Detection of the earliest ventricular contraction site in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome using two-dimensional guided M-mode tissue Doppler echocardiography.

abstract：:Acute stent thrombosis (AST) is a rare but life-threatening complication of coronary artery stenting. AST remains a challenging task for cardiologists, despite the application of modern procedural techniques and dual-antiplatelet therapy strategies as well as improved understanding of the underlying pathophysiology. T...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ge J,Yu H,Li J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out in order to investigate the relationship between endogenous sex steroid hormones and coronary artery disease (CAD). Three hundred and thirty-seven men undergoing coronary angiography were enrolled in the study. Total testosterone, estradiol, free testosterone levels in men with CAD (n = 213)...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Kabakci G,Yildirir A,Can I,Unsal I,Erbas B

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite recent advances in cardiovascular surgery, hyperbilirubinemia after heart valve surgery occurs often and the mechanism is not well clarified. We evaluated the incidence and nature of postoperative hyperbilirubinemia in heart valve surgery patients to analyze its risk factors and to identify its clini...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Nishi H,Sakaguchi T,Miyagawa S,Yoshikawa Y,Fukushima S,Saito S,Ueno T,Kuratani T,Sawa Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the 2- and 5-year prognoses following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in relation to smoking habits among consecutive patients being operated on in western Sweden during a 3-year period. Among the 2,121 patients, 10.2% admitted smoking at coronary angiography as compared with 7.5% 2 years after CABG...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Herlitz J,Haglid M,Albertsson P,Westberg S,Karlson BW,Hartford M,Lurje L,Caidahl K

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 1,125 patients catheterized over a period of 8 years, 68 (6%) had coronary ectasia. Twenty-five of them were catheterized at least twice and constituted the study group. The time between the first and last catheterization ranged from 2 to 8 years (mean +/- SD = 4.2 +/- 1.6). Coronary ectasia was more frequent in ma...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ilia R,Kafri C,Carmel S,Goldfarb B,Gueron M,Battler A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the case of a 43-year-old Caucasian man with frequent episodes of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) and normal resting electrocardiogram (ECG), who fulfilled two minor diagnostic criteria for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC): late potentials by signal-averaged ECG and regional right ven...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Anastasakis A,Vouliotis AI,Protonotarios N,Stefanadis C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute effects of therapeutic doses of intravenous tolbutamide and glibornuride on the systolic time intervals (QS2c, LVETc, PEPc and PEP/LVET) were examined in 5 healthy volunteers. Blood sugar was maintained constant throughout the study. No significant changes of these intervals as well as of heart rate and bloo...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Dubach UC,Burckhardt D,Raeder EA,Forgo I,Amrein R,Bückert A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare all-cause mortality in JUPITER with other statin trials at 21 months of follow-up. BACKGROUND:Outcome advantages including all-cause mortality reduction yielded from the JUPITER trial support aggressive use of rosuvastatin and, perhaps by extension, other statins for primary prevention. Despite en...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Serebruany VL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mother and her two children with idiopathic ascending aortic dilatation are reported. This provides further evidence that genetic factors are involved in the etiology of aortic aneurysms and calls for screening first-degree family members, including children, of young adult patients diagnosed with this condition. ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Beghetti M,Steinmann B,Didier D,Kalangos A,Bottani A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:50 patients, 20 without heart disease and 30 with coronary heart disease (CHD), were studied by kinetocardiography (KCG), before and after administration of isoproterenol (initial dose 2 microgram/min, maximum dose 6 microgram/min). In the control subjects the KCG was unaffected by the drug. In contrast, in most of th...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Strozzi C,Cocco G

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We undertook this study to assess the relationship between presentation pattern and mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. METHODS:This registry included 10,455 patients with ACS, of whom 2,853 patients had ST-segment elevation myocardial infa...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ndrepepa G,Mehilli J,Schulz S,Iijima R,Keta D,Byrne RA,Pache J,Seyfarth M,Schömig A,Kastrati A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier studies have shown that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has antianginal and anti-ischemic effects in severe coronary artery disease. In the present study, 14 patients were subjected to right-sided atrial catheterization and atrial pacing. The patients were paced to angina during a control session and during spin...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Eliasson T,Mannheimer C,Waagstein F,Andersson B,Bergh CH,Augustinsson LE,Hedner T,Larson G

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the relation between the baseline aortic valve gradient (AVG) as a continuous variable and clinical outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in general and specifically in patients with high-gradient aortic stenosis (AS). METHODS:We reviewed 317 consecutive patients who u...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Witberg G,Barsheshet A,Assali A,Vaknin-Assa H,Shaul AA,Orvin K,Vaturi M,Schwartzenberg S,Shapira Y,Sagie A,Kornowski R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of a longitudinal study of the effects of 40 mg of propranolol orally in 14 patients with coronary heart disease demonstrated a minor but not statistically significant change in the relationship of percentage of maximal oxygen uptake to percentage of maximal heart rate. In a cross-sectional comparison of severa...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hossack KF,Bruce RA,Clarke LJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to determine factors that are related to atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) release in normal subjects, 10 male volunteers were studied at rest supine, sitting and during treadmill exercise. Echocardiography was used to measure atrial volumes, and a Swan-Ganz catheter was used to measure right atrial pressu...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hossack KF,Adair OV,Crowley ST

