Increase in bicycloprostaglandin E2 metabolite in congestive heart failure in response to captopril.

abstract：:Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has substantial limitations for the study of abnormalities of the coronary tree. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) allows a more complete examination of the coronary arteries, particularly the proximal segments. This report describes the use of TEE after cardiac catheterizatio...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wolford DC,Jost CM,Madu EC,Walker W,Ramanatian KB

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous evidence has suggested that either hypertension or atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with systemic inflammation. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) has been proved to have anti-inflammatory effects and is implicated as a molecular pathway involved in many cardiovascula...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chen X,Bing Z,He J,Jiang L,Luo X,Su Y,Kan B,Huang D,Wei Y

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient who presented with new onset atrial fibrillation in the setting of inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Cardiac catheterization revealed proximal occlusion of the left circumflex artery. Balloon angioplasty and stenting restored flow to a large left atrial branch, with promp...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Blanton RM,Nappi A,Kimmelstiel CD

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac troponin T elevation after coronary intervention has been demonstrated to be associated with the prognosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, there were few studies about comprehensive risk factors analysis of troponin T elevation after elective drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation. HYPOTHE...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chen ZW,Qian JY,Ma JY,Ge L,Ge JB

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of warfarin in anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) complicated by left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and dual antiplatelet therapy is unclear. Warfarin may prevent cardioembolic events but significantly ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Driesman A,Hyder O,Lang C,Stockwell P,Poppas A,Abbott JD

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiokymograph, a relatively new noninvasive device capable of recording anterior left ventricular segmental wall motion, was used to evaluate the frequency and type of wall motion abnormalities in 25 normal patients and in 109 patients with ischemic heart disease. Of the 25 patients with normal coronary arteries...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Tzivoni D,Diamond GA,Vas R,Silverberg RA,Forrester JS

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:Japan is an aging society, and the number of nonagenarians with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is increasing, but their outcomes have not been determined fully. METHODS:We prospectively enrolled 767 consecutive patients who underwent TAVI in t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yokoyama H,Tobaru T,Muto Y,Hagiya K,Higuchi R,Saji M,Takamisawa I,Shimizu J,Takanashi S,Takayama M,Tomita H,Tamura H,Doi S,Okazaki S,Isobe M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the initial report of balloon coarctation angioplasty in 1982, several workers used this technique in native coarctation and postoperative recoarctation. Immediate and intermediate-term follow-up results are generally good with a small chance for recoarctation and aneurysmal formation at the site of coarctation....

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Rao PS

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that an oxidative mechanism is involved with the impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilatation that occurs after a high-fat meal. HYPOTHESIS:The study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of a single oral dose of vitamin C (2 g) on postprandially impaired endothelium-dependent vasodil...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ling L,Zhao SP,Gao M,Zhou QC,Li YL,Xia B

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammatory process plays an important role in the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndromes. HYPOTHESIS:The study was undertaken to evaluate whether admission levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen, interleukin-6 (IL-6). and macrophage colony stimulating factor (MCSF) can predict short-term prognos...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Rallidis LS,Zolindaki MG,Manioudaki HS,Laoutaris NP,Velissaridou AH,Papasteriadis EG

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is independently associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and calcific aortic valve stenosis. Elevated Lp(a) affects approximately one in five individuals and meaningfully contributes to the residual cardiovascular risk in individuals with otherwise well-controlled risk factors. Wi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Berman AN,Biery DW,Ginder C,Hulme OL,Marcusa D,Leiva O,Wu WY,Singh A,Divakaran S,Hainer J,Turchin A,Januzzi JL,Natarajan P,Cannon CP,Di Carli MF,Bhatt DL,Blankstein R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The electrocardiogram (ECG) is valuable for the identification of prior myocardial infarction (MI) in individuals participating in epidemiologic studies or undergoing screening examinations. Although the Minnesota Code, a set of criteria for the interpretation of ECGs in such situations, is commonly used to ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sandler LL,Pinnow EE,Lindsay J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the immediate and long-term effects of exercise on factors regulating blood flow, we measured plasma viscosity (eta p) and plasma renin activity (PRA) in 17 trained runners and 16 sedentary healthy subjects before and 10 min after graded treadmill exercise. Resting eta p was lower in runners primarily becaus...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Letcher RL,Pickering TG,Chien S,Laragh JH

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been debated whether dilated cardiomyopathy seen in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome is caused by the virus itself or by the combination of other factors such as presence of opportunistic pathogens and/or severe immunosuppression. This paper describes the first reported case of a patient with h...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fath-Ordoubadi F,van der Watt MJ,Noble MI

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We sought to determine whether lifestyle modifications are associated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) change in a cohort with long-term follow-up. HYPOTHESIS:Changes in alcohol consumption, smoking, or body mass index (BMI) are associated with within-individual changes in HDL-C. METHODS:W...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Rahilly-Tierney C,Vokonas P,Gaziano JM,Spiro A 3rd

