Global T-wave inversion: limited QT dispersion despite QTc prolongation--a correlate of benignity in patients with strikingly abnormal electrocardiograms.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antihypertensive effect of a new calcium antagonist, clentiazem, on inpatients or outpatients with essential hypertension. After blood pressure was stable and greater than 160/95 mmHg with placebo for at least a 2-week observation period, oral clentiazem was administered o...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kawakita S,Kinoshita M,Ishikawa H,Kagoshima T,Katori R,Ishikawa K,Hirota Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two patient series including 809 and 327 patients, respectively, with acute myocardial infarction we have compared those who died in myocardial rupture (verified at autopsy, Group A) with those who died without rupture (autopsied, Group B), and those who survived hospitalization (Group C) with regard to previous hi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Herlitz J,Samuelsson SO,Richter A,Hjalmarson A

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether more severe coronary atherosclerosis is a prerequisite to an initial acute coronary event in women vs men. HYPOTHESIS:Women may have more severe coronary atherosclerosis than men in patients with acute coronary event. METHODS:We used intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) to...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sun R,Sun L,Fu Y,Liu H,Xu M,Ren X,Yu H,Dong H,Liu Y,Zhu Y,Tian J,Yu B

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, which is not fully explained by traditional risk factors; hence, the interest in nontraditional risk factors such as inflammation and insulin resistance (IR). Though IR is shown in nondiabetic CKD, its association wi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Banerjee D,Recio-Mayoral A,Chitalia N,Kaski JC

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sertraline is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor with established safety for the treatment of depression. Among the common adverse effects associated with sertraline are nausea, insomnia, diarrhea, somnolence, and dizziness. Cardiac arrest had not been reported in the literature, although tachycardia was frequen...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kocabay G,Yildiz M,Eksi Duran N,Ozkan M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Internal cardioversion of atrial fibrillation with direct current energy has become an increasingly employed technique for patients who fail external cardioversion. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of this study was to determine whether internal cardioversion could be avoided by careful attention to cardioversion tec...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Verdino RJ,Teuteberg JJ,Burke MC,Kopp DE,Johnson CT,Lin AC,Alberts M,Kall JG,Wilber DJ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Hemophilus influenzae infections have long been considered to be a disease of childhood, recent reports have demonstrated an increasing frequency of serious Hemophilus influenzae infections in adults. A case of purulent H. influenzae pericarditis in a previously healthy adult without evidence of concurrent H....

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sink JD,Spray TL,Rankin JS

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:QT dispersion (QTd = QTmax-QTmin) measured as interlead variability of QT interval reflects the spatial inhomogeneity of ventricular repolarization times, and increased QTd may provide a substrate for malignant ventricular arrhythmias. Ischemia is associated with regional abnormalities of conduction and repo...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Aytemir K,Bavafa V,Ozer N,Aksoyek S,Oto A,Ozmen F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) has shown to predict outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). Left ventricular recovery (LVR) has shown to improve prognosis. HYPOTHESIS:Guideline-directed medical therapy will predict LVR in patients with HF and reduced LVEF. METHODS:We studied 244 patients w...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Valika A,Paprockas K,Villines D,Costanzo MR

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac anatomy and rhythm were evaluated in the fetuses of 18 pregnant women (between 20 and 42 weeks of gestation) referred because of abnormal fetal heart rate or rhythm. Utilizing a 3 MHz two-dimensional scan head with M-mode capability, M-mode recordings were obtained at paper speeds of 50 and 100 mm/s from 16 fe...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Crowley DC,Dick M,Rayburn WF,Rosenthal A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brugada syndrome (BrS) is associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD). Although implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation is recommended, the long-term outcomes and follow-up data with regard to ICD complications have led to controversy. HYPOTHESIS:In the present study, we described the data ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： El-Battrawy I,Roterberg G,Liebe V,Ansari U,Lang S,Zhou X,Borggrefe M,Akin I

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Randomized controlled trials showed the nonvitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC) edoxaban was effective and safe for stroke and systemic embolism prevention in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) and for the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE; including pulmonary embolism and deep vein th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： De Caterina R,Agnelli G,Laeis P,Unverdorben M,Rauer H,Wang CC,Nakamura M,Chiu KM,Reimitz PE,Koretsune Y,Chen C,Thee U,Kaburagi J,Kim YH,Choi WI,Yamashita T,Cohen A,Kirchhof P

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Investigate the usefulness of echocardiography and acoustic cardiography to monitor patients exposed to anthracycline chemotherapy. HYPOTHESIS:Serial echocardiographies to monitor systolic function may not be neccessary in all patients undergoing anthracycline chemotherapy. METHODS:In a prospective study, ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Toggweiler S,Odermatt Y,Brauchlin A,Zander T,Müller A,Zuber M,Winterhalder R,Erne P

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preventive cardiology is currently not an American Board of Medical Specialties-recognized subspecialty. However, several programs offer non-accredited fellowships throughout the country. No source currently exists listing all available programs, and finding programs requires time-intensive search strategies...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pack QR,Keteyian SJ,McBride PE

