Paradoxical embolism: clinical presentation, diagnostic strategies, and therapeutic options.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has become a major cause of hospitalization and mortality in China. There has been limited data to date available to characterize AMI presentation, contemporary patterns of medical care, and outcomes in China. AIMS:The CAMI Registry is a national project with the objectives...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Xu H,Li W,Yang J,Wiviott SD,Sabatine MS,Peterson ED,Xian Y,Roe MT,Zhao W,Wang Y,Tang X,Jia X,Wu Y,Gao R,Yang Y,CAMI Registry study group.

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have examined metabolic consequences of coronary occlusion and reperfusion using phosphorus31 nuclear magnetic resonance (31P-NMR) in an intact animal model. Accordingly, we developed a model to study serial changes in myocardial metabolism in the intact open-chest rabbit. Ten animals underwent 20 +/- 2 mi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kavanaugh KM,Aisen AM,Fechner KP,Chenevert TL,Dunham WR,Buda AJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present generation of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) provides a very effective device for monitoring and treating life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmia. Patients at risk of sudden cardiac death who are directed to this form of treatment usually have severe coronary artery disease, previous m...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Zehender M,Faber T,Grom A,Schwab T,Geibel A,Meinertz T,Just H

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expansion of antiarrhythmic therapy beyond pharmacologic agents to include surgery, devices, and ablation procedures, plus the reaffirmation by the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST) of the need for concurrent placebo-controlled trials to establish a mortality benefit, have resulted in the need to conside...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Myerburg RJ,Kessler KM,Chakko S,Cox MM,Fernandez P,Interian A Jr,Castellanos A

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are now widely used for the secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death and are being offered as a primary preventive therapy. This technology has potential for significant fiscal impact on health care budgets. Technologic innovation will result in more complex devices t...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Saksena S

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the electrophysiologic effects of an intravenous bolus of lidocaine in the normal canine ventricle. In 14 open-chest dogs, left ventricular effective refractory period, ventricular repolarization time, and activation time were measured continuously during ventricular pacing (150/min) before, during...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Martins JB,Kelly KJ

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In January 1997, experts from the United States, Europe, and Japan gathered at Stanford University to review their collective experience with intracoronary and noncoronary stenting and to identify and prioritize issues requiring further clinical investigation. This report summarizes the discussions that took place dur...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Oesterle SN,Whitbourn R,Fitzgerald PJ,Yeung AC,Stertzer SH,Dake MD,Yock PG,Virmani R

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terazosin is a new, long-acting, selective, postsynaptic alpha 1-adrenergic receptor antagonist with a chemical structure similar to that of prazosin. In this article the pharmacokinetics of terazosin are reviewed, and the incidence of adverse events in a dose-response study and a meta-analysis of 20 placebo-controlle...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Somberg JC,Achari R,Laddu AR

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although monitoring the clinical status of patients with heart failure rests at the core of clinical medicine, the ability of different techniques to reflect clinical change has not been evaluated. This study sought to describe changes in various measures of disease status associated with gradations of clini...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Spertus J,Peterson E,Conard MW,Heidenreich PA,Krumholz HM,Jones P,McCullough PA,Pina I,Tooley J,Weintraub WS,Rumsfeld JS,Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium.

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested whether overload of the two ventricles may be associated with a preponderance of interventricular septum in patients with high blood pressure. The rationale is that the septum is shared by the greater and lesser circulation and that in hypertension the latter shows the same qualitative hemodynamic alteration...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Fiorentini C,Galli C,Tamborini G,Moruzzi P,Berti M,Riva S,Guazzi MD

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracoronary stents may potentially alleviate some of the problems associated with coronary angioplasty. Since the anatomy and physiology of swine coronary arteries closely resemble those of humans, the response to implantation of the Glanturco-Roubin, balloon-expandable, flexible stent was studied in this model. Add...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rodgers GP,Minor ST,Robinson K,Cromeens D,Stephens LC,Woolbert SC,Guyton JR,Wright K,Siegel R,Roubin GS

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of clinical characteristics thought to be associated with increased coronary risk. This analysis evaluates angiographic progression of coronary disease in women who are postmenopausal with and without the metabolic syndrome enrolled in the Women's Angiographic Vitamin & Es...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hsia J,Bittner V,Tripputi M,Howard BV

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-lymphocyte levels may adversely affect the clinical course and outcome of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). To characterize the T-lymphocyte profile during AMI and to explore whether these cells play a detrimental role in the extent of myocardial insult, levels of T-lymphocyte subpopulations, free sol...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Blum A,Sclarovsky S,Rehavia E,Shohat B

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental evidence shows that activation of the autonomic nervous system influences ventricular repolarization and, therefore, the QT interval on the ECG. To test the hypothesis that the QT interval is abnormal in autonomic dysfunction, we examined ECGs in patients with severe primary autonomic failure an...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Choy AM,Lang CC,Roden DM,Robertson D,Wood AJ,Robertson RM,Biaggioni I

