The effect of cardiac catheterization upon management of advanced aortic and mitral valve disease.

abstract：AIMS:Our objectives were (i) to compare the discriminatory performance of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction risk score (TIMI RS), Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa in Unstable angina: Receptor Suppression Using Integrilin Therapy risk score (PURSUIT RS), and Global Registry of Acute Cardiac Events risk score (GRAC...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Yan AT,Yan RT,Tan M,Casanova A,Labinaz M,Sridhar K,Fitchett DH,Langer A,Goodman SG

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We investigated the influence of type one cannabinoid receptor (CB1) deficiency on acute heart failure (AHF) and the underlying mechanism. Acute heart failure syndrome is an important clinical problem because of its high morbidity and mortality rates. Activation of CB1 induces vascular dilation and reinforces the ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Liao Y,Bin J,Asakura M,Xuan W,Chen B,Huang Q,Xu D,Ledent C,Takashima S,Kitakaze M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Quantitative analysis of rest-stress myocardial perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can provide assessments of regional myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR). The purpose of this study was to compare regional MPR determined by myocardial perfusion MRI with coronary flow reserve (CFR) by intracoronary Doppler f...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kurita T,Sakuma H,Onishi K,Ishida M,Kitagawa K,Yamanaka T,Tanigawa T,Kitamura T,Takeda K,Ito M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been considerable controversy over whether elevated levels of triglycerides, or hypertriglyceridaemia, is an independent risk factor in coronary heart disease (CHD). Discrepancies between findings of univariate and multivariate statistical analyses are likely to be due to the strong inverse correlation betwe...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Miller M

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Hyponatraemia has been shown to be an independent predictor of mortality in selected patients with heart failure enrolled in clinical trials. The predictive value of hyponatraemia has not been evaluated in unselected patients hospitalized with heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:OPTIMIZE-HF is a registry and perfo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gheorghiade M,Abraham WT,Albert NM,Gattis Stough W,Greenberg BH,O'Connor CM,She L,Yancy CW,Young J,Fonarow GC,OPTIMIZE-HF Investigators and Coordinators.

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:A major challenge for all health care systems is to identify the most efficient use of limited and finite resources available for health care. Economic evaluation provides a balance sheet of the benefits, harms and costs for making choices between alternative health care services and is one strategy to assist decision...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Oldridge NB

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We recently found that resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity is inversely related to peak oxygen uptake (VO(2) peak) in patients with heart failure, suggesting a peripheral neurogenic limit to exercise in heart failure. No such relationship was observed in healthy controls. To determine whether this observatio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Notarius CF,Azevedo ER,Parker JD,Floras JS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent innovations have the potential to improve rhythm control therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Controlled trials provide new evidence on the effectiveness and safety of rhythm control therapy, particularly in patients with AF and heart failure. This review summarizes evidence supporting the use of ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Willems S,Meyer C,de Bono J,Brandes A,Eckardt L,Elvan A,van Gelder I,Goette A,Gulizia M,Haegeli L,Heidbuchel H,Haeusler KG,Kautzner J,Mont L,Ng GA,Szumowski L,Themistoclakis S,Wegscheider K,Kirchhof P

更新日期：2019-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in molecular genetics present new opportunities and challenges for cardiologists who manage patients and families with cardiomyopathies. The aims of this position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases are to review the general issues related to ge...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Charron P,Arad M,Arbustini E,Basso C,Bilinska Z,Elliott P,Helio T,Keren A,McKenna WJ,Monserrat L,Pankuweit S,Perrot A,Rapezzi C,Ristic A,Seggewiss H,van Langen I,Tavazzi L,European Society of Cardiology Working Group on

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prevalence of asymmetric septal hypertrophy (ASH) in hypertensive patients, 613 echocardiographic examinations performed over a period of one year were reviewed. Asymmetric septal hypertrophy (defined by an echocardiographic interventricular septum to left ventricular free wall thickness ratio of greater...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wicker P,Roudaut R,Haissaguere M,Villega-Arino P,Clementy J,Dallocchio M

