Hydatid disease of the right ventricle and role of tomographic scanning in its diagnosis.

abstract：:We conducted a prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded end point (PROBE) study examining the relative efficacy of irbesartan 300 mg/day versus maximising dose of ACE inhibitor, additional to background conventional heart failure therapy. Patients with CHF, NYHA Class II-III and a left ventricular ejection fractio...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Brack J,Sindone A,Funston R,Schneider H,Skiba M,Ueng KC,Krum H

更新日期：2010-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lipid lowering therapy constitutes the basis of cardiovascular disease therapy. The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of ezetimibe, a selective inhibitor of intestinal cholesterol absorption, on platelets and endothelial cells in an in vitro endothelial cell model. METHODS:After a 24h incubation...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Becher T,Schulze TJ,Schmitt M,Trinkmann F,El-Battrawy I,Akin I,Kälsch T,Borggrefe M,Stach K

更新日期：2017-01-15 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：BACKGROUND:Although several clinical trials have shown the superior efficacy and safety of second-generation everolimus-eluting stents (EES) in comparison with first-generation paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES), the differences in the vascular healing process between EES and PES in a human coronary artery during an early...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Takano M,Murakami D,Yamamoto M,Kurihara O,Murai K,Inami T,Kimata N,Ohba T,Seino Y,Mizuno K

更新日期：2013-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the outcome of patients undergoing multivessel coronary stent implantation. BACKGROUND:Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty has been shown to be an effective treatment for multivessel coronary artery disease, although the need for repeat revascularization continues to be a limitation. ...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Mathew V,Rihal CS,Berger PB,Bell MR,Garratt KN,Holmes R Jr

更新日期：1998-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect and choice of a drug to control heart rate for symptomatic improvement in patients with isolated mitral stenosis with normal sinus rhythm (n = 10) or atrial fibrillation (n = 10) were studied. Digoxin (0.25-0.5 mg daily), metoprolol (50-100 mg twice a day) and verapamil (40-80 mg three times a day) were eva...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Ahuja RC,Sinha N,Saran RK,Jain AK,Hasan M

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a female patient with a ventricular lead perforation late after implantation. The lead perforated heart and lung parenchyma and caused hemothorax but no cardiac effusion or tamponade. No definitive evidence for lead perforation was found by standard diagnostic assessment. Definitive diagnosis was established...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Mortensen K,Aydin MA,Goldmann B,Deuse T,Willems S,Ventura R

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Aortic valve dysfunction is common in coarctation patients(CoA). Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) in CoA is associated with aortic valve stenosis (AS), aortic valve regurgitation (AR), and ascending aortic dilatation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the progression of and predictors for aortic valve dysfunctio...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Luijendijk P,Stevens AW,de Bruin-Bon RH,Boekholdt SM,Vriend JW,Vliegen HW,Bouma BJ,Mulder BJ

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-eight patients undergoing mitral valve surgery with or without replacement of the aortic valve also underwent procedures on the tricuspid valve over a period of 10 years. All patients were in functional class III or IV preoperatively. The procedures were performed in all patients with organic disease of the tr...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Kulshrestha P,Das B,Iyer KS,Sampathkumar A,Sharma ML,Rao IM,Kaul U,Srivastava S,Bhatia ML,Venugopal P

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental studies demonstrate that higher intake of omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 FA) improves insulin sensitivity, however, we reported that n-3 FA 2g therapy, most commonly used dosage did not significantly improve insulin sensitivity despite reducing triglycerides by 21% in patients. Therefore, we investiga...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Oh PC,Koh KK,Sakuma I,Lim S,Lee Y,Lee S,Lee K,Han SH,Shin EK

更新日期：2014-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic renal dysfunction (RD) frequently coexists with heart failure (HF) and influences outcome. Patients with acute HF (AHF) and severe RD are frequently excluded in the trials. We characterized these subjects and assessed incidence and predictors of in-hospital and one-year mortalities. METHODS:We selec...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Cioffi G,Mortara A,Di Lenarda A,Oliva F,Lucci D,Senni M,Cacciatore G,Chinaglia A,Tarantini L,Metra M,Maggioni AP,Tavazzi L,Italian Acute Heart Failure Survey.

