Human epicardial adipose tissue: a review.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although inflammation is a core element of atherogenesis and plasma levels of fibrinogen (FGB), homocysteine, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) differ by race/ethnicity, little is known about the role of genetic polymorphisms in the FGB, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), and ICAM-1 ge...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Albert MA,Pare G,Morris A,Rose L,Buring J,Ridker PM,Zee RY

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 178 transseptal left heart catheterizations performed, 173 successful cases are reported, with the use of a Swan-Ganz, flow-directed, balloon-tipped catheter. By means of a modified Brockenbrough technique, which is described in detail, a 10F Teflon tube (3.3 mm outside diameter) was inserted into the left atrium. ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bagger JP,Sennels F,Vejby-Christensen H,Rasmussen K,Thomsen PE,Gøtzsche H

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and experimental evidence suggest that sympathoadrenal activation contributes to mortality in patients with ischemic heart disease. To determine the level of sympathoadrenal activation in the very early phase of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to determine if location of infarction (anterior versus infe...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Karlsberg RP,Cryer PE,Roberts R

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently developed unstable angina clinical practice guidelines have recommended risk stratification with dipyridamole thallium-201 myocardial imaging in patients at "intermediate" pretest clinical risk who cannot exercise maximally. The prognostic value of predischarge dipyridamole technetium 99m sestamibi (MIBI) tom...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Stratmann HG,Tamesis BR,Younis LT,Wittry MD,Amato M,Miller DD

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies have established that intravascular ultrasound is a reliable technique for accurate assessment of vascular anatomic structure and disease conditions before and after intervention. In addition, quantitative data from intravascular ultrasound studies correspond well with histologic findings, which serve...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gussenhoven EJ,van der Lugt A,van der Steen AF,Ligtvoet KM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Gly16 beta(2)-adrenergic receptor (beta(2)AR) polymorphism is a common variant of the beta(2)AR that displays depressed function caused by enhanced receptor downregulation in vitro compared with the Arg16 receptor. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 20 healthy, normotensive, nonsmoking white individuals who...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hoit BD,Suresh DP,Craft L,Walsh RA,Liggett SB

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the risk factors for coronary disease, 345 women, aged 35 to 59 years, who had undergone coronary arteriography for suspected coronary disease completed a mail questionnaire, telephone interview, or both. Two hundred eight women with angiographically normal coronary arteries constituted the control group, ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： McFarland KF,Boniface ME,Hornung CA,Earnhardt W,Humphries JO

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CSL112 (apolipoprotein A-I [human]) is a plasma-derived apolipoprotein A-I developed for early reduction of cardiovascular risk following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The safety of CSL112 among AMI subjects with moderate, stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unknown. METHODS:CSL112_2001, a multi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gibson CM,Kerneis M,Yee MK,Daaboul Y,Korjian S,Mehr AP,Tricoci P,Alexander JH,Kastelein JJP,Mehran R,Bode C,Lewis BS,Mehta R,Duffy D,Feaster J,Halabi M,Angiolillo DJ,Duerschmied D,Ophuis TO,Merkely B

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adequate hydration is recommended for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN). However, the optimal hydration regimen has not been well established in these high-risk patients. The objective of t...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Liu Y,Chen JY,Huo Y,Ge JB,Xian Y,Duan CY,Chen SQ,Jiang W,Chen PY,Tan N,RESCIND group.

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary artery disease in women appears 10 to 15 years later than in men. To test the hypothesis that the effects of estrogen may manifest themselves as histologic differences in coronary plaques, we examined the hearts of premenopausal and postmenopausal women who died suddenly from coronary artery disease...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Burke AP,Farb A,Malcom G,Virmani R

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antihypertensive effects of the renin inhibitor enalkiren were compared with those of the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor enalaprilat in 17 hypertensive patients (14 white, 3 black; mean age 57 years), whose renin systems had been stimulated by diuretic pretreatment. Patients were studied on 3 separate in-...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Neutel JM,Luther RR,Boger RS,Weber MA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the use of simple balloon overinflation to induce neointimal hyperplasia in a porcine model of coronary artery restenosis. By using standard percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty techniques, left anterior descending (LAD) and/or left circumflex (LCX) coronary arteries of either juvenile feeder pi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Humphrey WR,Simmons CA,Toombs CF,Shebuski RJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred thirty-three patients with dilated heart failure, 80 with coronary artery disease, and 53 with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy were followed for a mean of 29 months. Patients with ischemic heart disease had a worse prognosis than those classified as having idiopathic cardiomyopathy. Features from history...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kelly TL,Cremo R,Nielsen C,Shabetai R

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous coronary interventions have been performed for 20 years. Despite the success and progress of these interventions, abrupt vessel closure has been a dramatic adverse event of coronary interventions. Closure has frequently led to the major complications of death, myocardial infarction, and emergency coronary...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bergelson BA,Fishman RF,Tommaso CL

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Limited data are available on the care of patients with acute severe hypertension requiring hospitalization. We characterized contemporary practice patterns and outcomes for this population. METHODS:STAT is a 25-institution, US registry of consecutive patients with acute severe hypertension (>180 mm Hg syst...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Katz JN,Gore JM,Amin A,Anderson FA,Dasta JF,Ferguson JJ,Kleinschmidt K,Mayer SA,Multz AS,Peacock WF,Peterson E,Pollack C,Sung GY,Shorr A,Varon J,Wyman A,Emery LA,Granger CB,STAT Investigators.

