Value of peri-procedural B-type natriuretic peptide levels in predicting cardiac events after elective percutaneous coronary intervention.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Large pericardial effusions and cardiac tamponade are rare in childhood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the aetiological factors and clinical findings of large pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade in children. METHODS:We reviewed retrospectively the records of 10 (6 male, 4 female) patients (me...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Guven H,Bakiler AR,Ulger Z,Iseri B,Kozan M,Dorak C

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The interest in transcatheter ventricular septal defect (VSD) closure is continuously growing. Therefore, we report our experience in perimembranous (Pm) and postinfarction (Pi) VSD closure. METHODS:All patients, older than 16 years, were selected from a data base, in which Pm and Pi VSDs were registered. T...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Marinakis A,Vydt T,Dens J,Gewillig M,Van Deyk K,Budts W

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A prospective randomized multicentre pilot trial, comparing stenting with balloon angioplasty as a treatment for coronary lesions, located in a bifurcation was performed. METHODS AND RESULTS:After balloon dilatation, with a < 30% residual stenosis in the main vessel and < 50% residual stenosis in the side br...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Dens J,Dubois C,Vermeersch P,Coussement P,Vrolix M,Janssens L,Desmet W,Piessens J

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of an orally administered, long-acting, beta-adrenergic blocking agent, penbutolol, on the circadian rhythm of blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR), and plasma renin activity (PRA), aldosterone (PA) and cortisol (PC) levels in hospital patients with essential hypertension validated by a c...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： degli Uberti EC,Portaluppi F,Margutti A,Trasforini G,Bianconi M,Teodori V,Rossi R,Pansini R

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case reported in this paper, besides illustrating several aspects of the eosinophilic myocarditis, documents a yet undescribed feature of the cardiac involvement in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome characterized by marked basement membrane thickening of small intramyocardial vessels. We are unaware of previou...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Rossi M,Marin-Neto J,Uchida E,Ramos S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Residual risk, which cannot be prevented by statins alone, must be controlled for inhibiting the onset of coronary events. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) play an important role in controlling residual risk. The Japan eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) Lipid Intervention Study demonstrated the inhibitory effect o...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Nishizaki Y,Shimada K,Daida H

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: To explore the prognostic value of combination of coronary artery calcium scoring (CACS) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) on the long-term risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) in Chinese patients at low risk of suspected coronary artery disease (CAD).Methods: The medical recor...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Huang Z,Tang J,Zheng S,Jiang H,Deng L,Wang P

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study was designed to examine the changes of MMP-2/TIMP-2 in the hearts of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and gain insight into their roles in extracellular matrix (ECM) remodelling on an experimental animal model of diabetic cardiomyopathy. METHODS AND RESULTS:Sixteen male Wistar rats were...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Li Q,Sun SZ,Wang Y,Tian YJ,Liu MH

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) is characterized by normal serum free T4 (fT4), free T3 (fT3) levels and increased serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels.The aim of this study was to assess the validity of tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) in evaluating cardiac effects of SH and to demonstrate the improvi...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Oner FA,Yurdakul S,Oner E,Uzum AK,Erguney M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereological methods under light and electron microscopy have been used to study the ventricular myocardium of rats exhausted by swimming exercise. The proportion of myocardial cell/interstitium diminishes with the exercise. This result is interpreted as a consequence of an intercellular edema which becomes more pron...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Lucena MC,Paniagua R

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:European Society of Cardiology (ESC) National Society Cardiovascular Journals (NSCJs) are high-quality biomedical journals focused on cardiovascular diseases. The Editors' Network of the ESC devises editorial initiatives aimed at improving the scientific quality and diffusion of NSCJ. In this article we will discuss o...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Alfonso F,Gonçalves L,Pinto F,Timmis A,Ector H,Ambrosio G,Panos V,Editors' Network European Society of Cardiology Task Force.

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is a revision of the patterns of the jugular and hepatic tracings, two non-invasive tracings of the venous system. The study was performed in 40 subjects; 30 of them were normal while 10 had minor conditions affecting the left heart. The time of onset and peak of the various waves was statistically e...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Luisada AA,Singhal A,Kim K

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigates the relationship between post-heparin plasma lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity, chronic inflammation and premature stable coronary artery disease (CAD) in male patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:132 male patients (< 55 years) with documented stable CAD (cases) and 130 male subjects without...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Chen Z,Ma G,Zhang X,Wang J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), combined with optimal medical therapy (OMT), is an established treatment for patients with advanced chronic heart failure (ACHF). In ACHF, carvedilol at the dose used in clinical trials, reduces morbidity and mortality. However, patients often do not tolerate the drug ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Grosu A,Senni M,Iacovoni A,Gori M,Cantù F,Bisetti S,De Santo T,De Luca A,Gavazzi A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical experience with repeated tilt testing and standing training has shown that this procedure can be used as a new therapy for the restoration of abnormal autonomic orthostatic reflexes. The introduction of tilt training therapy for neurally mediated syncope is a new and effective treatment. This new therapy has ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Reybrouck T,Ector H

