Pre-hospital statin therapy may not reduce incidence of all-cause mortality and overall MACCE during hospital stay after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

abstract：:We present a case of a 87-year-old patient presenting with signs suggestive of new-onset heart failure which lead to the diagnosis of a large right ventricular mass occupying the entire cavity and extending to the right ventricular outflow tract. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Briasoulis A,Siddiqui F,Siddiqui S,Mohamad T,Afonso L

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:The optimal management of high-risk patients requiring urgent or emergency noncardiac surgery when the options for further testing and evaluation are limited, is unclear. The focus of most of the literature, including the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines, has been on patients underg...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Jafary FH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Since many years catheter ablation is widely used for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), however, long-term follow-up data of ablation techniques are rare. This study presents a 10-year follow-up period in patients treated for paroxysmal AF (PAF) with point-by-point pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) u...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Vroomen M,van Rosmalen F,Schröder J,Philippens S,Delhaas T,Crijns HJ,Pison L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Available clinical and angiographic scoring systems fail to predict clinical outcomes in real-world patients undergoing revascularization of the unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA). METHODS:We prospectively assessed major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) in a real-world populatio...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Kayaert P,Desmet W,Sinnaeve P,Adriaenssens T,Coosemans M,Ferdinande B,Dubois C

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:Experimental demonstration that the external phonocardiogram is similar to the third derivative (rate of acceleration) of LV pressure, and that catecholamines cause a similar increase of the early systolic wave of the first derivative of LV pressure and of S1 prompted a study of the first sound during stress testing. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Luisada A,Singhal A,Knighten V

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the arterial blood supply of the sinus atrial node in the Dog, the authors have performed the post-mortem injection of the arterial branches going to this node. They observed 65 cases and they came to the following conclusions: in 31 cases (47.7%) the sinus atrial node is supplied by the artery of th...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Pina JA,Pereira AT,Ferreira Ados S

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The European Society of Cardiology designated 2008 as the year of imaging. However, despite the intense focus on the many types of imaging and the relative benefits of each one, the optimal modalityfor the diagnosis of coronary artery disease remains controversial. Among the currently available techniques, co...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Jiang B,Gai L,Sun Z,Gai J,Guan Z,Wang Z,Liu C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Patients with chest pain are risk-stratified using serial high-sensitivity troponin (T) assays (hsTnT). Those with change in (Δ)hsTnT <20% are often categorised as low-risk and are less likely to be managed as acute coronary syndromes (ACS). We sought to characterise such a population of 'low-risk' chest p...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Weir RAP,Osmanska J,Docherty KF,Petrie CJ

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report on a prospective case-control study, in which a group of patients with an electrocardiographic diagnosis of QTc-prolongation (cases) was compared with a group of patients with a normal QTc (controls) for the presence of potential causative factors. Twelve cases and twelve carefully-matched controls we...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Vervaet P,Amery W

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:The effectiveness and safety of intravenous lorcainide was evaluated in 14 patients with normal (QRS less than 110 ms) and in 9 patients with prolonged QRS duration (QRS greater than or equal to 110 ms) showing chronic high frequency premature ventricular complexes (mean value of PVCs 17 min-1). Lorcainide was infused...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Stroobandt R,Kesteloot H

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To attain a long and healthy life has always been one of the major goals of humanity. The Chinese emperors, the Egyptian pharaohs and the Aztec kings all aspired to become immortal. To try to avoid mortality and to decrease morbidity at the population level is the role of public health, taken in its broadest sense, in...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Kesteloot H

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Quality indicators (QIs) are used to measure and evaluate quality of care. However, QIs to evaluate care for HF patients in general practice in Belgium are lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to determine which QIs, rooted in the electronic health record (EHR), are useful to monitor quality of care for pa...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Smets M,Smeets M,Van den Bulck S,Janssens S,Aertgeerts B,Vaes B

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 22-year-old male who had Mustard repair for complete transposition presented with progressive exercise intolerance, documented by a gradual decrease in exercise capacity on cycle ergometer. Cardiac catheterization and angiography demonstrated subvalvular pulmonary stenosis. After surgical relief of the obstruction, ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Matthys D,Verhaaren H,Decoodt P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In chronic aorto-iliac occlusive disease, pre-existing renal artery stenosis may give rise to sufficient development of collateral blood flow and prevent ischaemic symptoms for a long time and therefore may cause delay in diagnosis. An early diagnosis of aorto-iliac disease is necessary in order to avoid fatal outcome...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Mavili E,Kaya MG,Donmez H

