Effect of obesity and being overweight on long-term mortality in congestive heart failure: influence of left ventricular systolic function.

abstract：AIMS:Migration, urbanization, and change in socio-economic factors have potentially profound effects on heart disease in low-to-middle income countries. METHODS AND RESULTS:Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa, provides health care to >1 million Africans. We systematically captured data from all de ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Stewart S,Carrington M,Pretorius S,Methusi P,Sliwa K

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who have an accessory pathway (AP) of atrioventricular (AV) conduction may develop circus movement tachycardia otherwise known as atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia (AVRT). Orthodromic AVRT is the most common form. It occurs as a result of antegrade conduction through the normal AV conduction system and ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Obel OA,Camm AJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of the concept of pacemaker dependence, 86 patients who had permanent ventricular demand (VVI) pacemakers implanted for more than six months and were in predominantly paced rhythm underwent repeated interruption of pacing both abruptly and after gradual reduction of paced rate. Non-invasive pace slowing was...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Crick JC,Rokas S,Sowton E

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending coronary artery producing complete systolic occlusion was demonstrated in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, who had localized myocardial hypertrophy in the lateral left ventricular wall outside the territory of that artery. Although a cause and effect relat...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Doi YL,Yamada M,Hamashige N,Yonezawa Y,Odawara H,Ozawa T

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient ischaemic episodes, defined as chest pain with ST segment elevation resolving in less than 15 min, have been encountered in 18 out of 130 patients during or in the 12h following percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTCA). During PTCA, ischaemic episodes occurred in 11 patients (8.5%) along with complete co...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Danchin N,Cuilliere M,Cherrier F

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of therapeutic interventions to restore blood flow in patients with acute infarction, early identification of salvageable myocardium has gained clinical importance. It was the purpose of this study to define regional blood flow and glucose metabolism in patients with acute myocardial infarction as asse...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Schwaiger M,Brunken RC,Krivokapich J,Child JS,Tillisch JH,Phelps ME,Schelbert HR

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The prognostic role of time-to-treatment in primary angioplasty is still a matter of debate. The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship between time-to-treatment and myocardial perfusion in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by primary angioplasty. METHODS AND RESU...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： De Luca G,van 't Hof AW,de Boer MJ,Ottervanger JP,Hoorntje JC,Gosselink AT,Dambrink JH,Zijlstra F,Suryapranata H

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Torsade de pointes may occur as a complication of amiodarone therapy. We report a patient receiving amiodarone who was resuscitated from cardiovascular collapse and documented ventricular fibrillation. At subsequent electrophysiology study, while the patient was taking amiodarone therapy, monophasic action potentials ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Morgan JM,Lopes A,Rowland E

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nadolol in modifying the standard deviation of RR intervals (SDRR) and the coefficient of variance (CV) in 47 patients characterized by symptomatic, frequent (> 30 h-1) and reproducible premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). Sixteen patients had suffered a previo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pitzalis MV,Mastropasqua F,Massari F,Totaro P,Passantino A,Rizzon P

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of a single infusion of cibenzoline, a class I antiarrhythmic drug, were assessed in 86 patients presenting with a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia following heart surgery in a placebo-controlled double-blind parallel study. Cibenzoline was effective in 13 patients (30%) vs three patients (6.9%...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ollitrault J,Quilliet L,Scheck F,Lelong B,Richard A,Jarry G,Guize L

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It may be diagnosing Thalassaemia with magnetic resonance, navigating catheters round tight corners with magnets, or treating Marfan's syndrome with the Brompton Sheath--but if it is state of the art and it works, the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, will almost certainly have pioneered it, rep...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors：

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the frequency of pre-existing valvular disease (VD) among patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and to compare the clinical characteristics, clinical course, treatment, and outcomes of ACS patients with and without pre-existing VD. METHODS AND RESULTS:The Euro Heart Survey ACS prospectively enr...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hasdai D,Lev EI,Behar S,Boyko V,Danchin N,Vahanian A,Battler A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Here, the aim is to assess long-term clinical variation (CV) of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in stable chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. The proposed use of NT-proBNP for monitoring of CHF patients will require accurate information about long-term CV of the peptide. METHODS AND RESULTS...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Schou M,Gustafsson F,Kjaer A,Hildebrandt PR

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the effects of the acute administration of intravenous (i.v.) digitalis administration (0.8 mg of digoxin in 5-10 min) on the electrophysiological variables of 12 normal subjects (group 1), 12 patients with asymptomatic sinus node bradycardia (group 2) and 34 patients with symptomatic sinus node dys...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bolognesi R,Benedini G,Ferrari R,Visioli O

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 83-year-old man was hospitalized due to general fatigue and dyspnoea. He was diagnosed as having complete atrioventricular (AV) block due to cardiac involvement by a malignant lymphoma. Eleven days after the initiation of chemotherapy, the complete AV block disappeared and only a first degree AV block remained. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Otsuji Y,Arima N,Fujiwara H,Saito K,Kisanuki A,Tanaka H

