A brief history of the European Society of Cardiology.

abstract：AIMS:Within the framework of the HYENA (hypertension and exposure to noise near airports) project we investigated the effect of short-term changes of transportation or indoor noise levels on blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR) during night-time sleep in 140 subjects living near four major European airports. METHOD...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Haralabidis AS,Dimakopoulou K,Vigna-Taglianti F,Giampaolo M,Borgini A,Dudley ML,Pershagen G,Bluhm G,Houthuijs D,Babisch W,Velonakis M,Katsouyanni K,Jarup L,HYENA Consortium.

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Previous studies have suggested that a high body mass index (BMI) is associated with an improved outcome in congestive heart failure (CHF). However, the studies addressing this problem have not included enough patients with non-systolic heart failure to evaluate how left ventricular systolic function interacts wit...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gustafsson F,Kragelund CB,Torp-Pedersen C,Seibaek M,Burchardt H,Akkan D,Thune JJ,Køber L,DIAMOND study group.

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the association of estimated total daily sleep duration and daytime nap duration with deaths and major cardiovascular events. METHODS AND RESULTS:We estimated the durations of total daily sleep and daytime naps based on the amount of time in bed and self-reported napping time and examined the assoc...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wang C,Bangdiwala SI,Rangarajan S,Lear SA,AlHabib KF,Mohan V,Teo K,Poirier P,Tse LA,Liu Z,Rosengren A,Kumar R,Lopez-Jaramillo P,Yusoff K,Monsef N,Krishnapillai V,Ismail N,Seron P,Dans AL,Kruger L,Yeates K,Leach

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The present review discusses the prognostic significance of post-infarction angina pectoris, and the significance of post-infarction intervention with verapamil on the prevalence of post-infarction ischaemia and prognosis. Angina pectoris during the first month after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was found to be a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jespersen CM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The present study was done to assess the role of sudden cardiac death (SCD) among the presenting manifestations of and fatalities from cardiac sarcoidosis (CS). METHODS AND RESULTS:We analysed altogether 351 cases of CS presenting from year 1998 through 2015 in Finland. There were 262 patients with a clinical dia...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ekström K,Lehtonen J,Nordenswan HK,Mäyränpää MI,Räisänen-Sokolowski A,Kandolin R,Simonen P,Pietilä-Effati P,Alatalo A,Utriainen S,Rissanen TT,Haataja P,Kokkonen J,Vihinen T,Miettinen H,Kaikkonen K,Kerola T,Kupari M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Because benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) appear to be less favourable in non-left bundle branch block (LBBB) patients, this prospective longitudinal study tested the hypothesis that QRS morphology and echocardiographic mechanical dyssynchrony were associated with long-term outcome after CRT. ME...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hara H,Oyenuga OA,Tanaka H,Adelstein EC,Onishi T,McNamara DM,Schwartzman D,Saba S,Gorcsan J 3rd

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Atrial fibrillation (AFib) and atrial flutter (AFlut) are common arrhythmias with increased use of invasive procedures. A steady re-evaluation of relevant safety endpoints is recommended and both quality management and pay-for-performance programs are evolving. Therefore, the aims of this study were (i) to investi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： König S,Ueberham L,Schuler E,Wiedemann M,Reithmann C,Seyfarth M,Sause A,Tebbenjohanns J,Schade A,Shin DI,Staudt A,Zacharzowsky U,Andrié R,Wetzel U,Neuser H,Wunderlich C,Kuhlen R,Tijssen JGP,Hindricks G,Bollmann A

更新日期：2018-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of oral sotalol were compared with the findings obtained in the baseline study of a group of 26 consecutive patients with sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation and inducible ventricular tachycardia. The mean age was 62 years and the mean ejection fraction 33%. The number...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jordaens LJ,Palmer A,Clement DL

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In time domain analysis, detection of late potentials is limited by high pass filtering, noise interference and the necessity to exclude patients with bundle branch block. We therefore used frequency analysis with Fourier transform of multiple segments of the surface electrocardiogram (25 segments, size 80 ms, time sh...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Haberl R,Jilge G,Pulter R,Steinbeck G

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisoprolol is a new cardioselective beta-blocker with a long half-life. The efficacy of once daily bisoprolol (10 mg) and atenolol (100 mg) was assessed in 20 patients with stable angina using a placebo controlled double-blind randomized crossover protocol. Efficacy was assessed by computer assisted treadmill exercise...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kohli RS,Khurmi NS,Kardash MM,Hughes LO,Lahiri A,Raftery EB

更新日期：1985-10-01 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：: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:This ancillary analysis of the GISSI-HF database aims at assessing the effect of rosuvastatin on the occurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with chronic heart failure (HF) who were not in AF at study entry. METHODS AND RESULTS:GISSI-HF was a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial testing n-3 PUFA and ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Maggioni AP,Fabbri G,Lucci D,Marchioli R,Franzosi MG,Latini R,Nicolosi GL,Porcu M,Cosmi F,Stefanelli S,Tognoni G,Tavazzi L,GISSI-HF Investigators.

