[Prevention and management of dysfunction of prosthetic heart valves].

abstract：:Modern therapeutic options in ischemic coronary disease such as thrombolysis, coronary angioplasty, new emerging strategies in treating heart failure and secondary prevention have resulted in decreasing cardiac mortality over the last ten years. In the era of interventional cardiology a new focus of clinical interest ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Nienaber CA,Meinertz T

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiologic studies have found an association between overweight and increased mortality arising primarily from cardiovascular disorders. A major determinant is a chronically raised sympathetic nervous system activity which can arise from calorie intake-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Calorie-depend...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Rupp H,Maisch B

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：: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：: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：:Spontaneous rupture of coronary arteries as well as coronary perforation during percutaneous interventions are rare but potentially life-threatening incidents often resulting in emergency surgery. Frequency of acute perforation due to therapeutic catheterization varies according to the devices employed. With conventio...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Elsner M,Zeiher AM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Independent of the underlying cause, pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains a devastating condition that is characterized by limited survival. Cumulating evidence indicates that in addition to a dysbalance of mediators regulating vascular tone and growth factors promoting vascular remodeling, failure to resolve inflammat...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Berghausen EM,Feik L,Zierden M,Vantler M,Rosenkranz S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal denervation (RDN) has been proposed as a novel antihypertensive intervention for treating resistant hypertension. It remains to be investigated which patient groups can potentially benefit from RDN. The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of RDN in patients with mild-moderate resist...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Chen S,Kiuchi MG,Schmidt B,Hoye NA,Acou WJ,Liu S,Chun KRJ,Pürerfellner H

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous clinical and experimental studies have suggested that adequate pulmonary blood flow and normal central venous pressure may be maintained without significant contribution of right ventricular function. These data induced experimental and clinical research in the quest for complete bypass of the right heart. Mo...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Robicsek F

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：: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：:Diabetes is associated with the development of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD), which relates to the clustering of risk factors such as dyslipidaemia, hypertension, obesity and hyperglycaemia in the presence of insulin resistance. In addition, diabetes is associated with an inflammatory and pro-thrombotic envir...

journal_title：Herz

authors： King RJ,Grant PJ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From April 1973 through March 1978, 34 patients with univentricular heart and outlet chamber underwent repair by septation of the ventricle. Three had normally related great arteries in which the pulmonary artery arose from the outlet chamber. Six patients had an anterior aorta arising from an anterior or right-sided ...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Danielson GK,McGoon DC,Maloney JD,Ritter DG

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interventional catheterization for congenital heart disease has rapidly developed over the last 2 decades. The role of interventions has evolved from replacing surgery altogether in some cases to complementing surgery in others. The most commonly used approaches to common cardiac lesions such as persistent arterial du...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Krasemann T

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of severe congestive left heart failure due to profound and long-term hypocalcemia caused by surgically induced hypoparathyroidism. Hypocalcemia as a potential contributor to heart failure should be included in the differential diagnosis of all patients with congestive heart failure who do not respon...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Solzbach U,Kitterer HR,Haas H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic myocarditis is caused by activation of eosinophilic granulocytes whereby there is a release of eosinophilic granules. Quite a few of the released compounds, especially eosinophilic cationic proteins, have a tissue-damaging effect also in the myocardium. Eosinophilia may be due to hypersensitivity, parasit...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Baandrup U

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:The angiographic slow/no-reflow phenomenon after primary percutaneous coronary intervention carries a poor prognosis for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS). There is evidence that contrast agents cause endothelial dysfunction, myocardial cell damage, and coronary spasms....

journal_title：Herz

authors： Ding S,Shi Y,Sun X,Cao Q,Dai H,Guan J

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:The polymer-free biolimus-A9 drug-coated stent (DCS) was reported to have superior safety and efficacy outcomes compared with a bare metal stent in the LEADERS FREE trial of high-bleeding-risk patients with acute coronary syndrome and on dual antiplatelet treatment (DAPT) for 1 month. The aim of this investi...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Lee DJH,Loh JKK,Jafary FH,Ho HH,Watson T,Stoll HP,Ong PJL

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite great advances in the pathophysiology and etiology of myocarditis, the clinical diagnosis of myocarditis in daily clinical practise remains challenging. Often the diagnosis was not clear because of the heterogeneity of clinical symptoms and the lack of guidelines for adequate diagnostic requirements and consec...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Pankuweit S,Maisch B

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exertional dyspnea is a nonspecific symptom with a variety of underlying causes. It can be challenging to differentiate a beginning cardiac disease from a pulmonary disease or from deconditioning alone. In the presence of obesity, the overall assessment is even more difficult. Rare diseases, such as pulmonary hyperten...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Wilkens H,Held M

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:After an unusually long period of time of 6 years, in August 2019 the updated version of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines from 2013 on the management of stable coronary artery disease was published. The course of "stable" coronary artery disease is only assumed to be stable and pathologically is oft...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Silber S

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：: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：:The term "chest pain with normal coronary arteries" encompasses a large number of different cardiac pathophysiological abnormalities, including impairment of coronary flow reserve, endothelial dysfunction, and early atherosclerosis that, in most cases, cannot be readily differentiated one from the other. To study earl...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Bugiardini R

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：:The incidence of coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction fell gradually during the seventies. Reasons for this decline are not well understood. Speculations include changes of life style and health care. However, cardiovascular disease is still the leader of mortality in Western developed countries. Mortality...

journal_title：Herz

authors： Ertl G,Gaudron P,Eilles C,Kochsiek K

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00