Survival rate and causes of death in patients with pacemakers: dependence on symptoms leading to pacemaker implantation.

abstract：:A total of 546 patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) were retrospectively reviewed to assess the efficacy of percutaneous transluminal valvuloplasty (PTV) and valve replacement (VR). Of these, 490 underwent VR between 1968 and 1986 (mean age 62 +/- 12 years, 71.7% were in NYHA class III or IV), 68.8% received mech...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Acar J,Vahanian A,Slama M,Cormier B,Michel PL,Luxereau P,Farah E,Leborgne O,Dermine P

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) is an important determinant of functional status and survival in various diseases states. Data are sparse on the epidemiology and outcome of patients with severe RVD. This study examined the characteristics, aetiology, and survival of patients with severe RVD. METHODS AND RESUL...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Padang R,Chandrashekar N,Indrabhinduwat M,Scott CG,Luis SA,Chandrasekaran K,Michelena HI,Nkomo VT,Pislaru SV,Pellikka PA,Kane GC

更新日期：2020-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen supplementation is a standard treatment for all patients who present with acute coronary syndrome, regardless of oxygen saturation levels. Most of the data regarding the function of oxygen in myocardial infarction is based on a limited number of basic and clinical studies. We performed a systematic literature r...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Shuvy M,Atar D,Gabriel Steg P,Halvorsen S,Jolly S,Yusuf S,Lotan C

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare different criteria for the definition of late potentials in patients after myocardial infarction, three signal averaged ECG variables, duration of the signal-averaged QRS complex (QRS), root-mean-square voltage of the terminal 40 ms (RMS-40), and the duration of low amplitude signals less than 40 m...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Malik M,Odemuyiwa O,Poloniecki J,Kulakowski P,Farrell T,Staunton A,Camm AJ

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inventory has been made of the practice of angioplasty in 14 European countries from 1985 onwards. The numbers of procedures performed varied in 1985 from 3 to 186 per million inhabitants, in 1991 from 52 to 716. All countries showed a steady increase, but the highest performer. Belgium, achieved only 55% of the nu...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van den Brand M

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the neurohormonal response to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition after acute myocardial infarction, 36 patients presenting within 6 h of the onset of chest pain were studied in a single regional cardiology service. In this double-blind study, 13 patients were randomized to receive captopril, 1...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Foy SG,Crozier IG,Richards AM,Nicholls MG,Turner JG,Frampton CM,Ikram H

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January 1983 and December 1990, 20 patients aged 80 years or older underwent valvular surgery. The patients' ages varied from 80 to 87 years (mean, 82 +/- 1.5 years). The indication for operation was aortic stenosis in 19 patients, and mitral insufficiency after previous mitral valve replacement with a biopros...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pasic M,Carrel T,Laske A,Bauer E,Turina J,Jenni R,von Segesser L,Turina M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable effort and large sums of money have been spent on constructing a risk profile for sudden death in the myocardial infarction survivor at the time of discharge from hospital. However, these patients are only a minority among those dying suddenly outside hospital. The majority of sudden death victims cannot ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wellens HJ,de Vreede J,Gorgels AP

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aim:Studies have reported less favourable outcomes in women compared with men after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Whether sex-specific differences in the magnitude or prognostic impact of infarct size or post-infarction cardiac function explain t...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kosmidou I,Redfors B,Selker HP,Thiele H,Patel MR,Udelson JE,Magnus Ohman E,Eitel I,Granger CB,Maehara A,Kirtane A,Généreux P,Jenkins PL,Ben-Yehuda O,Mintz GS,Stone GW

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The purpose of this study was to identify novel genetic variants influencing circulating asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) levels and to evaluate whether they have a prognostic value on cardiovascular mortality. METHODS AND RESULTS:We conducted a genome-wide association stud...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Seppälä I,Kleber ME,Lyytikäinen LP,Hernesniemi JA,Mäkelä KM,Oksala N,Laaksonen R,Pilz S,Tomaschitz A,Silbernagel G,Boehm BO,Grammer TB,Koskinen T,Juonala M,Hutri-Kähönen N,Alfthan G,Viikari JS,Kähonen M,Raitakari OT,

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus adjacens and S. defectivus are two recently individualized species of viridans streptococci. Both species were previously designated as nutritionally variant streptococci and characterized by their growth as small satellite colonies supported by 'helper' bacteria, or requiring complex media enriched with...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bouvet A

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To test the hypothesis that increasing age in patients presenting with high-risk non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) does not adversely influence the benefit of an early invasive strategy on major adverse events at 6 months. METHODS AND RESULTS:We report clinical outcomes in young (<70), ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Devlin G,Gore JM,Elliott J,Wijesinghe N,Eagle KA,Avezum A,Huang W,Brieger D,GRACE Investigators.

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was recently shown that streptokinase may induce clot formation in vivo by immunoglobulin G mediated platelet stimulation. We evaluated the in vitro effect of streptokinase on platelet function in 103 subjects, of whom 52 were < or = 30 years and 51 were > or = 50 years old. Although streptokinase inhibited platele...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Terres W,Krüger K,Bleifeld W

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old man developed giant cell myocarditis resulting in severe congestive cardiac failure. He needed urgent orthotopic cardiac transplantation despite maximal doses of inotropes and augmentation with an intra-aortic balloon pump. The patient presented with rhythm disturbances and echocardiographically diminish...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kong G,Madden B,Spyrou N,Pomerance A,Mitchell A,Yacoub M

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR amyloidosis) is a heterogeneous disorder with cardiac, neurologic, and mixed phenotypes. We describe the phenotypic and genotypic profiles of this disease in continental Western Europe as it appears from the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Survey (THAOS). METHODS AND RESULTS:THAOS is an ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Damy T,Kristen AV,Suhr OB,Maurer MS,Planté-Bordeneuve V,Yu CR,Ong ML,Coelho T,Rapezzi C,THAOS Investigators.

