Sexual function, satisfaction, and association of erectile dysfunction with cardiovascular disease and risk factors in cardiovascular high-risk patients: substudy of the ONgoing Telmisartan Alone and in Combination with Ramipril Global Endpoint Trial/Telm

abstract：:We aimed to investigate long-term (≥5 years) outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) using a meta-analysis from updated published randomized trials. Our data showed that the risk of all-cause death as well as cardi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kuno T,Ueyama H,Rao SV,Cohen MG,Tamis-Holland JE,Thompson C,Takagi H,Bangalore S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiarrhythmic effects of mexiletine (n = 14) were compared to procainamide (n = 16) by a double-blind parallel protocol in 30 patients (group I) with frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) (greater than 20/hr), and to amiodarone by an open-label sequential approach in 25 patients (mean left ventricula...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Nademanee K,Feld G,Hendrickson J,Intarachot V,Yale C,Heng MK,Singh BN

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Affected members of early coronary pedigrees in Utah are at markedly increased risk for the development of clinical coronary heart disease (CHD). The relationship between the presence of coronary risk factors and the severity of angiographic coronary artery disease (CAD) in 53 members of high-risk Utah pedigrees was e...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sharp SD,Williams RR,Hunt SC,Schumacher MC

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently revised American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines have suggested that exercise test scores be used in decisions concerning patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Pretest and exercise test scores derived for use in women without known CAD have not been teste...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Morise AP,Olson MB,Merz CN,Mankad S,Rogers WJ,Pepine CJ,Reis SE,Sharaf BL,Sopko G,Smith K,Pohost GM,Shaw L

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been skepticism since the early days of open heart surgery that good long-term or even short-term results were possible with repair of pure mitral insufficiency. The authors report 145 patients in whom a markedly insufficient mitral valve was repaired 6 months to 17 years previously and another 55 patients i...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kay JH,Zubiate P,Mendez MA,Vanstrom N,Yokoyama T

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant (NOAC) alternatives to warfarin are available for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to describe the factors associated with selection of NOACs versus warfarin in patients with new onset AF. METHODS:The ORBIT-AF II study is a national,...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Steinberg BA,Shrader P,Thomas L,Ansell J,Fonarow GC,Gersh BJ,Hylek E,Kowey PR,Mahaffey KW,O'Brien EC,Singer DE,Peterson ED,Piccini JP,Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF) Investigato

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcified lesions carry the risk of suboptimal stent expansion. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of target lesion calcification on intracoronary ultrasound (ICUS) guided stent expansion after rotational atherectomy. METHODS:Stent expansion was assessed by ICUS in 39 patients with the ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Henneke KH,Regar E,König A,Werner F,Klauss V,Metz J,Theisen K,Mudra H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria in skeletal and cardiac muscle have been found to be less stable in aging hamsters, in contrast to preparations from young animals. We have found previously that clofibrate (Atromid-S) will reverse this degeneration in the older hamsters. This study examined the exercise tolerance of aged hamsters, to see...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Guntheroth WG,Inamdar AR,Person R,Mackler B

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preoperative use of angiotensin-blocking drug therapy (ABDT) with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers and its link to occurrence of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF), a common marker of poor outcomes after cardiac surgery, remain controversial. METHODS:From 19...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rader F,Van Wagoner DR,Gillinov AM,Blackstone EH

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular ejection fraction and regional wall motion were assessed by multigated equilibrium radionuclide ventriculography within 24 hours of onset of first acute transmural myocardial infarction (MI) in 32 patients. Abnormal left ventricular wall motion was noted in all 16 patients with anterior infarction and...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pichler M,Shah PK,Peter T,Singh B,Berman D,Shellock F,Swan HJ

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the rate of microvascular embolization and no-reflow promoted by coronary stenting with the use of conventional techniques (CS) appears to be greater than the one that occurs with balloon angioplasty. The minor invasiveness of direct stenting (DS) of the in...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Antoniucci D,Valenti R,Migliorini A,Moschi G,Bolognese L,Cerisano G,Buonamici P,Santoro GM

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance of perivalvular cavities (PCs) in patients with infectious endocarditis (IE) was studied by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) color Doppler examinations to determine whether the color Doppler TEE presentation was in keeping with the current concept of PCs representing abscesses. Two heart centers p...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Tingleff J,Egeblad H,Gøtzsche CO,Baandrup U,Kristensen BO,Pilegaard H,Pettersson G

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In adults with coarctation of the aorta (CoA), hypertension (HTN) is a common long-term complication. We investigated the prevalence of HTN and analyzed factors associated with HTN. METHODS AND RESULTS:In the national register for congenital heart disease, 653 adults with repaired CoA were identified (mean age 36...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rinnström D,Dellborg M,Thilén U,Sörensson P,Nielsen NE,Christersson C,Johansson B

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased intracellular calcium (calcium overload) is considered one of the factors that can initiate ventricular fibrillation. In addition, ventricular fibrillation itself can cause and possibly maintain calcium overload. The goal of this study was to determine whether the class IA antiarrhythmic agent procainamide c...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Zaugg CE,Wu ST,Kojima S,Wikman-Coffelt J,Parmley WW,Buser PT

