Real-time MRI-guided right heart catheterization in adults using passive catheters.

abstract：:The prevalence of left ventricular (LV) thrombosis and incidence of arterial embolism after acute anterior myocardial infarction (AAMI) treated with streptokinase 1.5 x 10(6) IU intravenously was studied in 136 patients enrolled consecutively in five cardiological centres. Adjunctive antithrombotic therapy was adminis...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kontny F,Dale J,Hegrenaes L,Lem P,Søberg T,Morstøl T

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It may be diagnosing Thalassaemia with magnetic resonance, navigating catheters round tight corners with magnets, or treating Marfan's syndrome with the Brompton Sheath--but if it is state of the art and it works, the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, will almost certainly have pioneered it, rep...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors：

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamic variables were measured in 34 patients with isolated systolic hypertension before and after acute administration of propranolol. The patients were separated into two groups, those younger than and those older than 45 years of age, respectively. After drug administration, systolic pressure decreased signifi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Levenson J,Simon A,Maarek B,Totomoukouo J,Gitelman R,Bouthier J,Safar M

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the predictive value of high sensitivity (hs) C-reactive protein levels on long-term survival in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with primary PCI. METHODS AND RESULTS:We conducted a retrospective analysis of 758 STEMI patients (from January 2003 to December 2005), with...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ortolani P,Marzocchi A,Marrozzini C,Palmerini T,Saia F,Taglieri N,Baldazzi F,Silenzi S,Bacchi-Reggiani ML,Guastaroba P,Grilli R,Branzi A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent CD-1 mice inoculated with coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3m) will develop acute myocarditis with focal lesions by 7 days post-inoculation (p.i.). Administration of murine sera containing anti-CVB3m-neutralizing antibodies into CVB3m-inoculated mice at 3 days p.i. will exacerbate myocarditis, suggesting the presence ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gauntt CJ,Arizpe HM,Higdon AL,Rozek MM,Crawley R,Cunningham MW

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The population with stable coronary artery disease (SCAD) is growing but validated models to guide their clinical management are lacking. We developed and validated prognostic models for all-cause mortality and non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) or coronary death in SCAD. METHODS AND RESULTS:Models were develop...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rapsomaniki E,Shah A,Perel P,Denaxas S,George J,Nicholas O,Udumyan R,Feder GS,Hingorani AD,Timmis A,Smeeth L,Hemingway H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immediate and short-term results of coronary angioplasty were analysed in 16 patients who presented with chest pain at rest associated with transient marked ST-segment elevation (greater than or equal to 0.5 mV). The number of in hospital ischaemic attacks was on average 2.8 (range 1-8). All patients had at least ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： de Feyter PJ,Serruys PW,van den Brand M,Soward A

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS :Individuals with low socioeconomic status (SES) face widespread prejudice in society. Whether SES disparities exist in treatment and survival following in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is unclear. The aim of the current retrospective registry study was to examine SES disparities in IHCA treatment and survival, a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Agerström J,Carlsson M,Bremer A,Herlitz J,Israelsson J,Årestedt K

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic significance of angina pectoris and the effect of intervention with verapamil on the incidence of angina pectoris were studied in patients recovering from myocardial infarction and included in the Danish Verapamil Infarction Trial II. During the second week after admission patients were doubly-blindly r...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jespersen CM,Hansen JF,Mortensen LS

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of platelet membrane glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitors has changed the landscape of interventional cardiology. Given the commercial availability of abciximab and expected regulatory approvals for other receptor blockers, defining appropriate use of these agents in the interventional setting is mandated....

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Chronos N,Vahanian A,Betriu A,Emanuelsson H,Goldberg S,Gulba D,van Hout BA

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the clinical profile and prognosis of elderly patients not eligible for predischarge exercise testing. The database consisted of 133 patients 55-64 years of age, and 111 patients older than 64 years of age who survived an acute myocardial infarction. Follow-up was one year. In the younger age grou...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Deckers JW,Fioretti P,Brower RW,Simoons ML,Baardman T,Hugenholtz PG

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Reperfusion injury following acute myocardial infarction impacts not only on the myocardium but also on the coronary microcirculation, and microembolization from the culprit lesion contributes to microvascular obstruction. Prior experimental studies have not accounted for microembolization in ischaemia/reperfusion...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Skyschally A,Walter B,Heusch G

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a single oral dose of nisoldipine, 10 mg, were investigated in two groups of patients. Firstly, the effects of nisoldipine on exercise left ventricular function were assessed in 20 patients with chronic stable angina and coronary disease. Secondly, the effects of nisoldipine on the left ventricular resp...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Dymond DS,Caplin JL,O'Keefe JC,Banim S

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study evaluated the predictive value of NT-proBNP for patients with diabetes mellitus and compared the prognostic aptitude of this neurohumoral marker to traditional markers of cardiovascular events. METHODS AND RESULTS:A prospective observational study was conducted in 631 diabetic patients. The composite e...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Huelsmann M,Neuhold S,Strunk G,Moertl D,Berger R,Prager R,Abrahamian H,Riedl M,Pacher R,Luger A,Clodi M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of nifedipine and prazosin in the treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon was assessed in a prospective double-blind randomized cross-over trial in 15 patients. Each patient received one week of nifedipine 20 mg TID, one week of prazosin 1 mg TID, and 2 weeks of placebo. Nifedipine was shown to be effective in ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kahan A,Foult JM,Weber S,Amor B,Menkes CJ,Degeorges M

