Dilated cardiomyopathy: an unusual presentation of aortic coarctation in an infant.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) may result in right ventricular (RV) pressure overload with a dilated RV which can be diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed in 190 unselected patients who had acute PE documented by contrast-enhanced spiral computed tomogr...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Sukhija R,Aronow WS,Yalamanchili K,Lee J,McClung JA,Levy JA,Belkin RN

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low cardiac output in acute heart failure can result in a functional impairment of organs, when tissue hypoxia occurs and cardiogenic shock develops. To restore cardiac output, various forms of therapy can be considered. Fluid replacement is sometimes beneficial in acute situations where oedema can reduce effective pl...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Vincent JL,Léon M,Berré J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of a longitudinal study of the effects of 40 mg of propranolol orally in 14 patients with coronary heart disease demonstrated a minor but not statistically significant change in the relationship of percentage of maximal oxygen uptake to percentage of maximal heart rate. In a cross-sectional comparison of severa...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hossack KF,Bruce RA,Clarke LJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of cardiac proteins in serum has been related to ischemic heart diseases such as acute myocardial infarction and angina pectoris, which are more frequent in non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients. Silent myocardial ischemia, which is also more frequent in these patients, occurs in association with autono...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Prados J,Melguizo C,Arånega AE,Escobar-Jimenez F,Cobo V,Aránega A

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the expression of the osteoprotegerin (OPG)/receptor activator of nuclear factor-ĸB (RANK)/RANK ligand (RANKL) axis in the stabilization of spontaneously restored sinus rhythm (SR) in permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) patients after mitral valve (MV) surgery and study its clinical significance...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Xi L,Cao H,Zhu J,Røe OD,Li M,Wu Y,Wang D,Chen Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen hypertensive patients and 14 normotensive control subjects were submitted to the oral glucose test and their plasma potassium, glucose and insulin levels were measured. Cardiovascular responses were evaluated by blood pressure and pulse rate measurements. Five of 14 hypertensive patients were hyperinsulinemic...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Muscelli EO,Abdalla Saad MJ,Rocha Gontijo JA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electromechanical events occurring during acute myocardial ischemia were assessed in 10 patients who developed spontaneous angina during cardiac catheterization. Aortic pressure and electrocardiogram were recorded, and heart rate and systolic and diastolic time intervals were measured under control conditions, at ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ferro G,Saccà L,Piscione F,Spinelli L,Spadafora M,Duilio C,Chiariello M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early administration of nitrates in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may lower myocardial oxygen demand and increase blood supply to the ischemic myocardium. Actually, nitrates are the drugs most largely used in AMI patients, but no definite proof of their clinical benefits had been reported before GISSI 3 and IS...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Tavazzi L

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EKG response to exercise and the working capacity in a group of 70 patients with positive serology for Chagas' disease has been determined by stress testing on a bicycle-ergometer, in order to establish the usefulness of such a test in the early diagnosis of Chagas' cardiomyopathy. The exercise EKG provides inform...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hirschhaut E,Aparicio JM

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal subjects and cardiac chagasic patients without previous history of congestive failure or actual evidences of cardiac decompensation were exercised on a treadmill or a bicycle ergometer. Patients with less than the expected increase in heart rate during exercise were found to exhibit also an abnormal heart rate ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Gallo L Jr,Neto JA,Manço JC,Rassi A,Amorim DS

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the present study was to examine physician's attitudes and practices toward the use of different lipid-lowering management strategies in patients at increased risk for coronary heart disease (CHD). AIMS/METHODS:An internet-based questionnaire was completed by 78 general internists and family ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Goldberg RJ,Rosen J,Roselli A,Lewis B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study sought to assess the impact of treatment with digitalis on recurrences of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) recipients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF). BACKGROUND:The data regarding outcomes of digitalis therapy in ICD recipients are ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Schupp T,Behnes M,Weiss C,Nienaber C,Reiser L,Bollow A,Taton G,Reichelt T,Ellguth D,Engelke N,Rusnak J,Weidner K,Akin M,Mashayekhi K,Borggrefe M,Akin I

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited prospective data are available regarding the influence of pacemaker leads on tricuspid valve function. To examine the true incidence of these complications, 35 patients were prospectively examined by two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography before and after implantation of either a permanent pacemaker or a...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Leibowitz DW,Rosenheck S,Pollak A,Geist M,Gilon D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term patency of the left internal mammary artery (IMA) has made it the preferred conduit for myocardial revascularization. The proximal segment of the subclavian artery becomes functionally connected to the coronary circulation as a result of IMA implantation during coronary artery bypass surgery. The subclav...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Elian D,Gerniak A,Guetta V,Jonas M,Agranat O,Har-Zahav Y,Rath S,Di Segni E

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A smooth muscle layer exists in the parietal endocardium. Notwithstanding previous pioneer work, little has been known on the phenotypes of these smooth muscles. In humans as in animals, smooth muscles show two distinct phenotypes, the 'synthetic' and 'contractile' states, which can be differentiated on the basis of t...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Suzuki T,Aikawa M,Kuro-o M,Watanabe M,Kimura K,Yazaki Y,Nagai R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboembolism is a major complication of long-term central venous catheter, usually associated with catheter or venous occlusion. Intracavitary right atrial thrombosis is currently considered to result from line-tip thrombosis extension. We report three adult patients in whom repeated mechanical trauma to the right ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Fuchs S,Pollak A,Gilon D