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The risk of stroke is greater among women with atrial fibrillation (AF) than men. Warfarin protects against stroke, but treatment-related bleeding occurs more often in women than in men. METHODS AND RESULTS:SPORTIF III (open label, n=3410) and V (double-blind, n=3922) included 2257 women with AF and one or more s...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gomberg-Maitland M,Wenger NK,Feyzi J,Lengyel M,Volgman AS,Petersen P,Frison L,Halperin JL

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Growth differentiation factor 11 and/or its homologue growth differentiation factor 8 (GDF11/8) reverses age-related cardiac hypertrophy and vascular ageing in mice. We investigated whether GDF11/8 associates with cardiovascular outcomes, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), or age in humans. METHODS AND RESULTS:W...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Olson KA,Beatty AL,Heidecker B,Regan MC,Brody EN,Foreman T,Kato S,Mehler RE,Singer BS,Hveem K,Dalen H,Sterling DG,Lawn RM,Schiller NB,Williams SA,Whooley MA,Ganz P

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated overall and cardiac sympathetic activity in 47 patients undergoing coronary angiography, 27 with stable angina of at least 3 months duration, and 20 with unstable ischaemic symptoms within this period. Cardiac and overall sympathetic activity were assessed using radiotracer noradrenaline kinetic tech...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： McCance AJ,Thompson PA,Forfar JC

更新日期：1993-06-01 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

abstract：:The clinical expert consensus statement on takotsubo syndrome (TTS) part II focuses on the diagnostic workup, outcome, and management. The recommendations are based on interpretation of the limited clinical trial data currently available and experience of international TTS experts. It summarizes the diagnostic approac...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ghadri JR,Wittstein IS,Prasad A,Sharkey S,Dote K,Akashi YJ,Cammann VL,Crea F,Galiuto L,Desmet W,Yoshida T,Manfredini R,Eitel I,Kosuge M,Nef HM,Deshmukh A,Lerman A,Bossone E,Citro R,Ueyama T,Corrado D,Kurisu S,

更新日期：2018-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maximal hyperaemia is paramount in the diagnosis of patients with coronary artery disease. However in these patients, enhanced alpha-adrenergic microvascular vasoconstriction may preclude adenosine to induce maximal hyperaemia. AIM:To assess the presence and the clinical relevance of residual microvascular ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Barbato E,Bartunek J,Aarnoudse W,Vanderheyden M,Staelens F,Wijns W,Heyndrickx GR,Pijls NH,De Bruyne B

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utility of high-frequency current applied through the distal electrode of a conventional electrode-catheter for altering atrio-ventricular conduction was studied in 18 anaesthetized dogs. Following adequate unipolar His bundle recording, current was applied over periods of 20-30 s, with an output power of 30 W. Co...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lopez-Merino V,Chorro FJ,Sanchis J,Garcia-Civera R,Such L,Camañas A,Paya R

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The importance of heart rate in the pathophysiology of heart failure with reduced LVEF has recently attracted attention. In particular, the findings of the Systolic Heart failure treatment with the I(f) inhibitor ivabradine Trial (SHIFT) have put special emphasis on heart rate reduction with ivabradine for improve...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Castagno D,Petrie MC,Claggett B,McMurray J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac hypertrophy was induced in rats either by isoprenaline treatment or by experimental abdominal aortic stenosis. In both models, the UTP content increased in the hypertrophying heart, while the ATP level remained depressed. The rate of net synthesis of uracil nucleotides, estimated by phosphate incorporation int...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rossi A,Aussedat J,Olivarès J,Ray A,Verdys M

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic nitrates exert their effect by direct inhibition of vascular tone, resulting in decreased myocardial oxygen demand and improved oxygen supply. Less well known is the effect of nitrates on blood rheology. To evaluate the haemodiluting effect of intravenous nitroglycerin we studied 70 consecutive patients admitt...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Arend SM,Bax JJ,Hermans J,van der Wall EE,Sedney MI

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electrocardiographic abnormalities and premature ventricular contractions are common in athletes and are generally benign. However, the specific outcome of high-level endurance athletes with frequent and complex ventricular arrhythmias is unclear. Also, information on the predictive accuracy of different inv...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Heidbüchel H,Hoogsteen J,Fagard R,Vanhees L,Ector H,Willems R,Van Lierde J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Delayed lipoprotein clearance is associated with atherosclerosis. This study examined whether chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH), a hallmark of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), can lead to hyperlipidaemia by inhibiting clearance of triglyceride rich lipoproteins (TRLP). METHODS AND RESULTS:Male C57BL/6J mice on hi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Drager LF,Li J,Shin MK,Reinke C,Aggarwal NR,Jun JC,Bevans-Fonti S,Sztalryd C,O'Byrne SM,Kroupa O,Olivecrona G,Blaner WS,Polotsky VY

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with chronic intermittent claudication were included in a double-blind, randomized cross-over study of placebo, propranolol 80 mg b.i.d. and metoprolol 100 mg b.i.d., each given for two months. At the end of each treatment period, the patients were tested on a treadmill and the time to first claudication ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bogaert MG,Clement DL

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme borreliosis (LB) is a multisystem disorder that may cause self-limiting or chronic diseases of the skin, the nervous system, the joints, heart and other organs. The aetiological agent is the recently discovered Borrelia burgdorferi. In 1980, cardiac manifestations of LB were first described, including acute condu...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Klein J,Stanek G,Bittner R,Horvat R,Holzinger C,Glogar D

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In past decades, numerous experimental and clinical studies have improved our knowledge of the electrophysiological effects of sodium channel blockers, as well as of the mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis. However, the mechanisms of antiarrhythmic as well as potentially proarrhythmic drug action have been less well clarif...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Haverkamp W,Hindricks G,Fechtrup C,Borggrefe M,Breithardt G

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 13 patients with chronic stable angina, left ventricular pressures were measured by catheter-tip micromanometer, and left cineventriculography was performed at matched atrial paced rates before and 20 min after administration of intravenous gallopamil (3 mg). Mean plasma concentration of gallopamil at the second ha...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Di Mario C,Iavernaro A,Cucchini F

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of diuretic dose on the haemodynamic response to captopril was assessed in nine patients with chronic cardiac failure. Each patient was given an intravenous dose of captopril while maintained on (a) a low dose diuretic regime, and (b) a high dose diuretic regime. Activity of the renin angiotensin aldosteron...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Flapan AD,Davies E,Williams BC,Shaw TR,Edwards CR

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00