Abstract:
AIM:To describe various factors associated with the very long-term prognosis for patients with a very small or an unconfirmed acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
METHODS:Patients below 76 years of age, hospitalized due to suspected AMI who either developed a very small AMI (enzyme elevation journal_name journal_title authors doi subject pub_date pages issue eissn issn pii journal_volume pub_type
abstract:BACKGROUND:In a randomized trial, baroreflex activation therapy (BAT) improved exercise capacity, quality of life and NT-proBNP in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). In view of different mechanisms underlying HFrEF, we performed a post-hoc subgroup analysis of efficacy and safety of BAT...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.04.075
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The ratio between maximal and minimal R-R intervals measured during the Valsalva maneuver is an adequate means of studying the functional state of the cardiac parasympathetic nervous system. We studied the changes in heart rate evoked during the Valsalva maneuver in 49 asymptomatic Chagasic patients with different deg...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0167-5273(88)90053-8
更新日期:1988-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Most coronary anomalies are clinically asymptomatic. However some of them may present with chest pain, syncope, heart failure and sudden death. Anomalous left anterior descending artery arising from right coronary artery is a very rare coronary anomaly. ...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.078
更新日期:2010-04-30 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Emerging evidence indicates gut microbes and their products could activate the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which plays important roles in the initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation (AF). Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a metabolite derived from gut microbes, is associated with cardiovascular di...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.11.071
更新日期:2018-03-15 00:00:00
abstract::Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome or sudden death. Typically it affects young women during the peripartum period and those using oral contraceptives. The pathophysiology remains unclear, but an eosinophilic periadventitial inflammation has been commonly observed in such ...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.11.029
更新日期:2005-12-07 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Dofetilide is a class III antiarrhythmic drug that has been reported to be safe and efficacious in the treatment of atrial dysrhythmias with a known initial risk of QT prolongation and torsades de pointes (TdP). As a result, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) mandated in-hospital dofetilide initiation and...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.01.157
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Angioplasty has changed the management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, in patients with previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), the role of angioplasty in the management of ACS is widely debated. Lack of clear guidelines leads to subjective and often stereotypical assessments based on c...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.097
更新日期:2014-10-20 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We assessed the association between multiple meteorological factors and air pollutants and the number of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) cases using a multi-step process. METHODS:Daily AMI hospitalizations matched with 16 meteorological factors and air pollutants in 7 metropolitan provinces of the Republi...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.08.060
更新日期:2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The objective of this study was to prospectively investigate various clinical and echocardiographic variables to predict the left atrial and left atrial appendage clot and spontaneous echo contrast in patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. We studied 200 consecutive patients (112 males and 88 females; mean ag...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0167-5273(00)00235-7
更新日期:2000-05-31 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Inspiratory muscle weakness has been described in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), and only recently in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. However, the relationship between pulmonary hemodynamics and respiratory muscle function has not been investigated in patients with CH...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.04.006
更新日期:2011-07-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:To determine the risk and predictors of progression of aortic regurgitation (AR) and other adverse events (AE) in adults with supracristal ventricular septal defect (VSD). METHODS:Retrospective observational study of 62 adults with supracristal VSD followed at the Mayo Clinic from 1994 to 2013. Freedom from...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.100
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:A correct measurement of the QT interval in the out-of-hospital setting is important whenever the long QT syndrome (LQTS) is suspected or a therapy might lead to drug-induced LQTS (diLQTS) because QT interval monitoring in the initial days of therapy could alert to dangerous QT prolongation. We explored whet...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.03.097
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There is a controversy surrounding the correlation between fibrinogen (Fib) level and prognosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). We try to investigate the role of the subtypes of CAD in this controversy. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was conducted from a single center CAD registered database. 3020 conse...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.07.160
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The prognostic utility of 5 established variables (functional capacity, Duke treadmill score, chronotropic response to exercise, heart rate recovery, and premature ventricular contractions) together after routine exercise treadmill testing (ETT) has not been determined. METHODS:We assessed the combined prog...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.12.020
更新日期:2017-03-15 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to investigate the accuracy of qualitative stress perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) to diagnose ischemia-causing lesions according to different definitions of significant coronary artery disease (CAD), and magnetic field strength. METHODS:We searched PubMed, Web of S...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.11.066
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:RATIONALE:Pressure overload induces adaptive remodeling processes in the heart. However, when pressure overload persists, adaptive changes turn into maladaptive alterations leading to cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. ATF3 is a stress inducible transcription factor that is transiently expressed following neuroendo...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.099
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Cyanosis is considered to be a risk factor for cholelithiasis which is an important complication of cyanotic congenital heart disease (CCHD) in adults. In this study, the prevalence of cholelithiasis and asymptomatic calcium bilirubinate gallstones was evaluated in adults with congenital heart disease (CHD). Fu...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.07.011
更新日期:2011-10-20 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI) z-score and left atrial (LA) size in childhood and to determine whether LA size differs between healthy weight (HW), overweight (OW) and obese (OB) children. BACKGROUND:LA enlargement is an independent risk factor for adverse cardiovascular outcomes....
