Fatal outcome of aortocoronary bypass grafting in a 62-year-old man with unsuspected coronary arteritis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Troponin I (TnI) is increasingly employed as a highly specific marker of acute myocardial ischemia. The value of this marker after cardiac surgery is unclear. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of this study was to measure serum TnI levels prospectively at 1, 6, and 72 h after elective cardiac operations. In addition, ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Horvath KA,Parker MA,Frederiksen JW,Palmer AS,Fullerton DA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with phenotypic severe hypercholesterolemia (SH), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-c) ≥ 190 mg/dl, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) or adults 40-75 years with diabetes with risk factors or 10-year ASCVD risk ≥20% benefit from maximally tolerated statin therapy. Rural patients h...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Groth NA,Stone NJ,Benziger CP

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last several years dilating balloons have been applied in the treatment of stenotic cardiac valves. This interest has been extended to stenotic porcine bioprosthetic valves. Part I of this review discusses the pathologic changes producing stenotic porcine prosthetic valves. Part II of this review describes ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Waller BF,McKay C,VanTassel J,Allen M

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Checking for lower-extremity edema is important for diagnosing, monitoring, and managing heart failure (HF). However, the characteristics of this sign in the early stages of cardiovascular disease (stage A, as defined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association 2001 chronic HF guidelines...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kataoka H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, electrocardiogram (ECG) criteria have been proposed for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the presence of left bundle-branch block (LBBB). However, clinical experience indicates that such ECG changes indicative of AMI are occasionally noted in clinically stable patients with LBB...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Madias JE,Sinha A,Ashtiani R,Agarwal H,Win M,Narayan VK

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart transplantation is the only curative therapy for chronic heart failure, and it plays an important role in the treatment of chronic heart failure with a survival rate of approximately 50% of all patients after 10 years. This has to be kept in mind when alternative therapies enter into our daily routine in treatin...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Garbade J,Barten MJ,Bittner HB,Mohr FW

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:ST-segment depression during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is known to herald serious hemodynamic complications. Since the mechanism of this dependence is not clear, we reinvestigated the old concept of papillary muscle infarction (PMI) as a cause of marked ST depression. METHODS:Autopsie...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dabrowska B,Walczak E,Prejs R,Zdzienicki M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular wall motion abnormalities, aneurysm formation, and progression to global hypokinesis have been described in patients with myocarditis and in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We document a case of reversible aneurysm formation, cardiogenic shock, and complete recovery in a patient with myocar...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fisher DZ,DiSalvo TG,Dec GW,DeSanctis RW

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with severe pulmonary hypertension secondary to the CREST syndrome variant of scleroderma is described. Acute reductions in both pulmonary artery pressure and total pulmonary resistance were seen with nifedipine and oxygen administration. Reductions in resistance were maintained for over one month with this ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Morrison D,Goldman S,Alepa FP

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term effects of valve replacement for chronic isolated aortic regurgitation as assessed by first-pass exercise radionuclide angiography have never been reported. We studied 20 males and 5 females before, 15 months postoperatively, and from 29 to 109 (mean 62 +/- 21) months following valve replacement with exe...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Lumia FJ,LaManna M,Gonzalez-Lavin L,Maranhao V

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Therapeutic hypothermia improves survival for selected patients who remain comatose after cardiac arrest. Hypothermia triggers changes in electrocardiographic (ECG) parameters; however, the association of these changes to in-hospital mortality remains unclear. HYPOTHESIS:QT interval changes induced by thera...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Lam DH,Dhingra R,Conley SM,Kono AT

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atherosclerosis is widely accepted as a chronic inflammatory disease. Research paid much attention to sensitive specific serum biomarkers for vulnerable plaques. The markers not only serve as diagnostic tools for the identification of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but also help us to identify ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Tan J,Hua Q,Gao J,Fan ZX

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of diltiazem on the left ventricular function in postinfarction patients. Twelve patients without cardiac decompensation at rest began diltiazem therapy beginning 3 months after an acute myocardial Q-wave infarction. Oral diltiazem was administered on the fir...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Boström PA,Lilja B,Johansson BW,Meier K

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and nonobstructive coronary artery disease (nonobCAD) may be perceived to be at lower risk for cardiac events, relative to those with obstructive CAD (obCAD), and thus less likely to receive optimal preventive medications in the year following AMI. HYPOTHESIS:...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pitts R,Daugherty SL,Tang F,Jones P,Ho PM,Tsai TT,Spertus J,Maddox TM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Echocardiography plays an important role in the diagnostic work up of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). We sought to determine the left ventricular (LV) diastolic profile by echocardiography in patients diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to PH-HFpEF. HYPOTHESIS:The study of...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Raeisi-Giglou P,Lam L,Tamarappoo BK,Newman J,Dweik RA,Tonelli AR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old man was investigated for dyspnea on exertion and the presence of a pansystolic murmur. Physical examination revealed dextrocardia confirmed by chest radiograph, which also showed oligemic right lung field. Subsequent cardiac catheterization revealed secundum atrial septal defect, persistent left sided su...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yip AS,Chow WH,Lee DF,Cheung KL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although women typically develop coronary artery disease several years after men, once they have symptomatic disease their thromboembolic complications are worse than in men. The mechanism mediating this gender difference in outcome after thromboembolic events is unknown. We previously studied platelet funct...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ,Schulman SP,Bray PF,Chandra NC,Grigoryev D,Dise KR,Sagar M,Fox RJ,Coleman LD,Richardson C,Dorsey FC,du Mee C,Kitt MM,Ouyang P,Baughman KL,Gerstenblith G

