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- A Radical View of the Superfamily of Cardiovascular Risk Factors.
- Regulatory Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission in the Neural Network.
- Inflammation in Atherosclerosis.
- Recent Advances in the Treatment of Arrhythmias.
- An Approach to Cardiac Hypertrophy: Cardiac Specific Receptor Signaling.
- Endothelial Control of Cardiovascular Function.
- Leptin, Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease.
- The Cardiovascular Choreography of COXs.
- Physician's Task for the Better Medical System in Japan.
- Molecular Determinants of Apoptotic Remodeling in Pathological Hypertrophy.
- HB-EGF Is an Essential Growth Factor for Cardiomyocyte Metabolism. The Possibility for a Novel Therapeutic Target for Heart Failure.
- Kruppel-Like Zinc-Finger Transcription Factor KLF5/BTEB2 Is a Target for Angiotensin II Signaling and an Essential Regulator of Cardiovascular Remodeling.
- Critical Roles of Fas/Fas Ligand Interaction and Beneficial Effect of Soluble Fas Gene Therapy for Post-Infarct Ventricular Remodeling and Dysfunction.
- Role of Proinflammatory Cytokines in Cardiac Remodeling.
- Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR): A New Molecular Target for Cardiac Hypertrophy.
- Therapeutic Myo-Angiogenesis for Ischemia-Induced Myocardial Remodeling by Transplantation of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells.
- Vascular Remodeling and Hypertension: Role of Redox State.
- Cardiovascular and Water Homeostasis in Mice Expressing the Renin-Angiotensin System Specifically in the Brain.
- Role of Rho-Kinase in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension: Therapeutic Potential of Rho-Kinase Inhibitors in Hypertension.
- Diastolic Dysfunction and Hypertensive Cardiac Remodeling.
- Morning Blood Pressure Surge and Associated Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Hypertension.
- Candesartan Can Reduce Cardiovascular Events by Decreasing Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Plasma Aldosterone.
- Hypertension and Endothelial Function: Role of Angiotensin II and Mechanical Pressure in Oxidative Stress.
- Mechanism of Transition from Hypertrophy to Heart Failure.
- Risk Factors for Coronary Atherosclerosis in Recent Japanese Populations: Hisayama Study Based on Pathological Assessment.
- Comparison of the Effects of Beta-Blockers and Calcium Antagonists on Cardiovascular Events After Acute Myocardial Infarction in Japanese.
- Importance of Rho-Kinase in the Pathogenesis of Arteriosclerotic Vascular Diseases in Japanese.
- The Metabolic Syndrome in Japanese and the Role of Adipocytokines.
- G(-670) A Polymorphism in the Promoter of the Fas Gene Is a Risk Factor for Myocardial Infarction.
- Risk Factor Assessment Using Category Variables to Predict Long-Term Survival and Patency after Percutaneous Angioplasty in Patients with Arteriosclerosis Obliterans.
- Triaging Implantable Defibrillator Therapy: Which Patients & Device, What Pacing Mode & How Many Leads?
- Noninvasive Strategies in Identifying Patients at Risk for Life-Threatening Arrhythmic Events.
- Strategies for Survival in Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias.
- Substrate Mapping and Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia Late after Myocardial Infarction by Electroanatomical Mapping.
- Risk Stratification of Patients with Brugada Syndrome.
- Molecular and Genetic Basis for the Treatment of Long QT-Related Lethal Ventricular Arrhythmias.
- Origin of Neointimal Cells.
- Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Neovasuclarization and Atherosclerosis.
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells Differentiate into Vascular Cells That Participate in the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis.
- Characterization of Vascular Smooth Muscle Progenitor Cells in Human Peripheral Blood.
- Detection of Unstable Coronary Plaque: Experimental Study of Plaque Avid Tracer and Catheter Based Intra-Vascular Radiation Detector (IVRD).
- An Increase in Plasma Ox-LDL Levels during Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Are Assosiated with Plaque Injuries of the Aorta.
- Soluble LOX-1 as a Novel Marker for Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Genetics of Coronary Heart Diseases.
- Graft Arterial Disease (GAD): A Model for Investigating Inflammation and T Cell-Mediated Immunity in Coronary Arteriosclerosis.
- Current and Future Perspectives in Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Surgery.
- Outcome of Off-Pump CABG and Future, from the Results of Off-Pump CABG on 280 Patients during 23 Months.
- Off-Pump CABG; Hybrid Procedure and Robotic Surgery.
- Port-Access Cardiac Surgery: Experience of 72 Cases in Keio University Hospital.
- Current and Future Perspectives of Minimally Invasive Open Heart Surgery.
- Transluminal Endovascular Graft Placement for Various Types of Aneurysms and Dissections.
- The Role of Nuclear Cardiology in Clinical Decision Making.
- Is SPECT Cost-Effective in Managing Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) in Japan? Comparison with Exercise ECG-Testing (EET) and Coronary Angiography (CAG).
- Noninvasive Strategies for the Risk Stratification of Cardiac Events in Stable Chest Pain Patients: Prognostic Value of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.
- Patients Prognosis and Risk Stratification Assessed by Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Gifu Prefectural Hospital Experience.
- Clinical Decision Making by Myocardial Perfusion SPECT for Patients with Chest Pain Presenting to Emergency Department.
- Prognostic Value of Myocardial Fatty Acid Imaging in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease.
- Progress in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Possible Effectiveness of Combination Therapy in Patients with Severe Pulmonary Hypertention.
- Inhibition of Type 5 Phosphodiesterase: Promising Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Living-Donor Lobar Lung Transplantation for End-Stage Primary Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Rho-Kinase Is an Important Therapeutic Target for the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Novel Therapeutic Approaches against Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension by Targeting Endothelial Cell-Related Signaling Pathways and Regeneration.
- Usefulness of Ultrasound Medicine in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease.
- Direct Visualization and Quantitative Assessment of the Patency of Left Internal Thoracic Artery Bypass Graft to Left Anterior Descending Artery by Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography.
- A 15 MHz Linear Echo Transducer Can Improve the Quality of Anastomoses and Flow Measurement in Off-Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery.
- Prediction of Left Ventricular Function Recovery and Cardiac Events from Coronary Flow Dynamics after Reperfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Echolucent Carotid Plaques Identified by Integrated Backscatter Analysis Predict Future Coronary Events in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
- Ruptured Plaque Is Associated with Poor Contractile Recovery after Successful Primary Angioplasty in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Assessment and Prediction of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Rupture by Longitudinal Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging and Computer-Simulated Color-Mapping of Plaque Stress Distribution.
- Development of a New IB-IVUS Color-Coded Mapping System for 2-D Tissue Characterization of Coronary Arterial Plaques and the Clinical Application.
- Rate Control vs. Rhythm Control in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Focus on the AFFIRM Trial.
- Conservative Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation Is also still Progressing.
- Efficacy of Serial Antiarrhythmics Therapy for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Validity and Limitation of Ion Channel-Based Strategy.
- Functional and Structural Remodeling of Cardiomyocytes as Arrhythmogenic Substrates; Alterations in Ca2+-Regulatory Proteins and Gap Junction Proteins in Atrial Fibrillation.
- Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antagonist Suppresses Structural Remodeling in Atrial Fibrillation.
- Pulmonary Vein as Critical Substrates for Initiation and Perpetuation of Atrial Fibrillation.
- High Resolution Mapping of the Pulmonary Vein During Induced Atrial Fibrillation in a Canine Model of Pacing-Induced Congestive Heart Failure.
- Restenosis after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention-From Bench to Bedside.
- Analysis of Genes Involved in Restenosis after Angioplasty by Differential Hybridization Method.
- Local Drug Delivery for Prevention of Post-Angioplasty Restenosis.
- Application of Nanotechnology for the Prevention of Restenosis after Balloon Angioplasty.
- New Cell Therapy for Prevention of Coronary Restenosis Using Bone Marrow Cells.
- Coronary Stenting after Cutting Balloon Angioplasty: Reduce Trial.
- Feasibility and Efficacy of Cryoangioplasty-Acute and Late Vascular Response to Endovascular Cryo-Treatment in Balloon-Injured Artery.
- Detailed IVUS Analyses in 7-Hexanoyltaxol and Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation: From the SCORE and SIRIUS Trials.
- Conservation of the Mitral Valve: We Can Do Better.
- Role of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in Valve Surgery.
- Is Early Surgery for Asymptomatic Severe Mitral Regurgitation Justified?
- Recent Advances in Mitral Valvuloplasty Mitral Valve Repair for NYHA Class 1 and 4.
- Mitral Valve Plasty for Mitral Regurgitation in Patient with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Integration of Left Ventriculoplasty into Surgical Strategy for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.
- Catheter Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. Fact and Controversy.
- Progress in Mapping-Guided Pulmonary Vein Ablation- Electrical Disconnection of Pulmonary Veins during Atrial Fibrillation with the Guide of Vector-Mapping.
- Efficacy of Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation: Only Arrhythmogenic Pulmonary Veins vs. 3 to 4 Pulmonary Veins.
- Novel Technique of Catheter Ablation for Unmappable Disorganized Reentrant Atrial Tachycardia.
- Termination Mechanisms of Complex Atrial Flutter: Implication for Catheter Ablation.
- Novel, Magnetically Guided Catheter for Endocardial Mapping and Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation.
- Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Repair Yes, Cure No.
- Survey of Specialized Care Facilities for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease.
- Prevention of Infective Endocarditis (IE) of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) in Adult Cardiology (Validity of the Current Guideline Recommendations).
- General Status and Problems of Cyanotic Heart Disease in Adulthood from Surgical Aspects.
- The Necessity of Comprehensive Care Systems and Faculities for Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients.
- Pregnancy and Delivery in Adult Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: Current Situation and Importance of Early Education.
- Disturbances of the Autonomic Nervous System in Human Heart Failure: Pathophysiology as a Guide to Therapy.
- Sudden, Unexpected Death in Medically Treated Patients with Chronic Heart Failure in Japan.
- Brain Natriuretic Peptide Level Is a Predictor of Efficacy, but not a Sensitive Marker during .BETA.-Blocker Therapy for Heart Failure.
- Data Mining of the Best Treatments of Chronic Heart Failure and proposal of Adenosine Therapy as a New Treatment.
- A Treatment of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure and Sleep-Disordered Breathing.
- Cost Effectiveness of Beta Blockade for Heart Failure in Japan.
- Screening Examination for Cardiac Disease in School Children. Today and Tomorrow.
- A New Strategy for the Heart Disease Screening (HDS) at School Based on the Results of HDS among Preschool Children.
- Quality Control in the Primary Heart Disease Screening Program in School.
- Routinely Performed Exercise ECG Test as a Screening Test at Junior High School. 28 Years' Experience in Takatsuki City.
- Current Status of Unexpected Sudden Cardiac Death of Schoolchildren under School Supervision. Impact after the Enactment of ECG Screening for Schoolchildren.
- Current Status and Problems of Cardiovascular Health Administration in University.
- Life-Style Related Disease Checkup Using Heart Disease Checkup System for Schoolchildren in Japan.
- Application of Implantable Left Ventricular Assist System to the End-Stage Heart Failure.
- Application of Surgical Options for Selected Severe Heart Failure Patients.
- Left Ventriculoplasty for Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Circulatory Support for Long Term Treatment of Heart Failure Experience with the Jarvik 2000 Heart.
- Diastolic Dysfunction: How to Measure?
- iNOS Regulates Diastolic Dysfunction in the Development of Heart Failure.
- Stabilization of Calcium Release Channel (Ryanodine Receptor) Is Involved in the Cardioprotective Mechanism by Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker in Heart Failure.
- Extracellular Collagen Matrix Determines Left Ventricular Shape, Function, and Stiffness during the Process of Ventricular Remodeling.
- Extracellular Matrix Remodeling as a Determinant of Transition to Diastolic Heart Failure in Hypertensive Hearts: Its Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach.
- Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Independent of Cardiac Translation Using Newly Developed Tissue Strain Imaging with Tissue Tracking Technique.
- Diastolic Heart Failure: Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics in Japanese Patients.
- Percutaneous Biological Revascularization.
- Clinical Gene Therapy in Japan.
- Master Switch Genes and Novel Therapeutic Angiogenesis Strategies.
- Therapeutic Angiogenesis Using HGF Gene to Treat Peripheral Arterial Disease (Results from TREAT-HGF).
- Cardiac Homing, Differentiation, and Fusion by Progenitor Cells from Adult Heart.
- Therapeutic Angiogenesis by Cell Transplantation.
- Mapping and Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia.
- Cryoablation for Focal Atrial Fibrillation.
- Recognition and Ablation of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias Using Electroanatomical Mapping.
- Radiofrequency Ablation in the Asia Pacific Region.
- Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Mahaim Fibers at the Tricuspid Annulus.
- The Role of Purkinje and Diastolic Potentials in the Reentrant Circuit of Verapamil-Sensitive Idiopathic Left Ventricular Tachycardia.
- Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation by Circumferential Ablation around the Pulmonic Vein Ostium Using a Radiofrequency Balloon Catheter.
- A More Rigorous Approach to Blood Pressure.
- Antihypertensive Therapy and Cardiovascular Prognosis: Recent Evidence from Clinical Outcome Trials.
- Advances in the Treatment of Hypertensive Patients with Diabetes.
- Advances in the Treatment of Hypertension in the Elderly. Japanese Guidelines for Treatment of Hypertension in the Elderly.
- Management of the Acute Coronary Syndrome: What Is Changing Now?
- The Efficacy of Intracoronary Radiation Therapy Using 188Rhenium-DTPA-Filled Balloon System after Coronary Intervention: 2-Year Follow-Up Results of SPARE Trial.
- Unprotected Left Main Bifurcation Stenting: Technical Feasibility, Safety and Clinical Outcome.
- Refined Devices and Technique for Chronic Total Occlusion.
- Vulnerable Coronary Plaque: Clinicopathalogic and Biochemical Aspects.
- Therapeutic Angiomyogenesis for Patients with lschemic Heart Disease by Autologous Transplantation of Bone Marrow Stem Cells.
- Overview of ACC/AHA Guidelines.
- Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: A Study in Fukuoka, Japan.
- Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade in CHF: A Rational Tool for the 21st Century.
- The Role of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACE-I), Angiotensin II Type I Receptor Antagonist (ARBs) and Aldosterone Receptor Blockers (AB) In Chronic Heart Failure (HF).
- Disease Management for Chronic Heart Failure: Opportunity and Application.
- Evaluation of Candidates of Biventricular Pacing Therapy in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Acute Hemodynamic Effects of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on Left Ventricular Function in Patients with Heart Failure and Intraventricular Conduction Delay.
- Follow-Up of Biventricular Pacing Therapy with Resynchronization of Atrioventricular Contraction Timing in Patients Severe Congestive Heart Failure.
- Indications and Follow-Up Results of Biventricular Pacing in Advanced Heart Failure.
- Rho-Kinase. Overview.
- RhoA-Rho Kinase Pathway and Increased Ca2+ Sensitivity of the Vascular Smooth Muscle.
- Rho-Kinase. Molecular Properties and Signal Transduction.
- Rho-Kinase Inhibitors for Cardiovascular Disease in Humans.
- The Brugada Syndrome.
- Molecular and Biophysical Bases of Brugada Syndrome.
- Clinical Characteristics of Brugada Syndrome: The Absence of Depolarization Abnormalities?
- Natural History and Prognosis of Brugada Syndrome.
- Implantable Left Ventricular Assist System. Clinical Application and Future Perspectives in Japan.
- Perspectives of Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices.
- Molecular Mechanism of Life Span Detemination.
- p38 MAPK Induces Cellular Senescence in Response to a Variety of Cellular Stresses.
- An Intracellular Signal-Responsive Artificial Gene Carrier and Drug Capsule for Novel Cell-Specific Nano-Medicine.
- Application of Nanotechnology to Cardiovascular Medicine.
- A Unique Signaling of VEGF Receptors, KDR and Flt-1, on the Regulation of Angiogenesis.
- The Role of VEGF System in Restenosis and Arteriosclerosis.
- Does the Indication of PCI in Japan Hold a Unique Position in the World?
- The Changing Face of CABG in Japan.
- Routine Follow-Up Angiography is Necessary after Coronary Intervention.
- Is Follow-Up Coronary Angiography Routinely Required after Intervention?
- Stenting for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery.
- Elective PCI for LMT Lesion; Debate According to the Data from the "Tip of an Iceberg" or Evidence Based on National Database?
- How Plasma Cholesterol-Lowering Goals Should Be Assigned?
- LDL Cholesterol: The Lower the Better?
- Pleiotropic Effect of Statins.
- Lipid-Independent Effects of Statins in the Clinic: Do We Know Enough?
- Brain Natriutetic Peptide (BNP) Is a Powerful and Practically Available Tool to Evaluate Adequate Control of Chronic Heart Failure.
- Risk Stratification and Prognosis Assessment by Using Cardiac Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) Imaging in Heart Failure Patients and in ICD-Implanted Patients.
- AT1-Receptor Antagonist (AT1RA) Therapy in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF).
- Role of Angiotensin Receptor Rlockers in the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure; Comparison to ACE Inhibitors.
- Rationale for .BETA. Blockers in Heart Failure.
- Beta-Blocker Therapy in Patients with Chronic Heart Failre: CON.
- Antioxidant Therapy for Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease. Necessity and Sufficiency.
- Should We still Use Antioxidants for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Events?
- Benignant Contribution of Angiogenic Cascade on Atherogenesis.
- Angiogenesis: A Hero or Villain in Atherosclerosis?
- Efficacy, Safety, and Limitations of Amiodarone Therapy.
- Role of Sotalol and Nifekalant Therapy in Patients with Life-Threatening Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia.
- Risk Stratification and Therapeutic Management of Patients with Right Bundle Branch Block and ST-Segment Elevation.
- Benign Clinical Course of Asymptomatic Patients with Brugada-Type Electrocardiogram.
- Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Can Be a Very Effective Therapy in the Properly Selected AF Patients by Improving Quality of Life.
- Pharmacologial Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.
- The Elderly Patients with Mild Hypertension Are Not at a Mild Risk and Should Be a Target of Antihypertensive Therapy.
- Optimal Target Blood Pressure in the Elderly Hypertensive Patients Would Be Less Than 140 mmHg but above 130 mmHg.
- Importance of Blood Pressure Reduction to Protect Organ Damage.
- The Target for the Hypertension Treatment-From the Site of Organ Protective Action.
- Management of Long QT Syndrome.
- The Current Trend of the Treatment for Chronic Heart Failure.
- Management of Hypertension in the Elderly; A View of a Clinical Cardiologist.
- Pitfall in the Diagnosis for Unstable Angina.
- Initial Diagnosis and Management of Acute Stroke.
- Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Gist of Early Treatment.
- Syncope, Its Nature and Clues to Diagnosis.
- Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Heart Failure and in Ischemic Heart Disease.
- Exercise Therapy for Heart Diseases.
- Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Pathophysiology and Treatment.
- Risk Evaluation and Management of Cardiac Patients Who Undergo Non-Cardiac Surgery.
- Enrollment of Patients as Candidates for Heart Transplantation.
- Proper Usage of Antihypertensive Drugs.
- Intravascular Ultrasound: How We Could Utilize It in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease.
- Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography.
- Surgical Indication for Valvular Heart Disease.
- How to Use Beta-Blocker for Chronic Heart Failure.
- Three Years Clinical and Quantitative Angiographic Follow-Up after Carotid Artery Stenting.
- Pharmacologic and Therapeutic Strategies for Stable Angina.
- The Usefulness and the Problems of Critical Pathway. Follow-Up Evaluation 3 Years after the Introduction.
- Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases.
- Management of Continuous Intravenous Prostacyclin Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Diagnostic Points of Arrhythmias.
- How to Use TEE in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: Evidence-Based Examination and Expansion of Application Fields.
- Cardiovascular Diseases and Depression.
- Increased Hydroxyl Radicals in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla Contribute to Neural Mechanisms of Hypertension in Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.
- Successful Isolation of a Chromosome 1 Region Affecting Blood Pressure, Stroke, and Glucose Tolerance in the Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.
- Preischemic Protein Kinase-A Activation Evokes Ischemic Preconditioning through Rho-Kinase Inhibition Independent of Protein Kinase-C. A Novel Mechanism.
- Role of Adiponectin in Preventing Vascular Stenosis. The Missing Link of Adipo-Vascular Axis.
- Identification of Hydrogen Peroxide as an Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor in Animals and Humans.
- VEGF, Its Receptors and Other Angiogenic Growth Factors Are Altered Potentially in an Age-Related Manner in SHRSP Heart.
- Ameliorating Effect of Autologous Bone Marrow Cell Transplantation in Rabbit Hearts with Cardiomyopathy.
- A Tissue Engineered Myoblast Sheet Improves Cardiac performance.
- Cardioprotective Effects of Carvedilol on Acute Autoimmune Myocarditis: Anti-Inflammatory Effects Associated with Antioxidant Property.
- Prohibition of Smoking in the Whole Buildings of the University Hospital: Enforcement Process and Problems.
- Measures against Smoking: How We Enforce No-Smoking Rule in Hospital Area.
- The Support of Smoking Cessation as Primary Care, and the Outline of Smoking Cessation Clinic.
- Myocardial Disease-Myocarditis and Cardiomyopathy.
- Poor Survival of Cardiomyopathic Hamsters with CHF Is Greatly Improved by Combined Treatment with Endothelin(ET)-A Receptor Antagonist and ACE Inhibitor.
- Novel Mutations in the Lamin A/C Gene and Familial Dilated Cardiomyopapthy.
- Modulation of Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction in Toll-Like Receptor 2 Knock-Out Mice.
- Noninvasive Detection of Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis in Rats by [In-111]-Anti-Tenascin-C Antibody and SPECT.
- Differences in Diagnostic Values of Abnormal Q Waves between Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with a cTnl Gene Mutation and MyBP-C Gene Mutations.
- Relationship between Plasma Level of Cardiotrophin-1 and Prognosis in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Reduced Myocardial Abundance of Ca2+-Handling Protein mRNAs and Tachycardia-Induced Mechanical Alternans in Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Complete Freund's Adjuvant Can Activate TLR2 and Suppress Cardiac Necrosis in Cardiomyopathic Heart.
- Effect of .ALPHA.-Tocopherol on Myocardial 1,2-Diacylglycerol and Cardiac Hypertrophy in a Murine Model of Systemic Carnitine Deficiency.
- Administration of Recombinant Human Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor Deteriorates Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Adult Mice in Vivo.
- New Insights into the Nature of CAD: The Inside View.
- Volumetric Analysis for Tissue Characterization of Coronary Plaques by Use of Three-Dimensional Integrated Backscatter Intravascular Ultrasound (3D IB-IVUS).
- Quantitative Tissue Characterization of Coronary Plaques with Progression Assessed by Integrated Backscatter Intravascular Ultrasound (IB-IVUS).
- Noninvasive Ultrasonic Assessment of Thickness of Intima-Media Complex of the Distal Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery.
- Early Constrictive Remodeling of Transplant Coronary Arteries Is Followed by Late Expansive Remodeling Overcompensating for Intimal Thickening.
- Transthoracic Echocardiographic Assessment of Intramyocardial Artery Flow and Coronary Flow Velocity Pattern Predict Wall Motion Recovery Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Characteristic Coronary Flow Velocity Pattern in Septal Perforators in Patients with Amyloidosis: A Study by Transthoracic Color Doppler Echocardiography.
- Enhancement of Clot Visualization and Ultrasound Thrombolysis Using Microbubbles Targeted to Activated Platelets.
- Strain Rate Imaging Can Evaluate Non-Transmural Myocardial Infarction: An Experimental Study in Dogs.
- New Assessment of Vulvular Regurgitation Using Four-Dimensional Echocardiographic Reconstruction.
- Papillary Muscle Dysfunction Attenuates Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Localized Basal Inferior Left Ventricular Remodeling.
- Neuronal Control of Blood Pressure.
- Angiotensin in the Brain Stem: Possible Role in Generating Increased Sympathetic Activity in Neurogenic Hypertension and Heart Failure.
- Role of Rho-Kinase in the NTS in Baroreflex Control of Heart Rate: A Possible Involvement in Alteration of Glutamate Sensitivity.
- Activation of AT1 Receptor (AT1R) in the Rostral of Ventrolateral Medulla (RVLM) Contributes the Salt Sensitive Hypertension.
- Increased Reactive Oxygen Species in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla Contribute to Neural Mechanisms of Hypertension in Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.
- Central Blood Pressure Regulation by Orexin.
- Increase of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla Contributes to Hypertensive Mechanism of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.
- Overexpression of AT2 Receptor within the Rostral of Ventrolateral Medulla (RVLM) Decrease Arterial Pressure (AP) in the Salt Sensitive Hypertension.
- Different Baroreflex Responses as a Result of Angiotensin II Produced in Neurons or Glia.
- Increased Blood Pressure, Drinking, and Salt Preference by Neuron-Specific Expression of Human Renin.
- Endothelin-1 Disruption Decreases Cardiac Sympathetic Innervation by Downregulation of Nerve Growth Factor.
- Bionic Baroreflex System with Epidural Spinal Cord Stimulation Prevents Orthostatic Hypotension.
- Multivariate Risk Stratification in Survivors of Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Normal Hearts That Fibrillate.
- Long-Term Outcomes of EP-Guided Sotalol Treatment for Sustained Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias.
- Increased Spatial and Transmural Dispersions of Repolarization after Chronic Oral Amiodarone Predicts the Risk of Recurrent Ventricular Arrhythmias.
- Comparison of Electrophysiologic Study with Microvolt T Wave Alternans to Predict Recurrence of VT in Patients with Organic Heart Disease.
- Clinical Implication of the Local Electrogram of Ventricular Tachycardia Originating from Pulmonary Artery.
- Low-Energy Cardiac Defibrillation Based on the Resonant Drift of Spiral Waves: Feedback Control of Spiral Waves in 2-Dimensional Computer Model.
- Canine Model of the Brugada Syndrome Using Regional Epicardial Cooling of the Right Ventricular Outflow.
- Effect of Cilostazol, an Oral Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor, on Patients with Brugada Syndrome.
- Heart Rate Dynamics at the Onset of Ventricular Fibrillation as Retrieved from Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Patients with Brugada Syndrome.
- Focal Myocardial Arrhythmogenic Substrates Detected in Brugada Syndrome Can Contribute to Characteristic Propagating Mode of Induced Ventricular Fibrillation.
- Usefullness of Multipolar Body Surface Mapping to Stratify a Risk of Fetal Arrhythmia in Patients with Brugada Syndrome.
- New Trends in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
- Expression of PPARs in Neointima after Coronary Stenting in Humans: Immunohistochemical Analysis.
- Accumulation of Hematopoietic Cells Prior to Smooth Muscle Cells Hyperplasia.
- The Expression of Stem Cell Marker in Neointima of In-Stent Resteonsis in Porcine Coronary Arteries.
- Stent Based Delivery of Everolimus Significantly Inhibits Neointimal Hyperplasia in an Experimental Porcine Coronary Model.
- First Experience with Statin-Eluting Coronary Stent: Neointimal Thickness and Inflammatory Response in a Porcine Coronary Model.
- Unprotected Left Main Trunk Angioplasty in Japan (the Ultra Registry in Japan): The Immediate and Mid-Term Outcomes.
- Percent Area Stenosis of Intravascular Ultrasound as the Best Predictor of In-Stent Restenosis.
- Multi-Center Analysis of Long-Term Prognosis for Rotastent(Rotablator+Stenting) and Rotablator+POBA to Treat Highly Calcified Coronary Lesions in Hemodialysis Patients.
- Late Regression of Target Lesions after Stand-Alone Directional Coronary Atherectomy.
- Transcutaneous Near-Infrared Ray Irradiation Accelerates Reendothelialization and Attenuates Neointima Formation in a Rat Balloon-Injured Model.
- Clinical Applications of Nuclear Cardiology.
- 123I-MIBG Dynamic SPECT in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure.
- Importance of Oxidative Metabolism in Regulation of Exercise Tolerance in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Clinical Evaluation of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, a Reversible Form of Left Ventricular Dysfunction, with 123I-MIBG Myocardial Scintigraphy.
- Importance of Plasma Catecholamine for the Energy Metabolism in Impaired Myocardium. Experimental Investigation Using I-123 BMIPP.
- The Difference of Myocardial Flow Reserve between Patients with DCM and Dilated Phase of HCM. Evaluation by O-15 Water PET.
- Application of FDG-PET for Assessment of Disease Severity and the Efficacy of Treatment in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Prognostic Value of Cardiac Sympathetic Activity in Vasospastic Angina with Nearly Normal Coronary Artery.
- Reduced Oxidative Metabolic Response by Low-Dose Dobutamine in Ischemic Myocardium with Preserved FDG Uptake.
- Preconditioning Effect of Intravenous Nicorandil in Patients with Primary Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty: Assessment by Technetium-99m Tetrofosmin SPECT.
- Prognostic Value of Post-Stress Gated Thallium SPECT for Evaluation of Ischemic Heart Disease.
- Current Concepts of the Pathogenesis of Acute Coronary Syndromes.
- Increased Expression of Myeloid Related Protein in Infiltrated Neutrophils In Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques of Patients with Unstable Angina.
- Expression of Pro-Oxidant Enzyme Myeloperoxidase in Neutrophils Is Associated with Plaque Destabilization in Human Coronary Atherosclerotic Lesions.
- Direct Evidence of Systemic Levels of C-Reactive Protein as Coronary Inflammation in Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Positive Correlation between Oxidied Low Density Lipoprotein (Ox-LDL) Levels and Angiographic Morphology in Unstable Angina Pectoris (UAP).
- Remnant Lipoproteins from Patients with Pokkuri Disease (Sudden Death without Significant Coronary Stenosis) Enhances Coronary Vasospastic Activity through Rho-Kinase Upregulation.
- Promoter Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) of ACE Gene Have an Association with the Occurrence of Myocardial Infarction.
- Rapid Detection of Occlusion of LAD In the Acute Coronary Syndromes with 2nd Harmonic Small-Size Transducer.
- Positive Association of Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein and Coronary Calcification by Electron Beam Computed Tomography in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Angioscopic Predictors of Clinical Outcome Following Stenting for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. The Impact of the Amout of Thrombi.
- Role of Eosinophils in Thrombus Formation in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Immunohistochemical Analysis.
- Atherosclerosis Update: 2003.
- Pleiotropic Effects of ACEIs or ARBs- Revisited.
- Impact of Aortic Plaque Morphology on Survival Rate and Subsequent Embolic Event Rate: Comparison between Mobile Plaque and Non-Mobile Diffuse Plaque.
- In Vitro Effect of Introduction of Cholesterol Efflux-Related Molecules on Lipid Metabolism and Transport in Human Monocytes-Derived Macrophages.
- Proteinases Including MMPs Are Involved in the Pathogenesis of Aortic Aneurysm: A Study of the Transcription Profile with DNA Microarray.
- CL-P1, a Newly Cloned Endothelial Cell Specific Scavenger Receptor.
- Adiponectin Dysregulation as a Common Cause of Insulin Resistance and Atherosclerosis.
- A Novel Plasma Protein Abundantly Expressed in Visceral Fat, Visfatin, Associated with Coronary Artery Disease.
- Heparin Cofactor II Is Inversely Related to the Severity of Carotid Atherosclerosis.
- Intraoperative Gene Therapy of Coronary Artery Bypass Vein Grafts with E2F-Decoy: A Volumetric IVUS Subanalysis from PREVENT II Study.
- Coronary Intimal Lesions in Patients with Kawasaki Disease Can Become Atherosclerotic Plaques Which May Cause Plaque Instability.
- Hypercholesterolemic Valvulopathy as an Aspect of Malignant Atherosclerosis.
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and the Regulation of Ion Channel Synthesis.
- Artial Enlargement Induced by Volume Overload Is Associated with Altenations of Wnt Signaling Proteins.
- Conversion of Multiple Non-Stationary Wavefronts to a Single Stationary Reentrant Wavefront by a Pure Ikr Channel Blocker in Canine Atria.
- Epinephrine Test for Genotyping LQT1 and LQT2 Forms of Congenital Long QT Syndrome.
- Effects of Dronedarone on HERG and KCNQ1/KCNE1 Channels.
- Structural Basis of Class III Antiarrhythmic Drug Binding to HERG Channels.
- Double Missense Mutations (D611Y in KCNQ1 and D609G in HERG) in a Japanese Family with Long QT Syndrome.
- Verapamil Decreases Transmural Dispersion of Repolarization, Suppresses Early Afterdepolarization, and Prevents Torsade de Pointes in Acquired Model of Long-QT Syndrome.
- Transcriptional Profiling of Ion Channels in Rat Pulmonary Vains.
- Electrophysiological Differentiation of Cardiac Myocytes Derived from Nkx2.5-GFP Knock-In Murine Embryonic Stem Cell and Their Functional Coupling with Native Myocytes.
- Chronic Autoimmunity against Second Extracellular Loop of .BETA.1-Adrenergic Receptors Induces Early after Depolarization and Decreases in K-Channel Density in Rabbit.
- The Future Disease Burden of Cardiovascular Disease. Our Therapeutic Challenge.
- Increase Incidence of Lymphoid Malignancies in Patients Receiving Statins and Their Clinical Characteristics: A Case-Control Study Involving 1100 Patients.
- Trends in the Incidence, Mortality, and Survival Rate of Cardiovascular Disease in a Japanese Community: The Hisayama Study.
- Prevalence of Sudden Cardiac Death among Young Adolescents in Kagoshima City. What Is the Future Direction?
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome Is a Strong Risk Factor for Vasospastic Angina.
- Prognostic Value of ECG Findings for 5-Year Mortality in a General Population of Japanese.
- High Sensitive C-Reacting Protein, Fibrinogen, White Blood Cell and the Recurrences of Cardiovascular Diseases on Five-Year Follow-Up of PCS Study.
- Insulin Resistance and Cardiac Disease in Japanese Males: Usefulness of Metabolic Syndrome Proposed by NCEP-ATP3, Tanno-Soubetsu Study.
- Patients Should Not Resume Smoking after Myocardial Infarction.
- Association between Smoking Behavior and Small Dense Low-Density Lipoproteins in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease.
- Smoking Is the Major Determinant of Multiple Silent Cerebral Infarcts (SCI) in a Japanese Community-Dwelling Population.
