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

abstract：:Twenty-one patients with stable effort angina pectoris were randomized in a crossover study to 4 weeks traditional Chinese acupuncture or placebo tablet treatment. The patients had at least five anginal attacks per week in spite of intensive treatment. Acupuncture was given three times per week at main points Neiguan ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Richter A,Herlitz J,Hjalmarson A

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated prognostic value at 6 months of residual pulmonary vascular obstruction (RPVO) measured before discharge in patients with intermediate- or high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE). METHODS AND RESULTS:Prospective registry including 416 consecutive patients with intermediate- or high-risk PE who surviv...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Meneveau N,Ider O,Seronde MF,Chopard R,Davani S,Bernard Y,Schiele F

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the near future, the practice of cardiology in Europe will be strongly influenced by a complex interplay of epidemiological, social, economical, professional, and technological evolving factors. The present report summarizes the conclusions of an expert conference organized by the European Society of Cardiology to ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Escaned J,Rydén L,Zamorano JL,Poole-Wilson P,Fuster V,Gitt A,Fernández-Avilés F,Scholte Op Reimer W,de Teresa E,Alonso-Pulpón L,Tendera M,European Conference on the Future of Cardiology.

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytokine hypothesis presently suggests that an excessive production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF) and interleukin 6 (IL6), contributes to the pathogenesis of heart failure. The concept, successfully proved in genetically modified animal models, failed to translate to hum...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lecour S,James RW

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent CD-1 mice inoculated with coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3m) will develop acute myocarditis with focal lesions by 7 days post-inoculation (p.i.). Administration of murine sera containing anti-CVB3m-neutralizing antibodies into CVB3m-inoculated mice at 3 days p.i. will exacerbate myocarditis, suggesting the presence ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gauntt CJ,Arizpe HM,Higdon AL,Rozek MM,Crawley R,Cunningham MW

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct cardioprotective properties of nitroglycerin and nicorandil were compared in regionally ischaemic (45 min), reperfused (24 h) porcine hearts. Intracoronary treatments, which were started 15 min prior to occlusion of the distal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), were continuously administered fo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Klein HH,Pich S,Lindert-Heimberg S,Schade-Brittinger C,Maisch B,Nebendahl K

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Ventricular fibrillation (VF), the main cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD), occurs most frequently in the acute phase of myocardial infarction: a certain fraction of VF, however, develops in an apparently healthy heart, referred as idiopathic VF. The contribution of perturbation in the fast conduction system in th...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Koizumi A,Sasano T,Kimura W,Miyamoto Y,Aiba T,Ishikawa T,Nogami A,Fukamizu S,Sakurada H,Takahashi Y,Nakamura H,Ishikura T,Koseki H,Arimura T,Kimura A,Hirao K,Isobe M,Shimizu W,Miura N,Furukawa T

更新日期：2016-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The adoption of transradial coronary angiography and coronary intervention is growing because of emerging data on its potential advantages over the femoral approach. As the adoption of radial procedures increases, it is important to understand the remaining challenges of both the technique and its implementation. In t...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rao SV,Bernat I,Bertrand OF

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), left ventricular (LV) systolic function, and mitral filling pattern (MFP) are prognostic indicators in patients with heart failure (HF). This study evaluated the potential role of E/Ea for predicting cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with suspected HF. This non-invasive measur...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Whalley GA,Wright SP,Pearl A,Gamble GD,Walsh HJ,Richards M,Doughty RN

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbutamine (Gensia, Inc., San Diego, CA) is a newly-developed sympathomimetic agent specifically designed for cardiovascular stress testing. It has been successfully used for the detection of coronary artery disease in conjunction with electrocardiography, echocardiographic and radionuclide techniques. Arbutamine incr...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Armstrong WF,Bach DS

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians have long suspected that hypertrophied hearts have an inadequate coronary circulation. This clinical suspicion resulted from the observation that a large proportion of patients with left ventricular hypertrophy who have normal coronary arteriograms complain of angina and have ischaemia-like ST segment depre...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kaski JC

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation is often associated with atrial enlargement and stretch is known to cause electrophysiological alterations. Acute stretch may, depending on the moment at which it is applied, cause action potential shortening or induce both early and delayed afterdepolarizations which, when large enough, may initia...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Janse MJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Long-term randomized comparisons of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in left main coronary (LM) disease and/or three-vessel disease (3VD) patients have been limited. This analysis compares 3-year outcomes in LM and/or 3VD patients treated with CABG or PCI with TAXU...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kappetein AP,Feldman TE,Mack MJ,Morice MC,Holmes DR,Ståhle E,Dawkins KD,Mohr FW,Serruys PW,Colombo A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemic of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a global phenomenon, and the magnitude of its increase in incidence and prevalence in low- and middle-income countries (LIMIC) has potentially major implications for those high-income countries that characterize much of the developed world. Cardiovascular disease remains...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gersh BJ,Sliwa K,Mayosi BM,Yusuf S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial dyssynergy does not necessarily indicate myocardial necrosis in patients with coronary artery disease. The differentiation between viable and non-viable tissue is of great clinical importance in order to make the most appropriate clinical decision in the individual patient. Several techniques are used to as...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Piérard LA,Lancellotti P,Benoit T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the clinical profile and prognosis of elderly patients not eligible for predischarge exercise testing. The database consisted of 133 patients 55-64 years of age, and 111 patients older than 64 years of age who survived an acute myocardial infarction. Follow-up was one year. In the younger age grou...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Deckers JW,Fioretti P,Brower RW,Simoons ML,Baardman T,Hugenholtz PG