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early recurrence of atrial fibrillation (ERAF) after catheter ablation is common and has been thoroughly studied. However, very late recurrence of atrial fibrillation (VLRAF) is rarely researched, and its characteristics have not been determined. HYPOTHESIS:The aim of this study was to investigate the clini...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Tao H,Liu X,Dong J,Long D,Tang R,Zheng B,Kang J,Yu R,Tian Y,Ma C

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension in the rural adults of Liaoning province of China. METHODS:The study was conducted in 2004-2006, using a multistage cluster sampling method to select a representative sample. A total of 45925 adults, 35 years or o...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sun Z,Zheng L,Wei Y,Li J,Zhang X,Zhang X,Liu S,Xu C,Li J,Zhao F,Dong G,Hu D,Sun Y

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of transient myocardial ischemia on left ventricular function was examined by digital subtraction left ventricular angiography. Contrast medium was injected into the right pulmonary artery before, at 60 seconds of balloon inflation, and 10 minutes after balloon deflation. A total of 69 patients completed th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kitazume H,Kubo I,Iwama T,Ageishi Y,Suzuki A

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In many cardiac catheterization laboratories interventional procedures are performed at a date later than the diagnostic study, causing increased hospital days and costs. Few data exist which compare procedural success, complications, and costs between procedures performed at the time of diagnostic study and...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Panchamukhi VB,Flaker GC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primum non nocere. Atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs commonly following coronary artery bypass graft surgery, although new onset atrial fibrillation in this setting is usually transient. When AF reverts or is converted to sinus rhythm it is unlikely to recur, whether or not the patient takes preventive medication. As no...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Humphries JO

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant lymphoma commonly involves the heart. Previous studies have found cardiac metastases in up to 20% of patients dying with lymphoma. Cardiac signs and symptoms of lymphoma are relatively rare, however, and in most cases, the diagnosis is made either postmortem or too late to affect the clinical course. This re...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Giudici MC,Sadler RL,Robken JA,Ahearn MA,Sekharan R,Kovach G

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, several treadmill scores have been proposed as means for improving the diagnostic accuracy of the exercise treadmill test (ETT). Questions remain regarding the diagnostic accuracy of treadmill scores when applied to a different patient population than that from which they were derived; furthermore,...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fearon WF,Gauri AJ,Myers J,Raxwal VK,Atwood JE,Froelicher VF

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the accuracy of two-dimensional echocardiography (2-D echo) for assessment of exercise-induced wall motion abnormalities in patients with coronary artery disease, the results of stress echocardiography were compared with exercise cineventriculography. In 56 consecutive patients, biplane cineventriculograp...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Voelker W,Jacksch R,Dittmann H,Karsch KR

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The introduction of drug-eluting stents (DES) dramatically changed the practice of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the 2000s. Little is known about trends in in-hospital outcome after PCI in the DES era. HYPOTHESIS:The in-hospital outcomes after PCI might be continuously improved over time. MET...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Liu SW,Xu B,Chen J,Hu FH,Wu YJ,Li JJ,Yang YJ,Chen JL,Gao RL,Qiao SB

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1350 patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction, serum potassium levels during the first 3 days in hospital was correlated to clinical history and clinical course. A higher incidence of hypokalemia was observed in women, in patients with hypertension, and in those on chronic diuretic treatment. Patients wi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Herlitz J,Hjalmarson A,Bengtson A

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with severe pulmonary hypertension secondary to the CREST syndrome variant of scleroderma is described. Acute reductions in both pulmonary artery pressure and total pulmonary resistance were seen with nifedipine and oxygen administration. Reductions in resistance were maintained for over one month with this ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Morrison D,Goldman S,Alepa FP

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with reversible coronary artery spasm superimposed on fixed atherosclerotic coronary disease was treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. The procedure successfully dilated the atherosclerotic lesion. However, 20 minutes later, the patient developed coronary artery spasm at the angioplasty site. S...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kern KB,Temkin LP,Fenster PE

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of hypertension continues to be challenging due to the lack of understanding regarding underlying modulators of blood pressure as well as co-existing conditions such as atherosclerosis and diabetes. This has led to uncertainty regarding treatment strategy and intensity. The INternational VErapamil SR/tra...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kolloch RE

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The normal and dilated heart behaves as a single functional unit during preload reduction: volume unloading in the setting of diastolic ventricular interaction allows for increased left ventricular (LV) filling. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that reduction of venous return induced by a physiologic stimulus (ti...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pepi M,Tamborini G,Maltagliati A,Guazzi M,Berna G,Susini F,Muratori M,Celeste F

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage has rarely been reported as a complication of thrombolytic therapy. Recently, two patients who developed this complication were observed at our institution. This diagnosis should be considered in any post-thrombolytic patient with respiratory distress, diffuse pulmonary infiltrates, and an...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gopalakrishnan D,Tioran T,Emanuel C,Clark VL

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previously, the high maternal mortality in cardiac patients who became pregnant prompted the assertion: Women with an abnormal heart should not become pregnant. This long-standing notion needs to be revised today. HYPOTHESIS:The study was undertaken to ascertain the experience with a large series of pregnan...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Avila WS,Rossi EG,Ramires JA,Grinberg M,Bortolotto MR,Zugaib M,da Luz PL

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00