Prognostic importance of comorb ...
The relative impact of comorbidities and parameters of left ventricular diastolic function on clinical outcome has not been thoroughly investigated ...
Pitavastatin prevents postprand ...
Obesity is a well-established risk factor for the development and progression of coronary heart disease. Moreover, endothelial dysfunction is an ear ...
Effect of mini-tyrosyl-tRNA syn ...
The purpose of this study was to determine the mechanism of mini-tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase/mini-tryptophanyl- tRNA synthetase (mini-TyrRS/mini-TrpRS) ...
Two-dimensional strain combined ...
The objective of this study was to explore a new method for the identification of viable myocardium by means of two-dimensional (2D) strain imaging ...
Cardiac and vascular gene profi ...
We investigated cardiac and vascular gene profiles in response to immobilization stress (IMO) in rats, an animal model of emotional stress-induced t ...
Differentiation between acute a ...
Cor pulmonale (CP) is defined as the structural and functional alternation of the right ventricle (RV) caused by primary disorders of the respirator ...
A novel phenylpyridazinone, T-3 ...
Regardless of the origin, injury to the heart can result in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy, fibrosis, and cell death. Myocarditis often progresses to dil ...
Effects of cold pressor-induced ...
Our aim was to evaluate the effects of sympathetic excitation and elevation of blood pressure on mechanical properties of common carotid and femoral ...
Simultaneous and spontaneous mu ...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of myocardial ischemia. Multivessel SCAD is much rarer than single vessel involvement ...
No severe pulmonary vein stenos ...
Few studies have explored the utility of local electrogram-guided extensive encircling pulmonary vein isolation (EEPVI) by analyzing the pulmonary v ...
Cell membrane stretch activates ...
The aim of this study is to determine the signal transduction of membrane stretch on intermediate-conductance Ca2?-activated K? (IKca) channels in r ...
Diverse cell morphology and int ...
Pulmonary veins (PVs) contain cardiomyocytes with a complex cellular morphology and high arrhythmogenesis. Ca2? regulation and Ca2? sparks play a pi ...
Acute myocardial infarction wit ...
Double-arterial coronary stent thrombosis in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is an infrequent but severe complication, especially when the third m ...
A porcine model of ischemic hea ...
We have developed a porcine model of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and ischemic heart failure by transcatheter intracoronary injection of ethyl ...
Coronary sinus ostium: the key ...
There are no research studies that comprehensively analyze, with computed tomography, the coronary sinus (CS) ostium with respect to its importance ...
Surgical repair of complicated ...
We describe a rare case of surgical repair of a coronary artery aneurysm with arteriosclerotic changes accompanied by coronary arteriovenous fistula ...
A rare connection by newly form ...
Neovascularization such as formation of collateral vessels following total occlusion of native coronary artery is common in coronary artery disease. ...
Rapid ventricular pacing: a fas ...
Rotational angiography is a novel method for three-dimensional reconstruction of the left atrium and pulmonary veins during catheter ablation for at ...
The S447X variant of lipoprotei ...
Hyperlipidemia is a major risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is an important enzyme in lipoprotein metabolism. ...
Primary percutaneous coronary i ...
Experience of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for young adults with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) due to sequelae of Kawasaki d ...
Successful bosentan therapy for ...
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a hereditary vascular disease with multiple arterial venous malformations. Pulmonary arterial hyperte ...
Abundant expression of KCNE1 in ...
Delayed rectifier potassium currents such as IKr and IKs play an important role in the repolarization phase of the action potential in cardiac myocy ...
Platelet and monocyte activity ...
Patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) often present with symptoms similar to those of myocardial infarction (MI). We analyzed blood concentrat ...
The effects of perindopril on Q ...
Coronary slow flow (CSF) is characterized by delayed opacification of coronary arteries in the absence epicardial occlusive disease. QT duration and ...
Prediction of the no-reflow phe ...
Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) can assess plaque characteristics and plaque size noninvasively. The purpose of this study was to inv ...