[Perforation of the interventricular septum, a complication of myocardial infarct].

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The mechanisms of the different haemodynamic and clinical responses to dobutamine infusion in mitral stenosis (MS) are not clearly established. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between left atrial (LA) function and haemodynamic response in patients with MS during dobutamine infusion. METHOD...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Belgi A,Yalçinkaya S,Cetin S,Kabukçu M,Gölbaşi I,Sancaktar O

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular (LV) asynchrony has been demonstrated to result in diastolic dysfunction. To test the hypothesis that altered LV synchrony interferes with LV diastolic function in essential hypertensive patients (HT), we performed radionuclide ventriculography and echocardiography in 38 HT and 11 normotensive subject...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Nii T,Nakashima Y,Ikeda M,Arakawa K

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Noninvasive diagnosis of cardiac rejection before the advent of myocyte necrosis is important in clinical management of cardiac transplantation. Mice with abdominal heart transplants were studied to determine whether a dual scintigraphy using antimyosin and anti-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigen ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Isobe M,Sekiguchi M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Creatine kinase (CK) and its isoenzyme CK-MB are important tools for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. The content of CK-MB relative to total CK in myocardial cells is variable; it is low in normal myocardium and increased several-fold in hypoxic myocardium. We tested the hypothesis that CK-MB mass (CK-MBm...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Sax H,Contesse J,Dubach P,Reinhart WH

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The European Society of Cardiology designated 2008 as the year of imaging. However, despite the intense focus on the many types of imaging and the relative benefits of each one, the optimal modalityfor the diagnosis of coronary artery disease remains controversial. Among the currently available techniques, co...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Jiang B,Gai L,Sun Z,Gai J,Guan Z,Wang Z,Liu C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to analyse age-related changes in human myocardial nerve plexuses and collagen networks of the auricle of the right atrium in subjects in whom no cardiac diseases or pathology had been diagnosed. METHODS AND RESULTS:Morphometric analysis of acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-stained ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Burkauskiene A,Mackiewicz Z,Virtanen I,Konttinen YT

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, hemodynamic findings and surgical results of forty patients with rheumatic tricuspid stenosis are presented. It is concluded that tricuspid stenosis is a frequent lesion. Its signs should be sought carefully and documented by simultaneous measurements of the right ventricular diastolic and right atrial p...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Sheikhzadeh A,Tarbiat S,Paydar D,Shakibi J

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Cardiovascular rehabilitation and retraining seek to increase cardiorespiratory fitness and to manage certain risk factors such as smoking, hypercholesterolaemia and sedentary lifestyle. Such lifestyle changes can be influenced by a combination of health determinants. Aim: The purpose of this study is to a...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Racodon M,Pezé T,Masson P

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designated to assess long term functional capacity, blood pressure and renal function at 12 and 60 months after heart transplantation. The data of sixty heart transplant recipients were retrospectively reviewed. At rest, radionuclide ejection fraction and cardiac index measured by thermodilution ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Baroud I,Niset G,Vachiery JL,Antoine M,Degré S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed at determining the effect of percutaneous ASD closure on the AV conduction. Percutaneous closure of ostium secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs) has been widely accepted and has become the standard treatment of this malformation. However, some complications have been reported. Because of the ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Cottens D,Van De Bruaene A,Troost E,Willems R,Moons P,Budts W

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modifications that atrial flutter determines on the phonocardiogram, apexcardiogram, carotid pulse tracing, jugular venous pulse tracing, and indirect (esophageal) left atrial pulse tracing were studied. On the basis of the data here presented and that of the literature, a polygraphic profile of atrial flutter has...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Longhini C,Musacci GF,Portaluppi F

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a review of the effects of E on the symptoms of CHF which affect patients' (pts) quality of life and the signs associated with pts' prognosis. The review is based on clinical studies which were included in the New Drug Application for Vasotec (enalapril maleate, MSD) in the United States. There were 3 open-lab...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Rucinska EJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a measure of variation in the volume of circulating erythrocytes and has recently emerged as a powerful prognostic marker in heart failure. We studied the effect of 5-month, home-based cardiac rehabilitation on RDW. METHODS AND RESULTS:Sixty-two patients (age: median 67 y...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Mohri M,Motohama R,Sato N

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Annular calcifications carry some technical difficulties for success in conventional valve surgery. In this paper we present an easy alternative mitral valve replacement method applied for a patient with a heavily calcified mitral annulus. Excision of both leaflets and partial resection of the annular calcification wi...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Sirin BH,Iskesen I,Erbuyun K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to determine plasma fibronectin level and its relationships with plasma lipids, lipoproteins and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in patients with dyslipidaemia during lipid-lowering therapy. METHODS:Plasma levels of fibronectin, CRP, fibrinogen, lipids and lipoproteins in 38 pat...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Orem C,Orem A,Calapoğlu M,Baykan M,Uydu HA,Erdöl C