更新日期：2013-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proper patient selection criteria for treatment of carotid chronic total occlusion (CTO) are unclear. This study was designed to predict procedure successful rate and 1-year patency after carotid artery stenting (CAS) for carotid CTO using pre-procedural CTA. METHODS:Patients with CTO detected on CTA who un...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Lee CW,Lin YH,Liu HM,Wang YF,Chen YF,Wang JL

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In our study we tried to evaluate systolic and diastolic function in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) by using some echocardiographic parameters and invasively measured pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP). We studied 19 patients with CHF NYHA II-III at rest, at the end of isometric exercise (handgrip) a...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Spinarova L,Toman J,Stejfa M,Soucek M,Richter M,Kara T

更新日期：1997-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between transoesophageal Doppler pulmonary venous flow pattern and spontaneous left atrial contrast was studied in 23 patients with isolated severe mitral stenosis (mitral valve area = 0.8 +/- 0.2 cm2). The patients with none or minimal (1+) spontaneous contrast (n = 15, group I) were compared with th...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Jolly N,Mohan JC,Arora R

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few data are available about safety of second generation drug eluting stents in an all-comer ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) population. We sought to investigate the predictors and clinical implications of 1-year stent thrombosis (ST) in patients with STEMI, included in the EXAMINATION trial. MET...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Brugaletta S,Sabate M,Martin-Yuste V,Masotti M,Shiratori Y,Alvarez-Contreras L,Cequier A,Iñiguez A,Serra A,Hernandez-Antolin R,Mainar V,Valgimigli M,Tespili M,den Heijer P,Bethencourt A,Vazquez N,Gomez-Lara J,Backx B,

更新日期：2013-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a multi-system granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology with symptomatic cardiac involvement in up to 7% of patients. The clinical features of sarcoid heart disease include congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, conduction disturbances, and sudden death. We evaluated the value of contrast-enhanced mul...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Smedema JP,Truter R,de Klerk PA,Zaaiman L,White L,Doubell AF

更新日期：2006-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of double outlet right ventricle with or without pulmonary infundibular atresia in mouse fetal trisomy 13 was studied at the organ level using microdissection and scanning electron microscopy. Altogether, 394 karyotyped trisomic embryos were collected between 11 days and 16 hours of gestation (presenc...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Vuillemin M,Pexieder T,Winking H

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the ventricular expression of atrial and brain natriuretic peptides (ANP and BNP) in patients with myocarditis. Immunohistochemical analysis of endomyocardial biopsy specimens showed ANP and BNP immunoreactivity in the early myocarditis group (ANP in 4/10 and BNP in 3/10) and the late myocarditis group (AN...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Takemura G,Fujiwara H,Takatsu Y,Fujiwara T,Nakao K

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) clearly holds prognostic value in the heart failure (HF) population. Studies investigating the prognostic value of CPX in individuals with HF have consistently examined predominantly male groups. The purpose of the present study was to examine the prognostic value of CP...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Guazzi M,Arena R,Myers J

更新日期：2006-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Japanese patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) have a greater incidence of coronary artery spasm than Caucasians. Some beta-blockers have been reported to aggravate coronary spasm. This study sought to assess the effects of beta-adrenoceptor blockade on coronary vasospasm in Japanese patients with a...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Shirotani M,Yokota R,Kouchi I,Hirai T,Uemori N,Haba K,Hattori R

更新日期：2010-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The commonest cause of breathlessness in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction which improves with its removal. However, in the absence of outflow tract obstruction, as in dilated cardiomyopathy, patients may be limited by similar symptoms, thus suggesting a po...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Maras D,Chung R,Duncan A,Li W,Thorp C,Mörner S,Lindqvist P,Henein MY

