Resting measures and physiological responses to exercise for the determination of prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure: useful tools for clinical decision-making.

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia with significant morbidity and public health cost. Because of limitations of efficacy and safety of conventional antiarrhythmic agents, alternative therapies for AF are needed. The potential antiarrhythmic properties of lipid-altering therapy, including the 3-hyd...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Bachmann JM,Majmudar M,Tompkins C,Blumenthal RS,Marine JE

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relaxin, a naturally-occurring hormone in the insulin family, was discovered to have a physiologic role in pregnancy. Named initially for its relaxing effect on the pubic ligament, relaxin receptors have since been found to be widely distributed in many organs in both males and females. Acting through multiple pathway...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Grossman J,Frishman WH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocarditis represents a heterogeneous final common pathway for myocardial inflammation of diverse etiologies and accounts for up to one-third of cases of dilated cardiomyopathy. The pathophysiology of viral myocarditis can be disaggregated into the effects of direct viral mediated injury, triggered acute and chronic ...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Ellis CR,Di Salvo T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF), a very common cardiac arrhythmia, is a well-recognized predisposing factor for embolic stroke. While warfarin remains the cornerstone of anticoagulant treatment in patients with AF, it is often underutilized because of increased bleeding complications and frequent monitoring requirements. It ...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Gorodnitskiy A,Lucariello RJ,Aizer A,Coppola JT

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a sexual dimorphism in blood pressure: men tend to have higher blood pressures than women with functional ovaries, whereas ovariectomy or menopause tends to abolish the sexual dimorphism and cause women to develop a "male" pattern of blood pressure. Synthetic estrogens and progestins, found in oral contracept...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Calhoun DA,Oparil S

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), characterized by diffuse intimal thickening and luminal narrowing in the arteries of the allograft, is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in cardiac transplant recipients. Many transplant centers perform routine annual surveillance coronary angiography. However, angiogra...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Cai Q,Rangasetty UC,Barbagelata A,Fujise K,Koerner MM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients presenting to the Emergency Department with chest pain are common and often present diagnostic difficulties. Because of the limitations of the initial evaluation, the majority of patients are admitted, although many are later found to have noncardiac causes for their symptoms. Recognition of these limitations...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Kontos MC

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (AICDs) were implanted in 378 men and 95 women, mean age 69 +/- 12 years. At 3.6-year follow up, survival was 76% in patients who had an AICD because of cardiac arrest as a result of ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia not resulting from a transient or ...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Aronow WS,Sorbera C,Chagarlamudi A,Tabandeh H,Gupta S,Cohen M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex mechanism of platelet activation creates an optimal target for pharmacological treatment in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Current antiplatelet medications that are used in addition to aspirin include the thienopyridines, clopidogrel and prasugrel, but there are several limitations to the use of t...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Nawarskas JJ,Clark SM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obesity epidemic has reached unprecedented proportions in Western society. Evidence continues to accumulate that obesity is associated with significant morbidity and mortality and in particular that it is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The association of obesity with CVD and its risk ...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Melanson KJ,McInnis KJ,Rippe JM,Blackburn G,Wilson PF

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saphenous vein graft (SVG) disease after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) occurs in three phases: thrombosis, intimal hyperplasia, and atherosclerosis. Within the first month, thrombosis plays a major role. From month 1 to month 12, intimal hyperplasia occurs. Beyond 12 months, atherosclerosis becomes the primar...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Kim FY,Marhefka G,Ruggiero NJ,Adams S,Whellan DJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) has evolved at an unprecedented pace over the past decade, during which time it has proven to be an accurate and effective tool for imaging of the heart in a growing list of clinical applications. However, the rapid growth in the use of CT imaging in general has prompted...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Entrikin DW,Leipsic JA,Carr JJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evacetrapib is a cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor that has been recently studied as a cholesterol modifying agent to reduce cardiovascular risk and mortality in high risk cardiovascular disease patients. Evacetrapib acts to decrease lipid exchange through CETP inhibition. CETP acts to transfer chole...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Eyvazian VA,Frishman WH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is an important cause of cardiac disease in endemic areas of Latin America. It is now being diagnosed in nonendemic areas because of immigration. Typical cardiac manifestations of Chagas disease include dilated cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure, arrhythm...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Machado FS,Jelicks LA,Kirchhoff LV,Shirani J,Nagajyothi F,Mukherjee S,Nelson R,Coyle CM,Spray DC,de Carvalho AC,Guan F,Prado CM,Lisanti MP,Weiss LM,Montgomery SP,Tanowitz HB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is a sequela of a number of disparate diseases, often with a fatal consequence. Endothelial dysfunction is considered to be an early event during the development of PAH. Impaired availability of bioactive nitric oxide (NO) is a key underlying feature in most forms of clinical and ex...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Mathew R,Huang J,Gewitz MH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Underlying causes, risk factors, and precipitating causes of heart failure (HF) should be treated. Drugs known to precipitate or aggravate HF such as nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs should be stopped. Patients with HF and a low left ventricular ejection fraction (systolic heart failure) or normal ejection fraction...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Aronow WS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence-based management of heart failure (HF) with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF; HFpEF) remains a major gap in the care of patients with HF. Clinical trials directed toward the population with HFpEF have been disappointing, although renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade appears to preve...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Jumean MF,Konstam MA

