Excess mortality due to coronary artery disease after valve surgery. Secular trends in valvular regurgitation and effect of internal mammary artery bypass.

abstract：BACKGROUND:After a cavopulmonary anastomosis, the superior vena caval flow, by virtue of being the effective pulmonary blood flow, is the most important factor influencing the systemic arterial saturation. Determination of the amount of this blood flow will allow a better understanding of the physiology of the circulat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Salim MA,DiSessa TG,Arheart KL,Alpert BS

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We recently reported that arterial superoxide (O2-) is augmented by increased endothelin-1 (ET-1) in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertension, a model of low renin hypertension. Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), a potent reducing molecule with antioxidant properties and an essential cofactor for endothe...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zheng JS,Yang XQ,Lookingland KJ,Fink GD,Hesslinger C,Kapatos G,Kovesdi I,Chen AF

更新日期：2003-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Variations in the frequency of ventricular premature depolarizations (VPDs) were evaluated with three consecutive 24-hour long-term electrocardiography monitor recordings from 15 clinically stable patients with various cardiac disorders. Mean hourly VPD frequencies ranged from 37--1,801 per hour. Data were subjected t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Morganroth J,Michelson EL,Horowitz LN,Josephson ME,Pearlman AS,Dunkman WB

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Very early (day 4) hospital discharge has recently been proposed for selected patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI). The purpose of this study was to determine the most useful factors for identifying acute MI patients treated with aggressive interventional therapy who could be safely discharged on d...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mark DB,Sigmon K,Topol EJ,Kereiakes DJ,Pryor DB,Candela RJ,Califf RM

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mechanical dyssynchrony is a potential means to predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). We hypothesized that novel echocardiographic image speckle tracking can quantify dyssynchrony and predict response to CRT. METHODS AND RESULTS:Seventy-four subjects were studied: 64 heart failure pat...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Suffoletto MS,Dohi K,Cannesson M,Saba S,Gorcsan J 3rd

更新日期：2006-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In 15 of 126 (12%) patients with truncus arteriosus who were catheterized at the Mayo Clinic from 1967 through 1975, natural agenesis of one pulmonary artery was present. Ten truncus patients with either natural or acquired absence of one pulmonary artery have undergone definitive operation. The criteria for operabili...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Mair DD,Ritter DG,Danielson GK,Wallace RB,McGoon DC

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanism of delayed preconditioning induced by activation of adenosine A(1) receptors (A(1)ARs) is not fully understood. We determined the role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in mediating adenosine-induced late cardioprotection using pharmacological inhibitors and iNOS gene-knockout mice. ME...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zhao T,Xi L,Chelliah J,Levasseur JE,Kukreja RC

更新日期：2000-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to compare the risk conferred by white-coat versus sustained mild hypertension for the development of cardiovascular disease. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients (n=479) who underwent 24-hour intra-arterial ambulatory blood pressure monitoring on the basis of a persistently elevated clini...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Khattar RS,Senior R,Lahiri A

更新日期：1998-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While previous clinical studies have shown a possible beneficial effect of the reperfusion performed at a relatively late phase of acute myocardial infarction ("late reperfusion") in preventing left ventricular enlargement, the mechanism has not been clarified. METHODS AND RESULTS:Of 89 patients with an ini...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Hirayama A,Adachi T,Asada S,Mishima M,Nanto S,Kusuoka H,Yamamoto K,Matsumura Y,Hori M,Inoue M

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interleukin (IL)-6-related cytokines share gp130 as the signal-transducing protein. Downstream of gp130, two signal-transducing pathways have been recognized, the Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) pathway and the Ras-mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. To d...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kunisada K,Hirota H,Fujio Y,Matsui H,Tani Y,Yamauchi-Takihara K,Kishimoto T

更新日期：1996-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological studies and animal experiments have provided evidence supporting the role of lipid peroxidation in atherogenesis and cardiovascular diseases. Direct evidence linking lipid oxidation to atherosclerotic progression in humans, however, has been lacking. We investigated the association of lipid o...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Salonen JT,Nyyssönen K,Salonen R,Porkkala-Sarataho E,Tuomainen TP,Diczfalusy U,Björkhem I

更新日期：1997-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During septic shock, the vasoconstrictor response to norepinephrine is seriously blunted. Animal experiments suggest that hyperpolarization of smooth muscle cells by opening of potassium (K) channels underlies this phenomenon. In the present study, we examined whether K-channel blockers and/or nitric oxide (...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Pickkers P,Dorresteijn MJ,Bouw MP,van der Hoeven JG,Smits P

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with congestive heart failure have a high incidence of sudden cardiac death that is attributed to ventricular arrhythmias. The mortality rate in a group of patients with class III and IV heart failure is about 40% per year, and half of the deaths are sudden. Half of the patients with New York Heart Associatio...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Bigger JT Jr

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a life-threatening disease, characterized by vascular smooth muscle cell hyperproliferation. The calcium/calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase 1 (PDE1) may play a major role in vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation. METHODS AND RESULTS:We investigated the expres...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schermuly RT,Pullamsetti SS,Kwapiszewska G,Dumitrascu R,Tian X,Weissmann N,Ghofrani HA,Kaulen C,Dunkern T,Schudt C,Voswinckel R,Zhou J,Samidurai A,Klepetko W,Paddenberg R,Kummer W,Seeger W,Grimminger F

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) have demonstrated the efficacy of surgical and catheter-mediated ablative procedures based on activation mapping during VT. Since extensive preoperative or intraoperative mapping may be impractical due to time constraints or patient intolerance, ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Miller JM,Marchlinski FE,Buxton AE,Josephson ME

