One-year clinical outcomes of protected and unprotected left main coronary artery stenting.

abstract：AIMS:To determine the relation between serum concentrations of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and prognosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). METHODS AND RESULTS:In total, 847 patients (53 ± 15 years; 67% male) with HCM (28% with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction ≥ 30 m...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Coats CJ,Gallagher MJ,Foley M,O'Mahony C,Critoph C,Gimeno J,Dawnay A,McKenna WJ,Elliott PM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present review discusses the prognostic significance of post-infarction angina pectoris, and the significance of post-infarction intervention with verapamil on the prevalence of post-infarction ischaemia and prognosis. Angina pectoris during the first month after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was found to be a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jespersen CM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We addressed a potential mechanism of myocardial dysfunction following coronary microembolization at the level of myofibrillar proteins. METHODS AND RESULTS:Anaesthetized pigs underwent intracoronary infusion of microspheres. After 6 h, the microembolized areas (MEA) had decreased systolic wall thickening to 38 +...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Canton M,Skyschally A,Menabò R,Boengler K,Gres P,Schulz R,Haude M,Erbel R,Di Lisa F,Heusch G

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of new criteria proposed by Duke University for case definition of infective endocarditis as compared to the previously accepted Von Reyn criteria. PATIENTS:A total of 143 consecutive suspected cases of infective endocarditis in 137 f...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Cecchi E,Parrini I,Chinaglia A,Pomari F,Brusasco G,Bobbio M,Trinchero R,Brusca A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degenerative mitral valve disease has become the major cause of mitral regurgitation in North America; it is incumbent on surgeons to know repair techniques and to document their results. Fortunately, improvements in myocardial protection have been concurrent with the evolution of mitral valve repair in our country. T...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Loop FD,Cosgrove DM,Stewart WJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine whether increases in heart rate might be a common trigger of angina at rest, changes in heart rate, blood pressure and rate-pressure product during pain were compared with the ischaemic threshold (heart rate with ST segment shift > = 1 mm), determined by atrial pacing, in 272 patients with unstable angina. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Figueras J,Lidón RM,Serés L

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:White matter hyperintensities (WMH) progress with age and hypertension, but the key period of exposure to elevated blood pressure (BP), and the relative role of systolic BP (SBP) vs. diastolic BP (DBP), remains unclear. This study aims to determine the relationship between WMH and concurrent vs. past BP. METHODS ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wartolowska KA,Webb AJS

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential alterations of left ventricular volumes and haemodynamics were studied in 29 patients between 4 days and 4 weeks after myocardial infarction. Left ventricular volume was determined by single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT), infarct size by creatine kinase (CK) analysis, angiography and thall...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gaudron P,Eilles C,Ertl G,Kochsiek K

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To estimate the incidence of dementia after the first atrial fibrillation (AF), and its impact on survival in a community-based cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS:Olmsted County, Minnesota adult residents diagnosed with first AF during 1986-2000 were identified, and followed until 2004. The primary outcome was new detec...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Miyasaka Y,Barnes ME,Petersen RC,Cha SS,Bailey KR,Gersh BJ,Casaclang-Verzosa G,Abhayaratna WP,Seward JB,Iwasaka T,Tsang TS

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with recurrent tachycardias exhibiting right bundle branch block with left axis deviation were referred for investigation. In each case, a supraventricular mechanism was suspected. During sinus rhythm the QRS morphology and axis (-10 to +60 degrees) and HV intervals were normal. Tachycardia was initiated...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ward DE,Nathan AW,Camm AJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac hypertrophy was induced in rats either by isoprenaline treatment or by experimental abdominal aortic stenosis. In both models, the UTP content increased in the hypertrophying heart, while the ATP level remained depressed. The rate of net synthesis of uracil nucleotides, estimated by phosphate incorporation int...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rossi A,Aussedat J,Olivarès J,Ray A,Verdys M

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The EURObservational Research Programme-Atrial Fibrillation General Registry Pilot Phase (EORP-AF Pilot) provides systematic collection of contemporary data regarding the management and treatment of 3119 subjects with AF from 9 member European Society of Cardiology (ESC) countries. In this analysis, we repor...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lip GY,Laroche C,Ioachim PM,Rasmussen LH,Vitali-Serdoz L,Petrescu L,Darabantiu D,Crijns HJ,Kirchhof P,Vardas P,Tavazzi L,Maggioni AP,Boriani G

更新日期：2014-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:The purpose of the current trial was to test the hypothesis that breathing oxygen-enriched air increases exercise performance of patients with pulmonary arterial or chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension (PAH/CTEPH) and to investigate involved mechanisms. Methods and results:Twenty-two patients with PAH/C...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ulrich S,Hasler ED,Saxer S,Furian M,Müller-Mottet S,Keusch S,Bloch KE

更新日期：2017-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Our objective was to create a simple prognostic risk score for patients with systolic heart failure and mild symptoms. We then assessed the efficacy of eplerenone across different categories of risk. METHODS AND RESULTS:The Eplerenone in Mild Patients Hospitalization and Survival Study in Heart Failure trial (EMP...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Collier TJ,Pocock SJ,McMurray JJ,Zannad F,Krum H,van Veldhuisen DJ,Swedberg K,Shi H,Vincent J,Pitt B

