Impact of valve prosthesis-patient mismatch estimated by echocardiographic-determined effective orifice area on long-term outcome after aortic valve replacement.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cohort studies have suggested little effect of coffee consumption on risk of acute myocardial infarction. The effect of coffee consumption on prognosis after myocardial infarction is uncertain. METHODS:In a population-based inception cohort study, we followed 1,369 patients hospitalized with a confirmed fir...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mukamal KJ,Hallqvist J,Hammar N,Ljung R,Gémes K,Ahlbom A,Ahnve S,Janszky I

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the relative value of exercise echocardiography and perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in identifying the presence and severity of coronary artery stenosis. Accordingly, 44 consecutive patients with stenosis in one vessel performed simultaneous postexercise...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Salustri A,Pozzoli MM,Hermans W,Ilmer B,Cornel JH,Reijs AE,Roelandt JR,Fioretti PM

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distinction between idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis is controversial, both clinically and pathologically. To increase diagnostic accuracy and provide prognostic information, we prospectively tested the routine application of immunofluorescence and electron microscopy in endomyocardial biopsy eval...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hammond EH,Menlove RL,Anderson JL

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even mild depressive symptoms during hospitalization are an independent risk factor for mortality after acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The mortality risk is highest for patients whose depressive symptoms persist after ACS. Low adherence to medications that reduce the risk of subsequent cardiac events may be...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rieckmann N,Kronish IM,Haas D,Gerin W,Chaplin WF,Burg MM,Vorchheimer D,Davidson KW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biplane 30-degree RAO and 60-degree LAO RV selective cineangiography was performed in 21 patients with significant ventricular arrhythmias (ventricular tachycardia in 14, salvos in three, and complex PVCs in seven) and a high presumption of arrhythmogenic RV dysplasia (ARVD), and in a control group of 10 presumed norm...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Daubert C,Descaves C,Foulgoc JL,Bourdonnec C,Laurent M,Gouffault J

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic effects of molsidomine were studied in 48 patients with acute myocardial infarction and compared with hemodynamic properties in a control group of 24 patients. The most pronounced decrease in pulmonary artery diastolic pressure occurs between 30 and 60 minutes after oral administration of 8 to 12 mg (n...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Reifart N,Neidl K,Kaltenbach M,Bussmann WD

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred twenty-four patients underwent ventricular programmed stimulation (VPS) without prior documentation of the clinical occurrence of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation-flutter (VF). Indications for VPS were: palpitations or nonsustained VT during ambulatory monitoring (85 patie...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： DiCarlo LA Jr,Morady F,Schwartz AB,Shen EN,Baerman JM,Krol RB,Scheinman MM,Sung RJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the antiischemic effects of intravenous milrinone, 20 patients with angiographically proved coronary artery disease and stable angina were studied at rest and during exercise under control conditions and after an intravenous loading injection of milrinone (50 micrograms/kg/10 min) followed by an infusion w...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mitrovic V,Stöhring R,Schlepper M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship of changes in weight to outcomes in patients after myocardial infarction (MI) is controversial. METHODS:From the ENRICHD trial data, we assessed weight change, and the associations of baseline weight and change at follow-up with outcomes and interactions between psychosocial factors. RESUL...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lopez-Jimenez F,Wu CO,Tian X,O'Connor C,Rich MW,Burg MM,Sheps D,Raczynski J,Somers VK,Jaffe AS

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The initial white cell counts in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may reflect the stage of AMI evolution, and may also be related to the efficacy of thrombolytic agents in recanalizing occluded epicardial arteries. METHODS:In 312 patients with a first AMI, we divided the initial white cell co...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wong CK,French JK,Gao W,White HD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects and possible mechanisms of actions of indomethacin on systemic and coronary hemodynamics were studied in 17 patients with coronary artery disease. Group I patients (12) were given either indomethacin or placebo in the absence of prior cyclooxygenase inhibition and group II (five) were given indomethacin af...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Forman MB,Uderman H,Jackson EK,Roy L,Bostick D,Robertson D,Robertson RM

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better characterize the cardiac structural and functional changes that are associated with aging, Doppler-echocardiography was performed on 23 young (mean age, 25 years) and 30 old (mean age, 70 years) healthy normotensive subjects. Left ventricular cavity dimensions and wall thickness were determined and left vent...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pearson AC,Gudipati CV,Labovitz AJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between coronary artery size and left ventricular (LV) muscle mass was studied in 10 control subjects and in 10 patients with chronic mitral regurgitation before and 28 +/- 15 months after mitral valve surgery. Left and right coronary artery size was determined by quantitative coronary arteriography. ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vassalli G,Hess OM,Krogmann ON,Villari B,Corin WJ,Turina M,Krayenbuehl HP

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem in the United States. We assess the prevalence of diabetes in Dallas County, quantify the association between diabetes and subclinical cardiovascular disease, and assess the use of evidence-based cardiovascular disease risk-modifying therapies. METHODS:This...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Das SR,Vaeth PA,Stanek HG,de Lemos JA,Dobbins RL,McGuire DK

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Firm evidence exists for reduction in mortality and morbidity by lipid-lowering therapy in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), yet a significant proportion remain untreated. This prospective study determined the effectiveness of a planned strategy of management using a cardiac rehabilitation nurse i...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Senaratne MP,Griffiths J,Mooney D,Kasza L,Macdonald K,Hare S

