Thallium-201 perfusion imaging with atrial pacing or dipyridamole stress testing for evaluation of cardiac risk prior to nonvascular surgery.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Guidelines suggest that "upstream" P2Y12 receptor antagonists should be considered in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS). HYPOTHESIS:Early use of ticagrelor in patients managed with an invasive strategy would be more effective than clopidogrel because of its more rapi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pollack CV Jr,Davoudi F,Diercks DB,Becker RC,James SK,Lim ST,Schulte PJ,Spinar J,Steg PG,Storey RF,Himmelmann A,Wallentin L,Cannon CP,PLATO Investigators.

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Senning operation for transposition of the great arteries (TGA) was first introduced by Senning in 1959 and was revived by Quaegebeur et al. in the late 1970s, thus becoming the intervention of choice for the correction of TGA in many centers. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the lon...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Agnetti A,Carano N,Cavalli C,Tchana B,Bini M,Squarcia U,Frigiola A

更新日期：2004-11-01 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:Congestive heart failure is the most common cause of mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, noninvasive assessment for cardiac involvement in ESRD has not been established. HYPOTHESIS:Assessment of ultrasonic tissue characterization and serum markers of collagen degradation is u...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fatema K,Hirono O,Masakane I,Nitobe J,Kaneko K,Zhang X,Takeishi Y,Kubota I

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) has been studied in models of different cardiovascular entities. Recently, a beneficial effect of RIPC on incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in postsurgical patients has been suggested. However, the potential impact of RIPC on electrophysiological- and thrombogenesis-related p...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kosiuk J,Milani R,Ueberham L,Uhe T,Stegmann C,Hindricks G,Bollmann A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to chronic inflammatory status, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are exposed to changes in left ventricular (LV) geometry and function. We assessed prevalence, factors associated with, and prognostic role of concentric LV geometry and systolic dysfunction (LVSD) detected by echocardiography in a large ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Cioffi G,Ognibeni F,Dalbeni A,Giollo A,Orsolini G,Gatti D,Rossini M,Viapiana O

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of older patients who develop heart failure (HF), particularly older women, have a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF). Patients with HFpEF have severe symptoms of exercise intolerance, poor quality-of-life, frequent hospitalizations, and increased mortality. The prevalence of HFpEF is in...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Upadhya B,Kitzman DW

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Slow coronary flow in patients without obstructive coronary artery disease is an angiographic finding that could easily be detected by thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame counts. On the other hand, impaired renal function is a frequent problem. We searched the association between the 2 entitie...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yilmaz MB,Yalta K

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The realization that cardiovascular morbidity and mortality increases in patients with mild elevation of either systolic or diastolic blood pressure has led to a consideration to treat millions of patients with mild diastolic or isolated systolic hypertension. The cost of administering a successful antihypertensive tr...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Cressman MD,Gifford RW Jr

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Full recovery occurred after 15 months of severe congestive heart failure in a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy. Clinical improvement was noted when propranolol was added to conventional therapy. ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Moreyra AE,Kostis JB,Amendo M

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plaque rupture with subsequent transient thrombotic coronary occlusion by a fast-dissolving clot is one of the proposed pathogenic mechanisms in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC). HYPOTHESIS:The aim of this study was to seek evidence for the hypothesis of transient coronary thrombosis as the underlying mechanis...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Haghi D,Roehm S,Hamm K,Harder N,Suselbeck T,Borggrefe M,Papavassiliu T

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite efforts targeting the growth of healthcare spending within the United States, the current increase in expenditures remains a widespread systemic issue. The overuse of healthcare testing has previously been identified as a modifiable contributing factor. One such test, echocardiography, has seen a con...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bethge A,Penciu O,Baksh S,Parve S,Lobraico J,Keller AM

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:To determine the accuracy of two-dimensional echocardiography (2-D echo) for assessment of exercise-induced wall motion abnormalities in patients with coronary artery disease, the results of stress echocardiography were compared with exercise cineventriculography. In 56 consecutive patients, biplane cineventriculograp...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Voelker W,Jacksch R,Dittmann H,Karsch KR