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic values of adenosine, dobutamine, and exercise radionuclide ventriculography (RNVG) in the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD), and the characteristics of those patients who showed myocardial ischemia during the infusion of adenosine or dobutamine were assessed in 41 patients with suspected CAD. S...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Nagaoka H,Isobe N,Kubota S,Iizuka T,Imai S,Suzuki T,Nagai R

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Digital health is rapidly entering clinical practice in cardiology. Estonia is one of the leading nations in implementing digital nationwide solutions. Recently, the European Society of Cardiology organized the 1st Summit on Digital Health in Tallinn, which provided the opportunity to discuss various aspects...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Lotman EM,Viigimaa M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:End-stage renal disease is associated with cardiac remodeling, which is partly reversible after kidney transplantation (KT). We aimed to determine the association of cardiovascular comorbidities or kidney-related factors with cardiac reverse remodeling after KT. METHODS:We performed echocardiography in 56 p...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Kobayashi M,Huttin O,Schikowski J,Bozec E,Zohra L,Frimat L,Girerd N,Girerd S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracopagus conjoined twins were delivered at 31 weeks gestation by cesarean section. Although there was a single heart, the possibility of salvaging one twin only was contemplated. Echocardiography revealed an A-V canal and suspected transposition of the great vessels. To determine the possibility of surgery, cardia...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Kaplan M,Glaser J,Eidelman AI

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical training causes an increase of aerobic capacity in normal and cardiac patients. The influences of training plus placebo and training plus verapamil have been studied in a double-blind randomized trial on 40 patients recovering from actue myocardial infarction. The two groups were comparable as to clinical cha...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Rossi P,Giordano A,Tamiz A,Schiavo B,Minuco G

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular late potentials are obtained by signal-averaged surface electrocardiography. Late potentials have been reported to be affected by body characteristics or left ventricular mass. To evaluate late potentials in relation to body characteristics, 52 healthy Japanese young volunteers (21 girls, 31 boys) aged 15-...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Iwasaka T,Usui H,Masui A,Tamura K,Sugiura T,Karakawa M,Inada M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Atrial fibrosis plays a critical role in atrial fibrillation (AF). A key event in the pathogenesis of fibrosis is the activation of fibroblasts (FBs) into myofibroblasts (MFBs). Paracrine factors released from MFBs lead to ion channel expression changes in cardiomyocytes (CMs). Downregulation of L-type calciu...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Li S,Gao Y,Liu Y,Li J,Yang X,Hu R,Liu J,Zhang Y,Zuo K,Li K,Yin X,Chen M,Zhong J,Yang X

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate a polymorphism of the apolipoprotein J (APOJ) gene in relation to coronary artery disease (CAD) and lipid variables in a Chinese male population of genetically unrelated individuals. METHODS:In this study, we recruited 126 control male subjects and 237 CAD male patients. CAD was defined as a ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Pan JP,Wei SL,Chiang SC,Lee-Chen GJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:9 patients with clinically manifest ischemic heart disease underwent hemodynamic and electrocardiographic monitoring at rest, during several levels of submaximal and near maximal exercise on a treadmill and in recovery. The observations were repeated following infusion of mannitol. Despite augmentation of cardiac outp...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hossack KF,Bruce RA,Kusumi F

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of patients operated on without preoperative catheterization and angiography, the accuracy of echocardiographic diagnosis and its impact on the results of surgical treatment were prospectively assessed in 2,788 children consecutively operated for congenital heart defects (CHD) between 1986 and 1992. The o...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Marek J,Skovránek J,Hucín B,Chaloupecký V,Tax P,Reich O,Samánek M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular responses to static-dynamic exercises were studied in 27 patients with recent myocardial infarction. Patients with ischemic electrocardiographic changes at peak weight carrying exercise (group 1 = 8 patients) had a significantly larger left ventricular end-diastolic volume than those without (group 2 = ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Takehana K,Sugiura T,Nagahama Y,Inada M,Iwasaka T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the favourable results of the short-term therapy of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with glyceryl-trinitrate (GTN) infusion, we undertook a randomized study to test the hypothesis whether the administration of a single dose of isosorbide 5-mononitrate (IS 5-MN) given orally would have the same favourable ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Foresti A,De Martini M,Valentini R,Massari FM,Lotto A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 50 patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty because of chronic angina pectoris, a collateral flow index (CFI) was determined at the start and the end of two 1-min coronary occlusions, randomly accompanied by a resting state or a 3-min dynamic handgrip exercise (DHE). CFI expressing collate...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Pohl T,Wustmann K,Zbinden S,Windecker S,Mehta H,Meier B,Seiler C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) 36 outpatients with a manifest orthostatic syndrome were the subject of a double-blind study to investigate the influence of Dihydergot and a placebo over a 4-week period. (2) In the majority of subjects, the dosage was 1 tablet (2.5 mg) 3 times a day. (3) In the test group with Dihydergot (17 subjects), a normali...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Lübke KO

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Studies evaluating the long-term outcome of adults with ventricular septal defect (VSD) are important to inform patients about prognosis. This study investigated the long-term outcome of patients with perimembranous VSD (pmVSD) followed in the Belgian Registry on Adult Congenital Heart Disease. METHODS:All ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Gabriels C,De Backer J,Pasquet A,Paelinck BP,Morissens M,Helsen F,Van De Bruaene A,Budts W

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00