Outcomes of cardiac pacing in adult patients after a Fontan operation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefits of adjunctive mechanical devices to prevent distal embolization in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are still a matter of debate. The aim of this meta-analysis was to combine data from all randomized trials conducted with adjunctive mechanical devices to prevent distal embolizatio...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： De Luca G,Suryapranata H,Stone GW,Antoniucci D,Neumann FJ,Chiariello M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma concentration of atrial natriuretic polypeptide (ANP) was measured in nine patients with essential hypertension during two grades of exercise tests performed in the supine position on a bicycle ergometer. The plasma ANP concentration significantly increased from 97.0 +/- 19.2 pg/ml to 107.6 +/- 23.7 pg/ml (...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Saito Y,Nakao K,Sugawara A,Nishimura K,Morii N,Yamada T,Itoh H,Shiono S,Mukoyama M,Arai H

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred patients inducible at electrophysiologic studies underwent serial drug testing with procainamide, lidocaine, and lorcainide to determine comparative efficacy. Acute intravenous administration was followed by repeat programmed electrical stimulation (PES) studies on separate days for each antiarrhythmic dru...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Somberg J,Butler B,Flowers D,Keefe D,Torres V,Miura D

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischemia, electrolyte changes, and fluctuations in autonomic tone may play an important role in the presentation of malignant ventricular arrhythmias. beta-Adrenoceptor blocking agents have been shown to decrease the incidence of ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death in patients with coronary ar...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Peuhkurinen KJ,Huikuri HV,Linnaluoto M,Takkunen JT

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Institute of Medicine report on the frequency and consequences of medical errors in clinical practice has stimulated physicians to evaluate current practice and means of improving medical care. In the treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction, previous studies have found that dosing of fibrinolytic th...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cannon CP

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our goal was to evaluate cross-sectionally the association between ideal risk factor (IRF) profile and the presence and severity of subclinical atherosclerosis measured as coronary artery calcium (CAC) in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health. METHODS:We included 4,077 participants with no prior ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bensenor IM,Goulart AC,Santos IS,Bittencourt MS,Pereira AC,Santos RD,Nasir K,Blankstein R,Lotufo PA

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skeletal muscle of three cases presenting with idiopathic congestive cardiomyopathy has been studied, histologically, histochemically, ultramicroscopically, and electromyographically. In all three there is clinical evidence of skeletal muscle weakness, and in all three, pathologic changes were found in the muscle....

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Isaacs H,Muncke G

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) regulate transcription of genes involved in glucose uptake, lipid metabolism, and inflammation. Aleglitazar is a potent dual PPAR agonist with insulin-sensitizing and glucose-lowering actions and favorable effects on lipid profiles and biomarkers of cardiov...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lincoff AM,Tardif JC,Neal B,Nicholls SJ,Rydén L,Schwartz GG,Malmberg K,Buse JB,Henry RR,Wedel H,Weichert A,Cannata R,Grobbee DE

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterize patient profile and hemodynamic profile of those undergoing intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) for cardiogenic shock and define predictors of hemodynamic failure of IABP support. BACKGROUND:Clinical characteristics of IABP support in cardiogenic shock not related to acute myocardial infarction...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hsu S,Kambhampati S,Sciortino CM,Russell SD,Schulman SP

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aldosterone antagonist therapy is recommended for selected patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. Adherence to therapy in the transition from hospital to home is not well understood. METHODS:We identified patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction who were ≥65 years old, e...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Curtis LH,Mi X,Qualls LG,Check DK,Hammill BG,Hammill SC,Heidenreich PA,Masoudi FA,Setoguchi S,Hernandez AF,Fonarow GC

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 14 patients with severe congestive heart failure, the effects of captopril on the forearm circulation were evaluated with strain gauge plethysmography. Changes in plasma renin activity, angiotensin II, norepinephrine, epinephrine, bradykinin, prostaglandin E2, and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha concentrations were a...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Nishimura H,Kubo S,Ueyama M,Kubota J,Kawamura K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular late potentials at the end of the surface QRS, detected on the signal-averaged electrocardiogram (SAECG) have been shown to be markers for spontaneous and/or inducible ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). We examined the correlations between electrophysiologic study ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Borbola J,Ezri MD,Denes P

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional, ambulatory, community-dwelling subjects (n = 423, aged 75 to 85 years) underwent baseline 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiography (ECG) examinations as part of the Bronx Aging Study, a 10-year prospective cohort study designed to identify risk factors and disease markers for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular,...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Frishman WH,Heiman M,Karpenos A,Ooi WL,Mitzner A,Goldkorn R,Greenberg S

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this editorial, the problem of restenosis after coronary balloon angioplasty and other transluminal interventions is reviewed from the perspective of quantitative coronary angiography. The review is largely based on the experience of the Thoraxcentre in the application of quantitative angiography to the study of re...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Serruys PW,Foley DP,Kirkeeide RL,King SB 3rd

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CLINICAL SCENARIO:A 67-year-old man is referred to your cardiology clinic complaining of worsening angina and dyspnea on exertion. Physical examination reveals a harsh grade IV/VI late-peaking crescendo-decresendo systolic murmur, loudest at the upper sternal border. The aortic closure sound is diminished. Echocardiogr...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Meine TJ,Harrison JK

