Presence of angina pectoris is related to extensive coronary artery disease in diabetic patients.

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are very sparse data on patient outcomes related to the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) prior to heart operation in children with congenital heart disease. This study was designed to evaluate this association using the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database. HYPOTHESIS:W...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gupta P,Robertson MJ,Beam BW,Rettiganti M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that episodes of silent myocardial ischemia (SMI) might influence the prognosis of patients with ischemic heart disease, as its consequences are similar to those of myocardial ischemia accompanied by pain. Ambulatory electrocardiogram (ECG) is generally employed in diagnosis as well as ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ino-Oka E,Takahashi T,Sagawa K,Inooka H

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the electrophysiological parameters before and after the intravenous infusion of diazepam (0.2 mg/kg) in 20 cardiac patients to investigate the drug's antiarrhythmic effect. Diazepam did not significantly change the arterial pressure. After the intravenous infusion of diazepam, the sinus cycle length sign...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kumagai K,Yamanouchi Y,Matsuo K,Tashiro N,Hiroki T,Arakawa K

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated 26 patients admitted to our catheterization laboratory with a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. In each case acute revascularization was unsuccessful, but the diagnosis was confirmed by angiography. In 11 patients with an uncomplicated course of acute myocardial infarction magnetic resonance im...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Eichstaedt HW,Felix R,Dougherty FC,Langer M,Rutsch W,Schmutzler H

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronary sinus (CS) is a small tubular structure just above the posterior left atrioventricular junction. The CS can be imaged in several different echocardiographic views. Using zoom M-mode recordings of the CS in apical two-chamber view, CS caliber can be sharply imaged and easily measured during different phase...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： D'Cruz IA,Shala MB,Johns C

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An experimental study showed that nebivolol is an effective agent in contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) prophylaxis. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that prophylactic nebivolol use had protective effects on renal function in human beings subjected to iodinated contrast agent since it has vasodilatory effect and ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Günebakmaz O,Kaya MG,Koc F,Akpek M,Kasapkara A,Inanc MT,Yarlioglues M,Calapkorur B,Karadag Z,Oguzhan A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic and myocardial energetic changes due to pulsus alternans were investigated by left and right heart catheterization and by oxygen consumption measurements in three patients with dilative cardiomyopathy. In all three patients, pulsus alternans developed after intravenous administration of the phosphodies...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Hasenfuss G,Holubarsch C,Heiss HW,Bonzel T,Funfack M,Revenaugh M,Meinertz T,Just H

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:His-bundle ablation is a very effective method to control drug-refractory supraventricular arrhythmias. We present a 69-year-old woman with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, in whom several attempts of unipolar and bipolar His-bundle ablation were ineffective. Ultimately a stable 2/1 atrioventricular block was induced w...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pop T,Treese N,Erbel R,Von Olshausen K,Meyer J

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific properties of the vessel wall of arteries employed as coronary bypass grafts are thought to play an important role in the short- and long-term performance of these conduits. Heterogeneity in the endothelial and smooth muscle cell function between different arteries may provide particular vessels with properti...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dzimiri N,Chester AH,Allen SP,Duran C,Yacoub MH

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term hemodynamic and possible arrhythmogenic effects of intravenous salbutamol at a dose of 30 or 60 micrograms/min were evaluated in 14 patients with severe chronic left ventricular dysfunction using equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography and electrocardiographic monitoring. Salbutamol infusions at a do...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Rotstein Z,Battler A,Rath S,Perek J,Eldar M

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial septal aneurysm in the otherwise normal heart is a very rare and usually asymptomatic condition. A midsystolic click was described as the only clinical manifestation so far. A low-pitched early-to-midsystolic acoustic phenomenon in a 39-year-old woman corresponding with maximal leftward motion of the aneurysmat...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kautzner J,Bĕlohlávek M,Holm FV,Munclinger MJ

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intravenous bepridil, a new calcium antagonist with class I and III properties, was tested in 21 patients with sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias refractory to a mean of five antiarrhythmic agents as assessed by programmed right ventricular stimulation. At control electrophysiologic study without ant...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Schmitt C,Brachmann J,Hölzel C,Waldecker B,Schöls W,Beyer T,Kübler W

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with sinus node dysfunction (SND) have increased risk of atrial tachyarrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF). To date, treatment patterns and outcomes of patients with SND and AF have not been well described. HYPOTHESIS:Patients with SND and AF have higher risk of adverse cardiovascular out...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Jackson LR 2nd,Kim SH,Piccini JP Sr,Gersh BJ,Naccarelli GV,Reiffel JA,Freeman J,Thomas L,Chang P,Fonarow GC,Go AS,Mahaffey KW,Peterson ED,Kowey PR

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scorpion envenomation is quite common in India, southeast Asia, the U.S. southwest, and Israel (in the Negev and around Jerusalem). Yellow scorpion is considered the most dangerous scorpion that causes cardiac toxicity. Two patients are described, who lived in a nonendemic area of yellow scorpions and were envenomated...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Blum A,Lubezki A,Sclarovsky S

