The rationale and design of the FORomegaARD Trial: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, independent study to test the efficacy of n-3 PUFA for the maintenance of normal sinus rhythm in patients with previous atrial fibrillation.

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：BACKGROUND:In the United States as well as globally, Asians are a growing proportion of patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), yet little is known about their longitudinal outcomes. METHODS:We linked Centers for Medicare & Medicaid claims data to detailed clinical data for 37...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Xu W,Holmes DN,Becker RC,Roe MT,Peterson ED,Wang TY

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitors can improve outcomes in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes but raise the risk of bleeding, particularly if dosed in excess. The impact of GP IIb/IIIa dosing feedback on safety and major bleeding is unknown. METHODS:Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa dosi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mudrick DW,Chen AY,Roe MT,Newby LK,Gibler WB,Ohman EM,Peterson ED,Alexander KP

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of diltiazem on the hemodynamic effects of ouabain in 10 preinstrumented awake dogs was studied. Mean aortic pressure increased from 102 to 119 mm Hg with ouabain (p less than 0.05), an effect that was attenuated by pretreatment with diltiazem. The increase in systemic vascular resistance of 30% with oua...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Watford WH,Walsh RA,O'Rourke RA

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A longitudinal study was performed in nine nonhydropic and nine hydropic fetuses with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). First, because of a lack of reference methods in utero, the validity of spatial (length and area) and temporal parameters for semiquantitative grading of atrioventricular (AV) valve regurgitation b...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gembruch U,Redel DA,Bald R,Hansmann M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular angiography frequently produces one or more premature atrial or ventricular contractions which may make quantitative volume analysis unreliable. Three hundred left ventricular power injections were analyzed and found to produce premature ventricular contractions (PVC's) in 28 per cent of injections an...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Caldwell JH,Kennedy JW

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary atherosclerosis may cause acute and chronic ischemic syndromes; the former are caused by "acute plaque events," mostly thrombosis complicating vulnerable ruptured plaques, namely severe lesions with large core, thin cap, and weak shoulder infiltrated by activated inflammatory cells. Plaque rupture may also oc...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Arbustini E,Morbini P,Bello BD,Prati F,Specchia G

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 26,294 consecutive patients monitored in a comprehensive drug surveillance program, 1067 (4 per cent) received methyldopa for treatment of hypertension. Adverse reactions attributed to methyldopa were reported in 149 patients (14 per cent), the most frequent being hypotension. Life-threatening adverse effects were ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lawson DH,Gloss D,Jick H

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to identify early left ventricular (LV) cineangiographic signs of myocardial damage and to study the evolution of the characteristic lesions in 126 chronic chagasic patients, divided into three groups. Group I patients had no clinical, ECG, or radiologic evidences of heart disease...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Carrasco HA,Barboza JS,Inglessis G,Fuenmayor A,Molina C

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biolimus-eluting stents (BESs) with a biodegradable polymer in abluminal coating achieve more complete coverage at 9 months compared with sirolimus-eluting stents (SESs) with a durable polymer, as assessed by optical coherence tomography (OCT). Whether this advantage persists or augments after complete resor...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gutiérrez-Chico JL,Jüni P,García-García HM,Regar E,Nüesch E,Borgia F,van der Giessen WJ,Davies S,van Geuns RJ,Secco GG,Meis S,Windecker S,Serruys PW,di Mario C

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physician adherence to guidelines is often poor, but the reasons have not been completely studied. We investigated whether physician adherence to guidelines for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) varied by source, development methods, or the exten...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Leape LL,Weissman JS,Schneider EC,Piana RN,Gatsonis C,Epstein AM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is growing interest in assessing therapy for acute myocardial infarction. Because thrombolysis was not a study therapy in the GISSI-3 trial, the decision about thrombolysis was left to the responsible physicians. We evaluated the data on thrombolytic therapy among patients with acute myocardial infarct...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bobbio M,Bergerone S,Maggioni AP,Malacrida R,Franzosi MG,Barlera S,Tognoni G,GISSI-3 Investigators.

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy remains regarding whether gender differences exist in clinical management after exercise treadmill testing (ETT). METHODS:We studied 7,506 patients (49.8% women) without documented coronary heart disease referred for ETT from July 2001 to June 2004 in a community-based setting. We assessed the r...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Daugherty SL,Peterson PN,Magid DJ,Ho PM,Bondy J,Hokanson JE,Ross CA,Rumsfeld JS,Masoudi FA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of the right ventricle to exercise was examined in 19 patients with heart disease by constructing right ventricular function curves and determining the relationship between right ventricular afterload and preload. Simultaneous cardiac output and right heart pressures were measured at rest, during exercise...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Weiner BH,Alpert JS,Dalen JE,Ockene IS

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technetium 99m-Q12 is a new cationic myocardial perfusion imaging agent that produces excellent images in human beings. The purpose of this study was to examine the separate effects of hypoxia and low flow on myocardial clearance kinetics. After a 1 mCi bolus injection, myocardial 99mTc-Q12 clearance was monitored for...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Okada RD,Nguyen KN,Lauinger M,Allton IL,Johnson G 3rd

