Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is not due to plaque rupture: an intravascular ultrasound study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most information concerning hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has been derived from western countries and Japan. HYPOTHESIS:Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Taiwan may have a distinct morphology and clinical picture. METHODS:Information from 163 consecutive patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy a...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Lee CH,Liu PY,Lin LJ,Chen JH,Tsai LM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium channel blockers are important drugs for the treatment of chronic stable angina. However, negative inotropic and dromotropic effects may limit their usefulness in patients with atrioventricular conduction abnormalities or left ventricular dysfunction. A new generation of calcium channel blockers will soon be a...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pepine C

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress echocardiography is a widely applied technique for the evaluation of individuals with known or suspected coronary artery disease. The technique combines echocardiographic imaging with exercise testing or pharmacologic stress. Advances in digital image acquisition and harmonic imaging have substantially improved...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Lewis JF

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy with an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor is established for reducing excessive blood pressure, reducing mortality in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), preventing the development of CHF in patients with asymptomatic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, and preventing death and CHF when in...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pitt B

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise-based rehabilitation is an important part of treatment patients following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. HYPOTHESIS:To evaluate effect of very short/short-term exercise training on cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters. METHODS:We studied 54 consecutive patients with myo...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Spiroski D,Andjić M,Stojanović OI,Lazović M,Dikić AD,Ostojić M,Beleslin B,Kostić S,Zdravković M,Lović D

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of catecholamine in atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) secretion and its secretory mechanism in normal humans is not well defined; therefore, we studied the relationship among ANP, catecholamine, and atrial pressures in 25 patients without cardiovascular disease and in 35 patients with chronic congestive heart ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Matsubara H,Umeda Y,Nishikawa M,Yamane Y,Kurimoto T,Iwasaka T,Inada M

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 140 consecutive patients with acute Q-wave myocardial infarction was evaluated to assess the relationship between different electrocardiographic patterns of evolution and the incidence of recurrent ischemia within 10 days of infarction. Patients were allocated to three groups according to the electrocardiog...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Benjaminov FS,Sclarovsky S,Birnbaum Y

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brugada syndrome (BrS) is associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD). Although implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation is recommended, the long-term outcomes and follow-up data with regard to ICD complications have led to controversy. HYPOTHESIS:In the present study, we described the data ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： El-Battrawy I,Roterberg G,Liebe V,Ansari U,Lang S,Zhou X,Borggrefe M,Akin I

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Total serum transforming growth factor-beta 1 (tsTGF-β1) is increased in patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS), but it has not been assessed in thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD), Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS), and bicuspid aortic valve disease (BAVD). HYPOTHESIS:tsTGF-β1 is increased in genetic aort...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Hillebrand M,Millot N,Sheikhzadeh S,Rybczynski M,Gerth S,Kölbel T,Keyser B,Kutsche K,Robinson PN,Berger J,Mir TS,Zeller T,Blankenberg S,von Kodolitsch Y,Goldmann B

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac anatomy and rhythm were evaluated in the fetuses of 18 pregnant women (between 20 and 42 weeks of gestation) referred because of abnormal fetal heart rate or rhythm. Utilizing a 3 MHz two-dimensional scan head with M-mode capability, M-mode recordings were obtained at paper speeds of 50 and 100 mm/s from 16 fe...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Crowley DC,Dick M,Rayburn WF,Rosenthal A

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is still the number-one killer in the world, and clinical trials indicate that it is preventable. Mortality and morbidity can be reduced by at least 30% to 40% by treating known risk factors. Genetic susceptibility is claimed to account for 50% of predisposition. The challenge of preventi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Roberts R,Stewart AF

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several classifications of antiarrhythmic drugs have appeared and all suffer considerable limitations. Recently a Task Force of the Working Group on Arrhythmias of the European Society of Cardiology proposed a novel classification of antiarrhythmic drugs (the so-called Sicilian Gambit) based on their action on the mos...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Katritsis D,Camm AJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The maximal negative dP/dt [max (-)dP/dt] and time constant (T) are useful indices for evaluating left ventricular (LV) relaxation, but they require invasive procedures. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of this study was to obtain max (-)dP/dt and T using the continuous-wave Doppler aortic regurgitation velocity curv...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Honda Y,Yokota Y,Yokoyama M

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension comprises a family of disorders occurring as a primary disease or as a complication of a large number of respiratory and cardiac diseases. Pulmonary hypertension is present when pulmonary artery pressure or mean pressure exceeds 30 mmHg or 20 mmHg, respectively. Underlying the hemodynamic change...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Moraes D,Loscalzo J