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic values of adenosine, dobutamine, and exercise radionuclide ventriculography (RNVG) in the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD), and the characteristics of those patients who showed myocardial ischemia during the infusion of adenosine or dobutamine were assessed in 41 patients with suspected CAD. S...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Nagaoka H,Isobe N,Kubota S,Iizuka T,Imai S,Suzuki T,Nagai R

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:100 male patients with at least 75% obstruction of one or more coronary arteries were subjected to submaximal exercise tests. Among the 73 subjects who had positive tests, 92% of those with one-vessel obstruction had an ST depression of 1 mm, none having more than 2 mm; by contrast, 44% of those with three-vessel dise...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Friedmann J,Agmon J,Cherbakoff A,Aygen M,Wurzel M

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to retrospectively analyze risk factors, diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal (GI) complications following cardiac operations. METHODS:Patients who developed GI complications after a cardiac operation were studied. Anesthesia protocols, techniques of cardiac surgery, potenti...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Vassiliou I,Papadakis E,Arkadopoulos N,Theodoraki K,Marinis A,Theodosopoulos T,Palatianos G,Smyrniotis V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a man whose high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and the ratios of total cholesterol to HDL-C and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol to HDL-C worsened dramatically during pravastatin treatment. After 3 years, pravastatin was replaced by fenofibrate. The result was spectacular. The HDL-C ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Devroey D,Betz W,Coigniez P,Lauwers R,Velkeniers B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apical segmental dysfunction is an unusual finding in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). It is characterized by a poor clinical course and a high incidence of malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Long-term prognosis of patients with HCM and apical segmental dysfunction is still unclear. We report 2 cases of apical ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ko YL,Lin JL,Lei MH,Chen JJ,Tsou SS,Kuan P,Lien WP

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the relation between baseline electrocardiographic ischemia grades and initial myocardial area at risk (AR) and final infarct size (IS) in 49 patients who had undergone (99m)Tc sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography before and 6 +/- 1 days after thrombolysis. Patients were classed as having g...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Birnbaum Y,Mahaffey KW,Criger DA,Gates KB,Barbash GI,Barbagelata A,Clemmensen P,Sgarbossa EB,Gibbons RJ,Rahman MA,Califf RM,Granger CB,Wagner GS,AMISTAD (Acute Myocardial Infarction Study of Adenosine) Investigators.

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Red blood cell microparticles (RBCm) have potential adverse vascular effects and they have been shown to be elevated in ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The purpose of this study is to investigate their relationship with biochemical infarct size. METHODS:RBCm were quantified with flow cytometry i...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Giannopoulos G,Vrachatis DA,Oudatzis G,Paterakis G,Angelidis C,Koutivas A,Sianos G,Cleman MW,Filippatos G,Lekakis J,Deftereos S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine efficacy of the Senning procedure for correction of transposition of the great arteries we performed detailed hemodynamic and electrophysiological studies in 6 consecutive children operated upon at 5-18 months of age. Cardiac catheterizations were performed 10-19 months following surgery. All patients wer...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Epstein ML,Riemenschneider TA,Mathewson JW,Hurley EJ

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year-old woman with hypertension confirmed on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and unresponsive to beta-blockers, diltiazem and amiloride was found to have serum potassium, renin and aldosterone levels at or just below the lower end of normal. Urinary glucocorticoid metabolite analysis revealed high excretion...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Shamim W,Bakhai A,Yousufuddin M,Coats AJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possible role of endothelin in coronary vasoconstriction contributing to the development of myocardial ischemia, plasma endothelin concentrations at rest and during atrial pacing-induced myocardial ischemia have been measured in blood samples drawn from the aorta and coronary sinus in 12 patients wi...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Vojácek J,Rohác J,Jindra A Jr,Jáchymová M,Savlíková J,Kmonicek P,Simek S,Horký K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renin is a key component of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), which plays an important role in the maintenance of blood pressure and electrolyte-volume homeostasis. RAS also plays a role in cardiovascular (CV) disease as a result of effects on inflammation and oxidative stress. There is growing evidence that plasma ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Volpe M,Unger T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study in rabbit hearts demonstrated the feasibility of creating transmyocardial channels by application of temperature-regulated high-frequency (HF) energy. Feasibility of creating non-transmural channels using a transvascular approach was tested in 14 pigs which were followed for 1 h, and 3 and 9 weeks (gr...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Dietz U,Horstick G,Manke T,Otto M,Eick O,Kirkpatrick CJ,Meyer J,Darius H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to elucidate the mechanism that induces an improvement in exercise capacity by nitrates in patients with stable effort angina pectoris. The study population was composed of 19 patients: group A, 10 patients with chronic stable effort angina who had a well-developed coronary collateral cir...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ohno A,Fujita M,Miwa K,Ejiri M,Asanoi H,Sasayama S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ibopamine is an active dopamine analogue leading to improved renal perfusion and afterload reduction in heart failure. This report describes casuistic experiences in patients with severe heart failure awaiting heart transplantation. All patients could be stabilized, intravenous catecholamines be discontinued, and diur...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Kleber FX,Sabin GV,Thyroff-Friesinger U,Cabell B,Glogar D

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00