Association between depression and worse disease-specific functional status in outpatients with coronary artery disease.

abstract：:This case report presents a young adult with asymmetric septal hypertrophy (ASH) and syncope. Infranodal complete heart block was demonstrated as his cause for syncope. Therapy consisted of implantation of a A-V sequential pacemaker. Cardiac output determinations and systolic time intervals demonstrated the beneficial...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Chmielewski CA,Riley RS,Mahendran A,Most AS

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study evaluates whether Optison used during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) will improve endocardial border definition and whether this will translate to an improvement in sensitivity and specificity of the test in patients with poor echocardiographic windows. DSE is extremely valuable in the wo...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Dolan MS,Riad K,El-Shafei A,Puri S,Tamirisa K,Bierig M,St Vrain J,McKinney L,Havens E,Habermehl K,Pyatt L,Kern M,Labovitz AJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the value of resting thallium-201 imaging in differentiating patients with primary cardiomyopathy from those with ischemic cardiomyopathy. There were 15 patients with primary cardiomyopathy (group I); 20 with chronic CAD (group II); and 25 with acute Q wave myocardial infarction (group III). All pa...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Iskandrian AS,Hakki AH,Kane S

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular angiography frequently produces one or more premature atrial or ventricular contractions which may make quantitative volume analysis unreliable. Three hundred left ventricular power injections were analyzed and found to produce premature ventricular contractions (PVC's) in 28 per cent of injections an...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Caldwell JH,Kennedy JW

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are present in peripheral blood and can promote postnatal angiogenesis. The number and function of circulating EPCs are altered in diabetics. This study sought to investigate whether the number and functional properties of EPCs from patients with type II diabetes could be ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wang CH,Ting MK,Verma S,Kuo LT,Yang NI,Hsieh IC,Wang SY,Hung A,Cherng WJ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of left ventricular (LV) thrombosis risk after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is important because of potential embolic sequelae that are reduced by oral anticoagulant agents. The goal of this study was to investigate whether early assessment of LV systolic and diastolic performance with pulsed...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Yilmaz R,Celik S,Baykan M,Orem C,Kasap H,Durmus I,Erdol C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Beta-endorphin has been reported to play a role in the mechanism of silent myocardial ischemia. OBJECTIVES:Plasma beta-endorphin levels during coronary angioplasty-induced silent and symptomatic myocardial ischemia were compared with those during exercise-induced silent ischemia. METHODS AND RESULTS:The st...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hikita H,Etsuda H,Takase B,Satomura K,Kurita A,Nakamura H

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been reported that mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist improves the prognosis of chronic heart failure (CHF). Recently, hemoglobin A₁(c) (HbA₁(c)) levels have been reported to be an independent risk factor for mortality in CHF, suggesting the important role of insulin resistance in CHF. We compared ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Yamaji M,Tsutamoto T,Kawahara C,Nishiyama K,Yamamoto T,Fujii M,Horie M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vesnarinone has yielded controversial results on morbidity in patients with congestive heart failure. We tested the hypothesis that vesnarinone may have a beneficial effect on cardiac remodeling and function. METHODS:Thirty-four patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <30% (17 treated with v...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Scherrer-Crosbie M,Cocca-Spofford D,DiSalvo TG,Semigran MJ,Dec GW,Picard MH

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with pathologic studies coronary angiography is a relatively insensitive technique to detect early atherosclerosis. Coronary angioscopy is a new technique providing direct information on luminal vessel surface. To determine whether coronary angioscopy may detect the presence of atherosclerotic disease on angi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Alfonso F,Goicolea J,Hernandez R,Segovia J,Silva JC,Perez-Vizcayno MJ,Rollan MJ,Bañuelos C,Macaya C

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pulmonary venous flow signal measured by transesophageal echocardiography is generally recorded from the left upper pulmonary vein in the left lateral decubitus position, whereas that by transthoracic echocardiography is from the right upper pulmonary vein in the left semi-lateral decubitus position. The...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Izumi C,Iga K,Himura Y,Gen H,Konishi T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that smokers' coronary endothelial function is impaired because of increased oxidative stress, and their coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) is reduced. It is uncertain whether oral antioxidant vitamin C restores impaired CFVR in smokers. Recent technological advances in transthoraci...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Teramoto K,Daimon M,Hasegawa R,Toyoda T,Sekine T,Kawata T,Yoshida K,Komuro I

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the difference between alcoholic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy and to investigate the characteristics of alcoholic cardiomyopathy, right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy was performed, and the two diseases were compared clinically and histologically. Changes in the cardiothoracic ratio, cardiac...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Teragaki M,Takeuchi K,Takeda T

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of lorcainide, a new antiarrhythmic drug, on serum electrolytes and osmolality are described in a series of 33 patients with organic heart disease and complex ventricular arrhythmias treated with lorcainide. In eight patients, a mean decrease in serum Na+ of 8.25 +/- 3.2 mEq/L was observed after a single 2...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Somani P,Temesy-Armos PN,Leighton RF,Goodenday LS,Fraker TD Jr

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard evaluation of children with sinus node (SN) dysfunction cannot distinguish abnormal autonomic tone from intrinsic SN disease. This distinction has potentially important therapeutic and prognostic implications. Intrinsic heart rate (IHR)--the peak heart rate (HR) measured during pharmacologic combined autonomi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Marcus B,Gillette PC,Garson A Jr

