The early glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (EARLY ACS) trial: a randomized placebo-controlled trial evaluating the clinical benefits of early front-loaded eptifibatide in the treatment of patients with n

abstract：:Head-up tilt provokes vasodepressor syncope in patients with this disorder but may also cause fainting in unaffected subjects. The aims of this study were to examine autonomic function and sequential changes in heart rate variability and plasma catecholamines during graded head-up tilt in patients with vasodepressor s...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Prinz-Zaiss M,Yeap AN,Moguilevski V,Trigg L,McGrath BP

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether serum uric acid, which is a marker of impaired oxidative metabolism, might correlate with left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). BACKGROUND:Uric acid levels, which are frequently elevated in patients with CHF, correlate with leg vas...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cicoira M,Zanolla L,Rossi A,Golia G,Franceschini L,Brighetti G,Zeni P,Zardini P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of mild hypertension by a small number of casual blood pressures may be inaccurate for the determination of average blood pressure. Nonetheless, casual pressures remain the basis for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertensive patients. We compared casual and noninvasive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Krakoff LR,Eison H,Phillips RH,Leiman SJ,Lev S

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advanced age is a well-established prognostic risk factor after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), yet approximately 10% of MIs occur in patients <45 years. We examined characteristics, cardiovascular outcomes, and the influence of risk factors on outcomes in young survivors of AMI. METHODS:Fourteen thousan...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Anderson RE,Pfeffer MA,Thune JJ,McMurray JJ,Califf RM,Velazquez E,White HD,Rouleau JL,Skali H,Maggioni A,Solomon SD

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 127 patients with chronic heart failure referred to our exercise laboratory were studied retrospectively to identify parameters predictive of prognosis. Patients were followed for a mean of 14.6 months. The group as a whole had severe ventricular dysfunction with a median ejection fraction of 17% and a medi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Parameshwar J,Keegan J,Sparrow J,Sutton GC,Poole-Wilson PA

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma concentrations of immunoreactive alpha-human atrial natriuretic polypeptide (i alpha-hANP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) were measured in 70 patients with heart disease. Plasma concentrations of i alpha-hANP were directly related to the severity of heart disease (F = 29.61, p less than 0.001). Plasm...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hirata Y,Ishii M,Matsuoka H,Sugimoto T,Iizuka M,Uchida Y,Serizawa T,Sato H,Kohmoto O,Mochizuki T

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been reported that mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist improves the prognosis of chronic heart failure (CHF). Recently, hemoglobin A₁(c) (HbA₁(c)) levels have been reported to be an independent risk factor for mortality in CHF, suggesting the important role of insulin resistance in CHF. We compared ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Yamaji M,Tsutamoto T,Kawahara C,Nishiyama K,Yamamoto T,Fujii M,Horie M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic significance of ventricular flutter (VFL) induced during programmed electrical stimulation (PES) is currently unknown. METHODS:This study examined patients who had PES-induced VFL and assessed their long-term prognosis compared with patients who had inducible sustained monomorphic ventricular...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gurevitz O,Viskin S,Glikson M,Ballman KV,Rosales AG,Shen WK,Hammill SC,Friedman PA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angina pectoris before and after MI was evaluated in a sample of 729 men and women from a general population in whom MI developed during a 36-year period of follow-up. Relations of AP to subsequent CHD events and mortality after initial MI were analyzed by proportional hazards regression models and were adjusted for c...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Brand FN,Larson M,Friedman LM,Kannel WB,Castelli WP

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Cancer Society's prospective study of 1 million Americans was analyzed to determine whether coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates by cigarette smoking in blacks differed from those in whites. More than 22,000 blacks were followed up for nearly 200,000 person-years in the 12-year study, 1960-1972. A...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Garfinkel L

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcified lesions carry the risk of suboptimal stent expansion. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of target lesion calcification on intracoronary ultrasound (ICUS) guided stent expansion after rotational atherectomy. METHODS:Stent expansion was assessed by ICUS in 39 patients with the ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Henneke KH,Regar E,König A,Werner F,Klauss V,Metz J,Theisen K,Mudra H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite proved efficacy for either dalteparin or platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade in improving clinical outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes, algorithms guiding concomitant therapy with these agents have not been devised. The purpose of this study was to assess a...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kereiakes DJ,Kleiman NS,Fry E,Mwawasi G,Lengerich R,Maresh K,Burkert ML,Aquilina JW,DeLoof M,Broderick TM,Shimshak TM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In older patients (70 ± 7 years) with chronic well-compensated heart failure with preserved ejection and controlled blood pressure, 6 months treatment with aliskiren (direct renin inhibitor) showed non-significant trends for modest improvements in peak exercise oxygen consumption (14.9 ± 0.2 mL kg-1 min-1 versus 14.4 ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Upadhya B,Brubaker PH,Morgan TM,Eggebeen JD,Jao GT,Stewart KP,Kitzman DW

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Weekly fish consumption has been related to a lower risk of fatal coronary heart disease (CHD) and incident stroke in populations with a low fish intake. This relation has mainly been attributed to n-3 fatty acids in fish, that is, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). It is at present ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Geleijnse JM,Giltay EJ,Schouten EG,de Goede J,Oude Griep LM,Teitsma-Jansen AM,Katan MB,Kromhout D,Alpha Omega Trial Group.

