[Precipitating factors in patients with repetitive exacerbation of chronic left heart failure].

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The effectiveness of percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention (PCI) was evaluated for chronic total occlusion (CTO) assessed as non-viable by myocardial scintigraphy. METHODS:In the period from January 2003 to October 2006, 17 patients who had successful reopening of the artery through revascularizat...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Nii H,Wagatsuma K,Kabuki T,Uchida Y,Amano H,Toda M,Yamashina S,Yamazaki J

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of three-dimensional echocardiographic reconstruction by semi-automatic border detection to assess left ventricular volume and function was investigated in a clinically applicable setting in 23 patients with various cardiac diseases and 7 normal volunteers. The commercial equipment permits digital acqu...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Iwase M,Kondo T,Hasegawa K,Kimura M,Matsuyama H,Watanabe Y,Hishida H

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is substantial interest in the use of newer biomarkers to identify patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), recently few investigations have evaluated the incremental usefulness of multiple conventional biomarkers. Combination of several biomarkers simultaneously could enhance risk stratific...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Niizeki T,Takeishi Y,Kitahara T,Suzuki S,Sasaki T,Ishino M,Kubota I

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation and oxidative stress play a role in the pathophysiology of chronic heart failure (CHF). Our previous clinical trial, the Bisoprolol Improvement Group for Chronic Heart Failure Treatment Study in Dokkyo Medical University (BRIGHT-D), reported that bisoprolol is superior to carvedilol for myocardi...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Toyoda S,Haruyama A,Inami S,Arikawa T,Saito F,Watanabe R,Sakuma M,Abe S,Nakajima T,Tanaka A,Node K,Inoue T

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malondialdehyde-modified low-density lipoprotein (MDA-LDL) is a predictive marker of cardiovascular events in patients with stable angina pectoris. However, little is known about this marker in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We investigated the prognostic relevance of MDA-LDL to cardiovascular ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Amioka N,Miyoshi T,Otsuka H,Yamada D,Takaishi A,Ueeda M,Hirohata S,Ito H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocyte injury might be involved in the progression of essential hypertension (EHT) toward heart failure (HF). However, in the absence of high-sensitivity (hs) assay, cardiac troponin T (TnT) in EHT has not been measurable. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 236 consecutive ambulatory patients (mean age=65.5 ye...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sato Y,Yamamoto E,Sawa T,Toda K,Hara T,Iwasaki T,Fujiwara H,Takatsu Y

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the prognostic impact of preprocedural high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels on the long-term clinical outcomes after first-generation drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS AND RESULTS:We fou...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

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

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite significant advances in pharmacological treatments, pulmonary arterial hypertension remains an incurable disease with an unreasonably high morbidity and mortality. Although specific pharmacotherapies have shifted the survival curves of patients and improved exercise endurance as well as quality of life, it is ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sandoval J,Gomez-Arroyo J,Gaspar J,Pulido-Zamudio T

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriovenous shunt is one of the causes of heart failure, but heart failure caused by common iliac arteriovenous fistula is relatively rare. A 64-year-old man who developed acute heart failure due to venous perforation of a common iliac aneurysm and also had bilateral aneurysms (diameter 58 mm) was referred to our de...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sata N,Hiramine K,Horinouchi T,Amitani S,Miyahara K,Kimura C,Mohara J,Moriyama Y,Tanaka Y,Tsubouchi H

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report of 3 cases of cardiac sarcoidosis. None of the 3 patients had other overt systemic involvement. Multinucleated giant cells and non-caseating epithelial cell granulomas with small lymphocytic infiltrations were detected in the endomyocardial biopsy specimen. Some focal left ventricular wall motion abno...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Sakoda S,Fukuhara T,Mitsunami K,Kinoshita M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemia-reperfusion causes endothelial injury and dysfunction in the infarct-related coronary artery (IRA). Using serial assessment of coronary endothelial vasomotor function and left ventriculography (LVG), this study prospectively investigated the clinical impact of endothelial vasomotor dysfunction in th...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Obata JE,Horikoshi T,Nakamura T,Kugiyama K

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is increased in circulating blood during the acute stage of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Therefore, we compared diagnostic values of PTX3 for ACS with those of biomarkers for myocardial damage, such as troponin T (TnT) and heart-type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP). METHODS AND RESU...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kume N,Mitsuoka H,Hayashida K,Tanaka M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the occurrence of no-reflow during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been shown to be associated with worse short- and long-term clinical outcomes, the clinical relevance of preventing flow deterioration by using the filter-based distal protection devices (DPDs) is controversial. We inves...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Matsumoto K,Ehara S,Hasegawa T,Otsuka K,Yoshikawa J,Shimada K

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in patients with LV dysfunction, LV pressures (manometer tip) and biplane angiograms were analyzed for 27 patients with LV systolic dysfunction (EF < or = 0.45) (dilated cardiomyopathy or coronary artery disease) and 18 normal controls. LV volumes were obtained from f...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Fukui A,Yamakado T,Ueda K,Hiraoka N,Teramura S,Hayashi T,Ookubo S,Hamada M,Nakano T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the pericardial fat volume (PFV) and the characteristics of coronary plaques in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that pericardial adipose tissue promotes plaque development in coronary artery disease (CA...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Okura K,Maeno K,Okura S,Takemori H,Toya D,Tanaka N,Miyayama S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The short-term and long-term predictors of outcome after coronary angioplasty in the unprotected left main coronary artery were investigated. METHODS:The procedure was performed in 122 consecutive patients for de novo lesions without myocardial infarction in our hospital between April 1986 and October 1998,...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kosuga K,Tamai H,Kyo E,Kawashima A,Hata T,Komori H,Tsuji T,Takeda S,Kawamura A,Motohara S,Uehata H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine which improves clinical outcomes more, sutureless (including rapid-deployment) aortic valve replacement (AVR) or transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), we performed a meta-analysis of comparative studies. METHODS:MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched through June 2015 using Web-based search...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Takagi H,Umemoto T,ALICE (All-Literature Investigation of Cardiovascular Evidence) Group.

