Associations between vascular risk factors and brain MRI indices in UK Biobank.

abstract：AIMS:To test whether N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) was independently associated with, and improved the prediction of, cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a primary prevention cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS:In the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS), a cohort of middle-aged men with hy...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Welsh P,Doolin O,Willeit P,Packard C,Macfarlane P,Cobbe S,Gudnason V,Di Angelantonio E,Ford I,Sattar N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (LVEF) is currently considered for the decision making of patients with mitral regurgitation (MR). However, LVEF represents change in LV volume between end-diastole and end-systole but does not characterize the intrinsic function of the myocardium. In contrast, speckle-track...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kamperidis V,Marsan NA,Delgado V,Bax JJ

更新日期：2016-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The population with stable coronary artery disease (SCAD) is growing but validated models to guide their clinical management are lacking. We developed and validated prognostic models for all-cause mortality and non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) or coronary death in SCAD. METHODS AND RESULTS:Models were develop...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rapsomaniki E,Shah A,Perel P,Denaxas S,George J,Nicholas O,Udumyan R,Feder GS,Hingorani AD,Timmis A,Smeeth L,Hemingway H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiazide diuretics are efficacious, either as monotherapy or in combination with other antihypertensive drugs. They reduce blood pressure in a high percentage of hypertensive patients with minimal subjective side effects. There is increasing evidence that the use of diuretics, singly or in combination, will reduce mor...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Moser M

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the incremental effect of cardiac catheterization upon the management of 93 adult patients with aortic and/or mitral valve disease, referred for surgical consideration. There were 52 patients with aortic valve disease, 29 with mitral valve disease and 12 with aortic and mitral valve disease. Prior to cardi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Leitch JW,Mitchell AS,Harris PJ,Fletcher PJ,Bailey BP

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent experimental and clinical data indicate that abnormal central and peripheral immune reactions contribute to the progression of chronic heart failure, and that immunomodulation may be an important therapeutic approach in this syndrome. Aims We sought to study the effects of growth hormone (GH) administ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Adamopoulos S,Parissis JT,Paraskevaidis I,Karatzas D,Livanis E,Georgiadis M,Karavolias G,Mitropoulos D,Degiannis D,Kremastinos DT

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A twenty-first century model for the training and assessment of cardiac interventionists’ skills, outlined by Prof. John Morgan FRCP FESC. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Morgan JM,Burri H,Binner L,Mansour H,Retzlaff H,Roca M,Gallagher A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is the most common lesion of the tricuspid valve (TV). Mild TR is common and usually is benign. However, moderate or severe TR can lead to irreversible myocardial damage and adverse outcomes. Despite these findings, few patients with significant TR undergo surgery. The treatment of functio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Arsalan M,Walther T,Smith RL 2nd,Grayburn PA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The management and outcomes of patients with functional moderate/severe mitral regurgitation and severe left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction are not well defined. We sought to determine the characteristics, management strategies, and outcomes of patients with moderate or severe mitral regurgitation (MR) and ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Samad Z,Shaw LK,Phelan M,Ersboll M,Risum N,Al-Khalidi HR,Glower DD,Milano CA,Alexander JH,O'Connor CM,Wang A,Velazquez EJ

更新日期：2015-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Supraventricular tachycardia is due to altered automaticity, triggered activity or most commonly, reentry. Atrial flutter is most frequently due to reentry with counterclockwise activation in the right atrium with the left atrium acting as a bystander. The small wavefronts demonstrated during atrial fibrillation are l...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Shakespeare CF,Anderson M,Camm AJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the implications of European guidelines on the use of antihypertensives and/or lipid-lowering drugs (LLDs) for primary prevention in a Norwegian population. METHODS AND RESULTS:The Tromsø study is a population-based study in the municipality Tromsø, Norway (from 1974 to till now). This analysis includes ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hartz I,Njølstad I,Eggen AE

