Myocardial beta-adrenoceptor down-regulation early after infarction is associated with long-term incidence of congestive heart failure.

abstract：AIMS:To quantify the prevalence of coronary artery calcification (CAC) in relation to cardiovascular risk factors in marathon runners, and to study its role for myocardial damage and coronary events. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 108 apparently healthy male marathon runners aged >or=50 years, with >or=5 marathon competitions...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Möhlenkamp S,Lehmann N,Breuckmann F,Bröcker-Preuss M,Nassenstein K,Halle M,Budde T,Mann K,Barkhausen J,Heusch G,Jöckel KH,Erbel R,Marathon Study Investigators.,Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study Investigators.

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Treatment of atrial fibrillation remains a major clinical challenge owing to the limited efficacy and safety of anti-arrhythmic drugs, particularly in patients with structural heart disease. METHODS AND RESULTS:To evaluate the efficacy of azimilide, a new class III anti-arrhythmic drug, we studied 658 patients wi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lombardi F,Borggrefe M,Ruzyllo W,Lüderitz B,A-COMET-II Investigators.

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of quantitative assessment of coronary artery dimensions at the site of the most critical coronary stenosis was assessed by comparison with the correspondent reactive hyperaemia as measured by digital subtraction angiography and with the functional results. Thirty-two coronary lesions were analysed and flow ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Legrand V,Mancini GB,Le Free MT,Vogel RA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pilots and new applicants with asymptomatic 'safe' WPW syndrome should be allowed to fly but not as pilot in sole command. Professional pilots with tachyarrhythmia related to a pre-excitation syndrome should usually be disqualified . Personnel who have undergone successful surgical treatment by ablation of an accessor...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ward D

更新日期：1984-03-01 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 atrial fibrillation (AF) present with symptoms of myocardial ischaemia despite exclusion of coronary artery disease. A small vessel disease has been suggested. We quantified myocardial perfusion, perfusion reserve, and coronary vascular resistance (CVR) in AF patients using positron emission tomograp...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Range FT,Schäfers M,Acil T,Schäfers KP,Kies P,Paul M,Hermann S,Brisse B,Breithardt G,Schober O,Wichter T

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), left ventricular (LV) systolic function, and mitral filling pattern (MFP) are prognostic indicators in patients with heart failure (HF). This study evaluated the potential role of E/Ea for predicting cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with suspected HF. This non-invasive measur...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Whalley GA,Wright SP,Pearl A,Gamble GD,Walsh HJ,Richards M,Doughty RN

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Drug-eluting stents (DES) represent a major advance in interventional cardiology. Along with the success shown, current DES also present limitations related to the presence of polymer-coating, fixed drug, and dose used. With the ISAR (Individualized Drug-Eluting Stent System to Abrogate Restenosis) project, a DES ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hausleiter J,Kastrati A,Wessely R,Dibra A,Mehilli J,Schratzenstaller T,Graf I,Renke-Gluszko M,Behnisch B,Dirschinger J,Wintermantel E,Schömig A,investigators of the individualizable durg-eluting Stent System to Abrogate Restenosi

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To document the impact of intensive insulin therapy during intensive care on long-term (4 years) outcome of high-risk cardiac surgery patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:In this pre-planned sub-analysis and follow-up study of a large, randomized controlled trial on the effects of intensive insulin therapy during critic...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ingels C,Debaveye Y,Milants I,Buelens E,Peeraer A,Devriendt Y,Vanhoutte T,Van Damme A,Schetz M,Wouters PJ,Van den Berghe G

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ST segment monitoring by Holter ECG was conducted in 80 consecutive patients 2-4 weeks before aortocoronary bypass surgery and three weeks and six months after surgery. Preoperatively, all patients were under maximal medical therapy. In 31 out of 80 patients medical therapy could be stopped and thus 24-h ST monitoring...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Droste C,Lemmen S,Nitsche R,Betz P,Birnbaum D,Roskamm H

