Comparison of thallium myocardial scintigraphy after exercise and transoesophageal atrial pacing in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess the independent contribution of left bundle branch block (LBBB) on long-term mortality in a large cohort with symptomatic heart failure (HF) requiring hospitalization. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied a prospective cohort of 21 685 cases of symptomatic HF requiring hosp...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Tabrizi F,Englund A,Rosenqvist M,Wallentin L,Stenestrand U

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early termination of clinical trials, for either benefit or harm, often generates undue enthusiasm or alarm. The enhanced publicity attending early termination of a trial promotes inappropriate interpretations because of the inherent difficulty of a prompt and comprehensive data review. Furthermore, the process of...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors：

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to assess the relationship between paroxysmal atrial fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction and the long-term prognosis of patients after acute myocardial infarction. The incidence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation among 5803 consecutive hospitalized patients was 9.9% (557/5803). Inci...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Behar S,Zahavi Z,Goldbourt U,Reicher-Reiss H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the initial phase of heart failure, cardiac output and pressure are maintained by increasing sympathetic drive and by cell hypertrophy. Elevated end-diastolic volume, a reduced ejection fraction and a higher filling pressure also occur. Only in more severe heart failure, when cardiac output cannot be maintained, do...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Burkart F

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A twenty-first century model for the training and assessment of cardiac interventionists’ skills, outlined by Prof. John Morgan FRCP FESC. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Morgan JM,Burri H,Binner L,Mansour H,Retzlaff H,Roca M,Gallagher A

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：AIMS:Valve compliance might determine the onset of symptoms better than resting measures of aortic stenosis. This study compared valve compliance measured by dobutamine stress echocardiography with resting haemodynamic variables against the end-point of symptoms at low workload during exercise testing. METHODS AND RES...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Das P,Rimington H,Smeeton N,Chambers J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Monocytes are critical mediators of healing following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), making them an interesting target to improve myocardial repair. The purpose of this study was a gain of insight into the source and recruitment of monocytes following AMI in humans. METHODS AND RESULTS:Post-mortem tissue spec...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van der Laan AM,Ter Horst EN,Delewi R,Begieneman MP,Krijnen PA,Hirsch A,Lavaei M,Nahrendorf M,Horrevoets AJ,Niessen HW,Piek JJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：AIM:To describe the relative impact on survival of the delay from estimated time of collapse to call for an ambulance among patients who suffer from a bystander witnessed out of hospital cardiac arrest of a cardiac aetiology. METHODS:A majority of all ambulance organizations in Sweden (covering 85% of Sweden inhabitan...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Herlitz J,Engdahl J,Svensson L,Young M,Angquist KA,Holmberg S

更新日期：2003-10-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:Atrial abnormalities in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis have not been evaluated in terms of intra-atrial conduction. We hypothesized that a delay in atrial conduction in these patients might produce diastolic abnormalities as well as atrial arrhythmias. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the atrial function...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mizuno R,Fujimoto S,Nakano H,Nakajima T,Kimura A,Nakagawa Y,Dohi K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Experimental and clinical studies indicate that tea exerts protection against cardiovascular diseases. However, a question of much debate is whether addition of milk modifies the biological activities of tea. We studied the vascular effects of tea, with or without milk, in humans and elucidated the impact of indiv...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lorenz M,Jochmann N,von Krosigk A,Martus P,Baumann G,Stangl K,Stangl V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Right ventricular dysplasia (RVD) is a cardiac anomaly characterized by replacement of right ventricular myocardium by adipose and fibrous tissue that was first described at autopsy, and is now being recognized pre-mortem. Sudden death and ventricular arrhythmias are the most common clinical manifestation of the condi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Strain J

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, bisoprolol has been investigated regarding its effects on exercise tolerance and the duration of action in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) following single oral administration. It appears, however, that the extent of effects of 5 mg bisoprolol is not fully established yet. Therefore, the effects o...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： de Muinck E,Wagner G,vd Ven LL,Lie KI

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) provide short-term coronary artery scaffolding and drug delivery. Although prior trials showed a higher rate of device failure compared with conventional drug-eluting stents (DES), only a single trial investigated patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Byrne RA,Alfonso F,Schneider S,Maeng M,Wiebe J,Kretov E,Bradaric C,Rai H,Cuesta J,Rivero F,Hoppmann P,Schlichtenmaier J,Christiansen EH,Cassese S,Joner M,Schunkert H,Laugwitz KL,Kastrati A