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, fono-mechano-echocardiographic, hemodynamic and angiographic findings before and after surgery of a patient who developed bilateral extensive endomyocardial fibrosis probably secondary to filariasis, are described. The patient was surgically treated by endocardial decortication and insertion of a mitral ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Dejaegher P,Stalpaert J,De Geest H

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Coronary stenoses of intermediate severity create difficulties in decision making when revascularization is concerned. Myocardial fractional flow reserve (mFFR), an accurate tool to identify physiological significance of individual coronary stenoses, may help solve this problem. METHODS AND RESULTS:Fifty-eig...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Ozdemir M,Timurkaynak T,Cemri M,Boyaci B,Yalçin R,Cengel A,Dörtlemez O,Dörtlemez H

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transradial approach to coronary angiography is a progressive and increasingly more often used technique. Apart from its advantages, radial artery occlusion (RAO) represents the most serious drawback. Re-canalization of an iatrogenic RAO, although asymptomatic in the majority of cases, remains a discussed and challeng...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Skvaril J,Kockova R,Danickova K,Sedlon P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old Caucasian woman presented with chest pain suggestive of acute pericarditis. On initial evaluation the apical ballooning variant of stress-related cardiomyopathy (CMP) was present. The stress CMP and acute pericarditis resolved within a week. The patient returned in four weeks with early cardiac tamponade...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Li JW,Nanda S,Longo S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Few data are available on long-term atherothrombotic events after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Restenosis after PTA may be a marker of a more aggressive atherothrombosis. Aim: To ascertain whether restenosis detected by duplex sonography (DUS) after PTA...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Favaretto E,Sartori M,Pacelli A,Conti E,Cosmi B

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:3D echocardiography offers options of left ventricular systolic function analysis. The aims of this study are: to assess the usefulness of 3D echocardiography, to test 3D regional measurements (with area strain) among a spectrum of patients and then to check prospectively the value of 3D echocardiography v...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Szulik M,Śliwińska A,Lenarczyk R,Szymała M,Kalinowski ME,Markowicz-Pawlus E,Kalarus Z,Kukulski T

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a case of symptomatic non-sustained ventricular tachycardia induced by mechanical irritation of the outflow tract of the right ventricle by a loop in a permanent ventricular pacing lead. Reposition of the lead eliminated the rhythm disturbance. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Bõhm A,Pintér A,Préda I

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this paper was to investigate the association between levels of HO-1 expression and angiographic morphology as well as the quantity of coronary lesions in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). METHODS:110 patients with CHD were diagnosed by coronary angiography which contained coronary lesio...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Li YG,Wang DM,Chen SM,Tan XR,Fang XY,Wu JW,Zhang GH,Mai RQ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim of this study was to elucidate the diagnostic significance of left axis deviation (LAD) in patients (pts) with chronic (> 6 months) left bundle branch block (LBBB). We retrospectively studied 2094 consecutive pts who underwent cardiac catheterization. All pts had left heart catheterization and coronary angiography...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Parharidis G,Nouskas J,Efthimiadis G,Styliadis J,Gemitzis K,Hatzimiltiadis S,Karoulas T,Tsifodimos D

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary ventricular fibrillation especially occurs during the first hours after acute myocardial infarction and is often not preceded by premonitory ventricular premature beats. In hospital primary ventricular fibrillation can be prevented by an intravenous lidocaine regimen in a rather high dosage. By contrast the ef...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Lie KI,Wellens HJ,Liem KL,Durrer D

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary diseases under the age of 35 are the most common underlying heart disease, leading to sudden cardiac death (SCD) in competitive sports, while in older people, atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) is the main cause. The following preventive measures are recommended: (a) The pre-participation cardiov...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Deligiannis A,Kouidi E

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiac rehabilitation programmes result in reduced morbidity and mortality and improvement of functional class. Behaviour of natriuretic peptides coupled to these programmes is not well established. Our study's objective is to evaluate the behaviour of natriuretic peptides in a sample of patients undergoing ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Montiel-Trujillo A,Isasti-Aizpurua G,Carrasco-Chinchilla F,Jiménez-Navarro MF,Gómez-González A,Bravo Navas JC,Jimeno C,De Teresa-Galván E

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiac computed tomography (CT) and conventional biplane ventriculography are established methods for the determination of ventricular function. Recently dual source CT was introduced for cardiac CT scanning providing a temporal resolution of 83 ms independent of the patient's heart rate. The purpose of this...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Bruners P,Knackstedt C,Mahnken AH,Luhmann N,Das M,Fach C,Schmitz-Rode T,Günther RW,Kelm M,Mühlenbruch G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00