The prognostic significance of lung function in stable heart failure outpatients.

abstract：:The incidence of inadvertent permanent ventricular pacing from the coronary vein is not known. In a retrospective analysis of 69 patients in whom transvenous pacemakers were implanted between 1979 and 1986, 12 patients were discovered to have right bundle-branch block pattern to the paced complexes on electrocardiogra...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Shettigar UR,Loungani RR,Smith CA

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with vasospastic angina who developed myocardial ischemia following ethanol ingestion but not after exercise was described. Myocardial ischemia was evidenced by electrocardiograms (ECGs) and thallium-201 scintigrams. The blood acetaldehyde level after ethanol ingestion was abnormally high. The time course an...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ando H,Abe H,Hisanou R

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the changes induced in atherosclerotic arteries by a CO2 laser beam delivered through a silver halide optical fiber. We found that the crater depth and diameter correlate with the total energy delivered and with the mode of delivery. Short-duration high-power pulses caused shallower and narrower crater...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Eldar M,Battler A,Gal D,Rath S,Rotstein Z,Neufeld HN,Akselrod S,Katzir A,Gaton E,Wolman M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Syncope is a common clinical problem with a variety of underlying mechanisms, some of which occur more frequently in 1 of the sexes or at a certain age. HYPOTHESIS:There may be clinically significant age- and gender-related differences in patients with unexplained syncope. METHODS:Five hundred seventy pati...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Edvardsson N,Garutti C,Rieger G,Linker NJ,PICTURE Study Investigators.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ranolazine utilization in the management of refractory angina has been established by multiple randomized clinical studies. However, there is growing evidence showing an evolving role in the field of cardiac arrhythmias. Multiple experimental and clinical studies have evaluated the role of ranolazine in prevention and...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Saad M,Mahmoud A,Elgendy IY,Richard Conti C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:QT interval shortens with exercise. Some of this shortening is due to an increase in heart rate, and some is due to other effects of exercise, probably mostly neuroendocrine effects. Data from subjects with cardiac transplants have suggested that non-heart rate-related changes in QT interval on exercise are ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Davey P,Bateman J

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients with nonobstructive epicardial coronary artery disease (CAD) remains poorly understood. HYPOTHESIS:Acute coronary syndrome patients with nonobstructive CAD are less likely to receive effective cardiac medications upon discharge from the hospital. METHODS...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ramanath VS,Armstrong DF,Grzybowski M,Rahnama-Mohagdam S,Tamhane UU,Gordon K,Froehlich JB,Eagle KA,Jackson EA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old female with a two-year history of palpitations associated with swallowing was evaluated by intracardiac electrophysiologic studies. Intracardiac recordings documented the presence of an ectopic left atrial focus induced by swallowing with no evidence of accessory pathway conduction. Gastrointestinal eval...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ransbottom JC,Mirro MJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients with coronary artery disease treated by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) have a history of previous myocardial injury resulting in a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (EF). The effects of successful PTCA on myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function in these patients...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Singh A,Chandler S,Pears D,Perry R,Murray RG,Shiu MF

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In animal models, pretreatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) can reduce no-reflow. In the present study, we investigated whether pretreatment with ACEI may prevent no-reflow in patients who underwent primary coronary intervention for AMI. METHOD AND RESULTS:A total of 259 consecutive p...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Zhao JL,Yang YJ,Zhang YH,Pei WD,Sun YH,Chen JL,Gao RL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although sudden death (SD) is a rare complication after atrioventricular junction (AVJ) ablation and permanent pacemaker implantation, the risk factors leading to this SD remain unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate SD and its risk factors after ablate-and-pace strategy for rate control in at...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wang RX,Lee HC,Li JP,Hodge DO,Cha YM,Friedman PA,Munger TM,Srivathsan K,Pavri BB,Shen WK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report reviews the available evidence for and against the combined use of clonidine and prazosin in treating hypertension. Clinical studies have resulted in modest or no enhancement of the antihypertensive effects when prazosin has been added to clonidine. This report discusses the possible mechanisms of an inter...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Jounela AJ,Kanniainen E,Lilja M

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Far less attention has been paid to the prognostic effect of right-side heart disease on outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) when compared with the left side. Therefore, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on the impact of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and right ventricular (RV) ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fan J,Liu X,Yu L,Sun Y,Jaiswal S,Zhu Q,Chen H,He Y,Wang L,Ren K,Wang J