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transient pacing failure caused by transient increased pacing threshold has been reported in patients with transient left ventricular apical dysfunction (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy [TC]). Normal pacing thresholds usually recover after normalization of systolic dysfunction. HYPOTHESIS:Pacing failure correlates...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Brunetti ND,D'Arienzo G,Sai R,Pellegrino PL,Ziccardi L,Santoro F,Di Biase M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HFH) is a very rare autosomal dominant disease characterized by accelerated severe atherosclerosis. We examined 18 patients from 9 families with HFH. The age range was 6-30 years (mean = 16 years). Male to female ratio was equal. All patients had huge, multiple tuberous xantho...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Brook GJ,Keidar S,Boulos M,Grenadier E,Wiener A,Shehada N,Markiewicz W,Benderli A,Aviram M

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advances in the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF), the mortality rate continues to be high. A large number of the deaths are sudden, presumably due to ventricular arrhythmias. Complex ventricular arrhythmias are recorded in as many as 80% of patients with CHF, with nonsustained ventricular tachycardi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chakko S,de Marchena E,Kessler KM,Myerburg RJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular risk factors are known to be associated with the presence of erectile dysfunction (ED), and ED is more common in men with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The Princeton Guidelines provide a strategy for assessing cardiac risk and planning a safe return to sexual activity. Men at low risk, who have fewer th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Barrett-Connor E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electromechanical (EM) coupling heterogeneity is significant in long QT syndrome (LQTS), particularly in symptomatic patients; EM window (EMW) has been proposed as an indicator of interaction and a better predictor of arrhythmia than QTc. HYPOTHESIS:To investigate the dynamic response of EMW to exercise in ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Charisopoulou D,Koulaouzidis G,Rydberg A,Michael HY

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rarely occurring in the pediatric and adolescent population, aortic dissection is a condition with many predisposing factors. Previous studies have suggested that congenital cardiovascular disorders are the most common predisposing conditions. Trauma-associated aortic dissection is considered a rare occurren...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fikar CR,Fikar R

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is well established as a short-term prognostic indicator after myocardial infarction (MI), but little long-term data are available. HYPOTHESIS:The objective of the study was to assess the impact of DM and other patient characteristics at baseline on long-term mortality after acute MI....

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gruppetta M,Calleja N,Fava S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal human aorta is not a stiff tube but is characterized by elastic properties with a buffering Windkessel function. Aortic stiffening may cause an increase in aortic pulse pressure, left ventricular load, and ultimately left ventricular hypertrophy. This, together with the decreased diastolic transmyocardial p...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nemes A,Geleijnse ML,Forster T,Soliman OI,Ten Cate FJ,Csanády M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2011 Update of the American Heart Association's Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Guideline for Women is designed to help women and their physicians understand cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risks and undertake practical steps that are most effective in preventing heart disease and stroke. Defining a woman's risk st...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wenger NK

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic stress is estimated to increase the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events two-fold. Although stress reduction has been linked to a reduction in CV events, little is known regarding its exact mechanism of benefit. HYPOTHESIS:Yoga and meditation will improve parameters of endothelial function. METHODS:W...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sivasankaran S,Pollard-Quintner S,Sachdeva R,Pugeda J,Hoq SM,Zarich SW

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fulminant psychiatric disturbance, as the sole noncardiac manifestation of digitalis toxicity, emerged in a 85-year-old woman during treatment for congestive heart failure. Described more than a century ago as "digitalis delirium," the disorder is characterized by severe agitation, delusional thinking, assaultive be...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Varriale P,Mossavi A

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased salt intake may induce hypertension, lead to cardiac hypertrophy, and exacerbate heart failure. When elderly patients develop heart failure, diastolic dysfunction is often observed, although the ejection fraction has decreased. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an established risk factor for heart failure....

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kagiyama S,Koga T,Kaseda S,Ishihara S,Kawazoe N,Sadoshima S,Matsumura K,Takata Y,Tsuchihashi T,Iida M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the diagnostic value of dipyridamole (D) testing, we studied the responses of 34 patients with chest pain and 10 normal subjects. Blood pressure and 12-lead ECG were recorded during and after intravenous infusion of 0.6 mg/kg dipyridamole for 10 minutes. Coronary arteriography and maximal or symptom...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： DeAmbroggi L,Barbieri P,DeBiase AM,Repetto S,Radice M

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00