Ancrod decreases the frequency of cyclic flow variations and causes thrombolysis following acute coronary thrombosis.

abstract：:Echocardiography was performed on 26 patients with prosthetic Björk-Shiley aortic valves (BSAV). Technically satisfactory records were obtained in 22 patients. The systolic displacement of the valve disc varied from 1 to 1.8 cm. (mean, 1.4 cm.). Six patients developed valve dysfunction. Two patients had complete absen...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Chandraratna PA,Lopez JM,Hildner FJ,Samet P,Ben-Zvi J

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to correlate the antiarrhythmic and electrophysiological effects of disopyramide phosphate during acute myocardial ischemia, we performed experiments in 17 mongrel dogs. Refractory periods obtained by the extrastimulus method and conduction times recorded from local electrograms were determined in potentially...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Levites R,Anderson GJ

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated ethnic differences in the 10-year risk of myocardial infarction or coronary death derived from Framingham risk equation and in a composite measure of emerging cardiovascular disease risk factors in women and whether statistical adjustments for educational attainment, geographic location, and lif...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Matthews KA,Sowers MF,Derby CA,Stein E,Miracle-McMahill H,Crawford SL,Pasternak RC

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low-molecular weight heparins have different pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics and may vary in efficacy. We compared the efficacy of enoxaparin with that of tinzaparin in the management of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTACS). METHODS:A total of 438 patients with NSTA...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Michalis LK,Katsouras CS,Papamichael N,Adamides K,Naka KK,Goudevenos J,Sideris DA

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite proved efficacy for either dalteparin or platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockade in improving clinical outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes, algorithms guiding concomitant therapy with these agents have not been devised. The purpose of this study was to assess a...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kereiakes DJ,Kleiman NS,Fry E,Mwawasi G,Lengerich R,Maresh K,Burkert ML,Aquilina JW,DeLoof M,Broderick TM,Shimshak TM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two double-blind multicenter studies compared acebutolol with placebo (acebutolol, N = 121; placebo, N = 116) and with propranolol (acebutolol, N = 186; propranolol, N = 190) in essential hypertension. Acebutolol significantly reduced mean sitting diastolic blood pressure from 99.2 +/- 0.3 mm Hg at baseline to 89.1 +/...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Davidov M

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The QRS complex and ST segment in the ECGs of 80 patients who died of an acute myocardial infarction (MI) were studied in relation to the extent of the MI (subendocardial vs. transmural). Changes in the QRS complex developed in nine out of the 15 cases with an acute subendocardial MI. Five of these cases fulfilled the...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Raunio H,Rissanen V,Romppanen T,Jokinen Y,Rehnberg S,Helin M,Pyörälä K

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum chromium in 45 subjects with no clinical evidence of ischemic heart disease was found to be 1.71 parts per billion (ppb) (S.E. +/- 0.14). In 34 patients with a previously documented myocardial infarction, it was 1.84 ppb (S.E. +/- 0.18). The difference was not significant nor was there any difference with ag...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Abraham AS,Sonnenblick M,Eni M,Shemesh O,Batt AP

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left circumflex coronary blood flow was increased significantly (20 per cent) during stimulation of somatic afferent fibers. The change in CBF was associated with significant increases in heart rate and arterial pressure and significant decrease in coronary vascular resistance. Controlling heart rate or preventing car...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kline RL

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In adults with an atrial septal defect (ASD) transcatheter closure leads to an improvement of peak oxygen uptake (VO2), but the kinetics of recovery of VO2 after maximal exercise in this patient population and the impact of transcatheter ASD closure have never been investigated. METHODS:Twenty consecutive p...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Giardini A,Donti A,Specchia S,Coutsoumbas G,Formigari R,Prandstraller D,Bronzetti G,Bonvicini M,Picchio FM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1982 and 1988, we observed 312 patients who were affected by syncope or presyncope and whose spontaneous symptoms could be reproduced by means of carotid sinus massage (CSH); no other definite cause of syncope could be identified. The clinical outcome during a 2- to 8-year follow-up period (mean 44 +/- 24 mont...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Brignole M,Oddone D,Cogorno S,Menozzi C,Gianfranchi L,Bertulla A

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary artery disease in women appears 10 to 15 years later than in men. To test the hypothesis that the effects of estrogen may manifest themselves as histologic differences in coronary plaques, we examined the hearts of premenopausal and postmenopausal women who died suddenly from coronary artery disease...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Burke AP,Farb A,Malcom G,Virmani R

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The method for evaluating right ventricular and pulmonary artery systolic pressures by subtracting the systolic pressure gradient across the ventricular septal defect from the cuff systolic blood pressure is documented. To confirm the reliability and accuracy of this method, simultaneous continuous wave Doppler echoca...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ge Z,Zhang Y,Kang W,Fan D,Ji X,Duran C

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data derived from stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) carry prognostic significance in young patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), but there are limited data on the utility of stress MPI in patients with HCM who are older. This study examined the prognostic significance of stress MPI in an a...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sorajja P,Chareonthaitawee P,Ommen SR,Miller TD,Hodge DO,Gibbons RJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Appropriate use criteria (AUC) for stress single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) are only one step in appropriate use of imaging. Other steps include pretest clinical risk evaluation and optimal management responses. We sought to understand the link between AUC, risk evaluation, management, and o...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Aldweib N,Negishi K,Seicean S,Jaber WA,Hachamovitch R,Cerqueira M,Marwick TH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of the right ventricle to exercise was examined in 19 patients with heart disease by constructing right ventricular function curves and determining the relationship between right ventricular afterload and preload. Simultaneous cardiac output and right heart pressures were measured at rest, during exercise...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Weiner BH,Alpert JS,Dalen JE,Ockene IS