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.157
更新日期:2010-05-14 00:00:00
abstract::We present a case of basilar artery embolism originating from a left atrial mural thrombus. The thrombus was large and attached to the posterior left atrial wall, but decreased in size and detached forming a ball type thrombus over the next 4 days without anticoagulant and/or antifibrinolytic therapy. ...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0167-5273(99)00053-4
更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The bark powder of Terminalia arjuna, an indigenous plant has been found to have antianginal, decongestive and hypolipidemic effect. We planned a study to evaluate the role of T. arjuna in ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) following acute myocardial infarction (AMI). 40 patients with fresh AMI showing IMR were rando...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,信件,随机对照试验
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.10.045
更新日期:2005-04-28 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:To determine the cardiological substrate in acute stroke patients presenting with a cardioembolic stroke subtype. METHODS:Data of 402 consecutive patients with cardioembolic stroke (cerebral infarction, n=347; transient ischaemic attack, n=55) were collected from a prospective hospital-based stroke registry...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.02.007
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The carcinoid syndrome is usually evident when enterochromaffin (EC) cell-derived neuroendocrine tumors (carcinoids) metastasize to the liver. In addition to carcinoid symptomatology, about 40% of patients exhibit carcinoid heart disease (CHD) with fibrotic endocardial plaques and associated heart valve dysfunction. T...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.02.019
更新日期:2008-10-13 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a novel heart disease, mimicking acute myocardial infarction. The term "transient left ventricular dysfunction syndrome" (TLVDS) seems to be more appropriate since variant forms of TTC sparing apical segments (mid-ventricular ballooning syndrome (MVBS) and inverted TTC) have...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.04.025
更新日期:2010-10-08 00:00:00
abstract::In 24 subjects presenting with apparently idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias, a final diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy was formulated following global evaluation of the clinical, cross-sectional echocardiography and angiographic findings, and the observation of myocardial atrophy with fibro...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0167-5273(92)90177-5
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Sildenafil and bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (BMDEPCs) have been shown to ameliorate monocrotaline (MCT)-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the rat. We test whether combined sildenafil and BMDEPC treatment exerts additional protection against MCT-induced PAH in rats. METHODS...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.05.002
更新日期:2012-12-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Coronary artery spasm (CAS) and significant coronary stenosis are known to be major causes of myocardial ischemia. However, their association and the impact of insignificant coronary stenosis (ICS) on long-term clinical outcomes of CAS patients are largely unknown. METHODS:A total of 2797 patients without s...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.03.081
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:We aimed to study the prevalence and types of sleep apnea (SA) as well as their clinical characteristics in atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation candidates in Japan. METHODS:Before catheter ablation, 197 consecutive AF patients (age: 60 ± 9 years, body mass index; 25.0 ± 3.0) were evaluated with portable pol...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.01.103
更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Annuloaortic ectasia (AAE) associated with aortic regurgitation (AR) is a rare involvement in Takayasu arteritis. There are many difficult problems in surgical treatment of this lesion because of its inflammatory nature. We developed a composite graft repair technique to avoid complications associated with Bentall typ...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0167-5273(98)00169-7
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Risk stratification of patients following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), in order to identify patients whose clinical outcomes can be improved through specific medical interventions, is needed. OBJECTIVES:Development and validation of a prognostic tool comprising a variety of non-cardiovascular co-morbi...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.09.014
更新日期:2012-01-26 00:00:00
abstract::A low frequency of ischaemic heart diseases in Eskimos has been related to polyunsaturated fatty acids. We therefore studied fatty acid patterns associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) for a possible relationship between fatty acid profile and CAD diagnosis in Mediterranean patients. The gas chromatography metho...
journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0167-5273(00)00442-3
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00