Search Results - "Murakami, Yo"
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Diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis and evaluation of the effects of steroid therapy by gadolinium-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
Published in The American journal of medicine (01-05-2001)“…Cardiac involvement is an important prognostic factor in patients with sarcoidosis. In this study, we evaluated the usefulness of gadolinium-DTPA (diethylene…”
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Gastroesophageal Reflux during Enteral Feeding in Stroke Patients: A 24-hour Esophageal pH-monitoring Study
Published in Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases (01-04-2013)“…Background Patients who are unable to eat or drink after stroke may receive percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or nasogastric tube feeding. Although the…”
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Short Duration of Reactive Hyperemia in the Forearm of Subjects With Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Published in Circulation Journal (2006)“…Background Peripheral vascular endothelial dysfunction is an independent predictor of cardiovascular events, and can be assessed noninvasively by measuring…”
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Activation of Inducible NOS in Peripheral Vessels and Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients
Published in Journal of cardiac failure (01-11-2008)“…Abstract Background Activation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) has been reported in congestive heart failure (CHF) conditions. However, it is unknown…”
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Effects of Long-term Nicorandil Administration on Endothelial Function, Inflammation, and Oxidative Stress in Patients Without Coronary Artery Disease
Published in Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology (01-03-2008)“…Long-term administration of nicorandil has been shown to improve outcomes through cardioprotective effects in patients with coronary artery disease. To…”
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Quantitative evaluation of sphingolipids using delayed extraction matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry with sphingosylphosphorylcholine as an internal standard Practical application to cardiac valves from a patient with fabry disease
Published in Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences (17-02-2006)“…Fabry disease is a glycolipid storage disorder caused by a defect of alpha-galactosidase A, and characterized by the systemic deposition of glycosphingolipids…”
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Impaired Exercise-Induced Vasodilatation in Chronic Atrial Fibrillation: Role of Endothelium-Derived Nitric Oxide
Published in Circulation Journal (2002)“…Exercise capacity is often reduced in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but very few studies have focused on changes in endothelial function as a…”
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Atrial fibrillation impairs endothelial function of forearm vessels in humans
Published in Journal of cardiac failure (01-03-2001)“…Background: Although there have been many studies on the effects of atrial fibrillation (AF) on cardiac function, few studies have been done on its effects on…”
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Increased Nitric Oxide in Proportion to the Severity of Heart Failure in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Close Correlation of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α With Systemic and Local Production of Nitric Oxide
Published in Circulation Journal (2002)“…Recent studies have demonstrated that proinflammatory cytokines induce large amounts of nitric oxide (NO) and that the amount increases in patients with…”
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Nitric Oxide-Mediated Vasodilatory Effect Of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide In Forearm Vessels Of Healthy Humans
Published in Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology (01-01-2002)“…SUMMARY 1. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the vasorelaxant effect of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is, in part, endothelium dependent…”
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Effect of sarpogrelate in enteral feeding of patients with gastroesophageal reflux (GER)
Published in Nihon Rōnen Igakkai zasshi (2006)“…Enteral feeding of patients who are unable to eat or drink because of neurological disorders finally undergo percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or…”
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A Probable Relationship between an Endogenous Digitalis-Like Substance and Concentric Cardiac Hypertrophy in Primary Aldosteronism
Published in Internal Medicine (1999)“…A 44-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to severe hypertension. An electrocardiogram (ECG) and an echocardiogram showed severe left ventricular…”
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Steroid-induced crisis and rhabdomyolysis in a patient with pheochromocytoma: A case report and review
Published in International journal of cardiology (21-01-2011)“…Abstract A 66-year-old Japanese woman was urgently referred to our hospital. Two days prior to admission, her general practitioner began to administer…”
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Transient elevation of serum tumor markers in a patient with hypothyroidism
Published in The American journal of the medical sciences (01-06-2007)“…We report a case of a 66-year-old woman admitted to our hospital for examination and treatment of uterine and rectal prolapse, pleural and pericardial…”
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The pitfall of coagulase-negative staphylococci: a case of Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis
Published in International journal of cardiology (01-09-2009)“…We report a case of a 60-year-old woman. She was transferred from a local hospital to our cardiovascular medicine department with a diagnosis of infectious…”
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Ethanol Sclerosis: One of the Best Treatments for Thymic Cyst in Very Elderly Patients?
Published in Internal Medicine (1997)“…An 83-year-old female patient with a giant thymic cyst that was successfully treated by percutaneous aspiration and ethanol injection. The patient had…”
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Hepatitis C virus infection as a risk factor for increased aortic stiffness and cardiovascular events in dialysis patients
Published in Journal of nephrology (01-05-2008)“…Although links have been found between microorganisms and cardiovascular diseases, the role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the pathogenesis of…”
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High plasma brain natriuretic polypeptide level as a marker of risk for thromboembolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
Published in Stroke (1970) (01-04-2002)“…Assessment of left atrial appendage (LAA) function with transesophageal echocardiography is useful for detecting patients at high risk for thromboembolism as a…”
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Cardiac involvement in Kugelberg-Welander disease: a case report and review
Published in The American journal of the medical sciences (01-12-2006)“…There are few reports of cardiac involvement in patients with Kugelberg-Welander disease. We report a case of a 51-year-old man with Kugelberg-Welander disease…”
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The pitfall of coagulase-negative staphylococci
Published in International journal of cardiology (01-09-2009)“…Abstract We report a case of a 60-year-old woman. She was transferred from a local hospital to our cardiovascular medicine department with a diagnosis of…”
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