Long-term survival after acute myocardial infarction and relation to type 2 diabetes and other risk factors.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disruption of the atherosclerotic plaque is a common feature of both acute coronary syndromes and balloon dilatation of coronary artery stenoses. HYPOTHESIS:The study was undertaken to evaluate whether the known association of cholesterol levels and acute coronary syndromes also exists for the occurrence of...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Rubboli A,Euler DE,Sangiorgio P,Casella G,La Vechia L,Fontanelli A,Bracchetti D

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although physical fitness is a powerful prognostic marker in clinical medicine, most cardiovascular population-based studies do not have a direct measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness. In line with the call from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute for innovative, low-cost, epidemiologic studies leveraging e...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Al-Mallah MH,Keteyian SJ,Brawner CA,Whelton S,Blaha MJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the electrophysiological parameters before and after the intravenous infusion of diazepam (0.2 mg/kg) in 20 cardiac patients to investigate the drug's antiarrhythmic effect. Diazepam did not significantly change the arterial pressure. After the intravenous infusion of diazepam, the sinus cycle length sign...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kumagai K,Yamanouchi Y,Matsuo K,Tashiro N,Hiroki T,Arakawa K

更新日期：1991-05-01 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：:Although optimal pharmacological therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is carefully scripted by treatment guidelines, many eligible patients are not treated with guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) in clinical practice. We designed a strategy for remote optimization of GDMT on a popula...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Blood AJ,Fischer CM,Fera LE,MacLean TE,Smith KV,Dunning JR,Bosque-Hamilton JW,Aronson SJ,Gaziano TA,MacRae CA,Matta LS,Mercurio-Pinto AA,Murphy SN,Scirica BM,Wagholikar K,Desai AS

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Balancing the benefits, risks, and cost of thrombolytic treatment is a complex issue which depends considerably upon the variable threat of the thrombus to organ physiology and patient survival. For example, after deep vein thrombosis (DVT), the major risk is long-term disability due to the postphlebitic syndrome, whi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Marder VJ

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left bundle branch pacing (LBBP) has emerged as a promising pacing modality for preventing pacing induced cardiomyopathy in patients complicated with conduction abnormalities (CAs) after prosthetic valve (PV) implantation. OBJECTIVE:The present study aimed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of LBBP in t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Guo J,Li L,Xiao G,Huang X,Li Q,Wang Y,Cai B

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Until now there were no clinical studies or systematic reviews to investigate the impact of timing on efficacy and safety of intracoronary bone marrow stem cell (BMSC) transfer in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). HYPOTHESIS:Timing of BMSC administration might play an important role in the th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Zhang S,Sun A,Xu D,Yao K,Huang Z,Jin H,Wang K,Zou Y,Ge J

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:In this study, we evaluated the feasibility and clinical usefulness of TS(E-E(') ), the time interval between the onsets of early diastolic mitral inflow velocity (E) and mitral annular velocity (E'), obtained by simultaneously tracing E and E', in terms of evaluating diastolic function. METHODS:By the dias...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Choi JO,Park SW,Shin DH,Han H,Cho S,Kim JH,Song YB,Lee SC

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of monotherapy with atenolol or diltiazem-SR on blood pressure, 24-h blood pressure (BP) load, and exercise capacity were tested in patients with mild to moderate (stages I and II) essential hypertension. After 3-week single-blind placebo therapy, patients with sitting diastolic blood pressure (SDBP) of 94...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chrysant SG,Miller E

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the proven benefits of using antiplatelet therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a number of key questions remain to be answered. In recent years, clopidogrel dosing strategies among such patients have evolved considerably, with newer approaches involving loading doses prior t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Braunwald E,Angiolillo D,Bates E,Berger PB,Bhatt D,Cannon CP,Furman MI,Gurbel P,Michelson AD,Peterson E,Wiviott S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ventriculophasic response (VR) refers to shortening of atrial cycle length during heart block when a QRS complex is interposed between P waves. No formal quantitative definition has heretofore been proposed, nor have its potential clinical correlations been studied. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that VR is...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dadu RT,McPherson CA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal approach to electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation includes appropriate patient selection, anticoagulation, careful selection and monitoring of antiarrhythmic therapy, and proper electrical cardioversion technique. The optimal technique requires the use of metal electrodes, with one electrode of a...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ewy GA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure (HF) readmission rates have become an increasingly important quality metric since the advent of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. Despite many well-intentioned efforts to reduce readmissions, clinicians continue to struggle with the problem of high HF readmission rates. HYPOTHESIS:H...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sommerfeld A,Althouse AD,Prince J,Atwood CW,Mulukutla SR,Hickey GW

