Arginase I enhances atherosclerotic plaque stabilization by inhibiting inflammation and promoting smooth muscle cell proliferation.

abstract：:In a study of the concept of pacemaker dependence, 86 patients who had permanent ventricular demand (VVI) pacemakers implanted for more than six months and were in predominantly paced rhythm underwent repeated interruption of pacing both abruptly and after gradual reduction of paced rate. Non-invasive pace slowing was...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Crick JC,Rokas S,Sowton E

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Valve compliance might determine the onset of symptoms better than resting measures of aortic stenosis. This study compared valve compliance measured by dobutamine stress echocardiography with resting haemodynamic variables against the end-point of symptoms at low workload during exercise testing. METHODS AND RES...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Das P,Rimington H,Smeeton N,Chambers J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) define the current standard for the management of syncope, but are still incompletely applied in the clinical setting. METHODS AND RESULTS:Prospective systematic evaluation, on strict adherence to the guidelines, of consecutive patients referred for synco...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Brignole M,Menozzi C,Bartoletti A,Giada F,Lagi A,Ungar A,Ponassi I,Mussi C,Maggi R,Re G,Furlan R,Rovelli G,Ponzi P,Scivales A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Supernatants of serum-free cultured mononuclear cells (MNC) contain a mix of immunomodulating factors (secretome), which have been shown to attenuate detrimental inflammatory responses following myocardial ischaemia. Inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy (iDCM) is a common cause of heart failure in young patients. E...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hoetzenecker K,Zimmermann M,Hoetzenecker W,Schweiger T,Kollmann D,Mildner M,Hegedus B,Mitterbauer A,Hacker S,Birner P,Gabriel C,Gyöngyösi M,Blyszczuk P,Eriksson U,Ankersmit HJ

更新日期：2015-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Aortic stenosis causes cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis, which often persists despite pressure unloading after aortic valve replacement. The persistence of myocardial fibrosis in particular leads to impaired cardiac function and increased mortality. We investigated whether granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Szardien S,Nef HM,Voss S,Troidl C,Liebetrau C,Hoffmann J,Rauch M,Mayer K,Kimmich K,Rolf A,Rixe J,Troidl K,Kojonazarov B,Schermuly RT,Kostin S,Elsässer A,Hamm CW,Möllmann H

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In single vessel disease angioplasty can replace surgery in the majority of patients. In cases of recurrence at the site of angioplasty or in the case of progression elsewhere, a second intervention can be performed. Thus, in the majority of patients surgery can be replaced; in the minority it can be delayed. In patie...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kaltenbach M

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 101 consecutive patients operated on for native infective aortic valve endocarditis (53 males, 48 females, mean age 39 years), 69 presented various forms of infectious extension to the surrounding areas. Twenty-six lesions were noted in the aortic roots: 18 annular abscesses, one abscess of the Valsalva sinus an...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Amrani M,Schoevaerdts JC,Eucher P,Nicolas AL,Dion R,Kremer R

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the diagnostic accuracy of 256-row computed tomographic angiography (CTA) in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Non-invasive imaging of the coronary artery by CTA has increasingly been used in recent years. The accuracy of 256-row CTA has not yet been studied. We sought to assess the ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Chao SP,Law WY,Kuo CJ,Hung HF,Cheng JJ,Lo HM,Shyu KG

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The vast majority of acute heart failure (AHF) trials to date have targeted dyspnoea. However, they enrolled patients relatively late and did not standardize their methods of dyspnoea measurement. URGENT Dyspnoea was designed to determine changes in dyspnoea in response to initial, standard therapy in patients pre...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mebazaa A,Pang PS,Tavares M,Collins SP,Storrow AB,Laribi S,Andre S,Mark Courtney D,Hasa J,Spinar J,Masip J,Frank Peacock W,Sliwa K,Gayat E,Filippatos G,Cleland JG,Gheorghiade M

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:In this study, betathromboglobulin (BTG) and fibrinopeptide A (FPA) in peripheral venous blood were measured in 20 patients with stable angina pectoris before and immediately after exercise-induced myocardial ischaemia; in 5 of the 20 patients stable angina was associated with typical peripheral artery disease. A tota...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gallino A,Häberli A,Straub PW,Steinbrunn W,Turina M,Rothlin ME

更新日期：1987-07-01 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：AIMS:To analyse whether the proportion of patients with lone atrial fibrillation engaged in chronic sport practice was higher than that observed in the general population. METHODS AND RESULTS:The records of 1160 patients, seen at the arrhythmia outpatient clinic, were reviewed. A total of 70 patients (6%) suffered lon...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mont L,Sambola A,Brugada J,Vacca M,Marrugat J,Elosua R,Paré C,Azqueta M,Sanz G

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Resuscitated cardiac arrest (CA), leading to harmful cardiovascular dysfunction and multiple organ failure, includes a whole-body hypoxia-reoxygenation phenomenon. Opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) appears to be a pivotal event in ischaemia-reperfusion injury. We hypothesized that ph...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Cour M,Loufouat J,Paillard M,Augeul L,Goudable J,Ovize M,Argaud L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden cardiac death (SCD) accounts for approximately one-third of all deaths among patients with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy (NICM). Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy has been the primary intervention for managing individuals at high risk for SCD. However, individual ICD trials in the NICM populat...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pathak RK,Sanders P,Deo R