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 24 weeks of treatment with simvastatin, a new HMG coenzyme A reductase inhibitor (dosages of 20 and 40 mg day-1) on serum lipid, lipoprotein and apolipoprotein A-I and B concentrations as well as safety parameters and subjective side effects were studied in 11 patients with familial (FH) and 10 patients ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mölgaard J,von Schenck H,Olsson AG

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation is a frequent cause of stroke; in the elderly, more than 20% of strokes are attributed to this common arrhythmia. Anticoagulation with warfarin reduces the risk of stroke by ∼60%; however, a large proportion of patients with atrial fibrillation do not receive this treatment because of relative/abso...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Landmesser U,Holmes DR Jr

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise-induced U-wave inversion on chest wall mapping was compared with coronary arteriographic findings in 160 consecutive patients who presented with chest pain suggestive of ischaemic heart disease. ECG recordings were made from 16 points on the chest wall before, during and after exercise. None of the 27 patient...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Salmasi AM,Salmasi SN,Nicolaides AN,Vecht RJ,Hendry WG,Kidner PH,Besterman EM

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the effects of acute myocardial infarction on the extent and distribution of mural stress on surviving myocardial tissue, coronary artery occlusion was surgically produced in rats. Following haemodynamic measurements in vivo, the characteristics of cardiac anatomy were determined and found to consist of a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Anversa P,Reiss K,Kajstura J,Cheng W,Li P,Sonnenblick EH,Olivetti G

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefits of exercise are irrefutable. Individuals engaging in regular exercise have a favourable cardiovascular risk profile for coronary artery disease and reduce their risk of myocardial infarction by 50%. Exercise promotes longevity of life, reduces the risk of some malignancies, retards the onset of dementia, ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sharma S,Merghani A,Mont L

更新日期：2015-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The impact on mortality outcomes of beta-blockers and calcium blockers in post-myocardial infarction (MI) has been suggested to be related to resting heart rate (HR) reduction. A meta-regression of randomized clinical trials was carried out to assess this relationship using weighted meta-regression of logarithm of...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Cucherat M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) represents an important phenotype among the broader spectrum of patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), but its mechanistic basis remains unclear. We hypothesized that activation of endothelin and adrenomedullin, two counterregulatory pathways important in ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Obokata M,Kane GC,Reddy YNV,Melenovsky V,Olson TP,Jarolim P,Borlaug BA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To explore variations in invasive care of the elderly with acute coronary syndromes across international practice. METHODS AND RESULTS:Using combined populations from the SYMPHONY and 2nd SYMPHONY trials, we describe 30-day cardiac catheterization in elderly (> or = 75 years; n = 1794) vs. younger patients (< 75 ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Alexander KP,Newby LK,Bhapkar MV,White HD,Hochman JS,Pfisterer ME,Moliterno DJ,Peterson ED,Van de Werf F,Armstrong PW,Califf RM,Symphony and 2nd Symphony Investigators.

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Coronary artery dissections are common findings following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and occur with an incidence of approximately 20% to 40%. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of intravascular ultrasound for the prediction of severe dissections by pre-interventional analysis ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Athanasiadis A,Haase KK,Wullen B,Treusch AW,Mahrholdt H,Voelker W,Baumbach A,Oberhoff M,Karsch KR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) may be difficult in cases without valve obstruction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of 111indium-labelled autologous platelet imaging in the detection of PVT. We studied 41 patients with 45 prostheses, mechanical (37) or biological (8), ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Acar J,Vahanian A,Dorent R,Fauchet M,Mundler O,Michel PL,Roger V,Cormier B

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We sought to evaluate the incidence and electrophysiological features of the local slow potential preceding the surface QRS complex (pre-QRS potential) which was detected more frequently at successful sites of catheter ablation of left parietal concealed accessory pathways, than at unsuccessful sites. METHODS AND ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Miyauchi Y,Kobayashi Y,Ino T,Atarashi H

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elevation of the cardiopulmonary baroreflex control of the forearm vascular resistances due to an impairment of the arterial baroreflex has been postulated in borderline hypertension. The purpose of the study is to verify this hypothesis. The arterial baroreflex sensitivity, measured by the phenylephrine method is ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bovy P,Juchmes J,Fossion A

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study, an elderly group of patients (n = 63, 47 male, 16 female, age 40-65 years) was examined before and after open-heart surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass: postoperatively, 19 patients (30%) showed no clinical neuropsychiatric symptoms, whereas in 35 patients (56%) mild or transient neurological ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Zeitlhofer J,Asenbaum S,Spiss C,Wimmer A,Mayr N,Wolner E,Deecke L

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infective endocarditis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, with valvular destruction and congestive heart failure being more common in patients with echocardiographically discernible vegetations. The transoesophageal approach affords consistently high quality images with excellent structural resolu...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rohmann S,Erbel R,Görge G,Makowski T,Mohr-Kahaly S,Nixdorff U,Drexler M,Meyer J

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, a new exercise test criterion diagnosing coronary artery disease was proposed, based on a composite of changes in Q-, R- and S-waves: the QRS score. We compared this new criterion with conventional ST-segment depression and other compositions of Q-, R- and S-wave changes in patients and normals and...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van Campen CM,Visser FC,Visser CA

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The evidence base for fasting plasma glucose (FPG) in the non-diabetic range as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) is inconclusive. We investigated this question in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS). METHODS AND RESULTS:In WOSCOPS, we related FPG in 6447 men (mean age 55 years) ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Preiss D,Welsh P,Murray HM,Shepherd J,Packard C,Macfarlane P,Cobbe S,Ford I,Sattar N

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00