When to refer patients for catheter-based coronary angiography (CBCA).

abstract：:A patient with severe pulmonary hypertension secondary to the CREST syndrome variant of scleroderma is described. Acute reductions in both pulmonary artery pressure and total pulmonary resistance were seen with nifedipine and oxygen administration. Reductions in resistance were maintained for over one month with this ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Morrison D,Goldman S,Alepa FP

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine signal-averaged electrocardiographic (SA-ECG) late potentials to predict ventricular arrhythmias during intrinsic cardiac rhythm and during ventricular pacing in children with complete heart block (CHB). Recordings of SA-ECG were obtained from eight patients (aged 3-18 years) w...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Hayabuchi Y,Matsuoka S,Kubo M,Akita H,Kuroda Y

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have an increased stroke risk compared with those in sinus rhythm, although the absolute risk for individual patients is modulated by the presence of various additional risk factors. Patient selection for oral anticoagulation for stroke prevention is based on risks of stroke and ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Verheugt FW

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research protocols often utilize serial exercise testing to examine the efficacy of anti-ischemic therapies. These tests, however, are prone to multiple sources of bias. This investigation sought to determine the influence of varying precordial electrocardiographic (ECG) electrode placement on the detection of exercis...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bertolet BD,Boyette AF,Mardis M,Hill JA

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific properties of the vessel wall of arteries employed as coronary bypass grafts are thought to play an important role in the short- and long-term performance of these conduits. Heterogeneity in the endothelial and smooth muscle cell function between different arteries may provide particular vessels with properti...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dzimiri N,Chester AH,Allen SP,Duran C,Yacoub MH

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnant patients with mechanical prosthetic heart valves pose a great problem for medical management. The problem is even greater in a pregnant woman with mechanical valve thrombosis. This article describes a pregnant woman with prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis who had a successful fibrinolytic treatment. ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kaya EB,Kocabaş U,Aksoy H,Aytemir K,Tokgözoğlu L

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of aortic ball valve prosthesis malfunction is described in which the poppet became alternately stuck in the open and closed position. The patient experienced chest pain followed by pulmonary edema and cardiac arrest. Malfunction of prosthetic valve was diagnosed on echocardiogram and cardiopulmonary resuscitat...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Weisburst MR,Singh AK,Riley RS

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old housewife was found to have coarctation of the abdominal aorta secondary to Takayasu's arteritis. Since she also had mitral stenosis, possible etiological relation between Takayasu's arteritis and mitral stenosis is suspected. ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Doi YL,Seo H,Hamashige N,Jin-nouchi Y,Ozawa T

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing evidence that chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a prothrombotic or hypercoagulable state. HYPOTHESIS:This study was undertaken to determine whether short-term exercise in patients with chronic AF would shift the overall hemostatic balance toward a more prothrombotic sta...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Li-Saw-Hee FL,Blann AD,Edmunds E,Gibbs CR,Lip GY

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small heart syndrome has previously been reported as neurocirculatory asthenia, associated with a small heart shadow on a chest roentgenogram. This is characterized as weakness or fatigue even after ordinary exertion, palpitation, dyspnea, and fainting, resembling patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Miwa K,Fujita M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure (HF) is a major problem in developed countries. However, its relationship with obesity remains unclear, especially in low-risk populations. The objective of the study was to analyze the relationship between obesity and HF in a low-risk Mediterranean population. HYPOTHESIS:Obesity is an indepen...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Baena-Díez JM,Byram AO,Grau M,Gómez-Fernández C,Vidal-Solsona M,Ledesma-Ulloa G,González-Casafont I,Vasquez-Lazo J,Subirana I,Schroder H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usual normal S-T segment of the surface electrocardiogram (ECG) contributes little to the diagnostic procedure. When the S-T segment is too long or too short, or when it is displaced upward or downward, it is commonly abnormal. Under such circumstances, an S-T segment abnormality usually contributes considerable d...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Hurst JW

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review examines the issue of preoperative cardiac evaluation from a critical point of view, based on recent medical literature. We reviewed the history of that field and focused on the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines, which are a cornerstone in the field of cardiac patient...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Barak M,Ben-Abraham R,Katz Y

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a life-threatening medical emergency that requires immediate diagnosis and rapid treatment. There is a paucity of data on the role of biomarkers in risk stratification of patients with AAD. HYPOTHESIS:N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is associated with sh...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Vrsalovic M,Vrsalovic Presecki A,Aboyans V

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is prevalent among renal transplant patients. Increase in serum total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, and very low-density lipoprotein is common in those patients. Alterations in chylomicron metabolism, however, are also related to atherogenesis and were not studi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： De Lima JJ,Latrilha Mda C,Toffoletto O,Ianhez LE,Krieger EM,Maranhão RC

