Left ventricular volume, mass, and function following surgical correction of chronic aortic regurgitation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although several classical studies seemed to provide clear ideas on the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation, current concepts have to be modified on the basis of more recent findings. REENTRANT CIRCUITS:Based on the findings of Garrey and of Moe & Abildskov, atrial fibrillation has long been considered a...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Schoels W,Bauer A,Becker R,Senges JC,Voss F

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our own previous studies of the composition of the extracellular matrix of human failing hearts showed that collagen VI seems to play a major role in the origin of cardiac fibrosis. Therefore, collagen VI was investigated in more detail in tissue samples taken from clinically normal left ventricle and from myocardium ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Mollnau H,Münkel B,Schaper J

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to understand the mechanics of left ventricular (LV) diastolic filling it has become important to understand the role of the pericardium. This is because it has been demonstrated that the LV pressure-volume relationship can be shifted by previously unrecognized changes in pericardial "pressure" and, therefore...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Tyberg JV,Smith ER

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantable defibrillators (ICDs) have to be replaced after 4-6 years due to battery depletion. Therefore, 195-267 ICDs may be necessary for 100 ICD patients, if device longevity is 6 and 4 years, respectively. In Germany, 35% of all ICDs were replacements in 2003. The percentage of replacements will probably increase...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Bänsch D,Kuck KH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unexplained sudden death in the young is cardiovascular in most cases. Structural and conduction defects in cardiac-related genes can conspire to underlie sudden cardiac death. Here we report a clinical investigation and an extensive genetic assessment of a Tunisian family with sudden cardiac death in young members. I...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Jaouadi H,Bouyacoub Y,Chabrak S,Kraoua L,Zaroui A,Elouej S,Nagara M,Dallali H,Delague V,Levy N,Benkhalifa R,Mechmeche R,Zaffran S,Abdelhak S

更新日期：2020-01-22 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：: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：:Numerous angiographic control regression studies have demonstrated that aggressive reduction of plasma cholesterol significantly reduces the incidence of clinical overt cardiovascular complications, but has almost no effect on the angiographically determined luminal diameter of the coronary arteries. These, as well as...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Müller-Wieland D,Faust M,Kotzka J,Krone W

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the present study, the electropharmacological activity of traditional Chinese medicine, Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE), on human hyperpolarization-activated nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels and the underlying "funny" currents was investigated. METHODS:Standard two-electrode voltage-clamp recordings were empl...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Chen H,Chen Y,Yang J,Wu P,Wang X,Huang C

更新日期：2020-05-20 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：BACKGROUND:Upon coincubation with platelet aggregates, CD34(+) progenitor cells have the potential to differentiate into foam cells. There is evidence that progenitor cells from diabetic and nondiabetic patients have different properties, which may affect the patients' prognosis. In this study we investigated an in vit...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Schmohl JU,Daub K,von Ungern-Sternberg SN,Lindemann S,Schönberger T,Geisler T,Gawaz M,Seizer P

更新日期：2015-05-01 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

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is currently one of the major causes of ischemic stroke with an estimated stroke risk of 5% per year. Oral anticoagulation is an effective treatment for the reduction of stroke risk in patients with AF but is also associated with an increased risk of bleeding. In patients with AF it has been s...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Rillig A,Heeger CH,Kuck KH,Tilz RR

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interventional treatment of mitral insufficiency has recently become possible on a limited basis. The developed percutaneous procedures aim at minimizing the trauma in high-risk surgical candidates. Echocardiography has a major role in the preinterventional evaluation, during the interventional procedure, and in the p...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Hoffmann R,Altiok E

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is not known whether older patients with acute heart failure (HF) receiving tolvaptan have decreased mortality rates and a better long-term prognosis than patients who receive furosemide. We conducted a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to address this issue. METHODS:The Medline, E...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Huang WL,Yang Y,Yang J,Yang J,Wang HB,Xiong XL,Zhang YF

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disorders of the autonomic nervous control mechanisms of heart rate and vascular tone may cause syncope. Notably these are carotid sinus and vasovagal syndromes. Knowledge of their aetiology is limited. Each presents cardioinhibition and vasodepression. Pacing offers benefit in cardioinhibition and the mode required i...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Sutton R

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid disorders play an essential role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic diseases. An integral part of the clinical evaluation is the estimation of the individual cardiovascular risk using risk scores and patient history. Due to the long established prognostic relevance, reduction of low-density lipoproteins (LDL...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Custodis F,Laufs U

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：: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：: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：:During the last decade, epigenetics became one of the fastest growing research fields in numerous clinical and basic science disciplines. Evidence suggests that chromatin modifications (e.g., histone modifications and DNA methylation) as well as the expression of micro-RNA molecules play a crucial role in the pathogen...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Zimmer P,Bloch W

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decision to anticoagulate patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) involves weighting the risk of an embolic event without therapy versus the risk of a hemorrhagic event on therapy. Improved methods of monitoring anticoagulation with the International Normalized Ratio (INR), and recent evidence of the efficacy and s...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Atwood JE,Albers GW

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：: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：: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：:We report the case of a 28-year old asthmatic female patient, who developed an acute heart failure beginning with diarrhea, fever, and dyspnea 5 weeks after delivery. After improvement of all vital functions and dismissal from hospital care unit a marked blood hypereosinophilia, left ventricular congestive heart failu...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Gehrke D,Herzum M,Schönian U,Klein HH,Drude L,Mennel HD,Maisch B

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after ablation is difficult to predict. The development of AF is associated with inflammation, and inflammatory markers such as big endothelin-1 (big ET-1) reflect inflammatory status. It is unknown, however, whether big ET-1 can be used as a predictor for AF recurrence. T...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Wang H,Liu J,Fang P,Lei S,Li X,Hou Y,Zhang S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of varicose veins is based on historical details pertaining to risk factors such as familial preponderance, advanced age, overweight, multiple births, professional activities carried out mainly in the standing or sitting position, use of oral contraceptives, diuretics or drugs which lower venous tone. Sw...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Hauer G

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of an intracardial mass in patients presents a serious diagnostic dilemma. The differential diagnosis of this condition may seem abundant, but myxomas and intracardial thrombosis are the most frequent diagnoses. A connection between pregnancy and the presence of thrombosis has been documented frequently....

journal_title：Herz

authors： Velicki L,Milosavljević A,Majin M,Vujin B,Kovacević P

更新日期：2008-11-01 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