Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors in circulating mononuclear leukocytes of patients with primary hyperaldosteronism.

abstract：:The diagnostic values of adenosine, dobutamine, and exercise radionuclide ventriculography (RNVG) in the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD), and the characteristics of those patients who showed myocardial ischemia during the infusion of adenosine or dobutamine were assessed in 41 patients with suspected CAD. S...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Nagaoka H,Isobe N,Kubota S,Iizuka T,Imai S,Suzuki T,Nagai R

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic information from 24-hour monitoring with on-line vectorcardiography (VCG) was assessed in 100 patients with a clinical diagnosis of unstable angina pectoris. ST change vector magnitude, ST vector magnitude and QRS vector difference were monitored. During a follow-up period of 343 +/- 77 days, 7 patients...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Lundin P,Eriksson SV,Fredrikson M,Rehnqvist N

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of cardiovascular disease risk factors and other indicators of cardiac impairment were studied in 478 patients prior to their aortocoronary vein bypass operation and 194 patients who had angiographic examination but did not undergo the operation because the clinical and coronary angiographic findings wer...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Barboriak JJ,Rimm AA,Anderson AJ,Tristani FE,Walker JA,Flemma RJ

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year-old woman with hypertension confirmed on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and unresponsive to beta-blockers, diltiazem and amiloride was found to have serum potassium, renin and aldosterone levels at or just below the lower end of normal. Urinary glucocorticoid metabolite analysis revealed high excretion...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Shamim W,Bakhai A,Yousufuddin M,Coats AJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen hypertensive patients and 14 normotensive control subjects were submitted to the oral glucose test and their plasma potassium, glucose and insulin levels were measured. Cardiovascular responses were evaluated by blood pressure and pulse rate measurements. Five of 14 hypertensive patients were hyperinsulinemic...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Muscelli EO,Abdalla Saad MJ,Rocha Gontijo JA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodically in the history of hypertensive therapy there have been minor storms that have significantly affected the utilization of entire classes of agents. The first storm struck with the case-control studies suggesting that reserpine was associated with an increased risk of carcinoma of the breast, a claim subsequ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Zanchetti A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare the acute hemodynamic effects of digoxin (0.01 mg/kg) and enoximone (1 mg/kg), a phosphodiesterase inhibitor inotropic agent, in severe chronic congestive heart failure, 8 patients (male, mean age 56.7 years, sinus rhythm) were investigated with a randomized cross-over study. Peak effect of enoximo...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Casella G,Cantelli I,Pavesi PC,Barbato G,Bracchetti D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Assuming an immune component in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, we have investigated a possible association between coronary artery disease (CAD) and the acid phosphatase locus 1 (ACP1) genetic polymorphism, which has previously been found to be associated with immune disorders. METHODS:226 subjects ad...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Banci M,Saccucci P,D'Annibale F,Dofcaci A,Trionfera G,Magrini A,Bottini N,Bottini E,Gloria-Bottini F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since recent studies demonstrated an impaired outcome after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in patients with chronic renal failure but did not address the aetiology of renal failure, we now analysed the outcome of patients with diabetic nephropathy in 721 consecutive patients undergoing PCI. Diabetic nephrop...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Reinecke H,Matzkies F,Fobker M,Breithardt G,Schaefer RM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) is a rare disorder of uncertain etiology and pathogenesis that is characterized by tiny calcium phosphate depositions in lung alveoli. Ectopic organ involvement has been reported infrequently. We hereby present a patient with PAM complicated by severe pleural calcification that ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Kacmaz F,Alyan O,Celenk M,Ozdemir O,Turkvatan A,Dogan M,Ilkay E

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiotensin II (Ang II) plays an important role in cardiovascular disease. It also leads to the activation of coagulation. The coagulation protease thrombin induces cellular responses by activating protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR-1). We investigated whether PAR-1 contributes to Ang II-induced cardiovascul...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Antoniak S,Cardenas JC,Buczek LJ,Church FC,Mackman N,Pawlinski R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study aimed to evaluate the hypertension status of community residents, analyze environmental and epigenetic factors, and propose prevention measures for hypertension. METHODS:In our study, different methylation levels were distinguished utilizing melting temperature (Tm) values in both the case...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Lin J,Lin S,Wu Y,Wang X,Wu S,Li H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty percent of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy die within 5 years of diagnosis. Syncope is known to be a predictor of poor outcome in patients with advanced heart failure. To assess the risk of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy with a history of syncope during standard medical treatment we compared this grou...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Fruhwald FM,Eber B,Schumacher M,Zweiker R,Watzinger N,Klein WW