- Molecular Mechanisms of Metabolic Syndrome.
- High Glucose Accelerates Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Production by Sequential Activation of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells.
- New Concept of Cardioprotection in Diabetes Mellitus from a Viewpoint of Intracellular Free-Thiol Stabilization by Ebselen.
- Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibition Attenuates Hypofibrinolysis and Reduces Cardiac Perivascular Fibrosis during Development of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in Obese Mice.
- Oxygen Radical Scavenger, Apocynin Retarads Progression of Vascular Lesion and Improve Endothelial Dysfunction in Type II Diabetic Rats.
- High Plasma Levels of Secretory Type II Phospholipase A2 Are a Risk of Macrovascular Dysfunction and Complication in Impaired Glucose Tolerance.
- Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Initial and Long-Term Clinical Results of Diffuse In-Stent Restenosis in Coronary Artery.
- Association of Adiponectin Mutation with the Metabolic Syndrome.
- Genetic Analysis of Multiple Risk Factor Syndrome in Rats.
- Endothelium-Dependent and Independent Vasodilatation Are Both Impaired in Conditions Associated with the Metabolic Syndrome.
- Plasma Adiponectin Plays an Important Role in Improvement of Insulin Resistance and inhibit Atherogenesis by Glimepiride in Elderly Diabetics.
- Apoptosis and Endothelial Regeneration: Critical Determinants for Atherosclerotic Disease Activity.
- Regulation of Endothelial Cell Apoptosis and Angiogenesis.
- Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein Is Associated with Medial Degeneration and Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis in the Human Aortic Aneurysmal Lesions.
- Gene Transfer of Dominant-Negative Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 (ASK1) Prevents Angiotensin II-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy.
- Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis Is a Cause of Heart Failure: A New Mouse Model of Heart Failure.
- Endogenous Nitric Oxide Inhibits Hypoxia-Reoxygenation-Induced Myocardial Apoptosis with the Modulation of Cyclin A-Associated Kinase Activity.
- KLF5/BTEB2-Interacting Protein SET Inhibits Cell Cycle Progression, Transcription and Induces Apoptosis to Negatively Regulate KLF5/BTEB2.
- Amlodipine Inhibits Doxorubicin-Induced Apoptosis in Neonatal Rat Cardiac Myocytes. Amlodipine Releases Nitric Oxide from Cultured Rat Cardiac Myocytes.
- Endogenous Endothelin-1 Secreted from Cultured Rat Cardiac Nonmyocytes Inhibits Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiac Myocyte Apoptosis via ERK-Dependent CREB Activation.
- Cardiac-Specific Disruption of Raf-1 Gene Induces Apoptosis and Cardiac Dysfunction.
- Assessment of Cardiac Function after Bone Marrow Transplantation by Quantitative ECG-Gated SPECT.
- Transplanted Bone Marrow Stem Cells Move to the Infarcted Myocardium and Regenerate the Heart.
- Reperfusion Strategy for Acute Myocardial Infarction Using Fibrinolysis and Subsequent Transluminal Therapy. FAST Trial.
- Prodromal Angina Favorably Alters Relationship between Time to Reperfusion and Outcomes in Patients with a First Anterior Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Impact of Time to Reperfusion on Microvascular Damage after Primary Coronary Angioplasty for Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Comparison of Aggressive Strategy of Immediate Coronary Stenting after Thrombolysis with Primary Stenting for Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Acute Hyperglycemia Abolishes Ischemic Preconditioning: A Possible Mechanism for Adverse Outcome of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Acute Hyperglycemia.
- Increased Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Is an Important Determinant of Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients with Acute Myocardial infarction.
- Association between Relative Overactivation of Inflammatory Response and Pump Failure after Reperfused First Q-Wave Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Antecedent Thrombolytic Therapy Followed by Planned Rescue PCI for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Compared with Primary PCI.
- Distal Embolic Protection Device (Percuserge) in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI): Effect on Coronary Blood Flow and Immediate Clinical Results.
- Efficacy of Percu-Surge Aspiration Device with Distal Protection, Compared to Other PCI Device to Treat Intracoronary Thrombus Causing AMI.
- Efficacy of Thrombectomy with Distal Protection before Stenting in AMI Using Zero-Flow Pressure.
- Gene Therapy to Protect the Ischemic Myocardium.
- Metaloprotease-Disintegrin Is Involved in Tyrosine Kinase-Mediated Signaling in lschemic Preconditioning.
- Microtubules Play a Major Role in Signal Transduction in the Mechanism of Cardioprotection Afforded by Ischemic Preconditioning.
- Ischemic Preconditioning Enhances Engraftment of Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells in the Reperfused Myocardium.
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Improves Coronary Flow Reserve in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Related to a Nitric Oxide Synthase Pathway.
- Angiotensin Type-2 Receptor-Mediated Coronary Arteriolar Dilation in Rats Is Enhanced by Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus and Aging.
- Overexpression of Calpastatin by Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer Prevents Reperfusion Injury in the Rat Heart.
- Cell Transplantation Using Skeletal Myoblasts Overexpressing IL-1 Receptor Antagonist Enhances Effects on Adverse Post-Infarction Remodeling.
- Spatiotemporal Diversity of Intracellular Calcium Waves at the Epicardial Border Zone of the Acute Myocardial Infarct of the Rat.
- In Vivo Reactive Hyperemic Response in Canine Coronary Capillary Network Visualized by Intravital Pencil Lens-Probe CCD Videomicroscopy.
- Role of Hydroxyfasudil, a Specific Rho-Kinase Inhibitor, on Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Canine Coronary Microvessels.
- Cardiac Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Treatment.
- Sustained Tachycardia in Electrically Isolated Pulmonary Vein.
- Preceding Increase of Plasma BNP and ANP Level before Recurrence of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.
- Initiation and Persistence of Atrial Flutter Visualized by Magnetocardiographic Animations.
- Histopathology of the Radiofrequency (RF) Ablation in Human Atrioventricular (AV) Septal Junction.
- Experimental Study of Transvenous Catheter Cryomapping and Cryoablation on Unipolar and Bipolar Endocardial Electrograms.
- Electroanatomical Mapping and Catheter Ablation of Breakthroughs from the RA to the SVC in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
- Differences between Conventional and Septal Right Atrial Pacing in Patients with Drug-Refractory Atrial Fibrillation.
- Pulmonary Vein Ablation Causes Postganglionic Vagal Denervation Leaving Extraganglionic Sinus Node Control.
- High Efficacy of Combined Use of Bepridil and Cibenzoline in Preventing AF Is the Result of Synergetic Prolongation of Refractoriness.
- Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia Related to Old Myocardial Infarction: Tachycardia Mapping vs. Substrate Mapping.
- Pharmacological Therapy for Heart Failure.
- Regulation of Erks and Akt/GSK-3.BETA. in Human Heart Failure after Left Ventricular Mechanical Support: Mechanosensitivity as a Possible Molecular Mechanism.
- TNF .ALPHA. in the Heart but not Peripheral Level Plays a Significant Role in LV Remodeling in Patients with DCM.
- Ongoing Myocardial Damage in Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Is Related to Mitochondrial Dysfunction Evaluated by Tc99m-Sestamibi Retention/Wash-Out Analyses.
- Upregulated Monocyte Proinflammatory Cytokine Production by C-Reactive Protein Contributes to the Exacerbation of Chronic Heart Failure.
- Detection of Calf Muscle Alteration in Chronic Heart Failure by 31p Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Impaired Adaptation to Continuous Exercise.
- BNP and Atrial Fibrillation Predict the Prognosis of Patients with Diastolic Heart Failure in Japan.
- Elevated Pulse Wave Velocity Is a Risk of Pulmonary Edema.
- Exercise Therapy for Chronic Heart Failure: A Multicenter Prospective Randomized Study in Japan.
- Acute Effect of Pimobendan on Ventilatory Efficacy during Exercise in Patients with Heart Failure; Results of Placebo Controlled Double-Blind Trial.
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor and/or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Do Not Improve the Morbidity of Diastolic Heart Failure.
- Interaction between Nitric Oxide and NADPH Oxidase Derived Superoxide Anion in the Control of Coronary Blood Flow and Cardiac Oxygen Consumption.
- NO and the Cardiovascular System.
- Important Role of Cu/Zn-SOD in the Synthesis of Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor (EDHF) in Mice.
- Crucial Role of Hydrogen Peroxide, an Endogenous EDHF, in Coronary Autoregulation in Canine Subepicardial Microcirculation.
- Influence of Diabetes Mellitus, Hypercholesterolemia, or Their Combination on Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor (EDHF)-Mediated Relaxations in Mice.
- Practical Impacts of Endothelial Dysfunction on Future Hypertensive Evolution.
- A Novel Activation Mechanism of eNOS by Sphingolipid Mediators.
- Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Is Subject to Expressional Regulation by Inflammatory Stimuli in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Rats.
- Direct Evidence for the NO-Independent Actions of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine in Vascular Lesion Formation in Vivo.
- Effect of a Novel Shear Stress Inducible Rho Small GTPase on the Cytoskeleton Systems and Permeability of Human Endathelial Cells.
- Direct Proatherogenic Effect of C-Reactive Protein on Vascular Endothelial Cells.
- Induction of Heme Oxygenase 1 Gene Expression by Statin in Endothelial Cells.
- Angiographic No-Reflow or Slow Flow Phenomenon in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction after Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Intervention.
- Multiple Risk Factors Relate to an Increase in Plasma Levels of Oxidized LDL in UAP Patients Aged under 50-Year-Old.
- Contribution of Adiponectin Gene Mutation to Coronary Artery Disease.
- Factors Influencing the Prognosis of Patients with Previous Myocardial Infarction in Japan: Lessons from the Sub-Analysis of J-MIC (M) Study.
- Incidence of In-Hospital Cardiac Mortality Does Not Correlate with Diseased Vessels' Number in Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Long Term Outcome of Vascular Brachytherapy (VBT) Using P32 for In-Stent Restenosis.
- Effect of Atorvastatin on Restenosis after Coronary Stent Implantation.
- Long-Term Prognosis of Minimum Myocardial Damage.
- Inhibition of Rho-Kinase with Fasudil Ameliorates Pacing-Induced Myocardial Ischemia in Patients with Effort Angina.
- Long-Term Administration of Thiazolidinedione Improves Vasomotion of Resistance Coronary Arteries in Type-2 Diabetics.
- New Insights in the Pathogenesis of Cardiac Hypertrophy.
- Ral GDP Dissociation Stimulator (Ral-GDS) and Ral GTPase Are Involved in Cardiac Hypertrophy.
- The Small G Protein Rac1 Induce Cardiac Myocyte Hypertrophy through the Activation of Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 and Nuclear Factor-Kappa B.
- Inhibition of Histone Deacetylase Reverses Repression of Myocyte-Specific Gene Expression Associated with Cardiac Hypertrophy.
- Cardiac Specific Disruption of P38.ALPHA. Gene Leads to Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Pressure Overload in Mice.
- Cardiac-Specific Overexpression of a High Ca2+ Affinity Mutant of Cardiac Ca2+ ATPase Attenuates in Vivo Pressure Overload Cardiac Hypertrophy.
- Heat Shock Proteins Are Upregulated in Exercised-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy But Not in Pressure Overload-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy.
- Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor May Act as a Mechanoceptor in Stretch-Induced Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy.
- AT1 Receptor Blockade Attenuates Activation of Calcineurin and Development of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Fibrosis in Dahl-Salt Hypertension.
- Stimulation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-.ALPHA. (PPAR-.ALPHA.) Attenuates Endothelin-1-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy Partly via Inhibition of c-Jun NH2 Terminal Kinase (JNK) Pathway.
- Association of Paraoxonase Gene Polymorphism with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Carotid Atherosclerosis in Patients with Essential Hypertension.
- Oxidant and Redox Signaling Mechanisms in Vascular Responses to Oxygen, Stretch and NO.
- Oxidant Stress and Angiogenesis.
- Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (MnSOD) Alanine-to-Valine Polymorphism Is Associated with Coronary Artery Disease.
- Increased Plasma Levels of Thioredoxin in Patients with Coronary Spastic Angina.
- Urinary 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine Levels Are Elevated in Patients with Stable Exertional Angina.
- Oxidative Stress and Platelet Aggregability in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Ebselen Provides Myocardial Protection against Oxidative Stress via Glutathione Preservation and ERK Activation Independent of JAK/STAT Pathway.
- Long-Term Inhibition of Rho-Kinase Suppresses Angiotensin II-Induced Formation of Cardiovascular Lesions in Rats in Vivo.
- A Nitric Oxide-Releasing Derivative of Enalapril, NCX-899, Prevents Progressive LV Dysfunction and Improves Remodeling in Cardiomyopathic Hamsters with Heart Failure.
- Carvedilol Attenuates the Oxidative Stress-Mediated Downregulation of SERCA 2 Gene Expression through Inhibitory Effect for ERK1/2 Pathway in Cardiac Myocytes.
- Atorvastatin Alleviates Oxidative Stress and Endothelial Injury in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Atorvastatin Reduces Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Patients with Hyperlipidemia.
- Arteriogenesis and Angiogenesis, Important Prerequisites for Tissue Regeneration, Are Governed by Different Molecular Mechanisms.
- Artificial Arteries from Cells of Bone Marrow Origin.
- Clinical Results of TREAT-HGF (Japan Trial to Treat Peripheral Arterial Disease by Therapeutic Angiogenesis Using Hepatocyte Growth Factor Gene Transfer).
- Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Effectively Improved Blood Flow in lschemic Lower Limbs in Patients with Arteriosclerosis Obliterans.
- Multi-Layered and Vascularized Myocardial Tissue Grafts Fabricated by Cell Sheet Engineering.
- Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1.ALPHA. Gene Transfer Induces Therapeutic Angiogenesis by Recruiting Endothelial Progenitor Cells via the VEGF/eNOS Pathway.
- Contribution of Embryonic Stem (ES) Cell-Derived Vascular Progenitor Cells (VPC) to Neovascularization in Murine Hindlimb Ischemia Model.
- Mechanical Stress and Calcium Signaling Involve Trans-Differentiation of Skeletal Muscle Derived Cells.
- One-Year Survival of Tissue-Engineered Pulsatile Myocardial Tissue Grafts in Vivo.
- Ultrasound Irradiation-Mediated Microbubble Destruction Enables Highly Efficient Local Delivery of Bone Marrow Cells into Ischemic Myocardium.
- Transplanted Skeletal Myoblasts Can Fully Replace the Infarcted Myocardium and Reverse Left Ventricular Remodeling.
- The Regenerated Cardiac Myocytes Derived from Bone Marrow Adult Stem Cells Cultured with Cardiac Condition Medium in Vitro.
- Chemokines in Atherosclerosis.
- Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase and Atherosclerosis.
- Long-Term Inhibition of Rho-Kinase Suppresses Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Mice. Possible Involvement of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF).
- Kruppel-Like Factor 5 (KLF5) and Peroxisome Proliferator .GAMMA. (PPAR .GAMMA.) Cooperatively Control Cellular Responses in Vascular Diseases.
- The Expression Levels of Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) of Circulating Monocytes in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).
- Oxidized LDL Downregulates Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) via Rapid RhoA Activaion in Endothelial Cells.
- Inflammatory Stimuli Upregulate Rho-Kinase in Human Coronary Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Divergent Effects of Estrogen and Nicotine.
- Role of B-Cell for Atherosclerosis; Inhibitory Effect on Arterial Injury-Induced Neointimal Formation by Adoptive B-Cell Transfer in Rag-1 Knockout Mice.
- C-Reactive Protein-Mediated Low-Density Lipoprotein Uptake by Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophages: Implications in Atherogenesis.
- Kruppel Like Zinc-Finger Trascription Factor 5 (KLF5) Madiate Immune Responses in Cardiovascular Remodeling.
- KLF5 not only Synergistically Activates PDGF-A Gene with NF.KAPPA.B but also Accelerates SMC Proliferation.
- Thermal Treatment Attenuates Neointimal Thickening in Rat Femoral Artery with Enhanced Expression of HSP72 and Suppression of Oxidative Stress.
- Long-Term Inhibition of Rho-Kinase Suppresses Neointimal Formation after Stent Implantation in Porcine Coronary Arteries. Involvement of Multiple Mechanisms.
- Heart Failure Basic: Role of Extracellular Matrix and Myocyte Degeneration.
- NRSF Is Involved in Molecular Pathways for Sudden Death Associated with Heart Failure.
- Cardiac Nuclear Hyper-Acetylation by Inhibiting Histone Deacetylase Facilitates Left Ventricular Remodeling Following Myocardial Infarction in Adult Mice in Vivo.
- Final Common Pathway of Dystrophin Disruption in Advanced Heart Failure of Both Hereditary and Acquired Origins.
- Inhibition of Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-.BETA.1 Signaling Exacerbates Early Left Ventricular Failure after Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Bradykinin Improves Renal Function under Chronic Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition in Heart Failure.
- Beneficial Effects of Recombinant Human Adrenomedullin (hAM) on Left Ventricular (LV) Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction (MI) in Rats.
- Treatment with Eplerenone, a Selective Aldosterone Blocker, Improved Ventricular Remodeling and Function Post Myocardial Infarction.
- Decreases In Exercise Capacity, Myocardial Energy Metabolism, and Survival in Rats with CHF Are Greatly Improved by Endothelin-A Receptor Antagonist.
- Improved Contractile Dysfunction and Altered SERCA2 Expression in Treatment with Probucol in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Hypertensive Heart Failure.
- Sauna Therapy Increases the Expression of Arterial Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase and Nitric Oxide Production in Cardiomyopathic Hamsters.
- Sex-Based Medicine: What Does it Mean for Cardiologists?
- Differential Upregulation of Ca2+ Cycling-Related Proteins May Explain the Gender Difference in Hypertrophic Response in CD38 Knockout Mice.
- The Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator Tamoxifen Improves Cell Membrane Function in Postmenopausal Women via the Nitric Oxide-Dependent Mechanism.
- Decrease in Estrogen by Aging Renders Myocardium Ischemic and Estrogen Replacement May Not Fully Protect Heart in Female Rats.
- Estrogen Mediates Flow-Preserving Neurprotection via Its Angiogenic Action and Sustained NO Production in Middle-Aged Female Rat Brain.
- Gender and Aging Difference in Baroreflex Sensitivity in Healthy Monkeys.
- Gender-Related Difference in the Impact of Smoking on Stroke in Japanese: The JMS Cohort Study.
- High Value of Systolic Home Blood Pressure Is an Independent Risk Factor for Loosing Independency in Elderly over 75 Yrs.
- Impact of Body Mass Index and Its Change on Blood Pressure with Foci on Age and Sex Differences.
- Age/Gender-Specific Referenced High Plasma BNP Is a Marker for Subjects with High Risks of Heart Failure in the Japanese Population.
- Effects of Transdermal and Oral Estrogen Supplementation on Endothelial Function, Inflammation, and Cellular Redox State.
- Association with Small Dense LDL Phenotype on Postprandial Lipemia in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Association of Hypo-Adiponectinemia with Coronary Artery Disease in Women.
- The Levels of Adipocyte-Derived Plasma Protein, Adiponectin, Have a Close Relation with Atherosis Rather Than Sclerosis.
- Serum Osteoprotegerin Levels Are Associated with the Presence and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease.
- The Significant Association of the Genetic Polymorphisms of Werner Helicase and .BETA.2 Adrenergic Receptor with Susceptibility to Coronary Heart Disease.
- Accurate Diagnosis of Vulnerable Carotid Plaque by Magnetic Resonance Imaging as Compare with Ultrasound.
- Diabetes Mellitus Decreases Endogenous NO Production and Increases Expression of Adhesive Molecules in Platelet of Elderly Patients.
- Relative Importance of Atherosclerotic Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease Events in a Community-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan.
- Serum Amyloid A-LDL Complex: A Novel Prognostic Marker in Stable Coronary Heart Disease.
- Pericardial Fluid Level of Heart-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (H-FABP) Is an Indicator of Severe Myocardial Ischemia.
- Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Presence of Coronary Artery Multivessel Disease in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure with Hemodialysis.
- Impact of Secondary Hyperparathyrodism on Presence of Coronary Artery Stenosis in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure with Hemodialysis.
- Long-Term Prognosis of Patients with Vasospastic Angina Who Received Periodic Medication.
- Inhibition of Positive Coronary Artery Remodeling by Statins in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
- Additive Effects of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Combined with Statin on Inflammation and Fibrinolysis in Hypercholesterolemic Patinents with Coronary Artery Disease.
- Long-Term Treatment with Nitrates Aggravates Vascular Endothelial Function in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease.
- Influence of a Novel Adipocyte-Derived Protein, Adiponectin on Fibrinolysis and Inflammation in Stable Effort Angina.
- Helical CT Guided Therapeutic Plan in Old-Age Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
- The Revised Criteria for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Anything Better or Nothing Worse?
- Serum C-Reactive Protein as a Predictor of Mitral Regurgitation and Left Ventricular Remodeling after First Q-Wave Anterior Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Initial QRS Width and No Reflow Phenomenon in Patients with Reperfused Acute Left Main Coronary Artery Obstruction.
- Predicting the Culprit Artery in Inferior Wall Acute Myocardial Infarction Using a New Electrocardiographic Criteria: A Validation Study.
- Hospital Survivors of Japanese Octogenarians with Acute Myocardial Infarction(AMI) Still Carry High Mortality and Morbidity: Saiseikai Acute Myocardial Infarction (SAMI) Study.
- Cardioprotective Effect of Nicorandil in Patients with Large Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Is It Necessary for Acute Myocardial Infarction to Reduce Thrombus before Percutaneus Coronary Intervention Procedure?
- Effects of Intracoronary Thrombus in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated by Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Octogenarian Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Association between Promoter Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) of Bradykinin B2 Receptor (BKR) and the Effect of Medication for Hypertension.
- Constitutional Rho-Kinase Regulates the Electrophysiological and Mechanical Function of the Heart Besides the Coronary Vascular Tone.
- Pharmacological Inhibition of Cardiac Adenylyl Cyclase in an Isoform-Specific Manner.
- Effects of Hypertension on Brachial Artery Flow-Mediated Dilation and Coronary Vasomotor Responses to Bradykinin and Acetylcholine.
- The Effects of Pravastatin on .BETA.-Adrenergic Receptor-G Protein-Adenylyl Cyclase System in Isoproterenol-Induced Cardiomyopathy.
- Prostacyclin Attenuates Oxidative Damage of Adult Rat Myocytes via Opening Mitochondrial ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels.
- Interindividual Differences in the Response to Rofecoxib and Celecoxib.
- The Effect of Trapidil on Cardiovascular Events in 819 Patients with Previous Myocardial Infarction: Results from the J-MIC(M) Study.
- The Effect of Immunoglobulin Therapy on Human Endothelial Cell in Kawasaki Disease.
- Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 in Patients with Kawasaki Disease.
- AT1 Blocker Protects Excessive Remodeling of Coronary Artery in Patients with Kawasaki Disease.
- Long-Term Clinical Follow-Up after Rotational Atherectomy to Coronary Arterial Stenosis in Kawasaki Disease.
- Optimal IVUS-Guided Rotablator Strategy to Provide Favorable Long-Term Prognosis for Calcified Coronary Stenosis in Kawasaki Disease, Stratified by Burr-Size Selection.
- Survey of Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease. Japanese Nationwide Survey.
- Long-Term Change in Exercise Ability and Its Determinants in Patients with Tetralogy of Fallot after Definitive Repair.
- Afterload Mismatch, and Cerebral Intraventricular and Pulmonary Hemorrhage in Preterm Infants.
- Long-Term Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on Cardiac Function during Exercise and Exercise Tolerance.
- Carvedilol Is More Effective Than Metoprolol in Patients Who Exhibit Higher Brain Natriuretic Peptide Level.
- New Era Is Coming in the Treatment of Heart Failure, Characteristics of Patients with Repetitive Admission.
- Cedar Essence Suppresses Sympathetic Neural Activity in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Carperitide Exerts Its Therapeutic Effects through IL-6 Inhibition in Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure.
- Effects of One Month of Domiciliary NIPPV on Sleep Apnea and Cardiac Function in Stable Congestive Heart Failure.
- Prospective Randomized Comparison of .BETA.-Blocker Treatment with Metoprolol or Carvedilol on Antiadrenergic Effects during Exercise in Congestive Heart Failure.
- Central Sympathoinhibition Restores Ultradian Sleep Rhythm and Parasympathetic Tone in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Ultradian Dynamics of All-Day Heart Rate Control and Physical Activity in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Relative Contribution of Physiological Dead Space and Central Chemoreflex to Excessive Exercise Ventilation in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Impaired Response of Norepinephrine to Exercise as a Cause of Chemoreflex Hypersensitivity in Chronic Heart Failure.
- Impact of Autonomic Nervous System Activity in Patients with Heart Failure and Sleep Apnea Syndrome.
- Usefulness of Central Chemosensitivity Measurement to Predict Future Prognosis in Patients with Heart Failure.
- Heart Failure Patient with Oscillatory Ventilation Has Excessive Ventilatory Response to the Carbon Dioxide Both at Rest and during Exercise.
- Prediction of the Need for an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator by Using Cardiac Function and Sympathetic Nerve Imaging with Metaiodobenzylguanidine.
- Cyclic Variation of Integrated Backscatter a Strong Predictor for Long Term Morbidity in Congestive Heart Failure with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy.
- Heart Failure Is the Highest Incidence of Cardiovascular Events and Deaths in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A 14-Year Follow-Up Study.
- Beta Adrenergic Signaling Pathway Is Not Impaired in Chronically Unloaded Hearts.
- Beta-Adrenergic Stimulation Failed to Regulate Intracellular Ca2+ Concentration and Isometric Tension in SERCA2a Overexpressing Heart.
- Shortening-Dependent Change of the Decay Time of the Ca2+ Transient in Ferret Ventricular Muscles.
- Role of a Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase (CaMK) Cascade for the Development of Cardiac Hypertrophy in Spontaneous Hypertensive Rats (SHR).
- Use of Color Kinesis in the Assessment of Regional Left Ventricular Filling in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Analysis of the Left Ventricular Diastolic Filling Dynamics in Normal and Diseased Heart by an Image-Based, Computational Fluid Dynamic Study.
- Noninvasive Detection of Abnormal Intramyocardial Small Artery Flow in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography.
- Impairment of Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor Responses in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.
- Transferable Vasomotor Signals from Myocardium Attenuate the Myogenic Response of Coronary Microvessels.
- Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Production Unmasks the Vasoconstrictor Signal(s) Derived from Ischemic Myocardium.
- The Mechanistic Insight of Amelioration of Chronic Heart Failure Due to Coronary Stenosis by Angiotensin Inhibition in Rats.
- 3-Dimensional Coronary Angiography in Mice Using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy.
- Association of Polymorphism in Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase Catalytic Subunit Gene with Coronary Vasomotor Dysfunction and Myocardial Infarction.
- Coronary Flow Velocity Measurement Has a Diagnostic Value for Coronary Spastic Angina during Intracoronary Injection of Acetylcholine.
- Tissue Doppler Analysis of Nonuniform Transmural Recovery of Myocardial Contractility in Cardiac Raynauds Phenomenon in Sclerodermic Cardiomyoapthy.
- Late Outcomes and Stroke after Mitral Valve Repair: Risk Factor Analysis over 24-Year Experience.
- Strategy of Cerebro-Vascular Protection in Open Heart Surgery.
- Developing "Bio-CABG"-Revascularizing Numerous Coronary Branches by the Arterial Graft.
- Arterial Conduit Shear Stress Following Bypass Grafting for Intermediate Coronary Artery Stenosis.
- Late Regression of Left Internal Thoracic Artery (LITA) Graft Stenosis at the Site of Anastomosis without Intervention Therapy.
- The Influences of Hemodialysis and AV-Shunt on Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Flows: An Ultrasound Study.
- The First Asian Experiences Using Innovative SPY Intra-Operative Imaging System.
- Contributing Factors to Limit the Improvement in Signal-Averaged Electrocardiograms after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
- Enhanced Expression of MCP-1 Receptor In Circulating Monocytes in Hypertensive Patients through Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor.
- Evaluation of the Eplerenone and Losartan in Patients with Hypertension.
- Comparing Antihypertensive Effects of Eplerenone versus Amlodipine in Patients with Mild to Moderate Hypertension Using 24h-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring.
- Troglitazone Improves Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation in Essential Hypertensive Patients with Glucose Intolerance.
- Evaluation of the Antihypertensive Efficacy of Eplerenone and Amlodipine in Older Patients with Systolic Hypertension.
- Susceptible Gene Polymorphisms to the Antihypertensive Effect of Thiazide Diuretics.
- SLC6A2 May Be One of the Genes Contributing to Hypertension in Japanese.
- A New Approach to Ventricular Arrhythmias in Hypertensive Patients: Ventricular Premature Contractions versus Echocardiographic-Based Characterization of Tissue Structure.
- The Relationship between Circulating Level of Ghrelin and Functional Capacity in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Disparity between Local and Circulating Levels of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure.
- Increased Serum Levels of H-FABP in Patients with Severe Congestive Heart Failure.
- Clinical Implication of Changes in Proiflammatory Cytokines and Neurohormonal Abnormalities during the Follow-Up Period in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Sympathetic Neural Burst Power as a New Sensitive Index of Sympathoexcitation in Patients with Heart Failure.
- Brain Natriuretic Peptide Level Predicts Clinical Outcome during .BETA.-Blocker Therapy for Congestive Heart Failure.
- Significance of Serum Brain Natriuremic Petide Level in Chronic Stable Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation.
- Predictors for Clinical Improvement in Patients Receiving Biventricular Pacing.
- Relationship among Sleep Apnea Syndrome, Central Chemosensitivity and Exercise Hyperpnea in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- QRS Duration Can Predict the Efficacy of Carvedilol in Patients with Severe Heart Failure.
- Assessment of Cardiac Fatty Acid Metabolism in Antero-Septal Acute Myocardial Infarction with or without Ischemic Preconditioning Using 123I-BMIPP SPECT.
- Apoptotic Imaging in a Rat Model with Acute Ischemia and Reperfusion Using Tc-99m-Annexin V.
- Optimal Cutoff Levels of Tc-99m-Sestamibi in Acute Phase to Predict Left Ventricular Functional Recovery in Reperfused Anterior Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
- Perfusion-BMIPP Mismatched Area Is Related to Future Cardiac Events in Patients Survived Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Enhanced Washout of I-123 Beta-Methyl-Iodophenyl Pentadecanoic Acid (BMIPP) Predicts Good Left Ventricular Functional Recovery after Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction.
- Gap Junction Is an End-Effector of Cardioprotection in Ischemic Preconditioning.
- Diazoxide Enhances Ca++ Efflux from Isolated Rat Cardiac Mitochondria In Mild Acidosis.
- Nitric Oxide and Reactive Oxygen Species Regulates Vascular Dilatation in Ischemia-Reperfused Rat Heart.
- Ischemic Preconditioning (PC) Induces Up-Regulation of GLUT4 in the Myocardium: A Possible Mechanism of Late PC against Myocardial Stunning.
- Estimation of Depressed Myocardial Contractile Recovery in Hibernating Myocardium in Non Insulin Dependent Diabetic Mellitus Using Tissue Doppler Analysis.
- Antioxidant MCI-186 Inhibits Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore by Up Regulation of BCI-2 Expression.
- Role of Mitochondrial KATP Channels In Geranylgeranylacetone-Induced Cardioprotection in Rat Heart.
- Evidence for Cardiac Myocyte Regeneration in Injured Myocardium by Bone Marrow Derived Cells.
- Cardiomyocyte Has Dynamic Potential to Adjust Its Shape to the Mechanical Environment.
- Fabrication of Aligned Cardiomyocytes Using Two-Photon Absorption.
- A Tissue Engineered Contractile Cardiac Sheets Regenerate the Impaired Myocardium.
- Rats Transgenic for Green Fluorescent Protein and LacZ: Novel and Useful Tools for Regenerative Research in the Myocardium.
- Adult Bone Marrow Cells with Transdifferentiation Potential for Cadiomyocytes Possess the Early Vascular Progenitor Properties and Activatable Cardiomyocyte Differentiation Systems.
- Stat3 Activation Is Responsible for Protecting Cardiac Fibrosis through Inhibiting Stretch-induced TGFbeta: Generation and Characterization of Cardiac-Specific Stat3-Deficient Mice.
- Overexpression of the JAB/SOCS-1 in Host T Cell Prevents Acute Cardiac Allograft Failure in Mice.
- Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Is Important in the Suppression of Neointima Formation after Injury.
- High-Mobility-Group Protein A2 Associates with Smad1, Activates the Csx/Nkx2-5 Gene Expression Cooperatively, and Promotes Cardiomyocyte Differentiation.
- The Polycomb-Group Gene Rae28 Sustains Nkx2.5/Csx Expression and Is Essential for Cardiac Morphogenesis.
- Targeted Disruption of Gab1 Gene Leads to Developmental Abnormalities in Heart.
- A New Gene Fragment Revealed by Subtraction Study of Hdf (Heart Defect) Mouse.
- Identification of 'Vascular Progenitor Cells' from Primate Embryonic Stem Cells.
- An E-Box Binding Transcription Factor Controls Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation Marker Genes.
- Id2 Mediates Phenotypic Modulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells by MAP Kinase Pathway.
- PPAR .GAMMA. Ligand Dependent interaction with Transcriptional Coactivators Control the Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation.
- Polymorphism in the 5'-Flanking Region of Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase Modifier Subunit Gene Is Associated with Myocardial Infarction.
- A Novel Missense Variation of Rho-Kinase May Have a Genetic Impact on Coronary Vasospastic Ischemic Heart Disease in the Japanese.
- Adiponectin; A Key Molecule of the Metabolic Syndrome.
- Polymorphism of Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger Gene and Antihypertensive Response to Calcium Channel Blockers in Patients with Essential Hypertension.
- SUDS and Brugada Syndrome Linked by the Same SCN5A Mutation.
- Developmental Expression of Functional Zebrafish Cyclooxygenases.
- Evaluation of Gene-Gene Interaction for Hypertension and Associated Metabolic Traits in Reciprocal Crossbreeds Derived from Chromosome-1 Congenic Rats.
- Microarray-Based Identification of Three Candidate Genes for Human Heart Failure. From Dahl Rat Model to Human Genome.
