Dilated cardiomyopathy and the level of alcohol consumption: a planned multicentre case-control study.

abstract：:Two patients with myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending coronary artery associated with myocardial infarction are described. One of them died from acute cerebral emboli related to cardiac thrombosis in a left ventricular aneurysm. The other died suddenly while sleeping. Both patients were found to have a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bestetti RB,Costa RS,Zucolotto S,Oliveira JS

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nadolol in modifying the standard deviation of RR intervals (SDRR) and the coefficient of variance (CV) in 47 patients characterized by symptomatic, frequent (> 30 h-1) and reproducible premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). Sixteen patients had suffered a previo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pitzalis MV,Mastropasqua F,Massari F,Totaro P,Passantino A,Rizzon P

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Short-term studies have reported left ventricular (LV) dilatation following surgical creation of arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) or arteriovenous grafts (AVGs), but chronic cardiac structural and functional changes have not been examined or related to clinical outcomes following AVF/AVG. We sought to characterize the...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Reddy YNV,Obokata M,Dean PG,Melenovsky V,Nath KA,Borlaug BA

更新日期：2017-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) assesses arterial remodelling by comparing the lesion external elastic membrane (EEM) with the reference segments; however, reference segments are rarely disease-free. The aim was to assess lesion and reference segment remodelling and plaque burden in patients with type-2 diabetes m...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jensen LO,Thayssen P,Mintz GS,Maeng M,Junker A,Galloe A,Christiansen EH,Hoffmann SK,Pedersen KE,Hansen HS,Hansen KN

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We evaluated the feasibility and the acute performance of the everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) for the treatment of patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS AND RESULTS:The present investigation is a prospective, single-arm, single-centre study,...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Diletti R,Karanasos A,Muramatsu T,Nakatani S,Van Mieghem NM,Onuma Y,Nauta ST,Ishibashi Y,Lenzen MJ,Ligthart J,Schultz C,Regar E,de Jaegere PP,Serruys PW,Zijlstra F,van Geuns RJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether sudden cardiac death from pulmonary embolism exhibits any chronobiological rhythm. Five hundred and seven consecutive subjects dying suddenly outside of hospital and brought into our Emergency Department from January 1983 to December 1989 were studied. The time and date o...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gallerani M,Manfredini R,Ricci L,Grandi E,Cappato R,Calò G,Pareschi PL,Fersini C

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The importance of heart rate in the pathophysiology of heart failure with reduced LVEF has recently attracted attention. In particular, the findings of the Systolic Heart failure treatment with the I(f) inhibitor ivabradine Trial (SHIFT) have put special emphasis on heart rate reduction with ivabradine for improve...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Castagno D,Petrie MC,Claggett B,McMurray J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We sought to evaluate the incidence and electrophysiological features of the local slow potential preceding the surface QRS complex (pre-QRS potential) which was detected more frequently at successful sites of catheter ablation of left parietal concealed accessory pathways, than at unsuccessful sites. METHODS AND ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Miyauchi Y,Kobayashi Y,Ino T,Atarashi H

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of investigators met for two days in Santorini, Greece, to discuss progress in the field of identification and treatment of high risk/vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques and patients. Many differences in the manner in which terms are being utilized were noted. It was recognized that increased understanding of t...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Schaar JA,Muller JE,Falk E,Virmani R,Fuster V,Serruys PW,Colombo A,Stefanadis C,Ward Casscells S,Moreno PR,Maseri A,van der Steen AF

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Prospective studies indicate that apolipoprotein measurements predict coronary heart disease (CHD) risk; however, evidence is conflicting, especially in the US. Our aim was to assess whether measurements of apolipoprotein B (apoB) and apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) can improve the ability to predict CHD death beyond ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sierra-Johnson J,Fisher RM,Romero-Corral A,Somers VK,Lopez-Jimenez F,Ohrvik J,Walldius G,Hellenius ML,Hamsten A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Ventricular fibrosis is promoted by many effectors that chronically activate phospholipase D (PLD), and induces cardiac dysfunction and heart failure in cardiovascular diseases. Since ethanolamine is a product of PLD, we hypothesised that an administration of an analogue of ethanolamine, N-methylethanolamine (MEA),...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Yamamoto K,Takahashi Y,Mano T,Sakata Y,Nishikawa N,Yoshida J,Oishi Y,Hori M,Miwa T,Inoue S,Masuyama T

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of oral sotalol were compared with the findings obtained in the baseline study of a group of 26 consecutive patients with sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation and inducible ventricular tachycardia. The mean age was 62 years and the mean ejection fraction 33%. The number...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jordaens LJ,Palmer A,Clement DL

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Inflammatory markers are established risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF), but the role of autoimmune diseases is unknown. The aim of the study was to examine the association between coeliac disease (CD) and AF in a large cohort of patients with biopsy-verified CD. METHODS AND RESULTS:We identified 28,637 pa...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Emilsson L,Smith JG,West J,Melander O,Ludvigsson JF

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In patients with ischaemic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and viable myocardium, revascularization improves systolic function. Diastolic dysfunction is also present in such patients; however, whether revascularization improves diastolic function also is largely unknown. METHODS:Twenty-six patients with chronic...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Carluccio E,Biagioli P,Alunni G,Murrone A,Leonelli V,Pantano P,Vincenti G,Giombolini C,Ragni T,Reboldi G,Gentile F,Ambrosio G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) present with symptoms of myocardial ischaemia despite exclusion of coronary artery disease. A small vessel disease has been suggested. We quantified myocardial perfusion, perfusion reserve, and coronary vascular resistance (CVR) in AF patients using positron emission tomograp...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Range FT,Schäfers M,Acil T,Schäfers KP,Kies P,Paul M,Hermann S,Brisse B,Breithardt G,Schober O,Wichter T