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Protease-activated receptor 1 antagonism with vorapaxar represents a novel strategy for platelet inhibition. In TRACER, vorapaxar was compared with placebo plus standard of care among 12,944 patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. We anticipated that most patients would have received...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Tricoci P,Lokhnygina Y,Huang Z,Van de Werf F,Cornel JH,Chen E,Wallentin L,Held C,Aylward PE,Moliterno DJ,Jennings LK,White HD,Armstrong PW,Harrington RA,Strony J,Mahaffey KW

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:We studied the prevalence and clinical significance of transient U wave inversion in 43 patients with variant angina. Twenty-four patients (group A) had ST segment elevation in the anterolateral and 19 patients (group B) had this finding in the inferoposterior leads of the ECG during spontaneous angina. In none of the...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Matsuguchi T,Koiwaya Y,Nakagaki O,Takeshita A,Nakamura M

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 16 patients with chronic aortic insufficiency to compare a method for measuring regurgitant volume with color Doppler flow mapping to stroke count ratio determined by radionuclide ventriculography and to ventricular volumes assessed by two-dimensional echocardiography. A real-time color flow map of the left...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bouchard A,Yock P,Schiller NB,Blumlein S,Botvinick EH,Greenberg B,Cheitlin M,Massie BM

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An angioplasty catheter was developed to allow measurement of absolute coronary blood flow during interventional procedures. This method uses electrical impedance changes induced by a 0.5 ml bolus of 5% dextrose solution and indicator-dilution principles. The indicator is injected through a port located just proximal ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Martin LW,Johnson RA,Scott H,Robinson S,Beauman G,Englehardt M,Vogel RA

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine the impact of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) on the outcomes of death, myocardial infarction (MI), and late coronary revascularization procedures. METHODS:In patients undergoing exercise-stress MPI (January 1, 2003-March 31, 2007), we determined the impact of summe...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lee DS,Verocai F,Husain M,Al Khdair D,Wang X,Freeman M,Iwanochko RM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies reported an impairment of nervous autonomic activity in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). However, the relationship of the autonomic dysfunction to the impairment of cardiac mechanical function and of respiratory failure is not completely understood. METHODS:We evaluated card...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lanza GA,Dello Russo A,Giglio V,De Luca L,Messano L,Santini C,Ricci E,Damiani A,Fumagalli G,De Martino G,Mangiola F,Bellocci F

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the influence of intrinsic limb vasodilator capacity on exercise performance, limb reactive hyperemic flows and their relations to exercise capacity during upright bicycle exercise were examined in 52 patients with recent myocardial infarction. Reactive hyperemic flow was measured in the forearm and the...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hattori T,Sumimoto T,Yuasa F,Kaida M,Jikuhara T,Hikosaka M,Sugiura T,Iwasaka T

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of rupture of the interventricular septum occurring coincident with acute inferior myocardial infarction are reported and the relevant literature is reviewed. One patient under-went successful surgical repair and, in addition, had an aneurysmectomy. Clues and pitfalls in diagnosis as well as the possible c...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Longo EA,Cohen LS

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are at increased risk of anxiety disorders. In turn, anxiety has been identified as a precipitant of ventricular arrhythmias. Anxiety may in part be attributed to concerns about the ICD firing, but the relationship between ICD concerns, psychologi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pedersen SS,van Domburg RT,Theuns DA,Jordaens L,Erdman RA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers effectively reduce blood pressure in patients with renovascular disease (RVD); yet, randomized cardiovascular prevention trials of these drugs typically exclude individuals with this condition. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We studied the ass...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hackam DG,Duong-Hua ML,Mamdani M,Li P,Tobe SW,Spence JD,Garg AX

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence from numerous studies of coronary angiography show differences between observers' assessments of 15% to 45%. The implication of this variation is serious: If readings are erroneous, some patients will undergo revascularization procedures unnecessarily and others will be denied an essential treatment...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Leape LL,Park RE,Bashore TM,Harrison JK,Davidson CJ,Brook RH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We devised a nine-lead Holter monitor system with a lead-switching technique to record electrocardiograms from multiple sites in the anterior and the posterior or lateral chest. Leads CM1 to CM6, high lateral (HL), low lateral (LL), and low posterior chest (LB) were used. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive a...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Tanabe T,Yoshioka K,Ide M,Kanemoto N,Suzuki Y

更新日期：1994-11-01 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:Although high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) substantially improves the early detection of myocardial injury, it lacks specificity for acute myocardial infarction (MI). In suspected non-ST-elevation MI, invasive coronary angiography (ICA) remains necessary to distinguish between acute MI and noncorona...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Smulders MW,Kietselaer BL,Das M,Wildberger JE,Crijns HJ,Veenstra LF,Brunner-La Rocca HP,van Dieijen-Visser MP,Mingels AM,Dagnelie PC,Post MJ,Gorgels AP,van Asselt AD,Vogel G,Schalla S,Kim RJ,Bekkers SC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Troponin level elevations are common in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), yet their prognostic value above and beyond traditional predictors of outcomes in heart failure is uncertain. METHODS:In the EFFECT study, we determined the association between cardiac troponin I and all-cause mo...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： You JJ,Austin PC,Alter DA,Ko DT,Tu JV

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00