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, it has been suggested that oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) plays an important role in atherogenesis by facilitating the accumulation of lipids in macrophages. In vitro studies from our laboratory have shown that oxidized LDL is recognized not only by a specific receptor, but also by a receptor which r...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kita T,Ishii K,Yokode M,Kume N,Nagano Y,Arai H,Kawai C

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with a large intramyocardial hydatid cyst lying in the postero-lateral segment of the left ventricle near the atrioventricular groove level which ruptured into the pericardial sac, resulting in cardiac tamponade. Cross-sectional echocardiographic examination from a modified four-chamber apical vi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： De Martini M,Nador F,Binda A,Arpesani A,Odero A,Lotto A

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is typically provoked by negative stressors such as grief, anger, or fear leading to the popular term 'broken heart syndrome'. However, the role of positive emotions triggering TTS remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to analyse the prevalence and characteristics of patients w...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ghadri JR,Sarcon A,Diekmann J,Bataiosu DR,Cammann VL,Jurisic S,Napp LC,Jaguszewski M,Scherff F,Brugger P,Jäncke L,Seifert B,Bax JJ,Ruschitzka F,Lüscher TF,Templin C,InterTAK Co-investigators:.

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the efficacy of atrial pacing in the suppression of early reinitiation of atrial fibrillation after successful internal cardioversion. METHODS AND RESULTS:The efficacy of atrial pacing in suppressing early reinitiation of atrial fibrillation was studied in 12 of 45 (29%) patients with early reinitiati...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Tse HF,Lau CP,Ayers GM

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the results of right ventricle endomyocardial biopsies from 26 subjects (mean age 27 +/- 10 years) with premature ventricular beats and normal cardiac anatomy and mechanical function. Light microscopy examination revealed normal myocardium in 10 subjects (38%), acute myocarditis in two (7%), bord...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Di Biase M,Chiddo A,Caruso G,Tritto M,Marchese A,Rizzon P

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brief hyperventilation is occasionally accompanied by repolarization abnormalities in subjects without apparent heart disease. However, the effect of prolonged hyperventilation on repolarization abnormalities is not clearly defined. We analysed the repolarization abnormalities induced by prolonged hyperventilation, co...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Alexopoulos D,Christodoulou J,Toulgaridis T,Sitafidis G,Manias O,Hahalis G,Vagenakis AG

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension (HTN) is quantitatively the major cardiovascular risk factor and responsible for ∼50% of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Blood pressure (BP) is also a classical complex genetic trait with heritability estimates of 30-50%. Although much is known about BP regulation, the intrinsic origin of essentia...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ehret GB,Caulfield MJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of two-dimensional echocardiography (2dE) in the detection of impaired left ventricular function, compared with cineventriculography (CVG). Apical two-dimensional echocardiograms were performed in 110 patients undergoing heart catheterization fo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Erbel R,Schweizer P,Krebs W,Meyer J,Effert S

更新日期：1984-06-01 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

abstract：AIMS:Chronic kidney disease is directly associated with cardiovascular complications. Heart remodelling, including fibrosis, hypertrophy, and decreased vascularization, is frequently present in renal diseases. Our objective was to investigate the impact of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) on cardiac remodelling and functio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Di Marco GS,Reuter S,Kentrup D,Ting L,Ting L,Grabner A,Jacobi AM,Pavenstädt H,Baba HA,Tiemann K,Brand M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity (NPY-LI) is elevated in patients with acute myocardial ischaemia and congestive heart failure (CHF) owing to increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system. The prognostic value of plasma NPY-LI with regard to mortality was studied in 324 random patients admitted to a ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ullman B,Hulting J,Lundberg JM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study investigated whether sedentary behaviour and different activity levels have an independent association with carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and with the 3-year IMT progression in different carotid segments. METHODS AND RESULTS:The study population included 614 healthy men and women (mean age = 44 ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kozàkovà M,Palombo C,Morizzo C,Nolan JJ,Konrad T,Balkau B,RISC Investigators.

更新日期：2010-06-01 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:In experimental studies the recovery of pressure distal to stenotic valve orifices has been well described. We evaluated the extent, determinants, and clinical importance of pressure recovery in patients with aortic valve stenosis. METHODS AND RESULTS:The study was performed in 37 patients with aortic valve steno...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Schöbel WA,Voelker W,Haase KK,Karsch KR

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00