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare weight loss efficacy, safety and tolerability of sibutramine and placebo in mildly to moderately obese hypertensive subjects; to assess the effect of weight loss on blood pressure. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, parallel-group; 3-week placebo run-in and 12-week treatment phase. SETTING:Nine ho...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hazenberg BP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of patients operated on without preoperative catheterization and angiography, the accuracy of echocardiographic diagnosis and its impact on the results of surgical treatment were prospectively assessed in 2,788 children consecutively operated for congenital heart defects (CHD) between 1986 and 1992. The o...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Marek J,Skovránek J,Hucín B,Chaloupecký V,Tax P,Reich O,Samánek M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic hypothermia is currently used to reduce neurological ischemic damage in postcardiac arrest patients. Nevertheless, it has been associated with relevant side effects such as infections, bleeding, hypotension and hyperkalemia. Although hypothermia-induced coronary spasm is rare, its occurrence needs to be co...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Todaro MC,Oreto L,Gupta A,Bajwa T,Khandheria BK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effects of steroid elution on chronic pacing threshold and impedance, a 4-mm2 surface area lead with steroid (030-368, Telectronics; n = 9) was compared to the same lead without steroid (030-359, Telectronics; n = 9) 3 months after implantation. The pulse duration thresholds of the steroid lead were signi...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Schuchert A,Kuck KH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Retropharyngeal lesions are often associated with Kawasaki disease (KD). A 4-year-old male first presented a peritonsillar and retropharyngeal abscess-like lesion. Surgical tonsillectomy was performed to avoid a risk of mediastinal abscess, but he fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of KD after the operation. ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Okada S,Kobayashi-Fujiwara Y,Oga A,Furuta T,Ikemoto K,Fujii H,Sakata Y,Suzuki Y,Hasegawa S,Kusuda T,Itoh H,Yamashita H,Ohga S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the relation between the baseline aortic valve gradient (AVG) as a continuous variable and clinical outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in general and specifically in patients with high-gradient aortic stenosis (AS). METHODS:We reviewed 317 consecutive patients who u...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Witberg G,Barsheshet A,Assali A,Vaknin-Assa H,Shaul AA,Orvin K,Vaturi M,Schwartzenberg S,Shapira Y,Sagie A,Kornowski R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective investigation was conducted in an attempt to identify noninvasive predictors of mortality for patients with Chagas' heart disease through a multivariate stepwise logistic regression study. Fifty-six patients with a positive complement fixation test for Chagas' disease were followed up at the Cardiomyo...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Bestetti RB,Dalbo CM,Freitas OC,Teno LA,Castilho OT,Oliveira JS

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of heart rate and blood pressure responses to 70 degrees head-up tilt and 30 degrees head-down tilt were conducted in normal subjects and in chronic cardiac chagasic patients without past or present cardiac decompensation. During steady state of tilt, heart rate alterations were less marked in the chagasic tha...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Neto JA,Gallo L Jr,Manço JC,Rassi A,Amorim DS

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to examine the pathophysiology of ST depression (STD) in leads V1-V3 in the setting of inferior ST elevation myocardial infarction (iSTEMI) through the perspective of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). METHODS:Differences in myocardial area at risk (MaR), infarct size, ejection fraction and my...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Jia X,Heiberg E,Sejersten Ripa M,Engblom H,Carlsson M,Halvorsen S,Arheden H,Atar D,Clemmensen P,Birnbaum Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant hypertension is associated with high mortality and morbidity usually caused by cardiovascular events. The course and prognosis of malignant hypertension patients treated with renal replacement therapy has not been thoroughly investigated. In the present work, we compared the clinical evolution and survival o...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： De Lima JJ,da Fonseca JA,Godoy A,Bortolotto LA,Krieger EM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Heart failure (HF) patients with diabetes mellitus experience poor prognosis. We assessed the independent predictive effect of prevalent diabetes mellitus on all-cause mortality in HF outpatients. Furthermore, we investigated if optimized HF medication differed in diabetic versus nondiabetic patients. METHO...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Stubnova V,Os I,Grundtvig M,Waldum-Grevbo B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular responses to static-dynamic exercises were studied in 27 patients with recent myocardial infarction. Patients with ischemic electrocardiographic changes at peak weight carrying exercise (group 1 = 8 patients) had a significantly larger left ventricular end-diastolic volume than those without (group 2 = ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Takehana K,Sugiura T,Nagahama Y,Inada M,Iwasaka T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiodarone is a potent antiarrhythmic drug with a prolonged half life. The administration of amiodarone for 6 weeks in rabbits caused a significant elevation of serum lipids. We measured serum lipoproteins in 24 patients before, 30 and 90 days after treatment with amiodarone. Serum triglycerides decreased for all pati...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Sonnenblick M,Gottlieb S,Goldstein R,Abraham AS

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mutations in genes encoding desmosomal proteins have been linked to arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D). We hypothesized that a Scandinavian ARVC/D population would have a different spectrum of plakophilin-2 (PKP2) mutations and that some of the reported missense mutations may ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Christensen AH,Benn M,Tybjaerg-Hansen A,Haunso S,Svendsen JH

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle fiber disarray (MFD) has been described as the histologic feature of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC), but it was also found in normal and other abnormal conditions. Its distribution related to the topography of the myocardium has not been described. In this paper, the incidence of MFD in hearts free from HC, t...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Milei J,Migliore R,Guerrero F,Pedroza C,Storino R

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, several modalities are available to predict viability, however, studies comparing various modalities validated by functional recovery after revascularization are scarce. This study analyzed the relative merits of low-dose dobutamine echocardiography, F-18 deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomog...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Lund GK,Freyhoff J,Schwaiger M,Lübeck M,Lund CH,Buchert R,Sheehan FH,Meinertz T,Nienaber CA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of a longitudinal study of the effects of 40 mg of propranolol orally in 14 patients with coronary heart disease demonstrated a minor but not statistically significant change in the relationship of percentage of maximal oxygen uptake to percentage of maximal heart rate. In a cross-sectional comparison of severa...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hossack KF,Bruce RA,Clarke LJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00