Nut consumption, lipids, and risk of a coronary event.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory process plays an important role in the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndromes. HYPOTHESIS:The study was undertaken to evaluate whether admission levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen, interleukin-6 (IL-6). and macrophage colony stimulating factor (MCSF) can predict short-term prognos...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Rallidis LS,Zolindaki MG,Manioudaki HS,Laoutaris NP,Velissaridou AH,Papasteriadis EG

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Troponin I (TnI) is increasingly employed as a highly specific marker of acute myocardial ischemia. The value of this marker after cardiac surgery is unclear. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of this study was to measure serum TnI levels prospectively at 1, 6, and 72 h after elective cardiac operations. In addition, ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Horvath KA,Parker MA,Frederiksen JW,Palmer AS,Fullerton DA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac injury is common in COVID-19 patients and is associated with increased mortality. However, it remains unclear if reduced cardiac function is associated with cardiac injury, and additionally if mortality risk is increased among those with reduced cardiac function in COVID-19 patients. HYPOTHESIS:The ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chen LQ,Burdowski J,Marfatia R,Weber J,Gliganic K,Diaz N,Ramjattan N,Zheng H,Mihalatos D,Wang L,Barasch E,Leung A,Gopal A,Craft J,Ren X,Stergiopoulos K,Jeremias A,Petrossian G,Robinson N,Levine J,Shlofmitz RA,Gu

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work attempted to study the segmental wall motion on left ventriculograms, in terms of segmental shortening, velocity of segmental shortening, and temporal sequences of various events in systole as well as in diastole. The ability of such a method to characterize patterns of normal regional wall motion and to det...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Colle JP,Le Goff G,Ohayon J,Bonnet J,Bricaud H,Besse P

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) therapy and coronary plaque stability assessed by optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) has not been thoroughly described. HYPOTHESIS:EPA therapy is associated with decreased plaque instability in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Konishi T,Sunaga D,Funayama N,Yamamoto T,Murakami H,Hotta D,Nojima M,Tanaka S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, we evaluated the feasibility and clinical usefulness of TS(E-E(') ), the time interval between the onsets of early diastolic mitral inflow velocity (E) and mitral annular velocity (E'), obtained by simultaneously tracing E and E', in terms of evaluating diastolic function. METHODS:By the dias...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Choi JO,Park SW,Shin DH,Han H,Cho S,Kim JH,Song YB,Lee SC

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atherosclerosis is widely accepted as a chronic inflammatory disease. Research paid much attention to sensitive specific serum biomarkers for vulnerable plaques. The markers not only serve as diagnostic tools for the identification of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but also help us to identify ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Tan J,Hua Q,Gao J,Fan ZX

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal strategy for treating late presenters of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains uncertain. HYPOTHESIS:percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has a favorable effect on left ventricular (LV) remodeling and clinical outcomes in late presenters of STEMI. METHODS:Patients with STEMI wh...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fan Y,Bai X,Chen Y,Shen G,Lu Q,Wan Z,Zhou D,Shen Y,Ma A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evaluation of chest pain accounts for millions of costly Emergency Department (ED) visits and hospital admissions annually. Of these, approximately 10-20% are myocardial infarctions (MI). HYPOTHESIS:Patients with chest pain whose initial electrocardiogram (ECG) is normal do not require hospital admission fo...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Challa PK,Smith KM,Conti CR

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apixaban is a non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant approved for prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). Current labeling recommends dose reduction based on patient age, weight, and renal function. HYPOTHESIS:The aim of this study was to analyze adherence...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Buchholz A,Ueberham L,Gorczynska K,Dinov B,Hilbert S,Dagres N,Husser D,Hindricks G,Bollmann A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Until now there were no clinical studies or systematic reviews to investigate the impact of timing on efficacy and safety of intracoronary bone marrow stem cell (BMSC) transfer in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). HYPOTHESIS:Timing of BMSC administration might play an important role in the th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Zhang S,Sun A,Xu D,Yao K,Huang Z,Jin H,Wang K,Zou Y,Ge J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of atrial rate-responsive (RR) pacing in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is unclear due to the favorable effect of rate lowering in systolic heart failure. Atrial high rate episodes (AHREs) in CRT recipients are particularly worrisome since they cause loss of CRT, beyond representing a strok...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Biffi M,D'Onofrio A,Pignalberi C,Pisanò EC,Iacopino S,Curnis A,Senatore G,Capucci A,Della Bella P,Calvi V,Zanotto G,Caravati F,Maglia G,Manzo M,Santamaria M,Ziacchi M,Lissoni F,Giacopelli D,Gargaro A,Solimene F

更新日期：2019-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An experimental study showed that nebivolol is an effective agent in contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) prophylaxis. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that prophylactic nebivolol use had protective effects on renal function in human beings subjected to iodinated contrast agent since it has vasodilatory effect and ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Günebakmaz O,Kaya MG,Koc F,Akpek M,Kasapkara A,Inanc MT,Yarlioglues M,Calapkorur B,Karadag Z,Oguzhan A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of warfarin in anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) complicated by left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and dual antiplatelet therapy is unclear. Warfarin may prevent cardioembolic events but significantly ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Driesman A,Hyder O,Lang C,Stockwell P,Poppas A,Abbott JD

