[Hemodynamics and physical capacity in patients with left ventricular assist devices : An overview].

abstract：:Doxorubicin is an effective anti-tumor agent with a cumulative dose-dependent cardiotoxicity. In addition to its principal toxic mechanisms involving iron and redox reactions, recent studies have described new mechanisms of doxorubicin-induced cell death, including abnormal protein processing, hyper-activated innate i...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Shi Y,Moon M,Dawood S,McManus B,Liu PP

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An electrophysiological study (EPS) and a programmed ventricular stimulation (PVS) are strongly recommended and clearly indicated before the implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), if patients present with a cardiac arrest and no structural heart disease or a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In these patients ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Bänsch D,Antz M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a J-shaped correlation between the amount of alcohol consumed per day and overall mortality risk and an inverse correlation between the amount of alcohol consumed per day and cardiovascular mortality. The evidence is stronger for men than for women. The correlations are independent of the type of alcoholic be...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Flesch M,Morbach S,Erdmann E,Bulut D

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial remodeling in the form of fibrosis is considered the basis in the development of atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of doxycycline on atrial remodeling induced by chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) and the mechanisms underlying such changes. METHODS:A total...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Zhang K,Ma Z,Wang W,Liu R,Zhang Y,Yuan M,Li G

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Causes of pericardial effusion requiring pericardiocentesis are very complex; a summary of 140 patients, especially those having iatrogenic pericardial effusion, is rare. METHODS:We prospectively analyzed the clinical data and etiology of moderate to large pericardial effusion requiring pericardiocentesis a...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Ma W,Liu J,Zeng Y,Chen S,Zheng Y,Ye S,Lan L,Liu Q,Weig HJ,Liu Q

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I. The actual data base on the decision-making process of indication for revascularization reveals that angiographic severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) is the primary determinant of referral to coronary interventional procedures. Several recent studies demonstrated that after an acute myocardial infarction, wom...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Tillmanns H,Waas W,Voss R,Grempels E,Hölschermann H,Haberbosch W,Waldecker B

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to currently available, low risk procedures for reestablishment of patency in arteriosclerotic vascular segments with bougier techniques as described by Dotter and the balloon dilatation modification according to Grüntzig, as necessary together with local thrombolysis, important new developments based on m...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Steckmeier B,Baumgart R,Küffer G,Schweiberer L

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most important treatment principles in interventional cardiology relies on myocardial revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or surgical placement of coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG). However, in order to apply these principles effectively, it is important to identify patients who...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Nef H,Renker M,Hamm CW,European Society of Cardiology.,European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery.

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous disease of the lower extremities comprises several common conditions such as varicose veins, superficial thrombophlebitis, deep venous thrombosis and chronic venous insufficiency. The high prevalence and increasing incidence with age of these disorders impose relevant diagnostic and therapeutic concerns. Varico...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Do DD,Husmann M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with chronic coronary artery disease different therapeutic strategies, such as optimal medical therapy, revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting have been shown to improve the prognosis and symptoms and yield proven superiority over other treatment strategi...

journal_title：Herz

authors： de Waha S,Eitel I,Desch S,Fuernau G,Lurz P,Schuler G,Thiele H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aortic valve consists of three cusps attached to the wall of the aortic root. During the cardiac cycle, the aortic root undergoes complex movements that precede and aid opening and closing of the aortic valve. The aortic valve cusps themselves form thin-walled pocket-like structures, made from specialized tissue w...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Bechtel JF,Erasmi AW,Misfeld M,Sievers HH

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：: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：:In 190 patients, 208 "screw-in" type pacemaker leads were implanted; 147 in the right ventricle and 61 in the right atrium. There was no significant difference in the time required for atrial (54.7 +/- 19 min) or ventricular fixation (56.0 +/- 25 min). Similarly, fluoroscopy times for both atrial (6.3 +/- 4 min) and v...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Machraoui A,Schött D,Ong TS,Straub H,Jaedicke W,Barmeyer J

