Left atrial activation and asymmetric anatomical remodeling in patients with atrial fibrillation: The relation between anatomy and function.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:The aim of this study was to define the prevalence of previously undetected coronary heart disease among asymptomatic males, aged 30-65 years, by means of resting and exercise electrocardiography in conjunction with an analysis of conventional and exertional coronary risk factors. METHODS:Bet...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Davies B,Ashton WD,Rowlands DJ,eL-Sayed M,Wallace PC,Duckett K,Coley J,Daggett AM

更新日期：1996-04-01 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:Although the outcome of patients with angiographically insignificantly narrowed coronary arteries (INCA) is not clearly defined, such lesions can progress or rupture, thus causing cardiovascular morbidity. Preventive therapy with aspirin and lipid-lowering drugs therefore seems warranted in these patients. ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Henkin Y,Abuful A,Yosefi C,Elis A,Ilia R,Gidron Y

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many invasive and noninvasive methods have been used to study the cardiac atria; however, few allow quantitative measurement of atrial function. To determine the interaction between left ventricular (LV) contraction and left atrial (LA) filling, gated radionuclide angiography was conducted in 30 normal subjects (24 me...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fujii K,Ozaki M,Yamagishi T,Ishine K,Furutani Y,Nagano H,Yamamoto K,Saiki A,Matsuzaki M

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This manuscript was written in an effort to emphasize the points made by Porter et al. (Clin Cardiol 1997; 20:971-973). Right ventricular infarction may be erroneously interpreted as an anteroseptal infarction because of elevation of the S-T segments in leads V1-V4. The two can be separated when, using the Grant metho...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Hurst JW

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term survival rate following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was studied in 358 patients in central Japan who were monitored for 8 to 20 years after discharge from hospital for AMI. Fifteen-year cardiac survival rates were 65% in males and 72% in females. In both sexes, the survival rate decreased with incr...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Enomoto N,Yamauchi K,Hayashi H,Saito H,Hamajima N,Sasaki R,Sotobata I,Tanimura H

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antihypertensive effect of a new calcium antagonist, clentiazem, on inpatients or outpatients with essential hypertension. After blood pressure was stable and greater than 160/95 mmHg with placebo for at least a 2-week observation period, oral clentiazem was administered o...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kawakita S,Kinoshita M,Ishikawa H,Kagoshima T,Katori R,Ishikawa K,Hirota Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 5% of patients with acute myocardial infarction do not have atherosclerotic coronary artery disease but have other causes for their luminal narrowing. The third part of this three-part review of nonatherosclerotic causes of coronary narrowing focuses on coronary vasculitis, infectious diseases, Kawasaki'...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Waller BF,Fry ET,Hermiller JB,Peters T,Slack JD

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of whether several attempts at transducer insertion increase the risk of performing transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) has not been addressed to date. In the course of performing TEE in 45 patients with CAD, two or more attempts to insert the transducer w...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Grosse-Heitmeyer W,Engberding R

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For decades, fasting for 8 to 12 hours has been recommended for measurement of lipid profiles. The effect of fasting on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglycerides (TG) has been described in healthy cohorts and those with stable disease states. Recently, guidelines suggested that fasting ma...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Steen DL,Umez-Eronini AA,Guo J,Khan N,Cannon CP

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women's health and well-being are shaped by a combination of healthcare policies that impact the type of health insurance coverage they benefit from, as well as access to preventive, screening, and treatment services. Furthermore, more distal policies, such as those that pertain to housing, education, and employment, ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Brindis CD,Freund KM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One-third of patients who receive cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) are classified as nonresponders. Characteristics of responders to CRT have been studied in multiple clinical trials. HYPOTHESIS:Independent predictors of CRT response may be identified by studying a series of patients in routine clini...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Park MY,Altman RK,Orencole M,Kumar P,Parks KA,Heist KE,Singh JP,Picard MH

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past, many have avoided nuts because of their high fat content. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, however, recommends regular consumption of this food along with seeds and dried beans (4-5 servings per week) as part of a diet to control hypertension. Nuts are nutrient-dense and most of th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fraser GE

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of congestive heart failure (CHF) has not significantly declined over the past 50 years, and overall survival rates are low at 5 years following diagnosis. Numerous studies have shown low serum sodium to be a poor prognostic indicator of all cause mortality in CHF patients. HYPOTHESIS:The goal...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： DeWolfe A,Lopez B,Arcement LM,Hebert K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with severe pulmonary hypertension secondary to the CREST syndrome variant of scleroderma is described. Acute reductions in both pulmonary artery pressure and total pulmonary resistance were seen with nifedipine and oxygen administration. Reductions in resistance were maintained for over one month with this ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Morrison D,Goldman S,Alepa FP

