Predictors of improvement in left ventricular function after percutaneous revascularization of occluded coronary arteries: a report from the Total Occlusion Study of Canada (TOSCA).

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our purpose was to study the effects of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) on cardiorenal functions when it is used to manage patients with heart failure who are receiving an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) or in acute saline solution loading. METHODS:Seventeen patients with mild to moderate he...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Tomiyama H,Watanabe G,Abe M,Okazaki R,Yoshida H,Doba N

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hearts from 10 necropsy patients with Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve were examined for abnormalities of the mitral valve. Five patients were under 1 year of age and none had an abnormal mitral valve. The other five patients were ages 18 to 72 years (mean 36 years); all had focal fibrous thickening of the...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cabin HS,Roberts WC

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vessel dilator consisting of amino acids (a.a.) 31-67 and atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) composed of a.a. 99-126 of the 126 a.a. ANF prohormone circulate in humans and have potent vasodilatory properties. To determine whether these atrial natriuretic peptides are directly related to blood pressure in healthy normoten...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sothern RB,Vesely DL,Kanabrocki EL,Bremner FW,Third JL,Boles MA,Nemchausky BM,Olwin JH,Scheving LE

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even mild depressive symptoms during hospitalization are an independent risk factor for mortality after acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The mortality risk is highest for patients whose depressive symptoms persist after ACS. Low adherence to medications that reduce the risk of subsequent cardiac events may be...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rieckmann N,Kronish IM,Haas D,Gerin W,Chaplin WF,Burg MM,Vorchheimer D,Davidson KW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data indicate that cardiac antibodies play an active role in the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and may contribute to cardiac dysfunction in patients with DCM. The present study investigated the influence of immunoadsorption with subsequent immunoglobulin G substitution (IA/IgG) on cardi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Herda LR,Trimpert C,Nauke U,Landsberger M,Hummel A,Beug D,Kieback A,Dörr M,Empen K,Knebel F,Ewert R,Angelow A,Hoffmann W,Felix SB,Staudt A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the reperfusion on myocardial infarction has been studied in the rat in order to assess the possible reversibility of myocardial damage. The present study deals with reperfusion of experimental myocardial infarction in the rat. Two groups of animals were compared: one was subjected to permanent ischemia ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Deloche A,Fabiani JN,Camilleri JP,Relland J,Joseph D,Carpentier A,Dubost C

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus is an increasingly prevalent condition among heart failure (HF) patients. The long-term morbidity and mortality among patients with and without diabetes with HF with reduced (HFrEF), borderline (HFbEF), and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) are not well described. METHODS:Using the Get W...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ziaeian B,Hernandez AF,DeVore AD,Wu J,Xu H,Heidenreich PA,Matsouaka RA,Bhatt DL,Yancy CW,Fonarow GC

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine the impact of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) on the outcomes of death, myocardial infarction (MI), and late coronary revascularization procedures. METHODS:In patients undergoing exercise-stress MPI (January 1, 2003-March 31, 2007), we determined the impact of summe...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lee DS,Verocai F,Husain M,Al Khdair D,Wang X,Freeman M,Iwanochko RM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug-eluting stents (DES) are increasingly used for the treatment of coronary artery disease. An optimized DES performance is desirable to successfully treat various challenging coronary lesions in a broad population of patients. In response to this demand, third-generation DES with an improved deliverabilit...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Tandjung K,Basalus MW,Sen H,Jessurun GA,Danse PW,Stoel M,Linssen GC,Derks A,van Loenhout TT,Nienhuis MB,Hautvast RW,von Birgelen C

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dobutamine and exercise echocardiography are accepted as tests of comparable efficacy for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Although dobutamine has been classified as "exercise simulating," the mechanisms of ischemia with dobutamine and exercise have not been well studied. This study sought to compar...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mairesse GH,Vanoverschelde JL,Robert A,Climov D,Detry JM,Marwick TH

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies have established that intravascular ultrasound is a reliable technique for accurate assessment of vascular anatomic structure and disease conditions before and after intervention. In addition, quantitative data from intravascular ultrasound studies correspond well with histologic findings, which serve...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gussenhoven EJ,van der Lugt A,van der Steen AF,Ligtvoet KM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Platelet inhibition is critical in reducing both short- and long-term atherothrombotic risks after acute myocardial infarction (MI), especially among patients managed with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Currently available antiplatelet medications, including adenosine diphosphate (ADP) receptor in...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Chin CT,Wang TY,Anstrom KJ,Zhu B,Maa JF,Messenger JC,Ryan KA,Davidson-Ray L,Zettler M,Effron MB,Mark DB,Peterson ED

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

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：:The purpose of this study was to delineate the clinical, ECG, and angiographic features of a large series of consecutive patients with angina at rest. Transient ST segment elevation during pain was observed in 219 patients (group I), while 220 patients showed ST segment depression during pain (group II). Group II pati...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： de Servi S,Ghio S,Ferrario M,Ardissino D,Angoli L,Mussini A,Bramucci E,Salerno J,Viganò M,Montemartini C