更新日期：1994-03-01 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:We investigated the role of asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) for clinical outcome of patients with unstable angina. METHODS AND RESULTS:Forty-five patients with stable angina, 36 patients with unstable angina, and 40 healthy controls were included in this study. Coronary artery disease (CAD) patients were prosp...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Krempl TK,Maas R,Sydow K,Meinertz T,Böger RH,Kähler J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Various definitions of major bleeding have been used to evaluate safety in randomized controlled trials of antiplatelet therapy. We compared the definitions and rates of major bleeding in phase III randomized controlled trials of oral P2Y(12) inhibitors in the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes (...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Quinlan DJ,Eikelboom JW,Goodman SG,Welsh RC,Fitchett DH,Théroux P,Mehta SR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This treatise reviews two-dimensional echocardiographic criteria which have been developed to describe and distinguish reversible vs irreversible myocardial ischaemia. It also discusses the new pathophysiologic concepts such as 'hibernating' and 'decapitated' myocardium, and also 'reperfusion injury' and 'stunned' myo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Corday E,Hajduczki I,O'Byrne GT,Kar S,Areeda J,Corday SR

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The long QT syndrome is mainly defined by QT interval prolongation (QTc > 0.44s). However, data obtained in genotyped patients showed that resting QTc measurement alone may be inaccurate for ascertaining the phenotype. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of QT interval rate-dependence ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Neyroud N,Maison-Blanche P,Denjoy I,Chevret S,Donger C,Dausse E,Fayn J,Badilini F,Menhabi N,Schwartz K,Guicheney P,Coumel P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 20% of patients undergoing diagnostic coronary arteriography for acute or chronic cardiac ischaemia have angiographically normal coronary arteries. The mechanism behind this phenomenon is likely to be the result of a combination of functional or anatomical abnormalities in the coronary microcirculation, ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Chierchia SL,Fragasso G

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of coronary spasm is poorly understood. We report a case of coronary artery spasm in a cardiac transplant patient. Pharmacologic testing indicated denervation of the patient's heart. Therefore coronary artery spasm may occur despite cardiac denervation. This case demonstrates that intact autonomic nervou...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Cattan S,Drobinski G,Artigou JY,Grogogeat Y,Cabrol C

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To analyse the relationship between initial exercise parameters and peak oxygen consumption and prognosis in 96 patients with congestive heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Comparison of responses during the initial 6 min of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (Naughton modified protocol) in patients stratified to th...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： de Vries RJ,van Veldhuisen DJ,Dunselman PH,van der Veer N,Crijns HJ

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims Epidemiological studies reported two contrasting trends: on one hand, a significant improvement in the use of evidence-based treatments of patients discharged with a myocardial infarction (MI). On the other hand, the increasing number of elderly and co-morbid patients who are usually less treated. The aim of this...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Macchia A,Romero M,D'Ettorre A,Mariani J,Tognoni G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied regional left ventricular (LV) wall motion with M-mode, cross-sectional (2D) echocardiography and LV angiography in 50 patients with a recent myocardial infarction. Regional LV wall motion was evaluated according to a 9-segment model. 2D echocardiography permitted information from all, M-mode echocardi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lindvall K,Hamsten A,Landou C,Szamosi A,de Faire U

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:To characterize the relationship between blood pressure (BP) or heart rate and mortality and morbidity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods and results:We performed post hoc analysis of baseline BP or heart rate and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in the SUMMIT trial. SUMMIT was ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Byrd JB,Newby DE,Anderson JA,Calverley PMA,Celli BR,Cowans NJ,Crim C,Martinez FJ,Vestbo J,Yates J,Brook RD,SUMMIT Investigators.

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern-day stenting procedures leverage advances in pharmacotherapy and device innovation. Patients treated with contemporary antiplatelet agents, peri-procedural antithrombin therapy and new-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) have excellent outcomes over the short to medium term. Indeed, coupled with the reducing c...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Byrne RA,Joner M,Kastrati A

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs often in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and can result in increased morbidity and mortality. Previous studies using P-wave signal-averaged electrocardiogram (P-SAECG) have shown that patients with a longer filtered P-wave duration (FPD) have a high risk of AF ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Budeus M,Hennersdorf M,Perings S,Röhlen S,Schnitzler S,Felix O,Reimert K,Feindt P,Gams E,Lehmann N,Wieneke H,Sack S,Erbel R,Perings C

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The transversal distribution of coronary atherosclerotic plaques (AP) (myocardial vs pericardial) affects vessel remodelling. The aim of this study was to define the impact of transversal lesion distribution on vessel remodelling in proximal and distal coronary segments using a 3D intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) r...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Prati F,Arbustini E,Labellarte A,Sommariva L,Pawlowski T,Manzoli A,Pagano A,Motolese M,Boccanelli A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II (AII) has been implicated as an important factor in the pathophysiology of heart diseases. Following the recent identification of two subtypes of the AII receptor in cardiac tissue of animals, we investigated the possible occurrence of these, or similar, subtypes in human atrial tissue. In right-atrial ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rogg H,de Gasparo M,Graedel E,Stulz P,Burkart F,Eberhard M,Erne P

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00