Alcohol-induced changes in serum lipoproteins and in their metabolism.

abstract：:The distinction between idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis is controversial, both clinically and pathologically. To increase diagnostic accuracy and provide prognostic information, we prospectively tested the routine application of immunofluorescence and electron microscopy in endomyocardial biopsy eval...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hammond EH,Menlove RL,Anderson JL

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurogenic component in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension has predominantly been analyzed with regard to the sympathetic part of the autonomous nervous system; the parasympathetic branch has largely been neglected. We investigated whether 54 normotensive (mean causal blood pressure [cBP]: 125 +/- 6/82 +/-...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Langewitz W,Rüddel H,Schächinger H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study attempted to define the role of endothelin (ET) in preconditioning. We previously showed that ET Is produced during myocardial ischemia and reperfusion. Because both preconditioning and ET act through protein kinase C, ET could play a role in preconditioning. Dogs were randomized to three groups subjected t...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Erikson JM,Velasco CE

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite known associations between obesity and cardiovascular disease, the relationship between obesity as reflected by body mass index (BMI) and angiographic coronary artery disease (CAD) is not fully understood. Moreover, this relationship has not been adequately defined in black patients, a group demons...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Stalls CM,Triplette MA,Viera AJ,Pathman DE,Cohen MG,Rossi JS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The CD40 receptor and its ligand (CD40L) are known to modulate both inflammation and thrombosis-2 processes important for the development and clinical expression of atherosclerosis. Circulating soluble CD40L (sCD40L) concentration predicts cardiovascular risk in selected patient samples. The purpose of this ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Keaney JF Jr,Lipinska I,Larson MG,Dupuis J,Freedman JE,Hamburg NM,Massaro JM,Rong J,Sutherland P,Vita JA,Vasan RS,Benjamin EJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcatheter foramen ovale closure (TPC) has emerged as a potential treatment option for patients with cryptogenic strokes and persistent foramen ovale (PFO). However, previous randomized controlled trials could hardly demonstrate any benefit compared to medical treatment (Med-Tx). Recently new data have be...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Reinthaler M,Ozga AK,Sinning D,Curio J,Al-Hindwan HS,Bäckemo Johansson J,Jung F,Lendlein A,Rauch G,Landmesser U

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exotic strain of Trypanosoma cruzi recovered from Triatoma dimidiata from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, was shown by isoenzyme studies to be closely related to the Miles' zymodeme 1 and laboratory reference strain Tehuantepec. It was injected into Swiss random-bred ICR mice. Clean Triatoma protracta nymphs and adults, whi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Theis JH,Tibayrenc M,Ault SK,Mason DT

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite clopidogrel therapy, patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting are at risk of recurrent coronary events. This could be partly explained by a reduced efficacy of clopidogrel to inhibit platelet aggregation, an ex vivo defined phenomenon called clopidogrel nonresponsive...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Snoep JD,Hovens MM,Eikenboom JC,van der Bom JG,Jukema JW,Huisman MV

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:β-Blockers relieve angina/ischemia in stable coronary artery disease (CAD), and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors prevent CAD outcomes. In EUROPA, the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor perindopril reduced cardiovascular outcomes in low-risk stable CAD patients over 4.2 years. This post hoc analy...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bertrand ME,Ferrari R,Remme WJ,Simoons ML,Fox KM

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After injecting 125I- or 131I-labeled lipoproteins, plasma was subjected to discontinuous density gradient centrifugation, which separates low-density lipoproteins (LDL) into three subfractions. Analysis of changes in apolipoprotein B-specific activity with time showed that light LDL is normally the product of interme...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Thompson GR,Teng B,Sniderman AD

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the results of coronary angioplasty for a first restenosis, the clinical, anatomic, and procedural data of 400 consecutive patients were compared with the data of 507 consecutive patients undergoing a first angioplasty. After angioplasty for restenosis, emergency redilatation had to be performed in only 0...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Piessens JH,Stammen F,Desmet W,De Scheerder IK,Willems JL

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extremely athletic 56-year-old male physician was found to have profound sinus bradycardia. His only symptom was markedly increased alertness while actively exercising. During pacemaker insertion he had an episode of prolonged sinus arrest terminated by a precordial thump. This case suggests that exercise can alter...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Marmor BM,Black MM

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dilated cardiomyopathy picture has been produced by rapid atrial and ventricular rates sustained for a long period of time in some patients. The ventricular tachycardias have in some instances been associated with ventricular tumors as the cause of the tachycardia. Once the tumor is removed, the tachycardia stops an...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ross BA,Crawford FA Jr,Whitman V,Gillette PC

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compared with men, women have more evidence of myocardial ischemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease. Although low endogenous estrogen levels are associated with endothelial dysfunction, the role of low-dose hormone therapy has not been fully evaluated. We postulate that a 12-week duration of low-d...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Merz CN,Olson MB,McClure C,Yang YC,Symons J,Sopko G,Kelsey SF,Handberg E,Johnson BD,Cooper-DeHoff RM,Sharaf B,Rogers WJ,Pepine CJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in uncomplicated insulin-dependent diabetic patients without hypertension (n = 25) and comparable controls (n = 15), the effect of acute administration of nitroglycerin and nifedipine on cavity dimensions and transmitral flow pattern was investigated by Doppler ech...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gøtzsche O,Sihm I,Lund S,Schmitz O

