Noninvasive evaluation of asymptomatic athletes with cardiac murmur.

abstract：:Though cardiac involvement is a frequent finding in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) at the wheel-chair-bound stage, left ventricular hypertrabeculation (LVHT) has not been reported. The patient is a 28-year-old male with the typical clinical features of end stage DMD. Since the age of 16 years he requi...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Finsterer J,Gelpi E,Stöllberger C

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Few data are available on long-term atherothrombotic events after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Restenosis after PTA may be a marker of a more aggressive atherothrombosis. Aim: To ascertain whether restenosis detected by duplex sonography (DUS) after PTA...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Favaretto E,Sartori M,Pacelli A,Conti E,Cosmi B

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An early exercise stress test was carried out in 116 patients 8 to 14 days after a myocardial infarction. This test is in good agreement with the late maximal stress test performed 8 weeks after the infarction, both tests being positive together in 86.4% and negative in 84.6% of the cases. Residual coronary insufficie...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Chaudron JM,Lebacq EG,Luwaert RJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：UNLABELLED:In order to detect myocardial viability in coronary artery disease patients (CAD) with a previous myocardial infarction and dysfunction of the left ventricle (LV), the reliability of the left atrioventricular plane displacement (LAVPD) during low dose dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE), was validated. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Bouki K,Kranidis A,Kostopoulos K,Rondogianni F,Giannopoulou H,Antonelis J,Fehske W,Tavernarakis A,Kesse M,Anthopoulos L

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Gubbio Study is an Italian population study measuring risk factors for and incidence of major cardiovascular diseases. This analysis investigates the association of serum uric acid with the incidence of coronary and cardiovascular events. METHODS:A population sample of 2469 men and women aged 35-74 years...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Puddu PE,Lanti M,Menotti A,Mancini M,Zanchetti A,Cirillo M,Angeletti M,Panarelli W,Gubbio Study Research Group.

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerotic involvement of extracoronary arteries in patients undergoing myocardial revascularization can cause severe postoperative complications and increase postoperative mortality. Between January and November 1998, routine preoperative echo-Doppler study of carotid vessels, abdominal aorta and iliac-femoral a...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Cirillo F,Renzulli A,Leonardo G,Romano G,De Feo M,Della Corte A,Crescenzi B,Cotrufo M

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:Background: The presence of intracoronary thrombus is associated with increased ischaemic complications in patients with NSTEMI. High thrombus burden is an independent predictor of major adverse cardiovascular events, stent thrombosis and no reflow in patients with STEMI. CHA2DS2-VASc score predicts thrombus burden in...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Satılmış S,Durmuş G

更新日期：2020-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser displacement technique is a new method to registrate the low frequency precordial movements. In 16 young healthy men the apexcardiograms were obtained subsequently by conventional way and by laser displacement technique. The basic differences in time intervals and amplitude relations were analyzed with paired t-...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Ronaszeki A,Aubert AE,De Geest H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modifications that atrial flutter determines on the phonocardiogram, apexcardiogram, carotid pulse tracing, jugular venous pulse tracing, and indirect (esophageal) left atrial pulse tracing were studied. On the basis of the data here presented and that of the literature, a polygraphic profile of atrial flutter has...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Longhini C,Musacci GF,Portaluppi F

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The scope of this study is to detect whether or not the entropy (E) circadian rhythm (CR) is maintained preserved in sinusal R-R intervals (SRRI), its loss being the expression of a transition to an indeterministic chaos in heart rate variability (HRV). METHODS:The E of SRRI was estimated in 14 type I diabet...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Cugini P,Curione M,Castro C,Napoli A,Francia P,Colatrella A,Di Bona S,Cammarota C,Cardarelli G,Amato S,Fallucca F

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The effect of inhibiting mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) on cardioprotection induced by ischaemic postconditioning remains debatable. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether ischaemic postconditioning attenuates cardiomyocyte ultrastructure injury and apoptosis by blocking MPT. ME...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Fang J,Wu L,Chen L

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The European Society of Cardiology designated 2008 as the year of imaging. However, despite the intense focus on the many types of imaging and the relative benefits of each one, the optimal modalityfor the diagnosis of coronary artery disease remains controversial. Among the currently available techniques, co...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Jiang B,Gai L,Sun Z,Gai J,Guan Z,Wang Z,Liu C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The available literature has not been able to demonstrate the exact association between preoperative statin therapy and the reduction in the rates of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE). The aim of this study is to explore these unanswered questions. METHODS:A review of patients having ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Zhang M,Kang JP,Nie SP,Lv Q,Liu XH,Ma CS

