Impedance measurement of absolute blood flow using an angioplasty catheter: a validation study.

abstract：AIMS:The impact of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) on adverse events in patients with mechanical heart valves (MHVs) is unknown. We analyzed the independent association of eGFR and thromboembolism (TE), major bleeding, and mortality in patients with MHV in an observational cohort study. METHODS AND RESULTS...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Labaf A,Grzymala-Lubanski B,Själander A,Svensson PJ,Stagmo M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anemia is now recognized as being a common finding in CHF and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. However, it is uncertain whether the anemia is actually causing the worse prognosis or is merely a marker of more severe cardiac disease. Previous intervention studies with subcutaneous (s.c.) ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Palazzuoli A,Silverberg D,Iovine F,Capobianco S,Giannotti G,Calabrò A,Campagna SM,Nuti R

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence and severity of functional mitral regurgitation were quantified by Doppler echocardiography in 17 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and no evidence of primary valvular disease. Mitral regurgitant fraction was greater than 20% in 11 of the 17 patients, and exceeded 40% in four patients. Total stroke vol...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Keren G,Katz S,Strom J,Sonnenblick EH,LeJemtel TH

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently revised American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines have suggested that exercise test scores be used in decisions concerning patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Pretest and exercise test scores derived for use in women without known CAD have not been teste...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Morise AP,Olson MB,Merz CN,Mankad S,Rogers WJ,Pepine CJ,Reis SE,Sharaf BL,Sopko G,Smith K,Pohost GM,Shaw L

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) is a common finding in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and may be associated with rapid AS progression and worse outcome. The purpose of the study was to examine the role of high-sensitivity CRP and its interaction with rosuvastatin on the progression of AS. METHODS:We m...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Chan KL,Dumesnil JG,Tam J,Ni A,Teo K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the study was to assess and compare the safety of antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) in an unselected real-world population of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS AND RESULTS:This is a study of all patients with diagnosed AF in the Swedish Patient register who filled a prescription for sotalol, ami...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Friberg L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient U wave inversion can be caused either by regional myocardial ischemia or by an elevation of systemic blood pressure. The characteristics of U wave inversion during chest pain attacks in 21 patients with variant angina were compared with those observed in 38 patients with hypertension without apparent ischemi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Miwa K,Miyagi Y,Fujita M,Fujiki A,Sasayama S

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of demonstrating noninvasively with C-11 palmitate and positron emission tomography (PET) changes in myocardial substrate metabolism in normal and diseased human myocardium in response to altered substrate availability in blood and disease-related abnormalities was examined in five normal volunteers an...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Schelbert HR,Henze E,Sochor H,Grossman RG,Huang SC,Barrio JR,Schwaiger M,Phelps ME

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high fasting glucose level may be a marker not only for microvascular complications, but also for macrovascular complications. We evaluated the clinical significance of a high fasting glucose level (> or =110 mg/dL), detected either at baseline or during follow-up, in the Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Arcavi L,Behar S,Caspi A,Reshef N,Boyko V,Knobler H

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to compare rate of onset, magnitude, and consistency of platelet inhibition after administration of prasugrel or clopidogrel and to relate platelet inhibition to systemic exposure to each active metabolite. Thienopyridines are prodrugs, metabolized in vivo to active metabolites that...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Brandt JT,Payne CD,Wiviott SD,Weerakkody G,Farid NA,Small DS,Jakubowski JA,Naganuma H,Winters KJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Device-detected subclinical atrial fibrillation (AF) refers to infrequent, short-lasting, asymptomatic AF that is detected only with long-term continuous monitoring. Subclinical AF is common and associated with an increased risk of stroke; however, the risk of stroke with subclinical AF is lower than for cli...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lopes RD,Alings M,Connolly SJ,Beresh H,Granger CB,Mazuecos JB,Boriani G,Nielsen JC,Conen D,Hohnloser SH,Mairesse GH,Mabo P,Camm AJ,Healey JS

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Paclitaxel-eluting stents (PESs) have been shown to inhibit neointimal hyperplasia after percutaneous coronary intervention. Coroflex Please (B Braun, Melsungen, Germany) is a newly developed PES. We compared the clinical and angiographic efficacy of Coroflex Please with Taxus Liberte (Boston Scientific, Natick, M...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Seo JB,Kang SH,Hur SH,Park KW,Youn TJ,Park JS,Yang HM,Lee HY,Kang HJ,Koo BK,Bae JH,Kim SW,Moon KW,Choi JW,Lee SG,Chung WY,Kim SJ,Kim DI,Kim BO,Hyon MS,Park KS,Cha TJ,Yoo CW,Jeon HK,Kim HS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute heart failure (AHF) remains a major public health burden with a high prevalence and poor prognosis. Relaxin is a naturally occurring peptide hormone that increases cardiac output, arterial compliance, and renal blood flow during pregnancy. The RELAX-AHF-1 study will evaluate the effect of RLX030 (recom...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ponikowski P,Metra M,Teerlink JR,Unemori E,Felker GM,Voors AA,Filippatos G,Greenberg B,Teichman SL,Severin T,Mueller-Velten G,Cotter G,Davison BA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advanced age is a well-established prognostic risk factor after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), yet approximately 10% of MIs occur in patients <45 years. We examined characteristics, cardiovascular outcomes, and the influence of risk factors on outcomes in young survivors of AMI. METHODS:Fourteen thousan...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Anderson RE,Pfeffer MA,Thune JJ,McMurray JJ,Califf RM,Velazquez E,White HD,Rouleau JL,Skali H,Maggioni A,Solomon SD

