Elevated Circulating Fibrocytes Is a Marker of Left Atrial Fibrosis and Recurrence of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2013 the Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium developed an organized approach for the management of patients resuscitated from shockable rhythms to gain early access to the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) in the metro area of Minneapolis-St. Paul. METHODS AND RESULTS:Eleven hospitals with 24/7 per...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Garcia S,Drexel T,Bekwelem W,Raveendran G,Caldwell E,Hodgson L,Wang Q,Adabag S,Mahoney B,Frascone R,Helmer G,Lick C,Conterato M,Baran K,Bart B,Bachour F,Roh S,Panetta C,Stark R,Haugland M,Mooney M,Wesley K,Yan

更新日期：2016-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data are limited regarding outcomes of deferred lesions in patients with angiographically insignificant stenosis but low fractional flow reserve (FFR). We investigated the natural history of angiographically insignificant stenosis with low FFR among patients who underwent routine 3-vessel FFR measurement. M...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Lee JM,Koo BK,Shin ES,Nam CW,Doh JH,Hu X,Ye F,Chen S,Yang J,Chen J,Tanaka N,Yokoi H,Matsuo H,Takashima H,Shiono Y,Hwang D,Park J,Kim KJ,Akasaka T,Wang J

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metformin use reduces the incidence and severity of stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). The benefits of metformin for stroke have not been examined in hemodialysis patients with DM. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using the National Health Insurance Research Database, we identified 17 760 patients wi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Chien LN,Chou CL,Chen HH,Kao CC,Lin YC,Wu YL,Chen JS,Chen LY,Fang TC

更新日期：2017-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Background White matter hyperintensities ( WMHs ) are commonly asymmetric between hemispheres but for unknown reasons. We investigated asymmetric WMHs associated with lacunar infarcts. Methods and Results A total of 267 consecutive patients with small first-ever supratentorial infarcts (≤20 mm) were included. None had...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Ryu WS,Schellingerhout D,Ahn HS,Park SH,Hong KS,Jeong SW,Park MS,Choi KH,Kim JT,Kim BJ,Han MK,Lee J,Cha JK,Kim DH,Nah HW,Lee SJ,Cho YJ,Lee BC,Yu KH,Oh MS,Park JM,Kang K,Lee KB,Park TH,Park SS,Smith EE,

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chest pain is a common reason for referral to pediatric cardiologists. Although pediatric chest pain is rarely attributable to serious cardiac pathology, extensive and costly evaluation is often performed. We have implemented a standardized approach to pediatric chest pain in our pediatric cardiology clinics...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Verghese GR,Friedman KG,Rathod RH,Meiri A,Saleeb SF,Graham DA,Geggel RL,Fulton DR

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of dementia as well as Alzheimer disease in observational studies. Whether this association reflects causal association is still unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine the causal association of AF with Alzheimer disea...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Pan Y,Wang Y,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular proliferative diseases such as atherosclerosis are inflammatory disorders involving multiple cell types including macrophages, lymphocytes, endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Although activation of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway in vessels has been shown to be critical for the...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Yoshida T,Yamashita M,Horimai C,Hayashi M

更新日期：2013-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum bicarbonate varies over time in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, and this variability may portend poor cardiovascular outcomes. The aim of this study was to conduct a time-updated longitudinal analysis to evaluate the association of serum bicarbonate with long-term clinical outcomes: heart failur...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Dobre M,Yang W,Pan Q,Appel L,Bellovich K,Chen J,Feldman H,Fischer MJ,Ham LL,Hostetter T,Jaar BG,Kallem RR,Rosas SE,Scialla JJ,Wolf M,Rahman M,CRIC Study Investigators.

