Background Patients who have acute myocardial infarction remain at major risk of
cardiovascular events. We aimed to assess the effects of either human atrial natriuretic …

Although circulating tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α levels have been found to be increased in
weight-losing patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the main causes …

Background—The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is recognized as an organelle that
participates in folding secretory and membrane proteins. The ER responds to stress by …

Angiographically demonstrable coronary artery spasm could be provoked repeatedly by
giving intracoronary or intravenous injections of histamine to miniature swine with …

Background—The prognosis of patients with saddleback or noncoved type (non–type 1) ST-
elevation in Brugada syndrome is unknown. The purpose of this study was to clarify the long …

Background It is important to differentiate takotsubo cardiomyopathy from other types of
transient ventricular dysfunction. These guidelines, resulting from a workshop sponsored by …

Objectives: We investigated the functional relationship between natriuretic peptides and
adiponectin by performing both experimental and clinical studies. Background: Natriuretic …

The transradial approach has currently been accepted as an alternative entry method for
coronary angiography and angioplasty. Vascular complications of this method were …

Unexplained weight loss is common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD). Since leptin, an obesity gene product, is known to play important roles in the control …

Forty-three patients with cardiac sarcoidosis were studied echocardiographically before and
after (mean follow-up 88 months) steroid therapy to determine the effectiveness of …