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 231 patients suffering from a first acute myocardial infarction were randomly allocated within 4 hours following the onset of symptoms either to anistreplase or anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator complex (APSAC), 30 U over 5 minutes, or to conventional heparin therapy, 5000 IU in bolus injectio...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bassand JP,Bernard Y,Lusson JR,Machecourt J,Cassagnes J,Borel E

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Marfan's syndrome is an inherited disorder of connective tissue associated with characteristic abnormalities of the skeletal, ocular, and cardiovascular systems. Marked clinical variability and age dependency of all manifestations of Marfan's syndrome may render the unequivocal diagnosis difficult in mildly ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Mercuro G,Carpiniello B,Ruscazio M,Zoncu S,Montisci R,Rudas N,Cherchi A

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the potential benefit of a preferential pulmonary vasodilatory effect of nifedipine in 4 patients with Eisenmenger syndrome complicating ventricular septal defect. First-pass radionuclide scan was performed at rest to measure intracardiac shunting before and after nifedipine. Two hours after 20 mg subl...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wong CK,Yeung DW,Lau CP,Cheng CH,Leung WH

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the case of a patient who developed postinfarction left ventricular free wall rupture and cardiac tamponade. He was managed conservatively, made a successful recovery, and is alive and asymptomatic 10 months after the index episode. Only 17 cases in which the patients survived subacute rupture of...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Mathew TP,Johnston PW,Khan MM,Adgey AA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of inadvertent permanent ventricular pacing from the coronary vein is not known. In a retrospective analysis of 69 patients in whom transvenous pacemakers were implanted between 1979 and 1986, 12 patients were discovered to have right bundle-branch block pattern to the paced complexes on electrocardiogra...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Shettigar UR,Loungani RR,Smith CA

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have suggested that immunoassay of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) provides a more sensitive measurement of myocardial necrosis than creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) mass concentration. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of this study was to compare the release of cTnT and CK-MB isoenzyme in patients undergoing perc...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Abbas SA,Glazier JJ,Wu AH,Dupont C,Green SF,Pearsall LA,Waters DD,McKay RG

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasodilating prostaglandins may be increased in patients with chronic congestive heart failure (CHF) to balance out the effects of vasoconstricting forces. Significant increases in plasma levels of bicycloprostaglandin E2 metabolite (PGEm), a chemically stable degradation product of the vasodilating prostaglandin E2, ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Stanek B,Punzengruber C,Silberbauer K

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), despite adequate anticoagulation, ischemic stroke (IS) is an uncommon yet concerning occurrence. HYPOTHESIS:Specific laboratory parameters may affect the efficacy of warfarin despite therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) in patient with AF who present wi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Aachi RV,Birnbaum LA,Topel CH,Seifi A,Hafeez S,Behrouz R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old man was investigated for dyspnea on exertion and the presence of a pansystolic murmur. Physical examination revealed dextrocardia confirmed by chest radiograph, which also showed oligemic right lung field. Subsequent cardiac catheterization revealed secundum atrial septal defect, persistent left sided su...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yip AS,Chow WH,Lee DF,Cheung KL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Randomized Endo-vein Graft Prospective (REGROUP) trial (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01850082) is a randomized, intent-to-treat, 2-arm, parallel-design, multicenter study funded by the Cooperative Studies Program (CSP No. 588) of the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Cardiac surgeons at 16 Veterans Affairs (VA) medical ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Zenati MA,Gaziano JM,Collins JF,Biswas K,Gabany JM,Quin JA,Bitondo JM,Bakaeen FG,Kelly RF,Shroyer AL,Bhatt DL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of body fat distribution on left ventricular (LV) mass and geometry has been recently recognized. However, data regarding circulating inflammatory markers in relation to regional visceral fat deposits, which are metabolically active tissues that can impact cardiac structural remodeling, remain spa...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Lai YH,Liu CC,Kuo JY,Hung TC,Wu YJ,Yeh HI,Bulwer BE,Hung CL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Echocardiography plays an important role in the diagnostic work up of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). We sought to determine the left ventricular (LV) diastolic profile by echocardiography in patients diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to PH-HFpEF. HYPOTHESIS:The study of...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Raeisi-Giglou P,Lam L,Tamarappoo BK,Newman J,Dweik RA,Tonelli AR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relatively little information is available concerning the incidence of sudden death in athletes in the United States. The present study provides annual incidence rates of sudden athletic deaths in Marion County, Indiana, home of Indianapolis, the "amateur sports capital of the world." The overall incidence was 0.04% (...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Waller BF,Hawley DA,Clark MA,Pless JE

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation is a key factor in the development of atherosclerotic disease and acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The P2Y(12) receptor antagonists ticagrelor (AZD6140) and clopidogrel may have anti-inflammatory effects. The objective of this analysis from the Dose Confirmation Study Assessing Anti-Platelet Effe...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Husted S,Storey RF,Harrington RA,Emanuelsson H,Cannon CP

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although nocturnal pulseoximetry is routinely performed in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), pulseoximetry over a 24-h period has not been studied. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of the study was to determine whether simultaneous 24-h oxygen desaturation and electrocardiographic (ECG) recording might be used...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Noda A,Ito R,Okada T,Yasuma F,Nakashima N,Yokota M

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is still the number-one killer in the world, and clinical trials indicate that it is preventable. Mortality and morbidity can be reduced by at least 30% to 40% by treating known risk factors. Genetic susceptibility is claimed to account for 50% of predisposition. The challenge of preventi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Roberts R,Stewart AF

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00