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) effectively prevent sudden cardiac death, but selection of appropriate patients for implantation is complex. We evaluated whether risk stratification based on risk of sudden cardiac death alone was sufficient to predict the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness o...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Owens DK,Sanders GD,Heidenreich PA,McDonald KM,Hlatky MA

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies are primary myocardial diseases that cause considerable morbidity and mortality. Although these cardiomyopathies are clinically heterogeneous, genetic factors play an important role in their etiology and pathogenesis. The defects in the cardiac actin (ACTC) gene can ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kärkkäinen S,Peuhkurinen K,Jääskeläinen P,Miettinen R,Kärkkäinen P,Kuusisto J,Laakso M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

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 investigate whether platelet-activating factor (PAF), PAF receptors, and PAF receptor-mediated effects in the human myocardium play a role in cardiac depression during anaphylaxis or septic shock. The effects of PAF, the biologically inactive derivative lyso-PAF, and the specific PAF antag...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Schwinger RH,Böhm M,La Rosée K,Erdmann E

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether any differences exist in results of treatment of restenosis with repeat angioplasty when the procedure is performed during diagnosis or, as an alternative, when it is performed as a separate elective procedure, we prospectively compared the outcome of 48 consecutive procedures (including 51 lesion...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Alfonso F,Macaya C,Iñiguez A,Zarco P

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses echocardiography to characterize the pattern of left ventricular hypertrophy in a new hypertensive heart failure-prone rat strain designated SHHF/Mcc-cp (SHHF). M-mode echocardiograms of the left ventricle in nine 10- to 12-month old SHHF rats and nine age-matched spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Haas GJ,McCune SA,Brown DM,Cody RJ

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postinterventional cognitive dysfunction (PICD) is a known complication of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, it is largely unknown whether PICD occurs after coronary catheterization. METHODS:Neuropsychologic data were obtained from 37 patients who received coronary catheterization and 47 pati...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Schwarz N,Schoenburg M,Möllmann H,Kastaun S,Kaps M,Bachmann G,Sammer G,Hamm C,Walther T,Gerriets T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite gratifying immediate results, significant recoarctation at follow-up has been observed after balloon angioplasty of native aortic coarctation. Risk factors for such recurrences have been identified in one of our previous studies. In this study we examined the value of these risk factors in the prediction of re...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rao PS,Koscik R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the influence of intrinsic limb vasodilator capacity on exercise performance, limb reactive hyperemic flows and their relations to exercise capacity during upright bicycle exercise were examined in 52 patients with recent myocardial infarction. Reactive hyperemic flow was measured in the forearm and the...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hattori T,Sumimoto T,Yuasa F,Kaida M,Jikuhara T,Hikosaka M,Sugiura T,Iwasaka T

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) and double outlet right ventricle (DORV) with normally related great arteries and normal ventricular sizes are associated with a good long-term prognosis after biventricular (BV) repair. The outcome of cases with a borderline small left ventricle (bLV) is unclear. The pu...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pitkänen OM,Hornberger LK,Miner SE,Mondal T,Smallhorn JF,Jaeggi E,Nield LE

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three illustrative cases of refractory hypoxemia in adults are presented. In two cases contrast echocardiography was invaluable in establishing the diagnosis of a true anatomic right to left shunt, as well as in localizing the shunt to an intracardiac or extracardiac site. In the third case true anatomic right to left...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gin KG,Fenwick JC,Pollick C,Thompson CR

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to determine the impact on eptifibatide-associated bleeding by implementing a computerized dosing algorithm in the cardiac catheterization suite. BACKGROUND:Excessive dosing of eptifibatide is associated with increased bleeding rates and hospital mortality. Although dosing adjustments based o...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Putney DR,Kleiman NS,Fromm RE Jr,Buergler JM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively contrasted the medical outcome of patients removed from the heart transplant consideration list because of clinical improvement with that of transplant recipients. Of 60 patients awaiting transplantation, 18 were removed from the list (group A), and 42 required transplant or died (group B). Group A ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Levine TB,Levine AB,Goldberg AD,Tobes M,Narins B,Lesch M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the setting of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, timely restoration of normal blood flow is associated with improved myocardial salvage and survival. Despite improvements in door-to-needle and door-to-balloon times, there remains an unmet need with respect to improved symptom-to-door times. A pr...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gibson CM,Krucoff M,Kirtane AJ,Rao SV,Mackall JA,Matthews R,Saba S,Waksman R,Holmes D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large series of 306 patients with ischemic heart disease was studied with automated systolic time intervals and left ventricular ejection fraction as determined by the angiocardiographic method. It was found the pre-ejection period, left ventricular ejection time, delta values, and PEP/LVET ratio all were related to...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Swatzell RH Jr,Bancroft WH Jr,Baldone JC Jr,Tucker MS

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to assess the relation between the regional work and oxidative metabolism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). By using carbon 11 acetate as a tracer of myocardial blood flow (%A(0)) and oxygen consumption (k value), 12 patients with HCM with asymmetric septal hypertrophy and 10 normal subjec...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ishiwata S,Maruno H,Senda M,Toyama H,Nishiyama S,Seki A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00