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertensive cardiovascular risk may be related primarily to vascular overload, the sum of three vascular abnormalities: increased arteriolar resistance, increased large-artery stiffness, and the effect of increased early pulse-wave reflection. A method for quantifying vascular overload as an index can be derived from...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Franklin SS,Weber MA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischemia, electrolyte changes, and fluctuations in autonomic tone may play an important role in the presentation of malignant ventricular arrhythmias. beta-Adrenoceptor blocking agents have been shown to decrease the incidence of ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death in patients with coronary ar...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Peuhkurinen KJ,Huikuri HV,Linnaluoto M,Takkunen JT

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular aneurysm has been associated with increased mortality rates. The Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST) database was used prospectively to assess (1) the prognostic significance of left ventricular (LV) aneurysm after myocardial infarction on mortality rates and (2) the relation of LV aneurysm to...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hochman JS,Brooks MM,Morris M,Ahmad T

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The recovery of left ventricular function (LVF) after revascularization takes time. alpha-Adrenergic blockade acutely improves coronary blood flow and LVF, whereas the effects of more prolonged alpha-adrenergic blockade on LVF recovery after stenting are unknown. METHODS:In 32 patients (age 58 +/- 12 y) wit...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kozàkovà M,Marco J,Heusch G,Bernies M,Bossi IM,Palombo C,Anguissola GB,Donatelli F,Laurent JP,Gregorini L

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrophysiologic characteristics of the denervated human heart were assessed in 14 cardiac transplant recipients. Conduction intervals and refractory periods were measured at pacing cycle lengths of 500 msec and 400 msec. The faster pacing rate caused lengthening of the AH interval (83 +/- 23 msec to 116 +/- 41 ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bexton RS,Nathan AW,Hellestrand KJ,Cory-Pearce R,Spurrell RA,English TA,Camm AJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-term follow-up after percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty shows a high incidence of restenosis. Yet a high percentage of patients with restenosis continue to show symptomatic improvement. Those with decreased left ventricular function originally tend to have a recurrence of symptoms. In this study Doppler-d...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Barbosa MM,Nishimura RA,Holmes DR Jr,Reeder GS,Ilstrup DM,Tajik AJ

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty has been shown to be an effective means of reducing mitral valve gradient and increasing mitral valve area in patients with mitral stenosis. Most techniques currently employed for performing this procedure involve delivery of one or two balloon valvuloplasty catheters through ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Fields CD,Slovenkai GA,Isner JM

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial pacing-induced changes in the sum of R-wave amplitude were measured in leads V5, X, Y, and Z at rates of 100 bpm (phase I), 150 bpm (phase II), and immediately after pacing (phase III) in 33 patients undergoing cardiac catheterization for evaluation of chest pain. Seventeen (51%) patients showed evidence of isc...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： David D,Kitchen JG 3rd,Michelson EL,Naito M,Sawin HS,Chen CC

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been shown that transient increase in left ventricular stiffness, assessed by Doppler-derived early filling deceleration time, occurs during the first 24 to 48 hours after myocardial infarction but returns to normal within several days. It has been reported that hyperbaric oxygen treatment has a favor...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vlahović A,Nesković AN,Dekleva M,Putniković B,Popović ZB,Otasević P,Ostojić M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated the influence of peak respiratory exchange ratio (pRER), as an index of effort adequacy, on peak VO2 prognostic reliability in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and reduced exercise capacity, whose peak VO2 may be underestimated because of poor patient motivation. METHODS:A cardiopulmon...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mezzani A,Corrà U,Bosimini E,Giordano A,Giannuzzi P

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the incidence of residual atrial septal perforation (ASP) following percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) with the Inoue balloon catheter and to examine the factors contributing to ASP, we studied 46 patients with mitral stenosis undergoing PTMC. Residual ASP was evaluated by Doppler color ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ishikura F,Nagata S,Yasuda S,Yamashita N,Miyatake K

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Stunned" myocardium prevents the assessment of myocardial salvage after streptokinase. In order to unmask "stunning," we sought to evaluate left ventricular inotropic contractile reserve of patients after streptokinase. Radionuclide ventriculograms were obtained in 75 consecutive patients 2 weeks after myocardial inf...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Satler LF,Kent KM,Fox LM,Goldstein HA,Green CE,Rogers WJ,Pallas RS,Del Negro AA,Pearle DL,Rackley CE

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As stenting practice has evolved to include greater numbers of stents and adjunctive balloon catheters per case, concern has focused on the increasing costs of equipment for the delivery of stents. METHODS AND RESULTS:To evaluate temporal changes in costs of intracoronary stenting, we examined total costs, ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vaitkus PT,Adele C,Wells SK,Zehnacker JP

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate whether the identification of the different types of relations between premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) and the preceding sinus cycle length is capable of predicting the effect of beta-blockers on the PVCs themselves, 55 patients (43 men, 12 women, mean age 52.6 +/- 15.6 years) with different card...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pitzalis MV,Mastropasqua F,Massari F,Totaro P,Di Maggio M,Rizzon P

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past decade, electronic health records (EHRs) have emerged as a potential tool to assess quality of care; however, the feasibility and accuracy of EHRs to assess adherence to lipid management performance measures have not been evaluated. METHODS:We created a retrospective cohort of 3779 patients wi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Danford CP,Navar-Boggan AM,Stafford J,McCarver C,Peterson ED,Wang TY

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Fontan operation results in a circulation that is dependent on low pulmonary vascular resistance to maintain an adequate cardiac output. Medical therapies that lower pulmonary vascular resistance may augment cardiac output and improve long-term outcomes. OBJECTIVES:This phase I/II clinical trial conduct...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Goldberg DJ,Zak V,Goldstein BH,Chen S,Hamstra MS,Radojewski EA,Maunsell E,Mital S,Menon SC,Schumacher KR,Payne RM,Stylianou M,Kaltman JR,deVries TM,Yeager JL,Paridon SM,Pediatric Heart Network Investigators.

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00