[Aneurysm of the ductus arteriosus Botalli].

abstract：:The term "chest pain with normal coronary arteries" encompasses a large number of different cardiac pathophysiological abnormalities, including impairment of coronary flow reserve, endothelial dysfunction, and early atherosclerosis that, in most cases, cannot be readily differentiated one from the other. To study earl...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Bugiardini R

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 25 years carotid artery stenting (CAS) has emerged as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Most of all younger patients and symptomatic patients with contralateral carotid artery occlusion particularly benefit from CAS. To achieve an optimal result with CAS, patient selection and even more imp...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Schofer J,Bijuklic K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In contemporary practice with early catheterization in most patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction, the clinical utility of new or presumably new left bundle branch block (LBBB) as a diagnostic criterion equivalent to ST-segment elevation is not well established. This study therefore aimed to de...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Wegmann C,Pfister R,Scholz S,Markhof A,Wanke S,Kuhr K,Rudolph T,Baldus S,Reuter H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in western countries and is of significant socio-economic importance due to its increasing prevalence. Until percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) were established, CAD could only be treated by surgical revascularization or pharmacological...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Möllmann H,Szardien S,Kempfert J,Nef H,Liebetrau C,Walther T,Hamm C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little is known about cardiac involvement in m.3243A>G variant carriers. Thus, this study aimed to assess type and frequency of cardiac disease in symptomatic and asymptomatic m.3243A>G carriers. METHODS:Systematic literature review. RESULTS:The m.3243A>G variant may manifest phenotypically as mitochondria...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Finsterer J,Zarrouk-Mahjoub S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our 19th century predecessors considered the aorta as a source of cardiovascular pain associated with inflammatory aortitis, arterial hypertension, aortic aneurysms, aortic dissection, and aortic valve disease. However, during the 20th century epidemic of coronary artery disease clinicians became concerned with the sy...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Wooley CF,Sparks EH,Boudoulas H

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:INFLAMMATORY PROCESS: Within the vessel wall is considered to be crucial for initiation and progression of atherosclerosis. As response to endothelial injury a focal inflammatory response arises which can lead to plaque vulnerability and rupture and a consecutive acute coronary syndrome. Systemic markers of ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Blankenberg S,Rupprecht HJ,Bickel C,Hafner G,Meyer J

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 4th edition of the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (MI) recommends measurement of cardiac troponin (cTn) T or I for the diagnosis of MI due to their absolute cardiac tissue specificity. In this MI definition, values exceeding the 99th percentile of a healthy reference population distinguish between d...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Giannitsis E,Gopi V

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, thrombolytic therapy has become standard treatment of acute myocardial infarction. When the importance of thrombosis in the pathogenesis of acute infarction was fully recognised, several plasminogen activators were developed, streptokinase, urokinase, recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Rutsch W,Schmutzler H

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This article describes the potential of dynamic contrast- enhanced magnetic resonance tomography (DCE-MRT) for the visualization and quantification of blood flow of lower leg muscles at rest and after individually adjusted muscular exercise. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Five cases were chosen to exemplify the qualitat...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Leppek R,Hoos O,Sattler A,Kohle S,Azzam S,Al Haffar I,Keil B,Ricken P,Klose KJ,Alfke H

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interventional catheterization for congenital heart disease has rapidly developed over the last 2 decades. The role of interventions has evolved from replacing surgery altogether in some cases to complementing surgery in others. The most commonly used approaches to common cardiac lesions such as persistent arterial du...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Krasemann T

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is still controversial whether the arrhythmias in acute pericarditis are of myocardial or pericardial origin. The aim of the present study was to investigate the occurrence of arrhythmias and conduction disorders in patients with acute pericarditis with no endomyocardial biopsy evidence of myocarditis (group 1: 40 ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Ristić AD,Maisch B,Hufnagel G,Seferovic PM,Pankuweit S,Ostojic M,Moll R,Olsen E

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Galectin-3 has been reported as a mediator of heart failure (HF) development and progression. Most studies, however, have been conducted on patients with chronic HF rather than acute HF (AHF). The aim of this study was to confirm galectin-3 as a prognostic marker in subjects with AHF and to investigate its p...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Lala RI,Lungeanu D,Darabantiu D,Pilat L,Puschita M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In April 1996 the Munich Rehabilitation Center was founded by the Social Security Agency as a "satellite center" of the "Klinik Höhenried for Cardiovascular Diseases", which is located 50 km south of Munich near the lake Starnberg and performs in-patient rehabilitation since 1967. The Munich Rehabilitation Center is e...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Eiber J,Mathes P

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the relationships between spontaneous heart rate (or conversely cycle length) changes and left ventricular diastolic dimensions and indices of systolic function in twenty-three subjects. In most there was clearly an inverse relationship between rate and these indices and nearly always a positive correlatio...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Bett JH,Dryburgh L

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) demands rapid and complete reperfusion of the infarct-related artery (IRA). With postinfarction prognosis depending on time delay from onset of symptoms to complete reperfusion (TIMI 3 flow) of the IRA, primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) per...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Schneider H,Ince H,Rehders T,Körber T,Weber F,Kische S,Chatterjee T,Nienaber CA,Drip&Ship-Netzwerk (District of Rostock Infarct Project & Shipping Patients).

