The impact of valve surgery on short- and long-term mortality in left-sided infective endocarditis: do differences in methodological approaches explain previous conflicting results?

abstract：:Temporal signal averaging of the surface QRS (V1 + V3 + V5) was performed in 16 patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia and in 16 normal subjects. The differences between ARVD patients and normals were large for the filtered QRS duration (FQRSd) (146.2 +/- 18.9 ms vs. 91.8 +/- 4.1 ms, P less than 0.00...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Blomström-Lundqvist C,Hirsch I,Olsson SB,Edvardsson N

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of flosequinan and enalapril on exercise capacity (bicycle exercise duration), quality-of-life symptomatology (visual analogue scales) and New York Heart Association (NYHA) grading, were compared in 61 patients with chronic heart failure (NYHA, grade III). Bicycle exercise duration improved similarly with ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Silke B,Tennet H,Fischer-Hansen J,Keller N,Heikkila J,Salminen K

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:we investigated the relationship between sublingual perfused capillary density (PCD) as a measure of tissue perfusion and outcome (i.e. occurrence of organ failure and mortality) in patients with cardiogenic shock from acute myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS:we performed a prospective study in 68 patient...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： den Uil CA,Lagrand WK,van der Ent M,Jewbali LS,Cheng JM,Spronk PE,Simoons ML

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electrocardiographic abnormalities and premature ventricular contractions are common in athletes and are generally benign. However, the specific outcome of high-level endurance athletes with frequent and complex ventricular arrhythmias is unclear. Also, information on the predictive accuracy of different inv...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Heidbüchel H,Hoogsteen J,Fagard R,Vanhees L,Ector H,Willems R,Van Lierde J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The prognostic role of time-to-treatment in primary angioplasty is still a matter of debate. The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship between time-to-treatment and myocardial perfusion in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by primary angioplasty. METHODS AND RESU...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： De Luca G,van 't Hof AW,de Boer MJ,Ottervanger JP,Hoorntje JC,Gosselink AT,Dambrink JH,Zijlstra F,Suryapranata H

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：AIMS:To evaluate the effectiveness of Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) by one-off dietary counselling on reducing cardiovascular risk factors among Chinese Grade 1 hypertensive patients in primary care. METHODS AND RESULTS:A parallel-group, randomized controlled trial (ChiCTR-TRC-13003014) was conducted ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wong MC,Wang HH,Kwan MW,Fong BC,Chan WM,Zhang DX,Li ST,Yan BP,Coats AJ,Griffiths SM

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the prevalence, incidence rate, lifetime risk and prognosis of heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:The Rotterdam Study is a prospective population-based cohort study in 7983 participants aged > or =55. Heart failure was defined according to criteria of the European Society of Cardiology. Prevalence wa...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bleumink GS,Knetsch AM,Sturkenboom MC,Straus SM,Hofman A,Deckers JW,Witteman JC,Stricker BH

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intervention to improve coronary flow after coronary patency has been restored by coronary thrombolysis is attractive in concept, but has been proved disappointing in practice. A number of randomized clinical trials which compared outcome after thrombolysis with and without early or delayed intervention has shown no b...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： de Bono DP

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical value of QRST isointegral maps (I-maps) for the detection of myocardial infarction (MI) in the presence of left bundle branch block (LBBB) was investigated. We recorded I-maps during sinus rhythm and right ventricular (RV) pacing, which simulated LBBB, in 62 patients with MI (42 patients had at least one ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Suzuki A,Hirai M,Hayashi H,Tomita Y,Ichihara Y,Adachi M,Oguchi S,Takatsu F

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:There is growing need for the identification of novel non-invasive methodologies for the identification of individuals at risk for adverse cardiovascular (CV) events. We examined whether endothelial dysfunction, as detected by non-invasive peripheral arterial tonometry (EndoPAT), can predict late CV events. METHO...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rubinshtein R,Kuvin JT,Soffler M,Lennon RJ,Lavi S,Nelson RE,Pumper GM,Lerman LO,Lerman A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with known or suspected coronary disease are often investigated to facilitate risk assessment. We sought to examine the cost-effectiveness of strategies based on exercise echocardiography and exercise electrocardiography. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 7656 patients undergoing exercise testing; of ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Marwick TH,Shaw L,Case C,Vasey C,Thomas JD

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 42 patients with chest pain but normal coronary angiograms and normal haemodynamics at rest were prospectively classified as typical angina (group 1, N = 9) or atypical angina (group 2, N = 16) or non-anginal chest pain (group 3, N = 17). All patients underwent radionuclide ventriculography and measurement...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wieshammer S,Delagardelle C,Sigel HA,Henze E,Kress P,Bitter F,Adam WE,Stauch M

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Short-term psychological stress is associated with an immediate physiological response and may be associated with a transiently higher risk of cardiovascular events. The aim of this study was to determine whether brief episodes of anger trigger the onset of acute myocardial infarction (MI), acute coronary syndromes...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mostofsky E,Penner EA,Mittleman MA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) exhibit detrimental changes in skeletal muscle that contribute to their impaired physical performance. This study investigates the possibility of counteracting these changes by chronic low-frequency electrical stimulation (CLFS) of left and right thigh muscles. METHODS AN...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Nuhr MJ,Pette D,Berger R,Quittan M,Crevenna R,Huelsman M,Wiesinger GF,Moser P,Fialka-Moser V,Pacher R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transdermal nitroglycerin patches have been very successful nitrate formulations since their introduction in 1982. Nevertheless, considerable controversy regarding efficacy and tolerance has arisen. Nitroglycerin has multiple mechanisms of action in angina pectoris. Transdermal nitroglycerin in ointment formulatio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Abrams J