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular (LV) adaptation to the hemodynamic load of pregnancy has been studied with load-sensitive ejection-phase indexes, but the results of these studies are conflicting. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the hemodynamic load of pregnancy on the contractile state of the left ventricle by us...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Geva T,Mauer MB,Striker L,Kirshon B,Pivarnik JM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently available antiplatelet agents are limited in the scope and magnitude of platelet inhibition. Orally active platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonists are currently in clinical testing. These agents may extend platelet inhibition and clinical benefit from parenteral glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonists. The most...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kereiakes DJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy remains regarding whether gender differences exist in clinical management after exercise treadmill testing (ETT). METHODS:We studied 7,506 patients (49.8% women) without documented coronary heart disease referred for ETT from July 2001 to June 2004 in a community-based setting. We assessed the r...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Daugherty SL,Peterson PN,Magid DJ,Ho PM,Bondy J,Hokanson JE,Ross CA,Rumsfeld JS,Masoudi FA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiologic studies suggest that inhibition of renin-angiotensin system with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers may prevent development of atrial fibrillation (AF). OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study was to assess if there is significant indication for using angio...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Anand K,Mooss AN,Hee TT,Mohiuddin SM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The CPORT-E trial showed the noninferiority of nonprimary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at hospitals without cardiac surgery on-site (SoS) compared with hospitals with SoS for 6-week mortality and 9-month major adverse cardiac events (MACE). However, target vessel revascularization (TVR) was incre...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Czarny MJ,Miller JM,Naiman DQ,Hwang CW,Hasan RK,Lemmon CC,Aversano T

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that the myocardium is able to recruit endogenous protective mechanisms in response to repeated ischemia and reperfusion. We set out to study whether this is manifested in patients with coronary artery disease in the form of fewer signs of myocardial ischemia during the second of two successive e...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ylitalo K,Jama L,Raatikainen P,Peuhkurinen K

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report presents a young adult with asymmetric septal hypertrophy (ASH) and syncope. Infranodal complete heart block was demonstrated as his cause for syncope. Therapy consisted of implantation of a A-V sequential pacemaker. Cardiac output determinations and systolic time intervals demonstrated the beneficial...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Chmielewski CA,Riley RS,Mahendran A,Most AS

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the mechanisms of restenosis and detect useful interventions to prevent it, reliable quantitative measurements must be evaluated. Coronary arteries of domestic and minipigs (n = 18) were mechanically injured by balloon overstretching and killed at different intervals (2 to 25 weeks) after quantitative a...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bonan R,Paiement P,Scortichini D,Cloutier MJ,Leung TK

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 84-year-old female who previously underwent repair of an atrial septal defect had evidence of increased reflectiveness of the posterior tricuspid anulus in the apical four-chamber view and the right ventricular two-chamber view. In addition, the inferior vena cava was dilated and during contrast echocardiography, c...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mattleman S,Panidis I,Kotler MN,Mintz GS,Morganroth J,Ross J,Victor M

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of raloxifene on aortic elasticity in healthy postmenopausal women is unknown. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of raloxifene on aortic elasticity and cardiovascular structure and function in healthy postmenopausal women. METHODS:A randomized, crossover, double-blind, pl...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Tritos NA,Goepfert L,Kissinger KV,Katsimaglis G,Manning WJ,Danias PG

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is growing interest in assessing therapy for acute myocardial infarction. Because thrombolysis was not a study therapy in the GISSI-3 trial, the decision about thrombolysis was left to the responsible physicians. We evaluated the data on thrombolytic therapy among patients with acute myocardial infarct...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bobbio M,Bergerone S,Maggioni AP,Malacrida R,Franzosi MG,Barlera S,Tognoni G,GISSI-3 Investigators.

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in conduction times induced by ischemia (delta CT) have been shown to be quantitatively related to genesis of spontaneous ischemic ventricular fibrillation (VF). We studied conduction delay encountered by premature impulses in epicardium and endocardium in both anterograde and retrograde directions during isch...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hamamoto H,Peter T,Fujimoto T,Mandel WJ

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic significance of ventricular flutter (VFL) induced during programmed electrical stimulation (PES) is currently unknown. METHODS:This study examined patients who had PES-induced VFL and assessed their long-term prognosis compared with patients who had inducible sustained monomorphic ventricular...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gurevitz O,Viskin S,Glikson M,Ballman KV,Rosales AG,Shen WK,Hammill SC,Friedman PA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The long-term prognostic significance of early (<48 hours) ventricular fibrillation (VF) or sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) in patients with an acute myocardial infarction remains controversial. Emerging data suggest that some of the benefit of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) antagonism ma...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Askari AT,Shishehbor MH,Kaminski MA,Riley MJ,Hsu A,Lincoff AM,GUSTO-V Investigators.

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of participation in cardiac rehabilitation on medical costs was determined by measuring hospitalization charges for cardiac admissions over a 3-year period in 580 post-coronary event patients (58% after coronary bypass surgery, 42% after myocardial infarction), of whom 230 entered a cardiac rehabilitation p...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ades PA,Huang D,Weaver SO

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00