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of isoproterenol on increasing the peak amplitude of the L-type calcium current is reduced in myocytes dispersed from the epicardial border zone (EBZ) of the 5-day infarcted canine heart when compared with control cells from noninfarcted hearts. This suggests that specific alterations in the beta-...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Steinberg SF,Zhang H,Pak E,Pagnotta G,Boyden PA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a spectrum of mitral leaflet abnormalities has been related to the mechanism of mitral systolic anterior motion (SAM), which causes both subaortic obstruction and mitral regurgitation. In the individual patient, SAM and regurgitation vary in parallel; clinically, however, grea...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Schwammenthal E,Nakatani S,He S,Hopmeyer J,Sagie A,Weyman AE,Lever HM,Yoganathan AP,Thomas JD,Levine RA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endothelin (ET) system is comprised of 4 active ETs, with ET-1 being the predominant isoform in the cardiovascular system. Because of the potent vasoconstricting and mitogenic effects of ET-1 and its involvement in various cardiovascular diseases, blockade of the ET receptor has received considerable attention. ET...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Rich S,McLaughlin VV

更新日期：2003-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapping of blood velocities across the lumen of the ascending aorta was performed in eight patients during open-heart surgery. A Doppler ultrasound probe was constructed to measure velocities in 2 mm steps from the maximum convexity to the maximum concavity of aorta, 6 to 7 cm above the aortic valve. In five patients ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Segadal L,Matre K

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior studies have demonstrated the presence of inhomogeneities in myocardial [K+]e after serial 10-minute occlusions of the left anterior descending coronary artery in the pig, even within restricted locations of an ischemic zone. These inhomogeneities are thought to underlie the electrophysiological abnormalities re...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Johnson TA,Engle CL,Boyd LM,Koch GG,Gwinn M,Gettes LS

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of premature ventricular stimuli are being used during programmed stimulation of the heart in the investigation of patients with documented or suspected ventricular arrhythmias. To analyze the significance of the different types of ventricular arrhythmias that are initiated, we evaluated in a pros...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Brugada P,Green M,Abdollah H,Wellens HJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, only anecdotal information exists on the presentation and outcome of coronary arterial injury after ablation procedures. METHODS AND RESULTS:Four patients who sustained coronary artery injury of a cohort of patients undergoing 4655 consecutive ablation procedures (0.09%) are described. The patien...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Roberts-Thomson KC,Steven D,Seiler J,Inada K,Koplan BA,Tedrow UB,Epstein LM,Stevenson WG

更新日期：2009-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemodialysis vascular access dysfunction is the single most important cause of morbidity in kidney hemodialysis patients. Failure of an arteriovenous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft, the most common form of hemodialysis access, is primarily due to intimal hyperplasia and thrombosis at the venous anastom...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Luo Z,Akita GY,Date T,Treleaven C,Vincent KA,Woodcock D,Cheng SH,Gregory RJ,Jiang C

更新日期：2005-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although early intravenous beta-blocker therapy during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) reduces the incidence of fatal arrhythmias in patients not treated with thrombolytic agents, its antiarrhythmic effect in thrombolysed patients remains controversial. We investigated prospectively the arrhythmia incidenc...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Heidbüchel H,Tack J,Vanneste L,Ballet A,Ector H,Van de Werf F

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronal, horizontal, and sagittal sections through the mid-line are excellent ways of depicting the anatomical position of the aortic root and for studying its topographical relationship to the surrounding vascular structures. Minimal radiographic abnormalities or no abnormalities at all may be present with an enlarge...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Viamote M,Camacho M,Cahill DR,Viamonte M,Mori K

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown that hypertrophy of surviving myocytes after myocardial infarction (MI) is limited. Progressive ventricular dilatation after MI may occur when compensatory hypertrophy cannot restore left ventricular (LV) wall stress to normal. METHODS AND RESULTS:To test whether induction of add...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Litwin SE,Raya TE,Anderson PG,Litwin CM,Bressler R,Goldman S

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously suggested that the primary arterial switch operation is a feasible strategy for patients with transposition of the great arteries and intact ventricular septum (TGA-IVS) up to age 2 months. This study reports our current results with this approach and examines whether this policy could be ...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kang N,de Leval MR,Elliott M,Tsang V,Kocyildirim E,Sehic I,Foran J,Sullivan I

更新日期：2004-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A variety of transcatheter atrial septal defect (ASD) occluders are currently in use around the world. Although for the most part effective, all of these devices lack features that would be desirable in a "perfect" device. The Helex septal occluder is a new type of device designed to improve the results of t...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Zahn EM,Wilson N,Cutright W,Latson LA

更新日期：2001-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy is increasing in frequency, as is reoperative bypass. However, there exist very little data on early outcomes of patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction undergoing reoperation. Hence, we tested the following hypotheses...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Kron IL,Cope JT,Baker LD Jr,Spotnitz HM

更新日期：1997-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe obesity can result in proteinuria and progressive glomerulosclerosis in humans and experimental animals. The associated renal disease is ameliorated by weight reduction and/or blockade of the renin-angiotensin system. Various growth factors, cytokines, and lipid mediators are implicated in the pathoge...

journal_title：Circulation

authors： Xu ZG,Lanting L,Vaziri ND,Li Z,Sepassi L,Rodriguez-Iturbe B,Natarajan R

更新日期：2005-04-19 00:00:00