ST-segment depression in inferior ECG leads during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for left anterior descending artery.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine signal-averaged electrocardiographic (SA-ECG) late potentials to predict ventricular arrhythmias during intrinsic cardiac rhythm and during ventricular pacing in children with complete heart block (CHB). Recordings of SA-ECG were obtained from eight patients (aged 3-18 years) w...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Hayabuchi Y,Matsuoka S,Kubo M,Akita H,Kuroda Y

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality has decreased over 60% over the past 50 years in the United States; however, emerging data indicate CVD incidence may be rising because of shifting demographics, increasing risk factor prevalence, and competing needs for limited resources. We projected CVD mortality from 2015...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ortendahl JD,Diamant AL,Toth PP,Cherepanov D,Harmon AL,Broder MS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to test the comparative sensitivities of first-pass radionuclide and digital subtraction ventriculography in detecting wall motion abnormalities during exercise, 29 patients referred for coronary angiography were submitted to both types of stress ventriculograms. Resting and exercise ventriculograms by both t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Detrano R,Yiannikas J,Simpfendorfer C,Underwood DA,Salcedo EE,Rollins M

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current guidelines for the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are broad and significantly increase the cost of caring for patients with heart failure. In an effort to identify the specific subset of patients who benefit from this therapy, the predictive value of numerous echocardiographic ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dorosz JL,Aaronson KD,Good ED,Kolias TJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ACC/AHA guidelines assign a class I indication for use of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for the evaluation of chest pain in patients with acute coronary syndromes and a nondiagnostic ECG. However, MPI is not a widely used modality for the evaluation of patients who present to the ER with chest pain and an interme...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Grube H,Rosenblatt J

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Guidelines suggest that "upstream" P2Y12 receptor antagonists should be considered in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS). HYPOTHESIS:Early use of ticagrelor in patients managed with an invasive strategy would be more effective than clopidogrel because of its more rapi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pollack CV Jr,Davoudi F,Diercks DB,Becker RC,James SK,Lim ST,Schulte PJ,Spinar J,Steg PG,Storey RF,Himmelmann A,Wallentin L,Cannon CP,PLATO Investigators.

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, it has been shown that nonischemic parts of the heart in myocardial infarction were separated from ischemic damaged ones by a sharp border zone. In this connection, the disturbance of contractile function of the myocardium of nonischemic parts is suggested to result from the infarction-concomitant emotional-...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Meerson FZ

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 15 years, intense interest has focused on various interventional, pharmacologic, and mechanical forms of therapy for the treatment of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Many techniques and devices (dilating balloons, perfusion catheters, thermal probes and balloons, lasers, atherectomy devices, stent...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Waller BF,Orr CM,Slack JD,Pinkerton CA,Van Tassel JV,Peters T

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Separately, electrophysiologic study (EPS) and placement of a transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) can be performed safely in the majority of patients. The safety and potential cost savings of same-setting procedures have not been evaluated. HYPOTHESIS:Electrophysiologic study and placem...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pires LA,Ravi S,Lal VR,Kahlon JP

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the relationship of body fluid status with the levels and fluctuations of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) over the long-term. HYPOTHESIS:If BNP is to become useful for monitoring of patients with chronic heart failure (HF), the levels should reliably reflect both decompensation and im...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kataoka H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old housewife was found to have coarctation of the abdominal aorta secondary to Takayasu's arteritis. Since she also had mitral stenosis, possible etiological relation between Takayasu's arteritis and mitral stenosis is suspected. ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Doi YL,Seo H,Hamashige N,Jin-nouchi Y,Ozawa T

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Hemophilus influenzae infections have long been considered to be a disease of childhood, recent reports have demonstrated an increasing frequency of serious Hemophilus influenzae infections in adults. A case of purulent H. influenzae pericarditis in a previously healthy adult without evidence of concurrent H....

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sink JD,Spray TL,Rankin JS

更新日期：1982-10-01 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:Previously, perfusion defect in the left ventricle was detected by thallium-201 (201T1) single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in aortic regurgitation (AR). The significance of 201T1 SPECT, however, has not been clarified. Limited information is available regarding the relationship between functi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yasuda H,Taniguchi K,Takahashi T,Sawa Y,Matuda H

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigated the impact on all-cause mortality of airflow limitation indicative of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or restrictive spirometry pattern (RSP) in a stable systolic heart failure population. HYPOTHESIS:Decreased lung function indicates poor survival in heart failure. METHODS:Inc...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Plesner LL,Dalsgaard M,Schou M,Køber L,Vestbo J,Kjøller E,Iversen K

