Premature atherosclerosis in non-transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia intermedia.

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of innovative approaches have been investigated for their value in the early detection of acute ischemia or infarction in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain suggestive of a cardiac origin. Prior investigations have demonstrated the utility of adding right precordial...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ganim RP,Lewis WR,Diercks DB,Kirk D,Sabapathy R,Baker L,Amsterdam EA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carvedilol is a multiple-action cardiovascular agent that is a nonselective beta-adrenoceptor antagonist and a vasodilator. beta-Adrenoceptor antagonists reduce myocardial work, secondary to reductions in heart rate and contractility, both in animals and in humans. For these reasons, carvedilol may improve survival of...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ruffolo RR Jr,Bril A,Feuerstein GZ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 6-min walk test (6MWT) is a simple and inexpensive exercise test to evaluate physical functional capacity that is widely used in heart failure (HF) patients. With the 6MWT, a distance <350 m is associated with increased mortality in patients with HF, and change in walking distance >50 m is considered clinically re...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Sgorbini L,Rossetti A,Galati A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective randomized short-term study, the efficacy and safety of xipamide and a combination of spironolactone and furosemide were compared in the treatment of hepatic cirrhotic ascites. Twenty-two patients were randomized to either xipamide, 20 mg/day (group I), or spironolactone, 200 mg/day, combined with fur...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Knauf H,Mutschler E

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the relation between baseline electrocardiographic ischemia grades and initial myocardial area at risk (AR) and final infarct size (IS) in 49 patients who had undergone (99m)Tc sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography before and 6 +/- 1 days after thrombolysis. Patients were classed as having g...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Birnbaum Y,Mahaffey KW,Criger DA,Gates KB,Barbash GI,Barbagelata A,Clemmensen P,Sgarbossa EB,Gibbons RJ,Rahman MA,Califf RM,Granger CB,Wagner GS,AMISTAD (Acute Myocardial Infarction Study of Adenosine) Investigators.

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renin is a key component of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), which plays an important role in the maintenance of blood pressure and electrolyte-volume homeostasis. RAS also plays a role in cardiovascular (CV) disease as a result of effects on inflammation and oxidative stress. There is growing evidence that plasma ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Volpe M,Unger T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden cardiac death accounts for 60% of the total cardiovascular mortality in the United States. Individuals after myocardial infarction or with chronic left ventricular dysfunction are known to be at increased risk. Noninvasive studies have been applied to these populations, but the predictive accuracy of these test...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hessen SE,Nydegger CC,Kutalek SP

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) may result in right ventricular (RV) pressure overload with a dilated RV which can be diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed in 190 unselected patients who had acute PE documented by contrast-enhanced spiral computed tomogr...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Sukhija R,Aronow WS,Yalamanchili K,Lee J,McClung JA,Levy JA,Belkin RN

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy and safety of daily administration of gallopamil 150 mg/day and its effects on myocardial perfusion in a medium-term, randomized, double-blind, cross-over, placebo-controlled trial. We studied 19 patients (17 males and 2 females; mean age 57 +/- 6.8 years) with stable effort angina, angiograp...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Acanfora D,Vitale DF,Rengo C,Iannuzzi GL,Furgi G,Picone C,Rossi M,Trojano L,Rengo F

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since recent studies demonstrated an impaired outcome after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in patients with chronic renal failure but did not address the aetiology of renal failure, we now analysed the outcome of patients with diabetic nephropathy in 721 consecutive patients undergoing PCI. Diabetic nephrop...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Reinecke H,Matzkies F,Fobker M,Breithardt G,Schaefer RM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study shows significant changes occurring in systolic time intervals in an experimental animal model of aortic outflow obstruction with cardiac hypertrophy. The left ventricular ejection time is markedly prolonged and the preejection period/left ventricular ejection time ratio shortened. These changes are in the ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Murphy ML,Doherty JE,de Soyza N,Kane JJ,Straub KD

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to assess ventricular volumes and function by radionuclide angiography during asynchronous ventricular pacing in a group of 22 patients who needed an artificial pacemaker. 14 had ischaemic heart disease and 8 had primary disturbances of conduction of the impulse-forming system. The transition...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Weiss AT,Gotsman MS,Lewis BS,Rein AJ,Atlan H

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were to clarify the influence of cardiac diastolic and peripheral vascular function on the exercise capacity of patients with coronary bypass surgery (CABG) and diabetes mellitus (DM) by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) and flow-mediated vasodilatation (FMD), and to investigate interrelati...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Wu YW,Hsu CL,Wang SS,Tsai MW,Chu SH,Chen YS,Yang WS,Wu YT

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In earlier studies by our group it was shown that the urinary tetrahydroaldosterone excretion is a more reliable test for the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism than aldosterone-18-glucuronide ('urinary aldosterone'). However, in several patients with primary aldosteronism even the tetrahydroaldosterone values remaine...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Abdelhamid S,Lewicka S,Vecsei P,Winter J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Closure of the fibrillating left atrial appendage (LAA) has been recommended during valve surgery to decrease the risk of arterial embolism. However, patients undergoing surgical LAA closure have not systematically been reevaluated for complete LAA obliteration. METHODS AND RESULTS:During a 12-month period,...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Schneider B,Stollberger C,Sievers HH

