An overview of nucleic acids and gene regulation.

abstract：:Appraisal of the risk to which outpatients with chest pain are exposed is an important clinical problem that frequently occurs. The need to decide in day-to-day practice between a conservative or invasive approach in patients with chest pain is often difficult and the decision has grave implications. Stress echocardio...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Leischik R,Erbel R

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:A 55-year-old woman who was admitted to hospital with acute chest pain as a case of emergency suffered from an acute anteroseptal myocardial infarction. Four weeks later coronary angiography revealed a long dissection of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) as well as a significant stenosis of the left main and t...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Lemke P,Schwab M,Urbanyi B,Hellberg K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the current guidelines coronary revascularization in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is primarily performed by percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). However, in several scenarios like complex coronary pathologies, unsuccessful PCI, complicated PCI or cardiogenic shock, surgical coronary revascularizat...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Rastan AJ,Thiele H,Schuler G,Mohr FW

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunction that predominantly affects older women and has three main variants: apical, mid-ventricular, and basal. The recurrence rate of TTC is roughly around 11 % at 4-year follow-up. The pathogenesis of TTC is not clear and various theor...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Singh K,Parsaik A,Singh B

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most common cause of procedural failure in cardiac catheterization using the transradial approach is radial artery spasm. The aim of this study was to compare the procedural success rate of the 6‑Fr Glidesheath Slender with the 6‑Fr standard sheath in transradial coronary angiography and intervention. M...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Gul B,Stolar M,Stair B,Hermany P,Willis S,Mena-Hurtado C,Attaran R

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental and clinical studies have suggested that the presence of fragmented QRS complex (fQRS) is associated with various cardiovascular diseases. fQRS may predict major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). The current meta-analysis was performed using clinical outcome studies to evaluate the role of f...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Xu Y,Qiu Z,Xu Y,Bao H,Gao S,Cheng X

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of intraventricular obstruction is a powerful predictor of outcome in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and, when associated with severe, drug-refractory symptoms, should be managed aggressively. Resting left ventricular outflow obstruction is found in approximately 20% of the patients, clas...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Cecchi F,Olivotto I,Nistri S,Antoniucci D,Yacoub MH

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postcardiac injury syndrome (PCIS) is an inflammatory complication that derives from injury to the epicardium, myocardium, or endocardium. It occurs after trauma, myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, cardiac surgery, intracardiac ablation, and implantation of cardiac implantable electro...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Filbey K,Sedaghat-Hamedani F,Kayvanpour E,Xynogalos P,Scherer D,Meder B,Katus HA,Zitron E

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：UNLABELLED:Due to the increasing number of elderly as well as chronically-ill patients, venous thrombosis assumes an increasing role as a typical complication of many courses of disease. Postoperatively, in patients without anticoagulation, fibrinogen tests show venous thrombosis in the lower extremities in up to 50% b...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Schramm W,Spannagl M

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：:Acute heart failure is a symptom complex of heterogeneous etiology. Clinically, it comprises a broad spectrum ranging from hypertensive pulmonary edema in patients with preserved left ventricular systolic function up to cardiogenic shock in patients with severely depressed left ventricular function. The pathophysiolog...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Simonis G,Spitzer SG,Stumpf J,Dörr R

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:Surgical aortic valve replacement still represents the gold standard in patients with severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis. In addition to conventional aortic valve replacement by mechanical or biological prostheses via a median sternotomy, novel approaches including minimally invasive strategies and new devices, ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Liakopoulos OJ,Merkle J,Wahlers T,Choi YH

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Access to the intrinsic cardiac autonomic nervous system can now be achieved via percutaneous catheter stimulation techniques. Thereby, cardiac functions like atrioventricular nodal conduction, sinus cycle length and ventricular inotropy can be dynamically regulated. The present article provides examples of this new t...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Schauerte P,Schimpf T,Mischke K,Zarse M,Schmid M,Plisiene J,Maurath P,Kelm M,Pauza DH

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：:In the last years several new data allow a controversial but convincing interpretation of the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis). Atherosclerosis can be apparently the result of ultrachronic persistent infection by Chlamydia pneumoniae and not the result of different risk factors. The main arguments fo...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Stille W,Dittmann R

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：:Formerly the term alcoholism has been defined only by alcohol-related conditions. About 20 years ago a WHO committee recommended to differentiate between alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence. The new classifications and manuals followed this proposal: Criteria for alcohol abuse are still alcohol sequelae whereas alcoh...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Feuerlein W

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Inherited ventricular arrhythmias such as the long QT syndrome (LQTS), Brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), idiopathic ventricular fibrillation (VF), and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) account for a relevant proportion of sudden cardiac death...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Wichter T,Schulze-Bahr E,Eckardt L,Paul M,Levkau B,Meyborg M,Schäfers M,Haverkamp W,Breithardt G

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：:Morphologic observations following balloon angioplasty are summarized from adult patients undergoing coronary or saphenous vein bypass graft angioplasty and from infants undergoing aortic valve stenosis angioplasty. Possible mechanisms of dilation injury and complications of angioplasty balloon bursting are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Waller BF

更新日期：1985-10-01 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 congestive heart failure, acute administration of the converting enzyme inhibitor captopril leads to a decrease in arterial pressure, systemic vascular resistance, left ventricular filling pressure, and the end-diastolic volumes of both ventricles, as well as to an increase in cardiac index, stroke volume index, ri...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Massie BM,Kramer BL,Topic N

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a number of characteristics which make it attractive for guidance of intravascular therapeutic procedures, including high soft tissue contrast, imaging in any arbitrary oblique plane, lack of ionizing radiation, and the ability to provide functional information, such as flow veloci...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Ladd ME,Debatin JF

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:Remodelling is the adaptive or maladaptive response to cardiac overload or injury resulting in changes of size and function of the heart. The final pathway of maladaptive or adverse cardiac remodelling is the evolution of heart failure or sudden cardiac death. In coronary artery disease, ischemic injury leads to chang...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Brenner S,Ertl G

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The progression of coronary atherosclerosis is determined by risk factor exposure. It is also an important predictor of future cardiac events in its own right. Coronary calcium represents an integral part of coronary atherosclerosis. Accurate measurements can be obtained by using electron-beam computed tomog...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Schmermund A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00