Prognostic role of echocardiography and brain natriuretic peptide in symptomatic breathless patients in the community.

abstract：:Five-year survival amongst 485 consecutive patients with their first acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was 78.2%. Univariate survival analysis showed that the following variables during the acute stage were of prognostic significance for survival: signs of left ventricular heart failure, enlarged cardiac volume, pulmo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rollag A,Abdelnoor M,Mangschau A,Jonsbu J,Aase O,Erikssen J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal began as a journal for cardiothoracic surgery, but joining forces with cardiology has increased the impact factor and number of subscribers. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Taylor J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite therapeutic improvements, cardiogenic shock (CS) remains the most common cause of death in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In addition to percutaneous coronary intervention, inotropes, fluids, adjunctive medication, intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation, and also assist devices are widely used...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Thiele H,Allam B,Chatellier G,Schuler G,Lafont A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional echocardiography (2D echo) and Doppler were performed in a group of patients who had a high probability of having right ventricular (RV) dysplasia (left bundle branch block arrhythmias, no signs of cardiopulmonary diseases) and in a group of age-matched normals. 2D echo showed RV morphofunctional abnor...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Iliceto S,Izzi M,De Martino G,Rizzon P

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We used the hospital discharge records of Piedmont region (northern Italy) to evaluate whether a national law banning smoking in public resulted in a short-term reduction in hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS AND RESULTS:Rates of admission for AMI before the ban (October-December 2...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Barone-Adesi F,Vizzini L,Merletti F,Richiardi L

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension (HTN) is quantitatively the major cardiovascular risk factor and responsible for ∼50% of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Blood pressure (BP) is also a classical complex genetic trait with heritability estimates of 30-50%. Although much is known about BP regulation, the intrinsic origin of essentia...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ehret GB,Caulfield MJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) presenting during a 12-year period at a single hospital were studied. Twenty-six were male and 14 female and ages ranged from 19 to 67 years. During the first six post-operative months, most episodes were caused by staphylococci (38%) and Gram negative bacilli (2...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gayet JL,Etienne J,Malquarti V,Gruer LD,Didier B,Chuzel M,Champsaur G,Chassignolle J,Fleurette J,Delaye J

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity (NPY-LI) is elevated in patients with acute myocardial ischaemia and congestive heart failure (CHF) owing to increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system. The prognostic value of plasma NPY-LI with regard to mortality was studied in 324 random patients admitted to a ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ullman B,Hulting J,Lundberg JM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study was designed to compare the degree of inhibition of platelet aggregation (IPA) of prasugrel with that of clopidogrel in stable aspirin-treated patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS AND RESULTS:Subjects (n=101) were randomly assigned to the following loading dose (LD) (day 1)/maintenance ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jernberg T,Payne CD,Winters KJ,Darstein C,Brandt JT,Jakubowski JA,Naganuma H,Siegbahn A,Wallentin L

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary arteries of anomalous origin with subsequent coursing between the aorta and pulmonary trunk can cause ischaemia, infarction or sudden death. However, reports of surgical correction are sparse due to the rarity of ante-mortem diagnosis. We report two cases in which symptoms were related to anomalous origin of ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Thomas D,Salloum J,Montalescot G,Drobinski G,Artigou JY,Grosgogeat Y

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart disease frequently occurs in advanced acromegaly. In order to investigate cardiac mass and function in acromegaly in the absence of obvious cardiac disease, we performed Doppler echocardiography in 15 asymptomatic acromegalic patients (six of them had systemic hypertension). The data were compared with those of ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Morvan D,Komajda M,Grimaldi A,Turpin G,Grosgogeat Y

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Torsade de pointes may occur as a complication of amiodarone therapy. We report a patient receiving amiodarone who was resuscitated from cardiovascular collapse and documented ventricular fibrillation. At subsequent electrophysiology study, while the patient was taking amiodarone therapy, monophasic action potentials ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Morgan JM,Lopes A,Rowland E

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Urinary albumin excretion increases during acute myocardial infarction but little is known on the prognostic significance and the pathophysiological mechanisms of microalbuminuria in this clinical setting. The primary aim of the study was to examine whether urinary albumin excretion has predictive power for 1-year...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Berton G,Cordiano R,Palmieri R,Cucchini F,De Toni R,Palatini P

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In single vessel disease angioplasty can replace surgery in the majority of patients. In cases of recurrence at the site of angioplasty or in the case of progression elsewhere, a second intervention can be performed. Thus, in the majority of patients surgery can be replaced; in the minority it can be delayed. In patie...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kaltenbach M

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The very long-term outcome of patients who survive the first few years after receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has not been well described thus far. We aimed to provide long-term outcomes, especially with regard to the occurrence of sudden cardiac death (SCD), in CRT patients without (CRT-P) and wi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Barra S,Duehmke R,Providência R,Narayanan K,Reitan C,Roubicek T,Polasek R,Chow A,Defaye P,Fauchier L,Piot O,Deharo JC,Sadoul N,Klug D,Garcia R,Dockrill S,Virdee M,Pettit S,Agarwal S,Borgquist R,Marijon E,Boveda

