The effects of varying lengths and powers of CO2 laser pulses transmitted through an optical fiber on atherosclerotic plaques.

abstract：:In 10 men with stable exertional angina, the changes in exercise capacity, hemodynamics, and left ventricular (LV) function were measured after 20 mg sublingual nifedipine (N) and again after adding 100 mg oral metoprolol (M). Nifedipine alone did not significantly improve exercise workloads (+18%) and duration (+21%)...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Choong CY,Roubin GS,Shen WF,Tokuyasu Y,Harris PJ,Kelly DT

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following successful cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI) ablation during typical atrial flutter (AFL), anticoagulation therapy is usually withdrawn. However, potential subsequent atrial fibrillation (AF) in these patients may increase embolic risk in the long term. Embolic rates in this setting have not been clearly...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Expósito V,Rodríguez-Entem F,González-Enríquez S,Veiga G,Olavarri I,Olalla JJ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, catheter ablation techniques and implantable devices have revolutionized the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias, junctional arrhythmias, and atrial flutter. For most patients presenting with atrial fibrillation (AF), the treatment available today is similar to that used a century ago, although no...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gallagher MM,Camm AJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most series of patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) of right bundle-branch block (RBBB)-left axis deviation (LAD) morphology include young individuals with no overt evidence of structural heart disease. In the present report, the clinical and electrophysiologic findings in two patients with verapamil-responsive ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Rechavia E,Strasberg B,Kusniec J,Sclarovsky S

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As I advanced through medical school at Johns Hopkins, and throughout my subsequent training, I was constantly reminded of the contributions made to medicine by our predecessors. Many of whom were at Johns Hopkins, but many were not. As I continue active involvement in the education of medical students and physicians,...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Conti CR

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤35% is the cutoff value used to identify patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death. However, whether patients who have moderate left ventricular dysfunction and left ventricular enlargement (LVE) have a high risk of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) and cardiac deat...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Zhao S,Chen K,Su Y,Hua W,Yang J,Chen S,Liang Z,Xu W,Zhang S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral anulus calcification (MAC) and mitral valve prolapse (MVP) are frequently diagnosed conditions. We studied two patients with mild or moderate mitral regurgitation who demonstrated both MAC and MVP on angiography and echocardiography. M-mode echocardiography is probably the definitive test for confirming the pre...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： McLean J,Felner JM,Whipple R,Morris D,Schlant RC

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Checking for lower-extremity edema is important for diagnosing, monitoring, and managing heart failure (HF). However, the characteristics of this sign in the early stages of cardiovascular disease (stage A, as defined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association 2001 chronic HF guidelines...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kataoka H

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:The impact of transient myocardial ischemia on left ventricular function was examined by digital subtraction left ventricular angiography. Contrast medium was injected into the right pulmonary artery before, at 60 seconds of balloon inflation, and 10 minutes after balloon deflation. A total of 69 patients completed th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kitazume H,Kubo I,Iwama T,Ageishi Y,Suzuki A

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether computerized ST-segment monitoring previous to percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and after performance of this procedure may be useful to discern a pattern of recurrent angina. For this purpose, we analyzed 57 patients (11 women and 46 men, mean ag...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gurfinkel E,Duronto E,Manos E,García N,Mejaíl R,Mendiz O,Cerdá M,Mautner B

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has been used to identify the potential risk for cardiogenic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, ischemic stroke in patients with AF is not always attributable to embolism. Identification of the risk of embolic versus atherothrombotic stroke sho...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Shinokawa N,Hirai T,Takashima S,Kameyama T,Obata Y,Nakagawa K,Asanoi H,Inoue H

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospitalized medically ill patients are at greater risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). Although pharmacologic prophylaxis regimens have reduced VTE risk in medically ill patients, associations with early postdischarge adverse clinical outcomes among patients with heart failure are unknown. HYPOTHESIS:We ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kociol RD,Hammill BG,Hernandez AF,Klaskala W,Mills RM,Curtis LH,Fonarow GC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C; <40 mg/dL) are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events, but it is unclear whether lower thresholds (<30 mg/dL) are associated with increased hazard. HYPOTHESIS:Very low levels of HDL-C may provide prognostic information in acute coro...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Hagström E,Roe MT,Hafley G,Neely ML,Sidhu MS,Winters KJ,Prabhakaran D,White HD,Armstrong PW,Fox KA,Ohman EM,Boden WE,TRILOGY ACS Investigators.

