Cigarette smoking status and outcome among patients with acute coronary syndromes without persistent ST-segment elevation: effect of inhibition of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa with eptifibatide. The PURSUIT trial investigators.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our goal was to evaluate cross-sectionally the association between ideal risk factor (IRF) profile and the presence and severity of subclinical atherosclerosis measured as coronary artery calcium (CAC) in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health. METHODS:We included 4,077 participants with no prior ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bensenor IM,Goulart AC,Santos IS,Bittencourt MS,Pereira AC,Santos RD,Nasir K,Blankstein R,Lotufo PA

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to investigate long-term (≥5 years) outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) using a meta-analysis from updated published randomized trials. Our data showed that the risk of all-cause death as well as cardi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kuno T,Ueyama H,Rao SV,Cohen MG,Tamis-Holland JE,Thompson C,Takagi H,Bangalore S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The long-term fate of patent irradiated segments at 6 months after beta-radiation therapy has not been sufficiently evaluated. METHODS:Two-year follow-up angiography was performed in 52 patients with patent irradiated segments at 6 months after beta-radiation with a rhenium 188-mercaptoacetyltriglycine-fill...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lee SW,Park SW,Hong MK,Kim YH,Han KH,Kim J,Park JH,Oh SJ,Moon DH,Oh SJ,Lee CW,Kim JJ,Park SJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study is to assess trends in evidence-based therapy use and short- and long-term mortality over time among older patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). BACKGROUND:With the prevalence of national quality improvement efforts, the use of evidence-based ther...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Chin CT,Wang TY,Chen AY,Mathews R,Alexander KP,Roe MT,Peterson ED

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen free radical scavengers have been found to decrease infarct size in dogs subjected to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. A baboon open-chest model was used to determine if superoxide dismutase (SOD), an oxygen free radical scavenger, together with catalase would be equally effective in subhuman primates (b...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Watanabe BI,Premaratne S,Limm W,Mugiishi MM,McNamara JJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge of pressure gradients across valves, arteries, and ventricular septal defects (VSD) is important in patient management. It was determined how well such gradients can be estimated by auscultation of a murmur's frequencies. METHODS:In 151 patients with pulmonary stenosis (PS) (n = 77), aortic stenos...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Phoon CK

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability to return to work after infective endocarditis (IE) holds important socioeconomic consequences for both patients and society, yet data on this issue are sparse. We examined return to the workforce and associated factors in IE patients of working age. METHODS:Using Danish nationwide registries, w...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Butt JH,Kragholm K,Dalager-Pedersen M,Rørth R,Kristensen SL,Chaudry MS,Valeur N,Østergaard L,Torp-Pedersen C,Gislason GH,Køber L,Fosbøl EL

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of vascular closure devices (VCDs) for the reduction of access site complications following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains controversial. Patients undergoing primary PCI for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are at high risk of femoral artery complications. A ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Prada-Delgado Ó,Estévez-Loureiro R,Calviño-Santos R,Barge-Caballero E,Salgado-Fernández J,Piñón-Esteban P,Vázquez-Rodríguez JM,Aldama-López G,Flores-Ríos X,Soler-Martín MR,Vázquez-González N,Castro-Beiras A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. A 4-year-old boy with the congenital partial defect of the left pericardium who presented with myocardial infarction, died of incarceration of the left ventricle. 2. This is the fourth reported case of death from this anomaly in the world. 3. Because this anomaly occasionally causes sudden death, it is important to...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Saito R,Hotta F

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), a member of the endothelial-specific growth factors with the greatest mitogenic activity, may play a role in the protection and/or repair of vascular endothelial cells injured by atherosclerosis. As a result, plasma HGF concentration may increase in response to endothelial cel...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Tateishi J,Waku S,Masutani M,Ohyanagi M,Iwasaki T

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with multifocal atrial tachycardia received 7 to 12 gm of magnesium sulfate intravenously over a 5-hour period. Potassium supplements were given initially or added later. Initial arterial blood gases showed mean pH 7.48 +/- 0.03, PcO2 39.7 torr, PO2 72 torr, HCO-3 29.8 +/- 4.5 mEq/L, and base excess 6.8...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Iseri LT,Fairshter RD,Hardemann JL,Brodsky MA

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen has long been assumed beneficial for all ill and injured patients. However, hyperoxia may be harmful and aggravate myocardial injury such as that caused by myocardial infarction. We aimed to investigate if hyperoxia increases myocardial injury following direct current cardioversion compared with room air. METH...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lauridsen KG,Schmidt AS,Adelborg K,Bach L,Hornung N,Jepsen SM,Deakin CD,Rickers H,Løfgren B

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and electrophysiologic characteristics associated with spontaneous and inducible atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachyarrhythmia were assessed in 20 consecutive patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome undergoing surgical division (n = 12) or transcatheter electrical ablation (n = 8) of accessor...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Waspe LE,Brodman R,Kim SG,Fisher JD

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ISAR-REACT was a trial designed to evaluate whether the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor abciximab is beneficial in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent placement after pretreatment with a 600 mg loading dose of clopidogrel. Objective for the angiographic substudy w...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Schühlen H,Kastrati A,Mehilli J,Hausleiter J,Dirschinger J,Dotzer F,Bollwein H,Schömig A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear how agents designed to promote angiogenesis in the human heart affect the arteriographic appearance of the collateral circulation. Possible changes in collateral vessels include new collateral vessels arising from epicardial arteries, new branches emanating from existing collateral vessels, wider or long...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gibson CM,Ryan K,Sparano A,Moynihan JL,Rizzo M,Kelley M,Marble SJ,Laham R,Simons M,McClusky TR,Dodge JT Jr