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending coronary artery associated with myocardial infarction are described. One of them died from acute cerebral emboli related to cardiac thrombosis in a left ventricular aneurysm. The other died suddenly while sleeping. Both patients were found to have a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bestetti RB,Costa RS,Zucolotto S,Oliveira JS

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Epidemiological studies strongly suggest a link between stress, depression, and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs); the mechanistic correlation, however, is poorly understood. A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the BDNF gene (BDNFVal66Met), associated with depression and anxiety, has been proposed as a genetic risk f...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Amadio P,Colombo GI,Tarantino E,Gianellini S,Ieraci A,Brioschi M,Banfi C,Werba JP,Parolari A,Lee FS,Tremoli E,Barbieri SS

更新日期：2017-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Although dilated cardiomyopathy is the most frequent form of cardiomyopathy, its aetiology is still poorly understood. In about 20-30% of cases the disease is familial with a large predominance of autosomal dominant transmission. Ten different chromosomal loci have been described for autosomal dominant forms of di...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Tesson F,Sylvius N,Pilotto A,Dubosq-Bidot L,Peuchmaurd M,Bouchier C,Benaiche A,Mangin L,Charron P,Gavazzi A,Tavazzi L,Arbustini E,Komajda M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study, an elderly group of patients (n = 63, 47 male, 16 female, age 40-65 years) was examined before and after open-heart surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass: postoperatively, 19 patients (30%) showed no clinical neuropsychiatric symptoms, whereas in 35 patients (56%) mild or transient neurological ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Zeitlhofer J,Asenbaum S,Spiss C,Wimmer A,Mayr N,Wolner E,Deecke L

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and type of arrhythmias has been studied in a representative sample of 2000 Athenians, aged 18-81 years, who underwent exercise testing on a treadmill according to the Bruce protocol. It was found that 121 persons (mean age 55.7 +/- 14.9 years, 31% greater than 65 years), exhibited arrhythmias on the EC...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Diamantopoulos EJ,Anthopoulos L,Nanas S,Maliaras G,Chrisos D,Moulopoulos SD

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We aimed to assess the contemporary outcome of Eisenmenger syndrome (ES), delineate the use of disease targeting therapies (DTT) in these patients and to investigate the effect of treatment on outcome in the community. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients with ES were systematically identified from the German National Re...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Diller GP,Körten MA,Bauer UM,Miera O,Tutarel O,Kaemmerer H,Berger F,Baumgartner H,German Competence Network for Congenital Heart Defects Investigators.

更新日期：2016-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This prospective, randomized, controlled, multicentre study aimed to evaluate efficacy and safety of exercise training in patients with pulmonary arterial (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). METHODS AND RESULTS:For the first time a specialized PAH/CTEPH rehabilitation programme was im...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Grünig E,MacKenzie A,Peacock AJ,Eichstaedt CA,Benjamin N,Nechwatal R,Ulrich S,Saxer S,Bussotti M,Sommaruga M,Ghio S,Gumbiene L,Palevičiūtė E,Jurevičienė E,Cittadini A,Stanziola AA,Marra AM,Kovacs G,Olschewski H,Barb

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the effect of experimentally induced atrial fibrillation on coronary flow in humans. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 16 patients (10 men, mean age 43+/-13 years) with normal coronary vessels, baseline and hyperaemic blood pressure and Doppler phasic coronary flow velocity were measured, using a 0.014 inch intrac...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kochiadakis GE,Skalidis EI,Kalebubas MD,Igoumenidis NE,Chrysostomakis SI,Kanoupakis EM,Simantirakis EN,Vardas PE

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the number of individuals reaching 80 who are considered to be healthy is increasing, the very elderly are likely to have long-term conditions, to report symptoms and/or be taking at least one regular medication. The impact of antihypertensive treatment has to be taken into account in this context. The treatm...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Peters R,Beckett N,McCormack T,Fagard R,Fletcher A,Bulpitt C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the value of pulsed Doppler echocardiography in detection of valvular regurgitation, 63 patients were evaluated for aortic and/or mitral regurgitation using pulsed Doppler echocardiography and selective cineangiography. The Doppler study was considered as positive when a turbulent flow was detected ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wautrecht JC,Vandenbossche JL,Englert M