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At a recent Transcatheter Therapeutics meeting in San Francisco the PROSPECT Trial was presented by Dr. Greg Stone. Prospect stands for Providing Regional Observations to Study Predictors of Events in the Coronary Tree. This was a natural history study of atherosclerosis using multi-modality intracoronary imaging to p...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Conti CR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cusp entrapment is a previously unreported mechanism of aortic insufficiency after balloon aortic valvuloplasty. In a patient who developed severe acute aortic insufficiency and expired after balloon aortic valvuloplasty, pathologic evaluation revealed a large, solitary, fractured, calcific nodule in the noncoronary c...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Treasure CB,Schoen FJ,Treseler PA,Bittl JA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Slow coronary flow in patients without obstructive coronary artery disease is an angiographic finding that could easily be detected by thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame counts. On the other hand, impaired renal function is a frequent problem. We searched the association between the 2 entitie...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yilmaz MB,Yalta K

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is scant information regarding the effect of exercise training begun soon after hospital discharge for myocardial infarction (MI) with respect to subsequent improvement in exercise tolerance, enhancement of regional myocardial perfusion, or left ventricular function. Accordingly, 19 post-MI patients (mean age 53...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Beller GA,Murray GC,ErkenBrack SK

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Five multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies were conducted in France to compare the efficacy and safety of once-daily simvastatin treatment (10-40 mg/day) with conventional therapy with gemfibrozil 900 mg/day, ciprofibrate 100 mg/day, bezafibrate 400 mg/day, and fenofibrate 300 or 400 mg/day...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bruckert E,De Gennes JL,Malbecq W,Baigts F

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embolism of a fragment of a central venous catheter is a serious clinical complication, especially when the fragment cannot be made visible by radiological methods. We report a case where such a fragment could only be localized by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). With combined use of x-rays and TEE, the cathete...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Neumann HP,Hofmann T,Koester W,Billmann P,Kauffmann GW

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is the most effective treatment available for terminating potentially life-threatening ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation and reducing the risk of mortality. Despite its established health benefits, ICD therapy is accompanied by a unique arra...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Stutts LA,Cross NJ,Conti JB,Sears SF

更新日期：2007-02-01 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:In patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), both natriuretic peptides and renal impairment predict adverse outcomes. Our aim was to evaluate the complementary prognosis role of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and the newly developed Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Col...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Flores-Blanco PJ,Manzano-Fernández S,Pérez-Calvo JI,Pastor-Pérez FJ,Ruiz-Ruiz FJ,Carrasco-Sánchez FJ,Morales-Rull JL,Pascual-Figal D,Galisteo-Almeda L,Januzzi JL

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin is integral in the primary and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndrome. Given the high clinical importance of aspirin in the management of coronary artery disease, much attention has been directed towards the concept of "aspirin resistance." Unfortunately, the term aspirin r...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Grinstein J,Cannon CP

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently two types of atypical T-wave evolution were recognized as electrocardiographic (ECG) markers of regional postinfarction pericarditis. The sensitivity and specificity of these changes for this condition were 100 and 77%, respectively. The major purpose of this investigation is to show how these ECG changes can...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Oliva PB,Hammill SC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), despite adequate anticoagulation, ischemic stroke (IS) is an uncommon yet concerning occurrence. HYPOTHESIS:Specific laboratory parameters may affect the efficacy of warfarin despite therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) in patient with AF who present wi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Aachi RV,Birnbaum LA,Topel CH,Seifi A,Hafeez S,Behrouz R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor for coronary artery disease, yet is associated with lower risk of adverse outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). HYPOTHESIS:We explored this paradox in 84,429 patients with non-ST-segment elevation ACS in the Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wang TY,Newby LK,Chen AY,Mulgund J,Roe MT,Sonel AF,Bhatt DL,DeLong ER,Ohman EM,Gibler WB,Peterson ED

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery stents have been developed to overcome arterial abrupt closure and restenosis following balloon angioplasty. Complications of stent insertion include loss of the device from its delivery system into the peripheral circulation. Certain types of stents are almost radiolucent, making localization of the l...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Mohiaddin RH,Roberts RH,Underwood R,Rothman M

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00