Deceptive surgical results in three siblings with familial Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

abstract：:This report of an ESC Study Group reviews current knowledge on myocardial hibernation and relevant imaging techniques, and provides an algorithm for investigation and management when a patient presents with ischaemic left ventricular dysfunction. It covers the definitions of myocardial viability, stunning and hibernat...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Underwood SR,Bax JJ,vom Dahl J,Henein MY,Knuuti J,van Rossum AC,Schwarz ER,Vanoverschelde JL,van der Wall EE,Wijns W,Study Group of the European Society of Cardiology.

更新日期：2004-05-01 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:Despite disparities in pathophysiology and disease manifestation between male and female patients with heart failure, studies focusing on sex differences in biomarkers are scarce. The purpose of this study was to assess sex-specific variation in clinical characteristics and biomarker levels to gain more understand...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Meyer S,van der Meer P,van Deursen VM,Jaarsma T,van Veldhuisen DJ,van der Wal MH,Hillege HL,Voors AA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Right ventricular dysplasia (RVD) is a cardiac anomaly characterized by replacement of right ventricular myocardium by adipose and fibrous tissue that was first described at autopsy, and is now being recognized pre-mortem. Sudden death and ventricular arrhythmias are the most common clinical manifestation of the condi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Strain J

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs often in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and can result in increased morbidity and mortality. Previous studies using P-wave signal-averaged electrocardiogram (P-SAECG) have shown that patients with a longer filtered P-wave duration (FPD) have a high risk of AF ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Budeus M,Hennersdorf M,Perings S,Röhlen S,Schnitzler S,Felix O,Reimert K,Feindt P,Gams E,Lehmann N,Wieneke H,Sack S,Erbel R,Perings C

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective serial study of 96 patients with acute myocardial infarction, two dimensional echocardiography identified left ventricular thrombus in 18 patients. The majority of thrombi (15) developed within the first 4 days after admission. In three patients thrombi were identified for the first time 4 months afte...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Visser CA,Kan G,Lie KI,Durrer D

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiazide diuretics are efficacious, either as monotherapy or in combination with other antihypertensive drugs. They reduce blood pressure in a high percentage of hypertensive patients with minimal subjective side effects. There is increasing evidence that the use of diuretics, singly or in combination, will reduce mor...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Moser M

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the impact of MultiPoint™ Pacing (MPP)-programmed according to the physician's discretion-in non-responders to standard biventricular pacing after 6 months. METHODS AND RESULTS:The study enrolled 1921 patients receiving a quadripolar cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) system capable of MPP™ therapy...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Leclercq C,Burri H,Curnis A,Delnoy PP,Rinaldi CA,Sperzel J,Lee K,Calò L,Vicentini A,Concha JF,Thibault B

更新日期：2019-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Libby P

更新日期：2019-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleic acid-based therapeutics are currently developed at large scale for prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), since: (i) genetic studies have highlighted novel therapeutic targets suggested to be causal for CVD; (ii) there is a substantial recent progress in delivery, efficacy, and safety of ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Landmesser U,Poller W,Tsimikas S,Most P,Paneni F,Lüscher TF

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent experimental and clinical data indicate that abnormal central and peripheral immune reactions contribute to the progression of chronic heart failure, and that immunomodulation may be an important therapeutic approach in this syndrome. Aims We sought to study the effects of growth hormone (GH) administ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Adamopoulos S,Parissis JT,Paraskevaidis I,Karatzas D,Livanis E,Georgiadis M,Karavolias G,Mitropoulos D,Degiannis D,Kremastinos DT

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) presupposes that the patient is identified by echocardiography and is carefully evaluated for risk stratification, taking into consideration possible associated complications. The role of non-pharmacological treatment is limited, except in obese patients. Drug treat...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： de Divitiis O,Celentano A,De Simone G,Di Somma S,Galderisi M,Liguori V,de Divitiis M,Petitto M

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To quantify the prevalence of coronary artery calcification (CAC) in relation to cardiovascular risk factors in marathon runners, and to study its role for myocardial damage and coronary events. METHODS AND RESULTS:In 108 apparently healthy male marathon runners aged >or=50 years, with >or=5 marathon competitions...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Möhlenkamp S,Lehmann N,Breuckmann F,Bröcker-Preuss M,Nassenstein K,Halle M,Budde T,Mann K,Barkhausen J,Heusch G,Jöckel KH,Erbel R,Marathon Study Investigators.,Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study Investigators.

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The object of this study is to analyse the trends in coronary events in Finland during 1993-2002, correcting for the effect of troponins. METHODS AND RESULTS:A population-based myocardial infarction register recorded all coronary events (n=14 782) in four geographical areas of Finland during 1993-2002. Correction...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Salomaa V,Ketonen M,Koukkunen H,Immonen-Räihä P,Lehtonen A,Torppa J,Kuulasmaa K,Kesäniemi YA,Pyörälä K,FINAMI Study Group.