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic increases in haemodynamic load modify the expression of cardiac genes, leading to a new phenotype better adapted to the new functional demand. Several mechanisms such as the global activation of genes, the modulation of single genes and/or differential expression of multigene families may account for these mod...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Samuel JL,Dubus I,Contard F,Schwartz K,Rappaport L

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Experimental and clinical studies indicate that tea exerts protection against cardiovascular diseases. However, a question of much debate is whether addition of milk modifies the biological activities of tea. We studied the vascular effects of tea, with or without milk, in humans and elucidated the impact of indiv...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lorenz M,Jochmann N,von Krosigk A,Martus P,Baumann G,Stangl K,Stangl V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a rule, left ventricular relaxation is impaired in patients with coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure. In addition, the passive elastic properties in early and late diastole change when the ventricle dilates. Diastolic properties of the left ventricle were studied in 11 patients with congestive hear...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Baur LH,Schipperheyn JJ,Cats VM,van der Wall EE,Baan J,van Dijk AD,Bruschke AV

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamic variables were measured in 34 patients with isolated systolic hypertension before and after acute administration of propranolol. The patients were separated into two groups, those younger than and those older than 45 years of age, respectively. After drug administration, systolic pressure decreased signifi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Levenson J,Simon A,Maarek B,Totomoukouo J,Gitelman R,Bouthier J,Safar M

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the sympathetic nervous system may contribute to the renal vasoconstriction and sodium retention seen in congestive heart failure. Previous studies in congestive heart failure patients employing large doses of prazosin that lowered systemic blood pressure have been generally disappointing. The renal haem...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lang CC,Choy AM,Rahman AR,Struthers AD

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed Doppler tracings of the mitral inflow are often proposed to describe left ventricular function during filling in hypertensive patients. The tracings are determined by the complex interaction of left atrial pressure and left ventricular relaxation, diastolic compliance and contractility of the left atrium. They ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Diebold B,Cohen A,Zelinsky R,Raffoul H,Foucher A,Guermonprez JL,Peronneau P

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is characterized by right ventricular myocardial replacement and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. Desmosomal gene mutations are sometimes identified, but clinical and genetic diagnosis remains challenging. Desmosomal skin disorders can be caused by de...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Chatterjee D,Fatah M,Akdis D,Spears DA,Koopmann TT,Mittal K,Rafiq MA,Cattanach BM,Zhao Q,Healey JS,Ackerman MJ,Bos JM,Sun Y,Maynes JT,Brunckhorst C,Medeiros-Domingo A,Duru F,Saguner AM,Hamilton RM

更新日期：2018-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A twenty-first century model for the training and assessment of cardiac interventionists’ skills, outlined by Prof. John Morgan FRCP FESC. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Morgan JM,Burri H,Binner L,Mansour H,Retzlaff H,Roca M,Gallagher A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Delayed lipoprotein clearance is associated with atherosclerosis. This study examined whether chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH), a hallmark of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), can lead to hyperlipidaemia by inhibiting clearance of triglyceride rich lipoproteins (TRLP). METHODS AND RESULTS:Male C57BL/6J mice on hi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Drager LF,Li J,Shin MK,Reinke C,Aggarwal NR,Jun JC,Bevans-Fonti S,Sztalryd C,O'Byrne SM,Kroupa O,Olivecrona G,Blaner WS,Polotsky VY

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides produced by the renin-angiotensin system play a major role in the development and progression of various cardiovascular diseases. One of these peptides, angiotensin II, is a potent vasoconstrictor that exerts most of its effects through the human AT1 receptor. Following the discovery of a functional variation...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van Geel PP,Pinto YM,Buikema H,van Gilst WH

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study reports on the results and safety of a simplified method of trans-septal catheterization for radiofrequency catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. METHODS AND RESULTS:Over 5 years, 411 patients underwent trans-septal catheterization for radiofrequency catheter ablation: 388 patients had a left-sided ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： De Ponti R,Zardini M,Storti C,Longobardi M,Salerno-Uriarte JA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) concentration may be involved in atherosclerosis. This study examined if serum GGT predicted coronary heart disease (CHD), especially differentiating non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) and fatal CHD event, among the general population or participants with type-2 diabetes. M...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lee DH,Silventoinen K,Hu G,Jacobs DR Jr,Jousilahti P,Sundvall J,Tuomilehto J

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Heart disease is recognized as a consequence of dysregulation of cardiac gene regulatory networks. Previously, unappreciated components of such networks are the long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). Their roles in the heart remain to be elucidated. Thus, this study aimed to systematically characterize the cardiac long no...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ounzain S,Micheletti R,Beckmann T,Schroen B,Alexanian M,Pezzuto I,Crippa S,Nemir M,Sarre A,Johnson R,Dauvillier J,Burdet F,Ibberson M,Guigó R,Xenarios I,Heymans S,Pedrazzini T

更新日期：2015-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated overall and cardiac sympathetic activity in 47 patients undergoing coronary angiography, 27 with stable angina of at least 3 months duration, and 20 with unstable ischaemic symptoms within this period. Cardiac and overall sympathetic activity were assessed using radiotracer noradrenaline kinetic tech...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： McCance AJ,Thompson PA,Forfar JC

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors suppress plasma concentrations of the sodium retaining hormones angiotensin II and aldosterone. This action should potentiate the natriuretic and diuretic effects of loop diuretics. Some studies indicate, however, that the introduction of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Flapan AD,Davies E,Waugh C,Williams BC,Shaw TR,Edwards CR

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00