Prolonged low-dose thrombolytic therapy: a novel adjunctive strategy in the management of an infected right atrial thrombus.

abstract：:Lithium has been used for the treatment of bipolar disorder for more than 6 decades. Reports of cardiac side effects resulting in both benign electrocardiographic (ECG) changes and near fatal arrhythmias have been reported in the literature. A systematic literature search was conducted on 2 electronic databases-PubMed...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Mehta N,Vannozzi R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is scant information regarding the effect of exercise training begun soon after hospital discharge for myocardial infarction (MI) with respect to subsequent improvement in exercise tolerance, enhancement of regional myocardial perfusion, or left ventricular function. Accordingly, 19 post-MI patients (mean age 53...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Beller GA,Murray GC,ErkenBrack SK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with severe pulmonary hypertension secondary to the CREST syndrome variant of scleroderma is described. Acute reductions in both pulmonary artery pressure and total pulmonary resistance were seen with nifedipine and oxygen administration. Reductions in resistance were maintained for over one month with this ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Morrison D,Goldman S,Alepa FP

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin is integral in the primary and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndrome. Given the high clinical importance of aspirin in the management of coronary artery disease, much attention has been directed towards the concept of "aspirin resistance." Unfortunately, the term aspirin r...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Grinstein J,Cannon CP

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C; <40 mg/dL) are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events, but it is unclear whether lower thresholds (<30 mg/dL) are associated with increased hazard. HYPOTHESIS:Very low levels of HDL-C may provide prognostic information in acute coro...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Hagström E,Roe MT,Hafley G,Neely ML,Sidhu MS,Winters KJ,Prabhakaran D,White HD,Armstrong PW,Fox KA,Ohman EM,Boden WE,TRILOGY ACS Investigators.

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1350 patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction, serum potassium levels during the first 3 days in hospital was correlated to clinical history and clinical course. A higher incidence of hypokalemia was observed in women, in patients with hypertension, and in those on chronic diuretic treatment. Patients wi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Herlitz J,Hjalmarson A,Bengtson A

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the Rosenblueth-Simeone model, the heart rate (HR) is proportional to the sympathovagal balance. The individual proportionality constant is the intrinsic HR, which can be determined only invasively. The percentage low-frequency spectral HR variability power, relative to the low- plus high-frequency spectr...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bootsma M,Swenne CA,Bruschke AV

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is well established as a short-term prognostic indicator after myocardial infarction (MI), but little long-term data are available. HYPOTHESIS:The objective of the study was to assess the impact of DM and other patient characteristics at baseline on long-term mortality after acute MI....

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gruppetta M,Calleja N,Fava S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCMP) is a common complication of diabetes and is associated with increased mortality. It has been suggested that a poor R-wave progression in a resting electrocardiogram (ECG) could be a sign of cardiomyopathy. HYPOTHESIS:The aim of this study was primarily to analyze the relations...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bildirici U,Ural D,Acar E,Agacdiken A,Ural E

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction is increasingly recognized as an early event in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. This observation is consistent with the growing appreciation of the role of endothelium in maintaining cardiovascular health. Endothelial dysfunction and coronary artery disease are both linked to hypert...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pepine CJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:201Thallium (201Tl) perfusion scintigraphy was performed in 22 patients with first acute transmural myocardial infarction within the initial 12 h after onset of symptoms. The size of the abnormally perfused area on 201Tl images was estimated by visual analysis and by a computer-assisted technique. 201Tl values for inf...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fletcher JW,Rao PS,Witztum KF,Hamilton WP,Donati RM,Mueller HS

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether exercise-induced ischemia impairs left ventricular diastolic filling in the postischemic period in humans, 101 men (mean age 57 +/- 10 years) were studied before and 2 h after a symptom-limited thallium-201 tomographic treadmill with pulsed Doppler echocardiography of mitral valve inflow. In the p...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Stoddard MF,Johnstone J,Dillon S,Kupersmith J

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Syncope is a common clinical problem with a variety of underlying mechanisms, some of which occur more frequently in 1 of the sexes or at a certain age. HYPOTHESIS:There may be clinically significant age- and gender-related differences in patients with unexplained syncope. METHODS:Five hundred seventy pati...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Edvardsson N,Garutti C,Rieger G,Linker NJ,PICTURE Study Investigators.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is highly beneficial in patients with heart failure (HF) and left bundle branch block (LBBB); however, up to 30% of patients in this selected group are nonresponders. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that clinical and echocardiographic variables can be used to develop a sim...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Biton Y,Costa J,Zareba W,Baman JR,Goldenberg I,McNitt S,Solomon SD,Polonsky B,Kutyifa V

