Comparison of the hypolipidemic effect of gemfibrozil versus simvastatin in patients with type III hyperlipoproteinemia.

abstract：:Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are now widely used for the secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death and are being offered as a primary preventive therapy. This technology has potential for significant fiscal impact on health care budgets. Technologic innovation will result in more complex devices t...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Saksena S

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem in the United States. We assess the prevalence of diabetes in Dallas County, quantify the association between diabetes and subclinical cardiovascular disease, and assess the use of evidence-based cardiovascular disease risk-modifying therapies. METHODS:This...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Das SR,Vaeth PA,Stanek HG,de Lemos JA,Dobbins RL,McGuire DK

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with an increased risk of stroke, heart failure, and death. Data on contemporary treatment patterns and outcomes associated with AF in clinical practice are limited. METHODS/DESIGN:The Outcomes Registry for Better Inf...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Piccini JP,Fraulo ES,Ansell JE,Fonarow GC,Gersh BJ,Go AS,Hylek EM,Kowey PR,Mahaffey KW,Thomas LE,Kong MH,Lopes RD,Mills RM,Peterson ED

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vessel dilator consisting of amino acids (a.a.) 31-67 and atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) composed of a.a. 99-126 of the 126 a.a. ANF prohormone circulate in humans and have potent vasodilatory properties. To determine whether these atrial natriuretic peptides are directly related to blood pressure in healthy normoten...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sothern RB,Vesely DL,Kanabrocki EL,Bremner FW,Third JL,Boles MA,Nemchausky BM,Olwin JH,Scheving LE

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, long (> or =20 mm) coronary stents were introduced for clinical use. They are intended as an alternative to multiple conventional stents to treat extensive dissections or suboptimal results of long lesions after balloon angioplasty. METHODS:In a total of 113 such consecutive vessels in 107 patient...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： De Scheerder IK,Wang K,Kostopoulos K,Dens J,Desmet W,Piessens JH

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on the effect of heart failure clinics have been encouraging and convincing with respect to reduced hospitalizations, improved quality of life, and reduced cost. However, previous results have been derived from patient populations either recently discharged and with specific exclusion criteria or fro...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Galatius S,Gustafsson F,Nielsen PH,Atar D,Hildebrandt PR

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interatrial septal aneurysm (IASA) has been detected with increasing frequency since the advent of two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE). In this study, we investigated the prevalence, characteristics, and predisposing factors in IASA formation in 724 infants, children, and adolescents undergoing 2DE. Among this grou...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wolf WJ,Casta A,Sapire DW

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharmacodynamic studies reported an amplified on-clopidogrel platelet inhibition in smokers potentially caused by an increased metabolic drug activation via induction of cytochrome P450 1A2. The aims of this analysis were to evaluate the impact of smoking on the antiplatelet effect of clopidogrel and prasugr...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hochholzer W,Trenk D,Mega JL,Morath T,Stratz C,Valina CM,O'Donoghue ML,Bernlochner I,Contant CF,Guo J,Sabatine MS,Schömig A,Neumann FJ,Kastrati A,Wiviott SD,Sibbing D

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comparing the dose-response of a new drug to that of a previously studied drug can aid in understanding their relative potencies. Two dose-finding studies addressed the effect of a new drug, rosuvastatin, on its ability to decrease low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. One of these studies incl...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Berry DA,Berry SM,McKellar J,Pearson TA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently revised American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for exercise electrocardiography (ExECG) have suggested that ExECG scores be used to assist in management decisions in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS:We used 442 women who underwent both ExE...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Morise AP,Lauer MS,Froelicher VF

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior studies have reported race and sex differences in cardiac catheterization use after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). It is unclear whether race or sex differences in procedure refusal may contribute to this difference. We sought to determine whether cardiac catheterization refusal rates differ by pat...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rathore SS,Ordin DL,Krumholz HM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although prior studies have demonstrated disparities in the management and outcomes of women with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), there are limited large-scale contemporary data on gender differences in post-intervention outcomes in this population. METHODS:We analyzed patients according to 2 ACS categories,...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Akhter N,Milford-Beland S,Roe MT,Piana RN,Kao J,Shroff A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 6-minute walk test is a submaximal exercise test that is widely used as an outcomes measure in clinical trials and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. An initial learning effect with repeated administration is well documented, but it is unknown whether this learning effect persists with time. METHODS:This s...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wu G,Sanderson B,Bittner V

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study aimed to compare the short-term costs and long-term cost-effectiveness of 2 antithrombotics, fondaparinux and enoxaparin, for non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome in the United States. METHODS:It was based on a large randomized trial of 20,078 patients Fifth Organization to Assess Strategies i...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sculpher MJ,Lozano-Ortega G,Sambrook J,Palmer S,Ormanidhi O,Bakhai A,Flather M,Steg PG,Mehta SR,Weintraub W

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiologic studies suggest that inhibition of renin-angiotensin system with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers may prevent development of atrial fibrillation (AF). OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study was to assess if there is significant indication for using angio...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Anand K,Mooss AN,Hee TT,Mohiuddin SM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary objective of this study was to apply a sophisticated coagulation monitoring system including estimation of the concentration of prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 (PTF 1 + 2) and the activity of prothrombin (coagulation factor II or FII) to cases of stent implantation and to compare the results with those of stand...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Haude M,Hafner G,Jablonka A,Rupprecht HJ,Prellwitz W,Meyer J,Erbel R