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infusion of dobutamine in low and high doses in combination with echocardiography can be used for the assessment of myocardial viability and functional significance of coronary artery disease. Improvement of contractile function of hypokinetic or akinetic ventricular wall segment with low-dose dobutamine has a high pr...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Tanimoto M,Pai RG,Jintapakorn W,Shah PM

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUD:The association between underlying comorbidities and cardiac injury and the prognosis in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients was assessed in this study. HYPOTHESIS:The underlying comorbidities and cardiac injury may be associated with the prognosis in COVID-19 patients. METHODS:A systematic search ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Luo L,Fu M,Li Y,Hu S,Luo J,Chen Z,Yu J,Li W,Dong R,Yang Y,Tu L,Xu X

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small heart syndrome has previously been reported as neurocirculatory asthenia, associated with a small heart shadow on a chest roentgenogram. This is characterized as weakness or fatigue even after ordinary exertion, palpitation, dyspnea, and fainting, resembling patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Miwa K,Fujita M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a growing body of evidence that advanced glycation end products (AGE) and their receptor (RAGE) system are implicated in chronic kidney disease (CKD). We have previously found that a long-acting calcium channel blocker, azelnidipine, but not amlodipine, improves renal injury in CKD patients. However...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nakamura T,Sato E,Fujiwara N,Kawagoe Y,Koide H,Ueda Y,Takeuchi M,Yamagishi S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence and influence of coronary collateral circulation and obstruction of the supplying coronary arteries on left ventricular contractility, prevalence of myocardial infarction, and bicycle exercise ergometer test were studied in a random sample of 286 patients with angiographically documented coronary artery...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pellinen TJ,Virtanen KS,Toivonen L,Heikkilä J,Hekali P,Frick MH

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is a significant condition, affecting major segments of all population groups studied. With the introduction of insulin and oral hypoglycemic therapy, together with better understanding of diet and weight control gained over the past half century, the primary causes of diabetic morbidity and mortalit...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： van Hoeven KH,Factor SM

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of the patient-based coronary heart disease (CHD) risk management strategy in general practice by analyzing patients who were sent to a specialized center as refractory to conventional treatment. Of the 452 patients studied, 152 were excluded because of seconda...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Leitha T,Staudenherz A,Bachmann B,Dudczak R

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A community-wide study of patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction in metropolitan Baltimore was conducted to examine socio-demographic and clinical characteristics in association with ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest (VF/CA). Multivariate analyses revealed that variables significantly associa...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Tonascia J,Szklo M,Goldberg R,Kennedy H

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiarrhythmic drugs are an essential tool in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF). Although we are already on the threshold of a large expansion in the use of ablation therapies, these will not, however, be appropriate for all patients, and pharmacological therapies will continue to have an important place in t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Savelieva I,Camm J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute changes in high-sensitivity troponin T (hs-TnT) are induced by myocardial ischemia during exercise stress testing, but there are no reports of pharmacological stress testing. HYPOTHESIS:The pattern of troponin release by myocardial ischemia-induced pharmacological stress testing differs according to t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wongpraparut N,Piyophirapong S,Maneesai A,Sribhen K,Krittayaphong R,Pongakasira R,White HD

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Congenital coronary-pulmonary fistulas (CPFs) are commonly unilateral, but bilateral and multilateral fistulas may occur. In multilateral CPFs, the value of a multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) imaging technique as an adjuvant to coronary angiography (CAG) is eminent. The purpose of this study was to d...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Said SA,Nijhuis RL,Akker JW,Takechi M,Slart RH,Bos JS,Hoorntje CR,Houwelingen KG,Bakker-de Boo M,Braam RL,Vet TM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocaine-related cardiovascular events escalated during the 1980s as cocaine became purer, cheaper, and easier to obtain. Cocaine abuse is a risk factor for myocardial ischemia and/or infarction, cardiac arrhythmias, pulmonary edema, ruptured aortic aneurysm, cerebral infarction, infective endocarditis, vascular thromb...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Cregler LL

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacologic management of the patient post myocardial infarction (MI) aims to achieve several goals. Chief among these is to prevent subsequent events, which include death, reinfarction, and rehospitalization. Secondary goals include preventing arrhythmias, minimizing left ventricular (LV) remodeling, and preven...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Reiffel JA,American Heart Association.,American College of Cardiology.

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with reversible coronary artery spasm superimposed on fixed atherosclerotic coronary disease was treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. The procedure successfully dilated the atherosclerotic lesion. However, 20 minutes later, the patient developed coronary artery spasm at the angioplasty site. S...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kern KB,Temkin LP,Fenster PE

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00