Combined use of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide improves measurements of performance over established mortality risk factors in chronic heart failure.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding pulmonary vein (PV) anatomy is important for the planning and execution of PV isolation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, screening for PV stenosis after the procedure, and investigating the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation. We hypothesized that significant changes in PV size occu...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hauser TH,Yeon SB,Kissinger KV,Josephson ME,Manning WJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intramyocardial injection of autologous bone marrow (ABM) may induce angiogenesis. We tested the safety and feasibility of catheter-based direct percutaneous intramyocardial delivery of ABM in patients with refractory angina pectoris. METHODS:Ten patients (9 men, 67 +/- 8 years) with refractory angina (Cana...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Briguori C,Reimers B,Sarais C,Napodano M,Pascotto P,Azzarello G,Bregni M,Porcellini A,Vinante O,Zanco P,Peschle C,Condorelli G,Colombo A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The randomized BASKET-PROVE study showed no significant differences between sirolimus-eluting stents (SES), everolimus-eluting stents (EES), and bare-metal stents (BMS) with respect to the primary end point, rates of death from cardiac causes, or myocardial infarction (MI) at 2 years of follow-up, in patient...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vassalli G,Klersy C,De Servi S,Galatius S,Erne P,Eberli F,Rickli H,Hornig B,Bertel O,Bonetti P,Moccetti T,Kaiser C,Pfisterer M,Pedrazzini G,BASKET-PROVE Investigators.

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:dal-PLAQUE is a placebo-controlled multicenter study designed to assess the effect of dalcetrapib on imaging measures of plaque inflammation and plaque burden. dal-PLAQUE is a multimodality imaging study in the context of the large dal-HEART Program. Decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is linked to increase...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Fayad ZA,Mani V,Woodward M,Kallend D,Bansilal S,Pozza J,Burgess T,Fuster V,Rudd JH,Tawakol A,Farkouh ME

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kidney failure causes anemia and is associated with a very high risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Mildly to moderately decreased kidney function is far more common and also is associated with an elevated prevalence of anemia and CHD risk. Recent data suggest an even higher risk of CHD when both condition...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Astor BC,Coresh J,Heiss G,Pettitt D,Sarnak MJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conflicting data exist regarding a potential deleterious association between aspirin (ASA) and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) when used concurrently in patients with heart failure (HF). How such an interaction may be influenced by underlying etiology of HF and whether it extends to patients...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Levy PD,Nandyal D,Welch RD,Sun JL,Pieper K,Ghali JK,Fonarow GC,Gheorghiade M,O'Connor CM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have generated inconsistent results when attempting to define predictors of stroke and death in patients with endocarditis. We sought to examine the relationship between vegetation 2-dimensional size and stroke in those with infective endocarditis (IE) and to identify differences between aor...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cabell CH,Pond KK,Peterson GE,Durack DT,Corey GR,Anderson DJ,Ryan T,Lukes AS,Sexton DJ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Procoagulant stress responses may contribute to atherosclerosis development and acute coronary thrombosis. In the present study, we examined the role of beta2-adrenergic receptor function and plasma catecholamines in the stress-induced increase in the 2 hypercoagulability markers thrombin-antithrombin III (T...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： von Känel R,Mills PJ,Ziegler MG,Dimsdale JE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effects of standard therapeutic interventions on the total ischemic burden, 86 patients with stable angina underwent 48 hours of ambulatory ST segment monitoring and treadmill exercise testing before and at a mean of 10 weeks after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) (group 1, N = 46) or percutaneous t...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mulcahy D,Keegan J,Phadke K,Wright C,Sparrow J,Purcell H,Fox K

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 10,001 patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) enrolled in the Treating to New Targets (TNT) trial, 80 mg/d of atorvastatin (high-dose regimen) reduced the composite primary end point of death from CAD, nonfatal myocardial infarction, resuscitation from cardiac arrest, or stroke by 22% relative...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mark DB,Knight JD,Cowper PA,Davidson-Ray L,Anstrom KJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are a number of important drug interactions with amiodarone. This agent appears to have a marked effect on the kinetics of some commonly used cardiovascular drugs, such as warfarin, digoxin, quinidine, and procainamide, and has dynamic interactions with others, such as the beta blockers and some calcium antagoni...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Marcus FI

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The duration of intravenous heparin therapy required to maintain patency of the infarct-related artery after intravenous streptokinase is uncertain. Twenty-eight patients were prospectively treated with 1.5 million units of intravenous streptokinase within 4 hours of onset of chest pain. Intravenous heparin was begun ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hays LJ,Beller GA,Moore CA,Burwell LR,Craddock GB,Gascho JA,Smucker ML,Tedesco C,Nygaard TW

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In patients with severe heart failure additional therapeutic support with intravenous inotropic or vasodilator drugs is frequently used in the attempt to obtain hemodynamic control. The nature and extent to which diastolic filling, atrial function, and mitral regurgitation are modified by these drugs have no...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Capomolla S,Pozzoli M,Opasich C,Febo O,Riccardi G,Salvucci F,Maestri R,Sisti M,Cobelli F,Tavazzi L

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A substantial percentage of patients have undiagnosed diabetes. We investigated the demographic characteristics and cardiometabolic profiles of subjects with undiagnosed diabetes. METHODS:A cross-sectional study with nationally representative samples of 25490 subjects aged ≥ 20 years from the KHNANES 2008 t...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lee YH,Armstrong EJ,Kim G,Oh J,Kang SM,Lee BW,Ahn CW,Cha BS,Lee HC,Mantzoros CS,Kang ES

