Cardiovascular malformations in the fetal alcohol syndrome.

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to investigate the efficacy of alteplase double-bolus dosing compared with the front-loaded 90-minute infusion regimen in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Recent pilot studies have suggested that bolus dosing may provide improved efficacy in establishing early, complete, and...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bleich SD,Adgey AA,McMechan SR,Love TW

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We attempted to determine whether exercise-induced silent myocardial ischemia has different clinical implications in patients with and without pathologic Q waves. We studied 152 patients (121 men and 31 women) who had ischemic ST depression (greater than or equal to 0.05 mV) during exercise tests and greater than or e...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ozawa T,Ikeda K,Yamaki M,Kubota I,Tsuiki K,Yasui S

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The type of practitioners who use the standard exercise test is changing. Once a tool of the cardiologist, the standard exercise test is now being performed by internists and other noncardiologists. Because this change could be facilitated by computerization similar to the computerized interpretation program...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Atwood JE,Do D,Froelicher V,Chilton R,Dennis C,Froning J,Janosi A,Mortara D,Myers J

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body surface isopotential maps were recorded in 30 normal subjects and 32 patients with clinical evidence of old anterior myocardial infarction but without ECG findings of infarction. Position of the minimum in maps was compared at 5 msec intervals from the onset of QRS between the normal and infarction groups. A sign...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hirai M,Ohta T,Kinoshita A,Toyama J,Nagaya T,Yamada K

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The human KCNE1 protein forms the β-subunit of the IKs potassium channel and is important in the regulation of the atrial action potential duration. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between the nonsynonymous 112G>A mutation of the KCNE1 gene and postcardiac surgery atrial fibrilla...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Voudris KV,Apostolakis S,Karyofillis P,Doukas K,Zaravinos A,Androutsopoulos VP,Michalis A,Voudris V,Spandidos DA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly 800,000 of the 1 million patients hospitalized with acute heart failure (AHF) every year are initially treated by emergency physicians. Signs and symptoms are typically most severe at initial presentation, but with timely diagnostic and therapeutic management, rapid improvement can be achieved. As a direct resu...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Collins SP,Levy PD,Pang PS,Gheorghiade M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of rupture of the interventricular septum occurring coincident with acute inferior myocardial infarction are reported and the relevant literature is reviewed. One patient under-went successful surgical repair and, in addition, had an aneurysmectomy. Clues and pitfalls in diagnosis as well as the possible c...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Longo EA,Cohen LS

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise-induced changes in QRS duration were assessed in 25 normal subjects and in 17 patients with stable ischemic heart disease. None had bundle branch block or were taking medications, and all patients had angina pectoris induced during the test. QRS duration and ST60 amplitude were measured by computer during res...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ahnve S,Sullivan M,Myers J,Froelicher V

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current recommendations for antithrombotic therapy after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation include prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin and clopidogrel ≥12 months. However, the impact of such a regimen for all patients receiving any DES system remains unclear based on scientific eviden...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Feres F,Costa RA,Bhatt DL,Leon MB,Botelho RV,King SB 3rd,de Paula JE,Mangione JA,Salvadori D Jr,Gusmão MO,Castello H Jr,Nicolela E Jr,Perin MA,Devito FS,Marin-Neto JA,Abizaid A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Case fatality rates after acute myocardial infarction (MI) have decreased markedly over the last 3 decades. Some subgroups may have benefited more than others, but this hypothesis has not been evaluated in a large nationally representative cohort. Accordingly, we sought to assess long-term temporal trends in...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wellenius GA,Mittleman MA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Externally recorded STI were compared with invasively determined EF in 10 normal subjects and 86 patients with various forms of chronic heart disease. From phono-, apex-, and electrocardiograms and carotid pulse tracings, recorded without rigidly controlled conditions (postabsorptive state, fixed time of day, exclusio...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sutton R,Hodd WP Jr,Koch GG

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Technetium Tc 99m gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has become the cornerstone of noninvasive risk stratification in patients with ischemic heart disease, but its role in patients with heart failure is not as well established. STUDY DESIGN:This study is a substudy of the Heart Failure...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bensimhon DR,Adams GL,Whellan DJ,Pagnanelli RA,Trimble M,Lee BA,Lee KL,Ellis SJ,Kraus WE,Rendall DS,Iskandrian AE,O'Connor CM,Borges-Neto S,HF-ACTION Trial Investigators.

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the diagnostic value of exercise electrocardiographic (ECG) testing in 191 patients who were completely asymptomatic 6 months after a successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty procedure. With > 70%- and > 50%-diameter stenosis at follow-up as restenosis criteria, the sensitivities of exercis...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Desmet W,De Scheerder I,Piessens J

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low-molecular weight heparins have different pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics and may vary in efficacy. We compared the efficacy of enoxaparin with that of tinzaparin in the management of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTACS). METHODS:A total of 438 patients with NSTA...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Michalis LK,Katsouras CS,Papamichael N,Adamides K,Naka KK,Goudevenos J,Sideris DA

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a demographic study, the black Ohio residents were characterized by those born in Ohio and those born in other regions of the United States, and comparisons were made of rates for all deaths (1960-1967) for coronary heart disease (420), endocarditis and myocardial degeneration (421-422), hypertensive cardiovascular...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mancuso TF,Redmond CK

