Diverse effects of calcium channel blockers in the collar model.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to analyse age-related changes in human myocardial nerve plexuses and collagen networks of the auricle of the right atrium in subjects in whom no cardiac diseases or pathology had been diagnosed. METHODS AND RESULTS:Morphometric analysis of acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-stained ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Burkauskiene A,Mackiewicz Z,Virtanen I,Konttinen YT

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In chronic aorto-iliac occlusive disease, pre-existing renal artery stenosis may give rise to sufficient development of collateral blood flow and prevent ischaemic symptoms for a long time and therefore may cause delay in diagnosis. An early diagnosis of aorto-iliac disease is necessary in order to avoid fatal outcome...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Mavili E,Kaya MG,Donmez H

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of cigarette smoking on the circadian rhythm of heart rate variability (HRV) are not known. METHODS:We studied the effects of cigarette smoking on the circadian rhythm of HRV in 24 smoking and 21 non-smoking healthy subjects. Twenty-four hour ambulatory electrocardiograms were recorded and time ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Eryonucu B,Bilge M,Güler N,Uzun K,Gencer M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Few studies described the home blood pressure (HBP) in young children. Using intrafamilial correlations of blood pressure as research focus, we assessed the feasibility of HBP monitoring in this age group. METHODS:We enrolled 382 mothers (mean age 38.8 years) and singletons (7.0 years) in theTohoku Study of ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Asayama K,Staessen JA,Hayashi K,Hosaka M,Tatsuta N,Kurokawa N,Satoh M,Hashimoto T,Hirose T,Obara T,Metoki H,Inoue R,Kikuya M,Ohkubo T,Nakai K,Imai Y,Satoh H

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although non-adherence to medications is associated with increased cardiovascular risks, very little information is focused on the relationship between knowledge and medication adherence among patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). AIM:The purposes were to assess the relationship between medication adh...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Zhao S,Zhao H,Wang L,Du S,Qin Y

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old male patient, known with familial hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy underwent a septal myectomy 10 years ago for significant left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction. During follow-up a progressive increase in LVOT gradient was noted in association with severe mitral valve regurgitation. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Tromp F,Devos D,De Backer J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) plays an important role in blood pressure regulation, left ventricular and vascular structure. Some hypertensive patients develop left ventricular dilatation and heart failure symptoms while others are relatively less affected. The purpose of our study was to d...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Olcay A,Nisanci Y,Ekmekci CG,Umman B,Bugra Z,Sezer M,Acar RD,Ozbek U

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by extensive mineralization of connective tissues and fragmentation of elastin fibres. PXE patients may sporadically suffer from severe cardiovascular complications caused by accelerated atherosclerosis. Consistent with this find...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Van der Veken B,Roth L,De Meyer GR,Martinet W

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse intra-alveolar haemorrhage is a rare complication of thrombolytic therapy (TT). We report a patient who developed haemoptysis due to pulmonary haemorrhage. This diagnosis should be considered in any patients with respiratory distress, diffuse pulmonary infiltrates, and haemoptysis and otherwise unexplained dec...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Baran I,Ozdemir B,Coşkun S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular aneurysms are common in clinical practice. Although their underlying aetiology is generally clear by the clinical context, it can be hard to define the exact cause in some cases. We report a case of a patient in whom cardiac MRI provided important information about the differential diagnosis of a left...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Kaplan A,Aslanger E,Polat N,Dursun M,Umman B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We aimed to compare the incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) between atorvastatin versus rosuvastatin in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary coronary angioplasty. METHODS:One hundred ninety-two consecutive patients, who underwent primary percutaneous inter...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Kaya A,Kurt M,Tanboğa IH,Işik T,Ekinci M,Aksakal E,Kaya Y,Topçu S,Sevimli S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Cardiovascular rehabilitation and retraining seek to increase cardiorespiratory fitness and to manage certain risk factors such as smoking, hypercholesterolaemia and sedentary lifestyle. Such lifestyle changes can be influenced by a combination of health determinants. Aim: The purpose of this study is to a...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Racodon M,Pezé T,Masson P

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A 22-year-old male who had Mustard repair for complete transposition presented with progressive exercise intolerance, documented by a gradual decrease in exercise capacity on cycle ergometer. Cardiac catheterization and angiography demonstrated subvalvular pulmonary stenosis. After surgical relief of the obstruction, ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Matthys D,Verhaaren H,Decoodt P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological information on the prevalence, incidence and natural history of intermittent claudication and peripheral vascular disease is limited, partially by the limitation of techniques of their study. The available data from the literature are review and supplemented by results from an on-going survey the ankle...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： De Backer G,Kornitzer M,Sobolski J,Denolin H

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used frequently in psychiatric practice and various electrocardiographic (ECG) changes have been described during ECT. QT dispersion (defined as maximal QT interval minus minimal QT interval) as assessed on the surface electrocardiogram has been demonstrated to reflect regional inhom...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Güler N,Bilge M,Eryonucu B,Kutaniş R,Erkoç R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The mechanisms of the different haemodynamic and clinical responses to dobutamine infusion in mitral stenosis (MS) are not clearly established. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between left atrial (LA) function and haemodynamic response in patients with MS during dobutamine infusion. METHOD...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Belgi A,Yalçinkaya S,Cetin S,Kabukçu M,Gölbaşi I,Sancaktar O