- KLF/BTEB2-Interacting Protein SET Negatively Regulates KLF5/BTEB2-Induced Cell Growth- A New Target for Therapy against Pathological VSMC Cell Proliferation.
- Decreased Expression of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Is Associated with Apoptosis of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Human Atherosclerotic Plaque.
- Isolation and Characterization of Output Genes under the Regulation of Biological Clock in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
- Cooperative Interaction between SOX-13 and GATA-6 Regulates Smooth Muscle Specific Transcription.
- RhoA/Rho-Kinase Signaling in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells from Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat.
- RhoA Activation Plays an Integral Role in Tissue Factor (TF) Gene Expression.
- eNOS Activation and Its Vascular Functions Critically Requires the Presence of Tyrosine Kinase PYK2.
- Introduction of Short Interfering RNA to Silence Endogenous E-Selectin in Vascular Endothelium Leads to Successful Inhibition of Leukocyte Adhesion.
- Prognostic Value of Heart Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (H-FABP) in Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Relation of C-Reactive Protein and Statin Therapy to the Rate of Progression of Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Aortic Valve Calcification Is Accompanied by a Hypercholesterolemia Induced Osteoblast Phenotype and Is Inhibited by Atorvastatin.
- Comparative Study of Pathological Findings of Mitral Valve Prolapse with and without Ruptured Chordae Tendineae.
- Bone Marrow Derived Progenitor Cells Participate in the Pathogenesis of Valvular Degeneration.
- Increased Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Activity Is Associated with Ventricular Septal Perforation in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Intracoronary Plasma Level of Matrix Metalloproteinase(MMP)-9 Elevates after Interventional Procedure in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
- Upregulation of Inflammatory Cytokines at the Ruptured Human Coronary Arteries; A Potential Trigger of Vulnerable Plaques.
- Prognostic Significance of increased Serum Oxidized LDL after Reperfused Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Serum Tenascin-C Levels Are a Novel Marker of Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Immunohistochemical Characteristics of Aspirated Intracoronary Thrombi in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Up-Regulated Synthesis of Adrenomedullin in Coronary Circulation Immediately after Reperfusion in Patients with Anterior Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Aging Adversely Affects Post-Infarct Inflammatory Response and Left Ventricular Remodeling.
- Elevation of N-Terminal Pro-BNP in Patients with Early Phase Acute Myocardial Infarction: Unique Diagnostic Value and Pathophysiological Implication.
- Serum Creatinine Level Is a Strong Predictor of In-Hospital Mortality in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients with Sufficient Early Revascularization.
- Urinary Biopyrrin, an End-Product of Heme Degradation Pathway, as a Novel Clinical Marker in the Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Magnesium Sulphate Reduces Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Calcium Antagonists and/or Nitrates Do Not Prevent Reinfarction Due to Vulnerable Plaque Rupture during the First Year after Myocardial Infarction.
- The Effects of Pulse infusion Thrombolysis (PIT) in RCA-Related Myocardial Infarction (MI) Are Not Observed In LAD-Related MI.
- Clinical Significance of Myocardial Blush Grade after Primary Stent Implantation for Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Mineralocorticoid-Receptor Antagonist Spironolactone Prevents Post-Infarct Ventricular Remodeling with Suppression of Myocardial Fibrosis in Patients with First Anterior Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Circulating Plasma Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein (Ox-LDL) Levels Predict Restenosis in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Stent-Induced Expression and Activation of the Leukocyte Integrin Mac-1 Is Associated with Neointimal Thickening and Restenosis.
- Matrix Metalloproteinases Are Involved In Pathogenesis of In-Stent Restenosis in Porcine.
- Photodynamic Therapy with ATX-S10 Decreased Neointimal Hyperplasia after Stenting; Dose-Response of the Light Output.
- NK911, a Nanoparticle Containing Physically Entrapped Doxorubicin, Suppresses Restenosis after Balloon Injury in Rats.
- Short-Term Treatment at Vascular Injury with a Free Radical Scavenger Effectively Blunted Vascular Injury Response in Diabetic Rats.
- Propagermanium, a Specific Inhibitor of CCR2 Chemokine Receptor, Suppresses In-Stent Restenosis in Atherosclerotic Porcine Coronary Arteries.
- Comparison between Self-Expanding and Balloon-Expandable Stents on the Mechanisms of In-Stent Restenosis in Porcine Coronary Arteries.
- HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (Statins) Attenuate In-Stent Intimal Proliferation; Relative Contributions of Lipid-Lowering Effect and Anti-Inflammatory Action.
- Cilostazol Suppresses Activation of not only Platelets but also Leukocytes and Might Reduce Restenosis after Coronary Stent Implantation.
- Collagen Gel Constriction by Contractile Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells: In-Vitro Model of Constrictive Remodeling.
- How PDT Modify the Wound Healing. From the Observation of Cells and Extracellular Matrix by Using Two-Photon Microscopy.
- Trans-Differentiation of Bone Marrow Monocyte-Lineage Cells to Endothelial-Like Cells and Reendothelialization on Injured Endothelium by MCP-1-Dependent Adhesion.
- Impact of Thiozoladiendione Therapy on Pattern of the In-Stent Restenosis after Coronary Stent Implantation in Type 2 Diabetic Patients.
- The Extent of Coronary Atherosclerosis Determined by Angioscopy Is a Risk Factor of Restenosis.
- Involvement of c-Jun NH2 Terminal Kinase and p38MAPK in Rapamycin-Mediated Inhibition of Neointimal Formation in Balloon-Injured Rat Carotid Artery.
- Significance of Overlap of Tc-Pyrophosphate/TL-201 in Acute Infarct-Related Myocardium in Patients Underwent Complete Recanalization (TIMI Grade 3).
- Prognostic Factors in Anterior and Infero-Posterior Myocardial Infarction Treated by Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
- Impact of Nicorandil on the Reperfusion Injury Prevention in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction (Sigmart Multicenter Angioplasty Revascularization Trial;SMART).
- Injection of Monteplase Prior to PCI Have Reduced Restenosis in AMI. Combining Monteplase with Angioplasty (COMA) TRIAL.
- Hybrid Re-Perfusion Therapy with Coronary Thrombolysis and PCI Improved the Clinical Outcome of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
- In-Hospital Mortality of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Patients Aged over 80 Years. Depending on the Success of Revascularization.
- Clinical Usefulness of Stenting for Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients. A Multicenter Study in Japan.
- A Novel Technique to Measure Ca2+ Concentration in Sarcoplasmic Reticulum of Cardiomyocytes.
- Mechanosensitivity of G Protein-Activated Inwardly Rectifying K+ (GIRK) Channels Depends on Channel-PIP2 Interactions through the Activation of PKC.
- Second Window of Ischemic Preconditioning Regulates Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore by Enhancing the BCI-2 Expression.
- Sarcolipin, a Novel Calcium Regulator, Is Preferentially Expressed in the Atrium and Is Downregulated in the Hypertrophic Heart.
- Modulation of L-Type Ca2+ Channel Influences the Ca2+ Affinity of Troponin-C through the Cross-Bridge Formation in Ferret Ventricular Muscles.
- Bcl-xL Is Up-Regulated in the Hearts of Cardiac-Specific Smad1 Transgenic Mice.
- A Transcriptional Coactivator P300 Associates with Calcineurin-Dependent Signaling during the Transcription of Bcl-2 Gene in Cardiac Myocytes.
- Cloning and Characterization of Homolog of Sir2, a Regulator of Yeast Life Span and Senescence, in the Mouse.
- Cardiac Myosin Phosphatase Could Be a Rho/Rho-Kinase Signaling Target in Heart.
- Carvedilol Enhances SERCA2 Gene Expression through the Transcriptional Factor Sp1 under Oxidative Stress in Neonatal Rat Cardiac Myocytes.
- Carvedilol Protect Myocardial Fibrotic Change and Degeneration, and Mortality Rate Was Decreased in TO2(Bio53.58) Hamsters.
- Endothelin ETA Receptor Antagonist Suppressed ET-1 Content and INOS but Could Not Improve the Cardiac Dysfunction in Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Effects of Efonidipine, a Novel Ca2+ Channel Antagonist with T-Type Activity, on Cardiomyopathic Hamster Hearts during Development of Heart Failure.
- Relationship between Skeletal Muscle Function and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Parameters in Heart Failure Patients.
- The Relationship between Exercise Capacity and Echocardiographic Parameters in Chronic Heart Failure Patients with Cachexia.
- Neurohormonal Determinants of Peak Oxygen Uptake in Patients with Mild to Moderate Chronic Heart Failure.
- Combined Analysis of VE/VCO2 Slope and Slow Periodic VO2 Oscillations Accurately Predicts Future Cardiac Events in Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Mechanism of the Reduced Ventilatory Efficiency in Healthy Older Men.
- Exercise Cardiac Rehabilitation Improves Exercise Capacity in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAS).
- Disparate Effects of Exercise Training on Exercise Tolerance in Myocardial Infarction Patients with and without Insulin Resistance.
- Exercise Training Improves Energy Metabolism and Normalizes Myosin Heavy Chain Expression of the Reperfused Myocardium in Rats.
- Tumor Necrosis Fator-.ALPHA. Activates cAMP Response Element Binding Protein in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell.
- Critical Functional Role of IL-1.BETA. in Expression and Function of VEGF Revealed by Analysis of IL-1.BETA. -l-Mice.
- Delivery of Endothelial PAS Domain Protein 1 Gene Promotes Angiogenesis through the Transactivation of Both VEGF and Its Receptor, Flt-1.
- Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor .GAMMA. Ligands Activate Aki/ERK Pathway through Transactivation of EGF and PDGF Receptors.
- Gene Transfer of Adrenomedullin Augments Collateral Development in Response to Acute Ischemia.
- Inhibition of Cardiac Aldosterone System by Spironolactone Blocks Gq Protein Coupled Agonist-Induced Hypertrophic Responses in Cardiac Myocytes.
- FGF-2 Induces Osteoblastic Marker Osteopontin Gene Expression and Inhibits Smooth Muscle Differentiation via Cbfa1 in Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells.
- Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1.ALPHA. (SDF-1.ALPHA.), Another Angiogenic Cytokine Activating PI3K/AKT/ENOS Pathway, Elevates in Plasma of Mouse Myocardial Infarction Model.
- Effects of Amiodarone on Gap-Junction Proteins in Cultured Rat Cardiomyocytes Exposed to Rapid Electrical Stimulation of Contraction.
- Nifekalant Facilitates Transthoracic Cardioversion in Critically III Patients with Hemodynamically Unstable Atrial Fibrillation.
- Sinus Version in Orally Administering Bepridil in Patients with Chronic Atrial Fibrillation.
- Chemical Atrial Defibrillation Using Minimal Doses of Antiarrhythmic Drug Delivered in the Temporarily Occluded Coronary Sinus.
- Should We Use Fixed QTc Cut off Values for the Evaluation of Drug-Induced QT Prolongation?
- Bepridil Was More Effective Than Class I Antiarrhythmic Drugs to Prevent the Atrial Fibrillation in "Hybrid-Therapy" of Atrial Flutter-Fibrillation.
- Anti-Arrhythmic Agent Can Not Suppress Premature Ventricular Contractions at a Specific Range of Heart Rate.
- Inotropic Effect of Nifekalant in Monocrotaline-Induced Right Ventricular Hypertrophy and Heart Failure.
- Severe Injury Recruits Bone Marrow Derived Progenitor Cells to Vascular Remodeling.
- Role of Endothelial Cell-Derived Lipase in Monocyte Adhesion to Endothelial Cells.
- Oxidized LDL Inhibits Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-Induced Endothelial Progenitor Cell Differentiation.
- Bone Marrow Derived Progenitor Cells Contribute to Progression and Destabilization of Advanced Atherosclerotic Plaques.
- Retarded Intracellular Lipid Transport Associated with Reduced Expression of Cdc42, a Member of Rho-GTPases, in Human Aged Skin Fibroblasts.
- Full Survey of Chromosome 7 for Genes Associated with Coronary Atherosclerosis and Aortic Aneurysm Using Microsatellite Markers and Microarray.
- Role Platelet Expressed CD40 Ligand after Exposure to a High Shear Stress on Dendritic Cell Maturation and Activation.
- Adrenomedullin Inhibits Arterial Intimal Formation Induced by Cuff Placement through a NO-Dependent Pathway of eNOS.
- An s-Nitrosylated Hemoglobin Derivative Protects Rat Brain from Cerebral Ischemia.
- Nanometer-Sized Artificial Oxygen Carrier Alleviates Cerebral Infarction in the Rat.
- Roles of Endogenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Matrix Metalloproteinases in Heparin-Produced Cerebral Hemorrhage Following Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Mice.
- A Role of Cardiologist for Diagnosis of Cardiogenic Cerebral Embolism.
- Aortic Vortex Flow Represented by Contrast Echography Is a Useful Tool to Visualize Blood Viscosity in Acute Cerebral Embolism.
- Relation of Ventricular Remodeling and Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels with Occurrence of Ischemic Stroke in Patients with Heart Failure.
- Relation between Mitral Annular Calcification and Severity of Carotid Arterosclerosis in Stroke Patients.
- High Intensity Transient Signals (HITS) Indicate Micro-Embolic Encephalopathy after Cardiac Surgery.
- Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation from Purkinje System: Drug Efficacy and Induction Method for Catheter Ablation.
- Efficacy of Cardioversion for Patients with Tachycardia-Related Cardiomyopathy.
- Severe Electrical Storm in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD): Does It Predict Poor Prognosis?
- Prevention of Awake Shock: Utility of Awake Ventricular Fibrillation Induction in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator.
- The Influence of Blood Flow on Catheter Ablation.
- ERK5 Plays a Critical Role in Cardiotrophin-1-Induced Hypertrophy of Neonatal Rat Ventricular Myocytes.
- Proline-Rich Tyrosine Kinase 2, Pyk2, Mediates Endothelin-1-Induced Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy.
- Angiotensin II Induces Hypertrophic Responses through Extracellular Calcium Influx and Activation of CaMKII in Cultured Cardiomyocytes.
- Pressure and Volume Overload-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy Is Associated with Distinct Activation of Signal Transduction Pathways.
- Dominant Negative Mutants of Transcriptional Factor AP-1 Dissociates Cardiac Myocyte Hypertrophy and Pathologic Gene Program.
- Signaling Pathways Responsible for Fetal Gene Expression in the Failing Human Heart. Evidence for Altered Thyroid Hormone Receptor Gene Expression.
- Role of Renin-Angiotensin System in Cardiac Remodeling after Aortic Regurgitation in Mice.
- Acute Effect of Cibenzoline on Impaired Coronary Flow Reserve in Patients with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.
- A Novel Mutation (Int21DSG+1A) in the MyBP-C Gene Shows Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with a High Degree of Penetrance In Adult Patients.
- Relation between Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme II Genotype and Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Disappearence of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmas Is a Good Prognostic Marker in Immunoglobulin Therapy for Patients with Fulminant Myocarditis.
- Relation between Oxidative Stress and Systolic Dysfunction in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Heterogeneity of Expression of Messenger RNA in Failing Hearts.
- A New Surgical Treatment for Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Overlapping Cardiac Volume Reduction Operation.
- Candesartan and Amlodipine Reduced the High Linearity and Increased the Low Linearity of Cardiovascular Regulation in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.
- Chronic Recording of Autonomic Nerve Activity with a Sieve Electrode.
- New Quantitative and Qualitative Indicators of Sympathoexcitation in Humans; Evaluation of Reproducibility.
- Spectrum Analysis of Beat-by-Beat Blood Flow of Aorta (Ao), Pulmonary Artery (PA) in Sinus Node Rhythm (SNR), Chronic Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation (NVAF).
- Increased Sympathetic Nerve Activity Relates to Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients with Essential Hypertension.
- Epalrestat Augments Cardiac Parasympathetic Nerve Function in the Patients with Well-Controlled Diabetes Mellitus.
- Chronic Mental Stress and Sleep Derivation Impairs Autonomic Activity and Decreases Intracellular Magnesium Levels.
- Arrhythmogenesis of Sympathetic Activity Related Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Type 3 Long QT Syndrome (LQT3).
- Assessment of Ablitity of Halo Catheter to Diagnose Complete Isthmus Block Utilizing Electroanatomical Mapping System.
- Electrophysiological Characteristics and Electrical Isolation of the Superior Vena Cava (SVC) in Patients with Atrial Tachycardia Originating from SVC.
- Biatrial Pacing for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation; The Outcome and Electrophysiological Mechanism of Prevention.
- Acute Pulmonary Vein Stenosis and Progression of the Narrowing after the Isolation Procedure.
- Detection of the Maximum Gap in Epicardial Linear Ablation Lesions with Conduction Block Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
- Ostial Pulmonary Vein Isolation of Atrial Fibrillation: Is the 8 mm Tip Electrode Superior to the 4 mm Tip Electrode?
- New Approach of a Basket Catheter-Guided Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation.
- Concealed Left Anterior and Anteroseptal Accessory Pathways: New Approaches to the Tachycardia Foci.
- Reversal of Atrial Electrical Remodeling by a Dual L- and T-Type Ca Channel Blocker in Dogs.
- Effect of Chronic Autoimmunity against the Second Extracellular Loop of Beta1-Adrenergic Receptors to Inward Currents in Ventricular Myocytes.
- Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) Suppresses Atrial Electrical Remodeling in Canine Rapid Atrial Stimulation Model.
- New Experimental Model of Nonuniform Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Rat Cardiac Muscle: Triggering of Ca2+ Waves and Arrhythmias.
- Glucocorticoid Induces Atrial Arrhythmogenesis via Modification of Ion Channel Gene Expression in Rats: Molecular Evidence for Stress-Induced Atrial Fibrillation.
- TNF-.ALPHA. Causes the Reduction of Kv4.2 Potassium Channel Expression in Cultured Newborn Rat Ventricular Cells.
- Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Improves the Arrhythmia Morbidity in Mice with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy.
- Homology Modeling of KCNQ1 and HERG Potassium Channels: Comparison of Open and Closed Conformation.
- ACE Inhibitor Improves Impaired Myocardial Energy Metabolism and Diastolic Function as Well as Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hypertensive Patients.
- Prognostic Implications of Impaired Myocardial Glucose Metabolism in Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Global and Regional Left Ventricular Function Assessed by ECG-Gated N-13 Ammonia PET in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
- Comparison between ECG-Gated FDG and NH3 PET for the Assessment of Left Ventricular Function in Patients with Myocardial Infarction.
- Comparison of Left Ventricular Volumes and Ejection Fraction between ECG-Gated N-13 Ammonia PET and MRI in Patients with Myocardial Infarction.
- The Clinical Significance of Gated Myocardial Perfusion Spect for Predicting Left Ventricular Remodeling after Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Usefulness of I-123MIBG Myocardial Scintigraphy for Predicting Cardiac Events in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy Receiving Long-Term /.BETA.-Blocker Treatment.
- Distributional Heterogeneity of Washout-Rate by MIBG Images May Be New Predictor for Serious Adverse Cardiac Events with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Home Oxygen Therapy Can Improve Exercise Capacity and Cardiac Function in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Central Sleep Apnea.
- Which Is the Better Beta-Blocker to Treat Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Carvedilol or Metoprolol?
- Comparison of Long Term Result of IVUS-Guided Stenting with Angiography-Guided Stenting in Simple Coronary Artery Lesion.
- Stenting of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions: Y-Stenting, T-Stenting, single Stenting, Immediate and Long-Term Results: Multicenter Registry in Japan.
- Impact of Debulking before Stenting for Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: An Analysis with Intravascular Ultrasonographic Study.
- Beyond Five-Year Follow-Up after Stand-Alone Directional Coronary Atherectomy.
- Angiotensin-Converting-Enzyme Inhibitor Quinapril Improves Long-Term Prognosis after Coronary Intervention.
- Hyperthermia with Heated Stent Model Inhibits Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Migration and Alters Remodeling in Rat Carotid Artery.
- Influence of Midventricular Obstruction on the Acute Results of Percutaneous Transluminal Septal Myocardial Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.
- Acute and Follow-Up Outcomes of Percutaneous Transluminal Septal Myocardial Ablation for Patients with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.
- EphrinB2 Promotes Endothelial Cell Migration through PI3K Pathway and Induces Angiogenesis in Vivo in Adult Settings.
- Peripheral Mononuclear Cell Implantation Is Effective to Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease.
- Enhancement of Ischemia-Induced Angiogenesis by eNOS Overexpression.
- Improvement of Regional Perfusion after Bone Marrow Cell Transplantation: Asessment of Myocardial Perfusion by Contrast Echocardiography and Histology.
- Novel Roles of Adrenomedullin for Vascular Regeneration.
- Vascular Specific Organogenesis from Embryonic Stem Cells on Three Dimensional Layer of Matrigel.
- Complete Recovery of Ischemia-Induced Myocardial Dysfunction by Extracorporeal Cardiac Shock Wave Therapy.
- Activation of Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor with Angiotensin II Increases Coronary VEGF Expression via an AGEs-HIF-1.ALPHA. Pathway in NIDDM.
- Plasma Adrenomedullin Concentration Is Increased in Patients with Arteriosclerosis Obliterans Associated with Vascular Inflammation.
- The Incidence and Risk Factors of Cholesterol Embolization Syndrome, a Complication of Cardiac Catheterization: A Prospective Study.
- Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) and C-Met/HGF Receptor Expression in Human and Rat Vascular Tissues with Chronic Limb Ischemia.
- Long-Term Prognosis and Comparison of Easywall and Palmaz Stents, Stratified by Peripheral Artery Lesions.
- Effect of Minocycline for Patients with Active Takayasu Arteritis: Long-Term Follow Up Study.
- Therapeutic Angiogenesis for Patients with Limb Ischemia by Autologous Transplantation of Bone Marrow Cells: Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Sildenafil, a Type-5 Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor, Improves Vascular Response to Reactive Hyperemia in Patients with Raynaud's Phenomenon.
- c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase Regulates Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 Activity in Human Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.
- Clinical Significance of Adiponectin and Small Dense Low-Density Lipoproteins in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease.
- Cholesterol Level Is NOT a Risk Factor in Primary Prevention of Japanese.
- Duration of Ischemic Reactive Hyperemia Relates to Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Healthy Populations.
- Fatty Liver and Uric Acid Are Independent Predictors of Coronary Artery Disease, but Not of Stroke.
- Smoking Cessation Using the Internet.
- Increased Risk of Coronary Spasm Due to the Combination of T-786 to C Mutation in the eNOS Gene and Smoking.
- Smoking Affects Arterial Compliance and Endothelial Function.
- Evaluation of Smoking Cessation on Soluble Adhesion Molecules,Platelet-Derived Microparticles Activities, Platelet Activation Markers and High Sensitivity CRP.
- Thyroid Microsomal Antibody Test Predicts Hyperthyroidism during Prostacyclin Therapy in Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertention.
- Mutations within the BMPR-II Gene in Japanese Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Altered Nano/Micro-Order Mechanical Property of Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells from Patients with Primary pulmonary Hypertension.
- Inflammatory Cells in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension.
- A Nuclear Factor .KAPPA. B Inhibitor Ameliorated Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling in Rats.
- Long-Term Inhibition of Rho-Kinase Markedly Ameliorates Monocrotaline-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension in Rats.
- Intravenous Administration of a Rho-Kinase Inhibitor, Fasudil, Reduces Pulmonary Vascular Resistance in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Hybrid Cell-Gene Therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension Based on Phagocytosing Action of Endothelial Progenitor Cells.
- cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Prevents Blood Pressure Elevation via Direct Phosphorylation and Inactivation of Small GTPase RhoA.
- Inhibition of COX-2 Prevents Hypertension and Proteinuria Associated with a Decrease of 8-Iso-PGF2.ALPHA. Formation in L-NAME-Treated Rats.
- Angiotensin II-Induced Upregulation of Fibrosis-Related Gene Is Suppressed by the Iron Chelation.
- Protective Effect of Adrenomedullin in Renal Interstitial Fibrosis and Relation to Lectin-Like Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-1.
- Role of Integrin Expression on Diastolic Dysfunction in 2K1C Rat Heart.
- Role of Complementary C3 in the Exaggerated Growth and the Synthetic Phenotype in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells from SHR.
- Characterization of the Expression of NHE-3 Gene as an Ouput Gene of Clock.
- The Amplitudes of Circadian Expression of Clack Genes Are Decreased in Dahl-Salt Sensitive Rats Fed a High Salt Diet.
- Pacemaker Does Not Provide Symptom Improvement in Patients with Sleep Apnea Syndrome.
- Unique Distribution Pattern of Interectopic Intervals in Ventricular Parasystole with Short Intrinsic Cycle Length.
- Prolonged Asystole Induced by Head-Up Tilt Not Associated with exaggerated Autonomic Activity in Daily Life.
- Computer Simulation of Myocardial Infarction in the Presence of Left Bundle Branch Block.
- A Decrease in ST Slope from Early to Late Recovery Can Differentiate False- From True-Positive ST Depression in Women.
- Variability of Ventricular Response Interval Well Predicts Exercise Tolerance in Chronic Atrial Fibrillation.
- Reduction in Sympathetic Denervation Area and Recovery Time Dispersion Improves Cardiac Function in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Magnetocardiograms Detect the Right Atrial Conduction Delay in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.
- High Resolution Wavelet Analysis of Body Surface ECG for Prediction of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Intramural Arrhythmogenesis of EGG Phenomenon of Prolonged QT Interval, Short-Long Cardiac Cycle and T Wave Alternans in Long QT Syndrome.
- Can the T-Wave Morphology Analysis Get into the Same Dilemma as QT Dispersion?
- Abnormal Nigh Frequency Potentials in Brugada Syndrome Detected by Wavelet Transformed Electrocardiograms.
- Relationship between Fluctuation of Autonomic Nerve Response and Ventricular Repolarization Abnormality during Direct Shock Delivery in ICD Patients.
- Circadian Variation of Beat-To-Beat QT Interval Variability in Patients with Prior Myocardial Infarction.
- Vagal Activity Modulates Spontaneous Augmentation of ST Elevation in Brugada Syndrome.
- QRS Wave Alternans Obtained by Wavelet Analysis Is One of the Mechanisms of Life-Threatening Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias.
- Verapamil Prevents Atrial Fibrillation Induced by Acetylcholine Injection to Sub-Adventitia Layer of Pulmonary Veins in Dogs.
- Discordant Alternans of Repolarization in Atrium Initiates Atrial Fibrillation and Is Suppressed by Verapamil.
- Distribution of Myocardial Sleeve in the Superior Vena Cava (SVC) and Electrical Connection between the SVC and the Right Atrium.
- Demonstration of the Exact Anatomical Tachycardia Circuit of the Typical Atrial Flutter Using Single Extrastimulation Method.
- P Wave Morphological Analysis during Pulmonary Vein Pacing. Spatial Characteristics of 3-Dimensional P Wave Loop.
- Arrangement and Age-Related Changes in Posterior Right Atrial Musculature. Analysis Relevant to the Boundary of Atrial Flutter.
- Hybrid Therapy of Pulmonary Vein Isolation and Class III Drug for Long-Lasting Chronic Atrial Fibrillation; Potential Reversibility of Structural Remodeling.
- Relationship between Structural Characteristics of the Crista Terminalis and Its Transverse Conduction in Patients with Atrial Flutter.
- Idiopathic Left Repetitive Ventricular Premature Beats with a Delta Wave-Like Morphology Originating from the Mitral Annulus.
- Association between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) of Cardiac Potassium Channel Genes and Drug-Induced Long QT Syndrome in Japanese.
- Long-Term Follow-Up of Electrocardiographic QT-c Interval and Abnormal T-Wave Patterns in Patients with LQT2 (HERG) Mutations.
- Ventricular Conduction in Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation without Right Precordial ST Elevation. Comparative Study with Brugada Syndrome.
- Electrophysiological Characteristics of the Left Bundle Branch-Purkinje Systems in Patients with Bundle Branch Reentrant Tachycardia.
- Electrocardiographic Characteristics of Ventricular Tachycardia Originating from Pulmonary Artery.
- Difference in Ventricular Fibrillation Interval between Structural Heart Disease and Brugada Syndrome: Role of Sotalol Treatment and Defibrillation Threshold.
- Influence of Taking Meals on ST-Segment Elevation in the Brugada Syndrome.
- Randomized Comparison of Anti-Platelet Therapy: Ticlopidine Versus Cilostazol after Coronary Stent Implantation in AMI. Evaluation of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) Kinetics.
- Risk Factors of Acute Pulmonary Thromboembolism in Patients Hospitalized for Medical Illness: Results of a Multicenter Registry in JASPER.
- Plasma D-Dimer Levels Can Predict the Presence of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombi in Patients with NVAF.
- Hypofibrinolysis and Increased Metalloproteinase Expression Associated with Coronary Vasculopathy in NIDDM: Primary Role of Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor.
- Injection of Monteplase Prior to PCI Prevents No Reflow Phenomenon in AMI.
- Up-Regulation of Plasminogen Activator Ihibitor-1 Production by Hepatocyte Growth Factar in Liver Cells and Its Potential Clinical Implications for Atherothrombosis.
- High-Shear-Stress-Induced Activation of Platelet-Derived Microparticles Are Detected by a New Method "ELISA".
- Imaging of the Procoagulant Activity Appeared on the Surface of Platelet Thrombi Formed on the Collagen Surface under Flow Conditions.
- Debulking Effect and Lang-Term Prognosis of Aggressive Rotablator with/without Stenting for Calcified LMT Disease of Elderly or Inoperable Patients.
- The One Year Result of Parallel Wire Technique under Going Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusions.
- Predictors of Slow Flow Phenomenon after Stenting.
- Clinical Efficacy of Percutaneous Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion of Native Coronary Arteries with Saphenous Vein Graft Failure.
- Initial and Chronic Results of Balloonless Coronary Angioplasty (DREAM: Debulking Followed by Radius Excluding Balloon Angioplasty Method).
- Efficacy of Self-Expandable Stent (Radius Stent) after Directional Coronary Atherectomy (DCA) Guided by Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS).
- Pre-Interventional Lesion Characteristics as Predictors of Chronic Vessel Remodeling by Self-Expanding (Radius) Stent Implantation.
- The New Distal Protection Device (PercuSurge TM). Histopathological Findings of the Aspiration Samples.
- Thrombin-Stimulated Ca2+ Signaling Mediated via RhoA Activation in Tissue Factor (TF) and Plaaminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) Synthesis in Endothelial Cells.
- Chlamydia Pneumoniae and Cytomegarovirus May Play a Pathogenic Role in Acute Coronary Syndrome (Hiatopathological Assessment of Tissue Specimens).
- Increased Platelet Retention Rates in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes.
- Hightened Thioredoxin Levels Are Aaaociated with Recurrent Attacks in Patients with Unstable Angina.
- Diagnostic Ability of Heart-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein vs. Troponin T for Early Detection of AMI According to New Criteria.
- Application of the TIMI Risk Score for Predicting the Benefits of Triple Antiplatelet Therapy in Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Augmented Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Expression Associated with Plaque Rupture and Thrombosis in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Results from Immunohistology of Aspirated Specimen.
- Predicting Six-Month Mortality in Acute Coronary Syndromes: Results from the GUARDIAN Trial.
- Epitope Mapping of Autoantibodies Produced against Sarcolemmal Na-K-ATPase in the Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- HLA-DR and CD40 Ligand Expressing T Lymphocytes Are Increased in Circulation in Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Relationship between Circulating Interleukin-13 and Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Soluble Interleukin-2 Receptor and Th2 Cytokines Are Sensitive Markers of Disease Activity in Cardiac Sarcoidosis.
- Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs) and PPAR.GAMMA. Coactivator-1 Are Expressed Synergetically in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Severe Left Ventricular Failure.
- Localization of Coxsackievirus and Adenovirus Receptor (CAR) in Rat Heart.
- Induction of Cardiac Hypertrophy in Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Mice by Transfer of Lymphocytes from Patients with Congestive Heart Failure.
- Evidence for the Regulatory Role of Fas/Fas Ligand Interaction during the Subacute Stage of Myocardial Infarction for Post-Infarct Heart Failure.
- Compensatory Role of Neuronal NO Synthase in Maintaining Coronary Flow in the Absence of Endothelial NO Synthase in Mice.
- Large Quantities of NO Inhibit Agonist-Induced Endothelial Cell Ca2+ Responses via a Peroxynitrite Pathway.
- Impaired Endothelium-Dependent Vascular Relaxation in Fas-Lacking Mice.
- Involvement of Endothelial NO Synthase-Independent Mechanism in the Beneficial Effects of ACE Inhibitor on Coronary Endothelial Functions in Mice.
- The Common eNOS and ACE Polymorphisms Are Associated with Endothelial Dysfunction in Young Healthy Men.
- Activation of Heat-Shock Factor-1 by Statins in Endothelial Cells.
- Dehydroepiandrosterone Supplementation Improves Endothelial Function and Insulin Sensitivity in Men.
- Vascular Citrulline-Arginine Cycle Plays a Role in the Antiatherosclerotic Effect of 17.BETA. Estradiol on the High Cholesterol Diet Induced Atherosclerosis.
- Anti-Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Therapy Reduces Experimental In-Stent Restenosis in Hypercholesterolemic Rabbits.
- Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1.ALPHA. Gene Transduction of Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Vascular Regeneration.
- Blockade of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Attenuates Experimental Restenosis after Intraluminal Injury.
- Soluble FLt-1 Gene Transfer Attenuates Neointimal Hyperplasia after Perivascular Injury in Apoliporotein-E Knockout Mice.
- Transplantation of Cardiotrophin-1-Expressing Myoblasts to Myocardium Prevents the Transition from Compensatory Hypertrophy to Congestive Heart Failure in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats.
- AAV Vector-Mediated Muscle Directed Gene Therapy for Fabry Disease: Sequential Evaluation on Cardiovascular and Renal System.
- A Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Heart Failure: Phospholamban Ablation by Using RNA Interference Method.
- Increase in DNA Synthesis of Cardiac Myocytes by Transfection of P53 and Rb Antisense: Possibility of Cardiac Myocytes Regeneration.
- Association between Insulin Resistance and Carotid Arteriosclerosis in the Subjects with Normal Fasting Glucose And Normal Glucose Tolerance.
- Selective Ablation of IRS-1 Decreases Cardiac Contractility without Attenuating PAI-1 Expression or Perivascular Fibrosis.
- Impact of Gliclazide on Leukocyte Involvement into Microvessels Subjected to Ischemia/Reperfusion in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats.