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this paper was to investigate the association between levels of HO-1 expression and angiographic morphology as well as the quantity of coronary lesions in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). METHODS:110 patients with CHD were diagnosed by coronary angiography which contained coronary lesio...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Li YG,Wang DM,Chen SM,Tan XR,Fang XY,Wu JW,Zhang GH,Mai RQ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine similarities in the effect of yellow wine as compared to statin and the possibility that yellow wine inhibits tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-induced nitric oxide (NO) synthesis, endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Zhao F,Ji Z,Chi J,Tang W,Zhai X,Meng L,Guo H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: All previous meta-analyses including clinical outcomes after remote ischaemic conditioning (RIC) in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) demonstrated that RIC significantly reduced all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Borracci RA,Amrein E,Alvarez Gallesio JM,Trucksäss S,Higa CC

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Coronary revascularization methods are among the most common major medical procedures performed in industrialized countries. The short- and long-term comparative effectiveness of different techniques remains undetermined. METHODS AND RESULTS:The study population included all adult patients (94,864 subjects) ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： D'Errigo P,Seccareccia F,Barone AP,Fusco D,Rosato S,Maraschini A,Colais P,Casali G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VV-ECMO) provides a bridge to recovery in patients with acute respiratory failure due to the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Survival in ARDS has improved over 15 years, and VV-ECMO may rescue even the most severe of these patients. Predictors of survival on...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Smith A,Morgan C,Ledot S,Doyle J,Xu T,Shedden L,Passariello M,Patel B,Doyle AM,Price S,Vandenbriele C,Singh S

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional repair of pararenal aortic aneurysms has been a technically challenging operation, with a significant morbidity rate of 28-35%. Endovascular stent grafting requires satisfactory landing zones for stent graft anchoring. Therefore, pararenal abdominal aortic aneurysms are usually contraindicated for this pr...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Sokhanvar S,Ahmadiyeh A,Golmohamadi Z

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasoconstrictory responses to noradrenaline (NA) or high potassium chloride (130 mM) usually show a biphasic behaviour: an initial peak is followed by a lower steady state level. The influence of three beta-sympatholytic agents (propranolol, pindolol, practolol) and a "Ca-antagonist" (verapamil) on this particular beh...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Kababgi MD,Henrich H,Schneider KW

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High platelet reactivity (HPR) to clopidogrel is associated with an increased risk of ischaemic complications during and after coronary interventions and concerns up to 50% of patients undergoing PCI. AIM OF THE STUDY:The aim of the study was to identify patients with HPR to clopidogrel using bedside clinic...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Legrand D,Barbato E,Chenu P,Magne J,Vrolix M,Wijns W,Legrand V,STIB investigators.

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a young woman who developed a cerebrovascular accident due to a spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection. We stress the importance of clinical clues to diagnosis: ipsilateral facial pain and a partial Horner's syndrome are the most frequent clinical manifestations. Compared to patients wit...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Simoens J,François O,Drieghe B

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study is to evaluate the prognostic value of heart rate turbulence and heart rate variability in children with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Twenty-five children with DCM and 24 age- and sex-matched healthy children who were admitted between January 2002 and September 2004, enrolled in this prospective ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Karakurt C,Aytemir K,Karademir S,Sungur M,Oğuz D,Ocal B,Senocak F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a measure of variation in the volume of circulating erythrocytes and has recently emerged as a powerful prognostic marker in heart failure. We studied the effect of 5-month, home-based cardiac rehabilitation on RDW. METHODS AND RESULTS:Sixty-two patients (age: median 67 y...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Mohri M,Motohama R,Sato N

更新日期：2013-12-01 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:Acute cardiac allograft rejection continues to be the cause of graft loss and contributes to the morbidity and mortality after cardiac transplantation. Repetitive endomyocardial biopsies are necessary to monitor the effects of immunosuppressants after cardiac transplantation. In this study, we investigate whe...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Shi J,Pan C,Shu X,Sun M,Yang Z,Zhu S,Wang C

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00