Association of cholesterol levels and occurrence of angiographically detectable endothelial disruption during coronary angioplasty.

abstract：:A total of 1150 consecutive patients (1052 males and 98 females; age 51.2 +/- 10.1 years) with suspected coronary artery disease (Group I) were subjected to fluoroscopy for detection of coronary artery calcification (CAC) and coronary angiography. Another group (Group II) of 120 patients (95 males and 25 females; age ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wasir HS,Dev V,Kaul U,Rajani M,Mukherjee S,Sharma S,Bhatia ML

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embolism of a fragment of a central venous catheter is a serious clinical complication, especially when the fragment cannot be made visible by radiological methods. We report a case where such a fragment could only be localized by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). With combined use of x-rays and TEE, the cathete...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Neumann HP,Hofmann T,Koester W,Billmann P,Kauffmann GW

更新日期：1988-06-01 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：:Although physical fitness is a powerful prognostic marker in clinical medicine, most cardiovascular population-based studies do not have a direct measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness. In line with the call from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute for innovative, low-cost, epidemiologic studies leveraging e...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Al-Mallah MH,Keteyian SJ,Brawner CA,Whelton S,Blaha MJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 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:The majority of coronary cameral fistulas (CCFs) are congenital in origin. On the other hand, acquired coronary cameral fistulas, having various etiopathogenic origins, are increasingly recognized. HYPOTHESIS:The aim of this study was to assess the possible involvement of coronary atherosclerosis in the pat...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Said SA,van der Werf T

更新日期：1999-04-01 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:Hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor for coronary artery disease, yet is associated with lower risk of adverse outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). HYPOTHESIS:We explored this paradox in 84,429 patients with non-ST-segment elevation ACS in the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wang TY,Newby LK,Chen AY,Mulgund J,Roe MT,Sonel AF,Bhatt DL,DeLong ER,Ohman EM,Gibler WB,Peterson ED

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The electrocardiogram (ECG) is valuable for the identification of prior myocardial infarction (MI) in individuals participating in epidemiologic studies or undergoing screening examinations. Although the Minnesota Code, a set of criteria for the interpretation of ECGs in such situations, is commonly used to ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sandler LL,Pinnow EE,Lindsay J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although optimal pharmacological therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is carefully scripted by treatment guidelines, many eligible patients are not treated with guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) in clinical practice. We designed a strategy for remote optimization of GDMT on a popula...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Blood AJ,Fischer CM,Fera LE,MacLean TE,Smith KV,Dunning JR,Bosque-Hamilton JW,Aronson SJ,Gaziano TA,MacRae CA,Matta LS,Mercurio-Pinto AA,Murphy SN,Scirica BM,Wagholikar K,Desai AS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most series of patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) of right bundle-branch block (RBBB)-left axis deviation (LAD) morphology include young individuals with no overt evidence of structural heart disease. In the present report, the clinical and electrophysiologic findings in two patients with verapamil-responsive ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Rechavia E,Strasberg B,Kusniec J,Sclarovsky S

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of transient myocardial ischemia on left ventricular function was examined by digital subtraction left ventricular angiography. Contrast medium was injected into the right pulmonary artery before, at 60 seconds of balloon inflation, and 10 minutes after balloon deflation. A total of 69 patients completed th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kitazume H,Kubo I,Iwama T,Ageishi Y,Suzuki A

更新日期：1991-08-01 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：:When evaluating patients with possible coronary artery disease, it is necessary to combine physiologic assessment (measurements of ischemia) with anatomic pathologic assessment (coronary angiography). Coronary angiography currently is the only way to assess the anatomic pathology of the coronary circulation with preci...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Conti CR

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:QT dispersion (QTd = QTmax-QTmin) measured as interlead variability of QT interval reflects the spatial inhomogeneity of ventricular repolarization times, and increased QTd may provide a substrate for malignant ventricular arrhythmias. Ischemia is associated with regional abnormalities of conduction and repo...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Aytemir K,Bavafa V,Ozer N,Aksoyek S,Oto A,Ozmen F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term survival rate following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was studied in 358 patients in central Japan who were monitored for 8 to 20 years after discharge from hospital for AMI. Fifteen-year cardiac survival rates were 65% in males and 72% in females. In both sexes, the survival rate decreased with incr...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Enomoto N,Yamauchi K,Hayashi H,Saito H,Hamajima N,Sasaki R,Sotobata I,Tanimura H

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HFH) is a very rare autosomal dominant disease characterized by accelerated severe atherosclerosis. We examined 18 patients from 9 families with HFH. The age range was 6-30 years (mean = 16 years). Male to female ratio was equal. All patients had huge, multiple tuberous xantho...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Brook GJ,Keidar S,Boulos M,Grenadier E,Wiener A,Shehada N,Markiewicz W,Benderli A,Aviram M

