Analysis of physical exercise in cardiac patients following cardiovascular rehabilitation.

abstract：:Thromboembolic events are major causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with native heart valve disease and artificial heart valves. Oral anticoagulation can reduce these complications. The indication for and intensity of oral anticoagulation depends on both, the risk for thromboembolic events and the risk of he...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Gohlke-Bärwolf C,Krémer R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether statin therapy initiated early in acute myocardial infarction together with thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction results in clinical benefit through early plaque stabilization. METHODS AND RESULTS:The study population consisted of 77 patients who underwent coronary...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Kayikçioğlu M,Can L,Kültürsay H,Payzin S,Turkoğlu C

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse intra-alveolar haemorrhage is a rare complication of thrombolytic therapy (TT). We report a patient who developed haemoptysis due to pulmonary haemorrhage. This diagnosis should be considered in any patients with respiratory distress, diffuse pulmonary infiltrates, and haemoptysis and otherwise unexplained dec...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Baran I,Ozdemir B,Coşkun S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular aneurysms are common in clinical practice. Although their underlying aetiology is generally clear by the clinical context, it can be hard to define the exact cause in some cases. We report a case of a patient in whom cardiac MRI provided important information about the differential diagnosis of a left...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Kaplan A,Aslanger E,Polat N,Dursun M,Umman B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis occurred in a young man. On admission, he was in septic shock and the electrocardiogram revealed convex upwards ST-segment elevation in inferior and lateral leads. Rapid and complete normalisation of the ECG was observed and the patient had a favourable evolution with intensive...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Gach O,Lancellotti P,Pierard LA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During inflammation, several cell types synthesize and secrete phospholipase A2 that catalyses lipid oxidation in LDL. Myeloperoxidase, a haeme protein secreted by activated phagocytes, oxidizes L-tyrosine to a tyrosyl radical that is a physiological catalyst for the initiation of lipid oxidation in LDL. Lipid oxidati...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Holvoet P

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a review of the effects of E on the symptoms of CHF which affect patients' (pts) quality of life and the signs associated with pts' prognosis. The review is based on clinical studies which were included in the New Drug Application for Vasotec (enalapril maleate, MSD) in the United States. There were 3 open-lab...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Rucinska EJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Since many years catheter ablation is widely used for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), however, long-term follow-up data of ablation techniques are rare. This study presents a 10-year follow-up period in patients treated for paroxysmal AF (PAF) with point-by-point pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) u...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Vroomen M,van Rosmalen F,Schröder J,Philippens S,Delhaas T,Crijns HJ,Pison L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enalapril is a new angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor which, when absorbed by the digestive tract, is converted to enalaprilat. This metabolite is, in fact, the active form of enalapril. Its duration of action is sufficiently long so that enalapril can be administered in a single daily dose. Enalapril has been pr...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Brunner HR,Nussberger J,Waeber B

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate pain and pulmonary function after partial upper versus complete sternotomy for aortic valve surgery. METHODS AND RESULTS:In a prospective study of 31 adult patients, 15 individuals underwent aortic valve replacement via partial upper sternotomy, and 16 patients were oper...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Candaele S,Herijgers P,Demeyere R,Flameng W,Evers G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The European Society of Cardiology designated 2008 as the year of imaging. However, despite the intense focus on the many types of imaging and the relative benefits of each one, the optimal modalityfor the diagnosis of coronary artery disease remains controversial. Among the currently available techniques, co...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Jiang B,Gai L,Sun Z,Gai J,Guan Z,Wang Z,Liu C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study sought to examine the use of treatments at discharge in patients hospitalized for myocardial infarction in a French region. METHODS AND RESULTS:Data from 2,102 patients discharged after myocardial infarction were prospectively collected at 48 university, community, and private hospitals in three d...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Excoffier S,De Gevigney G,Ecochard R,Rabilloud M,Cao D,Cheneau E,Milon H,Delahaye F

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva with an interarterial course is a rather rare congenital anomaly. Treatment strategies are determined by the risk of sudden cardiac death and the presence of cardiac ischaemia. We present two cases of middle-aged patients who were diagnos...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： De Pooter J,Van Driessche L,Bartunek J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetic parameters for a two compartment open model were defined for six patients receiving a wide range of Digoxin doses. It was demonstrated that the two compartment model is a valid one to use for Digoxin pharmacokinetics. This model is an useful concept because it can explain the necessity to vary Digo...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Rabkin SW,Grupp G

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The intima-media thickness (IMT) of the carotid artery is dependent on the risk factor load during life and correlates well with the degree of atherosclerosis, also in other vascular beds. METHODS:We reviewed our database of IMT measurements, from January 2002 to February 2007. We compared the mean IMT value...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Heuten H,Goovaerts I,Ennekens G,Vrints C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old Caucasian woman presented with chest pain suggestive of acute pericarditis. On initial evaluation the apical ballooning variant of stress-related cardiomyopathy (CMP) was present. The stress CMP and acute pericarditis resolved within a week. The patient returned in four weeks with early cardiac tamponade...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Li JW,Nanda S,Longo S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a case of permanent atrial standstill with syncopal attacks, in a patient with chronic Chagas' Heart Disease. The recognition of this dysrhythmia was based upon the conventional and intracavity electrocardiographic tracings in addition to phonomecanographic and hemodynamic data. The recording of th...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Benchimol CB,Schlesinger P,Ginefra P,Barbosa S,Saad EA,Benchimol AB

