Temporal trends and hospital-level variation of inhospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcomes in the Veterans Health Administration.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the recovery of the left ventricular pressure (PLV), and the incidence and type of arrhythmias after effective low-dose defibrillation (Imax = 18-70 A) in healthy hearts and in hearts with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the intact dog. In fifteen dogs 84 episodes of fibril...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Geuze RH,de Vente J

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ideal cardiovascular health (ICH) aims at primordial prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the population. However, there is a lack of research describing ICH in youth from middle-income countries. The aims of this study were to describe the prevalence of ICH at 18 and 22-years old and to investigate the ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Oliveira RS,Schneider BC,Callo-Quinte G,Oliveira IO,Gonçalves H,Wehrmeister F,Menezes AMB

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetic nephropathy is associated with increased cardiovascular events. Coronary atherosclerosis is responsible for many of these events, but other mechanisms such as impaired flow reserve may be involved. The purpose of this study was to define the prevalence and mechanism of abnormal coronary velocity res...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ragosta M,Samady H,Isaacs RB,Gimple LW,Sarembock IJ,Powers ER

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to examine prospectively the incidence, predisposing cardiovascular conditions, and risk factors for sudden death in women compared with men. METHODS AND RESULT:The study design was a prospective general population examination of a cohort of 2873 women for development of sudd...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kannel WB,Wilson PW,D'Agostino RB,Cobb J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:l-arginine is a commonly consumed dietary conditional essential amino acid found in food items and supplements, which is closely related to asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA). l-arginine is thought to increase nitric oxide and be cardioprotective, whereas ADMA and SDMA m...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Au Yeung SL,Lin SL,Lam HS,Schooling CM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cohort studies have suggested little effect of coffee consumption on risk of acute myocardial infarction. The effect of coffee consumption on prognosis after myocardial infarction is uncertain. METHODS:In a population-based inception cohort study, we followed 1,369 patients hospitalized with a confirmed fir...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mukamal KJ,Hallqvist J,Hammar N,Ljung R,Gémes K,Ahlbom A,Ahnve S,Janszky I

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subcortical small vessel disease, represented as white matter hyperintensity (WMH) on magnetic resonance images (MRI) is associated with functional decline in older people with hypertension. We evaluated the relationships of clinic and out-of-office blood pressures (BP) with WMH and functional status in olde...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： White WB,Jalil F,Wakefield DB,Kaplan RF,Bohannon RW,Hall CB,Moscufo N,Fellows D,Guttmann CRG,Wolfson L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:M-mode echocardiographic records of 26 patients with surgically proven complete atrioventricular canal defect were reviewed. Fragmentation of the interventricular septum and anterior displacement of the mitral annulus into the left ventricular outflow tract were noted in all patients. In 25 of 26 a common atrioventric...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Johnson GL,Twyman RE,Todd EP,Cottrill CM,Noonan JA

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatal myocardial infarction occurring in a neonate is reported. The patient presented with a clinical picture of cardiogenic shock simulating a hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Etiology of the myocardial infarction is uncertain for the coronary arteries were patent, anatomically and histologically normal, and there wa...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Iannone LA,Duritz G,McCarty RJ

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is histopathologically characterized by myocyte hypertrophy, disarray, interstitial fibrosis, and small intramural coronary arteriole dysplasia, which contribute to disease progression. Longitudinal systolic and early diastolic strain rate (SR) measurements by speckle tracki...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kobayashi T,Popovic Z,Bhonsale A,Smedira NG,Tan C,Rodriguez ER,Thamilarasan M,Lytle BW,Lever HM,Desai MY

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether fibrinogen predicts cardiovascular events independently of echocardiographic cardiovascular abnormalities and traditional risk factors. METHODS:We studied 2671 American Indians who participated in the second Strong Heart Study examination (1993-1995) and were observed for an average of...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Palmieri V,Celentano A,Roman MJ,de Simone G,Best L,Lewis MR,Robbins DC,Fabsitz RR,Howard BV,Devereux RB,Strong Heart Study.

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracoronary delivery of argon laser energy was studied in eight anesthetized mongrel dogs. A No. 4.5 French single lumen catheter, with steerable guidewire and an optical fiber, was introduced through a Judkins-type femoral-coronary guiding catheter into three left anterior descending and eight left circumflex coron...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Anderson HV,Zaatari GS,Roubin GS,Leimgruber PP,Gruentzig AR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infants born to cocaine-using mothers have a 3- to 8-fold increase in sudden infant death syndrome. Its underlying cause, in part, may be attributed to abnormal autonomic function. We proposed to study heart rate variability, reflecting autonomic control of the heart, in cocaine-exposed infants. METHODS:Fro...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mehta SK,Super DM,Salvator A,Singer L,Connuck D,Fradley LG,Harcar-Sevcik RA,Kaufman ES

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Procoagulant stress responses may contribute to atherosclerosis development and acute coronary thrombosis. In the present study, we examined the role of beta2-adrenergic receptor function and plasma catecholamines in the stress-induced increase in the 2 hypercoagulability markers thrombin-antithrombin III (T...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： von Känel R,Mills PJ,Ziegler MG,Dimsdale JE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In patients with severe heart failure additional therapeutic support with intravenous inotropic or vasodilator drugs is frequently used in the attempt to obtain hemodynamic control. The nature and extent to which diastolic filling, atrial function, and mitral regurgitation are modified by these drugs have no...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Capomolla S,Pozzoli M,Opasich C,Febo O,Riccardi G,Salvucci F,Maestri R,Sisti M,Cobelli F,Tavazzi L

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Randomized trials have established efficacy of clopidogrel in various types of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The objective of this study was to examine the temporal trends and patterns of early clopidogrel use (within the first 24 hours of hospitalization) across the spectrum of patients with ACS in Canada...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rao RV,Goodman SG,Yan RT,Spencer FA,Fox KA,DeYoung JP,Rose B,Grondin FR,Gallo R,Gore JM,Yan AT,Canadian Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE\/GRACE(2)) Investigators.

