[ESC/EACTS guidelines on myocardial revascularization : Amendments 2014].

abstract：:The standardized and constant fixed-dose rate, no necessity for a close and regular blood monitoring as well as the small number of interactions with other drugs and daily food make therapy with the new oral anticoagulants dabigatran and rivaroxaban and in future presumably apixaban much easier and more feasible than ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Osterspey A,Krome A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure, together with proteinuria, represents one of the most important factors in the progression of chronic renal failure (CRF). Antihypertensive therapy is beneficial to slow down the progression of a variety of chronic renal diseases, no matter what the cause. Intraglomerular hypertension, increased glomer...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Wolf S,Risler T

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MR with its various imaging protocols including spin-echo MR-imaging, gradient MR imaging, flow-mapping and MR angiography is the ideal tool for noninvasive assessment of any kind of aortic diseases. The technique allows to image the aorta both in the thoracic cage and in the abdominal aspects better than any other to...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Nienaber CA,Fattori R

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic testing plays an increasing role in cardiovascular medicine. Advances in technology and the development of novel and more affordable (high throughput) methods have led to the identification of genetic risk factors in research and clinical practice. Also, this progress has simplified the screening of patients a...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Trenkwalder T,Kessler T,Schunkert H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the clinical management of patients with valvular heart disease, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) combined with Doppler has become the central diagnostic tool during the past decades. The development of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has led to an improved image quality especially of structures distant ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Niedermeyer J,Daniel WG

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diastolic function in coronary artery disease is modified to a variable extent. There are distinct abnormalities produced during acute ischemia, and following myocardial infarction. The pathophysiology of diastolic abnormalities in these two syndromes is reviewed. During acute ischemia filling pressures of the left ve...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Carroll JD,Carroll EP

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial dilated cardiomyopathy (F-DCM) describes a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of diseases, mostly inherited as autosomal dominant traits, having idiopathic left ventricular dilatation and dysfunction as a common phenotype. The age of onset, rate of progression, disease complications, as well as ov...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Serio A,Narula N,Kodama T,Favalli V,Arbustini E

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was the analysis of long-term results in patients with hemodynamically significant mitral valve disease due to extensively calcified mitral annulus who underwent decalcification and patch reconstruction. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between 1996 and 2008 a total of 109 patients underwent surger...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Steuer K,Papadopoulos N,Moritz A,Doss M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite all advances in the diagnostic and therapy of cardiovascular diseases the mortality from malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias is still a major health problem. In addition to established therapeutic strategies in the prevention of sudden cardiac death such as antiarrhythmic drug treatment, catheter ablation o...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Neuzner J,Pitschner HF,Schlepper M

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes the present knowledge concerning the hemodynamic and myocardial effects of various pacing modalities with special reference to the importance of heart rate variability and atrioventricular synchronization. An adequate increase in heart rate, irrespective of atrioventricular synchronization, seem...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Nordlander R,Hedman A

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcatheter procedures have been adopted as novel treatment strategy for patients with valvular heart disease, particularly for those who are inoperable or at high risk for surgical valve procedures. Significant technological advances have resulted in an improvement of devices for transcatheter aortic valve replacem...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Figulla HR,Lauten A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of sustained ventricular tachycardias are caused by a reentry mechanism. Conditions prerequisite to a reentry circuit are electrophysiological changes, namely conduction delay and block which are incurred by virtue of changes in the myocardial tissue due to scarring, ischemia or fatty infiltration and res...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Klein H,Trappe HJ,Schröder E

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial remodeling comprises changes in cardiac shape, mass, diameter, and function in response to changes in hemodynamic load, cardiac damage, or neurohumoral stimulation. Adaptive remodeling is a consequence of physiological stimuli such as physical activity. Maladaptive remodeling results from pathologic conditi...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Werner C,Fürster T,Laufs U

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic heart failure has an age-dependent prevalence of 2% and is therefore one of the most frequent diseases in western societies. A reduced hemoglobin concentration according to the definition of the World Health Organization is a common comorbidity affecting more than half of all heart failure patients. Elderly pa...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Reda S,Motloch LJ,Hoppe UC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to investigate the impact of metabolic syndrome (MetS) with microalbuminuria on the improvement of cardiac function after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS:Nondiabetic patients with acute ST segment elevation MI (STEMI) who underwent coronary revascularization from 2013 to 2017 wer...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Jin L,Cai S,Qian J,Ma H,Chen W,Li G,Ge X,Fan X,Fu L