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Naturally secreted nanovesicles known as exosomes are required for the regenerative effects of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs), and exosomes mimic the benefits of CDCs in rodents. Nevertheless, exosomes have not been studied in a translationally realistic large-animal model. We sought to optimize delivery and as...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gallet R,Dawkins J,Valle J,Simsolo E,de Couto G,Middleton R,Tseliou E,Luthringer D,Kreke M,Smith RR,Marbán L,Ghaleh B,Marbán E

更新日期：2017-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We tested the hypothesis that dapagliflozin may regress left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). METHODS AND RESULTS:We randomly assigned 66 people (mean age 67 ± 7 years, 38 males) with T2D, LVH, and controlled blood pressure (BP) to receive dapagliflozin 10 mg once daily or placeb...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Brown AJM,Gandy S,McCrimmon R,Houston JG,Struthers AD,Lang CC

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The optimal timing of intervention in non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) remains uncertain. The aim of this multicentre trial was to assess whether an immediate invasive approach is superior to an early invasive or a selective invasive approach with respect to reduction of large infarction. METHODS A...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Thiele H,Rach J,Klein N,Pfeiffer D,Hartmann A,Hambrecht R,Sick P,Eitel I,Desch S,Schuler G,LIPSIA-NSTEMI Trial Group.

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiarrhythmic drugs are still used for the treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias, in combination with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators or without them. AIM OF THE STUDY:In a double-blind randomized crossover design, the short- and long-term efficacy and safety of oral dofetilide or oral sotalol ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Boriani G,Lubinski A,Capucci A,Niederle R,Kornacewicz-Jack Z,Wnuk-Wojnar AM,Borggrefe M,Brachmann J,Biffi M,Butrous GS,Ventricular Arrhythmias Dofetilide Investigators.

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess safety, feasibility and short term outcome of pulmonary vein (PV) isolation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) with a cryoballoon. METHODS:We consecutively treated 57 patients with a double lumen 23 or 28 mm cryoballoon. The acute results, complications and follow-up over the first three months were...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Van Belle Y,Janse P,Rivero-Ayerza MJ,Thornton AS,Jessurun ER,Theuns D,Jordaens L

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While prior work has suggested that a high-grade atrioventricular block (HAVB) in the setting of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is associated with in-hospital death, limited information is available on the incidence of, and death associated with, HAVB in ACS patients receiving contemporary management. MET...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Singh SM,FitzGerald G,Yan AT,Brieger D,Fox KA,López-Sendón J,Yan RT,Eagle KA,Steg PG,Budaj A,Goodman SG

更新日期：2015-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In this study, we compared the clinical outcomes of elderly patients with unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) stenosis treated with either coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or drug-eluting stent (DES). METHODS AND RESULTS:From January 2003 to April 2006, 259 patients with ULMCA stenosis and age > o...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Palmerini T,Barlocco F,Santarelli A,Bacchi-Reggiani L,Savini C,Baldini E,Alessi L,Ruffini M,Di Credico G,Piovaccari G,Di Bartolomeo R,Marzocchi A,Branzi A,De Servi S

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the sequence of critical cardiovascular events in the progression of heart failure, and whether aetiology or high-dose vs low-dose lisinopril affected these pathways. METHODS AND RESULTS:This was a post-hoc investigation of the ATLAS database, which comprised 3164 patients with chronic heart failure,...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Cleland JG,Thygesen K,Uretsky BF,Armstrong P,Horowitz JD,Massie B,Packer M,Poole-Wilson PA,Rydén L,ATLAS investigators.