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two patient series including 809 and 327 patients, respectively, with acute myocardial infarction we have compared those who died in myocardial rupture (verified at autopsy, Group A) with those who died without rupture (autopsied, Group B), and those who survived hospitalization (Group C) with regard to previous hi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Herlitz J,Samuelsson SO,Richter A,Hjalmarson A

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with phenotypic severe hypercholesterolemia (SH), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-c) ≥ 190 mg/dl, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) or adults 40-75 years with diabetes with risk factors or 10-year ASCVD risk ≥20% benefit from maximally tolerated statin therapy. Rural patients h...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Groth NA,Stone NJ,Benziger CP

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac troponins (CTn) are the most sensitive and specific biochemical markers of myocardial injury and risk stratification. The assay for troponin T (cTnI) is standardized, and results obtained from different institutions are comparable. This is not the case with troponin I (cTnT), and clinicians should be aware tha...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Agzew Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is limited data on electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities and their prognostic significance in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM). We sought to characterize ECG findings in PPCM and explore the association of ECG findings with myocardial recovery and clinical outcomes. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothe...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Honigberg MC,Elkayam U,Rajagopalan N,Modi K,Briller JE,Drazner MH,Wells GL,McNamara DM,Givertz MM,IPAC Investigators.

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:201Thallium (201Tl) perfusion scintigraphy was performed in 22 patients with first acute transmural myocardial infarction within the initial 12 h after onset of symptoms. The size of the abnormally perfused area on 201Tl images was estimated by visual analysis and by a computer-assisted technique. 201Tl values for inf...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fletcher JW,Rao PS,Witztum KF,Hamilton WP,Donati RM,Mueller HS

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Right ventricular dysfunction occurs in many patients with significant pulmonary valve regurgitation late after initial total repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Methods to predict which of these patients are at increased risk of late morbidity and mortality are not yet known. HYPOTHESIS:This study evaluated ele...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Book WM,Parks WJ,Hopkins KL,Hurst JW

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated tricuspid insufficiency (TI) is relatively uncommon and mostly of traumatic origin. We report clinical noninvasive and invasive findings and surgical results in 5 cases. All patients had complete clinical, noninvasive and invasive studies including right and left catheterization, and coronary angiographies in...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sheikhzadeh A,Langbehn AF,Ghabusi P,Hakim C,Wendler G,Tarbiat S

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Syndrome X is defined as typical angina pectoris, positive treadmill exercise test, negative intravenous ergonovine test, and angiographically normal coronary arteries. HYPOTHESIS:In the present study, we investigated the anti-ischemic and antianginal effects of nisoldipine and ramipril in patients with syn...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ozçelik F,Altun A,Ozbay G

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last several years dilating balloons have been applied in the treatment of stenotic cardiac valves. This interest has been extended to stenotic porcine bioprosthetic valves. Part I of this review discusses the pathologic changes producing stenotic porcine prosthetic valves. Part II of this review describes ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Waller BF,McKay C,VanTassel J,Allen M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of competitive blood flow in the left coronary circulation after saphenous vein bypass grafting that resulted in the apparent progression of a proximal stenosis to total occlusion at coronary angiography. Repeat angiography with careful attention to catheter position and adequate injection of contrast...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Miller WP,Dash H

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Therapeutic hypothermia improves survival for selected patients who remain comatose after cardiac arrest. Hypothermia triggers changes in electrocardiographic (ECG) parameters; however, the association of these changes to in-hospital mortality remains unclear. HYPOTHESIS:QT interval changes induced by thera...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Lam DH,Dhingra R,Conley SM,Kono AT

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common form of tachyarrhythmia and carries a significant risk of serious thromboembolic complications. Anticoagulation is used for long-term thromboprophylaxis and for short-term management in a number of clinical situations, among which is the medical or electrical cardioversion o...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Camm AJ

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early reperfusion therapy has reduced the infarct size and mortality rate in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The occurrence of bundle-branch block in AMI is related to the amount of myocardial damage and the insult to the conduction system. HYPOTHESIS:To evaluate the clinical and angiograph...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sugiura T,Yamasaki F,Hatada K,Nakamura S,Iwasaka T

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), despite adequate anticoagulation, ischemic stroke (IS) is an uncommon yet concerning occurrence. HYPOTHESIS:Specific laboratory parameters may affect the efficacy of warfarin despite therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) in patient with AF who present wi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Aachi RV,Birnbaum LA,Topel CH,Seifi A,Hafeez S,Behrouz R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of electrocardiogram (ECG) is unclear for the longitudinal follow-up of patients who undergo corrective surgery for isolated severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR). HYPOTHESIS:This study sought to investigate the usefulness of changes in QRS duration of ECG after TR surgery in predicting right ventric...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Seo MK,Park EA,Kim HK,Lee W,Kim YJ,Kim KH,Kim KB,Sohn DW,Ahn H,Park JH

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00