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic heart failure (CHF) are two major and even growing cardiovascular conditions that often coexist. However, few data are available to guide treatment of AF in patients with CHF. This review summarizes current literature concerning the following topics: (i) prognostic relevance of AF ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Neuberger HR,Mewis C,van Veldhuisen DJ,Schotten U,van Gelder IC,Allessie MA,Böhm M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the effects of the acute administration of intravenous (i.v.) digitalis administration (0.8 mg of digoxin in 5-10 min) on the electrophysiological variables of 12 normal subjects (group 1), 12 patients with asymptomatic sinus node bradycardia (group 2) and 34 patients with symptomatic sinus node dys...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bolognesi R,Benedini G,Ferrari R,Visioli O

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intervention to improve coronary flow after coronary patency has been restored by coronary thrombolysis is attractive in concept, but has been proved disappointing in practice. A number of randomized clinical trials which compared outcome after thrombolysis with and without early or delayed intervention has shown no b...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： de Bono DP

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：AIMS:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with abnormal sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium release, which is promoted by adenosine A(2A) receptor (A(2A)R) activation. Here, we tested the hypothesis that abnormal calcium release in AF is linked to A(2A)R remodelling. METHODS AND RESULTS:Western blotting and quantita...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Llach A,Molina CE,Prat-Vidal C,Fernandes J,Casadó V,Ciruela F,Lluís C,Franco R,Cinca J,Hove-Madsen L

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise-induced U-wave inversion on chest wall mapping was compared with coronary arteriographic findings in 160 consecutive patients who presented with chest pain suggestive of ischaemic heart disease. ECG recordings were made from 16 points on the chest wall before, during and after exercise. None of the 27 patient...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Salmasi AM,Salmasi SN,Nicolaides AN,Vecht RJ,Hendry WG,Kidner PH,Besterman EM

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) on neointimal growth and vessel remodelling for in-stent restenosis versus de novo coronary artery lesions using serial intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). METHODS AND RESULTS:The study population consisted of 86 patients with in-sten...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Degertekin M,Lemos PA,Lee CH,Tanabe K,Sousa JE,Abizaid A,Regar E,Sianos G,van der Giessen WJ,de Feyter PJ,Wuelfert E,Popma JJ,Serruys PW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) stress the importance of treating global risk, rather than individual risk, factors. Patients at high cardiovascular (CV) risk, for example, benefit from a combination of aspirin, antihypertensive agents, lipid-lowering drugs, and possibly folic acid. As th...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sleight P,Pouleur H,Zannad F

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Support with left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) improves cardiac performance in patients with end-stage heart failure. In some cases this strategy, combined with pharmacological treatment, has led to a clinical improvement which remained after LVAD explant. This study defines changes in Ca handling at the cell...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Terracciano CM,Harding SE,Adamson D,Koban M,Tansley P,Birks EJ,Barton PJ,Yacoub MH

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Little is known about the prognostic significance of silent versus symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD) in diabetic patients. We therefore assessed the incidence of scintigraphic evidence of CAD in diabetic patients without known CAD and the impact of symptoms and scintigraphic findings on prognosis. METHODS ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Zellweger MJ,Hachamovitch R,Kang X,Hayes SW,Friedman JD,Germano G,Pfisterer ME,Berman DS

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study 27 post-myocardial infarction patients were treated with Persantin capsules (Depot-Kapseln, sustained release form), containing 200 mg dipyridamole, b.i.d. over a period of 3 weeks. Baseline levels for plasma beta-thromboglobulin (BTG), platelet factor 4 (PF4), and serum thromboxane B2 (TXB2) were...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Safai-Kutti S,Kutti J,Vedin A,Wilhelmsson C

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent identification of mutations in the beta-myosin heavy chain gene (MYH7), a major responsible gene for HCM, has provided the opportunity to characterize genotype-phenotype correlation in HCM families. In this study we analysed the phenotypic expression of two beta-myosin heavy chain (beta MHC) mutations...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Marian AJ,Mares A Jr,Kelly DP,Yu QT,Abchee AB,Hill R,Roberts R

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:Five-year survival amongst 485 consecutive patients with their first acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was 78.2%. Univariate survival analysis showed that the following variables during the acute stage were of prognostic significance for survival: signs of left ventricular heart failure, enlarged cardiac volume, pulmo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rollag A,Abdelnoor M,Mangschau A,Jonsbu J,Aase O,Erikssen J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We hypothesized that chronic heart failure as a model of systemic hypoxia may result in systemic inflammation. The signs of a systemic inflammatory response should disappear after successful mechanical circulatory support using biventricular assist device systems. METHODS AND RESULTS:Plasma levels of cytokines (I...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hasper D,Hummel M,Kleber FX,Reindl I,Volk HD

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00