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic importance of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) has recently been reported in patients with heart failure. The myocardial performance index (MPI), which combines parameters of both systolic and diastolic ventricular function, provides a better marker of left ventricular dysfunction...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Kaypakli O,Gür M,Gözükara MY,Uçar H,Kivrak A,Şeker T,Şahin DY,Elbasan Z,Türkoğlu C,Çayli M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of severe congestive left heart failure due to profound and long-term hypocalcemia caused by surgically induced hypoparathyroidism. Hypocalcemia as a potential contributor to heart failure should be included in the differential diagnosis of all patients with congestive heart failure who do not respon...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Solzbach U,Kitterer HR,Haas H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac surgery in patients with chronic pulmonary diseases carries a high risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (ppc) because both are known to cause ppc. Autopsy studies have revealed ppc as the main cause of mortality in approximately 5-8% of patients after cardiac surgery. Not all pulmonary diseases are hi...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Fistera D,Steveling H,Koch A,Teschler H

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is a primary heart muscle disease characterized by progressive myocardial atrophy of the right ventricle, with transmural fatty or fibrofatty replacement, either segmental or diffuse, accounting for electrical instability at risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmi...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Thiene G,Basso C,Calabrese F,Angelini A,Valente M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine predictors of patient radiation exposure due to percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) and to compare our results with the "preliminary reference levels", recently proposed by the European DIMOND research cardiology group: i. e., 75 Gy.cm(2) for dose area kerma product (DAP), 17 min for fluorosc...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Kuon E,Empen K,Rohde D,Dahm JB

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myocarditis is a major inflammatory heart disease with a variety of clinical courses from the acute to chronic phases represented by unexpected circulatory deterioration during hospitalization and progression to dilated cardiomyopathy. Predicting these disease courses is important for patient management. However...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Izumi T,Nishii M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With increasing age valvular heart disease is among the most frequent diseases of the heart. Relevant valvular disease impairs not only the long-term prognosis but also physical resilience, activities of daily living and the quality of life. In cases of middle to high-grade symptomatic cardiac defects, valve replaceme...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Nechwatal RM,Bestehorn K,Leuschner F,Hagendorff A,Guha M,Schlitt A

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma catecholamines and hemodynamic were assessed in 32 patients with heart failure of varying degrees due to coronary artery disease as well as in twelve healthy control subjects. The studies employed the use of a (Swan-Ganz) semi-floating, balloon-tipped, thermodilution catheter during supine bicycle ergometry at ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Lehmann M,Keul J,Dickhuth HH

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While there is generell agreement that patients with aortic stenosis (AS) who have already developed symptoms, such as exertional dyspnea, angina or dizziness and syncope, require urgent surgery because of their otherwise very poor outcome, the management of asymptomatic severe AS remains controversial. Although preve...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Baumgartner H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progress in cardiology during the last 50 years can best be studied by looking at the diagnostics and treatment of patients with aortic valve stenosis. Previously, the clinical examination, electrocardiography (ECG) and chest X‑ray were used before heart catheterization, which included a transseptal puncture to co...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Erbel R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic ischemic heart disease patients are already being treated worldwide with bone marrow stem cells both in the context of clinical studies and in therapy trials. By combining this therapy with established revascularization procedures such as bypass surgery, a high level of patient safety can be achieved. To date,...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Kaminski A,Donndorf P,Klopsch C,Steinhoff G

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic myocarditis is caused by activation of eosinophilic granulocytes whereby there is a release of eosinophilic granules. Quite a few of the released compounds, especially eosinophilic cationic proteins, have a tissue-damaging effect also in the myocardium. Eosinophilia may be due to hypersensitivity, parasit...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Baandrup U

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old woman was admitted to hospital because of chronic heart failure. The cause was a left-right shunt between the left sinus of Valsalva and the right atrium. The patient underwent surgery with shunt closure. Intraoperatively, the ramus circumflexus of the coronary artery was occluded. 2.5 years later the pa...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Felgendreher R,Cuneo A,Hochreuther S,Härtel D,Tebbe U

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and tolerance of the standardized hawthorn (crataegus) extract WS 1442 were tested in a multicenter utilization observational study. We monitored 1,011 patients with cardiac insufficiency stage NYHA II, treated with this extract (Crataegutt novo 450, 1 tablet b.i.d.) over a period of 24 weeks. During and ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Tauchert M,Gildor A,Lipinski J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00