Successful treatment of intraoperative pulmonary tumor embolism from renal cell carcinoma.

abstract：:The records of 153 patients with doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defect (DCVSD) who underwent intracardiac repair were analyzed to evaluate factors responsible for aortic valve leaflet deformity. The patients were divided into two groups according to their echocardiographic and angiographic features as...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kobayashi J,Koike K,Senzaki H,Kobayashi T,Tsunemoto M,Ishizawa A,Ohta Y,Shimada M,Omoto R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify the clinical parameters of absolutely poor-prognosis patients with chronic critical limb ischemia (AP-CLI). Sixteen no-option CLI patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans: ASO (nine) and non-ASO patients (seven) treated with bone marrow-mononuclear cell implantation (BMI) were an...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Oda M,Toba K,Kato K,Ozawa T,Yanagawa T,Ikarashi N,Takayama T,Suzuki T,Hanawa H,Masuko M,Kobayashi H,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is a widely used tool to investigate endothelial function. However, FMD assessment may cause mechanical damage to the arterial endothelium. In this study we investigated the effect of FMD assessment on endothelial function. We studied 20 healthy subjects (26 ± 6 years; 12 males). FMD was a...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Nerla R,Di Monaco A,Sestito A,Lamendola P,Di Stasio E,Romitelli F,Lanza GA,Crea F

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a major cause of death in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Systemic ventricular dysfunction is a reported risk factor for SCA. We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 46 patients (age >6 years) who experienced SCA. The following underlying cardiac defects were obs...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Miyazaki A,Sakaguchi H,Ohuchi H,Yasuda K,Tsujii N,Matsuoka M,Yamamoto T,Yazaki S,Tsuda E,Yamada O

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular Na(+) ([Na(+)](i)) regulation plays a crucial role in the structural, mechanical, and electrical properties of myocardium. It is assumed that the [Na(+)](i) handling system may differ not only between normal and diseased hearts but also regionally within a heart. To gain new insight concerning disease- a...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yamamoto T,Shirayama T,Takahashi T,Matsubara H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very late stent thrombosis (VLST) is a serious complication after percutaneous coronary intervention. However, the best therapy for VLST with late-acquired incomplete stent apposition and incomplete neointimal coverage remains unknown. In these cases, neointimal coverage was nearly complete and no late-acquired malapp...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kakefuda Y,Sato A,Watabe H,Aihara H,Nishina H,Noguchi Y,Hoshi T,Aonuma K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex-related factors play an important role in the pathophysiology of heart failure (HF). However, trends in sex-related differences in hospital management for HF are not clear. We identified patients hospitalized for HF through a nationwide database (National Health Insurance in Taiwan), containing 722,272 subjects fr...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Yang HY,Chiu WC,Huang JH,Hsu CY,Lin YK,Chen YJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein an adult case of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (Bland-White-Garland syndrome; BWG syndrome). The patient had chest discomfort during exercise and signs of mitral regurgitation. We diagnosed him as having BWG syndrome by angiography, and performed surgical treat...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Ishihata T,Takeda H,Katohno E,Techigawara M,Owada K,Murata N,Ohta H,Maruyama Y

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An expandable polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) covered stent is generally employed to seal coronary artery perforation. The frequency of ePTFE covered stent use is relatively low; thus, only a handful of studies have reported neointimal coverage and endothelialization inside the deployed ePTFE and clinical time course ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Kongoji K,Ishibashi Y,Kotoku N,Kasahara M,Yamazaki H,Mitarai T,Kamijima R,Koyama K,Yoneyama K,Tanabe Y,Akashi YJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Downregulation of glucose and fatty acid oxidation occurs in heart failure (HF). Trimetazidine reduces fatty acid oxidation and increases glucose oxidation. In this single-blind study, trimetazidine, 20 mg three times per day (n = 51) or placebo (n = 36) was added to treatment of 87 HF patients receiving optimal HF th...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Gunes Y,Guntekin U,Tuncer M,Sahin M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence suggests that mitral regurgitation (MR) is associated with higher mortality in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction. However, prognostic impact of MR on heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has not been fully examined. The Japanese Heart Failure Sy...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Oikawa M,Yoshihisa A,Sato Y,Nagai T,Yoshikawa T,Saito Y,Yamamoto K,Takeishi Y,Anzai T

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial fibrosis and microvascular dysfunction are key determinants of outcome in heart failure (HF); we examined their relationship in patients with HF. Our study included 61 consecutive patients with HF but without coronary stenosis. All underwent gadolinium-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance to evaluate late ga...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Uemura T,Yamamuro M,Kaikita K,Takashio S,Utsunomiya D,Hirakawa K,Nakayama M,Sakamoto K,Yamamoto E,Tsujita K,Kojima S,Hokimoto S,Yamashita Y,Ogawa H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) mechanical stress and the contact of blood with artificial surfaces lead to the activation of pro- and anticoagulant systems and the complement cascade, and to changes in cellular components. This phenomenon causes the "postperfusion-syndrome", with leukocytosis, increased capillary...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Grossmann R,Babin-Ebell J,Misoph M,Schwender S,Neukam K,Hickethier T,Elert O,Keller F