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although controversial, reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) to target levels remains a common therapeutic goal after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We sought to illuminate patient and provider characteristics associated with LDL-C goal nonattainment after AMI. METHODS:In an observationa...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Martin SS,Gosch K,Kulkarni KR,Spertus JA,Mathews R,Ho PM,Maddox TM,Newby LK,Alexander KP,Wang TY

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women with coronary artery disease are less likely to undergo percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) because of the potential referral bias in favor of men with coronary artery disease in the use of invasive diagnostic procedures and interventions. This difference may represent a sex bias in the deliver...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hussain KM,Estrada AQ,Kogan A,Dadkhah S,Foschi A

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with heart failure (HF) frequently have comorbidities. Frequency, prognostic, and therapeutic implications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in HF are largely unknown. We aimed to assess the prevalence and prognostic implications of COPD in a sample of stable patients with HF and to de...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mascarenhas J,Lourenço P,Lopes R,Azevedo A,Bettencourt P

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent developments have highlighted the challenges facing cardiovascular clinical research in global contemporary practice, particularly in North America, including shifting priorities for drug development targets, increasing regulatory requirements, and expensive operational approaches for conducting randomized clin...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Roe MT,Mahaffey KW,Ezekowitz JA,Alexander JH,Goodman SG,Hernandez A,Temple T,Berdan L,Califf RM,Harrington RA,Peterson ED,Armstrong PW

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fenoldopam mesylate (SK&F 82526-J) is a novel benzazepine derivative. It has selective agonist activity at post-junctional (DA1) vascular dopaminergic receptors, which normally subserve renal artery vasodilation. Previous studies in normal subjects and in patients with hypertension indicate that fenoldopam increases r...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Francis GS,Wilson BC,Rector TS

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant diuretic and natriuretic response occurs during paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Although the diuresis may be secondary to suppression of vasopressin secretion, the etiology of the natriuresis remains unexplained. To determine if atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) could contribute to the polyu...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Nicklas JM,DiCarlo LA,Koller PT,Morady F,Diltz EA,Shenker Y,Grekin RJ

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left atrial appendage flow velocity (LAAFV) is a predictor of thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients, as well as CHA2DS2-VASc score. However, little is known about LAAFV in sinus rhythm (SR) after catheter ablation. The aim of this study was to determine clinical predictors of low LAAFV in pati...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kusa S,Komatsu Y,Taniguchi H,Uchiyama T,Takagi T,Nakamura H,Miyazaki S,Hachiya H,Iesaka Y

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exotic strain of Trypanosoma cruzi recovered from Triatoma dimidiata from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, was shown by isoenzyme studies to be closely related to the Miles' zymodeme 1 and laboratory reference strain Tehuantepec. It was injected into Swiss random-bred ICR mice. Clean Triatoma protracta nymphs and adults, whi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Theis JH,Tibayrenc M,Ault SK,Mason DT

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report presents a young adult with asymmetric septal hypertrophy (ASH) and syncope. Infranodal complete heart block was demonstrated as his cause for syncope. Therapy consisted of implantation of a A-V sequential pacemaker. Cardiac output determinations and systolic time intervals demonstrated the beneficial...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Chmielewski CA,Riley RS,Mahendran A,Most AS

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The long-term fate of patent irradiated segments at 6 months after beta-radiation therapy has not been sufficiently evaluated. METHODS:Two-year follow-up angiography was performed in 52 patients with patent irradiated segments at 6 months after beta-radiation with a rhenium 188-mercaptoacetyltriglycine-fill...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lee SW,Park SW,Hong MK,Kim YH,Han KH,Kim J,Park JH,Oh SJ,Moon DH,Oh SJ,Lee CW,Kim JJ,Park SJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective was to report recent trends in the incidence, adoption of evidence-based treatment, and clinical outcomes for first-time hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction. METHODS:This is a large retrospective population-based cohort study using medical administrative data (International Classif...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ortolani P,Marino M,Melandri G,Guastaroba P,Corzani A,Berti E,Rapezzi C,De Palma R,Branzi A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiopulmonary resuscitation-generated coronary perfusion pressure and intracoronary flow velocity was studied with high-fidelity pressure transducers and an intracoronary Doppler catheter in 11 swine undergoing closed-chest manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Retrograde coronary blood flow in the mid left anterior...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kern KB,Hilwig R,Ewy GA

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent and time course of recovery of left ventricular function were investigated in 29 patients with no previous symptoms who had acute nonischemic congestive cardiomyopathy and left ventricular ejection fraction of 0.22 +/- 0.07. Improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction by at least 0.05 was observed in ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cross AM Jr,Steenbergen C,Higginbotham MB

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aldosterone antagonist therapy is recommended for selected patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. Adherence to therapy in the transition from hospital to home is not well understood. METHODS:We identified patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction who were ≥65 years old, e...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Curtis LH,Mi X,Qualls LG,Check DK,Hammill BG,Hammill SC,Heidenreich PA,Masoudi FA,Setoguchi S,Hernandez AF,Fonarow GC

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examines how the dissemination of stenting and procedural shifts to high-volume facilities have affected short-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS:Discharge information from the 1994 and 1997 US Nationwide Inpatient Sample was used. Data from 1994 involved 84,036...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Watanabe CT,Maynard C,Ritchie JL

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00