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has substantial limitations for the study of abnormalities of the coronary tree. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) allows a more complete examination of the coronary arteries, particularly the proximal segments. This report describes the use of TEE after cardiac catheterizatio...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wolford DC,Jost CM,Madu EC,Walker W,Ramanatian KB

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronary sinus (CS) is a small tubular structure just above the posterior left atrioventricular junction. The CS can be imaged in several different echocardiographic views. Using zoom M-mode recordings of the CS in apical two-chamber view, CS caliber can be sharply imaged and easily measured during different phase...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： D'Cruz IA,Shala MB,Johns C

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between left atrial (LA) myocardial function and left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction in subjects with preserved LV ejection fraction (LVEF). METHODS:The study included a group of 118 hypertensive patients and normal subjects. LV diastolic...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Guan Z,Zhang D,Huang R,Zhang F,Wang Q,Guo S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial echocardiographic findings in a patient with an Omniscience mitral prosthesis presenting progressive perivalvular pannus ingrowth are described. The first echocardiographic study was carried out one year after prosthesis implantation and showed decreased prosthetic opening velocity. As prosthetic thrombosis was...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Evangelista Masip A,Bruguera Cortada J,Serrat Serradell R,Robles Castro A

更新日期：1987-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:The introduction of drug-eluting stents (DES) dramatically changed the practice of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the 2000s. Little is known about trends in in-hospital outcome after PCI in the DES era. HYPOTHESIS:The in-hospital outcomes after PCI might be continuously improved over time. MET...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Liu SW,Xu B,Chen J,Hu FH,Wu YJ,Li JJ,Yang YJ,Chen JL,Gao RL,Qiao SB

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased salt intake may induce hypertension, lead to cardiac hypertrophy, and exacerbate heart failure. When elderly patients develop heart failure, diastolic dysfunction is often observed, although the ejection fraction has decreased. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an established risk factor for heart failure....

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kagiyama S,Koga T,Kaseda S,Ishihara S,Kawazoe N,Sadoshima S,Matsumura K,Takata Y,Tsuchihashi T,Iida M

更新日期：2009-10-01 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:Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are characterized by activation of systemic and local inflammatory mediators. The interrelation between these soluble inflammatory markers and their association with markers of myocardial necrosis have not been extensively studied. HYPOTHESIS:The study was undertaken to evalua...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Manginas A,Bei E,Chaidaroglou A,Degiannis D,Koniavitou K,Voudris V,Pavlides G,Panagiotakos D,Cokkinos DV

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) pose a major burden in Africa, but data on temporal trends in disease burden are lacking. We assessed trends in CVD admissions and outcomes in central Ghana using a retrospective analysis of data from January 2004 to December 2015 among patients admitted to the medical wards of a tertiar...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Appiah LT,Sarfo FS,Agyemang C,Tweneboah HO,Appiah NABA,Bedu-Addo G,Opare-Sem O

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Data are being accumulated on the presence of inflammatory response in patients with acute coronary syndromes. HYPOTHESIS:The study was undertaken to confirm that the adhesive state of the peripheral blood leukocytes can provide information on an inflammatory process in patients with unstable angina pectori...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Leibovitz E,Hertz Y,Liberman E,Sclarovsky S,Berliner S

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigated the impact on all-cause mortality of airflow limitation indicative of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or restrictive spirometry pattern (RSP) in a stable systolic heart failure population. HYPOTHESIS:Decreased lung function indicates poor survival in heart failure. METHODS:Inc...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Plesner LL,Dalsgaard M,Schou M,Køber L,Vestbo J,Kjøller E,Iversen K

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies were conducted in France to compare the efficacy and safety of once-daily simvastatin treatment (10-40 mg/day) with conventional therapy with gemfibrozil 900 mg/day, ciprofibrate 100 mg/day, bezafibrate 400 mg/day, and fenofibrate 300 or 400 mg/day...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bruckert E,De Gennes JL,Malbecq W,Baigts F

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta is of paramount importance because of its propensity to rupture. As the frequency of surgical procedures involving the aortic root and valve increases, an increase in the incidence of aortic pseudoaneurysm may be anticipated. We recently studied a patient who deve...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Lasorda DM,Power TP,Dianzumba SB,Incorvati RL

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacologic management of the patient post myocardial infarction (MI) aims to achieve several goals. Chief among these is to prevent subsequent events, which include death, reinfarction, and rehospitalization. Secondary goals include preventing arrhythmias, minimizing left ventricular (LV) remodeling, and preven...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Reiffel JA,American Heart Association.,American College of Cardiology.

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00