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Statins are the most widely used lipid lowering therapies which reduce cardiovascular risk, but are associated with muscular adverse events (AEs). Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are autoimmune diseases of the muscle with higher risk of cardiovascular disease. More data is needed regarding statin sa...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bae SS,Oganesian B,Golub I,Charles-Schoeman C

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a family affected by arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) the familial occurrence was investigated. All 14 members of two generations were investigated carefully, and only 2 (father and one son) members were affected. Both subjects had a massive form of the disease with relevant ventricular arrhyt...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Canciani B,Nava A,Toso V,Martini B,Thiene G

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ventriculophasic response (VR) refers to shortening of atrial cycle length during heart block when a QRS complex is interposed between P waves. No formal quantitative definition has heretofore been proposed, nor have its potential clinical correlations been studied. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that VR is...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dadu RT,McPherson CA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An acute-phase response in patients with acute myocardial infarction could contribute to the development of anemia. HYPOTHESIS:An association may exist between symptom duration, hemoglobin (Hb) concentration and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) values in patients presenting to an emergency department (ED) wit...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Shacham Y,Leshem-Rubinow E,Ben-Assa E,Roth A,Steinvil A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:Noninvasive evaluation of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function was performed on 12 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) using posterior aortic wall echocardiogram and a parameter for determining the optimal heart rate in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation was considered. METHODS:...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nobuoka S,Hatano S,Yoshida A,Nagashima J,Noda K,Takada H,Miyake F,Murayama M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy with an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor is established for reducing excessive blood pressure, reducing mortality in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), preventing the development of CHF in patients with asymptomatic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, and preventing death and CHF when in...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pitt B

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contraction-excitation feedback, that is, electrophysiologic changes that are caused or preceded by mechanical changes of the myocardium, has been extensively studied in the ventricles. The role of contraction-excitation feedback in the atria, and more particularly in the genesis and maintenance of atrial fi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Antoniou A,Milonas D,Kanakakis J,Rokas S,Sideris DA

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) among patients with rheumatic valvular heart disease (VHD) in Chile. Coronary angiography was performed in all patients referred to cardiac catheterization with VHD who were over age 50 years and who had angina or ECG signs of ischemia. A total of 100...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Marchant E,Pichard A,Casanegra P

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old man was investigated for dyspnea on exertion and the presence of a pansystolic murmur. Physical examination revealed dextrocardia confirmed by chest radiograph, which also showed oligemic right lung field. Subsequent cardiac catheterization revealed secundum atrial septal defect, persistent left sided su...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yip AS,Chow WH,Lee DF,Cheung KL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous interventions for aorto-ostial narrowing of native coronary arteries are challenging because of early elastic recoil after the procedure and the high restenosis rate. Cutting balloon angioplasty may reduce this complication. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the clinical outco...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nassar H,Gotsman I,Gerganski P,Moseri M,Lotan C,Gotsman M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rarely occurring in the pediatric and adolescent population, aortic dissection is a condition with many predisposing factors. Previous studies have suggested that congenital cardiovascular disorders are the most common predisposing conditions. Trauma-associated aortic dissection is considered a rare occurren...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fikar CR,Fikar R

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) levels were measured prior to and at 1 and 5 minutes postcontrast left ventriculography with an ionic contrast agent (diatrizoate), and a nonionic agent (iopamidol) and the results were compared. Since ionic contrast agents have been found to cause an increase in left ventricular end-d...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Salvucci TJ,Roman C,Cha SD,Maranhao V

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Triage decisions for chest pain patients receiving usual care are based on a dynamic and comprehensive strategy performed in the physician's mind. It remains controversial whether simple, structured risk tools can surpass real, complex judgments. HYPOTHESIS:The potentially used History, Electrocardiogram, A...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wang G,Zheng W,Wu S,Ma J,Zhang H,Zheng J,Wang J,Xu F,Chen Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary artery disease (CAD) risk is not fully revealed by traditional risk factors. Identification of a simple, noninvasive tool that allows for detection of high-risk CAD patients and can be applied in large populations and clinical settings would prove valuable. HYPOTHESIS:We sought to test the hypothes...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Heffernan KS,Karas RH,Patvardhan EA,Jafri H,Kuvin JT

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 231 patients suffering from a first acute myocardial infarction were randomly allocated within 4 hours following the onset of symptoms either to anistreplase or anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator complex (APSAC), 30 U over 5 minutes, or to conventional heparin therapy, 5000 IU in bolus injectio...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bassand JP,Bernard Y,Lusson JR,Machecourt J,Cassagnes J,Borel E

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marijuana is the most abused recreational drug in the United States. Cannabinoids, the active ingredients of marijuana, affect multiple organ systems in the human body. The pharmacologic effects of marijuana, based on stimulation of cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2, which are widely distributed in the cardiovascular ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Singla S,Sachdeva R,Mehta JL

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00