Influence of long-acting nitrate therapy on the risk of reinfarction, sudden death, and total mortality in survivors of acute myocardial infarction.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study rationale was to compare the biomarker profile of metalloproteinases (MMPs) and inflammation markers (IMs) in patients requiring revascularization with that of patients with long-term, clinically quiescent coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS:Seventy-eight patients with symptomatic CAD (S-CAD) (...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gurbel PA,Kreutz RP,Bliden KP,DiChiara J,Tantry US

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Embolic events to the central nervous system are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with infective endocarditis (IE). The appropriate role of valvular surgery in reducing such embolic events is unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the initiation of an...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Dickerman SA,Abrutyn E,Barsic B,Bouza E,Cecchi E,Moreno A,Doco-Lecompte T,Eisen DP,Fortes CQ,Fowler VG Jr,Lerakis S,Miro JM,Pappas P,Peterson GE,Rubinstein E,Sexton DJ,Suter F,Tornos P,Verhagen DW,Cabell CH,ICE In

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The same electrocardiographic (ECG) criteria that have been used for detection of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) have recently been recognized as predictors of adverse clinical outcomes, but this predictive ability is inadequately explored and understood. METHODS:A total of 14,984 participants from the ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Estes EH,Zhang ZM,Li Y,Tereschenko LG,Soliman EZ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate whether platelet-activating factor (PAF), PAF receptors, and PAF receptor-mediated effects in the human myocardium play a role in cardiac depression during anaphylaxis or septic shock. The effects of PAF, the biologically inactive derivative lyso-PAF, and the specific PAF antag...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Schwinger RH,Böhm M,La Rosée K,Erdmann E

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:To date, considerable controversy exists on the prognostic significance of morphometric endomyocardial biopsy findings in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC). METHODS:Quantitative analyses of interstitial structured tissue, myofibril volume fraction, and myocytic fiber diameters of left ve...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Grimm W,Rudolph S,Christ M,Pankuweit S,Maisch B

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of mild hypertension by a small number of casual blood pressures may be inaccurate for the determination of average blood pressure. Nonetheless, casual pressures remain the basis for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertensive patients. We compared casual and noninvasive ambulatory blood pressure monitoring ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Krakoff LR,Eison H,Phillips RH,Leiman SJ,Lev S

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term hemodynamic effects of molsidomine (4 mg sublingually) were evaluated in 13 patients with congestive heart failure following acute myocardial infarction. Right heart catheterization was performed by means of a Swan-Ganz thermodilution catheter. Hemodynamic measurements were made 30, 60, 120, and 180 min...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cantelli I,Lolli C,Brunelli A,Bracchetti D

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the usefulness of peripherally injected sonicated albumin microbubbles in transesophageal echo-Doppler cardiographic assessment of the left atrial appendage in 19 patients (age 61 +/- 19 [range 21 to 86] years; 12 [63%] women). Multiplane transesophageal echocardiography was performed before and after int...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Yao SS,Ilercil A,Meisner JS,Strom JA,Shirani J

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial infarction (MI) complicated by cardiogenic shock (CS) is associated with high mortality. Early coronary revascularization improves survival, but the optimal mode of revascularization remains uncertain. We sought to characterize practice patterns and outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting (CAB...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Smilowitz NR,Alviar CL,Katz SD,Hochman JS

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physician adherence to guidelines is often poor, but the reasons have not been completely studied. We investigated whether physician adherence to guidelines for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) varied by source, development methods, or the exten...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Leape LL,Weissman JS,Schneider EC,Piana RN,Gatsonis C,Epstein AM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A strategy using coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening to refine coronary heart disease risk assessment in moderately high risk (MHR) subjects (10-year risk 10%-20%) has been suggested. The potential impact of this strategy is unknown. METHODS:Coronary artery calcium screening strategies focused on MHR su...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Patel MJ,de Lemos JA,McGuire DK,See R,Lindsey JB,Murphy SA,Grundy SM,Khera A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peak exercise oxygen consumption (peak VO2) is an important discriminator of survival in patients with systolic heart failure and is used to select ambulatory patients for transplantation. The major trials assessing the relationship between peak VO2 and survival have used a variety of low-level exercise prot...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Strzelczyk TA,Cusick DA,Pfeifer PB,Bondmass MD,Quigg RJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of beta-blockade on heart-rate variability was assessed at different heart rates in 52 patients with heart failure included in the randomized, placebo-controlled, Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study (CIBIS). Scatterplots of R-R intervals display beat-to-beat variability by plotting each R-R interval agai...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Copie X,Pousset F,Lechat P,Jaillon P,Guize L,Le Heuzey JY

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early postexercise polarcardiographic (PCG) changes in the ST segment vector, as reflected in the variable MS X theta, are reported to clearly distinguish normal subjects from those with myocardial ischemia. We prospectively assessed the value of this test in detecting coronary artery disease (CAD) during treadmill ex...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lam JC,Chaitman BR,Hanson JS,Bernard P,Bourassa MG