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among patients receiving thrombolytic therapy for myocardial infarction, the outcome for those with a history of infarction is dramatically worse than for those with their first event. Methods And Results We performed a post hoc analysis of patients with a history of myocardial infarction enrolled in the Glo...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Brieger DB,Mak KH,Miller DP,Califf RM,Topol EJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dilated cardiomyopathy picture has been produced by rapid atrial and ventricular rates sustained for a long period of time in some patients. The ventricular tachycardias have in some instances been associated with ventricular tumors as the cause of the tachycardia. Once the tumor is removed, the tachycardia stops an...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ross BA,Crawford FA Jr,Whitman V,Gillette PC

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of percutaneous transseptal balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PTBMV) in 30 Chinese patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis are reported. PTBMV with the Inoue balloon catheter was successfully performed in 27 patients without any significant complications. The mean left atrial pressure decreased from 20.15 +/- ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Chen CR,Lo ZX,Huang ZD,Inoue KJ,Cheng TO

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the effects of two thrombolytic agents, streptokinase and recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rTPA) with early heparinization, on left ventricular function, coronary patency and reinfarction rates, bleeding complications, and short- and long-term mortality, we studied 122 patients with acute myoc...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cherng WJ,Chiang CW,Kuo CT,Lee CP,Lee YS

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of its unique ability to demonstrate the metabolic consequences of myocardial ischemia, positron emission tomography (PET) is extremely valuable in assessing myocardial viability. PET imaging can identify the myocardial segments that are likely to improve after revascularization and may be more sensitive and s...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gupta NC,Esterbrooks D,Mohiuddin S,Hilleman D,Sunderland J,Shiue CY,Frick MP

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart rate recovery (HRR) is a marker of vagal tone that is associated with survival, but little is known about the effects of exercise training on HRR in patients with heart failure (HF). METHODS:Twenty-four patients with HF were randomized to a 2-month residential rehabilitation program or to usual care. ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Myers J,Hadley D,Oswald U,Bruner K,Kottman W,Hsu L,Dubach P

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systolic wall motion abnormality (WMA) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a major determinant of outcome; the presence and importance of diastolic WMA after AMI are unknown. We therefore sought to detect diastolic WMA using color kinesis and to assess its relation to neurohormonal activation and its ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Husic M,Nørager B,Egstrup K,Lang RM,Møller JE

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of valve prosthesis-patient mismatch on long-term outcome after aortic valve replacement estimated by various variables such as projected indexed effective orifice area and internal geometric orifice area obtained from in vivo or in vitro published data is still controversial. METHODS:The effecti...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Florath I,Albert A,Rosendahl U,Ennker IC,Ennker J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of amiodarone on delayed afterdepolarization (DAD) and triggered automaticity induced by low potassium (0.5 mEq/L) were evaluated on isolated rabbit right ventricular muscles, by means of standard microelectrode techniques. Triggered automaticity was induced in 6 of 10 muscles in the control group, in four...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ohta M,Karagueuzian HS,Mandel WJ,Peter T

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse drug events affect millions of patients each year. An important drug-drug interaction between amiodarone and vitamin K antagonists is encountered frequently in daily clinical practice. Warfarin, a commonly used anticoagulant, is a mixture of 2 optically active isomers (R and S enantiomers). The S enantiomer is...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Shirolkar SC,Fiuzat M,Becker RC

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharmacodynamic studies reported an amplified on-clopidogrel platelet inhibition in smokers potentially caused by an increased metabolic drug activation via induction of cytochrome P450 1A2. The aims of this analysis were to evaluate the impact of smoking on the antiplatelet effect of clopidogrel and prasugr...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hochholzer W,Trenk D,Mega JL,Morath T,Stratz C,Valina CM,O'Donoghue ML,Bernlochner I,Contant CF,Guo J,Sabatine MS,Schömig A,Neumann FJ,Kastrati A,Wiviott SD,Sibbing D

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been considerable debate regarding the value of programmed electrical stimulation in patients who present with asymptomatic, or minimally symptomatic, nonsustained VT. Unfortunately, there has never been a sufficiently large study of an untreated group of patients to make any sense of the issue. We culled th...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kowey PR,Taylor JE,Marinchak RA,Rials SJ

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular wall shear stress (WSS) has been implied in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and vascular remodeling. Our aim was to calculate WSS after balloon angioplasty and evaluate its predictive value for long-term outcome. METHODS:WSS was calculated proximal to, in, and distal to the lesion after angiogr...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Thury A,van Langenhove G,Carlier SG,Albertal M,Kozuma K,Regar E,Sianos G,Wentzel JJ,Krams R,Slager CJ,Piek JJ,Serruys PW,DEBATE Investigators. Doppler Endpoints Balloon Angioplasty Trial Europe.

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnostic value of 12-lead electrocardiography during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) is not well documented. METHODS AND RESULTS:We reviewed the records of 116 patients referred for DSE and coronary angiography, 52 of whom were excluded because of abnormal ST segment or inadequate DSE. Of the...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Shaheen J,Luria D,Klutstein MW,Rosenmann D,Tzivoni D

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with diabetes have an increased incidence and severity of ischemic heart disease, which leads to an increased requirement for coronary revascularization. Comparative information regarding mode of revascularization--coronary artery bypass graft surgery surgery (CABG) or percutaneous coronary interven...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kapur A,Malik IS,Bagger JP,Anderson JR,Kooner JS,Thomas M,Punjabi P,Mayet J,Millane T,Goedicke J,Jamrozik K,de Belder MA,Hall RJ,Beatt KJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00