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation is superior to pharmacologic therapy in achieving maintenance of normal sinus rhythm in selected patient populations. However, the procedure is resource intensive, and repeat ablations are sometimes required. We examined the predictors and trends of repeat ablation using a l...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Al-Hijji MA,Deshmukh AJ,Yao X,Mwangi R,Sangaralingham LR,Friedman PA,Asirvatham SJ,Packer DL,Shah ND,Noseworthy PA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several autoimmune diseases have been associated with increased frequencies of specific histocompatibility (HLA) antigens, particularly for the D (DR) locus, that may be linked to immune response genes. Rheumatic valvular heart disease (RHD) has been postulated to have autoimmune features, but HLA associations have no...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Anastasiou-Nana MI,Anderson JL,Carlquist JF,Nanas JN

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic total occlusion (CTO) recanalizations remain extremely challenging procedures. With improvements in technology and techniques, success rates for recanalization of CTO continue to improve. However, the clinical benefits of this practice remain unclear. The aim of the study was to determine the effecti...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Joyal D,Afilalo J,Rinfret S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven patients with asymptomatic, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia whose evaluation suggested they were at high risk for sustained ventricular arrhythmias were treated with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. The option of conventional therapy (including the option of no therapy) was presented to each ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Levine JH,Waller T,Hoch D,Greenberg S,Goldberger J,Kadish A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies reported an impairment of nervous autonomic activity in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). However, the relationship of the autonomic dysfunction to the impairment of cardiac mechanical function and of respiratory failure is not completely understood. METHODS:We evaluated card...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lanza GA,Dello Russo A,Giglio V,De Luca L,Messano L,Santini C,Ricci E,Damiani A,Fumagalli G,De Martino G,Mangiola F,Bellocci F

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In subjects without coronary disease, coronary perfusion pressure generated with closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) bears a direct relationship to myocardial blood flow. The effect of coronary lesions on this relationship was studied in an experimental porcine model not requiring thoracotomy. Coronary st...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kern KB,Lancaster L,Goldman S,Ewy GA

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocarditis Disease Unit (MDU) is a functional multidisciplinary network designed to offer multidisciplinary assistance to patients with myocarditis. More than 300 patients coming from the whole Country are currently followed up at a specialized multidisciplinary outpatient clinic. Following the pandemic outbreak of t...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Peretto G,De Luca G,Campochiaro C,Palmisano A,Busnardo E,Sartorelli S,Barzaghi F,Cicalese MP,Esposito A,Sala S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic effects of intravenous and intracoronary prostacyclin (PGI2) were evaluated in anesthetized, open-chest instrumented dogs. Coronary artery and aortic blood flows, aortic and left ventricular (LV) diastolic pressure, and heart rate were measured continuously. With intravenous PGI2 both left anterior des...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mehta J,Nichols WW,Mehta P,Pepine C,Conti CR

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnostic value of 12-lead electrocardiography during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) is not well documented. METHODS AND RESULTS:We reviewed the records of 116 patients referred for DSE and coronary angiography, 52 of whom were excluded because of abnormal ST segment or inadequate DSE. Of the...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Shaheen J,Luria D,Klutstein MW,Rosenmann D,Tzivoni D

更新日期：1998-12-01 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:Recent data indicate that cardiac antibodies play an active role in the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and may contribute to cardiac dysfunction in patients with DCM. The present study investigated the influence of immunoadsorption with subsequent immunoglobulin G substitution (IA/IgG) on cardi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Herda LR,Trimpert C,Nauke U,Landsberger M,Hummel A,Beug D,Kieback A,Dörr M,Empen K,Knebel F,Ewert R,Angelow A,Hoffmann W,Felix SB,Staudt A

更新日期：2010-05-01 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:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a leading cause of mortality in Asia. However, quantitative risk scores to predict mortality after AMI were developed without the participation of Asian countries. METHODS:We evaluated the performance of the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) in-hospital mo...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Chan MY,Shah BR,Gao F,Sim LL,Chua T,Tan HC,Yeo TC,Ong HY,Foo D,Goh PP,Surrun SK,Pieper KS,Granger CB,Koh TH,Salim A,Tai ES

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In chronic heart failure the cause of exercise limitation is still unclear: ergoreceptors, muscle afferents sensitive to exercise metabolites, are proposed as a neural link between muscular abnormalities and the limited exercise responses in this syndrome. METHODS:In 92 stable patients with heart failure (3...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Piepoli M,Ponikowski P,Clark AL,Banasiak W,Capucci A,Coats AJ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Antiarrhythmic agents enhance maintenance of sinus rhythm (SR) after direct current cardioversion (DCC) for atrial fibrillation but there are few comparative trials. BACKGROUND:The aims of the study were (1) to establish whether patients successfully cardioverted to SR are more likely to stay in SR over 6 m...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vijayalakshmi K,Whittaker VJ,Sutton A,Campbell P,Wright RA,Hall JA,Harcombe AA,Linker NJ,Stewart MJ,Davies A,de Belder MA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00