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-four patients with acute myocardial infarction (mean age 55 years) who received intracoronary streptokinase for coronary thrombosis were followed for a mean of 9.4 months (longest 25 months) following the procedure of percutaneous transluminal coronary recanalization (PTCR). Twelve patients had undergone corona...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lee G,Low RI,Takeda P,Joe P,DeMaria AN,Amsterdam EA,Lui H,Dietrich P,Lee K,Mason DT

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation is an important feature of atherosclerotic lesions, and the vulnerability of coronary lesions in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at the time of onset may be related to blood levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) on admission, before CRP levels are affected by myocardial damage. METHODS:A total o...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Tomoda H,Aoki N

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically available automatic implantable defibrillators use a monophasic truncated exponential waveform shock; after delivery the charge remaining on the device's capacitors is "dumped" internally and wasted. The efficacy of a monophasic and biphasic truncated exponential defibrillation waveform produced by a single...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Fain ES,Sweeney MB,Franz MR

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sexuality is an important factor influencing quality of life that may be altered for patients with coronary disease. Little is known about the extent to which patients want their cardiologists to counsel them about sexuality. PURPOSE:Our study evaluated the extent to which patients with known coronary disea...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bedell SE,Duperval M,Goldberg R

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ECGs taken from four patients with concealed atrial bigeminy were analyzed to find the mechanisms of disappearance and reappearance of extrasystoles. Observations in three patients showing the classic form of concealed bigeminy suggest that when the extrasystole disappeared, the first sinus impulse after the last mani...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kinoshita S,Kato Y,Nakagawa K,Yasukouchi T

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that class III antiarrhythmic agents may have enhanced efficacy in the treatment of ventricular tachycardia. This study describes the first clinical assessment of the new class III agent ibutilide to suppress inducible monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) in human beings. METHODS ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wood MA,Stambler BS,Ellenbogen KA,Gilligan DM,Perry KT,Wakefield LK,VanderLugt JT

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrolyte balance has been regarded as a factor important to cardiovascular stability, particularly in congestive heart failure. Among the common electrolytes, the significance of magnesium has been debated because of difficulty in accurate measurement and other associated factors, including other electrolyte abnorm...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Douban S,Brodsky MA,Whang DD,Whang R

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) are increased in patients with left heart failure. In patients with severe pulmonary embolism (PE), primary right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is frequent. Little is known about BNP secretion in acute RV failure. METHODS:We prospectively studied 50 consecutiv...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Krüger S,Graf J,Merx MW,Koch KC,Kunz D,Hanrath P,Janssens U

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pacing leads with a small electrode surface for high-impedance stimulation have been shown to prolong pacemaker longevity, but no sufficient data is available on the safety and feasibility of a defibrillation lead with this novel design. METHODS:We evaluated the clinical performance of a tined, steroid-elut...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vollmann D,Ahern T,Gerritse B,Canby RC,Zenker D,Binner L,Kimber SK,Unterberg C,Worldwide Medtronic Model 6944 Investigators.

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlled-release drug delivery technology has had a significant effect on the pharmacotherapy of cardiovascular diseases. Oral and transcutaneous controlled-release systems allow relatively short-acting drugs to be administered once or twice daily with comparable therapeutic efficacy and fewer adverse reactions comp...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Katz B,Rosenberg A,Frishman WH

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were conducted in 15 patients with coronary artery disease to determine if the type of pacing used to induce an extrasystole had a bearing on subsequent postextrasystolic potentiation (PESP) and if the fact that these were evaluated in jeopardized or nonjeopardized portions of the ventricle altered the ability...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cooper MW,Lutherer LO,Stanton MW,Lust RM Jr

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antihypertensive efficacy, safety, and lipid effects of doxazosin, a selective alpha 1-inhibitor, were assessed in a general practice setting. Three hundred twenty-six patients were entered into the study, which involved three phases: (1) a 2-week baseline period, (2) an 8-week period in which patients received 1 ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Naber FB

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Procedural volume has been shown to be associated with outcome in cardiac catheterization and intervention in adults. The impact of center-level factors (such as volume) and their interaction with subject- and procedure-level factors on outcome after cardiac catheterization in children is not well described....

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： O'Byrne ML,Glatz AC,Shinohara RT,Jayaram N,Gillespie MJ,Dori Y,Rome JJ,Kawut S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a demographic study, the black Ohio residents were characterized by those born in Ohio and those born in other regions of the United States, and comparisons were made of rates for all deaths (1960-1967) for coronary heart disease (420), endocarditis and myocardial degeneration (421-422), hypertensive cardiovascular...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mancuso TF,Redmond CK

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depressive symptoms in patients with heart failure (HF) are common and might be associated with inflammation. No studies have examined both the cross-sectional and prospective association between inflammation and depressive symptoms in patients with HF with adequate correction for disease severity. The aim o...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Johansson P,Lesman-Leegte I,Svensson E,Voors A,van Veldhuisen DJ,Jaarsma T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Weekly fish consumption has been related to a lower risk of fatal coronary heart disease (CHD) and incident stroke in populations with a low fish intake. This relation has mainly been attributed to n-3 fatty acids in fish, that is, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). It is at present ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Geleijnse JM,Giltay EJ,Schouten EG,de Goede J,Oude Griep LM,Teitsma-Jansen AM,Katan MB,Kromhout D,Alpha Omega Trial Group.

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00