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The American Heart Association recommends women with congenital heart defects (CHD) receive contraceptive counseling early in their reproductive years, but little is known about contraceptive method use among women with CHD. We describe recent female sterilization and reversible prescription contraceptive me...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Anderson KN,Tepper NK,Downing K,Ailes EC,Abarbanell G,Farr SL

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six patients with Ebstein's anomaly were classified into three types according to their clinical features, heart catheterization data, angiocardiographic and anatomical findings which were obtained on surgery or autopsy. The hemodynamics in each type were discussed. 1. Tricuspid Stenosis Dominant Type. Eight pa...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Takayasu S,Obunai Y,Konno S

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine which method of surgical therapy might be optimal for patients with anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA), a follow-up study was performed. Twenty-nine teenagers and adults who had ALCAPA diagnosed during life at age 13 years or older were identified mainly by literature search...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wilson CL,Dlabal PW,McGuire SA

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The impact of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) on adverse events in patients with mechanical heart valves (MHVs) is unknown. We analyzed the independent association of eGFR and thromboembolism (TE), major bleeding, and mortality in patients with MHV in an observational cohort study. METHODS AND RESULTS...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Labaf A,Grzymala-Lubanski B,Själander A,Svensson PJ,Stagmo M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Amplatzer septal occluder (ASO) allows the percutaneous closure of small to very large atrial septal defects (ASDs). The CardioSEAL/STARflex (CS/SF) can be used only for closure of small to moderate ASDs (stretch size up to 18 mm). These 2 devices are widely used in clinical practice. Therefore, a compar...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Butera G,Carminati M,Chessa M,Delogu A,Drago M,Piazza L,Giamberti A,Frigiola A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tailored Antiplatelet Initiation to Lessen Outcomes Due to Decreased Clopidogrel Response after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (TAILOR-PCI) is the largest cardiovascular genotype-based randomized pragmatic trial (NCT#01742117) to evaluate the role of genotype-guided selection of oral P2Y12 inhibitor ther...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pereira NL,Avram R,So DY,Iturriaga E,Byrne J,Lennon RJ,Murthy V,Geller N,Goodman SG,Rihal C,Rosenberg Y,Bailey K,Pletcher MJ,Marcus GM,Farkouh ME,Olgin JE

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk for reinfarctions and delays in reperfusion after streptokinase therapy may be caused by the antifibrinolytic effect of platelet-derived type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1). This study aims to show the relation of pretreatment PAI-1 levels of patients with acute myocardial infarction trea...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sinkovic A

更新日期：1998-09-01 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:The contemporary magnitude and prognostic implications of complete heart block (CHB) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are unknown. As part of a community-based study of patients hospitalized with AMI in the Worcester, MA, metropolitan area, changes over time in the incidence rates of CHB co...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Nguyen HL,Lessard D,Spencer FA,Yarzebski J,Zevallos JC,Gore JM,Goldberg RJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite a higher prevalence of sudden cardiac death (SCD), black individuals are less likely than whites to have an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implanted. Racial differences in ICD utilization is in part explained by higher refusal rates in black individuals. Decision support can assist with...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Thomas KL,Sullivan LT 2nd,Al-Khatib SM,LaPointe NA,Sears S,Kosinski AS,Jackson LR 2nd,Kutyifa V,Peterson ED

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have shown that patency of the epicardial vessel does not guarantee optimal myocardial perfusion in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The aim of the current study was to identify clinical and angiographic correlates of unsuccessful...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： De Luca G,van 't Hof AW,Ottervanger JP,Hoorntje JC,Gosselink AT,Dambrink JH,Zijlstra F,de Boer MJ,Suryapranata H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Right- and left-sided endocarditis are two distinct entities, both clinically and experimentally. As such, they require different clinical approaches. The accurate diagnosis of right-sided endocarditis rests largely on a high index of suspicion which is often raised in the case of an intravenous drug abuser with fever...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Robbins MJ,Soeiro R,Frishman WH,Strom JA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot study was performed to determine the safety and efficacy of coronary pulsed mid-infra-red laser angioplasty. The laser was coupled with a novel 2.0 mm multifiber catheter consisting of 37 optical fibers of 150 microns each arranged concentrically around a 0.018-inch central lumen and a soft leading tapered dis...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Geschwind HJ,Dubois-Rande JL,Zelinsky R,Morelle JF,Boussignac G

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tamoxifen has mixed estrogen agonist and antagonist properties in estrogen-regulated tissues. Its effect on the cardiovascular system is not well defined. We carried out a study to investigate the effect of tamoxifen on peripheral vascular endothelial function. METHODS:Three groups of postmenopausal women (...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ong PJ,Linardou H,Graham HA,Savage P,Hayward CS,Coombes RC,Collins P

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

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