How to use ACE-inhibitors, beta-blockers, and newer therapies in AMI.

abstract：:Hemodynamic and echocardiographic data from 33 consecutive patients undergoing cardiac transplantation were correlated with endomyocardial biopsy results to determine whether reversible restrictive hemodynamics accompany histologic evidence of transplant rejection. During the study period 251 biopsy specimens were obt...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wilensky RL,Bourdillon PD,O'Donnell JA,Sharp SM,Armstrong WF,Fineberg NS,Himes V,Waller BF

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diameter pulse waveforms (DPWs) are known to reflect the pressure waveforms at the target vessel. Our purpose was to clarify the usefulness of DPWs recorded noninvasively from the fetal inferior vena cava (IVC) for detecting cardiac function. METHODS:A paired ultrasonic phase-locked echo tracking system...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mori A,Uchida N,Ishiguro Y,Atsuko T,Kanako M,Mikio M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to investigate the efficacy of alteplase double-bolus dosing compared with the front-loaded 90-minute infusion regimen in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Recent pilot studies have suggested that bolus dosing may provide improved efficacy in establishing early, complete, and...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bleich SD,Adgey AA,McMechan SR,Love TW

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 2020 American Heart Association Impact Goal aims to improve cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20% while reducing deaths from cardiovascular disease and stroke by 20%. A large step toward this goal would be to better understand and take advantage of the significant intersection between behavior an...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bansilal S,Vedanthan R,Kovacic JC,Soto AV,Latina J,Björkegren JLM,Jaslow R,Santana M,Sartori S,Giannarelli C,Mani V,Hajjar R,Schadt E,Kasarskis A,Fayad ZA,Fuster V

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Furthermore, patients with T2DM and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) have a particularly high risk of CV events. The glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist, lixisenatide, improves glyc...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bentley-Lewis R,Aguilar D,Riddle MC,Claggett B,Diaz R,Dickstein K,Gerstein HC,Johnston P,Køber LV,Lawson F,Lewis EF,Maggioni AP,McMurray JJ,Ping L,Probstfield JL,Solomon SD,Tardif JC,Wu Y,Pfeffer MA,ELIXA Investigat

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetic nephropathy is associated with increased cardiovascular events. Coronary atherosclerosis is responsible for many of these events, but other mechanisms such as impaired flow reserve may be involved. The purpose of this study was to define the prevalence and mechanism of abnormal coronary velocity res...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ragosta M,Samady H,Isaacs RB,Gimple LW,Sarembock IJ,Powers ER

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few telemedicine programs have undergone cost analyses, impeding their implementation into practice. We report on the economic analysis of a nurse-administered intervention designed to improve blood pressure control among hypertensive veterans. METHODS:We randomized hypertensive patients at the Durham Veter...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Datta SK,Oddone EZ,Olsen MK,Orr M,McCant F,Gentry P,Bosworth HB

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and necropsy findings are described in eight patients who lived 20 to 31 years (mean 24 years) after healing of a transmural acute myocardial infarct. Two had left ventricular aneurysms and one had both right and left ventricular infarcts. Survival for 2 decades or more after healing of a transmural acute myo...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： McManus BM,Roberts WC

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new radiopaque, highly flexible balloon-expandable tantalum stent was tested. Thirty-six of 40 stents were successfully deployed percutaneously in the coronary arteries of 31 dogs. The dogs were given aspirin before, intravenous heparin during, and aspirin alone after the procedure. One dog died at 24 hours because ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Muhlestein JB,Phillips HR,Quigley PJ,Bauman RP,Gammon RS,Chapman GD,Mikat EM,Palmos LE,Overman AB,Stack RS

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our experience with the use of five new antiarrhythmic drugs for treating life-threatening arrhythmias in children will be briefly reviewed. Prevention of recurrent episodes of atrial flutter with digoxin and local anesthetic antiarrhythmic drugs often is only moderately successful, benefiting 65% of patients. Amiodar...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Moak JP,Smith RT,Garson A Jr

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A common regimen for patients requiring dual-antiplatelet therapy who are at risk for gastrointestinal complications is the synchronous administration of enteric-coated (EC) aspirin, a proton pump inhibitor, and clopidogrel, although proton pump inhibitors have the potential for pharmacodynamic interaction w...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gurbel PA,Bliden KP,Fort JG,Jeong YH,Shuldiner A,Chai S,Gesheff T,Antonino M,Gesheff M,Zhang Y,Tantry US

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our hypothesis was that the postoperative abnormalities in septal motion observed by M-mode echocardiography (MME) are due to changes of either ventricular shape or of total cardiac motion within the thorax. We obtained preoperative and early and late postoperative MME and two-dimensional echocardiograms on 25 patient...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kerber RE,Litchfield R

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of blood medium on tissue ablation by a pulsed dye laser and its selectivity for atheroma were investigated. The role of shock waves on tissue ablation was also evaluated. Normal and atherosclerotic human aortas were irradiated by a 480 nm pulsed dye laser activated at 5 Hz. The laser was coupled with a ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Tomaru T,Geschwind HJ,Lange F,Boussignac G

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The follow-up of patients with mitral and tricuspid regurgitation is important for their clinical treatment. We aimed to evaluate the reproducibility of the flow convergence method in mitral and tricuspid regurgitation. METHODS:The proximal flow convergence region was imaged with color Doppler ultrasound sc...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Grossmann G,Hoffmeister A,Imhof A,Giesler M,Hombach V,Spiess J

