Development of atherosclerotic plaques in a mouse model of pseudoxanthoma elasticum.

abstract：:To attain a long and healthy life has always been one of the major goals of humanity. The Chinese emperors, the Egyptian pharaohs and the Aztec kings all aspired to become immortal. To try to avoid mortality and to decrease morbidity at the population level is the role of public health, taken in its broadest sense, in...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Kesteloot H

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report nine surgical attempts in ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction and compare their experience with data from the literature. Two of the three long-term successes have been obtained by the association of infarcectomy and myocardial revascularisation to the repair of the septal rup...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： De Roy L,Col J,Cosyns J,Rousseau M,Ponlot R,Kremer R

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The interest in transcatheter ventricular septal defect (VSD) closure is continuously growing. Therefore, we report our experience in perimembranous (Pm) and postinfarction (Pi) VSD closure. METHODS:All patients, older than 16 years, were selected from a data base, in which Pm and Pi VSDs were registered. T...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Marinakis A,Vydt T,Dens J,Gewillig M,Van Deyk K,Budts W

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most accessory pathways in pre-excitation syndrome are capable of antegrade conduction from atrium to ventricle, and identified by characteristic ECG abnormalities such as a delta wave (ventricular pre-excitation) and a shortened PR interval.Therefore, the traditional diagnosis method is to detect the initial changes ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Liu R,Chen J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness and safety of the potential- and the anatomic-guided approach for slow pathway ablation in patients with recurrent episodes of symptomatic common type atrioventricular (AV) nodal reentrant tachycardia. METHODS:Two hundred and twenty-eight patients were ran...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Efremidis M,Sideris A,Letsas KP,Alexanian IP,Pappas LK,Mihas CC,Manolatos D,Xydonas S,Gavrielatos G,Filippatos GS,Kardaras F

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman was evaluated for chest pain complaints. The ECG demonstrated sinus rhythm with deep negative T waves from V2 to V6, in l, aVL and the inferior leads.Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) showed suboptimal image quality and was nondiagnostic. A repeat TTE study after administration of an echo contra...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Walpot J,Pasteuning WH,Shivalkar B

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two cases of Ortner's syndrome, a syndrome with hoarseness caused by unilateral left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy as a complication of cardiovascular diseases. In the first case, aneurysmatic dilatation of the aorta and in the second case a dilated pulmonary trunk was thought to be the cause. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Van Melle JP,Meyns B,Budts W

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Statins are the most widely prescribed class of drugs for coronary artery disease (CAD) patients and yet literature on the prevalence of statin related adverse effects (AEs) and gaps in patient education is quite limited especially in resource-limited settings of developing world. OBJECTIVES:The present stu...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Mulchandani R,Lyngdoh T,Chakraborty P,Kakkar AK

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracorporeal Ultrafiltration Method (ECUM) could be used in patients with refractory congestive heart failure (CHF). We have encountered a 56-year-old woman with refractory congestive heart failure (CHF) (NYHA II-III) due to coronary artery disease, complicated by moderately advanced diabetic nephropathy (Cr = 2.4 m...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Kuriyama S,Tomonari H,Utsunomia Y,Matsui K,Sakai O

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser displacement technique is a new method to registrate the low frequency precordial movements. In 16 young healthy men the apexcardiograms were obtained subsequently by conventional way and by laser displacement technique. The basic differences in time intervals and amplitude relations were analyzed with paired t-...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Ronaszeki A,Aubert AE,De Geest H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a young woman who developed a cerebrovascular accident due to a spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection. We stress the importance of clinical clues to diagnosis: ipsilateral facial pain and a partial Horner's syndrome are the most frequent clinical manifestations. Compared to patients wit...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Simoens J,François O,Drieghe B

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiac computed tomography (CT) and conventional biplane ventriculography are established methods for the determination of ventricular function. Recently dual source CT was introduced for cardiac CT scanning providing a temporal resolution of 83 ms independent of the patient's heart rate. The purpose of this...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Bruners P,Knackstedt C,Mahnken AH,Luhmann N,Das M,Fach C,Schmitz-Rode T,Günther RW,Kelm M,Mühlenbruch G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The primary aim of the study was to investigate whether there is a difference in plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels among the left ventricular systolic dysfunction caused by different types of heart disease. METHODS AND RESULTS:Plasma BNP was measured in patients with left ventricular systolic d...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Wei T,Zeng C,Chen Q,Chen L,Zhao R,Lu G,Lu C,Wang L

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study sought to examine the use of treatments at discharge in patients hospitalized for myocardial infarction in a French region. METHODS AND RESULTS:Data from 2,102 patients discharged after myocardial infarction were prospectively collected at 48 university, community, and private hospitals in three d...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Excoffier S,De Gevigney G,Ecochard R,Rabilloud M,Cao D,Cheneau E,Milon H,Delahaye F

