Cannabinoids and atherosclerotic coronary heart disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiation-treated head and neck cancer (HNC) patients are at high risk for developing radiation vasculopathy, as evidenced by an increased stroke risk. The benefits of screening and assessing the cardiovascular (CV) risk of HNC patients using carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) ultrasound are not known. Ou...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Jacoby D,Hajj J,Javaheri A,deGoma E,Lin A,Ahn P,Quon H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paravalvular regurgitation (PVR) remains one of the drawbacks of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Details of percutaneous closure (PCC) of PVR after TAVI remain obscure. We aimed to explore the patient characteristics, procedural details, closure devices used, and outcomes of PCC after TAVI. A systemati...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ando T,Takagi H,ALICE (All-Literature Investigation of Cardiovascular Evidence) Group.

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight patients treated by atrial pacing were divided into three groups (Group I, patients with neither coronary stenosis nor anginal pain during pacing; Group II, patients with no coronary stenosis but having anginal pain during pacing; Group III, patients with coronary stenosis). The concentrations of adenosin...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Haneda T,Ichihara K,Abiko Y,Onodera S

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subaortic stenosis has been described with increasing frequency as an ominous feature of atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD), especially following surgical correction of the anomaly in non-Down's syndrome patients. In order to study the surgical anatomy of the left ventricular outflow tract in this malformation, 48 ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gallo P,Formigari R,Hokayem NJ,D'Offizi F,D'Alessandro,Francalanci P,d'Amati G,Colloridi V,Pizzuto F

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing evidence that chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a prothrombotic or hypercoagulable state. HYPOTHESIS:This study was undertaken to determine whether short-term exercise in patients with chronic AF would shift the overall hemostatic balance toward a more prothrombotic sta...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Li-Saw-Hee FL,Blann AD,Edmunds E,Gibbs CR,Lip GY

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, there is an exponential use of new interventional techniques whose proper role and value have not yet been defined. The intracoronary stent is just one example. There is no doubt that stents can be implanted with a high technical success rate associated with highly predictable immediate angiographic result...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： de Jaegere PP,de Feyter PJ,van der Giessen WJ,Serruys PW

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a growing body of evidence that advanced glycation end products (AGE) and their receptor (RAGE) system are implicated in chronic kidney disease (CKD). We have previously found that a long-acting calcium channel blocker, azelnidipine, but not amlodipine, improves renal injury in CKD patients. However...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nakamura T,Sato E,Fujiwara N,Kawagoe Y,Koide H,Ueda Y,Takeuchi M,Yamagishi S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin resistance is clearly associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) in diabetics. Insulin resistance may also be present in normoglycemic individuals, and some of these patients can be diagnosed as having metabolic syndrome (MS) according to various definitions. However, the relationship between hype...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Deveci E,Yesil M,Akinci B,Yesil S,Postaci N,Arikan E,Koseoglu M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of metastatic disease of the right ventricle is described in a 74-year-old woman who had presented with a malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the right thigh previously treated with surgery and radiotherapy. Two years later she presented with signs and symptoms of tricuspid regurgitation and right ventri...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kamlow FJ,Padaria SF,Wainwright RJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 10 men with stable exertional angina, the changes in exercise capacity, hemodynamics, and left ventricular (LV) function were measured after 20 mg sublingual nifedipine (N) and again after adding 100 mg oral metoprolol (M). Nifedipine alone did not significantly improve exercise workloads (+18%) and duration (+21%)...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Choong CY,Roubin GS,Shen WF,Tokuyasu Y,Harris PJ,Kelly DT

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) has shown to predict outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). Left ventricular recovery (LVR) has shown to improve prognosis. HYPOTHESIS:Guideline-directed medical therapy will predict LVR in patients with HF and reduced LVEF. METHODS:We studied 244 patients w...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Valika A,Paprockas K,Villines D,Costanzo MR

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work attempted to study the segmental wall motion on left ventriculograms, in terms of segmental shortening, velocity of segmental shortening, and temporal sequences of various events in systole as well as in diastole. The ability of such a method to characterize patterns of normal regional wall motion and to det...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Colle JP,Le Goff G,Ohayon J,Bonnet J,Bricaud H,Besse P

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, there is no clear consensus regarding the optimal waiting period before permanent pacemaker implantation in patients with conduction disorders following an inferior myocardial infarction. HYPOTHESIS:We aimed to elucidate the contemporary practice pattern of pacing, especially the timing of pacema...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Misumida N,Ogunbayo GO,Catanzaro J,Etaee F,Kim SM,Abdel-Latif A,Ziada KM,Elayi CS