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma concentrations of immunoreactive alpha-human atrial natriuretic polypeptide (i alpha-hANP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) were measured in 70 patients with heart disease. Plasma concentrations of i alpha-hANP were directly related to the severity of heart disease (F = 29.61, p less than 0.001). Plasm...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hirata Y,Ishii M,Matsuoka H,Sugimoto T,Iizuka M,Uchida Y,Serizawa T,Sato H,Kohmoto O,Mochizuki T

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potential antiarrhythmic effects of calcium (slow-channel)-blocking drugs ca be indirect or direct. The indirect effect would affect ischemia-induced arrhythmias by improving myocardial perfusion or decreasing myocardial oxygen consumption. The direct effect would affect the electrical activity of the sinoatrial (SA) ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Surawicz B

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have generated inconsistent results when attempting to define predictors of stroke and death in patients with endocarditis. We sought to examine the relationship between vegetation 2-dimensional size and stroke in those with infective endocarditis (IE) and to identify differences between aor...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cabell CH,Pond KK,Peterson GE,Durack DT,Corey GR,Anderson DJ,Ryan T,Lukes AS,Sexton DJ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) need to be risk stratified to deliver the most appropriate therapy. The GRACE and TIMI risk scores have penetrated contemporary guidelines with the former most commonly used in clinical practice. However, ACS prediction models need to be re-evaluated in contemporary practice...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bawamia B,Mehran R,Qiu W,Kunadian V

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stent delivery system (SDS) is a sheath-covered Palmaz-Schatz stent mounted on a 3.0, 3.5, or 4.0 mm compliant polyethylene balloon catheter; the balloon resists maximal inflation pressures of 5.7, 6.2, or 6.0 atm, respectively. It is postulated that these pressures are too low to obtain optimal stent deployment. ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kiemeneij F,Laarman G,Slagboom T

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the impact of adjunctive high-dose glucose-insulin-potassium (GIK) on ST-segment elevation resolution in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS:As part of a randomized controlled trial of GIK versus no GIK in patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary int...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： van der Horst IC,De Luca G,Ottervanger JP,de Boer MJ,Hoorntje JC,Suryapranata H,Dambrink JH,Gosselink AT,Zijlstra F,van 't Hof AW

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are at increased risk of anxiety disorders. In turn, anxiety has been identified as a precipitant of ventricular arrhythmias. Anxiety may in part be attributed to concerns about the ICD firing, but the relationship between ICD concerns, psychologi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pedersen SS,van Domburg RT,Theuns DA,Jordaens L,Erdman RA

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Protocols incorporating high-sensitivity troponin to guide decision making in the disposition of patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in the emergency department have received a lot of attention. Traditionally, patients with chest pain have required long periods of observation in emergency ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Papendick C,Blyth A,Seshadri A,Edmonds MJR,Briffa T,Cullen L,Quinn S,Karnon J,Chuang A,Nelson AJ,Horsfall M,Morton E,Chew DP

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The activated coagulation time (ACT) is a rapid measurement of a patient's level of heparin anticoagulation during cardiac catheterization. Patients receiving warfarin therapy occasionally are seen at the catheterization laboratory for emergent procedures. The effects of warfarin on ACT activity have not bee...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Chang RJ,Doherty TM,Goldberg SL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects and possible mechanisms of actions of indomethacin on systemic and coronary hemodynamics were studied in 17 patients with coronary artery disease. Group I patients (12) were given either indomethacin or placebo in the absence of prior cyclooxygenase inhibition and group II (five) were given indomethacin af...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Forman MB,Uderman H,Jackson EK,Roy L,Bostick D,Robertson D,Robertson RM

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the role of oxidative stress in exercise intolerance in patients with heart failure, a symptom-limited exercise test was performed with a bicycle ergometer in 12 patients with heart failure and in 7 members of a healthy control group. Level of plasma malondialdehyde, a marker of lipid peroxidation, at rest w...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Nishiyama Y,Ikeda H,Haramaki N,Yoshida N,Imaizumi T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute pericarditis is common, yet uncertainty persists on its treatment. We thus aimed to conduct a comprehensive systematic review on pharmacologic treatments for acute or recurrent pericarditis. METHODS:Controlled clinical studies were searched in several databases and were included provided they focused ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lotrionte M,Biondi-Zoccai G,Imazio M,Castagno D,Moretti C,Abbate A,Agostoni P,Brucato AL,Di Pasquale P,Raatikka M,Sangiorgi G,Laudito A,Sheiban I,Gaita F

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exotic strain of Trypanosoma cruzi recovered from Triatoma dimidiata from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, was shown by isoenzyme studies to be closely related to the Miles' zymodeme 1 and laboratory reference strain Tehuantepec. It was injected into Swiss random-bred ICR mice. Clean Triatoma protracta nymphs and adults, whi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Theis JH,Tibayrenc M,Ault SK,Mason DT

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of endogenous plasma catecholamines in patients with severe congestive heart failure induce a down-regulation of the myocardial beta-adrenoreceptors and thus cause adrenoreceptor agonists, such as dobutamine, to be less effective in the treatment of these patients. Phosphodiesterase III inhibitors work ind...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mager G,Klocke RK,Kux A,Höpp HW,Hilger HH

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic periodontal infection is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease. Although the mechanism responsible for the relationship between periodontal disease and cardiovascular events is not fully understood, it is hypothesized that the chronic inflammatory burden of periodontal disease m...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Elter JR,Hinderliter AL,Offenbacher S,Beck JD,Caughey M,Brodala N,Madianos PN

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00