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation is a frequent cause of stroke; in the elderly, more than 20% of strokes are attributed to this common arrhythmia. Anticoagulation with warfarin reduces the risk of stroke by ∼60%; however, a large proportion of patients with atrial fibrillation do not receive this treatment because of relative/abso...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Landmesser U,Holmes DR Jr

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Coronary plaque characteristics are associated with ischaemia. Differences in plaque volumes and composition may explain the discordance between coronary stenosis severity and ischaemia. We evaluated the association between coronary stenosis severity, plaque characteristics, coronary computed tomography angiograph...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gaur S,Øvrehus KA,Dey D,Leipsic J,Bøtker HE,Jensen JM,Narula J,Ahmadi A,Achenbach S,Ko BS,Christiansen EH,Kaltoft AK,Berman DS,Bezerra H,Lassen JF,Nørgaard BL

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient air pollution is a leading cause of non-communicable disease globally. The largest proportion of deaths and morbidity due to air pollution is now known to be due to cardiovascular disorders. Several particulate and gaseous air pollutants can trigger acute events (e.g. myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failu...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Münzel T,Gori T,Al-Kindi S,Deanfield J,Lelieveld J,Daiber A,Rajagopalan S

更新日期：2018-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one consecutive children with the Wolff-Parkinson-White (1-15 years: mean 8 years), 22 symptomatic [including 20 with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and one with ventricular fibrillation (VF) episode--Group A) and 19 asymptomatic (Group B)], underwent transoesophageal electrophysiological examination. The me...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Vignati G,Mauri L,Lunati M,Gasparini M,Figini A

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims To assess whether coronary flow velocity reserve following stent implantation is predictive of the subsequent need of target lesion revascularization. Methods and Results The outcome was examined of 417 patients enrolled in a multicentre prospective randomized study (DESTINI), who received a successful single ves...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Nishida T,Di Mario C,Kern MJ,Anderson TJ,Moussa I,Bonan R,Muramatsu T,Jain AC,Suarez de Lezo J,Cho SY,Meredith IT,Moses JW,Colombo A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although indicated by several experimental studies, the presence of a renin-angiotensin system has not been demonstrated in the human heart. The influence of a local renin-angiotensin system on the coronary vessels may be difficult to establish after oral or intravenous administration of an angiotensin converting-enzy...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Foult JM,Tavolaro O,Antony I,Nitenberg A

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:There are limited data on the clinical implications of total physiologic atherosclerotic burden assessed by invasive physiologic studies in patients with coronary artery disease. We investigated the prognostic implications of total physiologic atherosclerotic burden assessed by total sum of fractional flow reserve...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lee JM,Koo BK,Shin ES,Nam CW,Doh JH,Hwang D,Park J,Kim KJ,Zhang J,Hu X,Wang J,Ahn C,Ye F,Chen S,Yang J,Chen J,Tanaka N,Yokoi H,Matsuo H,Takashima H,Shiono Y,Akasaka T

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess EuroSCORE performance in predicting in-hospital mortality in on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB). METHODS AND RESULTS:Additive and logistic EuroSCORE were computed for consecutive patients undergoing CABG (n = 3440, 75%) or OPCAB (n = 1140,...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Parolari A,Pesce LL,Trezzi M,Loardi C,Kassem S,Brambillasca C,Miguel B,Tremoli E,Biglioli P,Alamanni F

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study 27 post-myocardial infarction patients were treated with Persantin capsules (Depot-Kapseln, sustained release form), containing 200 mg dipyridamole, b.i.d. over a period of 3 weeks. Baseline levels for plasma beta-thromboglobulin (BTG), platelet factor 4 (PF4), and serum thromboxane B2 (TXB2) were...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Safai-Kutti S,Kutti J,Vedin A,Wilhelmsson C

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Our objective was to create a simple prognostic risk score for patients with systolic heart failure and mild symptoms. We then assessed the efficacy of eplerenone across different categories of risk. METHODS AND RESULTS:The Eplerenone in Mild Patients Hospitalization and Survival Study in Heart Failure trial (EMP...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Collier TJ,Pocock SJ,McMurray JJ,Zannad F,Krum H,van Veldhuisen DJ,Swedberg K,Shi H,Vincent J,Pitt B