- Imidapril Improves Cardiac Dysfunction in Diabetes Mellitus by Inhibition of Cardiac Tissue Angiotensin Converting Enzyme and Integrin System.
- Biosynthesis of 15-deoxy-D12,14-PGJ2 and the Ligard of PPAR.GAMMA.: 15d-PGJ2 Is Not the Endogenous Ligand of PPAR.GAMMA. in Vivo.
- Confocal Imaging of the Opening of Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore in Cardiac Myocytes.
- The Roles of Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore in Regulation of Mitochondrial Ca2+ Concentration in Skinned Rat Myocytes.
- The Regulation of Mitochondrial Ca2+ by Ca2+ Uniporter and Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in Skinned Rat Myocyte.
- Dominant Negative Effect of Truncated ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter-1 Mutations on the Clinical Phenotypes and Cellular Cholesterol Efflux in the Heterozygotes.
- Fenofibrate and Pitavastatin Increase Transcriptional Levels of Apolipoprotein A-I Gene Variants at 5' Untranlation Region.
- A Novel Mutation of Human Apolipoprotein A-V Gene, ApoA-V(Gly162Cys): Influence of the Mutation on High Plasma Triglyceride Levels.
- Tea Catechin Attenuates NFkB Activation and Suppresses Atherosclerosis, Fatty Liver and Renal Injury in Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor Knockout Mice.
- Reduced Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Toll-Like Receptor 4-Deficient Mice.
- Myocardial Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Associated with Enteroviral Replication in Human Myocarditis.
- Up-Regulation of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 in HepG2 Cells by Interleukin (IL)-1 .BETA. and IL-6 and Its Attenuation by HMGCoA Reductase Inhibitor.
- A Novel HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor, Pitavastatin Inhibits IL-6-Induced CRP in Liver Cells via ERK1/2-Dependent but not STAT3-Dependent Signaling Transduction.
- Quantification of Plaque Texture by Means of Multislice Spiral CT in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Stable Angina Pectoris.
- Clinical Values of Quantification of Calcium Volume of Coronary Arteries with Multi-Slice Computed Tomography.
- Delayed Enhancement by CT in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Wall.
- Residual Myocardial Perfusion Defect after Reperfused Acute Myocardial Infarction on Two-Phase Contrast Enhancement CT.
- Visualization of Myocardial Fibrosis Using Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Clinical Significance of Perfusion MRI for Detecting Coronary Artery Disease and Application of This Modality to Elderly Patients.
- Validity of the Accuracy of Right Ventricular Volume Measurements with Single-Plane Simpson Rule Based on a New Half-Circle Model.
- Aortitis Inflammation Imaged with [Fluorine-18] Labeled Fluoro-Deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography (18 FDG-PET).
- How Does Aggressive Lipid-Lowering Therapy Modify Coronary Atheromatous Plaque? Three-Dimensional Intravascular Ultrasound Study.
- Lipid-Lowering Therapy with Pravastatin Induces Different Patterns of Coronary Vascular Remodeling: Evaluation by -Dimensional IVUS and Plasma Lipid Levels.
- Effects of Lipid-Lowering by Atorvastatin on Atherosclerotic Plaques in Thoracic and Abdominal Aorta Detecled by MRI.
- Possible Mechanism of Coronary Plaque Regression with Statin Therapy: Role of Soluble Vascular Cellular Adhesion Molecule-1 in the Coronary Circulation.
- Lipocalin-Type Prostaglandin D Synthase Is Upregulated in Smooth Muscle Cells in Coronary Atherosclerosis: A Sensitive Bio-Marker for Coronary Artery Disease.
- Influence of Serum Level of Lipocalin-Type Prostaglandin D Synthase (L-PGDS) on Coronary Atherosclerosis Assessed by Quantitative Coronary Angiography (QCA).
- Marked Differences in Visceral Fat Accumulation-Related Cardiovascular Risk Factors between Young and Elderly Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
- High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Level Is an Independent Determinant of Carotid Atherosclerosis and Arterial Enlargement in General Population.
- Role of Serum Level of Lipocalin-Type Prostaglandin D Synthase (L-PGDS) in Coronary Atherosclerosis; A 3D-Intracoronary Ultrasound (3D-ICUS) Study.
- Genetic Risk Diagnosis for Coronary Artery Spasm.
- Elevation of Transcardiac Gradient of Plasma Endothelin-1 through the Heart Stimulates Disease Activity in Patients with Coronary Spastic Angina.
- New Method to Detect Endothelial Injury in Patients with vasospastic Angina: Evans Blue Dye.
- The Functional Profiles of Circulating T Lymphocytes Distinguish Patients with Stable and Unstable Angina.
- Increased Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Vasospastic Angina.
- Significance of Reversed Redistribution in Exercise Thallium-201 SPECT Imaging in Patients with Vasospastic Angina.
- Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment of Remodeling Pattern and Long-Term Changes in Vessel Morphology in Diabetic Patients with Angina Pectoris.
- Relation between Cerebral Oxygenation during Exercise and Cerebrovascular Arteriosclerosis.
- Cardioinhibitory Reflex Is Provoked by Exercise-Induced Myocardial Ischemia of the Inferior Wall.
- High-Resolution Analysis for Exercise-Induced Negative U-Wave in the Recovery in Patients with False-Negative ST Responses.
- Post-Exercise ST Slope Analysis Accurately Identifies False-Positive ST Responses Even in Subjects with Resting ST Depression.
- Effect of Physical Training on Central Chemosensitivity in Patients after Open-Heart Surgery.
- Impact of Routine Exercise on Medical Costs in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease.
- Daily Anaerobic Threshold Level Walking Improves Regional Myocardial Circulation at Rest and Dipyridamole Hyperlemia in Patients with Old Myocardial Infarction.
- Influence of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Oxidative Stress Marker and Consumption of Ascorbic Acid in Patients with Myocardial Infarction.
- Persistence of Ongoing Myocardial Damage Predicts Poor Long-Term Prognosis in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Serum Levels of Immunoglobulin E Are Increased in the Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Elevated Plasma Interleukin-12 Levels in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Very Low Frequency Is a Powerful Predictor of Clinical Prognosis in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure.
- C-Reactive Protein Is a Predictor of Prognosis in Heart Failure with Ischemic Heart Disease, but not with Non-Ischemic Heart Disease.
- Plasma B-Type Natriuretic Peptide as a Prognostic Marker of Myocardial Infarction: Ten Years Follow-Up Study.
- Plasma Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Decreased with Improvement of Congestive Heart Failure.
- Clinical Features and Prognosis of Cardiac Sarcoidosis Presenting as Unexplained Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies.
- Markedly High Prevalence of Diastolic Heart Failure in Very Elderly Patients with Acute Heart Failure.
- Higher Prevalence of Diastolic Heart Failure in Female Than Male Patients with Acute Heart Failure despite Similar BNP Levels.
- Cardiac I-123 Metaiodobenzylguanidine Imaging as a Predictor of Sudden Death in Patients with Mild to Moderate Congestive Heart Failure.
- Estimation on Cheyne-Stokes Respiration and VCO2 in the Expired Air in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Left Ventricular Dysfunction Activates Barorecepter-Mediated Arginine Vasopressin Release in Congestive Heart Failure.
- Relationship between Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Transmural Kinetic Property of Left Ventricular Wall in Congestive Heart Failure.
- Clinical Characteristics of Chronic Cardiac Failure Patients with BNP in a Nearly Normal Range despite Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction.
- Development of a Measure for Disease-Specific Symptoms in Heart Failure Patients.
- NO Synthase Inhibitor, ADMA Increases and Cofactor BH4 Decreases in Human Internal Thoracic Arteries with Decrease of Coronary Flow Reserve.
- Occasional Hyperglycemia for 75g Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Reduces Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve in the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery.
- Insulin Resistance Affects Plasma C-Reactive Protein Release from the Coronary Artery in Patients with Angiographically Normal Coronary Arteries.
- Effects of the Paraoxonase Polymorphism (Q192R) on Endothelium-Dependent Coronary Vasomotor Responses.
- Coronary Spasm Easily Occurs in Microvessel Than Large Vessel in Spontaneous Spasm Model.
- Endothelin A Antagonist Prevents the Development of Microvascular Spasm Induced by Repeated Endothelial Injury of Epicardial Coronary Artery.
- Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction May Contribute to Poor ST-Segment Resolution in Acute Myocardial Infarction despite Successful Reperfusion.
- Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients with Coronary Vasospastic Angina.
- Serial Angiographic Follow-Up beyond 10 Yeara after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
- The Second National Survey of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Stenotic Lesions Due to Kawasaki Disease.
- Long Segmental Reconstruction of LAD with Onlay Patch Graft Using an Internal Mammary Artery.
- Early Results of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Using Aortic Connector.
- Elevation of Brain Natriutetic Peptide in Pericardial Fluid in Patients with Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.
- Long-Term Follow-Up of the Patients with Old Myocardial Infarction after Dor Procedures.
- Development of the Totally Implantable Artificial Myocardium.
- Increase in Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells after Aortic Aneurysm Repair.
- "Stent Edge Effect" and In-Stent Restenosis (ISR) Assessed by 3D Intracoronary Ultrasound (3D-ICUS).
- Evaluation of Progression and Regression of Coronary Atherosclerosis by 3-Dimensional IVUS: Possible Role of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol.
- Angiography Guided Coronary Intervention (PCI) and Intracoronary Ultrasound (ICUS) Guided PCI in Small Vessel Disease.
- Coronary Arterial Remodeling Is Affected by Plaque Composition: An Intravascular Ultrasound Radio-Frequency Signal Analysis.
- In Vivo Quantitative Tissue Characterization of Angiographically Normal Coronary Segment (ANS) Assessed by Integrated Backacatter Intravascular Ultrasound(IB-IVUS).
- Longitudinal Assessment of Atherosclerotic Plaque Rupture with Computer-Simulated Color-Mapping of Plaque Stress Distribution and Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging.
- Preinterventional Coronary Artery Remodeling Influences In-Stent Restenosis: A 3D-Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis.
- Statin Might Improve Clinical Outcome in Patients with Ischemic Chronic Heart Failure Independently of Lipid-Lowering Effect.
- Comparison of Permanent Biventricular and Right Bifocal Pacings in Patients with Heart Failure.
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor and Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker for Baroreflex Function in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Mono- or Combination Therapy.
- Improvement In Ventilatory Efficiency after Exercise Training Combined with Beta-Adrenergic Blocker Therapy in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Are the Histological Improvements Operated by Beta-Blocker Therapy in Patients with Dilated Cardiopathy?
- Slow Breathing Improves the Serum Level of Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein and Six-Minute Walk in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Effect of Spironolactone on Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Relation between Acute Functional Response to Dobutamine and Late Functional Recovery by Beta-Blocker Therapy in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Valsartan Restores Normal FKBP12.6-RyR Interaction by a Strong Inhibition of PKA-Mediated Hyperphosphorylation of RyR in Heart Failure.
- Fluctuation of Intracellular Ca2+ through Multiple Ca2+ Regulatory Proteins May Be Inevitable for Initiating Apoptosis in Adult Cardiac Myocytes.
- Effect of Cutting/Debulking on Side Branch Closure and Restenosis in True Bifurcation Lesions.
- Inhibitory Effect of Natriuretic Peptides on Aldosterone Synthase Gene Expression in Cultured Neonatal Rat Cardiocytes.
- The Therapeutic Effect of Mitochondrial KATP Opener in Chronic Myocardial Ischemia in Rats.
- Aldosterone Induces Angiotensin-Converting-Enzyme Gene Expression through Both Mineralcorticoid- and Glucocorticoid-Receptors in Cultured Neonatal Rat Cardiocytes.
- Possible Cardioprotective Effect of Dehydroepiandrosterone Produced in the Human Heart.
- ACE-I and ARB Are Not Equally Cardioprotective in Acute Heart Failure.
- Differed Ca2+ Regulatory Effect of Candesartan or a New Cardioprotective Agent JTV519 on Improvement of Isoproterenol-Induced Dysfunction in Rats.
- Effect of Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on 30-Day Mortality in Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Endoscopic Coronary Findings of Self Expandable Stent (Radius) vs. Tube Stent (Bx-Velocity) in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
- Does the Use of Percusurge during Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction Reduce Microvascular Injury?
- Long-Term Outcome in Octognenarians with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Coronary Intervention.
- The Direct Stenting Is Effective Strategy in Patients with Anterior Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
- Improved Clinical Outcomes with Gradual Reperfusion Angioplasty Compared to Coronary Stenting for Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction.
- Early Invasive Strategy for Acute Myocardial Infarction Improves Long-Term Prognosis in High-Aged Patients.
- Coronary Stenting after Intracoronary Thrombus Aspiration Compared with Primary Stenting in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Multicenter Randomized Trial.
- Lipid-Lowering Therapy for the Patients with Hypercholesterolemia after Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Effect of Early Statin Treatment on Long-Term Mortality in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Pravastatin Suppresses the Increase of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 in Patients after Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- A Single Bolus Administration of Estrogen Can Exert Additive Cardioprotection Effect on Patients with Mechanically Reperfused AMI.
- Correlation of Inhibitory Effect of Nicorandil on Free Radical Formation with Cardiac Function and Clinical Outcome with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- .BETA.-Blocker Results in Improvement of Left Ventricular Systolic Function Successfully Reperfused Patients in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
- Benefits of Magnesium in Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated before Direct Coronary Angioplasty.
- Efficacy of Pulse Infusion Thrombolysis (PIT) for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
- The Assessment of Tissue Doppler Imaging at Acute Phase Estimates Left Ventricular Remodeling at Chronic Phase in Myocardial Infarction.
- Clinical Characteristics and Therapeutic Strategy Associated with Higher Risk of Free Wall Rupture Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Clinical Significance of Coronary Artery Calcification Demonstrated in Helical CT.
- Shortening of Diastolic Deceleration Time in the Coronary Flow Velocity Pattern after AMI Represents Reduced Myocardial Blood Volume.
- An Abrupt Elevation of the Serum Deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) Activity in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Clinical Significance of Infarct Non-Related Coronary Artery Stenosis by Aging in Patients with First AMI.
- Human Heart-Type Cytoplasmic Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (H-FABP) Threshold in the Emergency Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
- The Relationship of Acute-Phase Adrenomedulin to Severity and Prognosis of Acute Myocardial infarction.
- ST-Segment Depression in Lead aVR Predicts Large Infarct in Patients with Recanalized Inferior Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Clinical Significance of ST-Segment Elevation in Lead V1 in Patients with Acute Q-Wave Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction.
- Clinical Implication of an Increased QRS Duration in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Association between ST-Segment Re-Elevation/Resolution and the Severity of First Anterior Wall Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Effectiveness of Thrombectomy with Rescue TM Catheter for Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Primary Angioplasty under Distal Protection System is a Useful Strategy to Obtain Optimal Myocardial Reperfuslon in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Impact of Successful Primary Coronary Intervention on In-Hospital and Lon-Term Mortality in Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Mild Hypothermia for Cardiac Arrest in Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Preischemic Protein Kinase-A Activation Triggers Cardioprotection of Ischemic Preconditioning via the Inhibition of Rho-Kinase.
- Ischemia and Reperfusion Induce Leptin, Leptin Receptor and p53 Gene Expression with Apoptosis, and Leptin Directly Stimulates p53 Gene Expression.
- Hypoxic Preconditioning Induces the Expression of Heme Oxygenase-1 via P38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (p38MAPK) Pathway in Cardiac Fibroblasts.
- Soluble TNF-Alpha Receptor 1 Limits Infarct Size Following Ischemia-Reperfuslon Injury.
- The Cardioprotective Effects of Mitochondrial KATP Channels Opener Are Independent of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore in Perfused Rat Hearts.
- Involvement of Mitochondrial KATP Channels (mitokATP) and Permeability Transition Pore (mPTP) in the Cardioprotective Action of Hydrogen Peroxide.
- P38 MAP Kinase Differentially Regulates Apotosis and Necrosis in Ischemic Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes.
- Dose Longer-Term Intravenous Administration of Atrial Natriuretic peptide Prevent Left Ventricular Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction in Rats?
- Ventricular Specific HERP1 Repressor Suppresses Expression of Atrial Specific Genes.
- Efficient Transduction of Primate Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Using a Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Vector.
- Downreguiation of eNOS Gene Expression by IL-1 Beta Is Inhibited by Prostacyclin Analogue through the Competitive Binding of CREB and ATF2.
- Elucidation of the Roles of HB-EGF in the Heart by the Overexpression of HB-EGF.
- Rat Neonatal Cardlomyocytes Fuse with Mammalian Somatic Cells and Reenter Cell Cycle.
- Existence of Side Population Cells in Primary Heart Cell Culture.
- G-CSF Treatment after Myocardial Infarction Improves Left Ventricular Function and Remodeling Even at 3 Months after Infarction.
- G-CSF Promoted Bone Marrow Cells to Migrate into Infarcted Heart and Differentiate into Cardiomyocytes.
- Proteomic Identification of a Transcriptional Repressor of the Transcription Factor KLF5/BTEB2.
- Homeobox Protein, Hex, Induces SM22.ALPHA. Gene Expression by Direct Binding to SRF in Murine Embryonic Fibroblasts.
- Identification of Dominant Negative Rat RAMPs Inhibit Endogenous Adrenomedullin Receptor Function.
- CAMP-Response Element-Binding Protein Mediates Prostaglandin F2.ALPHA.-Induced Hypertrophy of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
- The Small GTPase Rho Mediates Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Induced Inhibition of Chemotaxis Toward PDGF through Inhibiting Rac in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
- MAP Kinase Signal-integrating Kinase-1 (Mnk1), a Novel Substrate for MAPK, Is Involved in Angiotensin II-Mediated Protein Synthesis.
- Heparin-Binding Epidermal Growth Factor-Like Growth Factor Induces Expression of Lectin-Like Oxidized LDL Receptor-1 in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
- C-Reactive Protein Activates Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Pathway in Human Coronary Smooth Muscle Cells.
- Usefulness of Intra-Pulmonary Vein Pacing for the Assessment of the Pulmonary Vein-Left Atrium Conduction during Pulmonary Vein Ostlal Ablation.
- Can Electrophysiological Characteristics of Pulmonary Veins Predict Arrhythmogenicity?
- Natural History of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Japanese: Observations from a Retrospective Study of 15-Year Follow-Up.
- Asymptomatic Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation -Cardiophone-Guided Management.
- Abnormal Right Atrial Electrograms Predict the Transition to Chronic Atrial Fibrillation in Paced Patients with Sick Sinus Syndrome.
- The Dimension of Coronary Sinus Musculature.
- Effects of Autonomic Tone on the Genesis of Focal Atrial Fibrillation: Importance of the Acceleration of Pulmonry Vein Tachycardia.
- Difference in Quality of Life between Rate and Rhythm Control Therapy for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.
- A Multicenter Histological Study of Autopsied and Biopsied Specimens in Brugada Syndrome.
- Long QT Syndrome Mutations in Different Sites of HERG Elicit a Variety of Functional Changes.
- Clinical Characteristics of Asymptomatic Patients with the Brugada Syndrome.
- Biphasic Response of ST Elevation by Na+ Channel Blocker in Normal Heart-Normal Pharmacological Response and the Brugada Physiology.
- SCN5A Mutations in the S5-S6 Region Cause Brugada Syndrome and Cardiac Conduction Disturbances.
- Role of Fragmented Electrogram of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract for the Induction of Ventricular Fibrillation in Patients with Brugada Syndrome.
- Effects of Quinidine and Aminophyline for Prevention of Ventricular Fibrillation (VF) Induction in Patients with Brugada Syndrome.
- Probucol-Induced Long QT Syndrome Associated with a Novel Missense Mutation M124T in the N Terminus of HERG.
- Efficacy of Directional Coronary Atherectomy Prior to Stenting for the Ostlal Lesion of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery.
- What Did Rescue Catheter Improve in Treatment of Patients in AMI?
- Distal Protection Device Reduces Slow Flow after Stenting in Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Distal Protection Device Reduce Microvascular Damages in Patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Comparison with Thrombus Aspiration Device.
- Effect of a New Thrombus Aspiration Catheter "Thrombuster"on Preventing Coronary Distal Embolization in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.
- Cutting Balloon Angioplasty Prior to Stent Implantation Is Superior to Traditional Stenting in Small Vessels.
- Acute Result of a New Directional Coronary Atherectomy Catheter Compared with Standard Device: Intravascular Ultrasound Findings.
- Restenosis after DCA in Left Main Coronary Artery Is Caused by Neointimal Hyperplasia; A Serial Intravascular Ultrasaund Study.
- PTFE-Covered Stent Implantation for Coronary Ruptures.
- Clinical Experience with the Biodivysio Stent.
- Noninvasive Evaluation of Coronary Reperfusion by Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography in Patients with Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction.
- The Relationship of Acute-Phase Inflammatory Reactants to the Prognosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Slow-Flow Phenomenon during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Intravascular Ultrasound Study.
- Does Aggressive Thrombolytic Therapy Reduce the Incidence of No-Reflow Phenomenon in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Who Undergo Angiopalasty?
- Efficacy of Concurrent Use with Antithrombotic Therapy (Pulse Infusion Thrombolysis: PIT) in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Impact of Introduction of RescueTM Catheter to Treatment for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Unprotected Left Main Trunk Angioplasty (the ULTRA experience). Immediate and Mid-Term Results in Patients with AMI.
- Gene Transfer of Soluble TGF-.BETA. Type II Receptor Suppresses Cardiac Fibrosis and Improves Cardiac Function in Cardiomyopathic Hamsters.
- Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) Prevents Myocardial Fibrosis and Heart Failure in Cardiomyopathic Hamsters.
- Acute Exercise Induces Activation of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Pathway in the Heart of Rats.
- Elevated Troponin T Levels Reflect Myocardial Damage and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Chronic Adriamycin Cardiomyopathy Rats: Assessment by Tc99m-Sestamibi Wash-Out Analyses.
- Differential Effect of P38MAP Kinase Activation on Myocardial Stunning and Necrosis.
- Role of c-Jun NH2 Terminal Kinase in G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Agonist-Induced Cardiac Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Gene Expression.
- Growth Hormone Suppresses Transforming Growth Factor-.BETA.-Mediated Fibrosis without Disturbance of Left Ventricular Function.
- A Novel Disease Genes for Cardiomyopathy: Identification of a CAV3 Mutation and Its Functional Alteration.
- Autonomic Nervous Alterations Associated with Exercise in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Purine Degradation and Sympathetic Activation at Maximal Exercise in Subjects with Varying Degrees of Exercise Tolerance.
- Peak VO2 Is more Potent Than Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) as a Prognostic Parameter in Cardiac Patients.
- Impact of Exercise Intensity on Left Ventricular Function and Neurohumoral Factors after Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Prospective Randomized Study.
- Improvement of Health-Related QOL and Exercise Tolerance by Physical Exercise Training in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Improving Excess Ventilation by Exercise Cardiac Rehabilitation after Acute Myocardial Infarction: Which Patient Benefits?
- Impact of Age on the Effect of Cardiac Rehabilitation after Acute Myocardial Infarction: Do Elderly Patients Gain Less Benefit?
- The Effect of Exercise Training on Baroreflex Control of Heart Rate and Sympathetic Activity in Patients after Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- ACE Independent Chymase Pathway Plays an Important Role in Water and Sodium Balance and Renal Organ Injury in Heart Failure.
- Protein Kinase C (PKC) and Extracellular-Signal Regulated Kinase (ERK) Are Involved in Cardiac Hypertrophy of Rat Chronic Renal Failure Model.
- Risk Stratification Using Cardiac Troponin T for Adverse Outcomes within 3 Years in 395 Outpatients on Chronic Hemodialysis.
- Relationship between Plasma Concentration of Vasoconstrictor Coupling Factor 6 and Cardiovascular Events in End-Stage Renal Disease.
- Visualisation of In-Vivo Renal Glomerular Microcirculation under DIC and Its Treatment by a PAF Inhibition and Heparin.
- The Number of Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells Is Reduced in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis.
- Relation of CYP11B2 Gene Polymorphism to the Incidence of Cardiovascular Diseases In Chronic Hemodialysis Patients.
- The Long-Term Treatment with Pioglitazone Improves the Endothelial Dysfunction and the Cyst Formation in Polycystic Kidney Disease-1 Knockout Mice.
- The HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Atorvastatin Prevents Atrial Fibrillation by Inhibiting Inflammation in the Canine Sterile Pericarditis Model.
- Spontaneous Conversion and Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm by Combination Bepridil and Flecainide Therapy in Patients with Chronic Lone Atrial Fibrillation.
- Effect of Human Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (hANP) on the Ventricular Vulnerability to Torsades de Pointes (TdP) in Rabbits.
- Adherence to the Guideline of Prevention of Embolism in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation.
- Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Enhances the Efficacy of Antiarrhythmic Agents in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation and Essential Hypertension.
- Efficacy of Nifekalant Hydrochloride for Electrical Storm in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator.
- Effects of Class 1 and 3 Antlarrhythmic Drugs on the Temporal Excitable Gap in Human Atrial Fibrillation.
- Efficacy of Angiotensin II Modulators to Maintain Sinus Rhythm after Cardioversion In the Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation.
- Noninvasive Detection of Severe Stenosis and Total Occlusion in Left Anterior Descending and Right Coronary Artery with Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography.
- Assessment of the LAD Coronary Artery Diameter by Transthoracic Echocardiography with a New, Small-Size Transducer: Comparison with Quantitative Coronary Angiography.
- Abnormal Diastolic Flow Velocity Pattern in the Distal Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery in Patients with Apical Hypertrophy.
- Noninvasive Diagnosis of Coronary Spastic Angina Using Trans-Thoracic Doppler Echocardiography by Assessing the Basal Artery Tone in the Morning.
- Can Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve Detect Restenosis after Coronary Angioplasty in 200 Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease Included Myocardial Infarction?
- Coronary Flow Reserve Using Coronary Sinus Flow Is Useful to Evaluate Diabetic Microvascular Dysfunction.
- Application of a Novel Ultrasound Transducer for Continuous Monitoring Treadmill Exercise Stress Echocardiography: Utility in Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis.
- Impairment of Flow-Mediated Dilation in Brachial Artery Predicts Cardiovascular Events.
- Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis by Post Ischemic Diastolic Asynchrony with Treadmill Exercise Color Kinesis: Comparison with Exercise Thallium-201 SPECT.
- Automated Quantification of Left Ventricular Function in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease by Using Biplane Advanced Automated Contour Tracking Method.
- Loss of Transmural Myocardial Strain Gradient in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Assessed by Strain M-Mode Echocardiography.
- Myocardial Strain as a Potential Tool for Assessing Wall Function Quantitatively.
- Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction to Assess Myocardial Viability.
- Assessment of the Regional Myocardial Alternations in the Coronary Distal Embolism by Intramyocardial Variability in integrated Backscatter.
- Impact of Losartan on Left Ventricular Myocardial Function in Hypertensive Hypertrophy: Assessment of Myocardial Velocity Profile and Plasma Vasoactive Peptide.
- Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Demonstrated by Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography.
- Difference of Myocardial Oxidative Metabolism in the Dysfunctional Left Ventricle between Myocardial Infarction and Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Impaired Myocardial Oxygen Metabolism in Non-Infarct-Related Area in Recent Myocardial Infarction with Successful Reperfusion.
- Effect of Carvedilol on Fatty Acid Metabolism in Rat Hearts with Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.
- Improvement of Myocardial Accumulation of 18F-FDG after Steroid Therapy for the Patients with Cardiac Sarcoidosis.
- Clinical Utility of Combined Assessment of Lung and Heart Iodine-123 Metaiodobenzylguanidine Uptake in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Spironolactone Improves Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Left Ventricular Function in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Chronic Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Cardiac Sympathetic Function and Endothelial Function in Patients with Sleep Apnea Syndrome.
- The Association of Left Ventricular Remodeling after Acute Myocardial Infarction with Salvaged Myocardium Estimated by Emergent Gated Myocardial Perfusion SPECT.
- Myocardial Blood Flow Reserve as Indices of Coronary Artery Stenosis and Risk Factors.
- Comparison of Exercise Thallium-201, I-123 BMIPP, and I-123 MIBG Imagings for Predicting Future Cardiac Events in Coronary Artery Disease.
- Restoration of Myocardial Flow Reserve Is Incomplete Early after Elective as Well as Direct PCI: Assessment by 15O-Water PET.
- Collateral Grading by Technetium-99m Tetrofosmin SPECT in Acute Myocardial Infarction Is an Adequate Indicator for Protection of Myocardium and Microcirculation.
- Fusion Image of 3D Reconstructed Coronary Artery Tree by Using Routine CAG Data with Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.
- G-CSF Therapy for Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease. Evaluation Using Tl-201 SPECT Imaging.
- A Brief Episode of Myocardial Ischemia before Acute Myocardial Infarction May Attenuate the Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Injury.
- I-123 MIBG Scintigraphy for the Evaluation of Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity (SNA): Comparison with Impulse Response Function (IRF).
- Interleukin-10 Prevents Atherogenesis through Inhibition of MCP-1 Expression and Correction of Lipoprotein Metabolism in Apo E-Deficient Mice.
- Lack of Insulin Receptor Substrate-2 Is a Link between Insulin Resistance and an Increased Intima of the Vessel in Mice.
- PPAR.GAMMA. Activator, Troglitazone, Inhibits TNF-.ALPHA.-induced LOX-1 mRNA Level in Murine Aorta.
- A Molecular Mechanism Underlying Cdc42-Mediated Cholesterol Efflux from the Cells.
- Angiotensin II Type 1a Receptor-Deficiency Reduces the Susceptibility to Atherosclerosis in ApoE-Deficient Mice.
- Acceleration of Neointimal Hyperplasia in Lp(a) Transgenic Mice: Contribution of Lp(a) in the Pathogenesis of Vascular Disease.
- Tissue Characterization of Atherosclerotic Plaque by Ultrasonic Measurement of Regional Elasticity.
- Effect of Endothelin-3 on Apoptosis via Caveolin and Heat Shock Protein 90 Dependent Pathway in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells.
- Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) Improves Function of the Hearts with Established Heart Failure due to Large Old Myocardial Infarction.
- Effect of Coronary Circulation Reconstruction for Chronic Total Occlusions with Poor Viability on a Long Term Prognosis.
- Overexpression of P300 Promotes Left Ventricular Endothelin-1 Expression and Remodeling Following Myocardial Infarction in Adult Mice in Vivo.
- Statin (HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor) Inhibits Left Ventricular Remodeling and Improves Cardiac Function in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Cardioprotective Role of AT2 Receptor in Post-Infarction Left Ventricular Remodeling.
- Combination of Chymase and ACE Inhibitors Further Improves Survival in Hamsters with Myocardial Infarction.
- Enalapril Suppresses Ventricular Remodeling More Effectively Than Losartan in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Determinants of Cardiac Output Increase Response to Exercise in Patients after Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Invasive Hemodynamic Analysis.
- Isolated Left Ventricular Noncompaction Was not a Very Rare Disorder in an Adult Population.
- Investigation of Plasma Soluble Form of Fas and Fas-Ligand in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Expression of Urotensin-II in Dilated Cardiomyopathy with End-Stage Congestive Heart Failure Is Reduced after Left Ventricular Assist Device Support.
- Heterogeneous Extent of Fibrosis in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Has an Impact for Surgical Outcome after Partial Left Ventriculecutomy.
- Relation between Serum CK Release and Result of Created Myocardial Necrosis in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Undergoing Percutnaeous Myocardial Alcohol Ablation.
- Prognostic Importance of Interventricular Conduction Delay in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients Treated with .BETA.-Blocker and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor.
- Evaluation of Response to Beta-Blockade Therapy for Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Myocardial Scintigraphy and Cardiac Muscle Biopsy.
- Study on the Substance of Increase in FABP with HCM Study in Patients Grouped by Delayed Enhance Evaluated from MRI.
- The Bezold-Jarisch (B-J) Reflex Attenuates the Dynamic Gain of the Baroreflex Neural Arc.
- A Novel Noninvasive Method to Evaluate Baroreceptor Sensitivity (BRS) Using Impulse Response Function (IRF) with Autoregression Model.
- Integrative and Open-Loop Approach for Estimation of Human Baroreflex Dynamics.
- Impaired Sympathetic Nerve Transmission in Heart Failure; Evaluation Using Akaike's Relative Power Contribution Analysis.
- Aging Does Not Influence Sympathetic Neurotransmission Property to Arterial Pressure in Humans.
- The Assessment of Heart Rate Variability after Heart Transplantation.
- Analysis of Short-Term Fluctuation in Sinus Cycle Length after Premature Ventricular Beats in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Estrogen Attenuated the Emotional Stress Responses in the Animal Model of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.
- Angiographical Evaluation of Pulmonary Vein Narrowing after Catheter Ablation. Is It Possible to Prevent Stenosis by Radiofrequency Power Limit?
- Anatomical and Electrophysiological Properties of Left Pulmonary Veins with Common Trunk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
- Significance of the First Branch of Pulmonary Vein and Right Middle Pulmonary Vein for Segmental Pulmonary Vein Isolation.
- Electrophysiological Characteristics and Results of Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Isolation; Comparison with Pulmonary Vein (PV) Isolation.
- Examination of the Pulmonary Venous Morphology by Intrapulmonary Vein Echocardiography.
- Efficacy and Feasibility of Extensive Ablation Encircling Two Ipsilateral Pulmonary Veins in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.
- Mechanism of Overlap of the Atrial and Pulmonary Vein Potentials during Sinus Rhythm in the Left-Sided Pulmonary Veins.
- Pulmonary Vein Isolation during Atrial Fibrillation. Suppressive Effect of Atrial Fibrillation Development by Catheter Ablation.
- A Novel Activity of Na+ Channel Blockers to Inhibit Proteasomal Degradation of Kv1.5 Channels.
- ECG Findings in Andersen's Syndrome. Action Potential Simulation Study.
- Kv Channel Forms Macromolecular Complexes with PDZ-Domain-Containing Proteins for Targeting to the Membrane.
- Matrix Metalloproteinases 9 Contributes to Human Atrial Structural Remodeling during Atrial Fibrillation.
- Role of Heterogeneity of Recovery from Excitation in the Initiation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Canine Isolated Blood-Perfused Brugada Syndrome Model.
