Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide levels for predicting the outcome of atrial fibrillation.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the role of platelet-derived growth factor-B (PDGF-B)/platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β (PDGFR-β) signaling in chronic atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS:Thirty-nine AF patients and 33 patients with sinus rhythm (SR) were enrolled. Twenty canines were randomized into 5 groups: control, sham...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Jiang Z,Zhong G,Wen L,Hong Y,Fang S,Sun P,Li S,Li S,Feng G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a disease of major public health importance among women. In light of this fact, attention has focused recently on the differential expression of the disease in women as compared to men. This review will attempt to describe the characteristics of CAD among women from a population-b...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Pagley PR,Goldberg RJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Conventional cineradiology has been used clinically to detect partially broken outlet struts (single leg separations, SLSs) in normally functioning Björk-Shiley convexo-concave (C/C) heart valves. The value of radiographic screening has, however, been debated in the medical literature. This study uses the sa...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hopper KD,Gilchrist IC,Landis JR,Localio AR,Wilson RP,Pae WE Jr,Kunselman AR,Griffith JW,Pierce WS,Potok PS,TenHave TR

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a common entity in female population. Although this is a minor disease, it may cause annoying symptoms that impair quality of life (QOL), and no established therapy for this problem. The aim of this study isto examine whether programmed exercise training by treadmill in female ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hung HF,Kao PF,Lin YS,Chen FC,Chen FC,Tsai JC,Chan P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen congestive heart failure patients (NYHA: class III or IV) were enrolled in the study and were classified into two groups. Six patients (group I) received combined therapy by nitroglycerin tape (5 mg) and ibopamine (100 mg), while the remaining 9 patients (group II) were given nitroglycerin tape (5 mg) and nife...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Taniguchi K,Tsujibayashi T,Itoh H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left-ventricular pseudohypertrophy reflecting left-ventricular compression was reported in a selected group of patients with cardiac tamponade. HYPOTHESIS:Criteria for the presence of pseudohypertrophy can be established to guide its use as a sign of left-ventricular compression in patients with cardiac tam...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Feinberg MS,Popescu BA,Popescu AC,Di Segni E,Jonas M,Rabinowitz B,Kaplinsky E,Schwammenthal E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low cardiac output in acute heart failure can result in a functional impairment of organs, when tissue hypoxia occurs and cardiogenic shock develops. To restore cardiac output, various forms of therapy can be considered. Fluid replacement is sometimes beneficial in acute situations where oedema can reduce effective pl...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Vincent JL,Léon M,Berré J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrates are drugs of first choice in patients with acute heart failure. Acute pulmonary edema can be successfully treated with single or repeated doses of sublingual nitroglycerin. In cases of prolonged acute heart failure, e.g. in the setting of acute myocardial infarction, nitroglycerin or isosorbide dinitrate can ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Schneider W,Bussmann WD,Hartmann A,Kaltenbach M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) report an association of valvular heart disease (VHD) with cerebral infarcts and central neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE). However, TEE cannot be routinely used. AIM:To determine if VHD detected by transthoracic echocardiogra...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Roldan CA,Gelgand EA,Qualls CR,Sibbitt WL Jr

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Hyponatremia is very often associated with renal disease in patients with heart failure (HF) and, when present, determines a poor outcome. We investigated the role of hyponatremia in HF patients in whom the presence or absence renal insufficiency was accurately predefined. METHODS:This was a cohort study based on ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Arévalo-Lorido JC,Carretero-Gómez J,Robles NR,Llácer P,Carrera M,Suárez-Pedreira I,Álvarez-Rocha P,Manzano-Espinosa L,Cepeda-Rodrigo JM,Montero-Pérez-Barquero M,on behalf of the RICA Investigators Group.

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboembolism is a major complication of long-term central venous catheter, usually associated with catheter or venous occlusion. Intracavitary right atrial thrombosis is currently considered to result from line-tip thrombosis extension. We report three adult patients in whom repeated mechanical trauma to the right ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Fuchs S,Pollak A,Gilon D

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Electrocardiographic (ECG) ST segment elevation lasting 2 or more weeks following Q wave myocardial infarction has been associated with 'ventricular aneurysm' and absence of tissue viability. Regional systolic dysfunction may reflect either viable myocardium or scar. Positron emission-tomographic (PET) imaging ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Saber W,Nishime EO,Brunken RC,Apperson-Hansen C,Mills RM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors were measured in circulating mononuclear leukocytes in 5 patients affected by Conn's syndrome (3 cases of bilateral adrenal hyperplasia and 2 cases of adenoma plus unilateral hyperplasia). The number of the binding sites per cell resulted significantly lower (189 +/- 114,...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Armanini D,Witzgall H,Strasser T,Weber PC