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is now accumulating which strongly suggests that prognosis of patients with painless myocardial ischemia determined either by ambulatory ECG monitoring or exercise testing may be no different than the prognosis of patients who have overt clinical manifestations of myocardial ischemia associated with transient...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Conti CR

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients with coronary artery disease treated by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) have a history of previous myocardial injury resulting in a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (EF). The effects of successful PTCA on myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function in these patients...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Singh A,Chandler S,Pears D,Perry R,Murray RG,Shiu MF

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of hypertension continues to be challenging due to the lack of understanding regarding underlying modulators of blood pressure as well as co-existing conditions such as atherosclerosis and diabetes. This has led to uncertainty regarding treatment strategy and intensity. The INternational VErapamil SR/tra...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kolloch RE

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) not only plays an important role in plaque formation, but also impairs the endothelium-dependent relaxation. Constrictive remodeling rather than intimal hyperplasia mainly contributes to restenosis after balloon angioplasty. Probucol (powerful antioxidant) reduced res...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yoneyama S,Arakawa K,Yonemura A,Isoda K,Nakamura H,Ohsuzu F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Right ventricular dysfunction occurs in many patients with significant pulmonary valve regurgitation late after initial total repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Methods to predict which of these patients are at increased risk of late morbidity and mortality are not yet known. HYPOTHESIS:This study evaluated ele...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Book WM,Parks WJ,Hopkins KL,Hurst JW

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most important roles for professional societies in medicine is assembling multiple stakeholders and experts to develop documents that can help guide and define policies and strategies for best medical care. Each year the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) develops several consensus documents that address critical c...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sennhauser S,Anand R,Kusumoto F,Goldschlager N

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rising costs have reached a point at which physicians must assume a major role in dealing with the cost of medicine. Little information is available regarding actual practice at the community hospital level. In order to develop some insight on this issue, a survey of cardiovascular specialists was conducted regarding ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Vogel JH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of body fat distribution on left ventricular (LV) mass and geometry has been recently recognized. However, data regarding circulating inflammatory markers in relation to regional visceral fat deposits, which are metabolically active tissues that can impact cardiac structural remodeling, remain spa...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Lai YH,Liu CC,Kuo JY,Hung TC,Wu YJ,Yeh HI,Bulwer BE,Hung CL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of systemic hypotension with volume depletion not responding to intravenous fluids was found to have features of cardiac tamponade on two-dimensional (2-D) echocardiography. Intracardiac pressures were normal on cardiac catheterization. An interesting observation was the presence of left ventricular (LV) collap...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dwivedi SK,Saran R,Narain VS

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from clinical trials with benazepril suggest that the safety profile of benazepril is similar to that of other angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. Treatment-related side effects occurred in 20% of benazepril-treated patients and in 18% of patients receiving placebo. The most commonly reported side eff...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： MacNab M,Mallows S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of myocardial ischemia that could present as angina, acute myocardial infarction, or even sudden death. It occurs more commonly in women and it has been associated with autoimmune and collagen vascular diseases. The management and prognosis in these patient...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dakik HA,Nader GA,Arja WA,Sawaya J,Gharzuddine W

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and nonobstructive coronary artery disease (nonobCAD) may be perceived to be at lower risk for cardiac events, relative to those with obstructive CAD (obCAD), and thus less likely to receive optimal preventive medications in the year following AMI. HYPOTHESIS:...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pitts R,Daugherty SL,Tang F,Jones P,Ho PM,Tsai TT,Spertus J,Maddox TM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apixaban is a non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant approved for prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). Current labeling recommends dose reduction based on patient age, weight, and renal function. HYPOTHESIS:The aim of this study was to analyze adherence...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Buchholz A,Ueberham L,Gorczynska K,Dinov B,Hilbert S,Dagres N,Husser D,Hindricks G,Bollmann A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have suggested that immunoassay of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) provides a more sensitive measurement of myocardial necrosis than creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) mass concentration. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of this study was to compare the release of cTnT and CK-MB isoenzyme in patients undergoing perc...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Abbas SA,Glazier JJ,Wu AH,Dupont C,Green SF,Pearsall LA,Waters DD,McKay RG

更新日期：1996-10-01 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