- Coordinate Induction of AMP Catabolic Enzymes in Human Atrial Myocytes with Mitochondrial DNA Deletion: Novel Mechanism on Biochemical Atrial Remodeling.
- Amiodarone Causes Cytotoxicity through the Induction of Apoptosis Proceeding via the Mitochondrial Pathway Mediated by Downregulation of Bcl-xL Expression.
- In-Vivo Electrophysiological Study in Dominant-Negative NRSF Transgenic Mice: Ventricular Arrhythmia Vulnerability and Sudden Cardiac Death.
- Influence of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function on the Clinical Course of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- The Effect of Oral Glucose Loading on the Coronary Circulation in Healthy Young Adults: Analysis by Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography.
- The Factor of Success in the Cryoablation of Pulmonary Vein in Patients with Chronic Atrial Fibrillation.
- Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction by Hepatocyte Growth Factor Gene Transfer with Ultrasonic Microbubble Destruction.
- Development of a Pocket-Size Ultrasound Device Connected to the USB Port.
- A New Quantitative Calibration Technique Can Reduce Inter-Segmental Difference in Myocardial Contrast Amplitude and Depicts Spatial Extent Myocardial Infarction.
- Microbubble-Targeting to Activated Leukocytes Enables Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Histopathological Leukocyte Infiltration Patterns and Functional Severity in Acute Inflammation.
- Leukocyte-Targeted Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Can Quantify lmmnosuppression by Cyclophosphamide in Acute Allograft Rejection in a Rat Cardiac Transplantation Model.
- Assessment of Contractile Reserve of Infarcted Myocardium Using a Novel Index of Intramyocardial Blood Volume in Contrast Echocardiography.
- Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Can Assess the Minimum Myocardial Damage and Perfusion Status in Patients with Unstable Angina.
- Pre-Discharge Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Can Predict Remote Clinical Outcomes and Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients with Myocardial Infarction.
- Assessment of Left Ventricular Volume Change during Contrast-Enhanced Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography for Predicting Multivessel Disease.
- Myocardial Blood Volume in Infarct Myocardium and Its Correlation to Systolic Function: Quantitative Study with Myocardial Contrast Echo.
- Microvascular Damage Contributes to the Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy; Usefulness of Intravenous Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography.
- Tissue Doppler Imaging for Assessment of Ventricular Synchronicity in Patients Receiving Biventricular Pacing.
- Angioscopic Findings on Thrombus and Yellow Plaques Was Related with High Risk Group Patients in Braunwald Classification of Unstable Angina.
- Clinical Differences of Ruptured Plaque and Non-Ruptured Plaque of Culprit Lesions in Patients with Unstable Angina Pectoris.
- Troponin T and Coronary Plaque Morphology by Angioscopic Evaluation.
- Ischemia-Related Lesion Characteristics in Patients with Vasospastic Angina: Analysis by Angioscopy and Intravascular Ultrasound.
- Angioscopic Findings of Neointima after Intracoronary Radiation Therapy in Human.
- Intravascular Tissue Velocity Imaging.
- Ten-Year Follow-Up of Mortality in Patients Undergoing PCI and CABG.
- Long-Term Outcome of Patients with Chronic Renal Failure Requiring Temporary Hemodialysis after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
- Long-Term Prognosis of Patients with Calcified Complex Lesions in Proximal Left Anterior Descending Artery Treated with Rotational Atherectomy.
- PCI for ACS Causes Distal Microembolization of Lipid-Rich Material in Most Cases, Pathological Study Using Distal Protection Device (Percuserge).
- Three-Year Clinical Follow-Up Results of the Igaki-Tamai Biodegradable Stent.
- Clinical Follow-Up after Single Long Terumo Stent Implantation for Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease.
- Preventive Effect of Statin Treatment on In-Stent Restenosis after Primary Stenting for the Patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker, Candesartan Cilexetil, Reduces Neointimal Hyperplasia after Stent Implantaion.
- Sleep Apnea Syndrome Is Associated with Increase of In-Stent Restenosis Rate.
- Regional Interleukin-6 Levels in the Culprit Coronary Artery after Coronary Angioplasty May Predict Restenosis in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Statin Therapy Can Prevent In-Stent Restenosis (ISR) after Coronary Stenting in the Patient with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS).
- Efficacy of Pitavastatin on Inhibition of Early Inflammatory Response and Neointimal Thickening in a Porcine Coronary Restenosis after Stent Implantation.
- Histological Evaluation of FK506 Eluting Polymer Covered Stents in Rabbits.
- Local Delivery of Low-Dose ONO-4817, a Broad-Spectrum Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitor, Reduces Neointimal Hyperplasia Coupled with Decreased Collagen Deposition.
- Gene Transfer of Dominant-Negative Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 Prevents Neointimal Formation in Balloon-Injured Artery.
- Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Reduced Intimal Proliferation after Percutaneous Coronary Stenting.
- Clinical and Pathological Features of Necropsy Cases with Ventricular Septal and Free Wall Rupture Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Significant Stenotic Lesion Leads to Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly. Pathological Charateristics of the Infarct-Related Artery.
- Depletion of Antioxidants Is Associated with No-Reflow Phenomenon in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Prodromal Angina Lost Protective Effect on Coronary Microvascular after AMI in the Elderly Patients.
- Spontaneous Coronary Recanalization Is Additional Cardioprotective Mechanism of Prodromal Angina in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Differences in the Effect of Preinfarction Angina on Infarct Size and Microvascular Reperfusion According to Infarction Location.
- Effectiveness of Percusurge for Acute Myocardial Infarction Comparison with Rescue Catheter for Clinical and Pathological Effectiveness.
- Clinical Background and Manifestations of Transient Retinopathy after Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Enhancement of Endotheliarization of Mononuclear Cells from Cord and Peripheral Blood with hVEGF Gene Transfer.
- Catheter-Based Implantation of Bone Marrow or Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells into Hibernating Myocardium Using Left Ventricular Electromechanical Mapping.
- Gene-Modified Cell Transplantation Therapy Expressing hHGF and TK Produces Arteriolar Level Angiogenesis in Murine Hind Limb Ischemia.
- High Density Lipoprotein-Induced Angiogenesis Requires the Activation of Ras/MAP Kinase in Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells.
- New Strategy of Bone Marrow Implantation Therapy for Myocardial Infarction (Porcine Study).
- Bone Marrow Cell-Seeded Biodegradable Polymeric Scaffold Enhanced Angiogenesis and Improved Cardiac Function of Infarcted Rat Heart.
- Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor Augments Neovascularization Induced by Bone Marrow Transplantation in Rat Hind Limb Ischemia.
- Efficacy of Therapeutic Angiogenesis by Autologous Bone Marrow Cell Transplantation for Buerger's Disease.
- Increased Angogenesis after Intramuscular Gene Transfer of Soluble TNF-alpha Receptor 1 in a Rat Model of Hindlimb Ischemia.
- Soluble FLT-1 Gene Transfer Inhibits Bone Marrow Cell Transplantation-Induced Blood Flow Recovery in the Ischemic Hindlimb.
- Novel Angiogenic Effects of a New HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor, Pitavastatin.
- Therapeutic Angiogenesis by Transplantation of Autologous Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease.
- Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Implantation for Painful ASO Patients.
- Aspirin Reduces Mortality in Patients with Arteriosclerosis Obliterans.
- Diagnosis of Athroscrelotic Carotid Plaque Structure in Vivo by Ultrasound, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
- Recent Advances in Thoracic Aortic Surgery.
- Adrenomedullin Gene Transfer Induces Therapeutic Angiogenesis in a Rabbit Model of Chronic Hindlimb Ischemia.
- Hypothalamic Ependymal Cells Secrete Humoral Factors which Specifically Stimulate Cardiac Myocytes and Increase Intracellular Ca Concentration.
- Augmented Higher Central Activity as a Potential Input to Baroreflex Impairment and Autonomic Imbalance during Mental Stress.
- Sodium Ions Reduce the Inhibitory Effect of Neuropeptide Y on Adrenergic Neurotransmission in the Central Nervous System.
- Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide as a Predictor for Successful Catheter Ablation in Patients with Symptomatic Premature Ventricular Contraction.
- Plasma Levels of Cardiotrophin-1 in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Transcardiac Gradient of Aldosterone before and after Spironolactone in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure.
- Cardiac Sympathetic Nervous System Represses Natriuretic Peptide Release in Humans.
- Comparison of Long-Term Outcome and Cost-Effectiveness of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
- Depression, Quality of Life, and Lifestyle Chronoecological Health Watch in a Community.
- Association of Antihypertensive Drugs with Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort of Angiographically Diagnosed Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Patients.
- Optimal Weight Reduction Pace to Improve Cardiovascular Risks and C-Reactive Protein Levels.
- Treatment with Angiotensin II Type-1 Receptor Blockers Reduces Cardiac Events in Patients with Chronic Hemodialysis.
- Drug Treatment for Secondary Prevention of Myocardial Infarction.
- Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Hospitalized Patients Toward Prophylaxis for In-Hospital Pulmonary Embolism.
- Evaluation of Venous Thromboembolism and Coagulation-Fibrinolysis Markers in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
- Effects of Temporary and Permanent Inferior Vena Caval Filter on the Prognosis of Pulmonary Thromboembolism.
- Multicenter Epidemiological Study on the Incidence of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT).
- Thrombogenesis Is Activated in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation and Risk Factors for Embolism.
- Combination with Clinical Risk Factors and Hemostatic Markers Could Better Predict the Risk for Theomboembolism in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
- ADP Regulates the Expressions of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator (t-PA) and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) in Rat Aortic Endothelial Cells.
- Correction of INR by Prothrombin Complex Concentrate and Vitamin K in Patients with Warfarin Related Hemorrhagic Complication.
- Comparison of 6-Month Angiographic and 3-Year Clinical Outcomes after Intracoronary Ultrasound (ICUS) Guided Stenting in Diabetic versus Non-Diabetic Patients.
- Procedural Complication of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion in the Real World.
- Procedural Complications of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI) in Elderly Patients.
- Clinical Results and Long Term Prognosis of Palliative Stent Retention in Elderly Patients.
- Influence of Stent Strut Thickness on Restenosis Assessed by Quantitative Coronary Angiography (QCA) and 2D Intracoronary Ultrasound (ICUS).
- Nicorandil Reduces the Incidence of Minor Enzyme Elevation after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
- Coverage of Culprit Plaque by Stent and the Rate of Restenosis.
- Can We Predict the Branch Occlusion before Stenting to the Bifurcation Lesion?
- C-Reactive Protein Is Secreted from the Heart in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Angioscopic Findings in Patients with Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes (NSTE-ACS) According to Troponin T Statas.
- Multiple Vulnerable Coronary Plaques in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Detected by Intravascular Ultrasound.
- Acute Coronary Syndrome Is Not a Local Vascular Accident but a Pancoronary Process.
- Difference in Elevation of N-Terminal Pro-BNP and Conventional Cardiac Markers between Patients with ST-Elevation versus Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Histopathological Characteristics of Coronary Arteries in Young Cases with Unexpected Death.
- Usefullness of Aspiration Therapy with GuardWire under 5Fr Inner Guiding Catheter for Protection of Distal Embolism after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
- Effect of Smoking Cessation on Long-Term Mortality in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Amiodarone Suppressed Left Ventricular Remodeling and Improved Cardiac Function and Sympathetic Function in Chronic Heart Failure after Autoimmune Myocarditis.
- Which Patients with Acute Myocarditis Become Fulminant and When?: A Study of 39 Cases.
- Mycardial Mast Cells Is Involved in Cardiac Remodeling Process of Myocarditis: Immunohistochemical Analysis in RV Endomyocardial Biopsy Specimens.
- Experimental Model of Chronic Myocarditis by Transfer of Myocarditogenic T Cell Line.
- Cardiac Actin and Alpha-Tropomyosin Genes Are Associated with Neither Hypertrophic Nor Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Patients from Hokuriku District in Japan.
- Unique Histopathological Features of a Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy with Conduction Defect Caused by a Lamin A/C Gene Mutation.
- Frequency of Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Difference in Genotypes.
- Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Pitavastatin (NK-104) Exerts Vasculo-Protective Action by Upregulation of Endathelial Aminopeptidase N(APN/CD13) Expression.
- Effect of Quinapril on Apoptosis in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells via Bradykinin, Heat Shock Protein 90 and NOX Dependent Pathway.
- Celiprolol Activates eNOS Activity through P13 Kinase-Akt Signaling Pathway and Inhibits VCAM-1 and NF-.KAPPA. B Induced by Oxidative Stress.
- Homa, Used as a MARKER of Insulin Resistance, Is also Associated with Endothelial Dysfunction.
- Transactivation of the KDR/Flk-1 by the B2 Receptor Induces an Angiogenic Phenotype in Cultured Human Coronary Endothelial Cells.
- HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (Statins) Suppress Nonselective Cation Current Induced by Lysophosphatidylcholine in Endothelial Cells.
- Estrogen Upregulates Acetylcholine-Induced EDHF-Mediated Relaxation via Connexin43, Whereas Inhibits EDRF-Mediated One in the Female Rat Mesenteric Artery.
- Contribution of Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor to Agonists-Induced Forearm Vasodilatation in Humans.
- Long Term Evaluation of Results from the First Stage in the Clinical Trial of Gene Therapy for Peripheral Arterial Disease.
- Inhibitory Effect of Chimera Decoy Oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) against Ets and NF .KAPPA. B on the Progression of Rabbit Experimental Aortic Aneurysms (AAA).
- HGF Gene Transfer Reduces Myocardial Infarct Size through Decreasing Hydroxyl Radicals Production and Enhancing Expression of Bcl-2 in Rabbits.
- Repeated Prostacyclin Synthase Gene Transfer into a Remote Skeleton Muscle Ameliorates Monocrotaline-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension in Rats.
- Impact of T Cell-Mediated Immune Response in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Implication of CD40 Ligand and Matrix Metalloproteinase.
- Ox-LDL Activates P42/44 MAP Kinase via Homodimerization of LOX-1 in the Cell Membrane.
- Can Supplementation of L-Arginine Improves Insulin Resistance and Lipid Metabolism in Diabetic Rat?
- Association between Common Polymorphism in the Promoter Region of the Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein Gene and LDL Particle Size.
- Pioglitazone Improves Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Essential Hypertensive Patients with Glucose Intolerance.
- Atherosclerotic Plaque Instability in Autopsy Cases of Diabetes Mellitus.
- The Influence of Glycemic Control in Diabetic Patients on Neointimal Hyperplasia after Coronary Stent Implantation.
- High Density Lipoprotein Attenuates Progression of Subclinical Atherosclerosis via Anti-Inflammatory Properties.
- A Common Mitochondrial 16189 DNA Variant Associated with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
- Expression and Function of CD36 on the Human Myocardium.
- Establishment of Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF)-1.ALPHA. Overexpressing Cells; Useful Model for Analyzing the Mechanisms of Hypoxia-Induced Cellular Pathophysiology.
- Myocardial Intramitochondrial Beta-Oxidative Fatty Acid Metabolism Is Accelerating in Chronic Heart Failure.
- Miglitol Reduces Myocardial Infarct Size via Scavenging Hydroxyl Radicals, Enhancing Bcl-XL Expression and Reducing Bax Expression in Rabbits.
- Preventive Effects of Nifedipine Retard on the Progression of Atherosclelotic Coronary Lesions in Hypertensive Patients with Coronary Artery Diseases.
- Glimepiride Stimulates NO Production in Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells.
- Chymase Inhibition Improves Cardiac Diastolic Dysfunction in the Progression of Heart Failure.
- Effects of Bepridil and Amiodarone on Ouabain-Induced Mitochondrial Ca'2+' Overload in Guinea-Pig Ventricular Cells.
- Oral Administration of a Specific Chymase Inhibitor, NK3201, Suppresses the Development of Aneurysmal Dilatation on Hamster Experimental Aneurysm Model.
- Edaravone Applied at Reoxygenation Reduces the Hypoxia-Induced Cell Death in Rabbit Cardiomyocytes.
- Long-Term Effects of Carvedilol Versus Metoprolol on Left Ventricular Function, Remodeling and Neurohumoral Factors in Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Activation of RhoA Is Responsible for Hypertension.
- The Beneficial Effects of CGS26303 (ECE/NEP Dual Inhibitor) in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rat Compared with ACE Inhibitor and NEP Inhibition.
- A Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator, Raloxifene, Inhibits the Cardiac Hypertrophy and Dysfunction due to Aortic Banding in Mice.
- AT1 Receptor Antagonist Normalized Renal Cortical Hemodynamics in SHR.
- Synergistic Effect of Urotensin II with Serotonin on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation.
- Antihypertensive Treatment Corrects the Increased Expression of NAD(P)H Oxidases in the Aortic Media of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.
- Role of Abnormal Iron Metabolism in the Formation of 4-Hydroxynonenal-Modified Protein in the Arterial Wall of Angiotensin II-Infused Rat.
- Analytic and Integrative Framework for Human Sympathetic Baroreflex Control: Equilibrium Diagram of Arterial Pressure (AP) and Plasma Norepinephrine Level (PNE).
- Positive Correlation between Blood Pressure and Angiotensin II-Forming Activity in Lymph-Monocyte Fraction, but Not in Polynuclear Granulocyte Fraction.
- ACE Genotype Influences the Response to an Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonist in Hypertension.
- Inhibition of Renin-Angiotensin System Improves Insulin Sensitivity and Increases Concentrations of Adiponectin in Essential Hypertensive Patients.
- Effect of Pioglitazone on Vascular Endothelial Function in Nondiabetic Patients with Essential Hypertension.
- Association of a Promoter Variant of the Heme Oxygenase Gene with Blood Pressure.
- Lower Plasma Adiponectin Concentration Increases Risk for Hypertension.
- Impact of Uncontrolled Morning Hypertension on Cardiac Remodeling in Treated Hypertensive Patients.
- Is the Morning Blood Pressure Surge in Treated Hypertensives a Risk for Target Organ Damages?
- Anatomical Basis of P Wave Duration Dispersion for the Prediction of the Development of Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery.
- The Role of the Low-Amplitude Potential in the Initial Signal-Averaged P Wave Electrogram in the Sick Sinus Syndrome.
- Geomagnetic Pulsations and Prolonged Alteration of RR-Interval Fluctuations in Humans in Subarctic.
- Accuracy of the Morphology of Ventricular Arrhythmias in a Newly Synthesized 12-Lead Electrocardiogram Synthesized from a 3-Channel Holter Monitoring.
- Power-Law Slope in Heart Rate (HR) Fluctuation as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Events in Chronic Atrial Fibrillation (AF).
- Ambulatory Holter Recordings in Patients with Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia; Comparative Study with Electrophysiologic Study.
- Investigation of the Factors for the Appearance of Atrial Fibrillation Attack.
- Correlation of Heart Rate Turbulence with Sympathovagal Balance.
- Assessment of Markers for Identifying Patients at Risk in the Brugada Syndrome: A Comparison between Invasive Versus Noninvasive Markers.
- QT Variables in Various Genotyped Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Are Both Repolarization and Depolarization Abnormalities Localized in the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract in Brugada Syndrome?
- The Relationship between T-Wave Alternans and Myocardial Ischemia Studied Using Tc-99m Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients with Old Myocardial Infarction.
- QT Variables in Preclinical Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Characteristics of Brugada-Type ST Elevation in Body Surface 87-Lead ECGs of Healthy Japanese.
- Relationship between the ECG and SCN5A Gene Mutation in Brugada Syndrome.
- In Electrocardiography in the Upper Position with Intercostal Space, Discovery of Brugada Syndrome (BS)-Sign in Idiopathic Fibrillation Patients without BS-Sign.
- Significance of Two Potentials for Successful Ablation in Left Epicardial Outflow Tachycardia.
- Alteration of the QRS Morphology Following Ablation Requires Mapping and Ablation at the Different Area in Idiopathic Outflow Tract Tachycardia.
- Endpoint of Catheter Ablation Except Non-Inducibility in Verapamil-Sensitive Left Ventricular Tachycardia: Confirmation of Bi-Directional Block.
- Survival Improvement with Combination Therapy of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator and .BETA. Blockers in Patients with Life-Threatening Ventricular Arrhythmias.
- Benefical Effects of Biatrial Pacing for Cardiac Function.
- Acute Hemodynamic Benefits of Biatrial Atrioventricular Sequential Pacing. Comparison with Single Atrial Atrioventricular Sequential Pacing.
- Reduced Ejection Fraction is not Good Enough to Indicate ICD for Japanese Patients with Prior Myocardial Infarction.
- Catheter Ablation for the Stable and Unstable Ventricular Tachycardias in Patients with Organic Heart Diseases.
- Coronary Artery Temperature Response during Catheter Ablation of Atrial Flutter.
- Investigation of the Conduction Recovery after the Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation.
- Inhibitory Effect of Overdrive Biatrial Epicardial Pacing in Prevention of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.
- Impaired NO Production in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Role of Asymmetrical Dimethylarginine.
- Comparison of 8 mm with 4 mm Tip Electrode Catheter for Ablation of Common Atrial Flutter.
- Efficacy and Safety of Systematic Pulmonary Vein Isolation with Additional TA-IVC Isthmus Ablation for the Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.
- Circumferential Ablation at the Left Atrium-Pulmonary Vein Junctional Area Using a Radiofrequency Thermal Balloon for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation.
- The Left Atrial-Pulmonary Vein Junction Is Not Always Coaxial to the Pulmonary Vein; Dimensional Pitfalls to the Circumferential Isolation Technique.
- Delayed Contrast Hyperenhancement on MRI in Dilated-Phased Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Mechanical Evaluation of Left Ventricular Contractility by Meridional Strain Using MR Tagging Technique.
- 2D-Black Blood Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-Invasively Detects Coronary Atherosclerosis.
- Relationship between Myocardial Fibrosis Using Gadolinium-DTPA Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Left Ventricular Function in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Effectiveness and Safety of ATP Stress Perfusion MR Imaging Compared with Exercise Stress Scintigraphy to Evaluate De-Novo Coronary Artery Lesions.
- Usefullness of 16 Slice-Multislice Computed Tomography to Detect the Coronary Stenosis.
- Initial Experience of Noninvasive Coronary Angiography Using Sub-Millimeter 16-Slice Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography (MDCT).
- Detection of Transmural Cross-Bridge Formation of the Heart by Spring-8 X-Ray Diffraction.
- Smoking Increase the Cold Pressor Mediated Arterial Stiffness.
- Impaired Platelet-Derived Nitric Oxide Bioactivity and Augmented Platelet Aggregability in Chronic Smokers Are Related to Increased Oxidative Stress.
- Effects of Alcohol Infusion on Smoking-Induced Cerebrovascular Changes in Rat in Vivo Experiment.
- Cardioprotective Effects of Prodromal Angina is Enhanced In the Patients with Smoking Habits; A Possible Mechanism of 'Smoker Paradox'.
- Differential Impact of Smoking on Target Lesion Revascularization after Balloon Angioplasty and Stenting to Ischemic Heart Diseases.
- Impact of Smoking on Cardiac Remodeling vs. Silent Cerebrovascular Disease in Hypertensive Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus.
- Impact of Current, Previous and Non-Smoking on 6-Month Angiographic Outcome after Successful Coronary Interventions (PCI) Assessed by Quantitative Coronary Angiography (QCA).
- Toward a Smokeless Hospital under a New Medical Director.
- No Smoking Prevents Acute Coronary Syndrome Most Cheaply and Efficiently.
- Interfering Factors in Helping Ouit Smoking in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease.
- Significance of Total Smoking Prohibition for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Prevention: Strategy Based on Health Check-Up Results.
- Expression of G2A, a Receptor for Lysophosphatidylcholine, by Macrophages in Murine, Rabbit and Human Atherosclerotic Plaques.
- Decreased Cholesterol Efflux from Werner Syndrome Fibroblasts and Its Phenotypic Correction by the Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Delivery of Wild-Type Cdc42.
- Xenogenic Macrophage Immunization as a Vaccine Reduces Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E Knockout Mice.
- Adipocyte-Derived Plasma Protein, Adiponectin, Prevents Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice.
- Upregulation of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein (MCP)-1 Receptor in Circulating Monocytes Contributes to Angiotensin II-Induced Arteriosclerosis/Atherosclerosis.
- Carbon Monoxide from Heme Oxygenase-1 Scavenges Reactive Oxygen Species Generated by Oxidized LDL in Macrophages through P38 MAP Kinase Pathway.
- Immunoglobulin Treatment Suppresses Atherosclerosis in Apolipoprotein E Knockout Mice via the Fc Portion.
- Bone Marrow Cells Differentiate into Neointimal Smooth Muscle Cells at the Injured Artery.
- Natural Killer T Cells Accelerate Atherogenesis in Mice.
- Novel Mechanism of LR11-Induced Migration of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
- A Possible Major Source of Plasma HDL Particles. Role of ATP Binding Cassette A1 (ABCA1) in Human Intestines.
- Cholesteryl Ester Core Aldehydes in Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein Induce Apoptosis of Human Endothelial Cells.
- Anti-Ischemic Effect of Alpha-Adrenergic Stimulation Is Mediated by Tyrosine Kinase-Dependent Mechanism.
- Metalloprotease ADAMTS-1 Was Rapidly Expressed by Endothalial Cells in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Its Quantitative Analysis by Real-Time PCR.
- The Involvement of TNF-.ALPHA. on Myocardial Remodeling after AMI through MMP Expression.
- Late Reperfusion Enhanced Gelatinolysis in Infarct Periphreral Zone: Analysis by in Situ Zymogram Analysis in Rats.
- Absence of Toll-Like Receptor-2 Modulates Ventricular Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction.
- Mobilization of Bone Marrow Cells Improves Ventricular Function after Myocardial Infarction by Favorable Effects on Repair in the Infarct-Noninfarct Border.
- .DELTA.-Opioid Receptor-Induced Late Preconditioning against Myocardial Infarction is Mediated by Constitutive Nitric Oxide Synthase in Conscious Rabbits.
- High Cholesterol Diet Is a Risk Factor for Heart Failure through Coronary Microvascular Endothelial Nitric Oxide Dysfunction and Inflammation.
- Responder and Hypo-Responder to the Treatment with Carvedilol in Rats with Ischemic Heart Failure.
- Ishcemic Preconditioning Attenuates Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-.ALPHA. Up-Regulation in Infarcted Myocardium.
- Blockade of Selectin-Mediated Cell Adhesion by a Small-Molecular Selectin Blocker Attenuates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury.
- Role of Mitochondrial KATP Channel in Protection against Ca Paradox: Evaluation by Cytosolic and Mitochondrial Ca Concentration.
- Differential Gene Expression in Myocardial Infarction in Diabetic Obese Mice.
- Chromosome-Wide Association Study of Disease-Related Polymorphisms for Myocardial Infarction.
- Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of Ligand-Receptor System of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Influence Different Arterial Dysfunctions with Serum Interleukin-15 Elevation.
- Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 G241R Polymorphism Influences Increasing Arterial Stiffness.
- .BETA.3-Adrenergic Receptor Trp64arg Polymorphism Is Related with Endothelial Dysfunction via Increased Oxidized Stress in Proportion to Increasing Sympathetic Nervous Activity.
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Gene Deletion Allele Disappear Brachial-Carotid Pulse Pressure Amplification.
- Adrenomedullin Reduction Enhances Hypertrophic Response and Dysfunction of the Heart. Studies on AM Knockout Mice.
- Infarct Healing and Arrhythmogenesis in Cx43-Deficient Mice.
- Sphingosylphosphorylcholine (SPC) and Src Family Tyrosine Kinase Are a Novel Messenger for Rho-Kinase-Mediated Ca2+ Sensitization in Vascular Smooth Muscle Contraction.
- Evidence for Protein Kinase C-Mediated Activation of Rho-Kinase in a Porcine Model of Coronary Artery Spasm.
- Rho Kinase-Dependent and Independent Inhibition of Myosin Phosphatase and Ca2+-Sensitization of the Contractile Apparatus in the Basilar Artery.
- Regulation of IkappaB Degradation and MCP-1 Expression by SHP-1 VIA AT2 Receptor in Fetal Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
- Adiponectin Acts as a PDGF-BB Binding Protein, and Regulates Growth Factor-Induced Post-Receptor Signal in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell.
- bFGF Inhibits the TGF.BETA. -Induced SM22.ALPHA. Gene Expression by CBFA1 through MAP Kinase Pathways in Embryonic Fibroblast Cells.
- Functional Linkage of Reverse Mode Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Release in Porcine Coronary Arterial Smooth Muscle.
- Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) Selectively Inhibits Ca2+ Sensitization of Vascular Smooth Muscle through the Inhibition of Rho-Kinase Activity.
- An Important Role for the Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger in Decreasing Cytosolic Ca2+ Concentration by Isoprenaline in the Porcine Coronary Artery.
- Inhibitory Effect of HMG Co-A Reductase Inhibitors on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Calcification in Vitro.
- HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors Suppress Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylation in Cultured Smooth Muscle Cell.
- Inhibition of Aldosterone Suppresses PDGF-and Basic FGF-Induced Proliferative Change in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
- Akt Induces Endothelial Cell Senescence via a p53/p21-Dependent Pathway.
- Acetylation and Transcriptional Regulation of the Transcription Factor KLF5/BTEB2 by p300. New Regulatory Pathway of Vascular Transcription.
- Downregulated Expression of the Soluble Form of Guanylate Cyclase in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Isolated from Fas-Lacking Mice.
- Serum Response Factor (SRF) Cofactors in Smooth Muscle Differentiation.
- c-Src Plays a Critical Role in Hypoxia-Mediated Induction of PAI-1 and VEGF Gene Expression in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
- Angiotensin II and Transforming Growth Factor Beta Induced Angiogenesis Associated Mts1 in Smooth Muscle Cells.
- Activation of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Endothelin-Converting Enzyme-1 Deficient Mice.
- The Death Led by Mild Hyperthermia in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Is a Caspase-Independent Apoptosis.
- Nuclear Targeting of Akt Enhances Kinase Activity and Survival of Cardiomyocytes.
- A Specific Inhibitor of Histone Deacetylase, Trichostatin A, Promotes Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells into Cardiac Myocytes.
- In Vivo Cardiomyogenesis of Human Marrow Stromal Cells with an Extended-Life Span by E6,E7,and/or Telomerase.
- Gil-1 Activation after Exercise: Evidence for a Sonic Hedgehog (Shh)-Mediated Signaling in Adult Skeletal Muscle.
- Angiotensin II, but Not Catecholamines, Stimulates Transformation of Bone Marrow Cells to Cardiomyocytes.
- Control of Capillary Cell Growth, Survival, and Contractility by Caldesmon in Angiogenesis.
- An Important Role of MCP-1 in Ischemia-Induced Angiogensis.
- Significance of Cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9) Polymorphisms by Rapid Cycle Real-Time PCR in Patients with Hypertension under Losartan Medication.
- Imidaprilat Potentiates Endothelium Dependent Hyperpolarization in Rabbit Resistant Mesenteric Artery.
- Interaction of Nucleotides and Nucleotide-Binding Domains of Sulfonylurea Receptors Determines the Potency of Nicorandil in Activating Cardiovascular ATP-Sensitive K+ Channels.
- Novel Pleiotropic Effects of Statins: Induction of Cholesterol 7a-Hydroxylase (CVP7A1) and Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) mRNA Levels In HepG2 Cells.
- Dissociation of Angiotensin Converting Peripheral Conductance after Delivery of Vascular Enndothelial Growth Factor Expression Vector in Rat Model of Hind Limb Ischemia.
- Human Urotensin II Activates the Sarcolemmal Na+/H+ Exchanger: Roles of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases and Protein Kinase C.
- Principal Cardiac Beneficial Effects of Growth Hormone Releasing Peptides May Be Independent of Growth Hormone Axis.
- Heat Shock Protein 70-Induced Cardioprotection Involves Preservation of Manganese Superoxide Disumutase Activity, Associated with Mitochondrial Protection and Apoptosis Reduction.
- Effects of a Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein (CETP) Inhibitor, JTT-705, on the Kinetics Properties of HDL in Cholesterol-Fed Rabbits.
- Crossover-Trial of Monotherapy of Atorvastatin and Combined Therapy with Colestimide for Familial Hypercholesterolemia.
- Chronic Salt Loading Upregulates Expression of Adrenomedullin and Its Receptors in Adrenal Glands and Kidneys of the Rat.
- Rapid Electrical Stimulation of Contraction Modulates Gap-Junction Protein in Cultured Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes.
- Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Release Does Not Play a Dominating Role in Sinoatrial Node Pacemaker Activity.
- Role of Channels during Hypokalemia Induced QT Prolongation.
- An in Vitro Model of Atrial Flutter: Optical Studies on the Tachycardia-Like Excitation in the Rat Atrium.
- Role of Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) on Non Selective Cation Current on Endothelial Cells Stimulated by Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC).
- A Novel Frameshift Mutation in C-Terminal Region of HERG.
- Short- and Long-Term Effects of Excess Thyroid Hormone on L-Type Calcium Channels of Rat Left Ventricles.
- Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of Cardiac Na+ Channel Gene SCN5A: Allelic Prevalence in Brugada Syndrome and Their Biophysical Properties.
- Effects of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor on Canine Model of Long Term Pacing-Induced Atrial Fibrillation with Intact Atrioventricular Conduction.
- The Refractory Gradient Increases the Incidence of VT/VF Induced by Sodium Channel Blockers.
- Usefulness of Electron-Beam Tomography in the Prone Position for Detecting Atrial Thrombi in Chronic Atrial Fibrillation.
- Detection of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis by Electron Beam CT after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.
- Detection of Proximal Coronary Artery Stenosis by Contrast-Enhanced Multislice Helical CT.
- Visibility and Diagnostic Capability of Noninvasive Coronary Angiography Using 8-Slice Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography (MDCT) Compared with Conventional Coronary Angiography.
- Beta-Blocker Improves Imaging Quality of Coronary Angiography with Multi-Slice Computed Tomography.
- The Optimal Slice Thickness for Left Ventricular Volume Calculation.
- A Combination of Perfusion and Function Information Improves Diagnosis of Patients with Coronary Revascularization Due to Coronary Artery Disease.
- Fluvastatin Inhibits Platelet Aggregation in HC through the Direct Effects on Amelioration of Intraplatelet Redox Imbalance.
- Heme Oxygenase-1 Deficiency Increases the Generations of Reactive Oxygen Species and the Expression of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1.