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old man with massive pericardial effusion is presented. The high lymphocyte amount and cytological analysis of the aspirated fluid suggested tuberculous or malignant pericarditis. The chylous nature of the effusion was only recognized after hemipericardiectomy, when reaccumulation of fluid into the pleural s...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Weyne A,Lampaert A,Clement D

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man without previous medical history or risk factors for coronary artery disease, presented with chest pain 2 weeks after violent blunt chest trauma. He was as a spectator, beaten and kicked almost to death during an amateur soccer match. Because of embarrassment, this was denied till shortly after his d...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Said SA,Keeris LM,van Ingen G

更新日期：1998-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus (DM) alters the energy substrate metabolism in the heart and the early sign of diabetic cardiomyopathy is the diastolic dysfunction. Although it is known that the extracellular matrix must be altered in the presence of diabetes, its local regulation has not been fully elucidated. Our aim wa...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Bollano E,Omerovic E,Svensson H,Waagstein F,Fu M

更新日期：2007-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Targeting the mitochondria during ischemia/reperfusion (IR) can confer cardioprotection leading to improved clinical outcomes. The cardioprotective potential of (-)-epicatechin (EPI) during IR via modulation of mitochondrial function was evaluated. METHODS AND RESULTS:Ischemia was induced in rats via a 45 m...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Yamazaki KG,Andreyev AY,Ortiz-Vilchis P,Petrosyan S,Divakaruni AS,Wiley SE,De La Fuente C,Perkins G,Ceballos G,Villarreal F,Murphy AN

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Studies evaluating changes in HRV preceding the onset of ventricular arrhythmias using conventional techniques have shown inconsistent results. Time-frequency analysis of HRV is traditionally performed using short-term Fourier transform (STFT). Wavelet transform (WT) may however be better suited for analyz...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Burri H,Chevalier P,Arzi M,Rubel P,Kirkorian G,Touboul P

更新日期：2006-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The intravenous inodilator levosimendan was developed for the treatment of patients with acutely decompensated heart failure. In the last decade scientific and clinical interest has arisen for its repetitive or intermittent use in patients with advanced chronic, but not necessarily acutely decompensated, hea...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Nieminen MS,Altenberger J,Ben-Gal T,Böhmer A,Comin-Colet J,Dickstein K,Edes I,Fedele F,Fonseca C,García-González MJ,Giannakoulas G,Iakobishvili Z,Jääskeläinen P,Karavidas A,Kettner J,Kivikko M,Lund LH,Matskeplishvili ST

更新日期：2014-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of small areas of necrosis has been occasionally reported immediately following apical ballooning syndrome (ABS). However, their persistence at later stages and impact on long-term prognosis are currently unknown. METHODS:Twenty consecutive patients admitted for ABS between 2004 and 2007 were p...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Bellera MN,Ortiz JT,Caralt MT,Pérez-Rodon J,Mercader J,Fernández-Gómez C,Paré C,Heras M

更新日期：2010-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) among Bangladeshis greatly exceeds that of Caucasians. Bangladeshis also suffer from premature onset, clinically aggressive and angiographically extensive disease. The role of conventional CAD risk factors (CCRFs) has been questioned. We therefore sought to det...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Silbiger JJ,Ashtiani R,Attari M,Spruill TM,Kamran M,Reynolds D,Stein R,Rubinstein D

更新日期：2011-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess clinical characteristics, use of resources and costs of patients at very high risk (VHR) of cardiovascular (CV) events. Further, to assess how VHR patients are treated with statins (rate of prescription, dosages, adherence). METHODS AND RESULTS:A record linkage analysis was carried out of patient demogra...

journal_title：International journal of cardiology

authors： Maggioni AP,Calabria S,Rossi E,Martini N,on the behalf of the ARNO Observatory.

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00