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) is a useful index of preload and an important determinant of cardiac function. HYPOTHESIS:We postulated that the rate of blood propagating into the left atrium (LAIF-PR) would be a useful measure of PCWP in critically ill patients. METHODS:Fifty-two critically ill ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Stoddard MF,Calzada N,Longaker RA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:ST-segment depression during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is known to herald serious hemodynamic complications. Since the mechanism of this dependence is not clear, we reinvestigated the old concept of papillary muscle infarction (PMI) as a cause of marked ST depression. METHODS:Autopsie...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dabrowska B,Walczak E,Prejs R,Zdzienicki M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In addition to the well-investigated proinflammatory cytokine expression, there is an ever increasing interest in the field of anti-inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Evidence suggests that myocardium serves as an important source of cytokines during reperfusion and application of CPB. Th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gasz B,Lenard L,Racz B,Benko L,Borsiczky B,Cserepes B,Gal J,Jancso G,Lantos J,Ghosh S,Szabados S,Papp L,Alotti N,Roth E

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) derived from a melanoma cell line was first used in patients with acute myocardial infarction in the early 1980s. Recombinant DNA technology then allowed production of large amounts of t-PA. The TIMI-I trial used a two-chain recombinant (rt-PA) product. A predominantly single-c...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： DeWood MA,Kurnik PB,Jolly MK,Jain AC,Khaja F,Gorfinkel HJ,Morris DL,Satler L,LittleJohn J

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is limited data on electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities and their prognostic significance in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM). We sought to characterize ECG findings in PPCM and explore the association of ECG findings with myocardial recovery and clinical outcomes. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothe...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Honigberg MC,Elkayam U,Rajagopalan N,Modi K,Briller JE,Drazner MH,Wells GL,McNamara DM,Givertz MM,IPAC Investigators.

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cibenzoline, a class Ia antiarrhythmic drug, can be used to relieve left ventricular (LV) outflow obstruction in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). However, the mechanism of this agent in HOCM has been controversial. HYPOTHESIS:This study was designed to investigate the effect of cibenzoline on...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kondo I,Mizushige K,Nozaki S,Hirao K,Iwado Y,Ohmori K,Matsuo H

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：:We report a case of competitive blood flow in the left coronary circulation after saphenous vein bypass grafting that resulted in the apparent progression of a proximal stenosis to total occlusion at coronary angiography. Repeat angiography with careful attention to catheter position and adequate injection of contrast...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Miller WP,Dash H

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the case of a patient who developed postinfarction left ventricular free wall rupture and cardiac tamponade. He was managed conservatively, made a successful recovery, and is alive and asymptomatic 10 months after the index episode. Only 17 cases in which the patients survived subacute rupture of...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Mathew TP,Johnston PW,Khan MM,Adgey AA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of a history of angina pectoris on long-term timolol treatment after myocardial infarction was studied with respect to mortality and reinfarction. The analyses were performed retrospectively using cohorts from the Norwegian timolol multicenter study. In patients without angina pectoris prior to the infa...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gundersen T,Kjekshus J

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) not only plays an important role in plaque formation, but also impairs the endothelium-dependent relaxation. Constrictive remodeling rather than intimal hyperplasia mainly contributes to restenosis after balloon angioplasty. Probucol (powerful antioxidant) reduced res...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yoneyama S,Arakawa K,Yonemura A,Isoda K,Nakamura H,Ohsuzu F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperkalemia was associated with complete heart block in one patient that resolved by first showing right anterior hemiblock). Then the right bundle branch block resolved, leaving the marked left axis deviation that was present before the hyperkalemic episode. Another patient with hyperkalemia had right bundle branch ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ohmae M,Rabkin SW

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular wall motion abnormalities, aneurysm formation, and progression to global hypokinesis have been described in patients with myocarditis and in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We document a case of reversible aneurysm formation, cardiogenic shock, and complete recovery in a patient with myocar...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fisher DZ,DiSalvo TG,Dec GW,DeSanctis RW

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with coronary artery disease have a variety of treatment options available to them. These include medications to control anginal episodes and, when appropriate, revascularization interventions in the form of coronary artery bypass graft and angioplasty. Despite advances in the treatment of angina, a substanti...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Holmes DR Jr

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：:We investigated the potential benefit of a preferential pulmonary vasodilatory effect of nifedipine in 4 patients with Eisenmenger syndrome complicating ventricular septal defect. First-pass radionuclide scan was performed at rest to measure intracardiac shunting before and after nifedipine. Two hours after 20 mg subl...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wong CK,Yeung DW,Lau CP,Cheng CH,Leung WH

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of hypertension continues to be challenging due to the lack of understanding regarding underlying modulators of blood pressure as well as co-existing conditions such as atherosclerosis and diabetes. This has led to uncertainty regarding treatment strategy and intensity. The INternational VErapamil SR/tra...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kolloch RE

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00