin AG1295, a selective blocker of PDGF-receptor PTK, on the growth of porcine and hu...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Banai S,Wolf Y,Golomb G,Pearle A,Waltenberger J,Fishbein I,Schneider A,Gazit A,Perez L,Huber R,Lazarovichi G,Rabinovich L,Levitzki A,Gertz SD

更新日期：1998-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiopulmonary bypass and cardiac surgery are associated with a significant systemic inflammatory response that may increase postoperative complications. This meta-analysis assessed whether the benefits and risks of corticosteroid use were dose dependent in adult cardiac surgery. METHODS AND RESULTS:Random...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ho KM,Tan JA

更新日期：2009-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton (hydrogen-1) magnetic resonance imaging techniques have potential for the detection and characterization of changes associated with myocardial ischemia. Since image contrast is dependent on T1 and T2 relaxation times, we examined these parameters in a canine preparation of occlusion of the left anterior descend...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Johnston DL,Brady TJ,Ratner AV,Rosen BR,Newell JB,Pohost GM,Okada RD

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adrenomedullin (AM) is a novel vasodilating peptide thought to have important effects on cardiovascular function. The aim of this study was to assess the activity of endogenous AM in the cardiovascular system using AM knockout mice. METHODS AND RESULTS:Mice heterozygous for an AM-null mutation (AM+/-) and t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Niu P,Shindo T,Iwata H,Iimuro S,Takeda N,Zhang Y,Ebihara A,Suematsu Y,Kangawa K,Hirata Y,Nagai R

更新日期：2004-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Timely primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) cannot be offered to all patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Pharmaco-invasive (PhI) strategy has been proposed as a valuable alternative for eligible patients with STEMI. We conducted a randomized study to compare the eff...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pu J,Ding S,Ge H,Han Y,Guo J,Lin R,Su X,Zhang H,Chen L,He B,EARLY-MYO Investigators.

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Active myocarditis is characterized by large heterogeneity of clinical presentation and evolution. This study describes the characteristics and the long-term evolution of a large sample of patients with biopsy-proven active myocarditis, looking for accessible and valid early predictors of long-term prognosis...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Anzini M,Merlo M,Sabbadini G,Barbati G,Finocchiaro G,Pinamonti B,Salvi A,Perkan A,Di Lenarda A,Bussani R,Bartunek J,Sinagra G

更新日期：2013-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombolytic therapy is a promising alternative to valve replacement in the management of prosthetic valve thrombosis. We sought to determine the short- and long-term results of treating thrombosed St. Jude heart valves with thrombolytic therapy as the primary treatment modality. METHODS AND RESULTS:Between...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Silber H,Khan SS,Matloff JM,Chaux A,DeRobertis M,Gray R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Precise noninvasive evaluation of pulmonary artery (PA) morphology is extremely important for medical and surgical management of patients with cyanotic heart disease. In this study, the accuracy of two-dimensional echocardiography combined with color Doppler flow mapping to assess the size, stenosis, and atr...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hiraishi S,Misawa H,Hirota H,Agata Y,Horiguchi Y,Fujino N,Yi LH,Yashiro K,Nakae S,Kawada M

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several mortality risk scores exist in cardiac surgery. All include a considerable number of independent risk factors. In elective cardiac surgery patients, the operative mortality is low, the number of events recorded per year is limited, and the risk model may be overfitted. The present study aims to devel...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ranucci M,Castelvecchio S,Menicanti L,Frigiola A,Pelissero G

更新日期：2009-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the past few years, although significant efforts have been made to assess flow distribution during retrograde cerebral perfusion with microspheres, dye, or hydrogen clearance, flow distribution in real time is still undefined. We used MR perfusion imaging to monitor flow distribution in the brain during a...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Ye J,Ryner LN,Kozlowski P,Yang L,Del Bigio MR,Sun J,Donnelly M,Summers R,Salerno TA,Somorjai RL,Saunders JK,Deslauriers R

更新日期：1998-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the rate of left ventricular (LV) relaxation is related to the inotropic state, end-systolic fiber length and peak LV pressure, but little information is available regarding the rate of LV relaxation in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and LV dysfunction. To assess the rate of LV ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Papapietro SE,Coghlan HC,Zissermann D,Russell RO Jr,Rackley CE,Rogers WJ

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute coronary hemodynamic and metabolic effects of intravenous dipyridamole were studied in 13 patients. Total left ventricular (LV), anterior (supplied by the left anterior descending coronary artery) and inferior (supplied by circumflex and right coronary arteries) regional flows and metabolic responses were as...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Feldman RL,Nichols WW,Pepine CJ,Conti CR

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heparin administration is usually limited to intravenous or subcutaneous injection. Oral delivery of heparin is an alternative to this and has been in great demand for treating patients who are at a high risk of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism. In this study, new heparin derivatives were synthesiz...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Lee Y,Nam JH,Shin HC,Byun Y

更新日期：2001-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the extent of myocardial infarction after coronary artery reperfusion, serum levels of cardiac myosin light chain (LC) I and creatine kinase (CK) were determined serially in 49 patients with acute myocardial infarction. Intracoronary thrombolysis was successful in 25 patients (reperfusion group), and 24 pa...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Isobe M,Nagai R,Ueda S,Tsuchimochi H,Nakaoka H,Takaku F,Yamaguchi T,Machii K,Nobuyoshi M,Yazaki Y

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic Chlamydia pneumoniae and Helicobacter pylori infections could be a risk factor for ischemic heart disease (IHD), possibly by increasing fibrinogen levels. The aim of our study was to evaluate changes in fibrinogen level in patients with IHD and H pylori and/or C pneumoniae positivity randomly assigne...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Torgano G,Cosentini R,Mandelli C,Perondi R,Blasi F,Bertinieri G,Tien TV,Ceriani G,Tarsia P,Arosio C,Ranzi ML

更新日期：1999-03-30 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：: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：:From 1962-1977, 99 patients, mean age 65 +/- 0.5 years (range 60-81 years) underwent valve replacement for severe calcific aortic valve stenosis. Ninety-three percent of the patients were in New York Heart Association functional class III or IV. The aortic valve gradient was 76 +/- 3 mm Hg and the aortic valve area in...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Murphy ES,Lawson RM,Starr A,Rahimtoola SH

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrophysiologic mechanisms for the initiation and termination of re-entrant ventricular arrhythmias (RVA) were critically analyzed in dogs 3-7 days following ligation of the anterior descending coronary artery, utilizing direct recordings of the re-entrant pathway (RP) from the epicardial surface of the infarct...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： El-Sherif N,Hope RR,Scherlag BJ,Lazzara R

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the feasibility of bioluminescence imaging (BLI) for the in vivo assessment of cardiac allograft viability and visualization of passenger leukocytes during the course of acute rejection. METHODS AND RESULTS:Hearts of FVB (H-2q) luciferase-green fluorescent protein transgenic mice (beta-actin...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Tanaka M,Swijnenburg RJ,Gunawan F,Cao YA,Yang Y,Caffarelli AD,de Bruin JL,Contag CH,Robbins RC

更新日期：2005-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical significance of pericardial biopsy is controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and diagnostic value of 3 approaches to pericardial biopsy: fluoroscopic control and standard sampling, pericardioscopy guidance with standard sampling, and pericardioscopy guidance with exte...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Seferović PM,Ristić AD,Maksimović R,Tatić V,Ostojić M,Kanjuh V

更新日期：2003-02-25 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