Vasospastic angina mimicking graft failure and spontaneously appearing after left ventriculography.

abstract：:Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) is a rare cardiomyopathy characterized by the progressive replacement of cardiomyocytes by fatty and fibrous tissue in the right ventricle (RV). These infiltrations lead to cardiac electrical instability and ventricular arrhythmia. Current treatment for ARVD is empiric...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Morel E,Manati AW,Nony P,Maucort-Boulch D,Bessière F,Cai X,Besseyre des Horts T,Janin A,Moreau A,Chevalier P

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Guidelines suggest that "upstream" P2Y12 receptor antagonists should be considered in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS). HYPOTHESIS:Early use of ticagrelor in patients managed with an invasive strategy would be more effective than clopidogrel because of its more rapi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pollack CV Jr,Davoudi F,Diercks DB,Becker RC,James SK,Lim ST,Schulte PJ,Spinar J,Steg PG,Storey RF,Himmelmann A,Wallentin L,Cannon CP,PLATO Investigators.

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity can lead to increased oxidative stress which is one of the proposed mechanisms in the etiopathogenesis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM). HYPOTHESIS:The presence of obesity adversely impacts clinical outcomes in TCM patients. METHODS:We queried the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database (2010-2014) t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Desai R,Singh S,Baikpour M,Goyal H,Dhoble A,Deshmukh A,Kumar G,Sachdeva R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Reduction in ENdpoints with the Angiotensin Antagonist Losartan (RENAAL) study reported that losartan delayed the progression of renal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy. Diabetic or renally impaired patients are at high cardiovascular risk, a risk potentially increased in patients ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kowey PR,Dickson TZ,Zhang Z,Shahinfar S,Brenner BM,RENAAL Investigators.

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUNDS:The causes and prognosis of pericardial effusion (PE) may be different according to time, region, economy, and hospital. This study was performed to evaluate the etiology, clinical outcome, and prognosis of patients with large, symptomatic PE treated by echo-guided pericardiocentesis at Kangnam St. Mary's H...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kil UH,Jung HO,Koh YS,Park HJ,Park CS,Kim PJ,Baek SH,Seung KB,Choi KB

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous evidence has suggested that either hypertension or atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with systemic inflammation. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) has been proved to have anti-inflammatory effects and is implicated as a molecular pathway involved in many cardiovascula...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chen X,Bing Z,He J,Jiang L,Luo X,Su Y,Kan B,Huang D,Wei Y

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although certain classes of drugs appear to possess benefits apart from their blood-pressure lowering capability, reduction of blood pressure remains the single most important action of antihypertensive therapy. Calcium-channel blockers (CCBs) have long been recognized as potent agents for hypertension therapy. This i...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： White WB

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) derived from a melanoma cell line was first used in patients with acute myocardial infarction in the early 1980s. Recombinant DNA technology then allowed production of large amounts of t-PA. The TIMI-I trial used a two-chain recombinant (rt-PA) product. A predominantly single-c...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： DeWood MA,Kurnik PB,Jolly MK,Jain AC,Khaja F,Gorfinkel HJ,Morris DL,Satler L,LittleJohn J

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal strategy for treating late presenters of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains uncertain. HYPOTHESIS:percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has a favorable effect on left ventricular (LV) remodeling and clinical outcomes in late presenters of STEMI. METHODS:Patients with STEMI wh...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fan Y,Bai X,Chen Y,Shen G,Lu Q,Wan Z,Zhou D,Shen Y,Ma A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prediction of significant left main or diffuse three-vessel coronary artery disease is crucial in patients presenting with an acute coronary syndrome. ST-segment elevation in aVR has been reported to be associated with left main coronary artery obstruction or severe diffuse coronary artery disease in acute coronar...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Habibzadeh MR,Ewy GA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Late potentials (LP) on signal-averaged electrocardiography (SAECG), recorded 6 to 30 days after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), identify patients at risk for late arrhythmic events. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have been shown to reduce ventricular remodeling and cardiovascular morta...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chiladakis JA,Karapanos G,Agelopoulos G,Alexopoulos D,Manolis AS

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：: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：:Primary amyloidosis, systemic senile amyloidosis, isolated atrial amyloidosis, and transthyretin isoleucine 122 amyloidosis frequently involve the heart. Amyloid fibrils infiltrate the myocardium, impairing ventricular contraction and relaxation. The clinical manifestations of cardiac infiltration in these disorders a...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： McCarthy RE 3rd,Kasper EK

