Cardiac electrophysiology in New Zealand: a small but vital speciality.

abstract：AIMS:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease with marked regional differences in wall thickness. However, the relation between myocardial function and wall thickness has not been well studied. Ultrasonic strain rate (SR) imaging makes it possible to study the regional myocardial deformation. We investigated whet...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ganame J,Mertens L,Eidem BW,Claus P,D'hooge J,Havemann LM,McMahon CJ,Elayda MA,Vaughn WK,Towbin JA,Ayres NA,Pignatelli RH

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased QT dispersion, which has been proposed as a marker of ventricular repolarization inhomogeneity, may predispose to ventricular arrhythmias. Data on QT dispersion in patients with congestive heart failure are scarce. In this study, conventional 12-lead ECGs were recorded in 135 consecutive patients with conges...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Fei L,Goldman JH,Prasad K,Keeling PJ,Reardon K,Camm AJ,McKenna WJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Catheter-based renal artery denervation (RDN) has been shown to lower blood pressure (BP) in certain patients with uncontrolled hypertension. Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) (systolic BP [SBP] ≥140 mmHg and diastolic BP <90 mmHg), characterized by increased vascular stiffness, is the predominant hypertensive ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mahfoud F,Bakris G,Bhatt DL,Esler M,Ewen S,Fahy M,Kandzari D,Kario K,Mancia G,Weber M,Böhm M

更新日期：2017-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 20% of patients undergoing diagnostic coronary arteriography for acute or chronic cardiac ischaemia have angiographically normal coronary arteries. The mechanism behind this phenomenon is likely to be the result of a combination of functional or anatomical abnormalities in the coronary microcirculation, ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Chierchia SL,Fragasso G

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate whether the benefit of thrombolytic therapy was sustained beyond the first decade. We report the 10-14 year outcome of 533 patients who were randomized to treatment with intracoronary streptokinase or to conventional therapy during the years 1980-1985. METHODS AND RESULTS:Details of survival and ca...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Maas AC,van Domburg RT,Deckers JW,Vermeer F,Remme WJ,Kamp O,Manger Cats V,Simoons ML

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the atherogenic risk-reducing effect of bezafibrate and lovastatin. DESIGN, SETTING, PATIENTS, INTERVENTIONS:Double-blind, randomized clinical trial of male and female patients with moderate hypercholesterolaemia with or without hypertriglyceridaemia. Two months dietary treatment followed by 400 m...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sinzinger H,Pirich C,Kondor P,Etti H

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We examined the geographic variations in InTIME-II, a randomized double-blind trial comparing alteplase with lanoteplase for myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS:We compared baseline characteristics, management, and outcomes in four regions (Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, and Latin America) ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Giugliano RP,Llevadot J,Wilcox RG,Gurfinkel EP,McCabe CH,Charlesworth A,Thompson SL,Antman EM,Braunwald E,InTIME (Intravenous nPA for Treatment of Infarcting Myocardium Early) II Investigators.

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of our study was to evaluate the relative impact of bivalirudin on bleeding outcomes associated with trans-radial interventions (TRI) in real world practice. METHODS AND RESULTS:Data for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between January 2010 and March 2014 at the 47 hospitals...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Perdoncin E,Seth M,Dixon S,Cannon L,Khandelwal A,Riba A,David S,Wohns D,Gurm H

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:AIMS Pre-treatment with clopidogrel results in a reduction of ischaemic events in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. Data on upstream clopidogrel in the setting of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are limited. The aim of this study was to investigate whether clopidogrel loading before arrival a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Dörler J,Edlinger M,Alber HF,Altenberger J,Benzer W,Grimm G,Huber K,Pachinger O,Schuchlenz H,Siostrzonek P,Zenker G,Weidinger F,Austrian Acute PCI Investigators.

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Efficacy of aspirin in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) may be influenced by a common allele in guanylate cyclase GUCY1A3, which has been shown to modify platelet function and increase CVD risk. METHODS AND RESULTS:We investigated whether homozygotes of the GUCY1A3 rs7692387 risk (G) allele bene...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hall KT,Kessler T,Buring JE,Passow D,Sesso HD,Zee RYL,Ridker PM,Chasman DI,Schunkert H

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural properties of cardiac isomyosins from several species were compared using native gel electrophoresis, analysis of proteolytic digests, analysis of monoclonal antibody reactivity to specific proteolytic fragments on electroblots and S1 nuclease mapping with cDNA probes. The structure of specific regions ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Clark WA,Everett AW,Chizzonite RA,Eisenberg BR,Zak R

更新日期：1984-12-01 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：:Arbutamine (Gensia, Inc., San Diego, CA) is a newly-developed sympathomimetic agent specifically designed for cardiovascular stress testing. It has been successfully used for the detection of coronary artery disease in conjunction with electrocardiography, echocardiographic and radionuclide techniques. Arbutamine incr...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Armstrong WF,Bach DS

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of severe iatrogenic fibrous left main coronary artery stenosis following aortic valve replacement (Hall-Kaster prosthesis) is documented clinically, angiographically and histologically. Reported histological data of this rare complication of valve replacement are reviewed. The onset of ischaemic symptoms in th...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Prachar H,Mühlbauer J,Pollak H,Enenkel W