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circulating mediators, including thromboxane A2, the vasoconstrictor, platelet aggregant, and smooth muscle mitogen, may contribute to the progression of vascular narrowing in primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). METHODS:To further understand the contribution of thromboxane and to provide novel therapy for...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Langleben D,Christman BW,Barst RJ,Dias VC,Galiè N,Higenbottam TW,Kneussl M,Korducki L,Naeije R,Riedel A,Simonneau G,Hirsch AM,Rich S,Robbins IM,Oudiz R,McGoon MD,Badesch DB,Levy RD,Mehta S,Seeger W,Solèr M

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal interventricular septal motion is a frequent finding after cardiac surgery. However, the time course and underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Nineteen patients, mean age 54 years (range 20 to 82 years), were studied with intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography at five specific times: with th...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wranne B,Pinto FJ,Siegel LC,Miller DC,Schnittger I

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four children with cor triatriatum underwent intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. Two patients had cor triatriatum alone and two had associated complex congenital heart disease. Transesophageal echocardiography provided optimal imaging of these defects and provided unique information that facilitated surgi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Shuler CO,Fyfe DA,Sade R,Crawford FA

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred patients inducible at electrophysiologic studies underwent serial drug testing with procainamide, lidocaine, and lorcainide to determine comparative efficacy. Acute intravenous administration was followed by repeat programmed electrical stimulation (PES) studies on separate days for each antiarrhythmic dru...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Somberg J,Butler B,Flowers D,Keefe D,Torres V,Miura D

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study examining the relationship between psychological distress and ventricular ectopy was conducted with 125 post-myocardial infarction patients equipped with a transtelephonic ECG monitor. Subjects were subsequently grouped according to the occurrence (n = 59) or nonoccurrence (n = 65) of ventricular a...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Follick MJ,Gorkin L,Capone RJ,Smith TW,Ahern DK,Stablein D,Niaura R,Visco J

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data indicate that cardiac antibodies play an active role in the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and may contribute to cardiac dysfunction in patients with DCM. The present study investigated the influence of immunoadsorption with subsequent immunoglobulin G substitution (IA/IgG) on cardi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Herda LR,Trimpert C,Nauke U,Landsberger M,Hummel A,Beug D,Kieback A,Dörr M,Empen K,Knebel F,Ewert R,Angelow A,Hoffmann W,Felix SB,Staudt A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is an effective therapeutic option for patients with severe aortic stenosis at high risk for surgery. Identification of causes of death after TAVR may help improve patient selection and outcome. METHODS:We enrolled 874 consecutive patients who underwent TAVR at ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Saia F,Latib A,Ciuca C,Gasparetto V,Napodano M,Sticchi A,Anderlucci L,Marrozzini C,Naganuma T,Alfieri O,Facchin M,Hoxha B,Moretti C,Marzocchi A,Colombo A,Tarantini G

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case with total intra-His bundle block and intermittent pre-excitation syndrome is presented. During A-V conduction there was a P-delta interval of 130 msec. with a P-A interval of 20 msec., an A-H interval of 60 msec. and an H-V interval of 50 msec. During rapid atrial pacing the P-delta interval increased primaril...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Probst P,Pachinger O,Steinbach K,Kaindl F

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multidisciplinary disease management programs (MDMP) have demonstrated reduced hospitalizations in motivated pretransplant heart failure populations, but little is known about their effectiveness in largely indigent patients who are not transplant candidates. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 35 patients with ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： O'Connell AM,Crawford MH,Abrams J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight cases of top-ranking athletes with "repolarization disorders" are reported. All subjects were asymptomatic and were otherwise suited for excellent cardiovascular performances. Seven athletes did not show any evidence of heart disease. Seven had MVP (mitral valve prolapse). Umprompted variability of ECG tracings ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Zeppilli P,Pirrami MM,Sassara M,Fenici R

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the incidence and clinical significance of postoperative pericardial effusion (PE), the presence of PE was evaluated by echocardiography, 1 and 2 weeks postoperatively, in 50 patients after insertion of a valve prosthesis and in 100 patients after coronary bypass surgery (50 patients receiving a combina...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ikäheimo MJ,Huikuri HV,Airaksinen KE,Korhonen UR,Linnaluoto MK,Tarkka MR,Takkunen JT

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and electrophysiologic characteristics associated with spontaneous and inducible atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachyarrhythmia were assessed in 20 consecutive patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome undergoing surgical division (n = 12) or transcatheter electrical ablation (n = 8) of accessor...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Waspe LE,Brodman R,Kim SG,Fisher JD

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the correlation between cardiac abnormalities and cytosine-thymine-guanine (CTG) trinucleotide repeat expansion in patients with myotonic dystrophy (MD). We studied 18 patients with the adult form of classical MD and 18 age-matched control subjects. In patients with MD, left ventricular systoli...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hayashi Y,Ikeda U,Kojo T,Nishinaga M,Miyashita H,Kuroda T,Inoue K,Nishizawa M,Shimada K

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 10 treated and 2 control dogs, the short-term effects of intravenous propafenone (2 mg/kg/10 minutes, followed by 1 mg/min [n = 2] or 25 micrograms/kg/min [n = 8]) on the internal ventricular defibrillation energy requirements (DER) were investigated. Multiple stored energy levels were randomly tested and the perce...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Peters W,Gang ES,Okazaki H,Solingen S,Kobayashi Y,Karagueuzian HS,Mandel WJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00