The influence of risk status on guideline adherence for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.

abstract：:To determine the prevalence and significance of exercise-induced localized perfusion defects in symptomatic patients with aortic valve disease, thallium-201 rest and exercise studies were performed in a consecutive series of 29 such patients prior to left heart catheterization with coronary arteriography. Eight patien...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pfisterer M,Müller-Brand J,Bründler H,Cueni T

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge of pressure gradients across valves, arteries, and ventricular septal defects (VSD) is important in patient management. It was determined how well such gradients can be estimated by auscultation of a murmur's frequencies. METHODS:In 151 patients with pulmonary stenosis (PS) (n = 77), aortic stenos...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Phoon CK

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histological study of the sinoatrial node (SAN) was performed in 111 patients in order to estabilsh correlations between the ECG findings and the anatomical lesions. This series includes both patients with sinus rhythm and patients with atrial arrhythmias. The results are as fololows: (a) the amount of nodal cells in ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Thery C,Gosselin B,Lekieffre J,Warembourg H

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary arterial stenosis of varying severity and length were created in open-chest dogs. The reactive hyperemic responses (RHR) to 15 second occlusions were used to produce flow increases and judge the physiological significance of the narrowings. RHR are sensitive indices of functional impairment when resting flow ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hillis WS,Friesinger GC

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resting measurements of left ventricular systolic function do not reliably predict exercise capacity in patients with cardiac disease. Therefore left ventricular filling shortly after a myocardial infarction was prospectively studied to determine whether it could predict subsequent exercise time. Consecutive patients ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Finkelhor RS,Sun JP,Bahler RC

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of our study was to evaluate the implementation of guidelines for the treatment of cardiogenic shock (CS) complicating the acute coronary syndromes (ACS). METHODS AND RESULTS:Of the 10 136 patients in the Euro-Heart-Survey-ACS with complete data, CS occurred in 549 (5.4%), of whom 28.6% had CS u...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Iakobishvili Z,Behar S,Boyko V,Battler A,Hasdai D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the relation between the angiographic collateral grade (Rentrop's classification) and the collateral flow velocity pattern in 43 patients with angina pectoris. Collateral flow velocity was measured with a Doppler guide wire during balloon occlusion in coronary angioplasty. Collateral flow was detected ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Yamada T,Okamoto M,Sueda T,Hashimoto M,Kajiyama G

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optimal antithrombotic treatment after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is unknown and determined empirically. The direct factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban may potentially reduce TAVR-related thrombotic complications and premature valve failure. DESIGN:GALILEO is an international, randomized, ope...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Windecker S,Tijssen J,Giustino G,Guimarães AH,Mehran R,Valgimigli M,Vranckx P,Welsh RC,Baber U,van Es GA,Wildgoose P,Volkl AA,Zazula A,Thomitzek K,Hemmrich M,Dangas GD

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular (LV) thrombi are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality in our society. Twenty-five percent of cardiogenic emboli are associated with acute and chronic myocardial infarction. With the development of noninvasive imaging techniques LV thrombi have been increasingly recognized as an importan...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cregler LL

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on the effect of heart failure clinics have been encouraging and convincing with respect to reduced hospitalizations, improved quality of life, and reduced cost. However, previous results have been derived from patient populations either recently discharged and with specific exclusion criteria or fro...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Galatius S,Gustafsson F,Nielsen PH,Atar D,Hildebrandt PR

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is common in cardiac patients and has been associated with adverse clinical outcome. However, little is known about predictors of the onset of depressive symptoms. We examined predictors of the onset of depressive symptoms at 12 months post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients trea...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pedersen SS,Ong AT,Sonnenschein K,Serruys PW,Erdman RA,van Domburg RT

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Larger studies evaluating the angiographic results of second-generation stents are scarce. The objectives of this study were to assess current standards of angiographic and clinical outcomes after implantation of the second-generation stainless steel stent, NIR (Medinol Ltd, Tel Aviv, Israel), and to compare...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Jørgensen E,Kelbaek H,Helqvist S,Jensen GV,Saunamäki K,Kastrup J,Madsen JK,Kløvgaard L,Thuesen L,Villadsen A,van Weert AW,Reiber JH,Danish multicenter stent study (DANSTENT).

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with recurrent forms of atrial fibrillation may receive dual-chamber pacemakers after atrioventricular junction ablation for refractory symptoms. These patients are at risk for chronic atrial fibrillation, which would negate the benefits of dual-chamber pacing. The purpose of this study was to exami...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wood MA,Curtis AB,Takle-Newhouse TA,Ellenbogen KA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects and possible mechanisms of actions of indomethacin on systemic and coronary hemodynamics were studied in 17 patients with coronary artery disease. Group I patients (12) were given either indomethacin or placebo in the absence of prior cyclooxygenase inhibition and group II (five) were given indomethacin af...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Forman MB,Uderman H,Jackson EK,Roy L,Bostick D,Robertson D,Robertson RM