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(2) (Lp-PLA(2)) has been suggested as an independent predictor of cardiovascular events in epidemiological studies. We sought to evaluate Lp-PLA(2) as a risk factor for future cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and to elucidate the relationshi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Oldgren J,James SK,Siegbahn A,Wallentin L

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently published epidemiological and genetic studies strongly suggest a causal relationship of elevated concentrations of lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] with cardiovascular disease (CVD), independent of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs), reduced high density lipoproteins (HDL), and other traditional CVD risk factors. The ath...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kostner KM,März W,Kostner GM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the long-term benefits of treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitors in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) and left ventricular dysfunction (LVD). METHODS AND RESULTS:In the trandolapril cardiac evaluation (TRACE) study, 1749 patients with LVD (ejection fraction< or =35%) w...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Buch P,Rasmussen S,Abildstrom SZ,Køber L,Carlsen J,Torp-Pedersen C,TRACE investigators.

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of investigators met for two days in Santorini, Greece, to discuss progress in the field of identification and treatment of high risk/vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques and patients. Many differences in the manner in which terms are being utilized were noted. It was recognized that increased understanding of t...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Schaar JA,Muller JE,Falk E,Virmani R,Fuster V,Serruys PW,Colombo A,Stefanadis C,Ward Casscells S,Moreno PR,Maseri A,van der Steen AF

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:To determine tolerability and the optimal dose regimen of the soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator vericiguat in patients with chronic heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Methods and results:SOCRATES-PRESERVED was a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled double-blind, Phase 2b dose-finding...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pieske B,Maggioni AP,Lam CSP,Pieske-Kraigher E,Filippatos G,Butler J,Ponikowski P,Shah SJ,Solomon SD,Scalise AV,Mueller K,Roessig L,Gheorghiade M

更新日期：2017-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Pre-infarction angina is associated with better outcome after myocardial infarction. The aim of this study was to assess whether pre-infarction angina is associated with decreased no-reflow after coronary recanalization. METHODS AND RESULTS:Twenty-three patients underwent intracoronary myocardial contrast echocar...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Karila-Cohen D,Czitrom D,Brochet E,Faraggi M,Seknadji P,Himbert D,Juliard JM,Assayag P,Steg PG

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Three methods are used to identify dysglycaemia: fasting plasma glucose (FPG), 2-h post-load plasma glucose (2hPG) from the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and glycated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). The aim was to describe the yield and concordance of FPG, HbA1c, and 2hPG alone, or in combination, to identify dysgl...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gyberg V,De Bacquer D,Kotseva K,De Backer G,Schnell O,Sundvall J,Tuomilehto J,Wood D,Rydén L,EUROASPIRE IV Investigators.

更新日期：2015-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 546 patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) were retrospectively reviewed to assess the efficacy of percutaneous transluminal valvuloplasty (PTV) and valve replacement (VR). Of these, 490 underwent VR between 1968 and 1986 (mean age 62 +/- 12 years, 71.7% were in NYHA class III or IV), 68.8% received mech...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Acar J,Vahanian A,Slama M,Cormier B,Michel PL,Luxereau P,Farah E,Leborgne O,Dermine P

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral dipyridamole induces accumulation of endogenous adenosine, which in a hypoxic milieu exerts experimentally an angiogenic effect on coronary collateral circulation. A meta-analysis of 13 randomized placebo-controlled trials published between 1960 and 1992 showed evidence of benefit for dipyridamole in th...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Picano E,PISA (Persantin In Stable Angina) study group.

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine what proportion of patients with heart failure are eligible for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). METHODS AND RESULTS:Eligibility criteria from the trials establishing the efficacy of CRT were applied to two prospective cohorts: the first enrolled patients with newly diagnosed heart failure di...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： McAlister FA,Tu JV,Newman A,Lee DS,Kimber S,Cujec B,Armstrong PW

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study compared plasma levels of established risk markers for atherosclerosis and indices of inflammation in 50 patients with severe periodontitis to those in 46 healthy cases. METHODS AND RESULTS:Full blood counts were performed and levels of high density lipoproteins (HDL), total cholesterol, haptoglobin, e...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Buhlin K,Gustafsson A,Pockley AG,Frostegård J,Klinge B

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00