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with postinfarction sustained ventricular tachycardia showing one or more antiarrhythmic drug failures, the question is how long to proceed with new drug trials before deciding to perform map-guided arrhythmia surgery. Although the techniques of this surgery developed rapidly in the early 1980s, ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van Hemel NM,Kingma JH,Defauw JJ,Hoogteijling-van Dusseldorp E,Kelder JC,Beukema WP,Vermeulen FE

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The Occluded Artery Trial (OAT) (n = 2201) showed no benefit for routine percutaneous intervention (PCI) (n = 1101) over medical therapy (MED) (n = 1100) on the combined endpoint of death, myocardial infarction (MI), and class IV heart failure (congestive heart failure) in stable post-MI patients with late occlude...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Menon V,Pearte CA,Buller CE,Steg PG,Forman SA,White HD,Marino PN,Katritsis DG,Caramori P,Lasevitch R,Loboz-Grudzien K,Zurakowski A,Lamas GA,Hochman JS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) presenting during a 12-year period at a single hospital were studied. Twenty-six were male and 14 female and ages ranged from 19 to 67 years. During the first six post-operative months, most episodes were caused by staphylococci (38%) and Gram negative bacilli (2...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gayet JL,Etienne J,Malquarti V,Gruer LD,Didier B,Chuzel M,Champsaur G,Chassignolle J,Fleurette J,Delaye J

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endothelins are a family of three widely expressed 21 amino acid peptides. Apart from the ability to constrict vascular smooth muscle, they have numerous other potent effects, from enhancing mitogenesis to influencing nervous function. The pathway of their production involves the initial synthesis of a predominant...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Warner TD

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Transplant-associated coronary artery disease (TxCAD) is a major cause of post-transplant graft failure. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible role of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) deficiency and complement activation in TxCAD. METHODS AND RESULTS:In a prospective study of heart transplant recipients...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Fiane AE,Ueland T,Simonsen S,Scott H,Endresen K,Gullestad L,Geiran OR,Haraldsen G,Heggelund L,Andreassen AK,Wergeland R,Frøland S,Aukrust P,Mollnes TE

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Migration, urbanization, and change in socio-economic factors have potentially profound effects on heart disease in low-to-middle income countries. METHODS AND RESULTS:Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa, provides health care to >1 million Africans. We systematically captured data from all de ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Stewart S,Carrington M,Pretorius S,Methusi P,Sliwa K

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natriuretic peptides are important tools to establish diagnosis and prognosis in heart failure (HF). With application of therapies for HF, changes in both B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and its amino terminal cleavage fragment (NT-proBNP) parallel the benefits of the HF therapy applied. This dynamic nature of BN...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Troughton R,Michael Felker G,Januzzi JL Jr

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inventory has been made of the practice of angioplasty in 14 European countries from 1985 onwards. The numbers of procedures performed varied in 1985 from 3 to 186 per million inhabitants, in 1991 from 52 to 716. All countries showed a steady increase, but the highest performer. Belgium, achieved only 55% of the nu...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van den Brand M

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine what proportion of patients with heart failure are eligible for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). METHODS AND RESULTS:Eligibility criteria from the trials establishing the efficacy of CRT were applied to two prospective cohorts: the first enrolled patients with newly diagnosed heart failure di...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： McAlister FA,Tu JV,Newman A,Lee DS,Kimber S,Cujec B,Armstrong PW

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV), a direct measure of aortic stiffness, has become increasingly important for total cardiovascular (CV) risk estimation. Its application as a routine tool for clinical patient evaluation has been hampered by the absence of reference values. The aim of the present study is t...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Reference Values for Arterial Stiffness' Collaboration.

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Although embolic protection devices reduce complications during saphenous vein graft (SVG) stenting, adverse events still occur in approximately 10% of patients. IIb/IIIa antagonists have not been proven effective during SVG intervention. We hypothesized that adjunctive use of these agents might enhance the effica...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jonas M,Stone GW,Mehran R,Hermiller J,Feldman R,Herrmann HC,Cox DA,Kuntz RE,Popma JJ,Rogers C,FilterWire EX Randomized Evalulation (FIRE) Investigators.

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simultaneous two-channel Holter monitoring, with a direct recording system, and maximal exercise testing with a 12-lead precordial electrocardiographic mapping system were performed in 50 patients with chest pain (41 with documented coronary artery disease, 9 without). The exploring Holter leads were placed to corresp...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Egstrup K

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The calculation of valve resistance (R) rather than aortic valve area (AVA) has been proposed for the assessment of aortic stenosis (AS), based on the claim that it is less flow-dependent. Even more importantly, valve resistance has been reported to distinguish between truly severe and "pseudosevere" AS in p...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mascherbauer J,Schima H,Rosenhek R,Czerny M,Maurer G,Baumgartner H

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MitraClip therapy consists of percutaneous edge-to-edge coaptation of the mitral leaflets that is analogous to the surgical Alfieri technique. The safety profile of the MitraClip device is favourable, and survival outcomes in high-surgical-risk patients are superior to historical controls. However, questions remain re...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rogers JH,Franzen O

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of abnormal gradients between the apical cavity and the subaortic valvular region of the left ventricle in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has traditionally been equated to a dynamic obstruction to left ventricular outflow. To examine this concept in more detail, left ventricular ejectio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Murgo JP,Alter BR,Dorethy JF,Altobelli SA,Craig WE,McGranahan GM Jr

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00