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During myocardial ischemia, fatty acids are the principal source of energy, increasing myocardial oxygen consumption and making a decrease in coronary blood flow less well tolerated. Increasing glucose oxidation during myocardial ischemia may improve cardiac efficiency. The pFOX inhibitors have the potential to accomp...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Conti CR

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the foregoing data it is not unreasonable to hypothesize that restoration of flow in the infarct-related artery at a later date might decrease mortality. If that is the case, then a strong argument can be made for coronary angiography in patients surviving acute myocardial infarction. Of course, the ideal way...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors：

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to review the history of the clinico-pathologic investigations performed at the University of Padua on an old morbid entity ("parchment heart"), which, in the 1960s, led to the clinical description of the disease, in the 1980s to the revival of the scientific interest, and in the mid 1990s...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Basso C,Thiene G,Nava A,Dalla Volta S

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Balancing the benefits, risks, and cost of thrombolytic treatment is a complex issue which depends considerably upon the variable threat of the thrombus to organ physiology and patient survival. For example, after deep vein thrombosis (DVT), the major risk is long-term disability due to the postphlebitic syndrome, whi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Marder VJ

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathophysiology of malignant hypertension, of which underlying disease was essential hypertension (EHT) in 33 cases and chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN) in 26 cases, was studied with reference to the renin-angiotensin system. Plasma renin activity (PRA) was significantly higher in the EHT than in the CGN group, and an...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kawazoe N,Eto T,Abe I,Takishita S,Ueno M,Kobayashi K,Uezono K,Muratani H,Kimura Y,Tomita Y

更新日期：1987-09-01 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：:VA Cooperative Studies Program #571 (DIVA) was designed to evaluate the efficacy of drug-eluting stents (DES) for reducing aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass graft (SVG) failure when compared with bare-metal stents (BMS) in participants undergoing stenting of de novo SVG lesions. Participants undergoing clinically in...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Brilakis ES,Banerjee S,Edson R,Shunk K,Goldman S,Holmes DR Jr,Bhatt DL,Rao SV,Smith MW,Sather M,Colling C,Kar B,Nielsen L,Conner T,Wagner T,Rangan BV,Ventura B,Lu Y,Holodniy M,Shih MC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isolated left ventricular abnormal trabeculation (ILVAT) is defined as > 3 coarse trabeculations of the left ventricular wall, apically to the papillary muscles, in hearts without congenital malformations. HYPOTHESIS:The aims of the study were to assess by echocardiography the prevalence of ILVAT, to confir...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Stöllberger C,Finsterer J,Valentin A,Blazek G,Tscholakoff D

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between left atrial (LA) myocardial function and left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction in subjects with preserved LV ejection fraction (LVEF). METHODS:The study included a group of 118 hypertensive patients and normal subjects. LV diastolic...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Guan Z,Zhang D,Huang R,Zhang F,Wang Q,Guo S

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) pose a major burden in Africa, but data on temporal trends in disease burden are lacking. We assessed trends in CVD admissions and outcomes in central Ghana using a retrospective analysis of data from January 2004 to December 2015 among patients admitted to the medical wards of a tertiar...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Appiah LT,Sarfo FS,Agyemang C,Tweneboah HO,Appiah NABA,Bedu-Addo G,Opare-Sem O

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter ablation has become an accepted technique for creating complete heart block in patients with drug refractory supraventricular tachycardias. However, it remains experimental for other indications, such as ablation of accessory pathway or ventricular tachycardia. The use of high energy defibrillator discharges ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Cunningham D

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term hemodynamic and possible arrhythmogenic effects of intravenous salbutamol at a dose of 30 or 60 micrograms/min were evaluated in 14 patients with severe chronic left ventricular dysfunction using equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography and electrocardiographic monitoring. Salbutamol infusions at a do...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Rotstein Z,Battler A,Rath S,Perek J,Eldar M

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rarely occurring in the pediatric and adolescent population, aortic dissection is a condition with many predisposing factors. Previous studies have suggested that congenital cardiovascular disorders are the most common predisposing conditions. Trauma-associated aortic dissection is considered a rare occurren...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fikar CR,Fikar R

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flecainide is reported to be effective in patients with paroxysmal tachycardias, but its effect on rapid ventricular response over accessory atrioventricular pathway during atrial fibrillation is not known. The influence of flecainide on various electrophysiological properties of the accessory pathway with special emp...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kappenberger LJ,Fromer MA,Shenasa M,Gloor HO

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium channel blockers are important drugs for the treatment of chronic stable angina. However, negative inotropic and dromotropic effects may limit their usefulness in patients with atrioventricular conduction abnormalities or left ventricular dysfunction. A new generation of calcium channel blockers will soon be a...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pepine C

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00