Familial conduction system disease associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We determined the occurrence of presenting symptoms in patients with different sites of acute myocardial infarction after controlling for age and conventional risk factors. METHODS:Hospital-based study of patients hospitalized because of first anterior (n=731), inferior (n=719) and lateral (n=96) infarction ...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Culić V,Mirić D,Eterović D

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant right atrial aneurysm is a very rare congenital heart defect. We report a case which was diagnosed during fetal life and operated on at 4 months of age with excision of the aneurysmal part and pericardial patch closure. Early repair is recommended to prevent late complications such as arrhythmias and thromboembo...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Papagiannis J,Chatzis A,Sarris G

更新日期：2008-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Gossypiboma, a term used to describe a mass within the body composed of a cotton matrix which usually refers to a retained surgical sponge, is a rare complication of cardiac surgery. We report one case revealed by the recurrence of the anginal symptoms after successful myocardial revascularisation surgery. The preoper...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Vayre F,Richard P,Ollivier JP

更新日期：1999-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased risk of death in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is referred to cardiovascular complications induced by hypercalcemia. At the moment the role of bioelectrical risk and of enhanced sympathetic activity, not related to cardiovascular complications, is unknown in PHPT patients. METHO...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Curione M,Letizia C,Amato S,Di Bona S,Di Fazio F,Minisola S,Mazzuoli G,D'Erasmo E

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our study aimed to compare three different percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) approaches: culprit-only (COR) and complete (CR) revascularization - categorizing into immediate (ICR) or staged (SCR). METHODS:We searched 13 databases for randomized controlled trials. Articles were included if they compar...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Nguyen AV,Thanh LV,Kamel MG,Abdelrahman SAM,El-Mekawy M,Mokhtar MA,Ali AA,Hoang NNN,Vuong NL,Abd-Elhay FA,Omer OA,Mohamed AA,Hirayama K,Huy NT

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of coronary artery revascularization and perioperative myocardial infarction on left ventricular wall motion are still controversial. In this study perioperative myocardial infarction was quantitatively estimated with the cumulative activity of the CK-MB isoenzyme in the perioperative period in a group of ...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Melandri G,Maresta A,Contrafatto I,Tartagni F,Magnani B

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic reliability of indexations of peak exercise ST segment depression (DeltaST) for heart rate reserve (HRi) or chronotropic reserve (CR) to identify significant coronary artery disease (CAD) by cycle-ergometer exercise testing has not been evaluated previously. Exercise testing by upright cycle-ergometer (25 W...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Palmieri V,Pezzullo S,Arezzi E,D'Andrea C,Cassese S,Martino S,Celentano A

更新日期：2008-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isolated ventricular non-compaction (IVNC) is frequently, but not invariably, associated with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction. Factors impacting on regional and global LV function are unknown. The aim of the study was to apply magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate the impact of extent and s...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Dellegrottaglie S,Pedrotti P,Roghi A,Pedretti S,Chiariello M,Perrone-Filardi P

更新日期：2012-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of primary fibrosarcoma of the heart which presented with features of obstruction to the tricuspid valve and superior caval vein. It was correctly diagnosed by cross-sectional echocardiography. ...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Sethi KK,Nair M,Khanna SK

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased lipid oxidative stress has been recently implicated in the pathogenesis of coronary artery spasm. Small, dense LDL with high susceptibility to oxidation may be linked to the genesis of coronary vasospasm. The relative migratory distance of the predominant densitometric peak of LDL from that of VLDL to that o...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Miwa K

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research demonstrates that participation in light-intensity physical activity (LIPA) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) are favorably associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Emerging work demonstrates that sedentary behavior (SB) is detrimentally associated with variou...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Edwards MK,Loprinzi PD

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress appears to be involved in several processes that contribute to atherogenesis and restenosis following vascular intervention. METHODS:The aim of our study was to evaluate prospectively the plasma concentrations of a hydroperoxide (ROOH) and nitric oxide end product (NO(x)) in patients subjec...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Wykretowicz A,Dziarmaga M,Szczepanik A,Guzik P,Wysocki H

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case-control study was carried out to investigate the possible relationship between the gene frequencies of HLA-DRB1, -DQA1 and -DQB1 alleles/haplotypes and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) among the Chinese population in Taiwan. A group of 115 patients with RHD documented by echocardiography, and a group of 115 nor...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Chou HT,Chen CH,Chen JY,Chang KC

更新日期：2008-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In addition to standard therapy with ACE-inhibitors, digitalis and diuretics, beta-adrenergic receptor blockers have become a widely accepted strategy in the treatment of chronic heart failure. The role of calcium antagonists in CHF however remains controversial. To evaluate if a combination therapy of metop...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Braun M,Edelmann F,Knapp M,Schön S,Schwencke C,Simonis G,Borst M,Weinbrenner C,Strasser RH

更新日期：2009-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to investigate the relative clinical significance of target and nontarget lesions repeated percutaneous coronary intervention (re-PCI) in patients implanted with drug-eluting stents (DES). Out of 2626 consecutive DES patients, we retrospectively selected 166 (6.3%; 123 males, aged 65±10 years) who had a clin...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Fineschi M,Zacà V,Gori T,Casini S,Sinicropi G,Pierli C