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The differential diagnosis of pericardial effusion is often challenging because different etiologies can be discussed. Of particular therapeutic and prognostic importance is the definitive differentiation of malignant pericardial effusion from benign effusions. The definitive diagnosis of malignant pericardi...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Karatolios K,Maisch B,Pankuweit S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent developments in technology have stimulated interest in the use of catheter-directed laser energy for removal of atherosclerotic plaques. Over the past three years, intensive research efforts by a number of investigators have defined the potential therapeutic benefit of laser angioplasty, as well as its limitati...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Livesay JJ,Hogan PJ,McAllister HA

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short-term prognosis of patients with chest pain and angiographically smooth coronary arteries is good in terms of development of coronary events (fatal or nonfatal myocardial infarction, coronary death, new coronary heart disease), but long-term studies are rare. PATIENTS AND METHODS:185 consecutive patien...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Scholz M,Wegener K,Unverdorben M,Klepzig H

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：:At present, in patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary multivessel disease no fixed general recommendation can be given in favor or to the disadvantage of surgical revascularization or in favor or to the disadvantage of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In cases with an evidence-based indication for coron...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Dörr R

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter ablation for ventricular fibrillation in structurally normal hearts is in its infancy. Recently, catheter ablation of idiopathic ventricular fibrillation as well as ventricular fibrillation associated with the long QT and Brugada syndromes has been described. This review article is a summary of our current un...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Weerasooriya R,Hsu LF,Scavée C,Sanders P,Hocini M,Cabrera JA,Horlitz M,Schley P,Guelker H,Jaïs P,Haïssaguerre M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure remains a frequent cause of death and is the leading reason for hospitalization in Germany although therapeutic options have significantly increased over the past years particularly in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Clinical symptoms are usually preceded by cardiac remodeling, which was or...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Ertl G,Brenner S,Angermann CE

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncocardiology is an emerging field in cardiovascular healthcare. Besides establishing surveillance and follow-up strategies for cancer patients, it will be essential to set up specialized oncocardiology services. However, there is a lack of clinical studies to give evidence-based recommendations regarding cardiologic...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Lehmann LH,Totzeck M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incorporating prognostically related auscultatory, M-mode, 2DE and recent Doppler echocardiographic features, the following strict criteria for establishing the diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) have been advanced: 1. auscultatory; mid-to-late systolic clicks and a late systolic murmur at the apex or mid-to-lat...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Rueda B,Arvan S

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular function was assessed in 38 patients two to six days after acute myocardial infarction using nuclear angiocardiography and the following parameters were measured: Left ventricular end-diastolic (LVEDV) and end-systolic volumes (LVESV), ejection fraction (LVEF), indices of left ventricular filling and ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Gotsman MS,Sold I,Weiss AT,Sapoznikov D,Freiman I,Shefer A,Rozenman Y,Hasin Y

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although viral myocarditis has been mostly attributed to enterovirus and adenovirus infection until recently, the association with parvovirus B19 in Europe and hepatitis C virus in Asia has lately been noted. Clinical trials of antiviral agents, such as interferons, are in progress. Whereas immunosuppression with cort...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Matsumori A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery anomalies are detected on approximately 1.3% of coronary angiograms. Single coronary artery anomaly (SCA) is defined as the coronary artery arising from a single coronary ostium, nourishing the entire heart. SCA anomalies are usually benign; however, serious complications such as sudden cardiac death a...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Gul M,Sen F,Sahan E,Maden O,Selcuk T

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM) consist of an abnormal connection between the pulmonary artery and vein bypassing the pulmonary capillary bed. Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae are characterized by a right-to-left shunt of variable magnitude, and they may be accompanied by other congenital anomalies. We de...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Kucukoglu MS,Sinan UY,Kilickesmez KO,Saltık IL,Dursun M,Gurmen T

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current epidemic of obesity is primarily a consequence of the modern lifestyle characterized by a hypercaloric, high-fat diet and lack of physical activity. INTEGRATED TREATMENT CONCEPT:In order to establish a treatment strategy oriented at the pathogenesis of the disorder it is necessary to strive for ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Hauner H

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden cardiac death and chronic heart failure are among the main contributors to persisting high mortality rates in Germany. In addition to removal of causal factors and guideline-conform pharmacological therapy, therapy with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) is of undisputed importance. Subcutaneous defi...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Kuschyk J,Rudic B,Borggrefe M,Akin I

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00