Asynchronous movement of mitral annulus: an additional mechanism of ischaemic mitral regurgitation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have suggested that immunoassay of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) provides a more sensitive measurement of myocardial necrosis than creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) mass concentration. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of this study was to compare the release of cTnT and CK-MB isoenzyme in patients undergoing perc...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Abbas SA,Glazier JJ,Wu AH,Dupont C,Green SF,Pearsall LA,Waters DD,McKay RG

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial infarction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA) accounts for approximately 5% - 6% of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. Anxiety symptoms are common in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), and are associated with a poor prognosis. However, the association...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： He CJ,Zhu CY,Han B,Hu HZ,Wang SJ,Zhai CL,Hu HL

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although nocturnal pulseoximetry is routinely performed in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), pulseoximetry over a 24-h period has not been studied. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of the study was to determine whether simultaneous 24-h oxygen desaturation and electrocardiographic (ECG) recording might be used...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Noda A,Ito R,Okada T,Yasuma F,Nakashima N,Yokota M

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no studies in the literature related to the effect of beta blockers (BB) on changes in C-reactive protein (CRP) levels after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). HYPOTHESIS:We designed a prospective randomized study to investigate the impact of BB therapy on CRP in patients who underwent elec...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Atar I,Gülmez O,Atar A,Bozbas H,Yildirir A,Ozin B,Korkmaz ME,Müderrisoglu H

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:Previous research has failed to document temporal changes in epinephrine levels in patients with neurally mediated syncope associated with exercise. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of circulatory catecholamines in exercise-induced neurally mediated syncope, specifically f...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Takase B,Kastushika S,Hamabe A,Uehata A,Isojima K,Satomura K,Nishioka T,Ohsuzu F,Kurita A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1350 patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction, serum potassium levels during the first 3 days in hospital was correlated to clinical history and clinical course. A higher incidence of hypokalemia was observed in women, in patients with hypertension, and in those on chronic diuretic treatment. Patients wi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Herlitz J,Hjalmarson A,Bengtson A

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although optimal pharmacological therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is carefully scripted by treatment guidelines, many eligible patients are not treated with guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) in clinical practice. We designed a strategy for remote optimization of GDMT on a popula...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Blood AJ,Fischer CM,Fera LE,MacLean TE,Smith KV,Dunning JR,Bosque-Hamilton JW,Aronson SJ,Gaziano TA,MacRae CA,Matta LS,Mercurio-Pinto AA,Murphy SN,Scirica BM,Wagholikar K,Desai AS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether computerized ST-segment monitoring previous to percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and after performance of this procedure may be useful to discern a pattern of recurrent angina. For this purpose, we analyzed 57 patients (11 women and 46 men, mean ag...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gurfinkel E,Duronto E,Manos E,García N,Mejaíl R,Mendiz O,Cerdá M,Mautner B

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Health care demand is increasing due to greater longevity of patients with chronic comorbidities. This increasing demand is occurring in a setting of resource scarcity. To address these changes, high-value care initiatives, such as telemedicine, are valuable resource-preservation strategies. This study int...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chorin E,Padegimas A,Havakuk O,Birati EY,Shacham Y,Milman A,Topaz G,Flint N,Keren G,Rogowski O

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old male with atrial fibrillation developed rapid ventricular response up to 200 beats/min or more in the postoperative stage of emergency aortocoronary bypass surgery. Resuscitation for cardiac arrest triggered this rapid ventricular rate. The idea that retrograde conduction into atrioventricular node may p...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Aizawa Y,Shibata A

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three randomized, clinical trials of the drug ranolazine relate to patients with symptomatic myocardial ischemia. A fourth randomized, controlled, clinical trial compares optimal medical therapy with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) plus medical therapy. ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Conti CR

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent investigations have indicated that chronic heart failure can be reversed with agents that inhibit the reninangiotensin-aldosterone or sympathetic nervous system, such as angiontensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and beta blockers. A meta-analysis of clinical trials of ACE inhibition in chronic heart failu...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Eichhorn EJ

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) has shown to predict outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). Left ventricular recovery (LVR) has shown to improve prognosis. HYPOTHESIS:Guideline-directed medical therapy will predict LVR in patients with HF and reduced LVEF. METHODS:We studied 244 patients w...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Valika A,Paprockas K,Villines D,Costanzo MR

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight patients treated by atrial pacing were divided into three groups (Group I, patients with neither coronary stenosis nor anginal pain during pacing; Group II, patients with no coronary stenosis but having anginal pain during pacing; Group III, patients with coronary stenosis). The concentrations of adenosin...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Haneda T,Ichihara K,Abiko Y,Onodera S

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonpharmacologic therapies for patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia have been necessitated by the low frequency of drug-responsive patients. These nonpharmacologic therapies include antitachycardia pacemakers, low-energy cardioverters, defibrillators, surgery and, for the present, catheter ablation. Antitac...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Josephson ME,Miller JM,Marchlinski FE,Buxton AE