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated retardation of abnormal uptake of iodine-123-beta-methyl-p-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid(BMIPP) scintigraphy in patients with vasospastic angina. METHODS:Twenty-three patients with vasospastic angina showed abnormal uptake of BMIPP before medical treatment and had coronary vasospasm ...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Inoue F,Hashimoto T,Uemura S,Kawamoto A,Dohi K,Matsushima A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Admission electrocardiography was evaluated to discriminate left circumflex artery (LCX) versus right coronary artery (RCA) as the cause of acute myocardial infarction. METHODS:Electrocardiographic findings were assessed in patients with RCA (n = 60) and LCX (n = 60) occlusion. RESULTS:ST segment elevation...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Misumi I,Shono H,Nakao K,Matsuda H,Horiuchi K,Honda T

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man with old anteroseptal myocardial infarction was admitted to treat a gradually expanding coronary aneurysm. Coronary angiography demonstrated the aneurysm and delayed flow in the left coronary descending artery. The aneurysm was successfully treated with stenting. Technetium-99m-sestamibi single photo...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Koyama Y,Matsuoka H,Kawakami H,Inoue K,Nishimura K,Ito T

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coagulation factor Xa (FXa) promotes thrombus formation and exacerbates inflammation via activation of protease-activated receptor (PAR)-2. We tested the hypothesis of whether administration of direct oral anticoagulant, rivaroxaban, would attenuate transverse aortic constriction (TAC)-induced atrial inflamm...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Kondo H,Abe I,Fukui A,Saito S,Miyoshi M,Aoki K,Shinohara T,Teshima Y,Yufu K,Takahashi N

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the effects of atrial defibrillation in patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy, we clinically and echocardiographically assessed 6 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and 7 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Their mean age was 57 +/- 14 years and the mean duration of their atrial fib...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Shite J,Yokota Y,Nakatani M,Takeuchi Y,Tsumura Y,Kawai H,Ueno H,Kawashima T,Honda Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No heart transplants have been performed in Japan due to various obstacles since the only operation performed in 1968. Since 1981, a number of patients requiring heart transplants have been accepted by foreign transplantation centers in England, the U.S.A., and Germany. This report describes an investigation of the po...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Hachida M,Koyanagi H,Matsuda H,Sono J,Akasaka T,Tanaka K,Nunoda S,Satomi G,Koike K,Miyamoto N,Omoto R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated levels of total plasma adiponectin (APN) and high molecular weight (HMW)-APN have been observed in chronic heart failure (HF) and are associated with poor prognosis, however, the response of APN levels in acute HF is not known. The purpose of this study was to clarify the dynamic changes of the plas...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Ohara T,Hashimura K,Asakura M,Ogai A,Amaki M,Hasegawa T,Kanzaki H,Sonoda M,Nishizawa H,Funahashi T,Kitakaze M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed the side effects of nitroglycerin administration and their clinical significance. METHODS:Adverse reactions associated with sublingual nitroglycerin administration were investigated in 103 patients, 71 men and 32 women (mean age 56 +/- 11 years), 32 patients with coronary artery stenosis...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Noike H,Iizuka T,Matsumoto J,Kaku M,Yoshinaga K,Aoyagi K,Sakurai T,Sugiyama Y,Hitsumoto T,Kanai M,Ohsawa H

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：:A one-hour protocol for stress myocardial scintigraphy using technetium-99m-tetrofosmin (Tc-tetrofosmin) was compared with coronary arteriography for the detection of coronary artery stenosis in 90 consecutive patients without prior myocardial infarction, revascularization procedure or vasospastic angina. Tc-tetrofosm...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Matsuda J,Miyamoto N,Onitsuka H,Ikushima I,Unoki T,Takenaga M,Koiwaya Y,Eto T

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic preconditioning is an attenuation of myocardial ischemia by repeated brief coronary occlusions observed during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The effects of the time delay between balloon inflations during PTCA on ischemic preconditioning were investigated in 48 patients with chronic s...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Tanaka T,Oka Y,Tawara I,Sada T,Kira Y

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Treatment of cardiac failure due to non-ischemic cardiomyopathy by left ventriculoplasty using partial left ventriculectomy (Batista operation) or septal anterior ventricular exclusion was evaluated. METHODS:Left ventriculoplasty was performed in 70 patients (59 men and 11 women with a mean age of 51 years)...

journal_title：Journal of cardiology

authors： Suma H,Isomura T,Horii T,Hisatomi K,Sato T,Kobashi T,Kanemitsu H,Hoshino J,Ueno H,Oda T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00