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracorporeal Ultrafiltration Method (ECUM) could be used in patients with refractory congestive heart failure (CHF). We have encountered a 56-year-old woman with refractory congestive heart failure (CHF) (NYHA II-III) due to coronary artery disease, complicated by moderately advanced diabetic nephropathy (Cr = 2.4 m...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Kuriyama S,Tomonari H,Utsunomia Y,Matsui K,Sakai O

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) also in subjects without traditional risk factors leads to a search for new risk factors. Tenascin-C (TNC), an extracellular matrix glycoprotein is normally found in very low concentrations in tissues and serum of adults, whereas its expression is enhanced in case of ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Ozmen Yildiz P,Yildiz I,Ozmen C,Karabacak M,Doven O

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There has been a long-standing controversy regarding the mechanism(s) to explain the irregular ventricular response during atrial tachycardia (AT) or atrial fibrillation (AF) and where the site of block, if any, resides in the atrioventricular (AV) junction. METHODS:We studied 12 Langendorff preparations ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Liu Y,Scherlag BJ,Yagi T,Patterson E,Jackman WM,Lazzara R,Po SS

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Creatine kinase (CK) and its isoenzyme CK-MB are important tools for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. The content of CK-MB relative to total CK in myocardial cells is variable; it is low in normal myocardium and increased several-fold in hypoxic myocardium. We tested the hypothesis that CK-MB mass (CK-MBm...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Sax H,Contesse J,Dubach P,Reinhart WH

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneurysm and dissections localized to the ascending aorta are usually encountered in patients with atherosclerosis and hypertension. Behçet's syndrome is a rare vasculitic syndrome occasionally responsible for inflammation in small to large vessels. Aneurysm formation and dissection in the ascending aorta due to Behce...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Ucer E,Oner AO,Erdinler IC

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transradial approach to coronary angiography is a progressive and increasingly more often used technique. Apart from its advantages, radial artery occlusion (RAO) represents the most serious drawback. Re-canalization of an iatrogenic RAO, although asymptomatic in the majority of cases, remains a discussed and challeng...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Skvaril J,Kockova R,Danickova K,Sedlon P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cardiology Foundation supported by the perspicacious Princess Lilian was created in 1958. As an introduction to this symposium, the challenges that the cardiologist and surgeon encountered in 1958, are recalled as well as the essential problems requiring solutions in that era of evolving cardiac surgery. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Primo G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a review of the effects of E on the symptoms of CHF which affect patients' (pts) quality of life and the signs associated with pts' prognosis. The review is based on clinical studies which were included in the New Drug Application for Vasotec (enalapril maleate, MSD) in the United States. There were 3 open-lab...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Rucinska EJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The added value of routine echocardiography, in respect to clinical examination and ECG, has received little attention. We sought to evaluate the contribution of two-dimensional echocardiography, in respect to clinical examination and ECG, in detecting left ventricular (LV) dilatation and systolic dysfunct...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Rovai D,Morales MA,Di Bella G,Prediletto R,De Nes M,Pingitore A,Rossi G

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two cases of Ortner's syndrome, a syndrome with hoarseness caused by unilateral left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy as a complication of cardiovascular diseases. In the first case, aneurysmatic dilatation of the aorta and in the second case a dilated pulmonary trunk was thought to be the cause. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Van Melle JP,Meyns B,Budts W

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 15-year-old boy who was admitted to the neurology department had multiple cerebral infarcts on cranial magnetic resonance imaging. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed myocardial thickening and apical thrombus in the left ventricle suggesting Loeffler endocarditis. There was remarkable hypereosinophilia on the ha...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Aydoğdu S,Uçar O,Cetin M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to prepare Belgian participation in the International Study "Monitoring of trends and determinants in cardiovascular disease (MONICA)", a pilot project for registration of acute myocardial infarctions was organized in the Flemish city of Ghent and the Walloon city of Charleroi. Thanks to the collaboration of ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Berghmans L,Heyerick P,De Backer G,Kornitzer M,Fux M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Left ventricular thrombus (LVT) is one of the important complications of acute anterior wall myocardial infarction (MI). Mean platelet volume (MPV) is one of the platelet indices reflecting platelet reactivity. In this present study we investigated the effect of MPV on LVT formation after primary percutaneous...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Acar Z,Ziyrek M,Korkmaz L,Kiris A,Sahin S,Celik S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman was evaluated for chest pain complaints. The ECG demonstrated sinus rhythm with deep negative T waves from V2 to V6, in l, aVL and the inferior leads.Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) showed suboptimal image quality and was nondiagnostic. A repeat TTE study after administration of an echo contra...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Walpot J,Pasteuning WH,Shivalkar B

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis occurred in a young man. On admission, he was in septic shock and the electrocardiogram revealed convex upwards ST-segment elevation in inferior and lateral leads. Rapid and complete normalisation of the ECG was observed and the patient had a favourable evolution with intensive...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Gach O,Lancellotti P,Pierard LA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00