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the Myocardial Ischaemia Reduction with Aggressive Cholesterol Lowering (MIRACL) study had diminished cardiovascular events after 16 weeks of treatment of atorvastatin 80 mg daily. We determined whether plasma lipoproteins at baseline and then at 6 weeks after randomi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Olsson AG,Schwartz GG,Szarek M,Sasiela WJ,Ezekowitz MD,Ganz P,Oliver MF,Waters D,Zeiher A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Trans-fatty acids (TFAs) are generated by the food industry and also occur naturally in trace amounts in dairy products. For the latter, beneficial health effects have been claimed, while there are numerous reports about TFA of industrial origin being hazardous to human health. Therefore, we aimed to investigate t...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kleber ME,Delgado GE,Lorkowski S,März W,von Schacky C

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To analyse whether the proportion of patients with lone atrial fibrillation engaged in chronic sport practice was higher than that observed in the general population. METHODS AND RESULTS:The records of 1160 patients, seen at the arrhythmia outpatient clinic, were reviewed. A total of 70 patients (6%) suffered lon...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mont L,Sambola A,Brugada J,Vacca M,Marrugat J,Elosua R,Paré C,Azqueta M,Sanz G

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the effects of secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA(2)) inhibition on plasma lipoproteins. Secretory phospholipase A2 isoenzymes promote atherosclerosis by mechanisms that include lipoprotein modification, retention, and oxidation. METHODS AND RESULTS:Phospholipase Levels And Serological Markers of Ath...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rosenson RS,Elliott M,Stasiv Y,Hislop C,PLASMA II Investigators.

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We investigated the potential influence of a moderate-to-high cardiovascular (CV) risk (CVR) (defined as a Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation model, or SCORE ≥ 4%), in the absence of an established CV disease, on the duration and cost of CV and non-CV sick leave (SL) resulting from common and occupational acciden...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Calvo-Bonacho E,Ruilope LM,Sánchez-Chaparro MA,Cerezo C,Catalina-Romero C,Martínez-Muñoz P,Banegas JR,Waeber B,Gonzalez-Quintela A,Zanchetti A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacies and safety of nicorandil, 20 mg b.d., and diltiazem, 60 mg t.d., in the treatment of stable angina pectoris were compared in a double-blind randomized parallel group study involving 123 patients. The duration of the study was 3 months. Exercise tolerance tests were performed by the patients when on plac...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Guermonprez JL,Blin P,Peterlongo F

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Priorities for unanswered questions concerning major areas of cardiovascular disease are being sought by the British Cardiovascular Society, using the methods of the James Lind Alliance, which involves clinicians and patients in an equal partnership, reports Barry Shurlock PhD. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors：

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims To assess whether coronary flow velocity reserve following stent implantation is predictive of the subsequent need of target lesion revascularization. Methods and Results The outcome was examined of 417 patients enrolled in a multicentre prospective randomized study (DESTINI), who received a successful single ves...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Nishida T,Di Mario C,Kern MJ,Anderson TJ,Moussa I,Bonan R,Muramatsu T,Jain AC,Suarez de Lezo J,Cho SY,Meredith IT,Moses JW,Colombo A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cardiovascular risk factors such as elevated serum lipid levels are important in the development of coronary atherosclerosis. Radiofrequency (RF) analysis of intravascular ultrasound [IVUS, Virtual histology (VH)] offers a unique tool to study the composition of coronary atherosclerotic plaque in vivo. We used dat...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Philipp S,Böse D,Wijns W,Marso SP,Schwartz RS,König A,Lerman A,Garcia-Garcia HM,Serruys PW,Erbel R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine the association of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) on admission electrocardiography with adverse outcomes in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:A total of 7443 non-ST-elevation ACS patients in Global Utilization of STrategies to Open occluded arteries (GUSTO) IV ACS trial had...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Westerhout CM,Lauer MS,James S,Fu Y,Wallentin L,Armstrong PW,GUSTO IV ACS Investigators.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of hirudin, a direct thrombin inhibitor, in patients with acute myocardial infarction, a dose-finding, angiography study was carried out. After a pilot phase in 10 patients treated with a bolus of 0.1 mg.kg-1 and a continuous infusion of 0.06 mg.kg-1.h-1 (dose group I), two doses of...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Molhoek GP,Laarman GJ,Lok DJ,Luz CM,Kingma JH,Van den Bos AA,Zijnen P,Bosma AH,Hertzberger DP,Takens LH

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with high cardiovascular risk. CKD patients exhibit a specific lipoprotein pattern termed 'uraemic dyslipidaemia', which is characterized by rather normal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and high triglyceride plasma levels. All t...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Speer T,Ridker PM,von Eckardstein A,Schunk SJ,Fliser D

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Science has made enormous achievements for our understanding of the world and for everyday life: we now know that we live on a spherical planet of the solar system, we understand the origin of the species, we can take a train, survive myocardial infarction, and fly to the moon. This has been made possible thanks to a ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lüscher TF

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) on neointimal growth and vessel remodelling for in-stent restenosis versus de novo coronary artery lesions using serial intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). METHODS AND RESULTS:The study population consisted of 86 patients with in-sten...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Degertekin M,Lemos PA,Lee CH,Tanabe K,Sousa JE,Abizaid A,Regar E,Sianos G,van der Giessen WJ,de Feyter PJ,Wuelfert E,Popma JJ,Serruys PW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00