On the determinants of mortality at the population level.

abstract：:Background: This study aimed to examine the value of prognostic nutritional index (PNI) as a predictor of outcomes in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).Methods: We prospectively followed consecutive adult patients admitted to the cardiology outpatient units with HFPEF. Echocardiograph...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Zencirkiran Agus H,Kahraman S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereological methods under light and electron microscopy have been used to study the ventricular myocardium of rats exhausted by swimming exercise. The proportion of myocardial cell/interstitium diminishes with the exercise. This result is interpreted as a consequence of an intercellular edema which becomes more pron...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Lucena MC,Paniagua R

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genesis of the fourth heart sound (S4) is commonly related to the rapid set in vibration of the left ventricular walls, resulting from the rapid inflow of the blood due to the atrial contraction (Nishimura et al., 1989). S4 can be recorded in normal young subjects as an expression of physiologic atrial dynamics bu...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Baracca E,Scorzoni D,Brunazzi MC,Sgobino P,Longhini L,Fratti D,Longhini C

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse intra-alveolar haemorrhage is a rare complication of thrombolytic therapy (TT). We report a patient who developed haemoptysis due to pulmonary haemorrhage. This diagnosis should be considered in any patients with respiratory distress, diffuse pulmonary infiltrates, and haemoptysis and otherwise unexplained dec...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Baran I,Ozdemir B,Coşkun S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 15-year-old boy who was admitted to the neurology department had multiple cerebral infarcts on cranial magnetic resonance imaging. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed myocardial thickening and apical thrombus in the left ventricle suggesting Loeffler endocarditis. There was remarkable hypereosinophilia on the ha...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Aydoğdu S,Uçar O,Cetin M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The coronary slow flow phenomenon is an angiographic finding characterized by delayed distal vessel opacification in the absence of significant epicardial coronary disease, and is an important clinical entity because it may be the cause of angina at rest or during exercise, acute myocardial infarction, and h...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Yilmaz H,Demir I,Uyar Z

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is a revision of the patterns of the jugular and hepatic tracings, two non-invasive tracings of the venous system. The study was performed in 40 subjects; 30 of them were normal while 10 had minor conditions affecting the left heart. The time of onset and peak of the various waves was statistically e...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Luisada AA,Singhal A,Kim K

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the clinical significance of recovery systolic blood pressure (SBP) ratio, obtained dividing the recovery SBP at 1st (R1/A) or 3rd min (R3/A) by the peak exercise SBP (before stopping), during upright bicycle exercise in 530 subjects (ranging from 17 to 73 years). Our results may be summarized as follo...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Romano M,Caiazzo MR,Di Maro T,De Arcangelis E,Carella G,Golia B,Chiariello M,Condorelli M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though cardiac involvement is a frequent finding in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) at the wheel-chair-bound stage, left ventricular hypertrabeculation (LVHT) has not been reported. The patient is a 28-year-old male with the typical clinical features of end stage DMD. Since the age of 16 years he requi...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Finsterer J,Gelpi E,Stöllberger C

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular aneurysms are common in clinical practice. Although their underlying aetiology is generally clear by the clinical context, it can be hard to define the exact cause in some cases. We report a case of a patient in whom cardiac MRI provided important information about the differential diagnosis of a left...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Kaplan A,Aslanger E,Polat N,Dursun M,Umman B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cigarette smoking increases the synthesis of angiotensin-1 converting enzyme (ACE) and induces oxidative modifications of the apolipoprotein E (apo E).Thus we explored the gene-environment interactions between APOE gene epsilon and ACE gene insertion/deletion polymorphisms and cigarette smoking in coronary ar...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Zak I,Niemiec P,Balcerzyk A,Krauze J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to define the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in atherosclerotic plaque rupture in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), we evaluated the amount of this system, of the main inflammatory cells, of the collagen content and some indexes indicative of oxidative stress in the carotid plaques of bo...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Marfella R,Cacciapuoti F,Grassia A,Manfredi E,De Maio G,Caruso G,Pepe M,Nittolo G,Cacciapuoti F

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In order to detect myocardial viability in coronary artery disease patients (CAD) with a previous myocardial infarction and dysfunction of the left ventricle (LV), the reliability of the left atrioventricular plane displacement (LAVPD) during low dose dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE), was validated. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Bouki K,Kranidis A,Kostopoulos K,Rondogianni F,Giannopoulou H,Antonelis J,Fehske W,Tavernarakis A,Kesse M,Anthopoulos L

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracorporeal Ultrafiltration Method (ECUM) could be used in patients with refractory congestive heart failure (CHF). We have encountered a 56-year-old woman with refractory congestive heart failure (CHF) (NYHA II-III) due to coronary artery disease, complicated by moderately advanced diabetic nephropathy (Cr = 2.4 m...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Kuriyama S,Tomonari H,Utsunomia Y,Matsui K,Sakai O

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva with an interarterial course is a rather rare congenital anomaly. Treatment strategies are determined by the risk of sudden cardiac death and the presence of cardiac ischaemia. We present two cases of middle-aged patients who were diagnos...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： De Pooter J,Van Driessche L,Bartunek J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Color-coded liquid plastic was injected intraparenchymally (not into the blood vessels) into more than 300 hearts of homeotherms--including dog, cat, sheep, beef, horse, mammalian dolphins, chickens, turkeys, etc. The organization of the hearts of all these species appears to be similar. After injection of a heart seg...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Rodbard S

