Patient differences related to management in general practice and the hospital: a cross-sectional study of heart failure in the community.

abstract：:The endothelins are a family of three widely expressed 21 amino acid peptides. Apart from the ability to constrict vascular smooth muscle, they have numerous other potent effects, from enhancing mitogenesis to influencing nervous function. The pathway of their production involves the initial synthesis of a predominant...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Warner TD

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to assess whether perioperative N-acetylcysteine (NAC), an antioxidant, prevents acute renal injury (ARI) after cardiac surgery. METHODS AND RESULTS:We performed a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of NAC in adult cardiac surgery patients. The RCTs were identified ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Adabag AS,Ishani A,Bloomfield HE,Ngo AK,Wilt TJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The choice of oral anticoagulant (OAC) for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) may be influenced by individual clinical features or by patterns of risk factors and comorbidities. We reviewed analyses of subgroups of patients from trials of vitamin K antagonists vs. non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) for stro...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Diener HC,Aisenberg J,Ansell J,Atar D,Breithardt G,Eikelboom J,Ezekowitz MD,Granger CB,Halperin JL,Hohnloser SH,Hylek EM,Kirchhof P,Lane DA,Verheugt FWA,Veltkamp R,Lip GYH

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have illustrated that in addition to the well known risk factors, such as lipoproteins, smoking, hypertension, there are others that cause atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction. Our knowledge of atherosclerotic lesions has increased. We now know that atherosclerotic changes are due to inflammatory c...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Nieminen MS,Mattila K,Valtonen V

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One case of unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm causing left coronary artery compression and lethal myocardial infarction in a 39-year old woman is described. In reviewing the literature, 15 previously published cases of sinus of Valsalva aneurysms disturbing coronary flow were found. It is concluded that the mechan...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Brandt J,Jögi P,Lührs C

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Adenosine stress computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (CTP) is an emerging non-invasive method for detecting myocardial ischaemia. Its value when compared with fractional flow reserve (FFR), a highly accurate index of ischaemia, is unknown. Our aim was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of CTP and it...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ko BS,Cameron JD,Meredith IT,Leung M,Antonis PR,Nasis A,Crossett M,Hope SA,Lehman SJ,Troupis J,DeFrance T,Seneviratne SK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A time-domain signal-averaged ECG was performed in 52 patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) proven by angiography, in 45 control subjects with normal hearts, and in 132 patients with various types of ventricular arrhythmias and no evidence of cardiac disease during routine cardiac examination...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Leclercq JF,Coumel P

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the effectiveness of Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) by one-off dietary counselling on reducing cardiovascular risk factors among Chinese Grade 1 hypertensive patients in primary care. METHODS AND RESULTS:A parallel-group, randomized controlled trial (ChiCTR-TRC-13003014) was conducted ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wong MC,Wang HH,Kwan MW,Fong BC,Chan WM,Zhang DX,Li ST,Yan BP,Coats AJ,Griffiths SM

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The role of cardiovascular risk factors and atherosclerosis in the aetiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms is not well understood. The aim of this study was to determine the association between atherosclerosis and aortic aneurysm in the general population and the extent to which cardiovascular risk factors might i...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lee AJ,Fowkes FG,Carson MN,Leng GC,Allan PL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have been shown to reduce cardiovascular risk in different groups of patients. Whether these effects can be generalized to the broad group of patients with vascular disease is unknown. Therefore, we undertook a combined analysis using individual data from ADVANCE, EUR...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Brugts JJ,Ninomiya T,Boersma E,Remme WJ,Bertrand M,Ferrari R,Fox K,MacMahon S,Chalmers J,Simoons ML

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Major guidelines recommend lowering systolic blood pressure (SBP) to <140 mmHg in all hypertensives, but evidence is missing whether this is beneficial in (i) uncomplicated hypertensives, (ii) grade 1 hypertensives, and (iii) elderly hypertensives. Providing this missing evidence is important to justify efforts an...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Zhang Y,Zhang X,Liu L,Zanchetti A,FEVER Study Group.

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of measurements of the fibrinolytic factors, tissue plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor, for predicting death and non-fatal cardiovascular events was studied in 213 consecutive patients with angiographically documented coronary artery disease. In the course of 4-year follow-up, 47 patie...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jansson JH,Nilsson TK,Olofsson BO

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We now have conclusive data that ACE inhibitors reduce mortality, morbidity, and symptoms in patients with low ejection fraction and/or heart failure. Therefore, ACE inhibitors should be routinely used in all such patients, as long as there are no clear contraindications. Routine use of ACE inhibitors will lead to pro...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： McKelvie R,McConachie D,Yusuf S

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The present study was done to assess the role of sudden cardiac death (SCD) among the presenting manifestations of and fatalities from cardiac sarcoidosis (CS). METHODS AND RESULTS:We analysed altogether 351 cases of CS presenting from year 1998 through 2015 in Finland. There were 262 patients with a clinical dia...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ekström K,Lehtonen J,Nordenswan HK,Mäyränpää MI,Räisänen-Sokolowski A,Kandolin R,Simonen P,Pietilä-Effati P,Alatalo A,Utriainen S,Rissanen TT,Haataja P,Kokkonen J,Vihinen T,Miettinen H,Kaikkonen K,Kerola T,Kupari M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is much interest in reported associations between serum C-reactive protein and incident ischaemic heart disease. It is uncertain what this association represents. We aimed to assess the effect of confounding from a number of different sources in the Caerphilly Prospective Heart Disease Study and in par...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mendall MA,Strachan DP,Butland BK,Ballam L,Morris J,Sweetnam PM,Elwood PC