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind, randomized crossover study of 12 patients suffering from chronic bronchitis, the comparative influence of equipotent doses of pindolol (5 mg) and metoprolol (100 mg) on the bronchodilatory potential of inhaled fenoterol (0.4 mg), a beta 2-agonist, was investigated by means of body plethysmography. N...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： von Wichert P

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary angiography of both right and left coronary arteries, using the Sones technique, was performed during the attack of total spastic obstruction in 11 patients with clinically documented history of variant angina. None of the patients had more than 70% stenosis of organic atherosclerosis in any coronary artery a...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Matsuda Y,Ogawa H,Moritani K,Matsuda M,Katayama K,Fujii T,Kohno M,Miura T,Kohtoku S,Kusukawa R

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past decade, electronic health records (EHRs) have emerged as a potential tool to assess quality of care; however, the feasibility and accuracy of EHRs to assess adherence to lipid management performance measures have not been evaluated. METHODS:We created a retrospective cohort of 3779 patients wi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Danford CP,Navar-Boggan AM,Stafford J,McCarver C,Peterson ED,Wang TY

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal interventricular septal motion is a frequent finding after cardiac surgery. However, the time course and underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Nineteen patients, mean age 54 years (range 20 to 82 years), were studied with intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography at five specific times: with th...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wranne B,Pinto FJ,Siegel LC,Miller DC,Schnittger I

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial proportion of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy have circulating autoantibodies directed against the cardiac beta-adrenoceptor. These antireceptor antibodies inhibit both ligand binding to membrane beta-receptors and isoproterenol-sensitive adenylate cyclase. The functional consequences of antibody-re...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Limas CJ,Goldenberg IF,Limas C

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thallium-201 redistribution pattern after exercise was related to rest and exercise left ventricular regional and global function, measured by radionuclide ventriculography, in 61 patients, 50 with coronary artery disease (CAD). Sixteen patients had exclusively transient thallium defects, suggesting ischemia: in this ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kirshenbaum HD,Okada RD,Boucher CA,Kushner FG,Strauss HW,Pohost GM

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the management of thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) has improved significantly, patients presenting with aortic dissections, rupture, or other acute complications of TAAs continue to have high rates of morbidity and mortality. Accumulating data have indicated that many TAAs are due to underlying gene...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Eagle KA,GenTAC Consortium.

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chest pain in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) is common in women; it is frequently associated with debilitating symptoms and repeated evaluations and may be caused by coronary microvascular dysfunction. However, the prevalence and determinants of microvascular dysfunction in these wo...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Reis SE,Holubkov R,Conrad Smith AJ,Kelsey SF,Sharaf BL,Reichek N,Rogers WJ,Merz CN,Sopko G,Pepine CJ,WISE Investigators.

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study evaluated the accuracy of phase analysis of scintigraphic imaging in defining the site of earliest ventricular activation in pediatric patients with electrophysiologic disorders. Twenty patients (10.8 +/- 5.5 years) with preexcitation (n = 16) or ventricular tachycardia (VT) (n = 4) were indepen...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Silka MJ,Chelsky R,Kron J,Wilson RA

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with diabetes have an increased incidence and severity of ischemic heart disease, which leads to an increased requirement for coronary revascularization. Comparative information regarding mode of revascularization--coronary artery bypass graft surgery surgery (CABG) or percutaneous coronary interven...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kapur A,Malik IS,Bagger JP,Anderson JR,Kooner JS,Thomas M,Punjabi P,Mayet J,Millane T,Goedicke J,Jamrozik K,de Belder MA,Hall RJ,Beatt KJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial reperfusion is associated with increased influx of activated neutrophils and intracellular accumulation of sodium in the ischemic zone. Lidocaine is a sodium channel blocker that also inhibits several neutrophil functions. We investigated the effect of lidocaine on infarct size in rabbits undergoing 30 minu...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vitola JV,Forman MB,Holsinger JP,Atkinson JB,Murray JJ

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Institute of Medicine report on the frequency and consequences of medical errors in clinical practice has stimulated physicians to evaluate current practice and means of improving medical care. In the treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction, previous studies have found that dosing of fibrinolytic th...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cannon CP

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reductions in mobility and cognitive function linked to accrual of brain microvascular disease related white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) on magnetic resonance imaging can occur in older hypertensive patients in as little as 2 years. We have designed a trial evaluating 2 levels of ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) con...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： White WB,Marfatia R,Schmidt J,Wakefield DB,Kaplan RF,Bohannon RW,Hall CB,Guttmann CR,Moscufo N,Fellows D,Wolfson L

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressor response to norepinephrine, cardiopulmonary blood volume, and hemodynamic parameters were studied in 41 borderline hypertensive patients in comparison with 42 permanent essential hypertensive patients and 28 normal subjects. Borderline hypertensive subjects had high cardiac index (p less than 0.0001), normal t...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Safar ME,London GM,Weiss YA,Milliez PL

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00