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that smokers' coronary endothelial function is impaired because of increased oxidative stress, and their coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) is reduced. It is uncertain whether oral antioxidant vitamin C restores impaired CFVR in smokers. Recent technological advances in transthoraci...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Teramoto K,Daimon M,Hasegawa R,Toyoda T,Sekine T,Kawata T,Yoshida K,Komuro I

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic heart failure is associated with impaired renal function, which may worsen during therapy. The incidence, predictors, and consequences of aggravated renal dysfunction (ARD) in patients undergoing intensive therapy for advanced chronic heart failure are unknown. METHODS:We reviewed the experience of ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Weinfeld MS,Chertow GM,Stevenson LW

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability to return to work after infective endocarditis (IE) holds important socioeconomic consequences for both patients and society, yet data on this issue are sparse. We examined return to the workforce and associated factors in IE patients of working age. METHODS:Using Danish nationwide registries, w...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Butt JH,Kragholm K,Dalager-Pedersen M,Rørth R,Kristensen SL,Chaudry MS,Valeur N,Østergaard L,Torp-Pedersen C,Gislason GH,Køber L,Fosbøl EL

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the TRACER trial, vorapaxar, a protease-activated receptor-1 antagonist, plus standard care in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE ACS) patients did not significantly reduce the primary composite end point but reduced a key secondary end point and significantly increased bleeding. Histo...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Jones WS,Tricoci P,Huang Z,Moliterno DJ,Harrington RA,Sinnaeve PR,Strony J,Van de Werf F,White HD,Held C,Armstrong PW,Aylward PE,Chen E,Patel MR,Mahaffey KW

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of cocaine-related acute coronary syndromes presents unique challenges. Although percutaneous coronary intervention in cocaine abusers appears to be safe in the short term, longer-term outcomes have not been reported. We postulated that cocaine use would be associated with increased risk for st...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： McKee SA,Applegate RJ,Hoyle JR,Sacrinty MT,Kutcher MA,Sane DC

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:There is a growing concern about the occurrence of coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation and their long-term course. We assessed the occurrence and the factors affecting the long-term outcome of DES-associated CAA. METHODS AND RESULTS:We analyzed 3,612 consecutive patients (...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ahn CM,Hong BK,Kim JY,Min PK,Yoon YW,Lee BK,Kwon HM,Kim JS,Ko YG,Choi D,Hong MK,Jang Y,Shim WH,Cho SY,Kim BK,Oh S,Jeon DW,Yang JY,Jung JH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isovolumic index is a recently described echocardiographic parameter of left ventricular function that is calculated as the ratio between the sum of the time of isovolumic contraction and relaxation divided by the ejection time. Although the individual components of this index may be altered by heart rate and load...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mancini GB,Friedman HZ,Hramiec JE,DeBoe SF

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracoronary streptokinase (SK) is being used to treat acute myocardial infarction. Complications including atrioventricular (AV) block and both supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias have been described. Selective cannulation of the nutrient arteries of the sinus node and AV node in the pentobarbital-anestheti...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Epstein AE,Urthaler F,James TN

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data indicate that cardiac antibodies play an active role in the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and may contribute to cardiac dysfunction in patients with DCM. The present study investigated the influence of immunoadsorption with subsequent immunoglobulin G substitution (IA/IgG) on cardi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Herda LR,Trimpert C,Nauke U,Landsberger M,Hummel A,Beug D,Kieback A,Dörr M,Empen K,Knebel F,Ewert R,Angelow A,Hoffmann W,Felix SB,Staudt A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:l-arginine is a commonly consumed dietary conditional essential amino acid found in food items and supplements, which is closely related to asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA). l-arginine is thought to increase nitric oxide and be cardioprotective, whereas ADMA and SDMA m...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Au Yeung SL,Lin SL,Lam HS,Schooling CM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with kidney failure have a heavy burden of coronary artery disease. The results of preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic measures developed in nonuremic populations cannot automatically be extrapolated to this unique group of patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:Articles were reviewed if they contained ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vaitkus PT

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Device-detected subclinical atrial fibrillation (AF) refers to infrequent, short-lasting, asymptomatic AF that is detected only with long-term continuous monitoring. Subclinical AF is common and associated with an increased risk of stroke; however, the risk of stroke with subclinical AF is lower than for cli...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lopes RD,Alings M,Connolly SJ,Beresh H,Granger CB,Mazuecos JB,Boriani G,Nielsen JC,Conen D,Hohnloser SH,Mairesse GH,Mabo P,Camm AJ,Healey JS

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radionuclide angiographic evaluation of LV performance at rest and during exercise in patients with AR have shown that an abnormal EF response to exercise may be observed in asymptomatic patients with normal resting LV function. The EF response to exercise has been correlated with a number of clinical and exercise mea...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Iskandrian AS,Heo J

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to properly advise cardiac patients in the regulation of their sexual activity, more basic physiologic information is needed concerning the cardiovascular effects of sexual intercourse. This study examined the effects of the male's position during sexual intercourse on heart rate and blood pressure responses....

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Nemec ED,Mansfield L,Kennedy JW

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrocardiographic QT interval, with a wide variety of practical and theoretic applications in medicine, pharmacology, and cardiology, is critically dependent on heart rate as expressed by cycle length (RR). To account for this and permit intraindividual and interindividual comparisons of changing QT intervals, ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Spodick DH,Rifkin RD,Rajasingh MC

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00