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of an adult patient with Shone's syndrome is presented in whom Lev's disease seems to be the major pathology underlying the development of complete A-V block. ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Shalev Y,Caspi A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triglyceride (TG) has long been associated as a risk factor for coronary artery disease. A recent meta-analysis of various epidemiologic studies has confirmed this link. An important issue is to assess further the appropriate cutpoints to classify desirable TG because recent data indicate that levels < 200 mg/dl confe...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Miller M

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old man was investigated for dyspnea on exertion and the presence of a pansystolic murmur. Physical examination revealed dextrocardia confirmed by chest radiograph, which also showed oligemic right lung field. Subsequent cardiac catheterization revealed secundum atrial septal defect, persistent left sided su...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yip AS,Chow WH,Lee DF,Cheung KL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Therapeutic angiogenesis, if combined with primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or stent placement, could improve the outcome of patients suffering from multifocal coronary disease. HYPOTHESIS:Because of the concern that angiogenic growth factors might promote restenosis, we studied the ef...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Post MJ,Laham RJ,Kuntz RE,Novicki D,Simons M

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：:We report four patients who developed severe adverse reactions to protamine sulfate following cardiac surgery. Two types of reactions were seen. First, an immediate anaphylaxis which is a complement-dependent IgG antibody-mediated reaction. In the literature, 80% of patients who had similar reactions have had previous...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Holland CL,Singh AK,McMaster PR,Fang W

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality has decreased over 60% over the past 50 years in the United States; however, emerging data indicate CVD incidence may be rising because of shifting demographics, increasing risk factor prevalence, and competing needs for limited resources. We projected CVD mortality from 2015...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ortendahl JD,Diamant AL,Toth PP,Cherepanov D,Harmon AL,Broder MS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and adenosine exert strong and transient depressant effects on the sinoatrial and atrioventricular (AV) nodes of the human heart. The AV nodal effects of these drugs explain their high efficacy in either terminating AV re-entrant supraventricular tachycardia or in slowing ventricular rate ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Belhassen B,Pelleg A

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of atrial fibrillation (AF) on the immediate and long-term outcome of patients undergoing balloon mitral valvotomy (BMV). HYPOTHESIS:Patients with atrial fibrillation fair poorly after balloon mitral valvotomy. METHODS:There were a total of 818 consecu...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nair KK,Pillai HS,Thajudeen A,Krishnamoorthy KM,Sivasubramonian S,Namboodiri N,Sasidharan B,Ganapathy S,Varaparambil A,Titus T,Tharakan J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinus tachycardia is the most common rhythm disturbance encountered in clinical practice. Primary sinus tachycardia without an underlying secondary cause, despite often being associated with troublesome symptoms, is often neglected leading to multiple consultations and frustration on part of both the practitioner and ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yusuf S,Camm AJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although nocturnal pulseoximetry is routinely performed in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), pulseoximetry over a 24-h period has not been studied. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of the study was to determine whether simultaneous 24-h oxygen desaturation and electrocardiographic (ECG) recording might be used...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Noda A,Ito R,Okada T,Yasuma F,Nakashima N,Yokota M

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Statins are the most widely used lipid lowering therapies which reduce cardiovascular risk, but are associated with muscular adverse events (AEs). Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are autoimmune diseases of the muscle with higher risk of cardiovascular disease. More data is needed regarding statin sa...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bae SS,Oganesian B,Golub I,Charles-Schoeman C

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the initial report of balloon coarctation angioplasty in 1982, several workers used this technique in native coarctation and postoperative recoarctation. Immediate and intermediate-term follow-up results are generally good with a small chance for recoarctation and aneurysmal formation at the site of coarctation....

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Rao PS

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fulminant psychiatric disturbance, as the sole noncardiac manifestation of digitalis toxicity, emerged in a 85-year-old woman during treatment for congestive heart failure. Described more than a century ago as "digitalis delirium," the disorder is characterized by severe agitation, delusional thinking, assaultive be...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Varriale P,Mossavi A

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac troponin T elevation after coronary intervention has been demonstrated to be associated with the prognosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, there were few studies about comprehensive risk factors analysis of troponin T elevation after elective drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation. HYPOTHE...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chen ZW,Qian JY,Ma JY,Ge L,Ge JB

更新日期：2011-12-01 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