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We review our 10-year experience of mitral valve (MV) repair in comparison with MV replacement in the elderly for floppy mitral valves/mitral valve prolapse (FMV/MVP). The use of MV repair for this entity has not been fully utilized by surgeons. METHODS:Two hundred ninety-two consecutive patients aged > or ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gogbashian A,Sepic J,Soltesz EG,Nascimben L,Cohn LH

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:All patients who present to an emergency department (ED) are triaged. The ED triage score may determine when patients are seen by a physician. Half of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were given a low priority score in Ontario in 2000/2001. We assessed the appropriateness of ED triage and its ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Atzema CL,Schull MJ,Austin PC,Tu JV

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of two regimens for the initiation of amiodarone therapy were compared in 92 patients with inducible sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) at baseline electrophysiologic testing. Two groups of 46 patients each received a total of 16.8 gm of oral amiodarone before follow-up electrophysiologic testing. Grou...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Summitt J,Morady F,Kadish A

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have explored the systolic time intervals of 52 patients with angina pectoris at the time of their hospitalization in our wards. Our results are in close agreement with published data, essentially indicating prolongation of the preejection time and shortening of the ejection time. These alterations of systolic time...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Randazzo A,Sardella F,Martinotti R,Daffara G,Parziale M,Cremonesi G

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) device technologies are often rapidly adopted into clinical practice, yet few studies have examined the overall impact of these new technologies on patient outcomes in community practice. METHODS:In hopes of determining temporal trends in PCI outcomes, we used da...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rao SV,Hess CN,Dai D,Green CL,Peterson ED,Douglas PS

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with atrial fibrillation, incomplete adherence to anticoagulants increases risk of stroke. Non-warfarin oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are expensive; we evaluated whether higher copayments are associated with lower NOAC adherence. METHODS:Using a national claims database of commercially-insured pat...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rome BN,Gagne JJ,Avorn J,Kesselheim AS

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus is an increasingly prevalent condition among heart failure (HF) patients. The long-term morbidity and mortality among patients with and without diabetes with HF with reduced (HFrEF), borderline (HFbEF), and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) are not well described. METHODS:Using the Get W...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ziaeian B,Hernandez AF,DeVore AD,Wu J,Xu H,Heidenreich PA,Matsouaka RA,Bhatt DL,Yancy CW,Fonarow GC

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the clinical usefulness of echocardiography in patients with anteroseptal myocardial infarction, echocardiograms were performed within 24 hours of admission on 40 patients with acute transmural anteroseptal myocardial infarction. Twenty-one patients had normal septal motion and septal systolic thickening,...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wiener I,Meller J,Packer M,Herman MV,Teichholz LE

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The duration of intravenous heparin therapy required to maintain patency of the infarct-related artery after intravenous streptokinase is uncertain. Twenty-eight patients were prospectively treated with 1.5 million units of intravenous streptokinase within 4 hours of onset of chest pain. Intravenous heparin was begun ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hays LJ,Beller GA,Moore CA,Burwell LR,Craddock GB,Gascho JA,Smucker ML,Tedesco C,Nygaard TW

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to investigate long-term (≥5 years) outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) using a meta-analysis from updated published randomized trials. Our data showed that the risk of all-cause death as well as cardi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kuno T,Ueyama H,Rao SV,Cohen MG,Tamis-Holland JE,Thompson C,Takagi H,Bangalore S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes, often cluster in the same individuals. It has been claimed that obesity, hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance, and a deranged intracellular handling of ions have pathogenetic importance in the development of this metabolic syndrome....

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lind L,Lithell H

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body surface isopotential maps were recorded in 30 normal subjects and 32 patients with clinical evidence of old anterior myocardial infarction but without ECG findings of infarction. Position of the minimum in maps was compared at 5 msec intervals from the onset of QRS between the normal and infarction groups. A sign...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hirai M,Ohta T,Kinoshita A,Toyama J,Nagaya T,Yamada K

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the significance and mechanism of dilatation of the left ventricular cavity on dipyridamole thallium-201 imaging, we performed both dipyridamole thallium-201 imaging and dipyridamole radionuclide angiography on 83 patients with known angiograms. The dipyridamole/delayed ratio of the left ventricular dim...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Takeishi Y,Tono-oka I,Ikeda K,Komatani A,Tsuiki K,Yasui S

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria in skeletal and cardiac muscle have been found to be less stable in aging hamsters, in contrast to preparations from young animals. We have found previously that clofibrate (Atromid-S) will reverse this degeneration in the older hamsters. This study examined the exercise tolerance of aged hamsters, to see...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Guntheroth WG,Inamdar AR,Person R,Mackler B

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been reported that mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist improves the prognosis of chronic heart failure (CHF). Recently, hemoglobin A₁(c) (HbA₁(c)) levels have been reported to be an independent risk factor for mortality in CHF, suggesting the important role of insulin resistance in CHF. We compared ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Yamaji M,Tsutamoto T,Kawahara C,Nishiyama K,Yamamoto T,Fujii M,Horie M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00