更新日期：2015-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Hypertensive myocardial fibrosis (MF) is characterized by excessive deposition of extracellular matrix and cardiac fibroblast proliferation, which can lead to heart failure, malignant arrhythmia, and sudden death. In recent years, with the deepening of research, microRNAs have been found to have an importan...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Zhang W,Wang Q,Feng Y,Chen X,Yang L,Xu M,Wang X,Li W,Niu X,Gao D

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Background After the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak, social isolation measures were introduced to contain infection. Although there is currently a slowing down of the infection, a reduction of hospitalizations, especially for myocardial infarction, was observed. The aim of our study is to evaluate the impact of the...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Cammalleri V,Muscoli S,Benedetto D,Stifano G,Macrini M,Di Landro A,Di Luozzo M,Marchei M,Mariano EG,Cota L,Sergi D,Bezzeccheri A,Bonanni M,Baluci M,De Vico P,Romeo F

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Muscular dystrophy (MD) causes a progressive cardiomyopathy characterized by diffuse fibrosis, arrhythmia, heart failure, and early death. Activation of the thromboxane-prostanoid receptor (TPr) increases calcium transients in cardiomyocytes and is proarrhythmic and profibrotic. We hypothesized that TPr act...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： West JD,Galindo CL,Kim K,Shin JJ,Atkinson JB,Macias-Perez I,Pavliv L,Knollmann BC,Soslow JH,Markham LW,Carrier EJ

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for ischemic stroke; however, a targeted treatment strategy is lacking partly because of limited understanding of the causal role of homocysteine in cerebrovascular pathogenesis. Methods and Results In a genetic model of cystathionine beta synthase (CBS) deficiency, we ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Gu SX,Sonkar VK,Katare PB,Kumar R,Kruger WD,Arning E,Bottiglieri T,Lentz SR,Dayal S

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about causality and pathological mechanism underlying association of postinfarct fever with myocardial injury in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 276 patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocar...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Jang WJ,Yang JH,Song YB,Chun WJ,Oh JH,Park YH,Lee MR,Hwang JK,Hwang JW,Hahn JY,Choi SH,Lee SC,Choe YH,Gwon HC

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a disorder of chronic orthostatic intolerance accompanied by excessive orthostatic tachycardia. Patients with POTS commonly have comorbid conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, or fibromyalgia that are treated with medications that inh...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Green EA,Raj V,Shibao CA,Biaggioni I,Black BK,Dupont WD,Robertson D,Raj SR

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) is a noninvasive therapeutic strategy that uses brief cycles of blood pressure cuff inflation and deflation to protect the myocardium against ischemia-reperfusion injury. The objective of this systematic review was to determine the impact of RIC on myocardial salvage index,...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： McLeod SL,Iansavichene A,Cheskes S

更新日期：2017-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Background The "healthy obese" hypothesis suggests the risks associated with excess adiposity are reduced in those with higher muscle quality (mass/strength). Alternative possibilities include loss of muscle quality as people become unwell (reverse causality) or unmeasured confounding. Methods and Results We conducted...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Farmer RE,Mathur R,Schmidt AF,Bhaskaran K,Fatemifar G,Eastwood SV,Finan C,Denaxas S,Smeeth L,Chaturvedi N

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent literature suggests that blood pressure variability (BPV) predicts outcome beyond blood pressure level (BPL) and that antihypertensive drug classes differentially influence BPV. We compared calcium channel blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockade for effect...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Asayama K,Ohkubo T,Hanazawa T,Watabe D,Hosaka M,Satoh M,Yasui D,Staessen JA,Imai Y,Hypertensive Objective Treatment Based on Measurement by Electrical Devices of Blood Pressure (HOMED‐BP) Study Investigators.

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a potentially life-threatening disease that is common in older individuals. Currently, therapeutic options are limited to surgical interventions. Although it has long been known that AAA tissue is enriched in B cells and immunoglobulins, their involvement in AAA pathogenesi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Furusho A,Aoki H,Ohno-Urabe S,Nishihara M,Hirakata S,Nishida N,Ito S,Hayashi M,Imaizumi T,Hiromatsu S,Akashi H,Tanaka H,Fukumoto Y

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Data on race- and ethnicity-based disparities in the utilization and outcomes of structural heart disease interventions in the United States are scarce. Methods and Results We used the National Inpatient Sample (2011-2016) to examine racial and ethnic differences in the utilization, in-hospital outcomes, an...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Alkhouli M,Alqahtani F,Holmes DR,Berzingi C

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Neurocognitive impairment is a common complication of congenital heart disease (CHD) as well as acquired cardiovascular disease. Data are limited on neurocognitive function in adults with CHD (ACHD). Methods and Results A total of 1020 individuals with mild-to-moderate ACHD and 497 987 individuals without A...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Perrotta ML,Saha P,Zawadzki R,Beidelman M,Ingelsson E,Lui GK,Priest JR