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation might promote the development of atherosclerosis, and high levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and fibrinogen are associated with an increased risk of acute coronary events. OBJECTIVE:We assessed the levels of CRP and other risk factors in patients with angiographically documented coronary arter...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Abdelmouttaleb I,Danchin N,Ilardo C,Aimone-Gastin I,Angioï M,Lozniewski A,Loubinoux J,Le Faou A,Guéant JL

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High mortality rates were reported in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary interventions (PPCI) "off-hours." The objective of this study was to evaluate this issue in a more recent population of patients with STEMI treated with PPCI in a high-volume ter...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ortolani P,Marzocchi A,Marrozzini C,Palmerini T,Saia F,Aquilina M,Baldazzi F,Silenzi S,Taglieri N,Grosseto D,Bacchi-Reggiani ML,Guastaroba P,Grilli R,Branzi A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma cholesterol levels were measured in 15,892 participants of a cholesterol screening in Hartford, Connecticut. The screenees were typically health conscious as evidenced by the low prevalence of current cigarette smoking (12%). However, more than 25% of the men and 35% of the women over the age of 50 years had ch...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wynder EL,Harris RE,Haley NJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the contribution of reperfusion injury to final infarct size after a short duration of ischemia, closed-chest dogs underwent 40 minutes of proximal left anterior descending artery occlusion followed by 3 days of reperfusion. Animals randomly received intracoronary adenosine (n = 8) at 3.75 mg/min during the...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Velasco CE,Turner M,Cobb MA,Virmani R,Forman MB

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We sought to systematically evaluate whether percutaneous revascularization is associated with additional clinical benefit in patients with renal artery stenosis (RAS) as compared with medical management alone. METHODS:We included randomized controlled trials that compared percutaneous revascularization in ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kumbhani DJ,Bavry AA,Harvey JE,de Souza R,Scarpioni R,Bhatt DL,Kapadia SR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:The extent to which individual knowledge, preferences, and priorities explain lower use of invasive cardiac care among older vs. younger adults presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is unknown. We directly surveyed a group of patients to ascertain their preferences and priorities for invas...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Nanna MG,Peterson ED,Wu A,Harding T,Galanos AN,Wruck L,Alexander KP

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skeletal muscle of three cases presenting with idiopathic congestive cardiomyopathy has been studied, histologically, histochemically, ultramicroscopically, and electromyographically. In all three there is clinical evidence of skeletal muscle weakness, and in all three, pathologic changes were found in the muscle....

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Isaacs H,Muncke G

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The American Heart Association recommends women with congenital heart defects (CHD) receive contraceptive counseling early in their reproductive years, but little is known about contraceptive method use among women with CHD. We describe recent female sterilization and reversible prescription contraceptive me...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Anderson KN,Tepper NK,Downing K,Ailes EC,Abarbanell G,Farr SL

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine correlates of and recent trends in aspirin use in middle-age men and women, we analyzed data from population-based samples selected in four U.S. communities. Aspirin use (during a 2-week period preceding the study examination) was more prevalent in whites than in blacks (30% vs 11%; p < 0.001) and in men ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Shahar E,Folsom AR,Romm FJ,Bisgard KM,Metcalf PA,Crum L,McGovern PG,Hutchinson RG,Heiss G

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type III hyperlipoproteinemia is characterized by the accumulation of chylomicron and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) remnants. Individuals with this disorder have a high risk of premature atherosclerosis, and hypolipidemic drugs are useful in their management. METHODS:We compared, in a double-blind, pl...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Civeira F,Cenarro A,Ferrando J,Puzo J,Garcia-Otín AL,Mozas P,Pocoví M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimation of baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) is receiving increasing attention in clinical and experimental cardiology. Until recently, in most studies BRS has been assessed on the basis of invasive blood pressure measurement, which limits its use in large-scale studies and in clinical practice. The development of conti...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hartikainen JE,Tahvanainen KU,Mäntysaari MJ,Tikkanen PE,Länsimies EA,Airaksinen KE

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with unstable angina (UA) and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) remain at risk for death and cardiac ischemic events after being discharged from the hospital. METHODS:We examined whether the Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score for UA/NSTEMI, ascertained at presenta...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sabatine MS,McCabe CH,Morrow DA,Giugliano RP,de Lemos JA,Cohen M,Antman EM,Braunwald E

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our experience with the use of five new antiarrhythmic drugs for treating life-threatening arrhythmias in children will be briefly reviewed. Prevention of recurrent episodes of atrial flutter with digoxin and local anesthetic antiarrhythmic drugs often is only moderately successful, benefiting 65% of patients. Amiodar...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Moak JP,Smith RT,Garson A Jr

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the effectiveness of teaching the calculation of frontal plane QRS axis with the use of the classical versus the orderly electrocardiographic limb lead display. Eighty-three students from two environments were randomized into two groups and were taught to determine frontal plane axis with one of th...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pahlm US,O'Brien JE,Pettersson J,Pahlm O,White T,Maynard C,Wagner GS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of 64 patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) were reviewed. More than 100 items from the patient's history, physical examination, and laboratory tests were encoded. A two-tailed Gehan's test was used to evaluate the effect of each variable on patient survival. Variables significant at the 0.05 ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wynn J,Fineberg N,Matzer L,Cortada X,Armstrong W,Dillon JC,Kinney EL

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00