Diffuse in-stent restenosis of ...
The use of drug-eluting stents (DES) reduces the risk of repeat revascularization without increase of death and myocardial infarction compared to st ...
Infarct tissue characteristics ...
Histopathological studies have suggested that early revascularization for acute myocardial infarction (MI) limits the size, transmural extent, and h ...
Successful deployment of an ili ...
Aortic rupture is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication following a balloon aortoplasty for recoarctation. The treatment of aortic ruptur ...
Successful percutaneous coil em ...
We herein describe a 57-year-old man with coronary–pulmonary artery fistulas that had abnormal connections between the left common carotid artery an ...
A possible cross-sectional asso ...
Bilirubin is a potent antioxidant, and serum total bilirubin (TB) is reported to be negatively associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). There h ...
A case of subacute thrombosis a ...
A 73-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with anterior acute myocardial infarction due to subacute thrombosis after coronary stenting with a ...
Independent no-reflow predictor ...
Independent no-reflow predictors should be evaluated in female patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) and successful ...
Catheter ablation of non-induci ...
We present a patient with non-inducible atrial tachycardia (AT) after atriotomy for surgical repair of heart disease who underwent ablation successf ...
Noninvasive assessment of left ...
The maximum rate of left ventricular pressure rise (LV dp/dtmax) is a good indicator of ventricular contractility. However, its measurement requires ...
Complete versus incomplete reva ...
Limited data exist regarding the impact of complete revascularization (CR) versus incomplete revascularization (IR) on the long-term outcomes of pat ...
Vasomotor and fibrinolytic resp ...
Upregulation of vascular B1 kinin receptor expression has been reported in human atheroma, but its role remains unclear. We examined vasomotor and f ...
Endothelin-1 prolongs intracell ...
Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is involved in the development of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. We investigated the effects of ET-1 on intracellular ca ...
Impact of obesity on plasma B-t ...
The plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentration was recently shown to be inversely correlated with body mass index (BMI). However, very fe ...
Transcatheter closure of perime ...
Results of perimembranous ventricular septal defects (pmVSD) transcatheter closure have been reported in the literature, mostly with the Amplatzer V ...
A novel method of augmenting ge ...
This study presents a novel method that direct intramyocardial injection of low-dose plasmid DNA and microbubbles combined with insonation could fur ...
Agonist-like autoantibodies aga ...
The calcium channel may be an important target in the autoimmune pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The presence and function of serum a ...
Platelet and monocyte activity ...
Patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) often present with symptoms similar to those of myocardial infarction (MI). We analyzed blood concentrat ...
Titanium-nitride-oxIde-coated s ...
We sought to explore the immediate clinical and angiographic results of the Titan stent implantation in diabetic patients, as well as the major adv ...
Prognostic value of hemoglobin ...
In this work, we analyzed the prognostic significance of changes in hemoglobin during intensive care unit (ICU) stay in patients with acute coronary ...
Prospective, randomized, single ...
Leptin has been reported to exert an atherosclerotic effect by regulating expression of angiogenic factors that have been implicated in the pathogen ...
Dilatation of the ascending aor ...
Predictors of aortic dilatation are not well described in patients with bicuspid aortic valves (BAV). This study sought to examine the relationship ...
Association between deteriorate ...
Acute renal insufficiency after percutaneous coronary artery intervention (PCI) is a strong predictor of adverse events. However, the effect of chro ...
Relation of cardiovascular risk ...
Coronary artery calcium(CAC) is associatedwith the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) and cardiovascular risk factors. However, the relation ...
Relationship between cardio-ank ...
Early detection of atherosclerosis is important for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus because cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a main cause of d ...
Advanced glycation end products ...
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are associated with cardiovascular diseases. Whether the AGE levels change during myocardial reperfusion inju ...