更新日期：2010-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study sought to compare cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) with dual source computed tomography (DSCT) for analysis of aortic root dimensions prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). In addition, the potential impact of CMR and DSCT measurements on TAVI strategy defined by 2D-trans...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Koos R,Altiok E,Mahnken AH,Neizel M,Dohmen G,Marx N,Kühl H,Hoffmann R

更新日期：2012-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A macroscopic pathological assessment of the coronary arteries of a pig's heart, in which stent implantation and intra-vascular ultrasound and thermography pullbacks were performed, shows that during percutaneous coronary catheterization and intervention, one of the major vessel traumas occurs in the very proximal par...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Agostoni P,Borenstein N,Verheye S,Van Langenhove G

更新日期：2006-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 76 patients in whom a double inlet atrioventricular connexion was guarded by a common atrioventricular valve. The atriums were connected to a dominant right ventricle in 42, to a left ventricle in 29 and to a solitary indeterminate ventricle in 5. The most common atrial arrangement was isomerism of the rig...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Stein JI,Smallhorn JF,Coles JG,Williams WG,Trusler GA,Freedom RM

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish a noninvasive diagnostic method for early assessment of cardiac involvement in Kawasaki disease (KD), 28 children with KD were included in this study. Two-dimensional echocardiography (2D-Echo) to detect the aneurysms of coronary arteries (CA), as well as rest and dipyridamole-stress technetium-99m tetrof...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Fu YC,Liu FY,Tsai SC,Hwang B,Chi CS

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tachycardias mediated by atrioventricular accessory pathways, which are refractory to antiarrhythmic drug therapy have been treated both by surgery and by catheter ablation with high energy direct current shock. These procedures have variable success rates and substantial associated morbidity and mortality. Radiofrequ...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Wang L,Hu D,Ding Y

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Substance P (SP) may attenuate ischemia-reperfusion injury by reducing inflammation. We assessed cardioprotective effect of SP in a porcine model of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS:AMI was induced by occlusion of the left anterior descending artery on 28 swine, randomized to SP 5 nmol/kg (group 1...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Sim DS,Kim W,Lee KH,Song HC,Kim JH,Park DS,Lim KS,Woo JS,Hong YJ,Ahn Y,Hong HS,Son Y,Jeong MH

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the interrelationship between left ventricular afterload, estimated from the mean left ventricular wall stress, and the mechanical properties of the aorta, we have simultaneously measured systemic arterial compliance and left ventricular wall stress in 19 patients with congestive cardiomyopathy. The ...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Babalis D,Levy BI,Azancot I,Masquet C,Beaufils P

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A distal location of the atherosclerotic plaque is one of the most powerful predictors of adverse events after left main angioplasty. However, bifurcations are not alike and may differ with regards to a number of variables, including the angle of the bifurcation, the presence of a ramus, the burden of downstream coron...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Capodanno D,Calvi V,Tamburino C

更新日期：2012-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents the most common sustained arrhythmia in clinical practice. Recent studies have demonstrated the possible implication of inflammation and oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of AF. Probucol, a lipid-lowering drug that has a potent antioxidant effect, may have favorably benefits on a...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Liu T,Li G

更新日期：2010-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Systolic arterial pressure increases with aging. This increase encompasses both the clinically normal and hypertensive ranges of pressure and is due in part to arterial stiffening. To what extent it may be modulated by life style changes that accompany aging is unknown. The stiffer arterial tree transmits the pulse wa...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Lakatta EG

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No five-year long-term follow-up data is available regarding the prognostic value of GDF-15. Our aim is to evaluate the long-term prognostic value of admission growth-differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) regarding death or myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NS...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Damman P,Kempf T,Windhausen F,van Straalen JP,Guba-Quint A,Fischer J,Tijssen JG,Wollert KC,de Winter RJ,Hirsch A,ICTUS investigators.

更新日期：2014-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial bridge (MB) has been reported to induce cardiac complications including coronary vasospasm. Although MB has some anatomical and morphological variations, the association of these variations with vasospasm is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between morphological sever...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Saito Y,Kitahara H,Shoji T,Tokimasa S,Nakayama T,Sugimoto K,Fujimoto Y,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latest advances in the diagnostic management of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia-cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) confirm that ARVD/C is not a rare disease (one affected in 1000-1250 inhabitants) and is of familial origin in 50-80% of cases. Diagnostic criteria defined in 1994 lead to low rates in the diagnosis of AR...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Peters S

更新日期：2006-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the specificity of exercise electrocardiography in 1880 men and 1818 women with women grouped by menopausal and estrogen replacement status. Specificity for > or = 1 mm horizontal or downsloping ST-segment depression was determined using angiography in 781 patients and using two other nonangiography-based ...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Morise AP,Beto R

更新日期：1997-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug-eluting stents (DES) have been associated with local endothelial dysfunction in the segments proximal and distal to the stent (peristent segments) and increased thrombotic risk in long term follow-up. Little data exists on endothelial function post-implantation of new DES with biodegradable polymer. The...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Puricel S,Kallinikou Z,Espinola J,Arroyo D,Goy JJ,Stauffer JC,Baeriswyl G,Smits PC,Cook S,Togni M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00