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 369 patients with native valve infective endocarditis observed during a 14-year period, 17 were related to S: pneumoniae. Fourteen of them were observed in the last 7 years. At the time of admission 13 exhibited purulent meningitis, 6 of them being comatose. An apparent portal of entry was present in 13 patients...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wolff M,Regnier B,Witchitz S,Gibert C,Amoudry C,Vachon F

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary vasodilator responses to pharmacological (acetylcholine) and physiological (cold pressor test and flow dependent dilation) stimuli are impaired in hypertensive patients. The ability of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors to restore normal coronary responses in hypertension and the potential mechanisms in...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Nitenberg A,Antony I

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Current data concerning the influence of X-ray contrast media on the incidence of thrombotic complications in interventional cardiology are controversial. The effect of ionic contrast media on acute (< or =72 h) and subacute (< or =30 days) stent thrombosis has not been investigated. METHODS:Three thousand, nine ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Scheller B,Hennen B,Pohl A,Schieffer H,Markwirth T

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) define the current standard for the management of syncope, but are still incompletely applied in the clinical setting. METHODS AND RESULTS:Prospective systematic evaluation, on strict adherence to the guidelines, of consecutive patients referred for synco...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Brignole M,Menozzi C,Bartoletti A,Giada F,Lagi A,Ungar A,Ponassi I,Mussi C,Maggi R,Re G,Furlan R,Rovelli G,Ponzi P,Scivales A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:There is no cure for pulmonary arterial hypertension, but current approved treatment options include prostanoids, endothelin-receptor antagonists, and phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitors. The effect on survival of these compounds has not been appropriately assessed in individual trials because of small sample size...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Galiè N,Manes A,Negro L,Palazzini M,Bacchi-Reggiani ML,Branzi A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:High-density lipoproteins (HDLs) are considered as anti-atherogenic. Recent experimental findings suggest that their biological properties can be modified in certain clinical conditions by accumulation of serum amyloid A (SAA). The effect of SAA on the association between HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) and cardiovascular...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Zewinger S,Drechsler C,Kleber ME,Dressel A,Riffel J,Triem S,Lehmann M,Kopecky C,Säemann MD,Lepper PM,Silbernagel G,Scharnagl H,Ritsch A,Thorand B,de las Heras Gala T,Wagenpfeil S,Koenig W,Peters A,Laufs U,Wanner C,

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A lack of donor hearts has stimulated interest in using blood pumps to treat severe heart failure. We tested the hypothesis that a new continuous flow circulatory assist device could be employed safely to relieve symptoms of heart failure and evaluated the potential to prolong life. METHODS AND RESULTS:An intraca...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Siegenthaler MP,Westaby S,Frazier OH,Martin J,Banning A,Robson D,Pepper J,Poole-Wilson P,Beyersdorf F

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study investigated the functional outcome of wall-thinned, akinetic myocardium after revascularization and evaluated the accuracy of dobutamine echocardiography in predicting post-revascularization functional recovery with the assessment of end-diastolic wall thickness in chronic ischaemic patients. METHODS ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Furukawa T,Haque T,Takahashi M,Kinoshita M

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：AIMS:Rotablation is a widely used technique for the treatment of complex coronary artery lesions but is so far only poorly supported by controlled studies. The Comparison of Balloon-Angioplasty versus Rotational Atherectomy study (COBRA) is a multicentre, prospective, randomized trial to compare short- and long-term ef...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Dill T,Dietz U,Hamm CW,Küchler R,Rupprecht HJ,Haude M,Cyran J,Ozbek C,Kuck KH,Berger J,Erbel R

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00