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of neuroleptanalgesia in acute myocardial infarction offers the possibility of reducing pain and emotional stress. The influence of such treatment on hemodynamic parameters (heart rate, cardiac output, stroke volume, peripheral resistance, systemic blood pressure, and pulmonary pressure) and on the plasma leve...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Magometschnigg D,Hörtnagl H,Gassner A,Hammerle AF,Kleinberger G,Lenzhofer R,Lochs H,Pall H,Pichler M

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) among patients with rheumatic valvular heart disease (VHD) in Chile. Coronary angiography was performed in all patients referred to cardiac catheterization with VHD who were over age 50 years and who had angina or ECG signs of ischemia. A total of 100...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Marchant E,Pichard A,Casanegra P

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocaine-related cardiovascular events escalated during the 1980s as cocaine became purer, cheaper, and easier to obtain. Cocaine abuse is a risk factor for myocardial ischemia and/or infarction, cardiac arrhythmias, pulmonary edema, ruptured aortic aneurysm, cerebral infarction, infective endocarditis, vascular thromb...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Cregler LL

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At a recent Transcatheter Therapeutics meeting in San Francisco the PROSPECT Trial was presented by Dr. Greg Stone. Prospect stands for Providing Regional Observations to Study Predictors of Events in the Coronary Tree. This was a natural history study of atherosclerosis using multi-modality intracoronary imaging to p...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Conti CR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital coronary-pulmonary fistulas (CPFs) are commonly unilateral, but bilateral and multilateral fistulas may occur. In multilateral CPFs, the value of a multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) imaging technique as an adjuvant to coronary angiography (CAG) is eminent. The purpose of this study was to d...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Said SA,Nijhuis RL,Akker JW,Takechi M,Slart RH,Bos JS,Hoorntje CR,Houwelingen KG,Bakker-de Boo M,Braam RL,Vet TM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have investigated the role of physical fitness in atrial fibrillation (AF), but the results remain controversial. We aimed to estimate the association between physical fitness and risk of AF. We comprehensively retrieved data from the Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Embase databases until February 29, 20...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Zhu W,Shen Y,Zhou Q,Xu Z,Huang L,Chen Q,Hong K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Echocardiography plays an important role in the diagnostic work up of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). We sought to determine the left ventricular (LV) diastolic profile by echocardiography in patients diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to PH-HFpEF. HYPOTHESIS:The study of...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Raeisi-Giglou P,Lam L,Tamarappoo BK,Newman J,Dweik RA,Tonelli AR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old female with significant (75%) left main coronary artery stenosis was initially considered to have developed early obstruction of a saphenous vein graft to the left anterior descending coronary artery, because of recurrent postoperative angina. In a second catheterization study, left ventriculography show...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fournier JA,Hernández C,F-Cortacero JA,Piñero C

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy for acute myocardial infarction has advanced dramatically since the early 1980s with the use of early intravenous fibrinolytic therapy. Combining low-dose fibrinolysis and platelet lysis appears to provide an additional increase in infarct-related artery (IRA) patency, but the large-scale mortality reduction t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gassler JP,Topol EJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Coronary artery disease (CAD) risk is not fully revealed by traditional risk factors. Identification of a simple, noninvasive tool that allows for detection of high-risk CAD patients and can be applied in large populations and clinical settings would prove valuable. HYPOTHESIS:We sought to test the hypothes...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Heffernan KS,Karas RH,Patvardhan EA,Jafri H,Kuvin JT

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an important component in the continuum of care for patients with cardiovascular diseases, including the older population. Benefits of CR which include mortality benefit, decreased hospitalizations, increased functional capacity all extend to an older population. In Medicare beneficiarie...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kumar KR,Pina IL

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment advances for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis including transcatheter and open surgical valve replacement have improved patient survival, length of stay, and speed to recovery. However, paravalvular regurgitation (PVR) is occasionally seen and when moderate or greater in severity is associated with an at l...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Randall MH,Lewandowski TJ,Choi C,Beaver TM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety of quinapril hydrochloride, a new nonsulfhydryl angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with an intermediate duration of action, has been evaluated in 3,031 patients with hypertension and congestive heart failure (CHF) and has been compared with other ACE inhibitors. A comparison of double-blind studi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Canter D,Frank GJ,Knapp LE,McLain RW

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00