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether more severe coronary atherosclerosis is a prerequisite to an initial acute coronary event in women vs men. HYPOTHESIS:Women may have more severe coronary atherosclerosis than men in patients with acute coronary event. METHODS:We used intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) to...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sun R,Sun L,Fu Y,Liu H,Xu M,Ren X,Yu H,Dong H,Liu Y,Zhu Y,Tian J,Yu B

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes 23 patients with aortic valve stenosis who underwent balloon valvuloplasty during life and had subsequent valve tissue examined at the time of aortic valve replacement or at necropsy. Of 23 stenotic aortic valves, 17 were examined within 30 days (early) after balloon dilation. Of these 94% had no...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Waller BF,Dorros G,Lewin RF,King JF,McKay C,van Tassel JW

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess right ventricular (RV) diastolic filling in coronary artery disease (CAD), with special reference to the involved lesions of the coronary arteries and left ventricular (LV) systolic function, gated radionuclide ventriculography was performed at rest in 106 patients with single-vessel CAD. Based on the site o...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yamagishi T,Matsuda Y,Nakatsuka M,Maeda J,Matsuda M

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing evidence that chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a prothrombotic or hypercoagulable state. HYPOTHESIS:This study was undertaken to determine whether short-term exercise in patients with chronic AF would shift the overall hemostatic balance toward a more prothrombotic sta...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Li-Saw-Hee FL,Blann AD,Edmunds E,Gibbs CR,Lip GY

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lithium has been used for the treatment of bipolar disorder for more than 6 decades. Reports of cardiac side effects resulting in both benign electrocardiographic (ECG) changes and near fatal arrhythmias have been reported in the literature. A systematic literature search was conducted on 2 electronic databases-PubMed...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Mehta N,Vannozzi R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) is an electrical-device therapy for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤35% also have indication for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), and in some cases subcutaneous ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Röger S,Rudic B,Akin I,Shchetynska-Marinova T,Fastenrath F,Tülümen E,Liebe V,El-Battrawy I,Baumann S,Kuschyk J,Borggrefe M

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography have become extremely useful in the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Echocardiography is noninvasive, relatively inexpensive, and has no known biohazards. It offers unequaled information about cardiac anatomy and function. In the acute setting ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Katz AS,Harrigan P,Parisi AF

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of hypertension continues to be challenging due to the lack of understanding regarding underlying modulators of blood pressure as well as co-existing conditions such as atherosclerosis and diabetes. This has led to uncertainty regarding treatment strategy and intensity. The INternational VErapamil SR/tra...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kolloch RE

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of heparin were studied in a group of 42 patients with preinfarction angina (PA) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) whose plasma fibrinogen was increased. Plasma fibrinogen was measured by the turbidimetric method in timol turbidimetric units. Statistically significant results proved that heparin reduce...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ruggiero HA,Castellanos H,Caprissi LF,de Caprissi ES,Ruggiero LH

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic heart failure (CHF) is associated with an increased risk of thrombosis and thromboembolic events, including stroke and venous thromboembolism. which may be related to a prothrombotic or hypercoagulable state. Acute vigorous exercise has been associated with activation of hemostasis, and this risk may...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gibbs CR,Blann AD,Edmunds E,Watson RD,Lip GY

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative assessment of cardiac risk using thallium-201 scintigraphy and atrial pacing (n = 42) or dipyridamole stress testing (n = 35) was performed in 77 patients (mean age 65 +/- 7 years), who subsequently underwent elective nonvascular surgery. All patients were at low cardiac risk by clinical criteria; none co...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Stratmann HG,Mark AL,Williams GA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs frequently in patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), strategies for prevention of thromboembolic complications are poorly characterized. HYPOTHESIS:We sought to examine exposure to warfarin and P2Y12 inhibitors and clinical outcomes among patients ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Jones WS,Mi X,Patel MR,Mills R,Hernandez AF,Curtis LH

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:In addition to the well-investigated proinflammatory cytokine expression, there is an ever increasing interest in the field of anti-inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Evidence suggests that myocardium serves as an important source of cytokines during reperfusion and application of CPB. Th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gasz B,Lenard L,Racz B,Benko L,Borsiczky B,Cserepes B,Gal J,Jancso G,Lantos J,Ghosh S,Szabados S,Papp L,Alotti N,Roth E

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00