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise-based rehabilitation is an important part of treatment patients following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. HYPOTHESIS:To evaluate effect of very short/short-term exercise training on cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters. METHODS:We studied 54 consecutive patients with myo...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Spiroski D,Andjić M,Stojanović OI,Lazović M,Dikić AD,Ostojić M,Beleslin B,Kostić S,Zdravković M,Lović D

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical quantities and equations are used to define the laws of natural and engineering sciences. Clarity has been brought in equal measure into the the theory of physical quantities and the SI-system of units due to the basic work of Wallot and that of national and international institutions. For practical use in th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gehbauer F,Rau KL

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the accuracy of two-dimensional echocardiography (2-D echo) for assessment of exercise-induced wall motion abnormalities in patients with coronary artery disease, the results of stress echocardiography were compared with exercise cineventriculography. In 56 consecutive patients, biplane cineventriculograp...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Voelker W,Jacksch R,Dittmann H,Karsch KR

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women's health and well-being are shaped by a combination of healthcare policies that impact the type of health insurance coverage they benefit from, as well as access to preventive, screening, and treatment services. Furthermore, more distal policies, such as those that pertain to housing, education, and employment, ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Brindis CD,Freund KM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases with acute myocardial infarction are presented. Both had thrombotic occlusion of the infarct-related artery. Following successful thrombolysis with streptokinase, coronary angiography was normal. These cases prove that "myocardial infarction with normal coronaries" can be associated with coronary thrombosis ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fernandez MS,Pichard AD,Marchant E,Lindsay J Jr

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:The causes and prognosis of pericardial effusion (PE) may be different according to time, region, economy, and hospital. This study was performed to evaluate the etiology, clinical outcome, and prognosis of patients with large, symptomatic PE treated by echo-guided pericardiocentesis at Kangnam St. Mary's H...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kil UH,Jung HO,Koh YS,Park HJ,Park CS,Kim PJ,Baek SH,Seung KB,Choi KB

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pseudoaneurysm is a rare cardiac pathology, in which the left ventricular free wall ruptures and the pericardium surrounds the rupture in combination with thrombus and inflammation and thus prevents the development of a hemopericardium. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm may remain silent unless it gives rise to card...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bildirici U,Agacdiken A,Ural E,Kahraman G,Komsuoglu B

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:Systemic hypertension is the leading cause of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. The present study aimed to investigate the mechanism of left atrial (LA) enlargement in patients with hypertensive heart disease during cardiac catheterization. METHODS:Data were obtained from eight control subje...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Matsuda M,Matsuda Y

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy for primary prevention is well established in ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM). Data on the role of ICDs in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and no history of ventricular tachyarrhythmia (VT/VF) are more limited. HYPOTHESIS:DCM patients with an imp...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Streitner F,Kuschyk J,Dietrich C,Mahl E,Streitner I,Doesch C,Veltmann C,Schimpf R,Wolpert C,Borggrefe M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prediction of significant left main or diffuse three-vessel coronary artery disease is crucial in patients presenting with an acute coronary syndrome. ST-segment elevation in aVR has been reported to be associated with left main coronary artery obstruction or severe diffuse coronary artery disease in acute coronar...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Habibzadeh MR,Ewy GA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of atrial rate-responsive (RR) pacing in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is unclear due to the favorable effect of rate lowering in systolic heart failure. Atrial high rate episodes (AHREs) in CRT recipients are particularly worrisome since they cause loss of CRT, beyond representing a strok...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Biffi M,D'Onofrio A,Pignalberi C,Pisanò EC,Iacopino S,Curnis A,Senatore G,Capucci A,Della Bella P,Calvi V,Zanotto G,Caravati F,Maglia G,Manzo M,Santamaria M,Ziacchi M,Lissoni F,Giacopelli D,Gargaro A,Solimene F

更新日期：2019-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite efforts targeting the growth of healthcare spending within the United States, the current increase in expenditures remains a widespread systemic issue. The overuse of healthcare testing has previously been identified as a modifiable contributing factor. One such test, echocardiography, has seen a con...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bethge A,Penciu O,Baksh S,Parve S,Lobraico J,Keller AM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auscultation was compared to two-dimensional echocardiography (2D echo) and Doppler ultrasonography in 140 consecutive patients referred for evaluation for suspected mitral valve prolapse (MVP) to asses the precision of the two diagnostic methods. Ninety patients (64%) had midsystolic clicks, of which 42 (47%) had MVP...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Barron JT,Manrose DL,Liebson PR

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2002, coronary angiography is the only way to assess precisely the combination of proximal stenoses, distal target vessels, collaterals, microcirculation, and TIMI antegrade flow. At the time of coronary angiography, global LV function is best determined using biplane ventriculography in order to correlate wall mot...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Conti CR

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00