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Externally recorded STI were compared with invasively determined EF in 10 normal subjects and 86 patients with various forms of chronic heart disease. From phono-, apex-, and electrocardiograms and carotid pulse tracings, recorded without rigidly controlled conditions (postabsorptive state, fixed time of day, exclusio...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sutton R,Hodd WP Jr,Koch GG

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the effects of two thrombolytic agents, streptokinase and recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rTPA) with early heparinization, on left ventricular function, coronary patency and reinfarction rates, bleeding complications, and short- and long-term mortality, we studied 122 patients with acute myoc...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cherng WJ,Chiang CW,Kuo CT,Lee CP,Lee YS

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Red cell transfusions are lifesaving in severely anemic or acutely bleeding patients but may be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events in critically ill patients. The objective of the study was to examine the association between duration of pretransfusion storage of red cells and in-hospi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Eikelboom JW,Cook RJ,Liu Y,Heddle NM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated resting heart rate (RHR) is known to be associated with reduced survival but inconsistencies remain, including lack of significance in most studies of healthy women, lack of independence from systolic blood pressure (SBP) in some, and the suggestion that RHR is merely functioning as a marker of phys...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cooney MT,Vartiainen E,Laatikainen T,Juolevi A,Dudina A,Graham IM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The American Heart Association recommends women with congenital heart defects (CHD) receive contraceptive counseling early in their reproductive years, but little is known about contraceptive method use among women with CHD. We describe recent female sterilization and reversible prescription contraceptive me...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Anderson KN,Tepper NK,Downing K,Ailes EC,Abarbanell G,Farr SL

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vesnarinone has yielded controversial results on morbidity in patients with congestive heart failure. We tested the hypothesis that vesnarinone may have a beneficial effect on cardiac remodeling and function. METHODS:Thirty-four patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <30% (17 treated with v...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Scherrer-Crosbie M,Cocca-Spofford D,DiSalvo TG,Semigran MJ,Dec GW,Picard MH

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:M-mode echocardiographic records of 26 patients with surgically proven complete atrioventricular canal defect were reviewed. Fragmentation of the interventricular septum and anterior displacement of the mitral annulus into the left ventricular outflow tract were noted in all patients. In 25 of 26 a common atrioventric...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Johnson GL,Twyman RE,Todd EP,Cottrill CM,Noonan JA

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single nucleotide polymorphisms of vitamin K epoxide reductase complex subunit 1 (VKORC1) was reported to have association with arterial vascular disease. We investigated whether single nucleotide polymorphism of VKORC1 +2255 is associated with clinical outcomes among patients who underwent drug-eluting sten...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Suh JW,Baek SH,Park JS,Kang HJ,Chae IH,Choi DJ,Park HJ,Kim PJ,Seung KB,Kim HS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A previous randomized controlled trial evaluating the use of spironolactone in heart failure patients reported a low risk of hyperkalemia (2%) and renal insufficiency (0%). Because treatments for heart failure have changed since the benefits of spironolactone were reported, the prevalence of these complicati...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Tamirisa KP,Aaronson KD,Koelling TM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systolic wall motion abnormality (WMA) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a major determinant of outcome; the presence and importance of diastolic WMA after AMI are unknown. We therefore sought to detect diastolic WMA using color kinesis and to assess its relation to neurohormonal activation and its ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Husic M,Nørager B,Egstrup K,Lang RM,Møller JE

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An expression representative of the rate of change of ventricular power during ejection was derived. The primary advantages of the expression are its theoretical value and its ability to characterize ventricular performance. The rate of change of ventricular power, measured during ejection, is virtually free of assump...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Stein PD,Sabbah HN

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late potentials have been shown to predict malignant ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. To determine whether prolonged, strenuous activity is associated with the development of ventricular late potentials, signal-averaged electrocardiography was performed on 30 marathon runners before, immediately after...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Smith GS,Vacek JL,Wilson DB,Hawkins JW,Boyer TA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety and therapeutic benefits of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of the left anterior descending coronary artery, the left circumflex coronary artery or both were assessed in 61 patients with chronic (greater than 3 months) occlusion of the right coronary artery. Recanalization of the right corona...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： De Bruyne B,Renkin J,Col J,Wijns W

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:AutoCapture (AC) is a programmable feature that enables the pacemaker to both track the capture threshold and automatically adjust the output on a beat-by-beat basis. Although AC safely and significantly reduces the current drainage, some authors have argued that the longevity benefit of such a system is ove...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ribeiro AL,Rincón LG,Oliveira BG,Vinha CR,Melatto D,Torres AA,Barros VC,Levine PA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiarrhythmic efficacy and safety of intravenous amiodarone were evaluated in 13 patients with recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia. All patients had been refractory to at least three prior antiarrhythmic agents (mean, 3.3 per patient), and 11 had multiple direct current cardioversions. Intravenous amiodar...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Klein RC,Machell C,Rushforth N,Standefur J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Statins (3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors) are known to reduce mortality and cardiac events in patients with coronary artery disease who have not progressed to left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) and/or heart failure (HF). This study investigated the effect of changes in s...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Huan Loh P,Windram JD,Tin L,Reddy P,Velavan P,Rigby AS,Atkin P,Nikitin NP,Clark AL,Cleland JG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00