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Since many years catheter ablation is widely used for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), however, long-term follow-up data of ablation techniques are rare. This study presents a 10-year follow-up period in patients treated for paroxysmal AF (PAF) with point-by-point pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) u...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Vroomen M,van Rosmalen F,Schröder J,Philippens S,Delhaas T,Crijns HJ,Pison L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The beneficial effect of pentoxifylline (PTX) on ischaemic-reperfusion injury was assessed in a rat model of transient global cerebral ischaemia. DESIGN:Randomized, controlled, prospective study. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Thirty-six male Wistar albino rats. INTERVENTIONS:Ischaemia w...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Sirin BH,Yilik L,Coşkun E,Ortaç R,Sirin H

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Patients with chest pain are risk-stratified using serial high-sensitivity troponin (T) assays (hsTnT). Those with change in (Δ)hsTnT <20% are often categorised as low-risk and are less likely to be managed as acute coronary syndromes (ACS). We sought to characterise such a population of 'low-risk' chest p...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Weir RAP,Osmanska J,Docherty KF,Petrie CJ

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between March 1982 and March 1991, 225 heart transplantations (HTx) have been performed in 220 patients suffering end stage cardiac disease. Thirteen percent were females and 87% were males. Age range was from 5 to 68 years. The underlying cardiac disease was ischemic cardiopathy in 51.5%, congestive dilated cardiomyo...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Primo G,Le Clerc JL,Antoine M,De Smet JM,Joris M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of cigarette smoking on the circadian rhythm of heart rate variability (HRV) are not known. METHODS:We studied the effects of cigarette smoking on the circadian rhythm of HRV in 24 smoking and 21 non-smoking healthy subjects. Twenty-four hour ambulatory electrocardiograms were recorded and time ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Eryonucu B,Bilge M,Güler N,Uzun K,Gencer M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Defibrillation threshold testing (DT) following implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation has not shown to improve mortality. However, the impact of DT on burden of heart failure (HF) hospitalisations has not been well defined.Methods: We studied retrospectively consecutive patients who und...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Akdemir B,Li Y,Krishnan B,Adabag S,Tholakanahalli V,Benditt DG,Li JM

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBJECTIVE; ; The objective of this study was to identify developmental changes in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) during aneurysm formation using an elastase-induced rabbit carotid artery aneurysm model. METHODS:- Aneurysms were induced in carotid arteries of rabbits by exposure to elastase. Tissues fro...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Jiao L,Xu Z,Xu F,Zhang S,Wu K

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The role of adenosine as a cardioprotective agent is well known and recent experimental studies suggest that impairment of adenosine-related signal transduction contributes to the pathophysiology of chronic heart failure. The recent observation of an association between ADA, genetic polymorphism and coronary...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Saccucci P,Binczak-Kuleta A,Banci M,Krzysztalowska M,Dofcaci A,Safranow K,Magrini A,Loniewska B,Kornacewicz-Jach Z,Chlubek D,Bottini E,Ciechanowicz A,Gloria-Bottini F

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that the circulating white blood cell (WBC) and neutrophil counts are related to left ventricular (LV) indices in patients with the same risk area for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), we examined 100 consecutive AMI patients who had the culprit lesion at segment 6 according to the Ame...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Uesugi T,Iwasaki K,Murakami M,Yamamoto K,Kusachi S,Murakami T,Obika M,Kamikawa S,Miyoshi T,Shiratori Y

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen asymptomatic patients affected by isolated chronic aortic regurgitation received 20 mg of nifedipine sublingually: the acute hemodynamic effects of nifedipine were evaluated by combined cross-sectional and Doppler echocardiography. To assess variations in the regurgitant flow volume, the flow volume across th...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Gentile F,Ornaghi M,Esposti D,Triulzi MO

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) also in subjects without traditional risk factors leads to a search for new risk factors. Tenascin-C (TNC), an extracellular matrix glycoprotein is normally found in very low concentrations in tissues and serum of adults, whereas its expression is enhanced in case of ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Ozmen Yildiz P,Yildiz I,Ozmen C,Karabacak M,Doven O

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most accessory pathways in pre-excitation syndrome are capable of antegrade conduction from atrium to ventricle, and identified by characteristic ECG abnormalities such as a delta wave (ventricular pre-excitation) and a shortened PR interval.Therefore, the traditional diagnosis method is to detect the initial changes ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Liu R,Chen J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiographic findings in a patient with familial amyloidosis. The diagnosis was made by the clinical picture and histologic evidence of amyloid in peripheral nerve biopsy. Though the patient had no clinical sign of heart failure, extensive involvement of the heart was demo...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Piérard L,Verheugt FW,Meltzer RS,Roelandt J

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine similarities in the effect of yellow wine as compared to statin and the possibility that yellow wine inhibits tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-induced nitric oxide (NO) synthesis, endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Zhao F,Ji Z,Chi J,Tang W,Zhai X,Meng L,Guo H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00