- Direct Demonstration of Involvement of Protein Kinase C in the Ca2+-Induced Platelet Aggregation.
- Thromboangitis Obliterance (TAO) in Niigata. Three Years Cohort Study.
- Association of Coagulation and Fibrinolysis Status with Lipid and Inflammatory Factors and Severity Score of Coronary Artery Disease.
- Continuous Transarterial Thrombolytic Therapy for Deep Venous Thrombosis-Preliminary Study.
- Potassium Ion, Hydrogen Peroxide and Gap Junction Are Involved in Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor Responses in the Rat Coronary Microcirculation.
- Thrombin-Induced Vascular Reactivity Is Modulated by NO Release in Coronary Artery.
- Gradual Recovery of Thallium Uptake at the Infarct Segment in Patients with Infarct Artery Potency after Myocardial Infarction.
- Regression of Minimal Lumen Diameter of Japanese Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy Using Pravastatin. ATHEROMA Study.
- Effect of Biventricular Pacing on the Coronary Flow-Pressure Relationship In Humans.
- A Role for Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, and Akt for Cardiac Phenotypes in Vivo.
- Differential Regulation of Akt Caused by Two Types of Hemodynamic Overload in Vivo.
- High Density Oligonucleotide Array Analysis Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Sensitivity and Transcriptional Response in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells.
- HERP2 Is a Primary Target of Notch in Atrial-Derived HL1 Cells.
- p300 Is Involved in Rho- and Rho Kinase-Mediated C-fos Gene Expression in Cardiac Myocytes.
- Expression of Stem Cell Factor Is Increased in Idiopathic and Ischemic Cardiomyopathy.
- Hyperinsulinemia as the Culprit for Metabolic Syndrome Associated with Coronary Artery Disease.
- Body Composition as a Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease in Chinese Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Taiwan.
- Cardioprotective Effects of Chronic Hyperglycemia: The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species and Insulin.
- Insulin Receptor Substrate Deficient Mice Demonstrates Elevated Blood Pressure and Endothelial Cell Dysfunction.
- Cardiac Fatty Acid Metabolism Was Impaired and Delayed in Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor(PPAR)alpha-Null Mice.
- Microarray Analysis of Cardiac Gene Expression in Response to Nutritional and/or Transgenic Intervention in Hormone-Sensitive Lipase Overexpressing Mice.
- Incidence of Chronic Pulmonary Thromboembolism in Japan: Results of a Multicenter Registry In Japanese Society of Pulmonary Embolism Research (JaSPER).
- Difference in the Clinical Course of Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism: In-Hospital vs Out-Hospital Onset.
- Appropriate Increase Rate of Epoprostenol for Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Gene Transfer of Hepatocyte Growth Factor via the Pulmonary Artery Induces Pulmonary Vascular Regeneration in Monocrotaline Treated Rats.
- Pravastatin Improves Monocrotaline-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension and Prolongs Survival in Rats Independent of Its Cholesterol Lowering Action.
- Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Signaling through Smad1 Inhibits Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation.
- Oral Administration of Geranylgeranylacetone Attenuates Endothelial Damage Induced by Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats.
- Vasculoprotective Role of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase in Vascular Lesion Formation in Rats.
- Assessment of Forearm Reactive Hyperemia Using Near-Infrared Time-Resolved Spectroscopy: A New Tool to Evaluate Endothelial Function.
- Differential Effect to the Cardiac Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Hypertensive Heart Failure: Nicoandil versus Isosorbide Dinitrate.
- Transcriptional Stimulation of eNOS Gene by Beraprost Sodium, a Prostacyclin Analogue, Is Mediated through cAMP-Responsive Element in Vascular Endothelial Cells.
- Prognostic Impacts of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Nitric Oxide for Coronary Artery Disease.
- Coronary Endothelial Dysfunction Accelerates not only Atherosclerotic Progression but also Clinical Manifestation in Coronary Artery Disease.
- T-Wave Complexity of Principal Component Analysis Ratio Can Reflect Exercise-Induced Ischemia: A Possible New Electrocardiographic Marker for Ischemia?
- The Role of Conduction Delay for the Arrhythmogenesis in Brugada Syndrome: Three Dimensional Computer Simulation Study.
- The Cardiac Memory/Using the Body Surface Activation Recovery Interval Map.
- Transmural Dispersion of Repolarization (TDR) Important Predictor to Occur Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias (VT).
- The Relationship between the Repolarization Dispersion from the 12-Lead Surface ECG and the Arrhythmogenecity of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.
- Abnormal QT Interval: Application of Bazett Formula in a Population-Based Study.
- Reversible Myocardial Ischemia in Asymptomatic Phase Can Be Diagnosed by Magnetocardiograms.
- Component Analysis of Ventricular Premature Contractions on Bigeminy Interval against Mean Sinus Cycle Length Plot.
- Screening for Ischemic Heart Disease by the Index of Ventricular Gradient Variability.
- Standard Indication and Results of Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Surgery.
- The Cardioprotective Effects of Lowering Oxygen Tension after Aortic Unclamping on Cardiopulmonary Bypass during Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
- Intravascular Ultrasonographic Assessment of Anastomosis between the Internal Thoracic Artery and the Radial Artery Using Novel Self-Closing Clips.
- Prediction of Systolic Function Using Strain and Strain Rate in the Patients Who Show Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Open Heart Surgery.
- Long-Term Follow Up Analysis of Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenting.
- Long Stent Implantation with Aggressive Balloon/Artery Ratio in Diffuse Coronary Lesions.
- Clinical Profile and Initial and Long-Term Outcome of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Elderly Patients.
- Quality of Life Comparisons at One Year after Coronary Angioplasty and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
- Efficacy and Safety of IVUS Guided Stent Sizing Strategy Based on Reference Vessel Size (IVUS Optimized Stenting).
- Multi-Center Experience with Long-Term Prognosis and Comparison of Velocity and Tristar Stents for Diffuse, Long, Type B, C Coronary Lesions.
- Rotational Atherectomy at a Low Platform Speed: Immediate and Late Outcomes as Compared with a High Platform Speed.
- Acute Results of Distal Protection Device (GuardWire Plus: GWP) for the Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Coronary Stenting without Pre-Dilatation Following Pulse Infusion Thrombolysis, RESCUE, and Infusion Catheter in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Can Cilostazol Reduce the Restenosis after Percutaneous Coronary Interventions?: A Comparizon Study with Ticlopidine and Sarpogrelate.
- Clinical Outcome Following PCI in Patients with End Stage Renal Failure.
- T Cell Activation after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Is Associated with C-Reactive Protein on Admission.
- Adverse Clinical Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on the Restenosis after Rotastent(Rotablator+Stenting) for Diffuse, Long, Calcified Coronary Stenosis.
- The Study of Intimal Hyperplasia Concerned with Reference Diameter in Multi-Link Stenting: Late Loss Is Not Influenced by Reference Diameter.
- Relation between Balloon Artery Ratio and Neointimal Hyperplasia in Stenting Small Vessel.
- Optimal Deployment Strategy of Bx Velocity Stent to Achieve No Subacute Thrombosis and Low Restenosis/TLR Rates.
- Efficacy and Safety of Rotational Atherectomy and Kissing Balloon Technique of Side Branch Jailed by Stents. An In Vitro Examination.
- The Effects of FLEXI-CUT DCA for the Presence of Calcified Lesions with IVUS.
- Comparison of Long Stent Deployment in Diffuse Coronary Lesions with or without IVUS Guidance.
- GuardWire System for Distal Protection during Urgent Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Multi-Center Experience with IVUS Guided Rotastent (Rotablator+Stent) Using New Generation Stents for Calcified, Diffuse Coronary Lesions.
- Evaluation of Restenosis after Rotational Athrectomy.
- Debulking Device (Rotablator:PTCRA) and Intravascular Ultrasound System (IVUS) in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Procedures from the Standpoint of Long-Term Success.
- Initial Results of Ikari Guide Catheter for Transradial Intervention. Single Center Experience.
- Short-Term Vagal Nerve Stimulation Markedly Improves Long-Term Survival of Rats with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Nifedipine Enhances Cardioprotective Effect of Angiotensin-II Receptor Blocker in Progressive Heart Failure.
- Different Effects of Calcium Channel Blockers on Matrix Metalloproteinases Production in Cultured Rat Cardiac Fibroblasts.
- Effects of Torasemide on Heart Failure.
- Synergistic Effect of Combination with ACE Inhibitor and Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonist on Cardiac Structure and Function in Heart Failure.
- Oral Administration of Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) Inhibitor ONO-4817 Blocks Left Ventricular (LV) Remodeling in Rats with Salt-Sensitive Hypertension.
- Effects of Centrifugal Blood Pump on Left Ventricular Performance in Normal and Failing Hearts.
- Striking Effect of Distal Protection by Percu-Surge Guardwire for PTA with Antegrade Approach to Treat Femoral, Popliteal, and Tibial Arteries.
- Incidence of Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
- Long-Term Follow Up of the Patients with Takayasu Arteritis.
- Initial and Long-Term Clinical Result of Endoluminal Stenting for Obstructive Lesions of the Subclavian Artery.
- Prognostic Value of Eastwall Self-Expandable Peripheral Stent, Stratified by Lesion Location and Length.
- Insight for Treating Aortic Intramural Hematoma: Location of Entry Site Still Can Predict Clinical Outcome and Need for Surgery.
- Additive Effects of Statin Conbined with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor on Vasomotin in Hypercholesterolemic Patients.
- Does C-Reactive Protein Elevation Predict Occurrence of Atrial Structural Remodeling in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation?.
- Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients Late after Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot: A Multicenter Study.
- Restitution Kinetics of Ventricular Action Potential Duration in Patients with Short-Coupled Variant of Torsade de Pointes.
- Catheter Ablation of Repetitive Ventricular Premature Beat Originating from Left Ventricular Outflow Tract, Inflow Tract, and Left Bundle Fascicle.
- Failure and Early Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated with Higher Serum C-Reactive Protein Levels.
- Detection of Atrial Tachyarrhythmia Using Plasma N-Terminal Pro-Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (N-ANP) in Patients without Demonstrable Heart Disease.
- Pulmonary Vein Dimensions in Myocardial Infarction with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Using Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Its Relation to Left-Ventricular Diastolic Function.
- Atrial Fibrillation Recurs in Patients with Decreased Conduction Velocity and Large Heterogeneity of Effective Refractory Period after Electrical Defibrillation.
- False Tendon Is Associated with Diastolic Potential in Verapamil Sensitive Ventricular Tachycardia.
- Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia Originating in the Free Wall of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract: Prevalence and ECG Characteristics.
- Electrical Dissociation between Low Left Atrium and Coronary Sinus Musculature and the Sustenance of Atrial Fibrillation.
- Ventricular Fibrillation Intervals Depend on Left Ventricular Size as Well as Effective Refractory Period in Patients with Left Ventricular Scar.
- Microvolt T Wave Alternans of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Sustained Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia.
- Clinical Usefulness of Pure-Hisian Pacing in Addition to Para-Hisian Pacing: Unmasking Another Ventriculo-Atrial Route in Patients with Accessory Pathway.
- Demonstration of Longitudinal Conduction Disturbance in the Crista Terminalis as a Substrate in Common Atrial Flutter.
- Relationship between lodine-123 Metaiodobenzylguanidine Myocardial Imaging and Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide Concentration in Patients with Isolated Diastolic Heart Failure.
- Relationship between Myocardial 123I-MIBG Findings and Exercise-induced Adrenergic Responses in Patients with Nonobstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Nicorandil Administration Has Cardioprotective Effect on Late Reperfusion in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Can Cardioprotective Effect of Nicorandil Administration Be Influenced by Preconditioning in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction?
- Detection of Myocardial Microvasular Disorders Using Dynamic 99mTc-MIBI SPECT.
- Quantitative Electrocardiographic Gated SPECT Accurately Estimates Functional Recovery after Primary Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty.
- Reliability of Gadolinium-Enhanced Table Stepping 3D MR Angiography for Screening Test of Atherosclerotic Occlusive Diseases of Lower Extremities.
- Inflammation Contributes Cardiac Valve Calcification in Hemodialysis Patients.
- Impact of Malondialdehyde-Modified LDL and LDL Particle Size with Endothelial Function in Healthy Young Men.
- Association between Chlamydia Pneumoniae Antibodies and Coronary Artery Calcification Assessed by Electron-Beam Computed Tomography.
- The Impact of Changes in Diameter of Aorta on Pulse Wave Velocity before and after the Interventions to Aortic Aneurysm.
- Increased Serum Concentration of Oxidized Lipoprotein (a) Is a New Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease.
- Mental Stress Inhibits the Intimal Fibromuscular Proliferation through Endogenous Opioid System in the Process of Arterial Remodeling.
- Patients with Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Should Be Evaluated by Carotid Ultrasound.
- Circulating Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Is an Independent Predictor for Cardiac Events in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
- Low Preheparin Serum Lipoprotein Lipase Mass Is an Important Coronary Risk Factor for Various Type of Coronary Artery Disease.
- Arterial Stiffness Is Associated with Impaired Pulmonary Function Independent from C-Reactive Proteins Level.
- Reciprocal Relationship between Adiponectin and C-Reactive Protein.
- Insulin Resistance Facilitates Arterial Stiffness in Normal Glucose Tolerance Subjects.
- Long-Term Use of Thiazolidinedione Slows Ultrasonic Evaluated Atherosclerotic Progression In Type-2 Diabetics.
- Small Dense LDL Phenotype Is Associated with Postprandial Increases of Large VLDL and Remnant-Like Particles In Patients with Myocardial Infarction.
- Japan Lipid Intervention Trial (J-LIT) Chart Predicts the Absence of Coronary Artery Disease More Accurately Than Symptom Limited Exercise Stress Electrocardiography.
- Increased Arterial Stiffness in Subjects with Elevated High Sensitive C-Reactive Protein.
- Beneficial Effect in Heart Rate Variability and IGF-I after Treatment with Atorvastatin in Hypercholesterolemic Patients.
- Measurement of Cholesterol Efflux from Monocyte-Derived Macrophages of Patients with Lipid Disorders and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases.
- Plasma Levels of Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein in Patients with Stable Angina Pectoris Is Related to Coronary Artery Disease Severity.
- Muscular Arteries Could Be More Suitable for Studying the Mechanism of Restenosis after PTCA Than Elastic Arteries.
- The Adapter Protein GRB2 Is Required for Neointima Formation in Response to Vascular Injury.
- Fractional Flow Reserve after Percutaneus Coronary Intervention as a Predictor of Restenosis in Small Coronary Artery Disease.
- Impact of Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance on Target Lesion Revascularization in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
- Long-Term Prognosis of Patients with Palmaz-Schatz Stent Implantation.
- Treatment of Total Occlusive Diffuse In-Stent Restenosis.
- Suboptimal Glycemic Control Associates with Diffuse In-Stent Restenosis after Coronary Stenting.
- The Neointimal Volume Reduction Effects of Coronary Brachytherapy after Balloon Angioplasty Using Ce144 upon In-Stent Restsenosis In Porcine Coronary Model.
- Usefulness of 123I-BMIPP Myocardial SPECT in Predicting Restenosis in the Chronic Phase of Unstable Angina Pectoris with Early Stage PCI.
- Evaluation of Perfusion Angioplasty vs CUTing Balloon Angioplasty for In-Stent Restenosis.
- Non-Ruptured Eroded Plaque in the Culprit Lesion Develops Less Neointimal Proliferation after Stenting Compared with Ruptured Plaque.
- LDL-Cholesterol Level at the Time of Intervention Is Associated with Long Term Clinical Result of Stent Implantation.
- Overexpression of Prostacyclin Synthase Inhibits Neointimal Formation by Modulating Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor .DELTA. Expression.
- Xenogenic Smooth Muscle Cell Immunization as a Vaccine Reduces Neointimal Formation in Balloon-Injured Rabbit Carotid Arteries.
- Coronary Resistance Outside the Stent Segment May Contributes to the Prediction of In Stent Restenosis.
- Plasma Homocysteine Levels Can Predict Restenosis after Coronary Angioplasty.
- Elevated Serum Malondialdehyde-Modified LDL Promotes Post-Stenting Restenosis in Moderate to Large Size Stent.
- Assessment of Rheumatic Etiology of Mitral Valve Prolapse.
- Pressure Gradients across Aortic Valve as Cause of Left Ventricular Electromechanical Delay and Intramyocardial Perfusion Insufficiency in Aortic Stenosis.
- Excessive Left Ventricular Volume Reduction Can Lead to Late Onset Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Following Dor's Procedure.
- Histopathological Study of Aortic Valve during 25 Year Period: A Close Relationship between the Atheromatous Lesion and Calcification.
- Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiographical Assessment of Coronary Flow Velocity Characteristics in Patient with Chronic Aortic Regurgitation.
- Relationship between Thromboembolic Complications and the Intensity of Anticoagulation in Patients with Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Hemodynamic Performance of the Freestyle Aortic Root Bioprosthesis.
- Percutaneous Balloon Pulmonic Valvuloplasty for Congenital Pulmonic Stenosis in Adults: The Philippine Heart Center Experience.
- Preoperative Assessment of Neurological Complication of Infective Endocarditis by Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
- Left Ventricular Remodeling with Elevated Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Is Associated with Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilating Dysfunction in Patients with Chronic Aortic Regurgitation.
- .BETA. Blocker and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor as a Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure in Patients after the Fontan Operation.
- Aortic and Valvular Size In Patients with Aortic Regurgitation Long after Arterial Switch Operation in Transposition of the Great Arteries.
- Functional Capacity and Daily Physical Activity in Patients after Fontan Operation.
- Surgical Treatment for Complication of Transcatheter Procedures in Congenital Heart Disease.
- Detection of Myocardial Contractile Reserve by Low-Dose Dobutamine Quantitative Gated SPECT in Kawasaki Disease with Severe Coronary Artery Lesion.
- Induction of Tolerance to Cardiac Allografts by a Combined Treatment with Inducible Costimulator-Immunoglobulin (ICOSIg) and CTLA4Ig.
- Serial Assessment of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy.
- Fractal Scaling of Heart Rate Alters Shortly after Transplantation in Heart Transplanted Patients.
- Quality of Life after Heart Transplantation in Japanese Patients.
- Factors Associated with Long-Term (>10 Years) Survival after Heart Transplantation in the Cyclosporine Era: Stanford Experience.
- Mast Cells Play a Critical Role in the Pathogenesis of Viral Myocarditis: Two Strains of Mast Cell Deficient Mice Study.
- Inducible Costimulatory Molecule Plays an Important Role in Development of Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis in Rats.
- Serum Interleukin-10 as a Prognostic Predictor in Fulminant Myocarditis.
- Gene Therapy for Acute Viral Myocarditis Transferring Soluble c-Kit (sc-kit) Gene by in Vivo Electroporation.
- Attenuation of Virus-Induced Myocardial Injury by Inhibition of the AT1R Signal and Decreased NF-.KAPPA.B Activation in Knock-Out Mice.
- In Vitro Cytotoxic Activity of Heart-Infiltrating Cells In Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis.
- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Predicts Target-Organ Damage and Cardiovascular Events.
- Excess Release of Hypoxanthine from the Skeletal Muscles of Patients with Hypertension and Dyslipidemia Is Suppressed by HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors.
- Role of Low Sodium Hemodyalysis on Chronic Hemodyalysis Patients with Hypertension.
- Abnormal Intramyocardial Small Artery Flow in Patients with Hypertensive Hypertrophy: Its Relation to Asymptomatic Cerebrovascular Damage.
- Circadian Blood Pressure Profile and Its Response to Ca-Antagonists in Patients with Coronary Spastic Angina.
- QT Dispersion under the Influence of Indapamide in Patients with Hypertension.
- Electro-Anatomical Mapping Can Predict Incomplete Isthmus Block or Recurrence of Atrial Flutter after Radiofrequency Ablation.
- Histological Observation of the Crista Terminalis Muscularture in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Flutter.
- Dynamic Analysis of QT Dispersion and QT Interval for Identifying Patients with Organic Heart Disease at Risk for Ventricular Arrhythmias.
- Clinical, Electrophysiological Characteristics and Long Term Prognosis of Patients with Symptomatic Brugada Syndrome.
- Influence of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Treatment on Intimal Thickness of Angiographically Normal Coronary Artery Segment. An Intravascular Ultrasound Study.
- Relation between Plaque-Area after Stent Implantation and Late Restenosis. Is Small Vessel-Area at the Reference Site Unaffected by Plaque Area?
- Lesion Characteristics of Coronary Total Occlusions Evaluated with Intravascular Ultrasound.
- Type of Arterial Remodeling in Intermediate Coronary Artery Stenosis.
- Impact of Arterial Remodeling on Stent Expansion.
- Saphenous Vein Grafts Have a Lot of Thrombi: An Angioscopic Study.
- Impact of Coronary Plaque Injury on the Serum Troponin I in Patients with Unstable Angina Pectoris. An Intravascular Ultrasound Study.
- Most Appropriate Cut-Off Level of Cardiac Troponin T Is 0.03 ng/mL for Diagnosis of AMI within 6 Hours after Onset.
- Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Left Circumflex Coronary Artery Occlusion in the Era of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
- Can Corrected Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Frame Count Evaluate the Microcirculatory Effect of Nicorandil in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction?
- Nicorandil Infusion Accelerates ST-Segment Resolution in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Subanalysis in SMART Study.
- The Impact of Sulfonylureas on Infarct Size and Arrhythmogenity in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- High LDH Value as a Marker of Extensive Myocardial Necrosis after Reperfusion Therapy in Patients with Anterior AMI.
- Myocardial Stunning in Acute Myocardial Infarction Early after Revascularization.
- Cutaneous Arteriolar Hyalinosis with Thioredoxin Expression Is Increased in Patients with Heart Failure.
- Myosin from Failing and Non-Failing Human Ventricles Exhibit Similar Contractile Properties.
- Myocardial and Renal Vascular Protection with Eplerenone, Enalapril and Coadministration in the SHHF Rat.
- Thin Filament Based Modulation of Contractile Performance in Human Heart Failure; A Potential Role of PKC Mediated Phosphorylation.
- Eplerenone Decreases Gelatinase Activity in Dogs with Chronic Heart Failure.
- A Pathological Role of the Increased Expression of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 in the Dysfunctional Heart after Myocardial Infarction.
- Venous Return Surface Enables Us to Predict Accurately Cardiac Output at Various Hemodynamic Conditions.
- Hypersensitivity of Central Chemoreceptors Contribute to Central Sleep Apnea in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure.
- Paradoxical Secretion of Aldosterone and DHEA from the Human Heart.
- Long-Term Effect of Aldosterone Inhibition on Cardiac Structural Abnormality as Assessed with Analysis of Ultrasonic Radio-Frequency Signals.
- Cytokine Abnormalities and Soluble Fas in Relation to Neurohormonal Activation and Exercise Capacity in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Effects of Carvedilol on Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide Concentration in Patients with Isolated Diastolic Heart Failure.
- Measurements of Serum Cardiac Troponin T and Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Patients with Heart Failure.
- APACHE III, LOD, SOFA; Comparison of Predictive Usefulness of Multiple Organ Dysfunction Scores for the Mortality in Acute CHF.
- Association of Adiposity with Blood Pressure and Serum Lipids in Normal Weight Subjects.
- .BETA.-Blocker Treatment Is Associated with Physical Aspect of Quality of Life in Out-of-Hospital Patients with Myocardial Infarction.
- Impact of Apolipaprotein B as a Useful Predictor of Carotid Atherosclerosis for Women in a Japanese General Population.
- Dietary Green Tea Intake Preserves and Improves Arterial Compliance and Endothelial Function.
- The Low Serum Lipoprotein(a) Level Is a Predictor of Successful Aging in the Community-Dwelling Elderly over 75 Years Old.
- Relationship between Systemic Inflammation Induced by Cigarette Smoking and Coronary Risk Factors.
- Long-Term Outcome and Predictors of Cardiac Events in the Candidates for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Not Undergoing the Surgery Finally.
- The Recurrence and Mortality of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease in the Eastern Taiwan-Hualien Secondary Prevention Program.
- Do Japanese Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Access to a Hospital Early Enough to Receive the Full-Benefit of Treatment?
- The Volume-Outcome Relation for Hospitals Performing Angioplasty for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results from Nationwide Japanese Registry.
- Relationship among High-Sensitive CRP, Maximum Oxygen Uptake and Insulin Resistance.
- Medical Examination at University Entrance Should Include Intensive History-Taking for Kawasaki Disease to Prevent Cardiac Sudden Death in Campus Life.
- Brugada Syndrome Like Electrocardiographic Change in Young Healthy Population: Its Prevalence and Time Course.
- Epicardial Pulmonary Vein Isolation by Cryoablation as Concomitant Cardiac Surgery to Treat Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation.
- Estimation of Acute and Chronic Pulumonary Vein Stenosis after PV Ablation with Intracardiac Echocardiography.
- Catheter Ablation of Focal Atrial Tachycerdia: New Insight from Noncontact Three-Dimensional Mapping.
- Effect of intermittent Site Ablation of Pulmonary Veins with Circumferential Catheter Electrodes on Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation in Canine Model.
- Clinical Efficacy of Oral Bepridil for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.
- Efficacy of Right Atrial Septal Pacing in Patients with Drug-Refractory Atrial Fibrillation.
- Enhanced-Density Mapping Regarding the Retrograde Conduction at the Koch's Triangle Using Electroanatomical Mapping System (CARTO).
- Evaluation of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide, Brain Natriuretic Peptide and N-Terminal Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Patients with Permanent Pacemaker.
- Incidence and Characteristics of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Following Electrical Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Irrigated Tip Ablation System.
- High Clinical Success Rate of Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation after Capable Identification of Arrhythmogenic Pulmonary Vein.
- Right Atrial Septal Pacing at the Bachmanns Bundle Ameliorates Mechanical Synchronization of Atria.
- Clinical Implication of Presystolic Bipolar Potential for Successful Catheter Ablation of Repetitive Ventricular Tachycardia Originating from the Aortic Sinus Cusp.
- Relationship between Baroreflex Sensitivity and Exercise Capacity in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- The Contributions of Muscle Vasodilation and Cardiac Function to the Exercise Performance in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction.
- Analysis of the Dominant Factors Regulating Exercise Capacity in Patients with Coronary Artery Diseases.
- Does Respiratory Muscle Function Relate to Increased Exercise Ventilation after Cardiac Surgery?
- Systemic Peripheral Vascular Resistance and Cardiac Function Reserve during Exercise in Patients with and without Myocardial Ischemia.
- The Effect of Exercise Training on Circulating Cytokines and Diastolic Function in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Improvement of Ventilation during Exercise after Percutaneous Transluminal Mitral Commissurotomy.
- A Development of T Cell Activation in Patients with Unstable Angina.
- Concentrations of Th1/Th2 Cytokines and C-Reactive Protein in Patients with Coronary Atherosclerosis and Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Immunoglobulin Suppressed Adoptively Transferred Autoimmune Myocarditis in Severe Combined Immunodeficient Mice; A Novel Suppressive Effect of Immunoglobulin on T Cells.
- Relation between Inflammation State and Vasospatic Angina.
- Platelets Activated by Collagen through an Immunoreceptor Tyrosine-Based Activation Motif Plays a Pivotal Role in Neointimal Formation after Balloon Injury.
- The Blockade of Interaction between Programmed Death 1 (PD-1) and Its Ligands (PD-L1) Enhances Acute Rejection in Murine Cardiac Allografts.
- Ongoing Myocardial Damage in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure Is Strongly Related to Upregulated Monocyte Proinflammatory Cytokine Production.
- Evidence of Enhanced Intraplatelet Oxidative Stress Which Has Relevance to Increased Platelet Aggregability in Patients with Hypercholesterolemia.
- Novel ELISA for Apo B-48 Revealed Chylomicron Remnants (CR) Are Accumulated in the Plasma of Diabetic Patients despite Normolipidemia.
- Correlations of Heparin-Releasable Enzymes on the Endothelium Associated with Dyslipidemia.
- In Vivo Metabolism of Lp(a) In Petients with End-Stage Renal Disease.
- Increased Circulating Malondialdehyde-Modlfied LDL in the Patients with Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia and Its Relation with the Hepatic Lipase Activity.
- Sphingoalne-1-Phosphate Stimulates Gene Expression of the Transcription Factor KLF5/BTEB2, Which Plays a Critical Role in PDGF-B Gene Expression, in VSMCs.
- Targeted Disruption of Smad3 Results in Enhanced Neointimal Hyperplasia through Alteration of Smooth Muscle Cell Response to TGF-.BETA..
- CD36 Signaling Is Involved in the Regulation of Agonist-Induced Nitric Oxide Production in Human Monocyte-Derived Macrophagee.
- Improved Left Ventricular Function after Experimental Myocardial Infarction in Tumor Necrosis Factor-.ALPHA. (TNF-.ALPHA.) Deficient Mice.
- Role of Tyrosine Kinases in the Coronary Constrictive Remodeling induced by Long-Term Treatment with Interleukin-1.BETA. in Pigs.
- Relationship between the Effect of Intravenous Magnesium Therapy for the Ventricular Tachycardia and QT Dispersion Recovery.
- Chronic Amiodarone Administration Increases Liver CT Attenuation.
- Pharmacological Conversion of Long Lasting Atrial Fibrillation by Bepridil with Respect to Fibrillation Wave Characteristics.
- Long-Term Effect of Bepridli on the Atrial Refractoriness and Electrical Remodeling in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.
- A Novel Echocardiographic Classification of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction In Patients with Preserved Systolic Function.
- Severe Coronary Stenosis Associates with Subclinical Regional Left Ventricular Dysfunction in the Absence of Myocardial Infarction.
- Nonuniform Recovery of Contractile Function in Stuuned Myocardium: An Experimental Study Using Strain Rate Imaging in Dogs.
- Myocardial Strain along the Left Ventricular Long-Axis Is a Superior Parameter of Global Left Ventricular Systolic Performance.
- Does Right Ventricular Function Associate with Elevated Cardiac Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Patients Hemodlalysis Patients with Preserved Left Ventricular Function?
- The New Index of Regional Left Ventricular Function Using Tissue Doppler Imaging in Patients with Hypertrophlc Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.
- Assessment of Regional Wall Motion Using Strain Doppler Imaging in Biventricular Pacing.
- Evaluation of Paradoxical Interventricular Septal Motion after Cardiac Surgery: Assessment by Strain Rate Comparison with Tissue Doppler Imaging.
- Advanced 1.5 Harmonic Imaging Can Make Possible a Visual Subtraction Image of Myocardial Perfusion.
- Relationship between R-R Interval (RR-I) and Maximal-Flow-Velocity of Aorta as a Marker of Cardiac Performance in Patients with Chronic Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation (NYAF).
- Intramyocardlal Small Coronary Flow Velocity Pattern Is Predictive for Detecting Thallium Perfusion Abnormalities in Patient with Hypertrophic Cardlomyopathy.
- Value of Real Time 1.5 Harmonic Contrast Echo for Assessing Myocardial Vascular Damage after Reperfusion in Myocardial Infarction.
- Noninvasive Detection of Coronary Artery Using Tranathoracic Doppler Echocardiography in Patients with Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction in Emergency Room.
- Detection of Restenosis after Primary Coronary Intervention with Coronary Flow Reserve Using Transthoracic Color Doppler Echocardiography.
- Influences of Sublingual Nitroglycerin on Coronary Flow Velocity as Detected by Transthoraclc Color Doppler Echocardlography.
- Long-Term Echocardiographlc Follow-Up in Patients with Cardiac Sarcoldosis: Impact of Microangiopathy on Ventricular Remodeling and Outcome.
- A System for One-Point Measurement of Carotid Arterial Pulse Wave Velocity.
- HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Limits Angiotensin II-Induced Progression and Destabilization of Established Atherosclerosis in ApoE-Knockout Mice through Its Cholesterol-Lowering Independent Actions.
- Blockade of PDGF Receptors Delays, but Does Not Prevent Fibrous Cap Formation in ApoE Deficient (ApoE-/-) Mice.
- LRP-1B, a LDL Receptor Family Member, Reduces the Migration of Smooth Muscle Cells (SMCs) in Vitro.
- Vesicular Acidification Is Required for ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter A1-Mediated Cholesterol Efflux.
- New Approach to the Evaluation of Lesions of Atherosclerosis in ApoE Deficient (ApoE-/-) Mice Using Brachiocephalic Artery and Aortic Arch.
- HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors Stimulate the Anti-Aging Klotho Protein Expression in Rats of Chronic NOS Inhibition.
- Cloning and Functional Analysis of a Novel Gene Expressed in Atherosclerotic Plaques.
- Thrombin-Induced Downregulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) via Rho Activation in Human Endothelial Cells: Involvement of Geranylgeranyl Transferase Activation.
- Evaluation of Diagnostic Potential of Angioscopic Findings on the Grade of Macrophage Infiltrations and Vascular Endothelial Function.
- Flow-Mediated Mechanical Stress Induces Integrin Activation by IP3 Receptor-Mediated Calcium Release from Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Monocytic THP-1 Cells.
- Homocysteine Stimulates Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity in Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
- Exposure of Oxidized LDL Impairs Inflammatory Stimulation of Glutathione Synthesis in Macrophages.
- Should Increasing the Dose or Adding AT1 Receptor Blocker Follow the Early Initiation of ACE Inhibitor in Acute Myocardial Infarction?
- The Effect of Edaravone on Apoptotic Cell Formation during Ischemia-Reperfusion in Rabbit Heart.
- Impact of Chymase Inhibitor on Cardiac Function and Survival after Myocardial Infarction.
- Angiotensin II Type 1a Receptor Plays a Critical Role in Cell Infiltration, Cytokine Production and Angiogenesis in Infarcted Myocardium.
- Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1 Mediates Migration of Hematopoietic Stem Cells to the Heart after Myocardial Infarction.
- A Possible Role of Adrenomedullin as a Cell-Survival Mediator in Rat Coronary Ligation Model: The Association of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Signal.
- Enhanced Oxidant Stress after Reperfusion Is Associated with Persistent ST Elevation and In-Hospital Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Amount of Thrombus at Culprit Lesion of Acute Myocardial Infarction Is Dependent on Angioscoopically Determined Coronary Atherosclerosis.
- Cyclin D1 Genotype Is Associated with Progression of Myocardial Infarction.