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the initial phase of heart failure, cardiac output and pressure are maintained by increasing sympathetic drive and by cell hypertrophy. Elevated end-diastolic volume, a reduced ejection fraction and a higher filling pressure also occur. Only in more severe heart failure, when cardiac output cannot be maintained, do...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Burkart F

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the main cardiac complication in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is subclinical pericarditis, mononuclear cell infiltrations into myocardium may cause cardiac arrhythmias and conduction defects. In order to examine these problems we evaluated 70 patients (53 women and 17 men) aged 18-83 years (average 56.7...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Tłustochowicz W,Piotrowicz R,Cwetsch A,Raczka A,Kramarz E,Nowak J

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare patients treated for heart failure in relation to the management in general practices versus hospital admission. METHODS AND RESULTS:Twelve randomly selected general practices (GP) were screened for patients receiving ACE-inhibitor, digoxin, or loop diuretic treatment. The first 500 volunteers of 959 po...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Nielsen OW,McDonagh T,Cowburn P,Blue L,Robb SD,Dargie H

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was recently shown that streptokinase may induce clot formation in vivo by immunoglobulin G mediated platelet stimulation. We evaluated the in vitro effect of streptokinase on platelet function in 103 subjects, of whom 52 were < or = 30 years and 51 were > or = 50 years old. Although streptokinase inhibited platele...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Terres W,Krüger K,Bleifeld W

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Evidence is accumulating that inflammation plays a role in the pathophysiology of heart failure. Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) has pro-inflammatory properties. We investigated whether Lp-PLA2 activity is associated with heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Lp-PLA2 activity was determined in a ra...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van Vark LC,Kardys I,Bleumink GS,Knetsch AM,Deckers JW,Hofman A,Stricker BH,Witteman JC

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient with left atrial ball thrombus which was detected during echocardiographic evaluation of combined mitral-aortic valve disease. Surgical correction was performed entirely on the basis of the echocardiographic diagnosis. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Schäfer RO,Evers G,Morgan P,Thiel H

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A lack of donor hearts has stimulated interest in using blood pumps to treat severe heart failure. We tested the hypothesis that a new continuous flow circulatory assist device could be employed safely to relieve symptoms of heart failure and evaluated the potential to prolong life. METHODS AND RESULTS:An intraca...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Siegenthaler MP,Westaby S,Frazier OH,Martin J,Banning A,Robson D,Pepper J,Poole-Wilson P,Beyersdorf F

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Morphological characteristics of non-significant coronary plaques (NSCPs) that develop rapid progression have not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to clarify the morphological characteristics of NSCPs in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) using intravascular optical coherence tomography (O...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Uemura S,Ishigami K,Soeda T,Okayama S,Sung JH,Nakagawa H,Somekawa S,Takeda Y,Kawata H,Horii M,Saito Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied regional left ventricular (LV) wall motion with M-mode, cross-sectional (2D) echocardiography and LV angiography in 50 patients with a recent myocardial infarction. Regional LV wall motion was evaluated according to a 9-segment model. 2D echocardiography permitted information from all, M-mode echocardi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lindvall K,Hamsten A,Landou C,Szamosi A,de Faire U

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This overview provides a Europe-wide update on the current burden of cardiovascular disease, and specifically of coronary heart disease and stroke. Cardiovascular disease continues to cause a large proportion of deaths and disability in Europe, and places a substantial burden on the health care systems and economies o...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Nichols M,Townsend N,Scarborough P,Rayner M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed echocardiographic evaluation of 20 male veteran endurance runners (mean age 56 +/- 7 years) and compared them with a group of age-matched controls. All the runners had run at least 25 miles per week for more than 25 years. Although only four athletes showed voltage ECG evidence of left ventricular hypertr...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Northcote RJ,McKillop G,Todd IC,Canning GP

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over two decades after the introduction of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) into clinical practice, ∼30% of candidates continue to fail to respond to this highly effective treatment of drug-refractory heart failure (HF). Since the causes of this non-response (NR) are multifactorial, it will require multidiscipl...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Daubert C,Behar N,Martins RP,Mabo P,Leclercq C

更新日期：2017-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Little is known about the prognostic significance of silent versus symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD) in diabetic patients. We therefore assessed the incidence of scintigraphic evidence of CAD in diabetic patients without known CAD and the impact of symptoms and scintigraphic findings on prognosis. METHODS ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Zellweger MJ,Hachamovitch R,Kang X,Hayes SW,Friedman JD,Germano G,Pfisterer ME,Berman DS

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this double-blind placebo-controlled study with enalapril, 74 patients with acute myocardial infarction were followed at 0, 7, 30, 60 and 180 days after the event. Platelets and leukocytes were activated during the first 7 days. During the 6-month period fibrinogen, leukocytes, elastase, and B beta 30-43 remained e...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sylvén C,Hagerman I,Karlberg KE,Chen J,Wallin R,Eneroth P,Bergström K,Saldeen T

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The object of this study is to analyse the trends in coronary events in Finland during 1993-2002, correcting for the effect of troponins. METHODS AND RESULTS:A population-based myocardial infarction register recorded all coronary events (n=14 782) in four geographical areas of Finland during 1993-2002. Correction...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Salomaa V,Ketonen M,Koukkunen H,Immonen-Räihä P,Lehtonen A,Torppa J,Kuulasmaa K,Kesäniemi YA,Pyörälä K,FINAMI Study Group.

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00