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is scant information regarding the effect of exercise training begun soon after hospital discharge for myocardial infarction (MI) with respect to subsequent improvement in exercise tolerance, enhancement of regional myocardial perfusion, or left ventricular function. Accordingly, 19 post-MI patients (mean age 53...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Beller GA,Murray GC,ErkenBrack SK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal approach to electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation includes appropriate patient selection, anticoagulation, careful selection and monitoring of antiarrhythmic therapy, and proper electrical cardioversion technique. The optimal technique requires the use of metal electrodes, with one electrode of a...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ewy GA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure (HF) readmission rates have become an increasingly important quality metric since the advent of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. Despite many well-intentioned efforts to reduce readmissions, clinicians continue to struggle with the problem of high HF readmission rates. HYPOTHESIS:H...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sommerfeld A,Althouse AD,Prince J,Atwood CW,Mulukutla SR,Hickey GW

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is independently associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and calcific aortic valve stenosis. Elevated Lp(a) affects approximately one in five individuals and meaningfully contributes to the residual cardiovascular risk in individuals with otherwise well-controlled risk factors. Wi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Berman AN,Biery DW,Ginder C,Hulme OL,Marcusa D,Leiva O,Wu WY,Singh A,Divakaran S,Hainer J,Turchin A,Januzzi JL,Natarajan P,Cannon CP,Di Carli MF,Bhatt DL,Blankstein R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated 26 patients admitted to our catheterization laboratory with a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. In each case acute revascularization was unsuccessful, but the diagnosis was confirmed by angiography. In 11 patients with an uncomplicated course of acute myocardial infarction magnetic resonance im...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Eichstaedt HW,Felix R,Dougherty FC,Langer M,Rutsch W,Schmutzler H

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium channel blockers are important drugs for the treatment of chronic stable angina. However, negative inotropic and dromotropic effects may limit their usefulness in patients with atrioventricular conduction abnormalities or left ventricular dysfunction. A new generation of calcium channel blockers will soon be a...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pepine C

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:Noninvasive evaluation of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function was performed on 12 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) using posterior aortic wall echocardiogram and a parameter for determining the optimal heart rate in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation was considered. METHODS:...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nobuoka S,Hatano S,Yoshida A,Nagashima J,Noda K,Takada H,Miyake F,Murayama M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although certain classes of drugs appear to possess benefits apart from their blood-pressure lowering capability, reduction of blood pressure remains the single most important action of antihypertensive therapy. Calcium-channel blockers (CCBs) have long been recognized as potent agents for hypertension therapy. This i...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： White WB

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have an increased stroke risk compared with those in sinus rhythm, although the absolute risk for individual patients is modulated by the presence of various additional risk factors. Patient selection for oral anticoagulation for stroke prevention is based on risks of stroke and ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Verheugt FW

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:Japan is an aging society, and the number of nonagenarians with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is increasing, but their outcomes have not been determined fully. METHODS:We prospectively enrolled 767 consecutive patients who underwent TAVI in t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yokoyama H,Tobaru T,Muto Y,Hagiya K,Higuchi R,Saji M,Takamisawa I,Shimizu J,Takanashi S,Takayama M,Tomita H,Tamura H,Doi S,Okazaki S,Isobe M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical impact of increasing levels of blood loss has been shown to increase morbidity and mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The impact of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion for severe bleeding is unknown. We systematically collected baseline and 8-h postprocedure hematocrit (HCT) values on ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kim P,Dixon S,Eisenbrey AB,O'Malley B,Boura J,O'Neill W

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although physical fitness is a powerful prognostic marker in clinical medicine, most cardiovascular population-based studies do not have a direct measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness. In line with the call from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute for innovative, low-cost, epidemiologic studies leveraging e...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Al-Mallah MH,Keteyian SJ,Brawner CA,Whelton S,Blaha MJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart transplantation is the only curative therapy for chronic heart failure, and it plays an important role in the treatment of chronic heart failure with a survival rate of approximately 50% of all patients after 10 years. This has to be kept in mind when alternative therapies enter into our daily routine in treatin...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Garbade J,Barten MJ,Bittner HB,Mohr FW

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure (HF) is a major problem in developed countries. However, its relationship with obesity remains unclear, especially in low-risk populations. The objective of the study was to analyze the relationship between obesity and HF in a low-risk Mediterranean population. HYPOTHESIS:Obesity is an indepen...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Baena-Díez JM,Byram AO,Grau M,Gómez-Fernández C,Vidal-Solsona M,Ledesma-Ulloa G,González-Casafont I,Vasquez-Lazo J,Subirana I,Schroder H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 20 coronary excimer laser angioplasties, two patients presented with a peculiar type of malignant restenosis 6 and 8 weeks after a successful laser angioplasty procedure. One patient had a successful recanalization of an occluded left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery and the second patient had ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Buchwald A,Werner G,Unterberg C,Voth A,Wiegand V

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00