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) is a useful index of preload and an important determinant of cardiac function. HYPOTHESIS:We postulated that the rate of blood propagating into the left atrium (LAIF-PR) would be a useful measure of PCWP in critically ill patients. METHODS:Fifty-two critically ill ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Stoddard MF,Calzada N,Longaker RA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Successful smoking cessation in stroke and coronary artery disease (CAD) patients is important, as smoking contributes to significant morbidity and mortality. The American Heart Association developed Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) to improve compliance with national guideline recommendations for cardiovascul...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Huang PH,Kim CX,Lerman A,Cannon CP,Dai D,Laskey W,Peacock WF,Hernandez AF,Peterson ED,Smith EE,Fonarow GC,Schwamm LH,Bhatt DL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients undergoing aortic valve replacement had rare or unusual causes of isolated, pure aortic regurgitation. Two patients had congenitally bicuspid aortic valves with a false commissure (raphe) displaced to the aortic wall ("tethered bicuspid aortic valve"), two had floppy aortic valves, one had a congenital qu...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Waller BF,Taliercio CP,Dickos DK,Howard J,Adlam JH,Jolly W

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a complex cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice with increasing incidence. However, the effects of statins on patients with AF are not quite clear. HYPOTHESIS:To investigate the protective effect of calcium channel blocker (CCB) and valsartan combined fluvastatin on hypertensio...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Zhao Z,Yang Y,Wang J,Dong Z,Niu X,Liu E,Liu T,Li L,Liang Y,Li G

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Troponin I (TnI) is increasingly employed as a highly specific marker of acute myocardial ischemia. The value of this marker after cardiac surgery is unclear. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of this study was to measure serum TnI levels prospectively at 1, 6, and 72 h after elective cardiac operations. In addition, ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Horvath KA,Parker MA,Frederiksen JW,Palmer AS,Fullerton DA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In many cardiac catheterization laboratories interventional procedures are performed at a date later than the diagnostic study, causing increased hospital days and costs. Few data exist which compare procedural success, complications, and costs between procedures performed at the time of diagnostic study and...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Panchamukhi VB,Flaker GC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:Genetic influence on development of athlete's heart is uncertain. This study investigated whether angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism influenced development of athlete's heart. METHODS:Forty-three participants in a 100-km ultramarathon were classified on the basis of ACE gen...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nagashima J,Musha H,Takada H,Awaya T,Oba H,Mori N,Ohmiya K,Nobuoka S,Murayama M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subaortic stenosis has been described with increasing frequency as an ominous feature of atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD), especially following surgical correction of the anomaly in non-Down's syndrome patients. In order to study the surgical anatomy of the left ventricular outflow tract in this malformation, 48 ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gallo P,Formigari R,Hokayem NJ,D'Offizi F,D'Alessandro,Francalanci P,d'Amati G,Colloridi V,Pizzuto F

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The normal and dilated heart behaves as a single functional unit during preload reduction: volume unloading in the setting of diastolic ventricular interaction allows for increased left ventricular (LV) filling. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that reduction of venous return induced by a physiologic stimulus (ti...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pepi M,Tamborini G,Maltagliati A,Guazzi M,Berna G,Susini F,Muratori M,Celeste F

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) is an electrical-device therapy for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤35% also have indication for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), and in some cases subcutaneous ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Röger S,Rudic B,Akin I,Shchetynska-Marinova T,Fastenrath F,Tülümen E,Liebe V,El-Battrawy I,Baumann S,Kuschyk J,Borggrefe M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aortic valve disease is an important and frequent clinical problem with a mortality rate as high as 50-80% in a 5-year natural history of patients with severe aortic valve disease. Biological or mechanical prosthesis implantation is the only way to improve prognosis. HYPOTHESIS:The aim of our study was to a...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Waszyrowski T,Kasprzak JD,Krzemińska-Pakuła M,Dziatkowiak A,Zasłonka J

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is characterized by systolic ballooning of the left ventricular apex. It is triggered by emotional or physical stress, but the exact mechanism through which stress leads to TCM is not known. HYPOTHESIS:Coronary microvessel apoptosis is the missing link between stress and TCM. ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Uchida Y,Egami H,Uchida Y,Sakurai T,Kanai M,Shirai S,Nakagawa O,Oshima T

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small heart syndrome has previously been reported as neurocirculatory asthenia, associated with a small heart shadow on a chest roentgenogram. This is characterized as weakness or fatigue even after ordinary exertion, palpitation, dyspnea, and fainting, resembling patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Miwa K,Fujita M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00