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    Computed Tomographic Findings of Syphilitic Aortitis: A Case Report

    We describe the computerized tomographic (CT) findings of the aortic wall in a case of acute-phase syphilitic arteritis. The delayed phase of the contrast-enhanced CT shows a double-ring configuration of the t...

    Fumiko Kimura, Hideyuki Satoh in CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology (2004)

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    Amiodarone distribution in human tissues after long-term therapy: a case of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

    The tissue distribution of amiodarone and desethylamiodarone, its active metabolite, was examined in an autopsied case, an 85-year-old man, with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) who had ...

    Fumitaka Hosaka, T. Shiga, Yasunari Sakomura, Michi Wakaumi in Heart and Vessels (2002)

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    A noninvasive method of measuring wave intensity, a new hemodynamic index: application to the carotid artery in patients with mitral regurgitation before and after surgery

    Wave intensity (WI) is a new hemodynamic index, which is defined as (dP/dt)(dU/dt) at any site of the circulation, where dP/dt and dU/dt are the time derivatives of blood pressure and velocity, respectively. Arte...

    Kiyomi Niki, Motoaki Sugawara, Keisuke Uchida, Rie Tanaka in Heart and Vessels (1999)

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    Ultrastructural features of the myocardium of children with dilated cardiomyopathy

    We analyzed the electron-microscopic features of endomyocardial biopsy from pediatric patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The specimens examined were taken from the right ventricle of ten patients aged...

    Toshio Nishikawa, Shigeru Ishiyama, Yasunari Sakomura, Makoto Nakazawa in Heart and Vessels (1999)

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    Postoperative therapy using human atrial natriurectic peptide in cases of valve replacement

    The effect of hANP (atrial natriuretic peptide) was investigated clinically in 40 patients who underwent isolated valve replacement. Patients were divided into four groups: aortic regurgitation (AR), aortic st...

    Tomohiro Maeda, Masaya Kitamura in The Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardi… (1998)

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    Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation and Its Abnormality in Vascular Diseases

    The many isoforms of smooth muscle myosin heavy chains (MHC) are differentially expressed corresponding to smooth muscle cell phenotypes. Rabbit smooth muscles contain at least three MHC isoforms: SM1 (204 kDa...

    Ryozo Nagai, Masanori Aikawa, Makoto Kuro-o in Regulation of the Contractile Cycle in Smo… (1995)