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purulent pericarditis is rarely the primary site of bacterial infection. It is usually a complication of an infection originating elsewhere in the body, arising by contiguous spread or haematogenous dissemination.This paper, however, describes a previously healthy young man, who developed a purulent streptococcal peri...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Keersmaekers T,Elshot SR,Sergeant PT

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Open surgery for aortic dissection with crevasse in the vicinity of critical branching (CVCB-AD) is frequently associated with several complications and a high mortality rate. We report the management of 53 patients with CVCB-AD who underwent a novel hybrid procedure including both open surgery and endovascular stenti...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Wu X,Hui O,Ding S,Yue Q,Zhang J

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The interest in transcatheter ventricular septal defect (VSD) closure is continuously growing. Therefore, we report our experience in perimembranous (Pm) and postinfarction (Pi) VSD closure. METHODS:All patients, older than 16 years, were selected from a data base, in which Pm and Pi VSDs were registered. T...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Marinakis A,Vydt T,Dens J,Gewillig M,Van Deyk K,Budts W

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to determine plasma fibronectin level and its relationships with plasma lipids, lipoproteins and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in patients with dyslipidaemia during lipid-lowering therapy. METHODS:Plasma levels of fibronectin, CRP, fibrinogen, lipids and lipoproteins in 38 pat...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Orem C,Orem A,Calapoğlu M,Baykan M,Uydu HA,Erdöl C

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiac rehabilitation programmes result in reduced morbidity and mortality and improvement of functional class. Behaviour of natriuretic peptides coupled to these programmes is not well established. Our study's objective is to evaluate the behaviour of natriuretic peptides in a sample of patients undergoing ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Montiel-Trujillo A,Isasti-Aizpurua G,Carrasco-Chinchilla F,Jiménez-Navarro MF,Gómez-González A,Bravo Navas JC,Jimeno C,De Teresa-Galván E

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboembolic events are major causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with native heart valve disease and artificial heart valves. Oral anticoagulation can reduce these complications. The indication for and intensity of oral anticoagulation depends on both, the risk for thromboembolic events and the risk of he...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Gohlke-Bärwolf C,Krémer R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that the circulating white blood cell (WBC) and neutrophil counts are related to left ventricular (LV) indices in patients with the same risk area for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), we examined 100 consecutive AMI patients who had the culprit lesion at segment 6 according to the Ame...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Uesugi T,Iwasaki K,Murakami M,Yamamoto K,Kusachi S,Murakami T,Obika M,Kamikawa S,Miyoshi T,Shiratori Y

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereological methods under light and electron microscopy have been used to study the ventricular myocardium of rats exhausted by swimming exercise. The proportion of myocardial cell/interstitium diminishes with the exercise. This result is interpreted as a consequence of an intercellular edema which becomes more pron...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Lucena MC,Paniagua R

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a case of permanent atrial standstill with syncopal attacks, in a patient with chronic Chagas' Heart Disease. The recognition of this dysrhythmia was based upon the conventional and intracavity electrocardiographic tracings in addition to phonomecanographic and hemodynamic data. The recording of th...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Benchimol CB,Schlesinger P,Ginefra P,Barbosa S,Saad EA,Benchimol AB

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-time two-dimensional echocardiographic studies of the mitral valve in short-axis view were obtained from 10 normal subjects. Stop-action frames of the video-taped echocardiograms were then photographed to obtain diastolic cross-sectional images of the valve at maximal opening. Tracings from the interior of the le...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Hearn TC,Goldblatt E,Mazumdar J,Fazzalari NL,Nandagopal D

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two cases of Ortner's syndrome, a syndrome with hoarseness caused by unilateral left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy as a complication of cardiovascular diseases. In the first case, aneurysmatic dilatation of the aorta and in the second case a dilated pulmonary trunk was thought to be the cause. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Van Melle JP,Meyns B,Budts W

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is a key enzyme in the production of angiotensin II and thus may participate in the modulation of cardiac growth. The cloning of the ACE gene has made it possible to identify a deletion (D)-insertion (I) polymorphism that appears to affect the level of serum ACE activity. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Dursunoglu D,Evrengül H,Tanriverdi H,Turgut G,Genç O,Kaftan HA,Kilic M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our study is designed to evaluate the plasma BNP levels in patients with pure MS and its possible correlation with clinical and echocardiographic parameters of the disease. METHODS AND RESULTS:The study included 29 patients (27 women, 2 men, mean age 43.4 +/- 11.8 y) with pure mitral valve stenosis in sinus ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Uçar O,Bayar N,Karagöz A,Aydoğdu S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBJECTIVE; ; The objective of this study was to identify developmental changes in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) during aneurysm formation using an elastase-induced rabbit carotid artery aneurysm model. METHODS:- Aneurysms were induced in carotid arteries of rabbits by exposure to elastase. Tissues fro...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Jiao L,Xu Z,Xu F,Zhang S,Wu K

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00