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a medical out-patient clinic, over a period of several years, atrial myxoma was diagnosed in four patients with ages ranging between 32 and 69 years. With the exception of one patient referred for assessment of ventricular premature beats, presentation was not primarily attributable to cardiac causes. In all patien...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Keller H,Bodem R

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac involvement may precede the onset of muscular manifestations in Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD), but Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome has not been reported as initial cardiac manifestation of BMD. CASE STUDY:In a 43-year-old, HIV-negative male, WPW syndrome was diagnosed at age 26 years upon a r...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Finsterer J,Stöllberger C,Quasthoff S

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In addition to the genetic complexity of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), there must be other disease-modifying factors that contribute to its highly variable clinical and phenotypic expression. The authors aimed to investigate serum thiol/disulphide homeostasis as a proxy for oxidative stress using a nove...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Sari M,Erkorkmaz U,Yazar H,Kocayigit I,Omar B,Alizade E,Aksoy MNM,Uslu A,Cakar GC,Pala S

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac involvement in Lyme disease, caused by the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, has been reported to occur in 0.3-4 % of infected patients in Europe. Cardiac manifestations may include conduction disturbances, and also myocarditis, pericarditis, and left ventricular dysfunction. We investigate...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Karatolios K,Maisch B,Pankuweit S

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:Blood pressure, the central parameter in the diagnosis of arterial hypertension, is subject to a high degree of variability. The dilemma for the evaluating physician is that he has no true value for the resting blood pressure that is both comparable and reproducible. Reproducibility, however, is an essential requireme...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Franz IW

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most important problems in clinical cardiology is still unresolved, i.e., the development of a restenosis following coronary balloon angioplasty. Our knowledge about the sequelae of pathophysiologic events occurring during neointima formation is still far from complete (Figure 1) and numerous therapeutic tr...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Darius H,Buerke M,Boissel JP,Grosser T,Veit K,Zacharowski K,Meyer J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of familial forms of different diseases has provided a unique opportunity to study how changes in the structure of a gene create a dysfunction in the physiology of the resulting protein. Changes in the genes encoding for ion channels produce modifications in the function of the channel. Changes in the s...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Brugada J,Brugada R,Brugada P

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:Over the past decade there has been a steady proliferation of indices which have been proposed for assessing ventricular function. Many of these indices are based on single measurements and often are insensitive and have limited clinical utility. The present article focuses on the role of wall stress in assessing vent...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Mirsky I,Krayenbuehl HP

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During recent years, experimental data have collected convincing evidence for the fatal interaction of myocardial ischemia, ventricular tachyarrhythmias, and sudden cardiac death. In the clinical setting, data reporting on the daily relevance of such a fatal interaction lacked until recently. However, there is now inc...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Zehender M,Faber T,Meinertz T,Just H

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：:Marfan syndrome is a hereditary disease with a prevalence of 2-3 in 10,000 births, leading to a fibrillin connective tissue disorder with manifestations in the skeleton, eye, skin, dura mater and in particular the cardiovascular system. Since other syndromes demonstrate similar vascular manifestations, but therapy may...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Kallenbach K,Schwill S,Karck M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Once contraindicated, beta-blockers have become an established, evidence-based, recommended treatment concept in chronic heart failure during the last years. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY:The increased activation of the adrenergic system in heart failure syndrome, which leads to transmission of several adverse biological...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Hoffman J,Grimm W,Maisch B

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In experimental arterial hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) becomes pathologic with impaired myocardial function if myocardial fibrosis occurs. Myocardial fibrosis is associated with activated circulating or local renin-angiotensin-aldosterone systems. The primary objective of this ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Brilla CG,Rupp H,Maisch B

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more than two centuries digitalis has been used in the treatment of cardiac disease. Despite this long clinical experience with the drug, controversy still exists as to its clinical effect and impact on survival, especially in patients after myocardial infarction. In the last decade a number of studies have addres...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Mølstad P

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00