- Incidence of Coronary Vasospasm in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction by Intracoronary Injection of Acetylcholine.
- Pathological Analysis of Intracoronary Thrombus (Thrombectomy Catheter Samples) in Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- The Impact of Body Mass Index on Clinical and Angiographical Characteristics in Female Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Clinacal Characteristics of Patients with Cardiopulmonary Arrest on Arrival in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Evaluation of Microvascular Injury Following Reperfusion Therapy for AMI, Using the Serial Microvascular Resistance Index.
- High Prevalence of Coronary Ectasia in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Associated with Sleep Apnea Syndrome.
- Oxidatve Damage to DNA in Myocardium Relates to Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Coronary Embolism Associated with Atrial Fibrillation in the Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Ischemic Preconditioning Preserves Membrane Dystrophin: A Novel Mechanism of Cardioprotection against Reperfusion Injury.
- Differential Effect on Acute Cardioprotection against Myocardial Infarction by Statins: Role of ECTO-5'-Nucleotidase.
- Edaravone Reduces Hydroxyl Radical Formation at the Early Phase of Reperfusion and Thus Protects from Myocardial Injury after Reperfusion.
- PARP Inhibitor Can Protect against Re-Perfusion Injury after Cardioplegic Arrest.
- Comparison of Hyperpolarized Cardioplegic Arrest with Depolarized Cardioplegic Arrest: Analysis from Left Ventricular Mechanoenergetics in the Blood-Perfused Rat Heart.
- C-Type Natriuretic Peptide Limits Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in a Rat Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Adrenomeduilin Infusion during Ischemia/Reperfusion Attenuates Left Ventricular Remodeling and Myocardial Fibrosis in Rats.
- Attenuation of Ischemic Preconditioning Effects and Enhancement of Microvascular Damage in Acute Myocardial Infarction with Hypertension.
- Association between Peripheral Eosinophilia and No-Reflow Phenomenon after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Treatment of No-Reflow with the Nitroprusside Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention(PCI).
- Intravascular Ultrasound Findings and No-Reflow in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Early Prediction of Myocardial Salvage after Primary Coronary Angioplasty: Comparative Study of Coronary Flow Reserve and Perfusion-Metabolism Mismatch.
- Preinfarction Angina Reduced Microvascular Damage and Size of Risk Area in Patients with Acute Reperfused Myocardial Infarction.
- Distal Protection in Elective or Emergency PCI Using PERCUSERGE(TM).
- Isolation of Bone Marrow Stromal Cell-Derived Smooth Muscle Cells by a Human SM22alpha Promoter.
- Importance of AT1 Receptor-Mediated Oxidative Stress and Akt Signaling on the Aortic Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype in Hypertension.
- Static Mechanical Pressure Stress Causes Cell Proliferation through an Activation of NF-Kappa B in Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells.
- Inhibitory Effects of Ursodeoxycholic Acid(UDCA) on the Induction of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells(VSMCs)
- Background Nonselective Cation Currents in Rabbit Coronary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells.
- Reduction of Lectin-Like Oxidized LDL Receptor-1 (LOX-1) Expression in Rat Carotid Balloon-Injury Model by Candesartan Cilexetil.
- Anti-ER Stress Action of HIF-1 Alpha in Compensation of Impairment of Energy Matabolism Due to Cellular Stress.
- Overexpression of ATF3 Inhibits Doxorubicin-Induced Apoptosis through Downregulation of p53 Transcription in Cardiac Myocytes.
- Aldosterone Activates Calcineurin-Dependent Mitochondrial Apoptotic Pathway in Cultured Rat Cardiac Myocytes.
- Efficiency of Bone Marrow Cell Mobilization by Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor (GCSF) for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Porcine.
- Apoptotic Myocytes Generate Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 to Draw the Activated Macrophages in Ischemia-Reperfused Rat Hearts.
- The Rote of Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) in Vasculogenesis and Angiogenesis in Xenopus Development.
- Recapturation of Early Embryonic T-Type Ca2+ Channel Genes (.ALPHA.1h) In Mouse Remodeled Hearts after Myocardial Infarction.
- Dynamics of Functional Reentry in 2-Dimensional Ventricular Myocardium with Uniform Anisotropy: A High-Resolution Optical Mapping Analysis.
- Immunogloblin G from a Patient with Acquired Long QT Syndrome Reduced HERG and IKr Current.
- Block of IKs by [Na]i and Its Possible Contribution to Arrhythmogenesis in LQT1 Syndrome.
- A Novel Activity of a Na+ Channel Blocker to Inhibit Proteasomal Degradation of Kir6.2 Channel and Increase Cardiac KATP Channels.
- Decreased Expression of Thrombomodulin and Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor in Rapidly-Paced Rat Atria: Role of the Endocardium.
- Involvement of Membrane PIP2 in the Regulation of the Muscarinic K+ Channel by Extracellular ATP.
- Molecular Basis of Voltage-Dependent HERG Channel Block by Class III Drugs.
- Ca2+ Influx through the Remodeled T-Type Ca2+ Channel for Contraction in Hypertrophied Ventricles in Rats.
- PlP3-Inhibition of RGS-Action and Its Reverse by Ca2+/Calmodulin Mediate Voltage-Dependent Control of G Protein-Cycle to a Cardiac K+ Channel.
- Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Can Improve Left Atrial Systolic Function in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. Assessment by Electron Beam Tomography.
- Evaluation of Patency of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts by Multi-Detector Computed Tomography.
- 8-Detector-Row Computed Tomography Can Visualize Steadily Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Segmental Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation.
- Morphological and Functional Evaluation of Arteriosclerosis Obilterans by Enhanced 3D-MR Angiography and Phase Contrast MR Imaging.
- Comprehensive MRI Study for Detecting Coronary Artery Disease.
- Evaluation of Arteriosclerosis Obliterans (ASO) with Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA): Comparison of Two-Dimensional Time-of-Flight (2D-TOF) and Tree-Dimensional Gadolinium-Enhanced (3D-GE) Technique.
- Morphological Characters of the Pulmonary Veins in Patients with Lone Atrial Fibrillation.
- Effects of Antiplatelet Drugs in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: Use of a New Platelet Aggregometer with Laser-Light Scattering.
- Increased Expression of Platelet Activation Activity in Patients with Permanent Pacemaker Implantation.
- Elevated Levels of Fibrin Monomer as a Predictor of Thromboembolism in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
- The Diagnostic Value of D-Dimer in Patients with Acute Aortic Dissection (AAD).
- Relation Selecins and Chemokines in Patients after Coronary Angioplasty.
- The Relationship between Intracoronary Thrombus and TIMI Frame Count after Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes.
- IgG Activaing Platelets under High Shear Stress in Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia.
- Antithrombin-3 (AT-3) as a Marker of Thrombolytic Therapy Using Mutant t-PA in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
- Utilities and Problems of Temporary Inferior Vena Cave Filter.
- Usefulness of Ultrasonography and Lung Perfusion Scintigram to Manage the Outpatients with Pretibial Edema.
- Effects of Renin-Angiotensin System in Production of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type 1 by Cultured Endothelial Cells in Response to Chylomicron Remnants.
- Blockade of Renin-Angiotensin System Downregulates TF in Monocyte Adhesion to Endothelial Cells via Suppressing ICAM-1, MCP-1 Expression and Ca2+ Signaling.
- Continuous Long-Term Dosing with Oral Slow-Release Isosorbide Dinitrate Does not Reduce Incidence of Cardiac Events in Older Post-MI Patients.
- Novel Therapeutic Strategy against Ventricular Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction: Chronic Vagal Stimulation Prevents Ventricular Remodeling.
- Osteopontin Is Released from the Heart into Coronary Circulation in Patients with Previous Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction.
- Relationship between Extent of Residual Myocardial Viability and Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve in Patients with Old Myocardial Infarction.
- Can Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve Predict Left Ventricular Remodeling and Prognosis in Patients with Reperfused Anterior Acute Myocardial Infarction?
- Can Flow Propagation Velocity by Color M-Mode Doppler Predict Left Ventricular Remodeling and Prognosis In-Patients with Reperfused Acute Myocardial infarction?
- Effects of .BETA.-Blockers on Coronary Spasm Induced by Repeated Epicardial Coronary Artery Endothelial Denudation in Pigs.
- Plasma Level of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide as an Indicator of Coronary Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients with Left Ventricular Remodeling.
- Uncoordinated Local Contraction of the Myocytes Can Propel Cardiac Lymph without Effective Development LV Pressure.
- Endogenous Coronary Fibrinolytic Activity Is Reduced in Patients with Type II Diabetes: Effects of Coronary Tissue Plasminogen Activator Release.
- Effect of Intravenous Administration of Nicoraridil on Preventing Slow-Flow Phenomenon during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Stable Angina Pectoris.
- Efficacy of Superselective Drug Infusion into Diseased Coronary Artery Using Infusion Catheter (SDI) to No/Slow Flow during Rotational Atherectomy (PTCRA).
- Relationship between Recovery of Left Ventricular Function and Coronary Flow Reserve or Fractional Flow Reserve in Patients with Unstable Angina.
- Noninvasive Assessment of Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve in the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery by Transthoracic Echocardiography, Comparison with Coronary Angiography.
- Application of Pressure-Derived Myocardial Fractional Flow Reserve in Assessing the Functional Severity of Coronary-Artery Stenosis in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus.
- The Cutoff Value of ST-Segment Resolution for Prediction of Microvascular Dysfunction Evaluated by Doppler Guidewire in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- The Relationship between Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity and Coronary Endothelial Function.
- Body Mass Index is an Independent Determinant of Coronary and Peripheral Endothelial Function.
- Characteristics of Wave Intensity in Patients with Cardiac Diseases.
- Wave Intensity in the Carotid Artery Is a New Index of Left Ventricular Systolic and Early Diastolic Performance.
- The Stroke Volume-to-Aortic Pulse Pressure Ratio is a Reliable Estimate of Total Arterial Compliance in Human Subjects.
- Microvolt T Wave Alternans Is Associated with Left Ventricular Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction.
- Maximal Ventricular Power/End-Diastolic Area in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: Load Independent Index of Contractility Obtained by Noninvasive Method.
- Unchanged Oxygen Cost of Left Ventricular Contractility for Dobutamine in Ca Overload-Induced Failing Rat Hearts.
- DNA Damage Is Increased in the Falling Human Myocardium Due to Myocarditis and Cardiomyopathies.
- Myocytes Positive for in Situ Markers for DNA Breaks in Hypertrophic, but Neither Failed Nor Dilated, Human Hearts.
- Modulation of Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor by Sorcin in UM-X7.1 Cardiomyopathic Hamster Hearts.
- A PPAR-.ALPHA. Activator Inhibits Cardiac Fibrosis by Inhibiting of Fibroblast Proliferation and Collagenesis in Cultured Fibroblasts and DOCA-Salt Hypertensive Rats.
- Antioxidant Agent, Glutathione Improves Contractile Response to Dobutamine and Mechanical Efficiency in Patients with Reduced Left Ventricular Function.
- ZAKI-4.BETA. Inhibits Calcineurin Activity and Is Expressed Independently of ZAKI-4.ALPHA. and DSCR1 in Rat Cardiomyocytes.
- Characteristics of Cardiac Myocyte, Infiltrating Cells and Non-Myocate Cells in Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis.
- Clinical Characteristics and Outcome In Patients with Cardiac Sarcoidosis Mimicking Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Does It Really Mimic Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy?
- Echocardiographic Findings in 42 Cases of Cardiac Sarcoidosis.
- Cardiac Manifestations and Long-Term Course in Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy Caused by a Nonsense Mutation in the STA Gene.
- Patients with Isolated Ventricular Noncompaction Previously Diagnosed as Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Long-Term Clinical Course of Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Patients with Ventricular Tachycardia.
- Evaluation of Myocardial Metabolism in Asynergic Segments of Ischemic Myocardium Using 31P and 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.
- Myocardial 99mTc-Sestamibi Washout in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Comparisons with Endomyocardial Biopsy.
- Pressure-Work Index and Left Ventricular Mass Index Were Major Determinants of Myocardial Oxygen Consumption in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Myocardial Structural Abnormalities Contribute to Left Ventricular Enlargement and Dysfunction in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy; Usefulness of Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization.
- Transcardiac Gradient of Plasma Heart-Type Fatty Acid Binding Protein as a Maker of Myocardial Injury in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Close Correlation of Endothelial Function between Coronary and Brachial Circulation in Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Transmural Histological Heterogeneity and LVEDP Elevation in HCM.
- Natural History of Apical Hypertrophy.
- Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Dilated Phase of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Long-Term Evaluation of Patients with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.
- Is PTSMA Superior to Medical Therapy in Patients with HOCM?
- Mechanism of Exercise Limitation in Nonobstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Significance of TEI (Total Election Isovolume) Index.
- Alterations in Echocardiographic Tissue Characterization in Patients with Cardiac Troponin I Gene Mutation a Possible Indicator of Preclinical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Transport and Fatty Acid Oxidation Are Impaired in Hypertrophied Hearts before Heart Failure.
- Exercise Training Improves the Aging-Induced Decrease in Molecular Regulatory System of Mitochondrial Respiratory Function in the Rat Heart.
- Myocardial Metabolic Regulation through Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor .ALPHA. (ppAR.ALPHA.) after Myocardial Infarction.
- Vanadate Improves Cardiac Function and Myocardial Energy Metabolism in Diabetic Rat Hearts.
- The Influence of Diabetes Mellitus on Acute and Late Clinical Outcomes in Cutting Balloon Angioplasty for Small Coronary Vessels.
- Cardioprotective Effect of Ischemic Preconditioning Is Abolished in Type2 Diabetes.
- Low Preheparin Serum Lipoprotein Lipase Mass Is a Visceral Fat Accumulation-Related Coronary Risk Factor.
- Hepatocyte Growth Factor Gene Therapy Slows Down the Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy in db/db Mice.
- Acute Hyperglycemia Attenuates Coronary Flow Reserve in Patients with Glucose Intolerance.
- The Influence of Insulin Resistance on Restenosis after Coronry Stent Implantation.
- High Blood Glucose Level at 120min of 75gOGTT Is an Independent Determinant in Developing Small Coronary Arteries.
- Cardiac Systolic and Diastolic Dysfunction in the Hypertensive and Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Heart in Rats.
- Echolucent Carotid Plaques Provide an Incremental Predictive Value in Future Coronary Complications in Patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus.
- Predictors of Intima-Media Thickening in the Radial Artery after Transradial Intervention: An IVUS Study.
- Histopathological Study of Pulmonary Arteries and Cardiomyocyte in Twelve Autopsy Cases with Massive Pulmonary Thromboembolism.
- A Novel Percutaneous Catheter Thrombectomy in Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism.
- Carvedilol Inhibits Proliferation of SMC in Primary Pulmonary Hypertension.
- In Vivo, Real Time Visualization of the Interaction between Perialveolar Microcirculation and Individual Alveolar Respiration in Rats.
- A Novel Mechanism of Inactivation of Protease-Activated Receptor-1 by Thrombin in Endothelial Cells: An Additional Removal of the Tethered Ligand.
- HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Improves Peripheral Endothelial Dysfunction via Modification of the NO System and Oxidative Stress in Chronic Heart Failure.
- Activation of Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 via a Protein Kinase C-Dependent Pathway Mediates Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Expression in Endothelial Cells.
- Endothelial Cells of Newly Formed Vessels in the Border Zone of Myocardial Infarction Express Proteoglycan Decorin and Biglycan.
- Effect of HDL on Apoptosis in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells via Caveolin and Heat Shock Protein 90 Dependent Pathway.
- Role of Nuclear Factor-.KAPPA.B in Shear-Induced Release of Coupling Factor 6 and the Effect of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor .GAMMA. Ligand.
- Noninvasive Prediction of Sudden Death in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia.
- A Novel Noninvasive Method for Estimating Atrial Refractoriness.
- Development and Validation of a New ECG Algorism for Identifying Optimal Ablation Site in Idiopathic Ventricular Outflow Tachycardia.
- The Comparison of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) Ratio with QT Dispersion and T-Wave Alternans in Patients with Old Myocardial Infarction.
- Rotational Atherectomy Increases QT Dispersion Compared with Mere Stent Implantation.
- Quantitative Analysis of Signal-Averaged Electrocardiogram for Identification of Patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Compared with Idiopathic Right Ventricular Tachycardia.
- Clinical Significance of Electrocardiographic Recordings from the Upper Position with One Intercostal Space in the Discrimination of Symptomatic Brugada Syndrome.
- A Subgroup of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Associated with Transient Atrial Flutter Detected by 24 Hours Heart Rate Tachogram.
- Frequency Analysis of QRS Complex by Wavelet Transform in Non-Q Wave Myocardial Infarction.
- Recording of Multiple Lead Using New Central Terminal for Holter ECG.
- Localization of Depolarization Abnormality in Patient with Brugada: Using Body Surface Signal Averaged ECG.
- Initiating Mode of Torsade de Pointes in Patients with Congenital Long QT Syndrome.
- Quantitative Measurement of H-FABP Is Most Important for Both the Diagnosis and Therapy in ACS.
- Increasing the Pre-Test Likelihood Estimate for Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Results from the GUARDIAN Trial.
- Clinical Implications of Carotid Artery Remodeling in Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Platelet GP VI as a New Antiplatelet Target for Prevention of Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Elevated Serum Levels of Soluble Lectin-Like Oxidized LDL Receptor-1 (soluble LOX-1) in Acute Coronary Syndrome- Novel Marker for Plaque Rupture.
- Restenosis and Nonculprit Lesion Progression after Stent Implantation; The Association with Preprocedural C-Reactive Protein Levels in Acute Coronary Syndromes.
- Comparison of Qualitative and Quantitative Intracoronary Ultrasound (ICUS) Parameters between Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and Stable Angina Pectoris (SAP).
- Prognostic Value of Resolution of ST-Segment Depression Patients with Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- A Study on the Usefulness of Circulating Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein a (PAPP-A) as a Marker of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS).
- Circulating Plasma Levels of Interleukin 18 in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- The Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Vasospastic Angina Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndromes.
- Association between Coronary Artery Remodeling and Clinical Presentation of Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Effectiveness of Transcatheter Mechanical Thrombus Aspiration in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Redox State of Glutathione Is a Prognostic Factor for Left Ventricular Function after Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- The High Value of hs-CRP Represents the Existence of Plaque Disruption.
- Predictive Factors for Long-Term Success after Cryoablation to Four Pulmonary Vein Orifices for Chronic Atrial Fibrillation during Mitral Valve Surgery.
- The Relation between Autonomic Nervous Activity and Atrial Fibrillation in Patients after Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
- Evaluation of the Efficacy of Left Internal Thoracic Artery Graft for Chronic Total Occlusion of Left Anterior Descending Artery.
- Off-Pump CABG for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Cases with PCI Difficulty.
- The Endpoint of Plaque Debulking in Directional Coronary Atherectomy Prior to Stent Implantation.
- Acute Dilatation of the Radius Stent for AMI:Comparison between Stents Just Released and at 2 Weeks by IVUS.
- Predictors of Restenosis after Implantation of the Radius Stent.
- Stent Evolution Reduces Long-Term Cardiogenic Mortality after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Coronary Artery Disease.
- Frequency of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) and Thrombosis Complications in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Relationship between Post-Stenting FFRmyo and Long-Term Clinical Outcomes.
- Long-Term Results of Directional Coronary Atherectomy for Chronic Total Occlusion.
- Long-Term Outcome of Diabetic Women after Coronary Stenting.
- Initial and Follow Up Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) for Left Main Trunk (LMT) disease.
- The Prognosis of the Case with Coronary Perforation in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.
- Effect of Nicorandil on Slow Flow and No Reflow during Rotational Atherectomy Compared with Those of Verapamil.
- Comparison of the Self-Expanding Radius Stent for Elective Treatment of AMI.
- Mechanism of Vessel Remodeling and In-Stent Restenosis after Cutting Balloon Angioplasty for in stent Restenosis: An Intravascular Ultrasound Study.
- Cutting Balloon vs. Stenting in the Setting of Diabetes Mellitus.
- Incidence of In-Hospital MACE in Coronary Perforation during Percutaneous Coronary Perforation.
- Influence of Stent Length on Late Angiographic Outcome of Coronary Stenting.
- Comparison of Lesional Characteristics between Self-Expanding Radius Stent and Balloon-Expandable Sent Evaluated by ECG-Gated Three-Dimensional Intravascular Ultrasound System (3D-IVUS).
- Coronary Revascularization Improves Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease.
- Starting Ticlopidine Just before Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) with Stent. Is It Safe? Evaluation of Whole Blood Platelet Aggregation Over Time.
- Cutting Balloon Angioplasty for the Treatment of Calcified Coronary Lesions. An Intravascular Ultrasound Study.
- Activation of a Calcineurin-Dependent Pathway for Cardiac Hypertrophy in Cardiac-Specific Calmodulin Overexpressing Mice.
- Ongoing Myocardial Damage in Patients with Hypertensive Left Ventricular Hypertrophy without Systolic Dysfunction also Predicts Future Cardiac Events.
- Myocardial Stiffening Is Not Due to Myocardial Hypertrophy but to Myocardial Fibrosis in Human Left Ventricular Hypertrophy.
- Interaction between C-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Endothelin-1 in Hypertrophic Response of Cultured Rat Cardiac Myocytes.
- Am80, a Novel Synthetic RAR Agonist and a Modulator of KLF5, Prevents Cardiac Remodeling in Vivo.
- Gene Expression Profiling in Pressure or Volume Overload Myocardial Hypertrophy in Rat: Study with DNA Chip.
- Transcription Factor Sp1 Regulates SERCA2 Expression under in Vivo Pressure-Overloaded Heart.
- Diagnostic Values of Abnormal Q Waves for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Based on the Genetic Information.
- PGF2.ALPHA. Inhibits the SERCA2 Gene Transcription through an Induction of Egr-1.
- Neurotrophin-3, a Neurotrophic Factor, Is a New Member of Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophic Factors.
- Initial Role of the ICAM-1 and MCP-1 Mediated Macrophage Infiltration in Cardiac Remodeling in Hypertensive Rats.
- Effects of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition and Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockade on .BETA.-Adrenoceptor Signaling in Heart Failure.
- Fatty Acid Metabolic Imaging and Expression of Fatty Acid Utilization Enzymes in Eccentric Cardiac Hypertrophy by Volume-Overload.
- Comparative Effects of L-Arginine and Tetrahydrobiopterin to Nitrate on Coronary Stenosis-Induced lschemic Heart Failure through Redox Circumstances.
- Heme Oxygenase-1 Attenuates Progression of Ischemic Heart Failure due to Coronary Stenosis in Rats.
- Activation of Proopiomelanocortin Gene Expression in Failing Human Heart.
- Bradykinin Ameliorates Cardiac Performance and Remodeling under Ca-Antagonist Treatment in Failing Rat Hearts.
- Effects of Central Sympathoinhibition via Imidazoline Receptor Activation on the Progression of Heart Failure in Conscious Beagles.
- Comparison of the Role between Paraventricular Nucleus (PVN) and Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus (DMH) in Cardiovascular Response Evoked from Hypothalamus.
- Differential Distribution of Immunoreactive S 100-beta Proteins in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Heart.
- Diabetes Mellitus Attenuates the Improvement in Baroreflex Sensitivity in Patients after Acute Myocardial Infarction Participating in Exercise Cardiac Rehabilitation.
- Effects of Aging on Responses to Head-Up Tilt Testing with or without Isoproterenol in Patients with Unexplained Syncope.
- QT Interval Variability Is Useful for the Diagnosis and Prediction of Pre-Syncopal Symptoms in Newrally Mediated Syncope.
- Dynamic Modulation of Cardiac Booster Effect: Transfer Function Analysis from Central Venous Pressure (CVP) to Systemic Arterial Pressure (SAP).
- New Potential Interface for Revitalization of Baroreflex Function: Epidural Catheter Approach in Humans.
- Dramatically Inceased of Sensitivity for Head-Up Tilt Test under Alcohol Ingestion.
- Clinical Features of Malignant Vasovagal Syncope.
- A New Simple Method for Evaluating Cardiac Vagal Activity: Standard Deviation of Ratios for Consecutive RR Intervals.
- The Progression of Autonomic Function May Predict the Severity of Neurally Mediated Syncope during Head-Up Tilt Test.
- Frequent Saturation Dips at Daytime Observed in SpO2 Night-Dippers.
- Reversible Local Blocking Technique of the Autonomic Nerve in Conscious Rat.
- Dissection of the Central and Peripheral Clock in the Role for Regulating Cardiovascular Function.
- Role of Renal Bradykinin B1 Receptor in Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR-SP).
- Amelioration of Salt-Induced Hypertensive Vascular Remodeling by a New HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor, Pitavastatin, in Angiotensin II-Overproducing Mice.
- Angiotensin II Stimulates Adrenomedullin Production Independent of Pressure Overload in Vivo.
- Significance of Vascular Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme in the Depressor Mechanism by Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors.
- Longevity-Related Mitochondrial 5178A/C Genotype Is Associated with the Effect of Medication for Hypertension.
- Salt-Induced Vascular Pathology in Hypertensive Mice Overproducing Angiotensin II.
- Involvement of TAK1-Smad-p38 MAPK Signaling Pathway for Cardiovascular Remodeling in DOCA-Salt Hypertensive Rats.
- Microdialysis Approach to Assessment of Rat Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Ending Functions.
- The Effect of Angiotensin Receptor Antagonist and Aldosterone Receptor Antagonist against Cardiac Hypertrophy in Renovascular Hypertensive Rat.
- Marked Anti-Fibrillatory Effects of Vagal Stimulation in Conscious Rats with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Influence of Sleep Apnea on Autonomic Nervous Activity in Patients with Essential Hypertension.
- Antioxidants Cancel the Oxidative Stress and Ameliorate Endothelial Dysfunction Induced by Hyperhomocysteinemia.
- Efficacy and Favorable Prognosis of High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy (Rotablator) for Severely Calcified Iliac, Femoral, and Popliteal Artery Disease.
- Disproportional Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinase to Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase Genes in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Results from Quantitative Real-Time PCR.
- Which Better Therapy Methods Should We Choose for Peripheral Vascular Disease, Catheter Intervention or Bypass Grafting?
- Risk Factors and Outcome of Patients with Carotid Artery Stenosis Presenting with Cerebral Infarction.
- Determinant Effecting Intimal Thickening of Radial Artery in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: An IVUS Study.
- Serum Levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Monocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease.
- Effect of Airway Managements and Defibrillation by Emergency Personnel on Survival from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests.
- Vasopressin as Compared with Epinephrine for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.
- Incidence and Outcome of Sustained Ventricular Arrhythmias in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Elevated Levels of Brain Natriuretic Peptide Predict Hospitalization of Patients with Chest Symptoms.
- Population-Based Mortality of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Japanese Survey of Myocardial Infarction in Nationwide Registration (JASMIN).
- Mild Hypothermia for Brain Resuscitation after Cardiac Arrest.
- Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide Is a Useful Marker for the Cardiac Syncope.
- Defibrillation Effects for Intravenously Administering Nifecalant in Patients with Out-of-Hospital Ventricular Fibrillation.
- Heart Fatty Acid Binding Protein for Initial Decision Making Regarding Patients with Chest Symptom in Emergency Department.
- Sympathetic Neuronal Function Is Coupled with the Downregulation of .BETA.-Adrenoceptors in Ischemia-Reperfusion Rat Hearts.
- Is 123I-MIBG Imageing Useful to Eveluate Microvascular Disturbance Due to Embolization of Microdebris during Rotational Atherectomy?
- Effect of .BETA.-Blockade on Pulmonary Iodine-123 Metaiodobenzylguanidine Uptake in Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Association with a Future Cardiac Event and Reverse Remodeling.
- Addition of Valsartan to an ACE-Inhibitor Improves Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Cardiac Function in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure.
- Recovery Sequence within Ischemic Territory after Exercise-Induced Ischemia: A Study Using Dual-Isotope Perfusion Single Photon Emission Tomography.
- Does Post-Stress Stunning Continue for 30 Minutes after Exercise? Clinical Value of Gated SPECT Imaging Immediately after Exercise Stress.
- Is Stress Myocardial Scintigraphy More Effective Than Fractional Flow Reserve Using Pressure Wire for Deciding Indication for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?
- Comparison of IVUS Findings between Self-Expanding Stents and Balloon-Expandable Stents after Directional Coronary Atherectomy.
- Intracoronary Ultrasound (IVUS) Findings of Lesion Associated Slow Flow during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
- Evaluation of the Achieved Stent Volume Utilizing the Three-Dimensional Intravascular Ultrasound.
- Relation between Angiographic Morphology and Pre-Intervention Remodeling in Unstable Angina.
- Evaluation of the Accuracy of Volume Calculation Utilizing a Three-Dimensional Intravascular Ultrasound System (3D-IVUS).
- Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Plaque Compression during Stent-Dilation.
- The Examination of New Index for the Endpoint of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
- Effect of HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors on Regression of Coronary Plaque: A Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis.
- Compared between Uncommon Histological and Morphological Findings in Stable and Unstable Coronary Artery Disease.
- Texture Videodensitometric Analysis Evaluate Tissue Characteristics of the Coronary Plaque?; Comparison with Radio-Frequency Analysis.
- Angioscopic Observation after Coronary Angioplasty for Chronic Coronary Occlusion Comparison with Severe Stenotic Lesion.
- The Incidence of Complications Associated with Percutaneous Coronary Angioscopy. From the Experiences of 1015 Procedures.
- Is It Appropriate for the Determination of Indication of Re-Revascularization by Fractional Flow Reserve?
- Correlation between Coronary Arterial Remodeling and the Ability of Insulin Secretion in Nondiabetic Patients.
- Predictive Value of Sympathetic Myocardial Denervation for Abnormal Coronary Flow Reserve in Patients with Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- The Adverse Effect of Atrial Fibrillation on Vascular Endothelium: Lowering of Increased Serum Hepatocyte Growth Factor Afterdirect Current Cardioversion.
- Formation of Intra-Coronary Yellow Plaque Is Associated with Deterioration of Nitric Oxide Bioavailability.
- Relation between Late Neointimal Hyperplasia and Carotid Arteriosclerosis Following Coronary Stent Implantation.
- Relationship between Pulse Wave Velosity and Risk Factors in Community Based Epidemiological Study.
- Relationship between in Vivo Oxidative Stress and Multiple Risk Factor Clustering Syndrome.
- Coronary Atherosclerosis of the Infarct-Related Artery in the Elderly with AMI and the Most Stenotic Lesion in Those without AMI.
- The Differences of Clinical Characteristics of Concomitant Coronary Artery Disease According to the Stanford Classification in Acute Aortic Dissection.
- The Effect of Lipoprotein (a) on the Progress of Coronary Arteriosclerosis in Non-Diabetic Male Patients-the Relationship to Insulin Resistance.
- Increased Aortic Stiffness as a Novel Risk Factor for Systemic Vascular Injury.
- Association of Serum Matrix Gla Protein Levels with Coronary Artery Disease.
- Increases in Plasma Osteopontin after Coronary Rotational Atherectomy Is Associates with Coronary Lesion Cell Population.
- Effect of Atorvastatin on Atherosclerotic Plaque in AMI: Assessment by Intravascular Ultrasound.
- Clinical Significance of Coronary Calcification Found in Helical CT.
- The Association between Helicobacter Pylori and Chlamydia Pneumoniae and Coronary Artery Disease in Japanese Population.
- Carotid Plaque Rather Than Intima-Media Thickness Is Associated with Presence of Coronary Artery Disease.
- Helicobactor Pylori as a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease in Japanese Population.
- The Impact of Sleep Apnea Syndrome on Coronary Artery Disease.
- Arterial Stiffness, Cognitive Function and ADL Status of the Very Elderly in a Cohort.
- Association between Intima-Media Thickness and Retinal Circulatory Parameters in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease.
- Influence of Pravastatin on Inflammatory Markers and Mobilization of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Subjects with Arteriosclerosis Obliterans.
- Incomplete Benefit of Antihypertensive Treatment on Arterial Stiffness: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Community-Based Population.
- Validation of Modality to Assess Aortic Compliance by Tissue Doppler Echocardiography.
- Imbalance of Estradiol and Testosterone Levels in Men with Premature Coronary Artery Disease.
- Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor Expression Affects Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction in Mice.
- Left Ventricular Chamber Stiffness Does not Reflect Candesartan-Dependent Prevention of Myocardial Fibrosis in Canine Heart Failure with Non-ACE Pathway.
- The Effect of Candesartan on the Left Ventricular Remodeling after Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Angiogenesis Is Altered by Angiotensin Type 1 Receptor Blockade in Cardiomyopathic Hamster Hearts.
- Effect of Angiotensine II Type 1 Receptor Antagonist on Left Ventricular Intrinsic Contractility and Diastolic Filling in Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Clinical Significances of ANP, BNP, and Adrenomedullin Levels in Patients with Asymptomatic Left Ventricular Dysfunction.
- Brain Natriuretic Peptide Level Can Differentiate Patients with Essential Hypertension from Patients with Hypertensive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Significance of Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Patients with Reversible Left Ventricular Dysfunction takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.
- Effect of .BETA. Blocker in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
- Effect of Beta-Blocker Therapy on Thallium-201 Perfusion Defects in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Evaluating in Left Ventricular Function under Long-Term .BETA.-Blockade Therapy in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Association between Polymorphisms of Kallikrein Gene and Resistant to Anti-Hypertensive Therapy.
- Improvement of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Diastolic Function by the Treatment in Patients with Hypertention.
- Effect of an Angiotensin II Type-1 Receptor Blocker, Candesartan, on Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Patients with Essential Hypertension.
- Evaluation of Left Ventricular Geometry and Function by Electrocardiographic Voltage-Duration Products in Hypertensive Patients.
- Presence of Endothelial Dysfunction Is the Major Determinant of Maladaptive Vascular Remodeling in Brachial Arteries of Untreated Hypertensive Patients.
- Equivalent Effects of Ca Antagonist-Based and ACE Inhibitor-Based Antihypertensive Therapy on Endothelial Function in Patients with Essential Hypertension: Crossover Trial.
- What Are Determinants of Stroke Volume-to-Aortic Pulse Pressure Ratio?.
- Relationship between Renin Profile and Coronary Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation in Essential Hypertension.
- Promoter Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) of ACE Gene Is Associated with Plasma ACE Activity.
