Role of adrenal androgens in the development of arteriosclerosis as judged by pulse wave velocity and calcification of the aorta.

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：OBJECTIVES:Myocardial infarction (MI) may be classified as ST elevation MI (STEMI) or non-ST elevation MI (NSTEMI). Procoagulants such as plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) as well as markers of inflammation such as C-reactive protein (CRP), serum amyloid A (SAA) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) are elevated in acute co...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Rott D,Leibowitz D,Finci-Yeheskel Z,Barak V,Chajek-Shaul T,Weiss T,Levin M,Urieli-Shoval S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pulmonary artery aneurysm is defined as pulmonary artery dilatation >4 cm. Pulmonary artery aneurysms are rare findings and are usually not associated with chest pain. This is the first report of a case of pulmonary artery aneurysm causing chest pain in a patient with Noonan's syndrome. Chest X-ray showed cardiomega...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Brown JR,Plotnick G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Retropharyngeal lesions are often associated with Kawasaki disease (KD). A 4-year-old male first presented a peritonsillar and retropharyngeal abscess-like lesion. Surgical tonsillectomy was performed to avoid a risk of mediastinal abscess, but he fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of KD after the operation. ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Okada S,Kobayashi-Fujiwara Y,Oga A,Furuta T,Ikemoto K,Fujii H,Sakata Y,Suzuki Y,Hasegawa S,Kusuda T,Itoh H,Yamashita H,Ohga S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to determine whether the release by macrophages of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-12 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) - leading to inflammation, matrix degradation and neoangiogenesis - represents an effective pathway that underlies aortic wall remodeling in Stanford typ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Del Porto F,di Gioia C,Tritapepe L,Ferri L,Leopizzi M,Nofroni I,De Santis V,Della Rocca C,Mitterhofer AP,Bruno G,Taurino M,Proietta M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic valve myxoma is an extremely rare cardiac tumour. We describe a 60-year-old woman found to have an aortic valve myxoma and a patent foramen ovale (PFO) presenting as a stroke. In view of the recurrent cerebral ischaemic events, the aortic valve myxoma was surgically removed and the PFO was closed. To the best o...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Koyalakonda SP,Mediratta NK,Ball J,Royle M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study investigates the genesis of the third heart sound (S3) in ischemic heart disease based on a mass-spring model. In such a system, the natural frequency of vibration, Fn, depends on the elastic constant, k, and the mass, m, according to the following relationship: Fn = 1/2 pi square root of k/m. To identify th...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Aggio S,Baracca E,Brunazzi C,Sgobino P,Aubert AE,Longhini C

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of spontaneous repetitive activity by a drive ('overdrive excitation') was studied in the sinoatrial node of the guinea pig by recording electrical and mechanical activity in sinoatrial preparations made quiescent by exposure to 20 mM caffeine of caffeine plus high [Ca]0. Electrical drive induced action ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Vassalle M,Carbonin P,Iacono G,Di Gennaro M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Risk factors like hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and smoking contribute to the pathogenesis of atherothrombosis. We investigated whether the multiplicity of risk factors for atherothrombosis is associated with leukocyte activation. METHODS:We examined the availability of CD11b/CD18 antigen on ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Berliner S,Rogowski O,Rotstein R,Fusman R,Shapira I,Bornstein NM,Prochorov V,Roth A,Keren G,Eldor A,Zeltser D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Third degree atrioventricular (AV) heart block with severe Adams-Stokes attacks in 3 patients with Lyme borreliosis is described. All patients had similar clinical manifestations: previously healthy, they experience syncope as an abrupt onset of the disease. Data on skin changes--erythema migrans--was subsequently obt...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Vasiljević Z,Dmitrović R,Naumović Z,Ostojić M,Radosavljević M,Karadzić A,Prostran M,Colić M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four biochemical markers, creatine kinase (CK)-MB isoenzyme, myoglobin, myosin light chains and troponin I, were studied in 1,338 patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain suggestive of coronary artery disease (CAD). One hundred and eighty-seven patients had an acute myocardial infarction (MI). A...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ellestad MH,Startt-Selvester R,Stanton E,VanNatta B,Ahmad J,Gawad Y,Swiger F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have compared the outcome between patients with and without a confirmed acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mainly during the first few years after its onset. Our aim was to compare the prognosis between patients with and without a confirmed AMI during 10 years of follow-up. Patients participating in an...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Herlitz J,Karlson BW,Hjalmarson A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this first clinical report of an idiopathic familial persistently short QT interval (QTI), we describe three members of one family (a 17-year-old female, her 21-year-old brother, and their 51-year-old mother) demonstrating this ECG phenomenon, associated in the 17-year-old with several episodes of paroxysmal atrial...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Gussak I,Brugada P,Brugada J,Wright RS,Kopecky SL,Chaitman BR,Bjerregaard P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular late potentials are obtained by signal-averaged surface electrocardiography. Late potentials in normal subjects may be influenced by physiological elements such as gender, height and body mass index. Considering that growth hormone (GH) hypersecretion is able to markedly alter different anthropometric vari...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Maffei P,Corfini A,de Carlo E,Martini C,Bozza G,Photiou E,Sicolo N

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrosis plays a critical role in the occurrence and maintenance of atrial fibrillation. The role of TGF-β1 in mediating atrial fibrosis is well documented. The β-galactoside-binding lectin galectin-3 (Gal-3) is mainly produced by macrophages in biological events such as inflammation and angiogenesis....