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is caused by pathogenic sarcomere gene variants. Individuals with a thin-filament variant present with milder hypertrophy than carriers of thick-filament variants, although prognosis is poorer. Herein, we defined if decreased energetic status of the heart is an early pathomechani...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Parbhudayal RY,Harms HJ,Michels M,van Rossum AC,Germans T,van der Velden J

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Background The interrelationships among the different stages of impaired glucose metabolism, insulin resistance, and hypertension are not fully understood. Methods and Results We investigated the impact of insulin resistance, plasma glucose, and serum immunoreactive insulin levels on hypertension in 19 166 participant...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Sasaki N,Ozono R,Higashi Y,Maeda R,Kihara Y

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus is closely associated with metabolic risk factors that all contribute to impairment of the left ventricle. The implications of having type 2 diabetes mellitus with well-controlled metabolic risk factors compared to an increasing burden of uncontrolled metabolic risk factors on left ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Jørgensen PG,Jensen MT,Biering-Sørensen T,Mogelvang R,Fritz-Hansen T,Vilsbøll T,Rossing P,Jensen JS

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The intersection of heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) is common, but the burden of AF among black patients with HF is poorly characterized. We sought to determine the prevalence of AF, characteristics, in-hospital outcomes, and warfarin use associated with AF in patients hospitalized with HF as...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Thomas KL,Piccini JP,Liang L,Fonarow GC,Yancy CW,Peterson ED,Hernandez AF,Get With the Guidelines Steering Committee and Hospitals.

更新日期：2013-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long chain acyl-CoA synthetases (ACSL) catalyze long-chain fatty acids (FA) conversion to acyl-CoAs. Temporal ACSL1 inactivation in mouse hearts (Acsl1(H-/-)) impaired FA oxidation and dramatically increased glucose uptake, glucose oxidation, and mTOR activation, resulting in cardiac hypertrophy. We used unb...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Schisler JC,Grevengoed TJ,Pascual F,Cooper DE,Ellis JM,Paul DS,Willis MS,Patterson C,Jia W,Coleman RA

更新日期：2015-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Coronary flow capacity (CFC), which is a categorical assessment based on the combination of hyperemic coronary flow and coronary flow reserve (CFR), has been introduced as a comprehensive assessment of the coronary circulation to overcome the limitations of CFR alone. The aim of this study was to quantify c...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Murai T,Stegehuis VE,van de Hoef TP,Wijntjens GWM,Hoshino M,Kanaji Y,Sugiyama T,Hamaya R,Nijjer SS,de Waard GA,Echavarria-Pinto M,Knaapen P,Meuwissen M,Davies JE,van Royen N,Escaned J,Siebes M,Kirkeeide RL,Gould KL,

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Background The management of the cardiorenal syndrome in advanced heart failure is challenging, and the role of inotropic drugs has not been fully defined. Our aim was to compare the renal effects of levosimendan versus dobutamine in patients with heart failure and renal impairment. Methods and Results In a randomized...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Lannemyr L,Ricksten SE,Rundqvist B,Andersson B,Bartfay SE,Ljungman C,Dahlberg P,Bergh N,Hjalmarsson C,Gilljam T,Bollano E,Karason K

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Aerobic exercise capacity is inversely associated with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in men and women without coronary artery disease (CAD); however, a higher amount of vigorous exercise is associated with a J-shaped relationship in CAD patients. Therefore, the optimal type and amount of exercise f...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Malik A,Kanduri JS,Asbeutah AAA,Khraishah H,Shen C,Welty FK

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Whether physical activity is a determinant of peripheral artery disease (PAD) remains unclear. We therefore assessed the association of physical activity (amount and intensity) with subsequent risk of hospitalization with PAD and its severe form, critical limb ischemia, in the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Lu Y,Ballew SH,Kwak L,Selvin E,Kalbaugh CA,Schrack JA,Matsushita K,Szklo M

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metabolic syndrome increases risk for atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, and its prevalence increases with increasing age and body mass index. Adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) are now living longer and accruing coronary artery disease risk factors. However, the prevalence of metabolic syndro...

journal_title：Journal of the American Heart Association

authors： Deen JF,Krieger EV,Slee AE,Arslan A,Arterburn D,Stout KK,Portman MA

更新日期：2016-02-12 00:00:00