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired left ventricular (LV) filling is known to be a major determinant of non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Seventeen patients with non-obstructive HCM (mean age 71 years) were investigated by Doppler echocardiography, before and after oral treatment with verapamil (mean daily doses: 335 mg). Diagn...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Friart A,Stamatakis L,Philippart C

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Pre-infarction angina is associated with better outcome after myocardial infarction. The aim of this study was to assess whether pre-infarction angina is associated with decreased no-reflow after coronary recanalization. METHODS AND RESULTS:Twenty-three patients underwent intracoronary myocardial contrast echocar...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Karila-Cohen D,Czitrom D,Brochet E,Faraggi M,Seknadji P,Himbert D,Juliard JM,Assayag P,Steg PG

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the subacute effects of a sustained intravenous infusion of urocortin-I (Ucn-I) in experimental heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS:In eight sheep with pacing-induced HF, a 4-day infusion of Ucn-I (0.3 microg/kg/h) induced prompt (30 min) and sustained (4-day) increases in cardiac output (CO, D...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rademaker MT,Charles CJ,Espiner EA,Frampton CM,Lainchbury JG,Richards AM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The cardiac extracellular matrix is highly involved in regulating inflammation, remodelling, and function of the heart. Whether matrix alterations relate to the degree of inflammation, fibrosis, and overall rejection in the human transplanted heart remained, until now, unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:Expression of m...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Vanhoutte D,van Almen GC,Van Aelst LN,Van Cleemput J,Droogné W,Jin Y,Van de Werf F,Carmeliet P,Vanhaecke J,Papageorgiou AP,Heymans S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The slope and pressure half-time of the aortic regurgitant velocity spectrum have been used as non-invasive markers of regurgitant severity. Recent in vitro and theoretical work, however, has suggested a confounding effect of systemic vascular resistance and left ventricular compliance on these parameters. To study th...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Griffin BP,Flachskampf FA,Reimold SC,Lee RT,Thomas JD

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Naturally secreted nanovesicles known as exosomes are required for the regenerative effects of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs), and exosomes mimic the benefits of CDCs in rodents. Nevertheless, exosomes have not been studied in a translationally realistic large-animal model. We sought to optimize delivery and as...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gallet R,Dawkins J,Valle J,Simsolo E,de Couto G,Middleton R,Tseliou E,Luthringer D,Kreke M,Smith RR,Marbán L,Ghaleh B,Marbán E

更新日期：2017-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common complication in patients with acute myocardial infarction and is associated with an increase in the risk of death. The excess mortality associated with AF complicating acute myocardial infarction has not been studied in detail. Observations indicate that AF facilitates inductio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pedersen OD,Abildstrøm SZ,Ottesen MM,Rask-Madsen C,Bagger H,Køber L,Torp-Pedersen C,TRACE Study Investigators.

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of angiotensin (Ang) I and II in a variety of isolated human cardiac tissues contracting under physiological conditions (37 degrees C, 60 beats.min-1). Ang I and II consistently increased the peak developed force of human atrial muscles by 30-40%, an effect that was completely blocked by 10(-6) ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Holubarsch C,Schmidt-Schweda S,Knorr A,Duis J,Pieske B,Ruf T,Fasol R,Hasenfuss G,Just H

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this double-blind placebo-controlled study with enalapril, 74 patients with acute myocardial infarction were followed at 0, 7, 30, 60 and 180 days after the event. Platelets and leukocytes were activated during the first 7 days. During the 6-month period fibrinogen, leukocytes, elastase, and B beta 30-43 remained e...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sylvén C,Hagerman I,Karlberg KE,Chen J,Wallin R,Eneroth P,Bergström K,Saldeen T

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophysiological properties were studied in a heterotopic heart transplant model developed in 44 dogs (Group I). Cycle length was 359.5 +/- 55.2 ms in the recipient heart and 500.9 +/- 77.9 ms in the donor heart (P less than 0.001). Sinoatrial conduction time was 38.6 +/- 13.6 ms in the recipient heart and 38.6 +/...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Alvarez L,Escudero C,Alzueta J,Silva L,Márquez-Montes J,Castillo-Olivares JL

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemodynamic effects of pharmacological doses of insulin during acute ischaemic heart failure were studied in 8 dogs. Severe depression of left ventricular function was induced by the injection of 50 micron plastic microspheres into the left main coronary artery. This was demonstrated by a significant increase in left...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Reikerås O,Gunnes P,Sørlie D,Ekroth R,Jorde R,Mjøs OD

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with high cardiovascular risk. CKD patients exhibit a specific lipoprotein pattern termed 'uraemic dyslipidaemia', which is characterized by rather normal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and high triglyceride plasma levels. All t...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Speer T,Ridker PM,von Eckardstein A,Schunk SJ,Fliser D

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In the adult cardiac myocyte the functional and structural integrity of the sarcolemma depends on the presence of calcium ions in the extracellular fluid. Ultrastructural damage to the myocardial cell after Ca is repleted following brief periods of Ca depletion includes (1) sarcolemmal disruption, (2) mitochondrial da...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Frank JS

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Circulating microRNAs (miRs) may reflect pathophysiologically relevant processes in the atherosclerotically diseased coronary arterial wall. Given the unmet medical need to identify patients with an unstable plaque phenotype, we determined the relation of circulating atherosclerosis-regulatory miRs with plaque phe...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Leistner DM,Boeckel JN,Reis SM,Thome CE,De Rosa R,Keller T,Palapies L,Fichtlscherer S,Dimmeler S,Zeiher AM

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The natriuretic peptides are important tools to establish diagnosis and prognosis in heart failure (HF). With application of therapies for HF, changes in both B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and its amino terminal cleavage fragment (NT-proBNP) parallel the benefits of the HF therapy applied. This dynamic nature of BN...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Troughton R,Michael Felker G,Januzzi JL Jr

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00