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen hypertensive patients and 14 normotensive control subjects were submitted to the oral glucose test and their plasma potassium, glucose and insulin levels were measured. Cardiovascular responses were evaluated by blood pressure and pulse rate measurements. Five of 14 hypertensive patients were hyperinsulinemic...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Muscelli EO,Abdalla Saad MJ,Rocha Gontijo JA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between height and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been reported in epidemiological studies for decades; however, the mechanism for this relationship is still unclear. We previously reported that dyslipidemia was associated with adult height in Korean men without CVD. OBJECTIVES:This study ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hwang IC,Park YM,Kang WC,Moon J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effects of steroid elution on chronic pacing threshold and impedance, a 4-mm2 surface area lead with steroid (030-368, Telectronics; n = 9) was compared to the same lead without steroid (030-359, Telectronics; n = 9) 3 months after implantation. The pulse duration thresholds of the steroid lead were signi...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Schuchert A,Kuck KH

更新日期：1993-01-01 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 earlier studies by our group it was shown that the urinary tetrahydroaldosterone excretion is a more reliable test for the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism than aldosterone-18-glucuronide ('urinary aldosterone'). However, in several patients with primary aldosteronism even the tetrahydroaldosterone values remaine...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Abdelhamid S,Lewicka S,Vecsei P,Winter J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Heart failure (HF) patients with diabetes mellitus experience poor prognosis. We assessed the independent predictive effect of prevalent diabetes mellitus on all-cause mortality in HF outpatients. Furthermore, we investigated if optimized HF medication differed in diabetic versus nondiabetic patients. METHO...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Stubnova V,Os I,Grundtvig M,Waldum-Grevbo B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is increasingly prevalent and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. HFpEF has a complex pathophysiology, with recent evidence suggesting that an interaction of cardiovascular and noncardiovascular comorbidities (e.g. obesity, hypertension, diabet...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Garg A,Virmani D,Agrawal S,Agarwal C,Sharma A,Stefanini G,Kostis JB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acute or chronic heart disease may have limited exercise capacity if they have reduced left ventricular function. Indexes of reduced left ventricular function during exercise are a predictor of subsequent survival although left ventricular ejection fraction is a poor predictor of physical endurance. We e...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Søgaard P,Gøtzsche CO,Ravkilde J,Nørgaard A,Thygesen K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term sequential changes in serum levels of the carboxyterminal propeptide of type-I procollagen (s-PICP), which is a marker of type-I collagen synthesis, and to assess its clinical value in relation to left ventricular (LV) function and prognosis following acute my...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Poulsen SH,Høst NB,Egstrup K

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) induces cardiac hypertrophy, whereas adiponectin may elicit protective effects in the vasculature and myocardium. We therefore evaluated the relationship between plasma ET-1 and adiponectin levels in heart failure (HF) patients, and the association between adiponectin expression and ET-1-...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Yin WH,Chen YH,Wei J,Jen HL,Huang WP,Young MS,Chen DC,Liu PL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated in 306 patients, mean age 57 +/- 10 years, with diabetes mellitus (202 patients) or hypertension (179 patients) whether microalbuminuria was a significant independent risk factor for the development of new stroke or new myocardial infarction (MI) or death. At 39-month follow-up, new stroke or new MI or...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ravipati G,Aronow WS,Ahn C,Alappat RM,McClung JA,Weiss MB

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to measure changes in the levels of several miRNAs during open-heart surgery and to investigate the relationship between these changes and cardiac biomarkers. METHODS:Creatine kinase-muscle band (CK-MB), cardiac troponin (cTnI) and miRNA (miR-1/21/208a/499) levels were measured during open-heart su...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Yang W,Shao J,Bai X,Zhang G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 30 years, several epidemiological and prospective studies have identified a number of risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease. Lipid abnormalities are central among these risk factors, and their correction has been a major target for the medical community. The 3-hydroxy-3-methyl glutar...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Bruckert E

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal systolic anterior (SAM) motion of the mitral valve without asymmetric hypertrophy of the interventricular septum was observed in 16 patients (group 1). 5 of the 16 patients had no other evidence of heart disease and the remaining 11 had a variety of cardiac disorders. Left ventricular dimensions, septal and p...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Udoshi M,Shah A,Fisher VJ,Dolgin M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence have shown that viral infections are capable of causing coronary spasm and precipitating or mimicking clinical myocardial infarction. Here we report the case of a 41-year-old woman with recurrent angina who was admitted to our hospital because of ventricular tachycardia. Laboratory examinatio...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Haberbosch W,Roerich N,Neuzner J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00