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrostatic pressure (perfusion pressure) of the isovolumic isolated perfused rat heart regulated the hydrodynamics (water movement) of the myocardium. An abrupt (10 s) decrease in hydrostatic pressure caused an immediate decrease in oxygen consumption, left ventricular developed pressure, and wall thickness. Wall...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Watters TA,Bouchard A,Wu ST,Parmley WW,Wikman-Coffelt J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing methods to calculate pre-test probability of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) have been established using selected high-risk patients who were referred to conventional coronary angiography. The purpose of this study is to develop and validate our new method for pre-test probability of obstructive CAD...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Fujimoto S,Kondo T,Yamamoto H,Yokoyama N,Tarutani Y,Takamura K,Urabe Y,Konno K,Nishizaki Y,Shinozaki T,Kihara Y,Daida H,Isshiki T,Takase S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a common primary myocardial disease leading to congestive heart failure, arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. Increasing studies demonstrate substantial genetic determinants for DCM. Nevertheless, DCM is of substantial genetic heterogeneity, and the genetic basis for DCM in most patient...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sun YM,Wang J,Xu YJ,Wang XH,Yuan F,Liu H,Li RG,Zhang M,Li YJ,Shi HY,Zhao L,Qiu XB,Qu XK,Yang YQ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing and amplitude of reflected arterial waves in the ascending aorta were studied by analysis of the aortic pressure waveform and were compared with those derived using wave intensity analysis. Wave intensity analysis considers aortic pressure changes to be the result of forward and backward wavelets carrying e...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Koh TW,Pepper JR,DeSouza AC,Parker KH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral autonomic function is impaired in diabetic polyneuropathy. However, it is difficult to evaluate it due to the lack of non-invasive quantitative assessment. We aimed to establish a novel index to evaluate vascular autonomic function using reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT), a widely pe...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Hamada S,Oono A,Ishihara Y,Hasegawa Y,Akaza M,Sumi Y,Inoue Y,Izumiyama H,Hirao K,Isobe M,Sasano T

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-sectional data suggest that the degree of coronary atherosclerosis is associated with aerobic fitness. However, there are limited longitudinal data addressing whether aerobic fitness is a predictor of coronary atherosclerosis progression. This study investigated whether peak oxygen consumption is related to a lo...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sung J,Cho SJ,Choe YH,Yoo S,Woo KG,Choi YH,Hong KP

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Warfarin-induced skin necrosis is the rare but potentially devastating complication of anticoagulant therapy and commonly occurs in previously undetected C- and S-protein deficient patients. Because routine preoperative examination does not include protein C and S level measurement, detection of these patients preoper...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Oz BS,Asgun F,Oz K,Kuralay E,Tatar H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a mass chest computed tomography (CT) screening using a mobile helical CT unit, we measured the aortic diameter at three segments to confirm standard values and also attempted to detect any asymptomatic aortic aneurysms. The population screened in the present study consisted of 6971 subjects (3847 men and 3124 wome...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Itani Y,Watanabe S,Masuda Y,Hanamura K,Asakura K,Sone S,Sunami Y,Miyamoto T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate systemic right ventricular (RV) dyssynchrony in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CCTGA) and transposition of the great arteries (TGA) with New York Heart Association functional class (NYHA FC) < III. We used cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Shiina Y,Inai K,Takahashi T,Taniguchi K,Watanabe E,Fukushima K,Niwa K,Nagao M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the histopathological findings of right ventricular endomyocardial biopsies from ten patients less than 60 years of age (47 +/- 9.8 (mean +/- SD) years) with documented atrioventricular block but without apparent heart disease. They underwent electrophysiological testing, echoc...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Teragaki M,Toda I,Sakamoto K,Shimada K,Yamagishi H,Yoshiyama M,Akioka K,Kawase Y,Nishimoto M,Takeuchi K,Yoshikawa J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but life-threatening cardiac disorder characterized by maternal systolic heart failure. Although PPCM is a major cause of maternal mortality, little is known about the acute-phase management of PPCM in real-world clinical settings. We retrospectively identified patients hospi...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Isogai T,Matsui H,Tanaka H,Fushimi K,Yasunaga H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AST-120 has been used widely in Japan to slow the deterioration of renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) by decreasing uremic toxins. The heart and the kidney are closely related, with cardiorenal interaction being very important. This retrospective study examined whether AST-120 influences the ...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sato E,Tanaka A,Oyama J,Yamasaki A,Shimomura M,Hiwatashi A,Ueda Y,Amaha M,Nomura M,Matsumura D,Nakamura T,Node K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial perfusion and perfusion reserve are diminished in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Phase-contrast (PC) cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the coronary sinus serves as a non-invasive means of quantifying coronary flow reserve (CFR) without any radioactive tracer. The present study aimed to evalu...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Sugimoto Y,Kato S,Fukui K,Iwasawa T,Utsunomiya D,Kimura K,Tamura K

更新日期：2021-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of inflammation in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and the mechanism by which statin treats ACS is explored. Serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels were measured in 50 patients with ACS [including 30 cases with unstable angina (UA) and 20 patients with acute myocardia...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Luo Y,Jiang D,Wen D,Yang J,Li L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scanning electron microscopy was used to compare the shape, size, and connection of left ventricular (LV) myocytes between spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY) at 3, 8, 15, 35, and 63 weeks of age. For either strain at each age, five rats were studied, in which LV myocytes consisted of a c...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Okabe M,Kawamura K,Terasaki F,Hayashi T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have theoretically proposed "systolic pressure-volume area" (PVA) as a measure of total mechanical energy generated by ventricular contraction. We then experimentally showed that PVA closely correlates with left ventricular oxygen consumption (Vo2) regardless of ventricular loading conditions in a stable contractil...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Suga H,Goto Y,Futaki S,Kawaguchi O,Yaku H,Hata K,Takasago T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular calcification is an ectopic calcification that commonly occurs in atherosclerosis. Because taurine was previously shown to protect against cardiovascular diseases, the effect of taurine on vascular calcification was evaluated in calcified vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) of rat in vitro in the present stu...

journal_title：Heart and vessels

authors： Li J,Zhang B,Huang Z,Wang S,Tang C,Du J

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00