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) concentration may be involved in atherosclerosis. This study examined if serum GGT predicted coronary heart disease (CHD), especially differentiating non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) and fatal CHD event, among the general population or participants with type-2 diabetes. M...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lee DH,Silventoinen K,Hu G,Jacobs DR Jr,Jousilahti P,Sundvall J,Tuomilehto J

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Effects of the bradycardic agent ivabradine on regional blood flow, contractile function, and infarct size were studied in a pig model of myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion. Heart rate reduction by beta-blockade is associated with negative inotropism and unmasked alpha-adrenergic coronary vasoconstriction. Ivabradin...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Heusch G,Skyschally A,Gres P,van Caster P,Schilawa D,Schulz R

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：AIMS:The long QT syndrome is mainly defined by QT interval prolongation (QTc > 0.44s). However, data obtained in genotyped patients showed that resting QTc measurement alone may be inaccurate for ascertaining the phenotype. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of QT interval rate-dependence ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Neyroud N,Maison-Blanche P,Denjoy I,Chevret S,Donger C,Dausse E,Fayn J,Badilini F,Menhabi N,Schwartz K,Guicheney P,Coumel P

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, two patterns of regional contract on of the left ventricle have been studied: endocardial motion and wall thickening, in order to check which of these was the most affected after myocardial infarction. The clinical relevance of this comparison was to assess which parameter of the regional contraction ab...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Germain P,Roul G,Constantinesco A,Coulbois PM,Baruthio J,Mossard JM,Bareiss P,Sacrez A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Increasing evidence supports a role for inflammation in promoting atrial fibrillation (AF) and statins have anti-inflammatory effects that may be relevant for the prevention of AF. However, studies of statin therapy and incident AF have yielded mixed results and not focused on individuals with an underlying pro-in...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Peña JM,MacFadyen J,Glynn RJ,Ridker PM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subclinical thyroid dysfunction comprises subclinical hypothyroidism (SHypo), defined as elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) by normal free thyroxine (FT4), and subclinical hyperthyroidism (SHyper) with decreased or undetectable TSH and normal FT4. Up to 10% of the elderly have SHypo, which is usually asymptoma...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Floriani C,Gencer B,Collet TH,Rodondi N

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress echocardiography is an established method for the diagnosis and prognostic stratification of coronary artery disease. In the last few years, the tremendous technological and conceptual versatility of this technique has been increasingly applied in challenging diagnostic fields. Today, in the echocardiography la...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Picano E,Pellikka PA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study applies a non-invasive method to the quantitative evaluation of left ventricular stiffness in normal subjects and in patients with ischaemic heart disease (IHD). We have studied 20 patients with IHD and 25 healthy subjects. The third heart sound (S3) was detectable in all patients. We have correlated...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Baracca E,Longhini C,Aggio S,Brunazzi C,Aubert AE,Pansini R

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To test whether N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) was independently associated with, and improved the prediction of, cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a primary prevention cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS:In the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS), a cohort of middle-aged men with hy...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Welsh P,Doolin O,Willeit P,Packard C,Macfarlane P,Cobbe S,Gudnason V,Di Angelantonio E,Ford I,Sattar N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to determine the contribution of physical activity and abdominal obesity to the variation in inflammatory biomarkers and incident coronary heart disease (CHD) in a European population. METHODS AND RESULTS:In a prospective case-control study nested in the European Prospective Investigatio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rana JS,Arsenault BJ,Després JP,Côté M,Talmud PJ,Ninio E,Wouter Jukema J,Wareham NJ,Kastelein JJ,Khaw KT,Boekholdt SM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The CONSENSUS trial was the first study to show prognostic improvement by an ACE inhibitor. Patients in NYHA class IV heart failure were treated with enalapril or placebo. After study completion (average 183 days) all patients were offered open-label enalapril therapy. This paper reports on the survival at t...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Swedberg K,Kjekshus J,Snapinn S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of quantitative assessment of coronary artery dimensions at the site of the most critical coronary stenosis was assessed by comparison with the correspondent reactive hyperaemia as measured by digital subtraction angiography and with the functional results. Thirty-two coronary lesions were analysed and flow ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Legrand V,Mancini GB,Le Free MT,Vogel RA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord electrical stimulation is an alternative therapy for patients with chronic pain syndromes including angina. Although it has been shown to produce symptomatic relief and reduce ischaemia, doubts remain about its long-term safety. We report here for the first time the results of a follow-up study over a peri...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sanderson JE,Ibrahim B,Waterhouse D,Palmer RB

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The purpose of this study was to develop a practical risk score to predict poor neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) for use on arrival to a Heart Attack Centre. METHODS AND RESULTS:From May 2012 to December 2017, 1055 patients had OOHCA in our region, of whom 373 patients were includ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pareek N,Kordis P,Beckley-Hoelscher N,Pimenta D,Kocjancic ST,Jazbec A,Nevett J,Fothergill R,Kalra S,Lockie T,Shah AM,Byrne J,Noc M,MacCarthy P

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH) is a rare life-threatening condition characterized by markedly elevated circulating levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and accelerated, premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD). Given recent insights into the heterogeneity of geneti...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Cuchel M,Bruckert E,Ginsberg HN,Raal FJ,Santos RD,Hegele RA,Kuivenhoven JA,Nordestgaard BG,Descamps OS,Steinhagen-Thiessen E,Tybjærg-Hansen A,Watts GF,Averna M,Boileau C,Borén J,Catapano AL,Defesche JC,Hovingh GK,Hump

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00