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of hirudin, a direct thrombin inhibitor, in patients with acute myocardial infarction, a dose-finding, angiography study was carried out. After a pilot phase in 10 patients treated with a bolus of 0.1 mg.kg-1 and a continuous infusion of 0.06 mg.kg-1.h-1 (dose group I), two doses of...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Molhoek GP,Laarman GJ,Lok DJ,Luz CM,Kingma JH,Van den Bos AA,Zijnen P,Bosma AH,Hertzberger DP,Takens LH

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of platelet membrane glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitors has changed the landscape of interventional cardiology. Given the commercial availability of abciximab and expected regulatory approvals for other receptor blockers, defining appropriate use of these agents in the interventional setting is mandated....

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Chronos N,Vahanian A,Betriu A,Emanuelsson H,Goldberg S,Gulba D,van Hout BA

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(2) (Lp-PLA(2)) has been suggested as an independent predictor of cardiovascular events in epidemiological studies. We sought to evaluate Lp-PLA(2) as a risk factor for future cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and to elucidate the relationshi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Oldgren J,James SK,Siegbahn A,Wallentin L

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamic variables were measured in 34 patients with isolated systolic hypertension before and after acute administration of propranolol. The patients were separated into two groups, those younger than and those older than 45 years of age, respectively. After drug administration, systolic pressure decreased signifi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Levenson J,Simon A,Maarek B,Totomoukouo J,Gitelman R,Bouthier J,Safar M

更新日期：1983-11-01 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：:From January 1978 to August 1983, 41 prosthetic valve thromboses in 34 patients were operated upon in our service. They comprised 15 aortic, 25 mitral and one tricuspid valve thromboses. Seven patients had massive thrombus with dysfunction of the prosthesis; others had small and disseminated thrombi on their prosthesi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pavie A,Bors V,Baud F,Gandjbakhch I,Cabrol C

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The risk of stroke is greater among women with atrial fibrillation (AF) than men. Warfarin protects against stroke, but treatment-related bleeding occurs more often in women than in men. METHODS AND RESULTS:SPORTIF III (open label, n=3410) and V (double-blind, n=3922) included 2257 women with AF and one or more s...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gomberg-Maitland M,Wenger NK,Feyzi J,Lengyel M,Volgman AS,Petersen P,Frison L,Halperin JL

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Metalloproteinases are proteolytic enzymes, which decompose the extracellular matrix, influence cardiac remodelling, and are inhibited by tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). Little is known about the prognostic impact of the TIMP-1/matrix metalloproteinase complex in patients with future cardiovascular...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lubos E,Schnabel R,Rupprecht HJ,Bickel C,Messow CM,Prigge S,Cambien F,Tiret L,Münzel T,Blankenberg S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no certain way of obtaining one of the European Society of Cardiology grants for research or clinical training offered each year, but Prof. Stavros Konstantinides (Centre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany), who chairs the European Society of Cardiology Credentials C...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors：

更新日期：2014-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Out of 84,609 Europeans in the ERICA sample (EHJ 9, Suppl I) 18,931 had adequate 6-year follow-up data so that coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality could be assessed in relation to five risk factors (age, cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, body mass index and cigarette smoking) measured at baseline. In view of kn...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors：

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:There is little evidence to inform routine practice in the use of coronary angiography and revascularization procedures after acute myocardial infarction. Large differences in the uptake of these procedures have been reported but representative data are scarce. Outcome studies have produced opposing conclusions co...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Woods KL,Ketley D,Agusti A,Hagn C,Kala R,Karatzas NB,Leizorowicz A,Reikvam A,Schilling J,Seabra-Gomes R,Vasiliauskas D,Wilhelmsen L

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial mycotic aneurysms (IMA) occur in 1-3% of all infective endocarditis. Although spontaneous resolution was evidenced on serial angiograms in many asymptomatic cases, the prognosis, if they rupture, is reported to be worse and partly contingent on the therapeutic approach. Among 12 patients (six acute and si...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Monsuez JJ,Vittecoq D,Rosenbaum A,Goujon C,Wolff M,Witchitz S,Modai J

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00