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Most decision-support systems in medicine have been developed in hospital environments, but only few are designed for being used by general practitioners. The present work aims to design an expert system for practitioners in chronic heart failure (CHF) treatment. It provides assistance in defining the therapy relying ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Perlini S,Piepoli M,Marti G,Rabino A,Rota P,Compagnoni F,Moroni V,Ponzini D,Pugni M,Bernardi L

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that smoking induces peripheral endothelial dysfunction and altered function in central conduit arteries. METHODS:A total of 22 healthy volunteers (10 women and 12 men; mean age 25.3 +/- 5.8 years) were included. At baseline, brachial artery flowmediate...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Ciftçi O,Günday M,Calişkan M,Güllü H,Güven A,Müderrisoğlu H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva with an interarterial course is a rather rare congenital anomaly. Treatment strategies are determined by the risk of sudden cardiac death and the presence of cardiac ischaemia. We present two cases of middle-aged patients who were diagnos...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： De Pooter J,Van Driessche L,Bartunek J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between April 1988 and October 1989, 22 adult patients with isolated or predominant severe mitral stenosis underwent Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Valvuloplasty (PTMV). In 20 patients, a transseptal double balloon technique was used; in the last 2 patients, dilatation was performed using the Inoué balloon. Immediate...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Benit E,De Geest H,Denef B,Van de Werf F

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Since many years catheter ablation is widely used for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), however, long-term follow-up data of ablation techniques are rare. This study presents a 10-year follow-up period in patients treated for paroxysmal AF (PAF) with point-by-point pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) u...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Vroomen M,van Rosmalen F,Schröder J,Philippens S,Delhaas T,Crijns HJ,Pison L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 (LOX-1) appears to be involved in atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability and rupture. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the utility of serum LOX-1 levels in the diagnosis and assessment of left ventricular systolic HF and LOX-1’s relationship with serum...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Besli F,Gullulu S,Sag S,Kecebas M,Acikgoz E,Sarandol E,Aydinlar A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Decreased effects of smoking on serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) were demonstrated in subjects smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day. We aimed to evaluate the effects of non-heavy smoking (< or =20 cigarettes a day) on HDL-c in young, healthy men who are similar in terms of age, physical act...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Barcin C,Tapan S,Kursaklioglu H,Iyisoy A,Olcay A,Erbil MK,Isik E

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to examine the practice of cardiac bradycardia pacing in an electrophysiology laboratory and to evaluate the safety and efficacy of pacemaker implantation by cardiologists in this setting. METHODS AND RESULTS:We evaluated a consecutive series of the first 500 permanent pacemaker...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： García-Bolao I,Alegría E

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular noncompaction is a rare cardiomyopathy characterized by numerous, prominent ventricular trabeculations and deep intertrabecular recesses and is caused by a disorder of endomyocardial morphogenesis. It can occur in patients with other congenital anomalies, such as various ventricular obstructive lesions, or...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Dağdeviren B,Eren M,Oguz E

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Heart failure (HF) is a lethal disorder most common in blacks. Available treatment options have little impact on prognosis, making primary prevention a priority. We aimed to describe the spectrum of established HF risk factors and clinical features in Nigerian adults. METHODS:We recruited consecutive adults...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Laabes EP,Thacher TD,Okeahialam BN

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cardiac tumours are uncommon, with an estimated incidence between 0.0017% and 0.19%. Cardiac myxoma is a rare cause of cerebrovascular disease, especially in children. This case report emphasizes the importance of cardiac evaluation, especially echocardiographic examination in cases with stroke and peripheral ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Uner A,Dogan M,Sal E,Peker E

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High platelet reactivity (HPR) to clopidogrel is associated with an increased risk of ischaemic complications during and after coronary interventions and concerns up to 50% of patients undergoing PCI. AIM OF THE STUDY:The aim of the study was to identify patients with HPR to clopidogrel using bedside clinic...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Legrand D,Barbato E,Chenu P,Magne J,Vrolix M,Wijns W,Legrand V,STIB investigators.

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00