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Analysis of high-frequency QRS amplitudes (HF-QRS) may provide an additional diagnostic tool in patients with heart disease, but the basic properties of these waveforms have not been sufficiently investigated. This study describes the spatial, individual, and temporal variation at rest of HF-QRS recorded wit...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pettersson J,Carro E,Edenbrandt L,Maynard C,Pahlm O,Ringborn M,Sörnmo L,Warren SG,Wagner GS

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report five cases of OVT and review the literature on this disease. Among our patients OVT was not suspected clinically and was diagnosed by CT scanning or MRI. Ultrasound imaging, utilized in three cases, failed to detect OVT. Although this disease usually occurs after delivery, in two cases it was diagnosed befor...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Simons GR,Piwnica-Worms DR,Goldhaber SZ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing evidence that transplantation of autologous stem cells improves cardiac function after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). For propagation of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs), application of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) has been shown to be feasible, effective, and safe...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Steinwender C,Hofmann R,Kammler J,Kypta A,Pichler R,Maschek W,Schuster G,Gabriel C,Leisch F

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiographic evidence of coronary dissection after angioplasty is found in 25% to 30% of cases. Although patients are usually asymptomatic, in a small percentage angioplasty-induced coronary dissection results in luminal impairment and ischemic complications. The present study was undertaken to identify factors respon...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sharma SK,Israel DH,Kamean JL,Bodian CA,Ambrose JA

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Viable myocardium after acute myocardial infarction may be characterized by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) either by demonstration of recovery of wall motion under dobutamine stress or by perfusion patterns after contrast medium administration. This study examines the relation between the two techniques. MAT...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Dendale P,Franken PR,Block P,Pratikakis Y,De Roos A

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent reports, human toll-like receptor (TLR) 8 mediates the antiviral response by recognizing single-stranded RNA. The inflammatory response against enteroviral (EV) RNA replication may play an important role in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The purpose of this study was to determine whether TLR8 was ex...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Satoh M,Akatsu T,Ishikawa Y,Minami Y,Takahashi Y,Nakamura M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic effects of molsidomine were studied in 48 patients with acute myocardial infarction and compared with hemodynamic properties in a control group of 24 patients. The most pronounced decrease in pulmonary artery diastolic pressure occurs between 30 and 60 minutes after oral administration of 8 to 12 mg (n...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Reifart N,Neidl K,Kaltenbach M,Bussmann WD

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of vascular closure devices (VCDs) for the reduction of access site complications following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains controversial. Patients undergoing primary PCI for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are at high risk of femoral artery complications. A ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Prada-Delgado Ó,Estévez-Loureiro R,Calviño-Santos R,Barge-Caballero E,Salgado-Fernández J,Piñón-Esteban P,Vázquez-Rodríguez JM,Aldama-López G,Flores-Ríos X,Soler-Martín MR,Vázquez-González N,Castro-Beiras A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We compared efficacy and safety of short- (3 or 6 months) versus long-term (≥12 months) dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, according to the presence of chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS:Patient-level pooled analysis was performed with 7242 patients (87.2% with ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hwang D,Park KW,Lee JM,Rhee TM,Hong MK,Jang Y,Valgimigli M,Colombo A,Gilard M,Palmerini T,Stone GW,Kim HS

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that smokers' coronary endothelial function is impaired because of increased oxidative stress, and their coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) is reduced. It is uncertain whether oral antioxidant vitamin C restores impaired CFVR in smokers. Recent technological advances in transthoraci...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Teramoto K,Daimon M,Hasegawa R,Toyoda T,Sekine T,Kawata T,Yoshida K,Komuro I

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the relationship between plasma atrial natriuretic polypeptide (ANP) levels and hemodynamic indices during dynamic exercise testing in 15 patients with effort angina pectoris. Patients exercised on an angina-limited, supine, multistage bicycle ergometer, and plasma ANP levels and hemodynamic indices we...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Matsunami T,Yokota M,Iwase M,Watanabe M,Miyahara T,Koide M,Saito H,Takeuchi J

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care utilization patterns and associated costs of congenital heart disease (CHD) in young adulthood are not well understood. METHODS:California State Inpatient Databases 2005 to 2009 were used to conduct a retrospective study on inpatient admissions of CHD patients 10 to 29 years old (n = 7,419) and ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lu Y,Agrawal G,Lin CW,Williams RG

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of sotalol therapy for ventricular arrhythmias was evaluated in 133 patients with drug-refractory ventricular arrhythmias. All patients had baseline electrophysiologic studies before and after oral sotalol therapy. Sixty-six patients were discharged home, treated with sotalol (52 patients witho...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lee RJ,Wong M,Siu A,Namekawa-Wong M,Epstein LM,Fitzpatrick AP,Grogin HR,Scheinman MM,Lesh MD

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective inhibition of sinus node function offers the possibility to decrease heart rate and reduce myocardial oxygen consumption in patients with impaired cardiac function, if myocardial contractility is not further attenuated. To study the influence of a specific sinus node inhibitor on myocardial function, alinidi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Koenig W,Stauch M,Sund M,Wanjura D,Henze E

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00