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transradial approach to coronary angiography is a progressive and increasingly more often used technique. Apart from its advantages, radial artery occlusion (RAO) represents the most serious drawback. Re-canalization of an iatrogenic RAO, although asymptomatic in the majority of cases, remains a discussed and challeng...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Skvaril J,Kockova R,Danickova K,Sedlon P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of cigarette smoking on the circadian rhythm of heart rate variability (HRV) are not known. METHODS:We studied the effects of cigarette smoking on the circadian rhythm of HRV in 24 smoking and 21 non-smoking healthy subjects. Twenty-four hour ambulatory electrocardiograms were recorded and time ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Eryonucu B,Bilge M,Güler N,Uzun K,Gencer M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is underdiagnosed in most countries. We report our first experience from a national pilot project of cascade screening in relatives of FH patients. METHODOLOGY:Participating specialists recruited consecutive index patients (IP) with Dutch Lipid Clinic Network (DLCN) score...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Descamps OS,Rietzschel E,Laporte A,Buysschaert I,De Raedt H,Elegeert I,Chenot F,Lengele JP,Carlier S,Vanderheeren P,Lienart F,Friart A,Guillaume M,Vandekerckhove H,Maudens G,Mertens A,van de Borne P,Bondue A,De Sutter

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The scope of this study is to detect whether or not the entropy (E) circadian rhythm (CR) is maintained preserved in sinusal R-R intervals (SRRI), its loss being the expression of a transition to an indeterministic chaos in heart rate variability (HRV). METHODS:The E of SRRI was estimated in 14 type I diabet...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Cugini P,Curione M,Castro C,Napoli A,Francia P,Colatrella A,Di Bona S,Cammarota C,Cardarelli G,Amato S,Fallucca F

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological information on the prevalence, incidence and natural history of intermittent claudication and peripheral vascular disease is limited, partially by the limitation of techniques of their study. The available data from the literature are review and supplemented by results from an on-going survey the ankle...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： De Backer G,Kornitzer M,Sobolski J,Denolin H

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The mechanisms of the different haemodynamic and clinical responses to dobutamine infusion in mitral stenosis (MS) are not clearly established. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between left atrial (LA) function and haemodynamic response in patients with MS during dobutamine infusion. METHOD...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Belgi A,Yalçinkaya S,Cetin S,Kabukçu M,Gölbaşi I,Sancaktar O

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designated to assess long term functional capacity, blood pressure and renal function at 12 and 60 months after heart transplantation. The data of sixty heart transplant recipients were retrospectively reviewed. At rest, radionuclide ejection fraction and cardiac index measured by thermodilution ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Baroud I,Niset G,Vachiery JL,Antoine M,Degré S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiac rehabilitation programmes result in reduced morbidity and mortality and improvement of functional class. Behaviour of natriuretic peptides coupled to these programmes is not well established. Our study's objective is to evaluate the behaviour of natriuretic peptides in a sample of patients undergoing ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Montiel-Trujillo A,Isasti-Aizpurua G,Carrasco-Chinchilla F,Jiménez-Navarro MF,Gómez-González A,Bravo Navas JC,Jimeno C,De Teresa-Galván E

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is a key enzyme in the production of angiotensin II and thus may participate in the modulation of cardiac growth. The cloning of the ACE gene has made it possible to identify a deletion (D)-insertion (I) polymorphism that appears to affect the level of serum ACE activity. ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Dursunoglu D,Evrengül H,Tanriverdi H,Turgut G,Genç O,Kaftan HA,Kilic M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The objective was to explore the value of serum carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125) combined with N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in predicting the clinical prognosis of patients with acute heart failure (AHF).Methods: We prospectively observed 213 patients with AHF. CA125 (U/ml) and NT-...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Chen X,Wu M,Xu K,Huang M,Zhuo X

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine similarities in the effect of yellow wine as compared to statin and the possibility that yellow wine inhibits tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-induced nitric oxide (NO) synthesis, endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Zhao F,Ji Z,Chi J,Tang W,Zhai X,Meng L,Guo H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal management of high-risk patients requiring urgent or emergency noncardiac surgery when the options for further testing and evaluation are limited, is unclear. The focus of most of the literature, including the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines, has been on patients underg...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Jafary FH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to prepare Belgian participation in the International Study "Monitoring of trends and determinants in cardiovascular disease (MONICA)", a pilot project for registration of acute myocardial infarctions was organized in the Flemish city of Ghent and the Walloon city of Charleroi. Thanks to the collaboration of ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Berghmans L,Heyerick P,De Backer G,Kornitzer M,Fux M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00