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen patients were examined hemodynamically with echocardiography, calibrated apexcardiography, and systolic time intervals before treatment, after 1 week treatment with amiodarone 600 mg daily and after 2-4 months treatment with 300 mg daily. During the treatment thyroid function was controlled. The echocardiogram...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Buch J,Andersen ED

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Smoking mentholated cigarettes inhibits the metabolism of nicotine and increases systemic exposure to cigarette smoke toxins. However, the possible effects of smoking mentholated cigarettes on coronary microvascular functions are unknown. We sought to investigate whether smoking mentholated cigarettes impairs...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Ciftci O,Topcu S,Caliskan M,Gullu H,Erdogan D,Yildirim E,Yildirir A,Muderrisoglu H

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The added value of routine echocardiography, in respect to clinical examination and ECG, has received little attention. We sought to evaluate the contribution of two-dimensional echocardiography, in respect to clinical examination and ECG, in detecting left ventricular (LV) dilatation and systolic dysfunct...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Rovai D,Morales MA,Di Bella G,Prediletto R,De Nes M,Pingitore A,Rossi G

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy. We explored the accuracy of resting echocardiographic and tissue Doppler parameters to predict a positive response by low-dose METHODS AND RESULTS:We enrolled 100 consecutive patients with prior myocardial infarction, and a l...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Abdel-Salam Z,Nammas W

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal management of high-risk patients requiring urgent or emergency noncardiac surgery when the options for further testing and evaluation are limited, is unclear. The focus of most of the literature, including the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines, has been on patients underg...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Jafary FH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 51-year-old man of central African origin. Medical evaluation revealed severe heart failure. Echocardiography disclosed poor left ventricular function. The apex of the left ventricle showed complete obliteration and retraction. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed subendocardial hyperenhancement...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Vermeulen T,Conraads VM,Vrints CJ,Paelinck BP

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse intra-alveolar haemorrhage is a rare complication of thrombolytic therapy (TT). We report a patient who developed haemoptysis due to pulmonary haemorrhage. This diagnosis should be considered in any patients with respiratory distress, diffuse pulmonary infiltrates, and haemoptysis and otherwise unexplained dec...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Baran I,Ozdemir B,Coşkun S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental demonstration that the external phonocardiogram is similar to the third derivative (rate of acceleration) of LV pressure, and that catecholamines cause a similar increase of the early systolic wave of the first derivative of LV pressure and of S1 prompted a study of the first sound during stress testing. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Luisada A,Singhal A,Knighten V

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents may improve biocompatibility and reduce the risk of very late stent thrombosis (ST) but outcomes are nevertheless unknown in diabetic patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the long-term efficacy and safety of the biodegradable polymer biolimus A9-eluting s...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Sprimont P,Pierard S,Vanoverschelde JL,Debbas N

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The mechanisms of the different haemodynamic and clinical responses to dobutamine infusion in mitral stenosis (MS) are not clearly established. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between left atrial (LA) function and haemodynamic response in patients with MS during dobutamine infusion. METHOD...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Belgi A,Yalçinkaya S,Cetin S,Kabukçu M,Gölbaşi I,Sancaktar O

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis occurred in a young man. On admission, he was in septic shock and the electrocardiogram revealed convex upwards ST-segment elevation in inferior and lateral leads. Rapid and complete normalisation of the ECG was observed and the patient had a favourable evolution with intensive...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Gach O,Lancellotti P,Pierard LA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case reported in this paper, besides illustrating several aspects of the eosinophilic myocarditis, documents a yet undescribed feature of the cardiac involvement in idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome characterized by marked basement membrane thickening of small intramyocardial vessels. We are unaware of previou...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Rossi M,Marin-Neto J,Uchida E,Ramos S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a 87-year-old patient presenting with signs suggestive of new-onset heart failure which lead to the diagnosis of a large right ventricular mass occupying the entire cavity and extending to the right ventricular outflow tract. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Briasoulis A,Siddiqui F,Siddiqui S,Mohamad T,Afonso L

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of oxidant stress in the clinical process and pathogenesis of acute rheumatic fever (ARF). MATERIAL AND METHODS:The study included 33 children with ARF and 20 healthy control subjects. The diagnosis of ARF was established according to the Jones Criteria. Malond...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Uner A,Sal E,Doğan M,Sanli FM,Acikgoz M,Cemek M,Peker E,Cagan E

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to define the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in atherosclerotic plaque rupture in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), we evaluated the amount of this system, of the main inflammatory cells, of the collagen content and some indexes indicative of oxidative stress in the carotid plaques of bo...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Marfella R,Cacciapuoti F,Grassia A,Manfredi E,De Maio G,Caruso G,Pepe M,Nittolo G,Cacciapuoti F

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary dissemination of a cardiac cyst is a rare condition. In the present study, we report a case of a 20-year-old patient with cardiac hydatosis located in the interventricular septum, which was previously diagnosed and treated as pulmonary hydatid disease. Diagnosis was made by spiral computed tomography and tre...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Darçin OT,Kazaz H,Celkan A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00