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-four patients with atrial septal defects, aged 7 months to 18 years (median 8.9), underwent biplane transesophageal (TEE) and transthoracic (TTE) echocardiography. The size of the defect and the shunt flow volume were measured by TEE and compared with the actual size at surgery (N = 14) or the shunt volume measu...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ishii M,Kato H,Inoue O,Takagi J,Maeno Y,Sugimura T,Miyake T,Kumate M,Kosuga K,Ohishi K

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of once-daily administration of the new angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor quinapril or quinapril plus hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) were assessed in 64 older (greater than 65 years) patients with mild to moderate hypertension in an uncontrolled, open-label study. Treatment was initiated with...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Forette B,Koen R,Vicaut E

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diastolic heart failure (DHF) is characterized by dyspnea due to increased left ventricular (LV) filling pressures during stress. We sought the relationship of exercise-induced increases in B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) to LV filling pressures and parameters of cardiovascular performance in suspected DHF....

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mottram PM,Haluska BA,Marwick TH

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of vascular closure devices (VCDs) for the reduction of access site complications following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains controversial. Patients undergoing primary PCI for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are at high risk of femoral artery complications. A ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Prada-Delgado Ó,Estévez-Loureiro R,Calviño-Santos R,Barge-Caballero E,Salgado-Fernández J,Piñón-Esteban P,Vázquez-Rodríguez JM,Aldama-López G,Flores-Ríos X,Soler-Martín MR,Vázquez-González N,Castro-Beiras A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to assess the relation between the regional work and oxidative metabolism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). By using carbon 11 acetate as a tracer of myocardial blood flow (%A(0)) and oxygen consumption (k value), 12 patients with HCM with asymmetric septal hypertrophy and 10 normal subjec...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ishiwata S,Maruno H,Senda M,Toyama H,Nishiyama S,Seki A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate whether the identification of the different types of relations between premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) and the preceding sinus cycle length is capable of predicting the effect of beta-blockers on the PVCs themselves, 55 patients (43 men, 12 women, mean age 52.6 +/- 15.6 years) with different card...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pitzalis MV,Mastropasqua F,Massari F,Totaro P,Di Maggio M,Rizzon P

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamic and echocardiographic data from 33 consecutive patients undergoing cardiac transplantation were correlated with endomyocardial biopsy results to determine whether reversible restrictive hemodynamics accompany histologic evidence of transplant rejection. During the study period 251 biopsy specimens were obt...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wilensky RL,Bourdillon PD,O'Donnell JA,Sharp SM,Armstrong WF,Fineberg NS,Himes V,Waller BF

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Technetium Tc 99m gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has become the cornerstone of noninvasive risk stratification in patients with ischemic heart disease, but its role in patients with heart failure is not as well established. STUDY DESIGN:This study is a substudy of the Heart Failure...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bensimhon DR,Adams GL,Whellan DJ,Pagnanelli RA,Trimble M,Lee BA,Lee KL,Ellis SJ,Kraus WE,Rendall DS,Iskandrian AE,O'Connor CM,Borges-Neto S,HF-ACTION Trial Investigators.

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ECGs taken from four patients with concealed atrial bigeminy were analyzed to find the mechanisms of disappearance and reappearance of extrasystoles. Observations in three patients showing the classic form of concealed bigeminy suggest that when the extrasystole disappeared, the first sinus impulse after the last mani...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kinoshita S,Kato Y,Nakagawa K,Yasukouchi T

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are a number of important drug interactions with amiodarone. This agent appears to have a marked effect on the kinetics of some commonly used cardiovascular drugs, such as warfarin, digoxin, quinidine, and procainamide, and has dynamic interactions with others, such as the beta blockers and some calcium antagoni...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Marcus FI

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although cross-sectional studies have identified lifestyle factors associated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), no studies have examined the association between changes in lifestyle factors and long-term changes in HDL-C. METHODS:We examined the association between changes in lifestyle fact...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rahilly-Tierney C,Sesso HD,Djoussé L,Gaziano JM

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perioperative myocardial injury (PMI) remains a major cause of perioperative morbidity and mortality but clinical strategies to prevent PMI are still uncertain. METHODS AND RESULTS:We comprehensively searched PubMed for major research articles concerning clinical strategies to prevent PMI. The key findings ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sun JZ,Maguire D

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Although prior studies have demonstrated disparities in the management and outcomes of women with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), there are limited large-scale contemporary data on gender differences in post-intervention outcomes in this population. METHODS:We analyzed patients according to 2 ACS categories,...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Akhter N,Milford-Beland S,Roe MT,Piana RN,Kao J,Shroff A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonates with critical pulmonary valve stenosis often demonstrate small or hypoplastic right ventricular structures. Relief of the obstruction enhances forward flow across the right ventricle and reduces its pressure load. Growth of the right ventricle and especially of the pulmonary valve annulus was evalua...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gildein HP,Kleinert S,Goh TH,Wilkinson JL

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the feasibility of synchronized retroperfusion (SRP) as a support device of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for high-risk patients, 10 patients with left main trunk or near left main trunk obstruction underwent PTCA with SRP. An 8.5F retroperfusion catheter was inserted from the antecubit...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Nanto S,Nishida K,Hirayama A,Mishima M,Komamura K,Masai M,Sakakibara T,Kodama K

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00