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically available automatic implantable defibrillators use a monophasic truncated exponential waveform shock; after delivery the charge remaining on the device's capacitors is "dumped" internally and wasted. The efficacy of a monophasic and biphasic truncated exponential defibrillation waveform produced by a single...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Fain ES,Sweeney MB,Franz MR

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot study was performed to determine the safety and efficacy of coronary pulsed mid-infra-red laser angioplasty. The laser was coupled with a novel 2.0 mm multifiber catheter consisting of 37 optical fibers of 150 microns each arranged concentrically around a 0.018-inch central lumen and a soft leading tapered dis...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Geschwind HJ,Dubois-Rande JL,Zelinsky R,Morelle JF,Boussignac G

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Declines in case fatality post-myocardial infarction (MI) have been observed over the past 3 decades. Few studies report socioeconomic disparities in survival post-MI. METHODS:We assessed 1-year case fatality among 9,116 incident MI patients included in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities community surv...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Foraker RE,Patel MD,Whitsel EA,Suchindran CM,Heiss G,Rose KM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingolimod, a sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor (S1PR) modulator, was the first oral disease-modifying therapy approved for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis; it reduces autoreactive lymphocytes' egress from lymphoid tissues by down-regulating S1PRs. Sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling is implicated in a range of phy...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Camm J,Hla T,Bakshi R,Brinkmann V

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine correlates of and recent trends in aspirin use in middle-age men and women, we analyzed data from population-based samples selected in four U.S. communities. Aspirin use (during a 2-week period preceding the study examination) was more prevalent in whites than in blacks (30% vs 11%; p < 0.001) and in men ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Shahar E,Folsom AR,Romm FJ,Bisgard KM,Metcalf PA,Crum L,McGovern PG,Hutchinson RG,Heiss G

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pectoral approach to implantation of cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) has become a standard in defibrillator therapy because of reduced generator size, weight, and volume. But the size of these devices is still comparable to the size of the early conventional antibradycardia pacemakers that were associ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Korte T,Jung W,Schlippert U,Wolpert C,Esmailzadeh B,Fimmers R,Schmitt O,Lüderitz B

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The CPORT-E trial showed the noninferiority of nonprimary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at hospitals without cardiac surgery on-site (SoS) compared with hospitals with SoS for 6-week mortality and 9-month major adverse cardiac events (MACE). However, target vessel revascularization (TVR) was incre...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Czarny MJ,Miller JM,Naiman DQ,Hwang CW,Hasan RK,Lemmon CC,Aversano T

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The significance of troponin elevation and clinical utility of troponin testing in ambulatory patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have not been examined. We sought to investigate the prevalence and prognostic value of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) elevation in a population with stable CAD. METHODS:We st...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hsieh BP,Rogers AM,Na B,Wu AH,Schiller NB,Whooley MA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular (LV) adaptation to the hemodynamic load of pregnancy has been studied with load-sensitive ejection-phase indexes, but the results of these studies are conflicting. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the hemodynamic load of pregnancy on the contractile state of the left ventricle by us...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Geva T,Mauer MB,Striker L,Kirshon B,Pivarnik JM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high fasting glucose level may be a marker not only for microvascular complications, but also for macrovascular complications. We evaluated the clinical significance of a high fasting glucose level (> or =110 mg/dL), detected either at baseline or during follow-up, in the Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Arcavi L,Behar S,Caspi A,Reshef N,Boyko V,Knobler H

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary angiography of both right and left coronary arteries, using the Sones technique, was performed during the attack of total spastic obstruction in 11 patients with clinically documented history of variant angina. None of the patients had more than 70% stenosis of organic atherosclerosis in any coronary artery a...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Matsuda Y,Ogawa H,Moritani K,Matsuda M,Katayama K,Fujii T,Kohno M,Miura T,Kohtoku S,Kusukawa R

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiographic evidence of coronary dissection after angioplasty is found in 25% to 30% of cases. Although patients are usually asymptomatic, in a small percentage angioplasty-induced coronary dissection results in luminal impairment and ischemic complications. The present study was undertaken to identify factors respon...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sharma SK,Israel DH,Kamean JL,Bodian CA,Ambrose JA

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the mechanisms involved in nitrate tolerance, we randomized 23 patients with congestive heart failure resulting from coronary artery disease to an isosorbide dinitrate or a molsidomine infusion. The drugs were titrated to decrease pulmonary capillary wedge pressure by > or = 30% or > or = 10 mm Hg. Then is...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Unger P,Vachiery JL,de Cannière D,Staroukine M,Berkenboom G

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine thallium stress testing has a demonstrated utility in the detection of coronary artery disease. The optimal dose for diagnostic efficacy with minimal side effects has not been critically evaluated. A randomized 3- and 6-minute infusion of adenosine (140 micrograms/kg/min) was performed in 11 subjects. Subjec...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Villegas BJ,Hendel RC,Dahlberg ST,McSherry BA,Leppo JA

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00