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Niacin is underutilized due to flushing, which occurs in over 90% of niacin-treated patients. Laropiprant (LRPT) reduces flushing associated with niacin. This study compared flushing with a combination tablet of extended-release (ER) niacin (ERN)/LRPT to niacin ER (N-ER; without LRPT) during the first week of...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Kush D,Hu DY,Ye P,Kim HS,Chen E,Sirah W,McCrary Sisk C,Paolini JF,Maccubbin D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of patients operated on without preoperative catheterization and angiography, the accuracy of echocardiographic diagnosis and its impact on the results of surgical treatment were prospectively assessed in 2,788 children consecutively operated for congenital heart defects (CHD) between 1986 and 1992. The o...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Marek J,Skovránek J,Hucín B,Chaloupecký V,Tax P,Reich O,Samánek M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A laminar color Doppler flow was discovered in the pericardial space in a 35-year-old man with postpericardiotomy effusive constrictive pericarditis. The flow was detected by transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography. A further pulsed Doppler study revealed a to-and-fro flow, which was synchronized with the cardi...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Lai LP,Shyu KG,Chang CI,Ko YL,Kuan P,Lien WP

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD18 integrins mediate leucocyte adhesion to vascular endothelium. This represents the initial step in inflammatory cell infiltration following myocardial necrosis. The current study assessed whether the expression of these rapidly activated and readily measured adhesion receptors on circulating neutrophils would refl...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hillis G,Taggart P,Dalsey W,Mangione A,Ma XL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the expression of the osteoprotegerin (OPG)/receptor activator of nuclear factor-ĸB (RANK)/RANK ligand (RANKL) axis in the stabilization of spontaneously restored sinus rhythm (SR) in permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) patients after mitral valve (MV) surgery and study its clinical significance...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Xi L,Cao H,Zhu J,Røe OD,Li M,Wu Y,Wang D,Chen Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four biochemical markers, creatine kinase (CK)-MB isoenzyme, myoglobin, myosin light chains and troponin I, were studied in 1,338 patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain suggestive of coronary artery disease (CAD). One hundred and eighty-seven patients had an acute myocardial infarction (MI). A...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ellestad MH,Startt-Selvester R,Stanton E,VanNatta B,Ahmad J,Gawad Y,Swiger F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:J-point elevation in the inferior and/or lateral leads is associated with an increased incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), although the exact underlying mechanism is not known. As severe left ventricular hypertrophy and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) are important...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Azevedo PMO,Guerreiro C,Ladeiras-Lopes R,Ferreira N,Faria R,Barbosa R,Primo J,Braga J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the relation between the plasma concentration of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and echocardiographic findings to determine the sensitivity of BNP as an indicator of left-ventricular dysfunction in elderly patients with various cardiovascular diseases. The plasma concentration of BNP was positively correla...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Yamada Y,Goto J,Yokota M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recent research has indicated that red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is associated with the prognosis of cardiovascular diseases such as chronic heart failure and coronary heart disease. We aimed to study the predictive value of RDW for bleeding events in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Zhang Q,Qin Y,Zhao DS,Zhao HP,Zhou L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid-lowering agents are used with the purpose of ameliorating hyperlipoproteinemias, in order to prevent arterial disease. Lipid-lowering drugs can be classified into absorbable agents and into nonabsorbable compounds, acting within the gastrointestinal lumen. Absorbable drugs (fibric acids, nicotinic acid, probucol...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Sirtori CR,Manzoni C,Lovati MR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a newborn infant with concealed ventricular preexcitation in sinus rhythm on the early ECGs, and who developed recurrent episodes of preexcited reciprocating tachycardia. Manifestation of the ventricular preexcitation and initiation of the tachycardias were dependent on the presence of severe conduction di...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Belhassen B,Pardo J,Peled B,Blieden L,Laniado S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We undertook this study to assess the relationship between presentation pattern and mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. METHODS:This registry included 10,455 patients with ACS, of whom 2,853 patients had ST-segment elevation myocardial infa...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ndrepepa G,Mehilli J,Schulz S,Iijima R,Keta D,Byrne RA,Pache J,Seyfarth M,Schömig A,Kastrati A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the reported incidence of pericardial effusion following thrombolysis is highly variable, we have evaluated 80 consecutive patients with first acute myocardial infarction treated with streptokinase. Two-dimensional echocardiographic studies were performed on days 1, 2, 3, and 7, at 3 and 6 weeks, and 3, 6, and 1...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Otasević P,Nesković AN,Bojić M,Popović AD

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women are underrepresented in sacubitril/valsartan (SV) clinical trials. The aim of this study was to assess sex-specific differences in efficacy, tolerability, and safety of SV in real-world heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) patients. METHODS:A prospective registry in 10 centers includin...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Vicent L,Ayesta A,Esteban-Fernández A,Gómez-Bueno M,De-Juan J,Díez-Villanueva P,Iniesta ÁM,Rojas-González A,Bover-Freire R,Iglesias D,García-Aguado M,Perea-Egido JA,Martínez-Sellés M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in echocardiography have made possible simple, noninvasive evaluation of the heart. We report the echocardiographic findings in a case of intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst. The patient, a 36-year-old woman, was hospitalized because of pericarditis. Echocardiography revealed a large unilocular cystic structur...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Shimizu M,Takeda R,Mifune J,Tanaka T

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00