- Blood Pressure Variation and Potassium in Kazakhs.
- Elevation of Plasma Levels of ACTH and Aldosterone in Patients with Essential Hypertension; Possible Roles in Low Renin Hypertension.
- Susceptible Gene Polymorphisms to the Antihypertensive Effect of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors.
- Novelty Effect, Holiday Effect and Weekly Variation of 7-Day Ambulatory (24-Hour) BP of Hypertensives.
- Polymorphism of the Angiotensinogen Gene and Hypertension in a Japanese General Population (the Shigaraki Study).
- Antihypertensive Therapy and Left Ventricular Mass: A Cross-Sectional Survey in a Japanese Population.
- Intensive Blood-Pressure Lowering Effects on Arterial Wall Stiffness in Hypertensive Patients.
- Candesartan, an Angiotensin Receptor Antagonist, Regressed Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Association with an Improvement of Insulin Resistance.
- Exponential-Exponential Cosine Fitting of Blood Pressure Decay by a Long-Acting Calcium Channel Blocker, Amlodipine, Using Home-Blood Pressure Measurement.
- Effects of Antihypertensive Therapy on Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study by Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography.
- ACE-Inhibitor and Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists Strongly Inhibit the Cardiovascular Remodeling.
- Increased Diastolic Blood Pressure and Serum Uric Acid Level in Shift Workers.
- Pulse Pressure Correlates to Plasma BNP Level in Essential Hypertension Patients.
- Pulse Wave Velocity and Endothelial Function Independently Reflect Pathophysiological Abnormalities in Hypertension.
- Is Aortic Stiffness a Linkage between Coronary Artery Disease and Cerebrovascular Disease?
- Aortic Compliance in Essential Hypertension Is Associated with Insulin Resistance Metabolic Syndrome.
- Estimation of Human Baroreflex Dynamics Comparing between Normal and Baroreflex Failure.
- Asessment of Autonomic Nerve Responses during Aerobic Exercise in Hypertensive Patients with Long Acting Calcium Antagonists or ACE Inhibitor.
- Contribution of Genetic Predispositions to Hypertension to Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Is Mediated by Insulin Resistance.
- Habitual Walking Improves Distensibility of Central Artery in Patients with Essential Hypertension: Relation to Blood Pressure Reduction and Energy Metabolism.
- Effect of Candesartan on Left Ventricular Systolic Function along the Long Axis in Patients with Essential Hypertension.
- Relationship of Insulin Resistance to Carotid Arteriosclerosis, Cardiac Hypertrophy/Cardiac Function, and Coagulation/Fibrinolysis Factors in Hypertensive Patients.
- Lack of Association between Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Gene Polymorphism and Hypertension in Japanese.
- Relation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function to Vascular Endothelial Function in Patients with Essential Hypertension.
- Phenotypical Gender Difference in Two Genotypes of Familial Long OT Syndrome Patients.
- Association of Atrial Fibrillation with Increase in Carotid Artery Intimal-Medial Complex Thickness.
- Spatial Repolarization Abnormalities Detected by Magnetocardiogram in LQT1 and LQT2 Forms of Congenital Long QT Syndrome.
- Distinct P Wave during AVNRT Is a Marker of Posterior Fast Pathway.
- Predictability of the Na Channel Blockade Induced Brugada Syndrome-Like Electrocardiogram Using Genotype Screening in the SCN5A Gene.
- Rate-Dependent Conduction Block of the Crista Terminalis in Patients with IC Atrial Flutter.
- A Variety of the Isthmus Anatomy in Patients with Atrial Flutter: The Relationship with the History of Hypertension.
- Left Ventricular Conduction Abnormality in Brugada Syndrome.
- The Relation between Location of the Crista Terminalis and Double Potentials Recorded during Typical Atrial Flutter: Analysis with Intracardiac Echocardiography.
- Atrial Electrophysiologic Abnormalities in Patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Associated with No History of Atrial Fibrillation.
- Short-Term Reverse Electrical Remodeling after Internal Cardioversion of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation.
- Characteristics of High Aged (.GEQ.70 Years) Asymptomatic Patients with Brugada-Type ECG.
- Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity Alters Myocardial BMIPP Uptake and Its Clearance.
- The Relationship of Myocardial Damage to Clinical Stage and to 5-Year Prognosis In Patients with Duchenne Type Muscular Dystrophy.
- Evaluation of Severity of Heart Failure with 123I-MIBG (MIBG) Myocardial Scintigraphy: Trial of Short Protocol.
- The Correlation between Technetium 99m-Sestamibi Myocardial Scintigraphy and Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Activity in Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Myocardial Contractile Reserve on Dobutamine Stress Tc-99m-Tetrofosmin QGS Predicts Late Spontaneous Improvement In Cardiac Function in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Usefulness of Washout Rate of Tc-99m-Tetrofosmin for Evaluation of Severity of Aortic Regurgitation.
- Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function Measured by ECG-Gated Blood Pool Single-Photon Emission Tomography.
- Long-Term Prognostic Value of Normal Adenosine Triphosphate-Stress Thallium-201 Myocardial Perfusion Imaging and Usefullness of Washout Rate Analysis for Risk Stratification.
- Clinical Value of Technetium-99m Tetrofosmin SPECT (TF) Compared with ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS).
- Clinical Value of 99m-Tetrofosmin ECG-Gated SPECT Image at End-Diastole for Predicting Myocardial Recovery after Revascularization in AMI Patients.
- ST Reelevation after Reperfusion and Transient Giant Negative T Wave Predict Preservation of Viability in Reperfused Anterior Myocardial Infarction.
- Effects of Valsartan on the Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury of Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Function and .BETA.-Adrenoceptors.
- Comparison of Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve with Quantitative Indexes of Pharmacological Stress Thallium-201 Myocardial Imaging.
- Does Recognition of Transient Post-Stress Left Ventricular Enlargement in Gated SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Have a Prognostic Stratification?
- Usefulness of ECG-Gated End-Diastolic Tc-99m Tetrofosmin SPECT Imaging to Evaluate Course of Myocardial Perfusion and Ejection Fraction in Myocardial Infarction.
- Can Tc-99m-Tetrofosmin Myocardial SPECT Reflect the Remodeling of Left Ventricle in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction?
- Effect of Age on Doppler TEI Index: Difference between the Left and the Right Heart.
- Better Choice of Color Tissue Doppler Imaging Coupled with High Dose Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography for Detecting Coronary Artery Stenosis.
- Usefulness of Coronary Diastolic Deceleration Time and Brain Natriuretic Peptide as Parameter in Left Ventricular Remodeling after Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- The Character of Diastolic Deceleration Time In Non-Culprit Vessel Following Myocardial infarction: Serial Trans-Thoracic Doppler Echocardiographic Measurements.
- Quantitative Assessment of Left Ventricular Myocardial Viability during Low Dose Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Combination with Color Tissue Doppler Imaging.
- The Safety and Feasibility of Dobutamine-Atropine Stress Echocardiography in Elderly Patients.
- The Gap of Opening Timing between Mitral and Tricuspid Valve in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy Detected by Dual M-Mode.
- Echocardiographic Evaluation of Cardiac Resynchronization in Congestive Heart Failure Patients with Ventricular Conduction Delay.
- Direct PTCA Reduces Free Wall Rupture and Improves Mortality and Morbidity of Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Relation of Time to Treatment and Free Wall Rupture in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary PCI.
- TIMI Frame Count Can Estimate Myocardial Salvage in Patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
- The Diagnostic Performance of Rapicheck H-FABP in the Rapid Detection of Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Effects of Immediate Stenting after Intravenous Coronary Thrombolysis for Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Effects of Reperfusion Therapy before Cardiac Rupture Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Baseline Serum Creatinine Level Predicts Risk of Procedural Failure of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Can Fatty Acid Binding Protein (FABP) on Admission Estimate the Myocardial Damage in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction?
- Thrombectomy with Rescue TM Catheter Prevents Left Ventricular Remodeling after Acute Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction.
- The Large-Scale Prospective Japanese Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry (JAMI Study).Initial Results of Patient's Characteristics, Management and In-Hospital Mortality.
- Improvement of Tc-99m Pyrophosphate Scintigraphy in Detection of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Combined with Tc-99m Tetrofosmin.
- Semi-Quantitative Positivity in Whole-Blood Rapid Troponin T Test Identifies Higher Risk Patients for Cardiac Emergency Triage.
- The Effect of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction who Had Naturally Reperfused Infarct-Related Artery.
- Electrocardiographic Features of Acute Myocardial Infarction Associated with Left Main Coronary Artery Occlusion.
- Usefulness of Whole Blood Panel Test of HFABP in Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Chest Pain Syndrome.
- Is No-Reflow Or Slow-Flow Recoverable?
- Impact of Plaque Burden on Myocardial Tissue Reperfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Treatment Strategy of Maximum Dose of tPA (Pamiteplase) use Is Safe and Effective in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).
- Slow, No Flow in AMI Patients Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
- The Incidence and the Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Recurrent Acute Myocardial Infarction (re-AMI).
- The Influence of TIMI and Collateral Flow In Patients with AMI on Cardioprotective Effect of Nicorandil Administration.
- Efficacy of Coronary Stenting after Rotational Atherectomy for Severe Calcified Lesions: Mechanism of Restenosis Using 3D IVUS.
- Rotastent Is not Effective in Small Coronary Arteries <2.5mm in Diameter.
- The Restenosis after Stenting to LMT.
- The Improvement of the Initial Success Rate Raises the Long-Term Patency Ratein All CTO Lesions Performed PCI.
- Lesion Characteristics Associated with Distal Migration during the Radius Stent Deployment.
- Safety of Exercise Training below Anaerobic Threshold Immediately after Coronary Stent Implantation.
- A Randomized Comparison of Transradial and Transbrachial Approaches in 4 French Diagnostic Coronary Angiography.
- Comparison of Coronary Intervention with Minimally Invasive/Off-Pump Bypass Surgery for Stenosis of the Proximal LAD.
- The Efficacy of a Strategy Based on Optimal Cutting Balloon Angioplasty with Provisional Stenting in Small Coronary Arteries.
- Adjunctive Stenting after Aggressive DCA with a New IVUS-Guided Method Using Another Directional Guide Wire.
- Influence of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) on Coronary Arterial Wall Temperature.
- A Novel Drug Coating Stent Releasing Cilostazol for Inhibition of Neointimal Proliferation: Results of a Porcine Model of Coronary Restenosis.
- Low Fat Diet (LFD) and Excercise Therapy Reduce Stent Edge Restenosis.
- Aggressive IVUS-Guided Stenting Decreases In-Stent Restenosis in Lesions Showing Positive Remodeling: A Volumetric IVUS Study.
- Comparison between Single Long Stent 30.GEQ.mm Deployment and Multiple Shorter Stents Deployment for Long Coronary Lesions.
- The Cutting Balloon Blades and Calcified Lesions: Are the Blades Cutting into the Calcification? An Intravascular Ultrasound Investigation.
- Coronary Pressure (CP) Measurement Identifies Patients with Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease Who Benefit from Coronary Intervention.
- A Comparison of Two Stent Designs on Arterial Dimensions under High-Pressure inflation Measured by Intravascular Ultrasound.
- Results of Safety from Human Clinical Gene Therapy Using HGF (TREAT-HGF).
- Phagocytes Transfected with Biodegradable Gelatin Allow Tissue-Targeted and Less Invasive Gene Therapy.
- Gene Therapy for Cardiovascular Organ Damages in Dahl-S Rats by DNA-RNA Chimeric Hammerhead Ribozyme Targeting TGF-.BETA. 1.
- Creation of a Biological Pacemaker by Genetic Engineering.
- Therapeutic Angiogenesis Induced by Endotherial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene through VEGF Expression in Rat Hindlimb Ischemia Model.
- Myocardial Apoptosis Index Based on DNA in Situ Nick End-Labeling (TUNEL) Can not Predict Prognosis of Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Xanthine Oxidase Is Activated in the Heart in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure.
- Serum 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), a Marker of Oxidative Damage to DNA, Is Elevated in Patients with Heart Failure.
- Urinary 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine Levels Are Elevated in Relation to Severity of Heart Failure.
- Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein As a Useful Biochemical Marker of Oxidative Stress in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure.
- Risk Stratification Using Troponin T and BNP for Cardiac Events after Admission in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- QRS Duration or Interventricular Delay, Which Is the Better Criterion for Biventricular Pacing?
- Circulating Levels of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Relate to Plasma Levels of Norepinephrine in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Prediction of Sudden Death in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy Receiving Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Beta-Blockers.
- Carvedilol Reduces the Spatial Dispersion of Filtered QRS Duration in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Beta-Blocker Therapy in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Different Effects on Heart Rate and the Role of the Selectivity of Beta-Blockers.
- Effects of Combination of ACE Inhibitor and Angiotensin Receptor Blocker in Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Is Addition of .BETA. Blocker to Treatment of Chronic Cardiac Failure with All Antagonist (ARB) Necessary?
- Changes in Plasma Interleukin-6 and CRP Levels after Administration of Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Spironolactone Improves Exercise Tolerance in Patients with Heart Failure.
- Advances in Heart Failure Therapy Alter the Prognostic Significance of Atrial Fibrillation.
- Prevalence of Right Bundle-Branch Block and Right Precordial ST-Segment Elevation (Brugada Type ECG) in Japanese Children.
- Long-Term Prognosis in Patients with Silent Myocardial Ischemia (SMI).
- Clinical Assesement of Coronary Revascularization and Acute Myocardial Infarction during 2000 in Japan.
- Comparison of Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Balloon Angioplasty Versus Coronary Stenting for Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Age- and Gender-Associated Differences in Standard Values of Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Mass-Screening.
- Homocysteine, Diet, and Life Style: An Epidemiological Study in Japanese General Population.
- High Pulse Pressure Is a Predictor of Subsequent Development of Hypertension in Normotensive Screened Subjects.
- Similarities and Differences in Contributing Factors between Pulse Wave Velocity and Augmentation Index for Screening Abnormal Arterial Stiffness.
- Association of Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) with Peripheral Arteriosclerosis. An Epidemiological Study in Japan.
- High C-Reactive Protein Levels Are Independently Associated with Microalbuminuria: A Cross-Sectional Study in Iwate Kenpoku-Engan Cohort.
- The Effects of Lifestyle Changes and Diabetes on the Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD).
- Low Vegetable Intake and Coronary Heart Disease Risk.
- ACE I/D Polymorphism Is a Determinant of Coronary Release of Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Response to Bradykinin.
- Nicorandil Has a Free Radical Scavenging Effect through Opening the Mitochondrial KATP Channels during Ischemia and Reperfusion in Rabbits.
- Tendai-Uyaku Improves Post-Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction through Inhibiting Production of Hydroxy Radicals and Opening the Mitochondrial KATP Channels.
- Co-Transfection of Human Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Prostacyclin Synthase Gene Enhanced Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Rat and Rabbit Ischemia Model.
- Therapeutic Angiogenesis Induced by Transfection of Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) Gene in Porcine Myocardial Infarction Model.
- Gene Therapy to Treat Diabetic Neuropathy: Improvement of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy by HGF Gene and Prostacyclin Synthase Gene Transfer.
- Chronic Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibition Reduces Vascular Resistance via Amplifying both Nitric Oxide-cGMP and Natriuretic Peptides-cGMP Pathways in Heart Failure.
- A Selective COX-2 Inhibitor Ameliorates Cardiac Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Remodeling in Failing Heart of Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats.
- Inhibition of Restenosis by Beraprost Sodium (a Prostaglandin I2 Analogue) in the Porcine Coronary Artery after Angioplasty.
- N- Plus L-Type Ca2+ Channel Blocker Cilnidipine Decreased the Proarrhythmic Potential of the Canine Sudden Cardiac Death Model.
- HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor Improves Left Ventricular Diastolic Function via Modification of the NO System and Oxidative Stress in Heart Failure.
- Endogenous Bradykinin Suppresses Myocardial Fibrosis through the Cardiac Generated Endothelin System under Chronic ACE Inhibition in Heart Failure.
- Usefulness of Intra-Pulmonary Vein Echocardiography for Pulmonary Vein Ablation.
- Factors Related to Threshold of Intra -Cardiac Atrial-Defibrillation. Excitable Period Obtained by Using Autocorrelogram.
- Characterization of Intra-Atrial Re-Entrant Tachycardia after Cardiac Surgery. Significance of Cavotricuspid Isthmus.
- Atrioventricular Block during Cavotricuspid Isthmus Ablation for Atrial Flutter.
- Electroanatomic Substrate Mapping of the Left Ventricle in Patients with Ventricular Tachycardia Related to Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Usefulness of Cooled-Tip Catheter for Ventricular Tachycardia Originating from Left Ventricular Outflow Tract.
- Biventricular Pacing Reduces Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Severe Chronic Heart Failure.
- Comparative Study between the Endocardial and Epicardial Implantation of the Biventricular Pacemaker for the Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Clinical Characteristics of the Patients Who Experienced Electrical Storm after Treatment of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD).
- Comparison of Diagnostic Values of Stress Quantitative Gated SPECT between High-Risk Coronary Patients with and without Previous Myocardial Infarction.
- Comparison of Ammonia PET with FDG PET for Predicting Functional Outcome after Primary PTCA in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Simultaneous Evaluation of Cardiac Function and Myocardial Glucose Metabolism Using Gated 18F-FDG PET Is Useful in Patients with CRT.
- Abnormal Retention of 99mTc-Tetrofosmin (TF) Indicates Fatty-Acid Metabolic Dysfunction in Post-Reperfusion Myocardium.
- Clinical Usefulness of ECG-Gated 18F-FDG PET: Comparison with 99mTc-MIBI Gated SPECT for Estimating Myocardial Viability and Function.
- Assessment of Myocardial Viability in Acute Myocardial Infarction after Revascularization Using Low- Dose Dobutamine Stress 99m Tc Tetrofosmin Gated SPECT.
- Transient Dilation of the Left Ventricule Using ATP Stress N-13 NH3 PET in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.
- Difference in Ischemic Burden during and after Exercise between Exercise-Induced Painful Ischemia and Painless Ischemia Distinguishing Diabetes Mellitus.
- Prognostic Value of Glucose-Insulin-Thallium-201 Infusion SPECT in Patients with Previous Myocardial Infarction.
- Usefulness of the Percutaneous Thrombectomy Catheter (RESCUE System) for Microvascular Dysfunction in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Presence of Reverse Fill-In on Stress-Reinjection 99m Tc-Tetrofosmin (TF) SPECT Prevents LV Remodeling in Patients after Myocardial Infarction with Reperfusion.
- Detection of Restenosis after Coronary Intervention for the Right Coronary Lesion Using Quantitative Gated Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography.
- Regional Clearance of Tc-99m Sestamibi Provides Additive Effect to Uptake When Assessing Myocardial Viability in Dialated Cardiomyopathy.
- Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Viability in Patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction Using Harmonic Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography.
- New Calibration Method Based on 1.5 Harmonic Makes Contrast Echo Image Comprehensible and Depicts Spatial Extent of Myocardial Infarction.
- Intravenous Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography and Multi-Detector Computed Tomography Predict Recovery of Regional Wall Motion in Reperfused Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Impairment of Coronary Microcirculation in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus without Overt Coronary Artery Lesions: A Myocardial Contrast Echocardiographic Study.
- Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Is Useful to Differentiate Ischemic Cardiomyopathy from Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
- Subendocardial Microvasucular Abnormalities in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Usefulness of Intravenous Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography.
- Intramyocardial Blood Volume Is Reduced in Hypertrophied Heart: A Contrast Echocardiographic Study.
- Quantitative Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization Using Myocardial Integrated Backscatter in Patients with Early-Stage Cardiac Sarcoidosis. (Second Report).
- Usefulness of Acoustic Densitometry Method for Detection of Myocardial Changes in Preclinical Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
- Longitudinal Myocardial Displacement and Strain Rate in Hypertrophied Heart Evaluated by Tissue Strain Imaging with Doppler Tissue Tracking Technique.
- Quantification of Dyssynchrony and Mechanism of Increment of Cardiac Systolic Function after Biventricular Pacing Therapy Elucidated by Tissue Doppler Imaging.
- Usefulness of Color Tissue Doppler Imaging in the Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function: Comparison with Color M-Mode Doppler Technique.
- Different Effects of Various Statins on Medial Sclerosis of Carotid Arteries as Assessed by Integrated Backscatter Ultrasound and Histological Meanings.
- Effects of Fluvastatin on Medial Sclerosis of Human Carotid Arteries Assessed by Integrated Backscatter Ultrasound.
- Evidence of Pharmacologic Preconditioning during PTCA by Intravenous Pretreatment with ATP-Sensitive K+ Channel Opener Nicorandil.
- Our Eyes Are not Good Enough to Predict the Hemodynamic Severity of Coronary Stenosis When Taking FFRmyo as Gold Standard.
- Fasudil, a Rho-Kinase Inhibitor, Has Potent Vasodilator Effect at Diseased Coronary Segments.
- Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index, Rather Than Pulse Wave Velocity, Is a Useful Marker for Assessing Severity of Coronary Heart Disease.
- C-Reactive Protein of Coronary Circulation Is Higher in Patient with Stable Angina Pectoris Than Those with Normal Coronary Arteries.
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Elderly: Comparisonon Clinical Outcome between Younger (.LEQ.70years), Septuagenarians (70-79years) and Octogenarians (>80years)
- The Cardioprotective Effect of Nicorandil Is not Achieved by Collateral Function, but Ischemic Preconditioning Function in Stable Angina Patients.
- Assessment of Coronary Microcirculation Disturbance in Patients with Coronary Ectasia with ATP Loading Tc-99m-Tetrofosmin Myocardial SPECT.
- Effectiveness of Plaque Debulking before Self Expandable Stent (Radius Stent) Implantation: An IVUS Study.
- Treatment Strategy between Coronary Intervention (PCI) and Medical Therapy (MED) for Small Vessel Coronary Artery Disease; Matched Comparison Using Quantitative Coronary Angiography (QCA).
- Gender and Age Differences in the Incidence of Vasospastic Angina in Patients with Angina Like Symptoms.
- Clinical and Angiographical Characteristics of Acetyicholine Induced-Spasm: Relation to Dose of Intracoronary Injection of Acetylcholine.
- Enhanced 99mTc-Sestamibi Washout in Patients with Coronary Spastic Angina.
- Prognosis of Moderate Coronary Stenosis without Intervention-Intravascular Ultrasound Study.
- Coronary Flow Reserve Measurement Still Remains Useful in Diagnosing Coronary Stenosis Even in Patients with Coronary Risk Factors.
- Prevalence of Underlying Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients with Chest Pain and Angiographically Normal Coronary Arteries.
- The Long Progress and Prognosis of Angina Pectoris in PCI Generation.
- Differences in Indication of Coronary Angiography within Class I of ACC/AHA Guideline between Japan and USA.
- Relative Coronary Flow Reserve Immediately after PCI Can Predict Functional Outcomes in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Serum Troponin-I Elevation Reliably Predict Acute Development of Wall Motion Abnormality Early after Rotational Atherectomy.
- Effect of Glimepiride on Coronary Blood Flow Reserve: Evaluation by % Uptake Increases Using Exercise 99mTc-Tetrofosmin Myocardial Scintigraphy.
- Qualitative and Quantitative Intracoronary Ultrasound (ICUS) Predictors of In-Stent Restenosis (ISR).
- The Plasma Level of Adiponectin during the Chronic Stage Is a Predictor of Restenosis in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
- Matrix Metalloprpteinas-2 Levels Changes May Predict Restenosis after PTCA.
- Effect of Combination Therapy with Cilostazol Plus Ticlopidine on Intimal Hyperplasia after Coronary Stent Implantation: Volumetric Analysis by 3-Dimensional IVUS.
- The Predictors of Re-Restenosis after Cutting Balloon Angioplasty for In-Stent Restenosis-Second Strategy for Re-Restenosis?.
- The Influence of Diabetic Control to Six-Months Results and Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention to Bypass Grafts.
- The Effect of Lipid Lowering Therapy for the Result after Stent implantation.
- Adjuvant Photodynamic Therapy with Local Photosensitizer Delivery inhibits Restenosis after Coronary Angioplasty.
- Antisense Oligonucleotide against Mitochondrlal Transcription Factor a (mtTFA) Can Attenuate the Neointimal Formation in a Rat Balloon Injury Model.
- C-Reactive Protein is a Critical Contributor of In-Stent Restenosls but not Restenosis after Coronary Atherectomy.
- Can Cilostazol Prevent Subacute Stent Thrombosis after Coronary Stenting?
- Is the In-Stent Lesion Stable or Non-Activated for a Long Time?.
- The Effects of the HMG-CoA-RI against Restenosis Following Coronary Stent Implantation.
- Feasibility and Efficacy of Directional Atherectomy Followed by .BETA.-Radiation for In-Stent Restenosis of Coronary Arteries.
- Oxygen Consumption Is Higher during Walking on Treadmill Than Walking on the Floor at the Same Speed in Cardiac Patients.
- Vasoconstrictive Response In the Non-Exercising Forearm Vascular Beds during Leg Exercise in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Temporal Changes of Vascular Function and Exercise Tolerance in the Patients with Heart Disease.
- Role of Vasoactive Substances for the Determination of Exercise Tolerance Coparing with Vascular Endothellal Functionsvascular Endothelial Functions in Exercise Tolerance.
- Energy Metabolic Assessment of Increased Oxygen Consumption by Exercise Therapy in the Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Plasma Leptin as a Parameter to Assess the Effect of Exercise Training in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.
- Factors Determining Cerebral Oxygenation during Exercise In Cardiac Patients.
- The Quantitative Effects of Exercise Training on the Lipid and the Sympathetic Nervous System In Post-Myocardial Infarction.
- Changes in VO2 Oscillations after 3-Month Concurrent Therapy with .BETA.-Blocker and Exercise Training In Patients with Heart Failure.
- Improvement in Physiologic Measures and Health-Related Quality of Life Following Cardiac Rehabilitation In Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- Investigation of the Long-Term Training Effect on Patients with Myocardial Infarction.
- Effect of Exercise on Soluble Fraction of TNF Receptors, and Insulin Sensitivity In Obesity.
- Stress-Induced Deep T Wave Inversion Is a Marker of the Stenosis of Right Coronary (RCA) or Left Circumflex Coronary (LCX) Arteries.
- Augmentation of ST-Segment Elevation at Early Recovery after Exercise Testing In Patients with Brugada Syndrome.
- Quantitative Analysis Method (ST/HR Bi-Angle Score) to Detect Myocardial Ischemia, during Exercise Stress Test in the Patients with Coronary Disease.
- High Diastolic Blood Pressure during Exercise Is Associated with the Level of Serum Cholesterol.
- Randomized Crossover Study of Alteration of Heart Rate Response to norepinephrine by Pedaling Rate during Ergometer Exercise in Nomal Volunteer.
- An Endotheiin-A/B Dual Receptor Antagonist Reverses the Exercise-Induced Redistribution of Tissue Blood Flow.
- A Role of Endthelial NO Production in Angiogenesis by Heparin and Exercise.
- Targeted Disruption and Overexpression of Endothelial Cell-Derived Lipase Modulates Plasma HDL and LDL Cholesterol Levels.
- Effect of Vitamin K2 (menatetrenone) on Atherosclerosls and Endothelium Dependent Relaxation in Hyperhomocystenemic Rabbits.
- Overexpression of EC-SOD Suppresses Endothelial Cell-Mediated LDL Oxidation.
- Relation between the Amount of Thrombus and Inflammation and Coagulation State in the Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction.
- C-Reactive Protein, Lipid Levels, Statin Therapy and Rapid Angiographic Progression of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Chylomicron Remnants Stimulate Interieukin(IL)-1.BETA. but Not IL-18 Production in THP-1 Macrophages.
- Inflammation May Lead to the Development of Coronary Spasm.
- Overexpression of HGF (Hepatocyte Growth Factor) Reduced Ischemic Injury in Rat Permanent Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion (MCAO) Model.
- Differential Gene Expression of Ventricular Adrenomedullin and Its Receptors in Rats with Pressure and Volume Overload.
- Neurohumoral Effects of Long Term Infusion of hANP in Patients with Severe Congestive Heart Failure.
- Clinical Feasibility of Brain Natriuretic Peptide to Assess the Propensity for Congestive Heart Failure in Patients with Diastolic Dysfunction.
- Twice-a-Day Regimen of Long-Acting ACE-Inhibitor Has Better Effects on Neurohumoral Factors Compared with Once-a-Day Administration in Heart Failure Patients.
- Improvement of Norepinephrine and Heart Rate Response to Exercise after Oral Administration of Ascorbic Acid in Patients with Myocardial Infarction.
- Combination of Natriuretic Peptides and Left Atrial Appendage Function Can Predict Outcome of Electrical Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation.
- The Use of Cytokine Parameters to Evaluate the Severity of Chronic Heart Failure.
- Transcriptional Repressor ATF3 Protects Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells from TNF-.ALPHA.-Induced Apoptosis through Downregulation of p53 Transcription.
- Rho Activation and Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase (ERK) Downregulation Are Crucial for eNOS Downregulation in Monocyte Adhesion to Endothelial Cells.
- The CGRP-(8-37)-Sensitive Effects of Adrenomedullin Are Mediated via the CRLR/RAMP1 Receptor.
- Crosstalk between c-Src- and Smad-Dependent Pathways Regulates the TGF-.BETA.-Induced SMC-Specific Gene Expression in Murine Embryonic Fibroblast 10T1/2 Cells.
- Control-Released Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) Prevents Myocardial Fibrosis in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.
- Slow-Releasing of Hepatocyte Growth Factor via Minipellet Promise a Therapeutic Angiogenesis for Ischemic Heart Disease.
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis Demonstrates Efficacy of Recombinant Annexin II in a Rat Model of Stroke.
- Silent Embolism in Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization: A Prospective Study.
- Prevalence of Complex Aortic Plaque as a Possible Embolic Source in Patients with Cerebral Infarction.
- Role of Silent Cerebral White Matter Lesions in Pathogenesis of Essential Hypertensive Patients.
- Aortic Atherosclerosis and Abnormalities of Blood Flow Conditions Are Important as Risk Factor for Ischemic Stroke in Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation.
- Combination Therapy of Carotid Artery Stenting and Coronary Revascularization.
- Small Dense LDL and Carotid Atherosclerosis in Relation to Vascular Dementia.
- Angiotensin II Type I Receptor Antagonist Prevents Renal Damage in Aged Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Endothelin-1.
- Lipoxygenase Inhibition Reduces Hypertensive Organ Damage in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Hypertensive Rats.
- Exercise Causes Upregulation of Renin-Angiotensin System in Kidneys and Decreases Renal Blood Flow.
- Benidipine Increases Renal Blood Flow in Atrophic Kidney Due to Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis.
- Geometrical Difference of Reduction of Intramyocardial Edema in Patients with Maintenance Hemodialysis.
- Changes in Renal Function in the Patients with the Elective Repair for Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.
- Intraoperative Radiofrequency Maze Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation.
- Evaluation of Acute Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Pulmonary Vein Isolation of Atrial Fibrillation.
- Difference in the Electrophysiological Characteristics of Two Different Types of Electrical Activities within Pulmonary Veins.
- Mechanism of the Recovery of the Electrical Connection between the Pulmonary Vein and Left Atrium after Pulmonary Vein Isolation.
- Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation during Sustained Atrial Fibrillation: Efficacy of a Multielectrode Basket Catheter for Mapping and Ablating Trigger Points.
- Characteristics of Local Electrograms at Successful Pulmonary Vein Ablation Sites In Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
- Significance of Repeat Ablation Procedure in Patients with Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation.
- Visual Assessment of the Myocardial Tissues during the Application of the Cryofreezing Energy through the Catheter Using Intracardiac Echocardiography.
- Safety and Effectiveness of Placement of Endocardial Leads Using the Extrathoracic Subclavian Approach.
- Predictors of Successful Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation.
- The Long-Term Efficacy of Amiodarone in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation; Comparison of Groups between with and without Heart Failure.
- Effect of Deep Anesthesia on the EAD-Related Polymorphous Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Rabbits.
- Electrophysiological Characteristics in Brugada Syndrome-Like ST Elevation Induced by Pilsicainide Administration.
- Mechanism of the Effect of Amiodarone in Canine Atrial Fibrillation Model.
- The Effectiveness and Mechanism of Pharmacological Therapy after Pulmonary Vein (PV) Isolation in Patients with Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation (AF).
- Effects of Bepridil and Amiodarone for Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm In Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Compared to Na Channel Blockers.
- A Rapid Voltage and Time-Dependent Quinidine-Block of HERG Channels Causes Reverse Frequency-Dependency.
- Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by Angiographic Contrast Media. Clinical and Experimental Studies.
- The Increase in Coronary Blood Flow by Successful Electrical Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation Depends on the Left Ventricular Diastolic Function.
- Value of the Relative Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve by Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography in Noninvasive Diagnosis of Restenosis after Coronary Angioplasty.
- Assessment of Coronary Flow Velocity during Treadmill Exersise Using Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography with a Small-Size Transducer.
- Dipyridamole Decreases but Nicorandil Increases Blood Velocity in Area Supplied by Obstructed Coronary Artery: A Novel Anti-Ischmemic Mechanism of Nicorandil.
- Evaluation of Left Internal Thoracic Artery Graft Patency by sequential Changes of Graft Flow Velocity Measured by Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography.
- Angiotensin Receptor 1 Antagonist (Losartan) Reduces Common Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Patients with Systemic Hypertension or Coronary Artery Disease.
- Can Coronary Blood Flow Reserve Predict Timing of Regional Left Ventricular Function Recovery in Patients with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.
- Can Flow Velocity Reserve in ITA and Native Coronary Artery by Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography Detect Myocardial Ischemia In-Patients with CABG?
- Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve with Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography Predict the Significance of Coronary Artery Stenosis.
- Relation between Angina Pectoris and Coronary Flow Reserve in Patients with Aortic Stenosis and Normal Coronary Artery.
- Effect of Pretreatment with Nitroglycerine on Coronary Flow "Velocity" Reserve.
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- Pre-lesion characteristics as predictors of chronic vessel remodeling by self-expanding (Radius) stent
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- Changing Spectrum of Infective Endocarditis. Review of 194 Episodes Over 20 Years.
- New ECG Criteria for High-Risk Brugada Syndrome.
- Eval
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