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-four patients with atrial septal defects, aged 7 months to 18 years (median 8.9), underwent biplane transesophageal (TEE) and transthoracic (TTE) echocardiography. The size of the defect and the shunt flow volume were measured by TEE and compared with the actual size at surgery (N = 14) or the shunt volume measu...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ishii M,Kato H,Inoue O,Takagi J,Maeno Y,Sugimura T,Miyake T,Kumate M,Kosuga K,Ohishi K

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited data are available on mitral valve replacement in the elderly patient. Therefore we report our 10-year experience including predictors of perioperative mortality and subsequent long-term cardiac mortality in elderly patients with mitral valve replacement compared to younger patients. Of the 126 consecutive pat...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Nair CK,Biddle WP,Kaneshige A,Cook C,Ryschon K,Sketch MH Sr

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma concentrations of immunoreactive alpha-human atrial natriuretic polypeptide (i alpha-hANP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) were measured in 70 patients with heart disease. Plasma concentrations of i alpha-hANP were directly related to the severity of heart disease (F = 29.61, p less than 0.001). Plasm...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hirata Y,Ishii M,Matsuoka H,Sugimoto T,Iizuka M,Uchida Y,Serizawa T,Sato H,Kohmoto O,Mochizuki T

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the frequency and significance of left ventricular wall motion abnormalities in patients without clinical evidence of myocardial infarction, we reviewed the two-dimensional echocardiograms of 252 patients who had no history or electrocardiographic evidence of myocardial infarction and who subsequently und...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lewis SJ,Sawada SG,Ryan T,Segar DS,Armstrong WF,Feigenbaum H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that the contractility of isolated heart muscle removed from rabbits made hypercholesterolemic is decreased. As part of a study evaluating the effects of high-lipid diets on aortic atherosclerosis, we evaluated the contractility of perfused rabbit hearts. Six rabbits were placed on a hi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Blumlein S,Sievers R,Wikman-Coffelt J,Parmley WW

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is often difficult to make the clinical distinction between acute mitral regurgitation caused by papillary muscle dysfunction or rupture and ventricular septal defect complicating an acute myocardial infarction. A case of a patient with rapidly progressive congestive heart failure and a loud murmur is presented. Ec...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rosenthal R,Kleid JJ,Cohen MV

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical trials have helped clarify the efficacy of clopidogrel for the treatment and prevention of vascular disease. Costs for its use exceeded $5.9 billion in 2005, making it the second greatest source of drug expenditure in the world. However, little is known about the appropriateness of that use. Overuse...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Choudhry NK,Levin R,Avorn J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred thirty-three patients with dilated heart failure, 80 with coronary artery disease, and 53 with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy were followed for a mean of 29 months. Patients with ischemic heart disease had a worse prognosis than those classified as having idiopathic cardiomyopathy. Features from history...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kelly TL,Cremo R,Nielsen C,Shabetai R

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our hypothesis was that the postoperative abnormalities in septal motion observed by M-mode echocardiography (MME) are due to changes of either ventricular shape or of total cardiac motion within the thorax. We obtained preoperative and early and late postoperative MME and two-dimensional echocardiograms on 25 patient...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kerber RE,Litchfield R

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with heart failure (HF) frequently have comorbidities. Frequency, prognostic, and therapeutic implications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in HF are largely unknown. We aimed to assess the prevalence and prognostic implications of COPD in a sample of stable patients with HF and to de...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mascarenhas J,Lourenço P,Lopes R,Azevedo A,Bettencourt P

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple genetic loci are associated with clinical cardiovascular (CV) disease and individual CV risk factors. Individuals with ideal levels of all major CV risk factors have very low risk for CV disease morbidity or mortality. Ideal levels of risk factors can be attained by lifestyle modifications; however,...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Allen NB,Lloyd-Jones D,Hwang SJ,Rasmussen-Torvik L,Fornage M,Morrison AC,Baldridge AS,Boerwinkle E,Levy D,Cupples LA,Fox CS,Thanassoulis G,Dufresne L,Daviglus M,Johnson AD,Reis J,Rotter J,Palmas W,Allison M,Pankow J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiazides produce an average loss of 2 L of extracellular fluid volume, of which about 300 ml is plasma volume, during the first 48 hours of administration, and this reduction is maintained without further loss for as long as the drug is given. Do thiazides lower blood pressure by volume depletion or by direct vasodil...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Freis ED

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased intracellular calcium (calcium overload) is considered one of the factors that can initiate ventricular fibrillation. In addition, ventricular fibrillation itself can cause and possibly maintain calcium overload. The goal of this study was to determine whether the class IA antiarrhythmic agent procainamide c...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Zaugg CE,Wu ST,Kojima S,Wikman-Coffelt J,Parmley WW,Buser PT

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cohort studies have suggested little effect of coffee consumption on risk of acute myocardial infarction. The effect of coffee consumption on prognosis after myocardial infarction is uncertain. METHODS:In a population-based inception cohort study, we followed 1,369 patients hospitalized with a confirmed fir...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mukamal KJ,Hallqvist J,Hammar N,Ljung R,Gémes K,Ahlbom A,Ahnve S,Janszky I

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study aimed to compare the short-term costs and long-term cost-effectiveness of 2 antithrombotics, fondaparinux and enoxaparin, for non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome in the United States. METHODS:It was based on a large randomized trial of 20,078 patients Fifth Organization to Assess Strategies i...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sculpher MJ,Lozano-Ortega G,Sambrook J,Palmer S,Ormanidhi O,Bakhai A,Flather M,Steg PG,Mehta SR,Weintraub W

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that the endothelium plays an important role in the control of human vascular tone by releasing endothelium-derived nitric oxide and, therefore, a defective endothelial function could be involved in the increased peripheral vasoconstriction of patients with chronic congestive heart failure. To invest...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Drexler H,Hayoz D,Münzel T,Just H,Zelis R,Brunner HR

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00