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advanced age remains one of the principal determinants of mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). HYPOTHESIS:The aim of this study was to determine the in-hospital outcome of elderly (> 75 years) patients with AMI who were admitted to hospitals participating in the national MITRA (Maxi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Haase KK,Schiele R,Wagner S,Fischer F,Burczyk U,Zahn R,Schuster S,Senges J

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the case of a patient who developed postinfarction left ventricular free wall rupture and cardiac tamponade. He was managed conservatively, made a successful recovery, and is alive and asymptomatic 10 months after the index episode. Only 17 cases in which the patients survived subacute rupture of...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Mathew TP,Johnston PW,Khan MM,Adgey AA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apixaban is a non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant approved for prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). Current labeling recommends dose reduction based on patient age, weight, and renal function. HYPOTHESIS:The aim of this study was to analyze adherence...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Buchholz A,Ueberham L,Gorczynska K,Dinov B,Hilbert S,Dagres N,Husser D,Hindricks G,Bollmann A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The finding of aortic regurgitation at a classical examination is a diastolic murmur. HYPOTHESIS:Aortic regurgitation is more likely to be associated with a systolic than with a diastolic murmur during routine screening by a noncardiologist physician. METHODS:In all, 243 asymptomatic patients (mean age 42 ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Heidenreich PA,Schnittger I,Hancock SL,Atwood JE

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most antiarrhythmic interventional therapies for atrial fibrillation (AF) have been provided with special focus on the treatment of left-sided valvular disease and enlarged left atrium but few studies have assessed AF associated with congenital heart disease and dilated right atrium. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Vitarelli A,Mangieri E,Gaudio C,Tanzilli G,Miraldi F,Capotosto L

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic ability of cardiac troponin I (TnI) has been demonstrated in general populations and among cardiovascular disease patients, but it has not been evaluated in cancer patients. HYPOTHESIS:This study assumes to have the prognostic ability of cardiac troponin in cancer patients visiting the emerge...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Park SH,Kim T,Cha WC,Yoon H,Hwang SY,Shin TG,Sim MS,Jo I,Lee SH,Park HD,Choi JH

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the development of a quality assurance-oriented integrated software system designed for an anesthesiology-based intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography service. Entry data include patient and operation demographics, two-dimensional echocardiographic, saline-contrast, and color flow/pulsed...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Rafferty T,Edwards B,Judd J,Swamy V,Workman R,Lippmann H,Harris S,Cohen I,Prokop E,Ezekowitz M

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) is a reliable cardiac risk stratifier that has widespread applicability because of its clinical accuracy and cost effectiveness. Dobutamine has positive inotropic and chronotropic effects and is commonly used in patients who cannot exercise or achieve an adequate heart rate res...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Usher BW Jr,O'Brien TX

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subaortic stenosis has been described with increasing frequency as an ominous feature of atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD), especially following surgical correction of the anomaly in non-Down's syndrome patients. In order to study the surgical anatomy of the left ventricular outflow tract in this malformation, 48 ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gallo P,Formigari R,Hokayem NJ,D'Offizi F,D'Alessandro,Francalanci P,d'Amati G,Colloridi V,Pizzuto F

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cusp entrapment is a previously unreported mechanism of aortic insufficiency after balloon aortic valvuloplasty. In a patient who developed severe acute aortic insufficiency and expired after balloon aortic valvuloplasty, pathologic evaluation revealed a large, solitary, fractured, calcific nodule in the noncoronary c...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Treasure CB,Schoen FJ,Treseler PA,Bittl JA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electronic health record systems (EHR) are expected to facilitate higher quality patient care; however, studies evaluating EHR effectiveness in improving care have yielded mixed results. HYPOTHESIS:Implementation of a performance improvement system in outpatient practices with EHR may better demonstrate the...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Walsh MN,Albert NM,Curtis AB,Gheorghiade M,Heywood JT,Liu Y,Mehra MR,O'Connor CM,Reynolds D,Yancy CW,Fonarow GC

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid assessment of patients presenting with acute chest pain is essential, in order to distinguish between those who have a life-threatening condition, such as myocardial infarction or unstable angina, and the substantial proportion who do not have an acute coronary syndrome. It is thus of vital importance that relia...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Husted SE

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early reperfusion therapy has reduced the infarct size and mortality rate in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The occurrence of bundle-branch block in AMI is related to the amount of myocardial damage and the insult to the conduction system. HYPOTHESIS:To evaluate the clinical and angiograph...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sugiura T,Yamasaki F,Hatada K,Nakamura S,Iwasaka T

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data suggests that low molecular weight heparins (LMWHs) may be superior to unfractionated heparin (UFH) as an adjunct to fibrinolytic therapy in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). HYPOTHESIS:We evaluated cardiac outcomes and the risk of major bleeding with LMWHs ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Singh S,Bahekar A,Molnar J,Khosla S,Arora R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment advances for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis including transcatheter and open surgical valve replacement have improved patient survival, length of stay, and speed to recovery. However, paravalvular regurgitation (PVR) is occasionally seen and when moderate or greater in severity is associated with an at l...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Randall MH,Lewandowski TJ,Choi C,Beaver TM

更新日期：2021-01-01 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