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To identify variables predicting ejection fraction (EF) recovery and characterize prognosis of heart failure (HF) patients with EF recovery (HFrecEF). METHODS AND RESULTS:Retrospective study of adults referred for ≥2 echocardiograms separated by ≥6 months between 2008 and 2016 at the two largest echocardiography ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ghimire A,Fine N,Ezekowitz JA,Howlett J,Youngson E,McAlister FA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A lack of donor hearts has stimulated interest in using blood pumps to treat severe heart failure. We tested the hypothesis that a new continuous flow circulatory assist device could be employed safely to relieve symptoms of heart failure and evaluated the potential to prolong life. METHODS AND RESULTS:An intraca...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Siegenthaler MP,Westaby S,Frazier OH,Martin J,Banning A,Robson D,Pepper J,Poole-Wilson P,Beyersdorf F

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the relations between genetic loci, plasma lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among diabetic patients and compare with the observations in the general population. METHODS AND RESULTS:In two prospective cohorts of patients with type 2 diabetes (n= 2308) from the Nurses'...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Qi Q,Workalemahu T,Zhang C,Hu FB,Qi L

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents effectively reduce restenosis in small coronary vessels. The relative efficacy of these drug-eluting stents in this high-risk subset is not known. METHODS AND RESULTS:A total of 360 patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for de novo lesions in native corona...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mehilli J,Dibra A,Kastrati A,Pache J,Dirschinger J,Schömig A,Intracoronary Drug-Eluting Stenting to Abrogate Restenosis in Small Arteries (ISAR-SMART 3) Study Investigators.

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary revascularization procedures by means of percutaneous coronary interventions or coronary artery bypass graft surgeries are performed worldwide daily for the symptomatic treatment of patients with myocardial ischaemia. Nevertheless, angina remains a significant clinical problem. Management of angina recurring ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Abbate A,Biondi-Zoccai GG,Agostoni P,Lipinski MJ,Vetrovec GW

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the subacute effects of a sustained intravenous infusion of urocortin-I (Ucn-I) in experimental heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS:In eight sheep with pacing-induced HF, a 4-day infusion of Ucn-I (0.3 microg/kg/h) induced prompt (30 min) and sustained (4-day) increases in cardiac output (CO, D...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rademaker MT,Charles CJ,Espiner EA,Frampton CM,Lainchbury JG,Richards AM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The vast majority of acute heart failure (AHF) trials to date have targeted dyspnoea. However, they enrolled patients relatively late and did not standardize their methods of dyspnoea measurement. URGENT Dyspnoea was designed to determine changes in dyspnoea in response to initial, standard therapy in patients pre...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mebazaa A,Pang PS,Tavares M,Collins SP,Storrow AB,Laribi S,Andre S,Mark Courtney D,Hasa J,Spinar J,Masip J,Frank Peacock W,Sliwa K,Gayat E,Filippatos G,Cleland JG,Gheorghiade M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Ventricular fibrosis is promoted by many effectors that chronically activate phospholipase D (PLD), and induces cardiac dysfunction and heart failure in cardiovascular diseases. Since ethanolamine is a product of PLD, we hypothesised that an administration of an analogue of ethanolamine, N-methylethanolamine (MEA),...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Yamamoto K,Takahashi Y,Mano T,Sakata Y,Nishikawa N,Yoshida J,Oishi Y,Hori M,Miwa T,Inoue S,Masuyama T

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiarrhythmic drugs are still used for the treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias, in combination with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators or without them. AIM OF THE STUDY:In a double-blind randomized crossover design, the short- and long-term efficacy and safety of oral dofetilide or oral sotalol ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Boriani G,Lubinski A,Capucci A,Niederle R,Kornacewicz-Jack Z,Wnuk-Wojnar AM,Borggrefe M,Brachmann J,Biffi M,Butrous GS,Ventricular Arrhythmias Dofetilide Investigators.

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00