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) utilization in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been studied since the early 1960s with varying results. It is well established that ischemic myocardial cells convert from aerobic metabolism of glucose to toxic anaerobic free fatty acid (FFA) metabolism for the pro...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Leos CL,Griego JE,Anderson JR

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About 50 years ago, Norman Jefferis Holter invented a device that opened the possibility of recording heart activity over long periods of time. This invention, together with the rapid developments in electronics, has enabled a revolutionary change in the diagnosis and management of cardiac diseases. Ambulatory cardiac...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Romero I

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Established coronary artery disease has a prevalence of 7% in adult Americans, accounting for 16 million people. As morbidity and mortality rates have risen, research efforts to identify the pathophysiologic mechanisms of systolic dysfunction have risen in parallel. The current goal is to develop new therapeutic strat...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Romero J,Lupercio F,Haramati LB,Garcia MJ,Lucariello RJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart valve prostheses carry a risk for thrombosis and require an antithrombotic strategy to prevent stroke, systemic embolism, and prosthetic valve thrombosis. Contemporary randomized trials to guide the clinician on the optimal anticoagulant treatment are scarce, and the validity of the historical data for current r...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Hermans H,Vanassche T,Herijgers P,Meuris B,Herregods MC,Van de Werf F,Verhamme P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of new medicines to treat pulmonary vascular disease has renewed interest in the management of children with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. We now have a practical classification of pulmonary hypertension, improved diagnostic techniques, and internationally recognized diagnostic and manag...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Haworth SG

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The differentiation of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm from true aneurysm is sometimes difficult. Given the propensity for pseudoaneurysms to rupture leading to cardiac tamponade, shock, and death, compared with a more benign natural history for true aneurysms, accurate diagnosis of these conditions is clinically impo...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Cho MN,Mehta SK,Matulevicius S,Weinstein D,Wait MA,McGuire DK

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension remains a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the United States. Disturbing trends have been reported recently and include declining rates of successful blood pressure control and increasing rates of stroke, congestive heart failure, and hypertension-associated end-stage renal disease...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Canzanello VJ,Sheps SG

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is a common syndrome with diverse etiologies and precipitating factors, which is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Tremendous resources are used in treating this syndrome, with few prospectively designed clinical trials to guide therapy. Patients suffering fr...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Sanchez CE,Richards DR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic is a ubiquitously dispersed metalloid that has been implicated as the cause of various adverse health effects. Human exposure to arsenic primarily occurs through contaminated drinking water and dietary intake of rice and grains, posing a great public health risk to millions of people worldwide. High levels of ...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Kononenko M,Frishman WH

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptogenic stroke (CS) accounts for 20% to 40% of ischemic strokes. CS is defined as a cortical infarct suggestive of an embolic stroke with no identifiable cardiac etiology, large vessel occlusive disease, or small vessel lacunar stroke. The likely etiologies for CS are patent foramen ovale (PFO) and paroxysmal atri...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Marks SJ,Khera S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most common cardiac valvular disease in the United States. Approximately 4 million people have severe MR and roughly 250,000 new diagnoses of MR are made each year. Mitral valve surgery is the only treatment that prevents progression of heart failure and provides sustained symptomatic ...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Doshi JV,Agrawal S,Garg J,Paudel R,Palaniswamy C,Doshi TV,Gotsis W,Frishman WH

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiologic effect of the sauna in human beings has been studied extensively, but only recently have there been studies to suggest sauna can be an effective therapeutic modality for patients with cardiovascular disease, especially for those with congestive heart failure. The data reported to date have been promisi...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Nguyen Y,Naseer N,Frishman WH

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has become a mainstay therapy to improve clinical outcomes of patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and a wide QRS complex, in addition to guideline-directed medical therapy. As clinical experience with CRT continues to expand, the device and lead design, along wit...

journal_title：Cardiology in review

authors： Ng CY,Heist EK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00