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Statins have modest adverse effects on glycaemic control. Alirocumab, a proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor, lowers low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. This study assessed the effects of alirocumab on new-onset diabetes and pre-diabetes incidence in individuals without diabetes at baseline. M...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Colhoun HM,Ginsberg HN,Robinson JG,Leiter LA,Müller-Wieland D,Henry RR,Cariou B,Baccara-Dinet MT,Pordy R,Merlet L,Eckel RH

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a well defined controlled model inducing regional myocardial ischaemia in man. Direct cardiac anti-ischaemic effects of anti-anginal drugs can be assessed by intracoronary injection of small doses which do not affect systemic parameters. Trimetazidine (TMZ) has recently been...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kober G,Pennaforte S,Buck T,Sievert H,Vallbracht C

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare effects of heparin and hirudin on biochemical markers of coagulation. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients (n=395) with unstable angina or myocardial infarction without ST elevation were randomized to a 72-h infusion of one of three regimens: unfractionated heparin (bolus of 5000 IU followed by an infusion of ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Flather MD,Weitz JI,Yusuf S,Pogue J,Sussex B,Campeau J,Gill J,Schuld R,Joyner CD,Morris AL,Lai C,Théroux P,Marquis JF,Chan YK,Venkatesh G,Jessel A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) and pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) are common and associated with adverse outcomes in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Little is known about the impact of PVD on the pathophysiology of exercise intolerance. Methods and results:Heart failure with preserved eject...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gorter TM,Obokata M,Reddy YNV,Melenovsky V,Borlaug BA

更新日期：2018-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with high cardiovascular risk. CKD patients exhibit a specific lipoprotein pattern termed 'uraemic dyslipidaemia', which is characterized by rather normal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and high triglyceride plasma levels. All t...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Speer T,Ridker PM,von Eckardstein A,Schunk SJ,Fliser D

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of quantitative assessment of coronary artery dimensions at the site of the most critical coronary stenosis was assessed by comparison with the correspondent reactive hyperaemia as measured by digital subtraction angiography and with the functional results. Thirty-two coronary lesions were analysed and flow ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Legrand V,Mancini GB,Le Free MT,Vogel RA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Metalloproteinases are proteolytic enzymes, which decompose the extracellular matrix, influence cardiac remodelling, and are inhibited by tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). Little is known about the prognostic impact of the TIMP-1/matrix metalloproteinase complex in patients with future cardiovascular...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lubos E,Schnabel R,Rupprecht HJ,Bickel C,Messow CM,Prigge S,Cambien F,Tiret L,Münzel T,Blankenberg S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rationale for beta-blockade in heart failure is now well established. Heart failure mortality, which is predicted by neurohormonal activation, remains high despite modern treatment including ACE inhibition, and additional neurohormonal blockade has further therapeutic potential. Previous clinical trial experience ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sharpe N

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:We evaluated prognostic value at 6 months of residual pulmonary vascular obstruction (RPVO) measured before discharge in patients with intermediate- or high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE). METHODS AND RESULTS:Prospective registry including 416 consecutive patients with intermediate- or high-risk PE who surviv...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Meneveau N,Ider O,Seronde MF,Chopard R,Davani S,Bernard Y,Schiele F

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the acute phase of myocardial infarction (acute MI) marked endothelial damage occurs within the first 24h following thrombolysis with streptokinase. We investigated whether this is associated with a change in levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF, possibly marking angiogenesis) in the first 2...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Chung NA,Lydakis C,Belgore F,Blann AD,Lip GY

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrocardiographic patterns, observed during 24-h Holter monitoring, of 10 patients (mean age 35 +/- 22 years) with first and second degree A-V block due to dual A-V nodal pathways are reported. Recordings were selected according to the presence of: sudden and persistent prolongation of the PR interval: sudden n...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Di Biase M,Tritto M,Sabato G,Pitzalis MV,Rizzon P

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectral turbulence analysis of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram is a new method for identifying patients prone to sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia. In contrast to analysis in the time domain, it has been claimed to be applicable in patients with bundle branch block. The aim of this study was to asse...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Englund A,Andersson M,Bergfeldt L

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The EURObservational Research Programme-Atrial Fibrillation General Registry Pilot Phase (EORP-AF Pilot) provides systematic collection of contemporary data regarding the management and treatment of 3119 subjects with AF from 9 member European Society of Cardiology (ESC) countries. In this analysis, we repor...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lip GY,Laroche C,Ioachim PM,Rasmussen LH,Vitali-Serdoz L,Petrescu L,Darabantiu D,Crijns HJ,Kirchhof P,Vardas P,Tavazzi L,Maggioni AP,Boriani G

更新日期：2014-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Stephan Achenbach reviews the history of coronary computer tomography angiography and discusses its further evolution. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Achenbach S

更新日期：2016-02-21 00:00:00