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient, a 74-year-old man, developed a persistent nonparoxysmal junctional accelerated rhythm at rate of 60-75 beats min-1 because of chronic depressed sinus node function. Intravenous atropine resulted in no change of junctional pacemaker rate but i.v. isoproterenol significantly accelerated it suggesting that a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Santinelli V,Chiariello M,Condorelli M

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) has been recognized as a marker that reflects arterial stiffness. We conducted an investigation to evaluate whether baPWV is independently associated with early mild diastolic heart failure (DHF) in a general middle and aged population. METHODS AND RESULTS:From 1 Jul...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kang S,Fan HM,Li J,Fan LY,Miao AY,Bao Y,Wu LZ,Zhu Y,Zhang DF,Liu ZM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Priorities for unanswered questions concerning major areas of cardiovascular disease are being sought by the British Cardiovascular Society, using the methods of the James Lind Alliance, which involves clinicians and patients in an equal partnership, reports Barry Shurlock PhD. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors：

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Falipamil hydrochloride (AQA 39) is a new antiarrhythmic agent structurally related to verapamil. We evaluated the electrophysiologic properties of intravenous falipamil (1.5 mg kg-1 within 20 minutes) in 12 patients. The spontaneous cycle length was significantly (P less than 0.001) prolonged (+79 +/- 59 ms). Atriove...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lévy S,Mètge M,Hilaire J,Cointe R,Bru P,Eychenne JL,Gérard R

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In animal models of obesity and diabetes mellitus, myocardial TG accumulation is associated with decreased myocardial function. In the physiologically ageing heart, myocardial triglyceride (TG) accumulation may also occur due to reduced myocardial fatty acid oxidation. The role of myocardial TG in the ageing human...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van der Meer RW,Rijzewijk LJ,Diamant M,Hammer S,Schär M,Bax JJ,Smit JW,Romijn JA,de Roos A,Lamb HJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The implementation of molecular biological approaches has led to the discovery of single genetic variations that contribute to the development of cardiac failure. In the present review, the characteristics that are invariably associated with the development of failure in experimental animals and clinical studies are d...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lips DJ,deWindt LJ,van Kraaij DJ,Doevendans PA

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-invasive quantification of mitral and aortic regurgitation using the left-to-right stroke count ratio (SCR) calculated with gated equilibrium radionuclide ventriculography (RNV), is affected by the overlap of atria and ventricles and the consequent difficult definition of the ventricular regions of interest (R...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sciagrà R,Voth E,Tebbe U,Schicha H,Neuhaus KL

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary success rate and incidence of major complications have been retrospectively assessed in a consecutive series of 224 patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in one centre. The patients have been divided into three groups; those with angina and no previous myocardial infarct...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Perry RA,Seth A,Singh A,Shiu MF

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the incremental effect of cardiac catheterization upon the management of 93 adult patients with aortic and/or mitral valve disease, referred for surgical consideration. There were 52 patients with aortic valve disease, 29 with mitral valve disease and 12 with aortic and mitral valve disease. Prior to cardi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Leitch JW,Mitchell AS,Harris PJ,Fletcher PJ,Bailey BP

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health economics is about spending limited resources wisely and, as with so many fields in medicine, combines science with art and ingenuity. In order to know whether money is well spent it is necessary to have some reference points to make comparisons. Many accepted cardiovascular interventions, such as revasculariza...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Cleland JG

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1978 to 1980, 260 healthy subjects, 40-79 years of age, underwent 24 h ambulatory electrocardiography in order to determine the prevalence and complexity of ventricular premature beats (VPBs) in adults without apparent heart disease. The number of types of VPBs seem in 5% or less were considered 'abnormal' and th...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bjerregaard P,Sorensen KE,Molgaard H

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study compared plasma levels of established risk markers for atherosclerosis and indices of inflammation in 50 patients with severe periodontitis to those in 46 healthy cases. METHODS AND RESULTS:Full blood counts were performed and levels of high density lipoproteins (HDL), total cholesterol, haptoglobin, e...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Buhlin K,Gustafsson A,Pockley AG,Frostegård J,Klinge B

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Collagen degradation in atherosclerotic plaques with thin fibrous caps renders them more prone to rupture. Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) plays a role in arthritis and tumour formation through its collagenase activity. However, the significance of FAP in thin-cap human fibroatheromata remains unknown. METHOD...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Brokopp CE,Schoenauer R,Richards P,Bauer S,Lohmann C,Emmert MY,Weber B,Winnik S,Aikawa E,Graves K,Genoni M,Vogt P,Lüscher TF,Renner C,Hoerstrup SP,Matter CM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

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：AIMS:We evaluated the feasibility and the acute performance of the everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) for the treatment of patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS AND RESULTS:The present investigation is a prospective, single-arm, single-centre study,...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Diletti R,Karanasos A,Muramatsu T,Nakatani S,Van Mieghem NM,Onuma Y,Nauta ST,Ishibashi Y,Lenzen MJ,Ligthart J,Schultz C,Regar E,de Jaegere PP,Serruys PW,Zijlstra F,van Geuns RJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 58-year-old man with vasospastic angina, we investigated the relationship between the antianginal effects of isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) and plasma ISDN concentration. Despite adequate plasma ISDN levels, sustained therapy using ISDN tapes and oral ISDN (transcutaneously 160 mg and orally 100 mg ISDN day-1) faile...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hoshio A,Shirota K,Sawada Y,Doi T,Miyakoda H,Kotake H,Mashiba H

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00