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Xiao M,Zhang M,Bie M,Wang X,Guo J,Xiao H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed behavioral activity, dietary and emotional variables among patient cohorts with angina pectoris, atypical chest pain, and no chest pain in whom coronary disease is suspected. Questionnaire responses of 3,899 employed male patients at the time of coronary arteriography were analyzed. Patients with a...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Young LD,Barboriak JJ,Anderson AJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a newborn infant with concealed ventricular preexcitation in sinus rhythm on the early ECGs, and who developed recurrent episodes of preexcited reciprocating tachycardia. Manifestation of the ventricular preexcitation and initiation of the tachycardias were dependent on the presence of severe conduction di...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Belhassen B,Pardo J,Peled B,Blieden L,Laniado S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of patients operated on without preoperative catheterization and angiography, the accuracy of echocardiographic diagnosis and its impact on the results of surgical treatment were prospectively assessed in 2,788 children consecutively operated for congenital heart defects (CHD) between 1986 and 1992. The o...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Marek J,Skovránek J,Hucín B,Chaloupecký V,Tax P,Reich O,Samánek M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to determine whether on-line vectorcardiography (VCG) gives independent prognostic information, regarding death, myocardial infarction (MI), and revascularization in patients with unstable coronary artery disease, i.e. unstable angina or non-Q-wave MI. METHODS AND RESULTS:One hundred and ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Lundin P,Jensen J,Lindahl B,Wallentin L,Eriksson SV

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Since recent studies demonstrated an impaired outcome after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in patients with chronic renal failure but did not address the aetiology of renal failure, we now analysed the outcome of patients with diabetic nephropathy in 721 consecutive patients undergoing PCI. Diabetic nephrop...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Reinecke H,Matzkies F,Fobker M,Breithardt G,Schaefer RM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recent research has indicated that red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is associated with the prognosis of cardiovascular diseases such as chronic heart failure and coronary heart disease. We aimed to study the predictive value of RDW for bleeding events in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Zhang Q,Qin Y,Zhao DS,Zhao HP,Zhou L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiodarone, a highly effective medication for suppressing cardiac rhythm disturbances, may cause pulmonary injury, such as chronic interstitial lung diseases, in 5-15% of the patients who take it. We applied induced sputum (IS), a non-invasive technique, for diagnosing amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity. Four patie...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Fireman E,Topilsky I,Viskin S,Priel IE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year-old woman with hypertension confirmed on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and unresponsive to beta-blockers, diltiazem and amiloride was found to have serum potassium, renin and aldosterone levels at or just below the lower end of normal. Urinary glucocorticoid metabolite analysis revealed high excretion...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Shamim W,Bakhai A,Yousufuddin M,Coats AJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood pressure behavior during and after ergometric exercise was investigated in 552 males in order to clarify if this standardized procedure is suitable for differentiating between normotensive subjects and hypertensive patients. Patients suffering from mild hypertension showed significantly (p less than 0.001) h...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Franz IW

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is one of the most common congenital heart anomalies. Although each annuloaortic ectasia (AAE) and malformation of the left coronary artery has been described as a complication of BAV, no case associated with both abnormalities has been reported previously. We present here a very rare cas...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Takahashi M,Ikeda U,Shimada K,Takeda H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of severe heart failure due to the combined effect of verapamil and enalapril overdose in a patient treated regularly with metoprolol. The patient was dependent for 2 days on glucagon and dopamine infusion but remained oliguric, with deteriorating renal function. Marked improvement in all hemodynami...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hasin T,Leibowitz D,Antopolsky M,Chajek-Shaul T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike root abscess, fistula formation is quite uncommon in aortic valve endocarditis. In this report, we describe a patient with subacute bicuspid aortic valve endocarditis complicated by aortic insufficiency, mycotic aneurysms of the aortic root and fistulous communication between the aorta and the left atrium and h...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ozerkan F,Duygu H,Nalbantgil S,Cinar CS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the relation between baseline electrocardiographic ischemia grades and initial myocardial area at risk (AR) and final infarct size (IS) in 49 patients who had undergone (99m)Tc sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography before and 6 +/- 1 days after thrombolysis. Patients were classed as having g...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Birnbaum Y,Mahaffey KW,Criger DA,Gates KB,Barbash GI,Barbagelata A,Clemmensen P,Sgarbossa EB,Gibbons RJ,Rahman MA,Califf RM,Granger CB,Wagner GS,AMISTAD (Acute Myocardial Infarction Study of Adenosine) Investigators.

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the case of a 43-year-old Caucasian man with frequent episodes of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) and normal resting electrocardiogram (ECG), who fulfilled two minor diagnostic criteria for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC): late potentials by signal-averaged ECG and regional right ven...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Anastasakis A,Vouliotis AI,Protonotarios N,Stefanadis C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00