Smoking status on outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention.

abstract：:This review examines the issue of preoperative cardiac evaluation from a critical point of view, based on recent medical literature. We reviewed the history of that field and focused on the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines, which are a cornerstone in the field of cardiac patient...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Barak M,Ben-Abraham R,Katz Y

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myocardial infarction can be stratified into electrocardiographic subsets based on the presence or absence of new Q waves. This stratification has important clinical and prognostic utility. Coronary angiography during acute non-Q-wave compared with Q-wave infarction shows much higher infarct-related artery paten...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： O'Brien TX,Ross J Jr

更新日期：1989-07-01 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：:Despite a totality of evidence indicating clear benefits of statin therapy in secondary and primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), a large number of additional trials are currently planned or in progress to help us better understand, treat, and prevent CVD. Both monotherapy and combination statin regimens...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pfeffer MA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare cause of heart failure. It is defined as cardiomyopathy that develops in the last month of pregnancy or within 5 months of the postpartum period without an identifiable cause. We conducted a systematic review of literature of prospective studies with a focus on echocardiograp...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Asad ZUA,Maiwand M,Farah F,Dasari TW

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：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：:To enhance the bedside diagnosis of tricuspid regurgitation, the influence of manual pressure applied below the liver on lower left sternal border murmurs was determined in 23 patients. All 23 subjects had right ventriculograms and right atrial phonocardiograms. The sign was positive in 13 cases, including 3 who were ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gooch AS,Cha SD,Maranhao V

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flecainide is reported to be effective in patients with paroxysmal tachycardias, but its effect on rapid ventricular response over accessory atrioventricular pathway during atrial fibrillation is not known. The influence of flecainide on various electrophysiological properties of the accessory pathway with special emp...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kappenberger LJ,Fromer MA,Shenasa M,Gloor HO

更新日期：1985-06-01 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：: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：:Type II heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a potentially severe adverse effect of heparin treatment triggered by an immune response. Although most cases occur in patients receiving unfractioned heparin, HIT can also arise after low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH). We report a case of HIT in a postoperative orth...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Mumoli N,Cei M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The normal and dilated heart behaves as a single functional unit during preload reduction: volume unloading in the setting of diastolic ventricular interaction allows for increased left ventricular (LV) filling. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that reduction of venous return induced by a physiologic stimulus (ti...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pepi M,Tamborini G,Maltagliati A,Guazzi M,Berna G,Susini F,Muratori M,Celeste F

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤35% is the cutoff value used to identify patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death. However, whether patients who have moderate left ventricular dysfunction and left ventricular enlargement (LVE) have a high risk of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) and cardiac deat...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Zhao S,Chen K,Su Y,Hua W,Yang J,Chen S,Liang Z,Xu W,Zhang S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians previously perceived heart disease to be a man's disease; yet, since 1984, more women have died of ischemic heart disease. Because women who develop obstructive coronary heart disease and heart failure tend to do so 10 years later than men, cardiology clinical trials that use arbitrary age cutoffs or exclus...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Clayton JA,Arnegard ME

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of treatment in systemic hypertension and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality has been established. Although systemic hypertension is the most important factor in the pathogenesis of left ventricular hypertrophy, other factors such as catecholamines and renin-angiotensin system may be involved. Incre...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Georgiou D,Brundage BH

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:We report on a family of 4 members, all of whom have had multifocal, recurrent atrial myxomas associated with skin pigmentation, melanotic schwannomas, mucocutaneous myxomas, and tumors of the ovary and pituitary, adrenal, and thyroid glands. Immunochemistry of the myxoma cells is positive for calretinin, confirming t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Shetty Roy AN,Radin M,Sarabi D,Shaoulian E

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) participates in the recruitment of mononuclear cells to the vessel wall. HYPOTHESIS:The aim of the study was to evaluate the potential association between serum concentration of MCP-1 and risk of future cardiovascular events in patients with chronic coronary heart ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Haim M,Tanne D,Boyko V,Reshef T,Goldbourt U,Battler A,Mekori YA,Behar S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular interactions between leukocytes and the endothelium are critical events in vascular biology, such as atherosclerosis and acute coronary syndrome. When monocytes and endothelial cells are activated via direct cell-cell interaction, both types of cells express several biologically active molecules such as adhes...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ikeda U,Takahashi M,Shimada K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity can lead to increased oxidative stress which is one of the proposed mechanisms in the etiopathogenesis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM). HYPOTHESIS:The presence of obesity adversely impacts clinical outcomes in TCM patients. METHODS:We queried the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database (2010-2014) t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Desai R,Singh S,Baikpour M,Goyal H,Dhoble A,Deshmukh A,Kumar G,Sachdeva R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently two types of atypical T-wave evolution were recognized as electrocardiographic (ECG) markers of regional postinfarction pericarditis. The sensitivity and specificity of these changes for this condition were 100 and 77%, respectively. The major purpose of this investigation is to show how these ECG changes can...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Oliva PB,Hammill SC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive determination of left-side intracardiac pressures is of clinical importance in many cardiac diseases. To test the reliability and accuracy of left-side intracardiac pressure measurements by continuous-wave Doppler echocardiography, using left-side valvular regurgitations, 47 patients with mitral regurgitat...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ge ZM,Zhang Y,Fan DS,Zhang M,Fan JX,Zhao YX

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:Preoperative assessment of cardiac risk using thallium-201 scintigraphy and atrial pacing (n = 42) or dipyridamole stress testing (n = 35) was performed in 77 patients (mean age 65 +/- 7 years), who subsequently underwent elective nonvascular surgery. All patients were at low cardiac risk by clinical criteria; none co...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Stratmann HG,Mark AL,Williams GA

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：:Sertraline is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor with established safety for the treatment of depression. Among the common adverse effects associated with sertraline are nausea, insomnia, diarrhea, somnolence, and dizziness. Cardiac arrest had not been reported in the literature, although tachycardia was frequen...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kocabay G,Yildiz M,Eksi Duran N,Ozkan M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relationships between heart rate (HR) variability and different prognostic markers such as ejection fraction, functional capacity, and patency of the infarct-related artery, as well as the comparison of their time courses are not fully elucidated. HYPOTHESIS:The aim of study was to assess prospectively the ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Monmeneu JV,Chorro FJ,Bodí V,Sanchis J,Llácer A,García-Civera R,Ruiz R,Sanjuán R,Burguera M,López-Merino V

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiogenic shock usually is the result of marked depression in myocardial function. Rapid recognition and stabilization are essential if the patient is to survive. A variety of cardiovascular conditions can lead to cardiogenic shock; the most common of these is acute myocardial infarction. Once stabilization of the c...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Alpert JS,Becker RC

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High dose-dobutamine (DOB) has been previously used as a pharmacological stress test to evaluate wall motion abnormalities. As a result, recent stress echocardiography with low-dose DOB has been reported to be valuable for investigating stunned myocardium after thrombolysis. However, echocardiography requires an opera...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yamaoka O,Fujioka H,Haque T,Nakamura Y,Mitsunami K,Kinoshita M,Murata K,Morita R

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00