Quinidine therapy in hospitalized patients with ventricular arrhythmias.

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：:The addition of IAC to otherwise standard CPR provides for the application of external pressure over the abdomen in counterpoint to the rhythm of chest compression. Interposed abdominal compression is a simple manual technique that can supplement the use of adrenergic drugs to increase both coronary perfusion pressure...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Babbs CF,Sack JB,Kern KB

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following pulmonary infarction, three patients developed the classical signs and symptoms of the Dressler syndrome associated with persistent left pleural effusion. Each responded dramatically to corticosteroid therapy. While the pathogenesis of this "Post-Pulmonary Infarction syndrome," like the Dressler syndrome, is...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sklaroff HJ

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stroke is a rare but serious event that complicates the course of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The type, outcome, and risk factors of stroke occurring in stabilized patients with ACS have not been previously reported. METHODS:We evaluated stroke incidence, subtypes, and outcomes, in additio...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kassem-Moussa H,Mahaffey KW,Graffagnino C,Tasissa G,Sila CA,Simes RJ,White HD,Califf RM,Bhapkar MV,Newby LK,SYMPHONY and 2nd SYMPHONY Investigators.

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the TRACER trial, vorapaxar, a protease-activated receptor-1 antagonist, plus standard care in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE ACS) patients did not significantly reduce the primary composite end point but reduced a key secondary end point and significantly increased bleeding. Histo...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Jones WS,Tricoci P,Huang Z,Moliterno DJ,Harrington RA,Sinnaeve PR,Strony J,Van de Werf F,White HD,Held C,Armstrong PW,Aylward PE,Chen E,Patel MR,Mahaffey KW

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial antitachycardia pacing was tested in 23 children and young adults. The majority of these patients had had operative repair of congenital cardiac defects and had both bradycardia and tachycardia. Pacemakers were usually implanted by the transvenous technique using bipolar leads. In each patient it was possible t...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gillette PC,Zeigler VL,Case CL,Harold M,Buckles DS

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technetium 99m-Q12 is a new cationic myocardial perfusion imaging agent that produces excellent images in human beings. The purpose of this study was to examine the separate effects of hypoxia and low flow on myocardial clearance kinetics. After a 1 mCi bolus injection, myocardial 99mTc-Q12 clearance was monitored for...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Okada RD,Nguyen KN,Lauinger M,Allton IL,Johnson G 3rd

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among blacks and whites in the United States. Despite this, there are insufficient data on the long-term prognosis of black patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) as well as the major clinical related determinants of outcome. METHODS:We studied 22,61...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Thomas KL,Honeycutt E,Shaw LK,Peterson ED

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although outcomes data on transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and transcatheter mitral valve repair (Mitraclip) are available via the Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) registry, dissemination of TVT data is often delayed. The Food and Drug Administration's Manufacturer and User Facility Device Expe...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Galper BZ,Beery DE,Leighton G,Englander LL

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation remains a frequent complication after heart surgery. The optimal strategy to treat the condition has not been established. Several retrospective studies have suggested that a primary rate-control strategy may be equivalent to a strategy that restores sinus rhythm. METHODS:Fifty patients ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lee JK,Klein GJ,Krahn AD,Yee R,Zarnke K,Simpson C,Skanes A,Spindler B

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infants born to cocaine-using mothers have a 3- to 8-fold increase in sudden infant death syndrome. Its underlying cause, in part, may be attributed to abnormal autonomic function. We proposed to study heart rate variability, reflecting autonomic control of the heart, in cocaine-exposed infants. METHODS:Fro...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mehta SK,Super DM,Salvator A,Singer L,Connuck D,Fradley LG,Harcar-Sevcik RA,Kaufman ES

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incremental advantage of transesophageal echocardiography was determined by comparing results of paired transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic examinations performed in 61 patients for evaluation of suspected infective endocarditis. According to clinical and pathologic data, 31 of 61 (51%) patients ha...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Birmingham GD,Rahko PS,Ballantyne F 3rd

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of mexiletine used alone, and in combination with a class Ia antiarrhythmic drug, was assessed in 159 previously drug-refractory patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) during serial electrophysiologic studies and during long-term (5-year) clinical follow-up. Electrically-inducible ventricular tachycar...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Whitford EG,McGovern B,Schoenfeld MH,Garan H,Newell JB,McElroy M,Ruskin JN

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination therapy with mexiletine (MEX) and quinidine (Q) may be more efficacious than monotherapy with either drug in suppressing ventricular arrhythmias, but its effects on ventricular performance are not known. Thus, right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and wall...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sheldon RS,Duff HJ,Mitchell LB,Wyse DG,Manyari DE

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess whether pharmacologic preconditioning by exogenous or endogenous adenosine prevents the deterioration of hemodynamic function and left ventricular performance during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Ischemic preconditioning renders the heart more ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Heidland UE,Heintzen MP,Schwartzkopff B,Strauer BE

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chest pain in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) is common in women; it is frequently associated with debilitating symptoms and repeated evaluations and may be caused by coronary microvascular dysfunction. However, the prevalence and determinants of microvascular dysfunction in these wo...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Reis SE,Holubkov R,Conrad Smith AJ,Kelsey SF,Sharaf BL,Reichek N,Rogers WJ,Merz CN,Sopko G,Pepine CJ,WISE Investigators.

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation is a common disease of the elderly, conferring considerable morbidity and mortality related to cardiovascular effects and thromboembolic risks. Anticoagulation, antiarrhythmic medications, and rate control are the cornerstone of contemporary management, whereas ablation and evolving surgical techni...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hui DS,Morley JE,Mikolajczak PC,Lee R

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma concentrations of immunoreactive alpha-human atrial natriuretic polypeptide (i alpha-hANP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) were measured in 70 patients with heart disease. Plasma concentrations of i alpha-hANP were directly related to the severity of heart disease (F = 29.61, p less than 0.001). Plasm...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hirata Y,Ishii M,Matsuoka H,Sugimoto T,Iizuka M,Uchida Y,Serizawa T,Sato H,Kohmoto O,Mochizuki T

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Q wave and non-Q wave MI are often referred to as "transmural" and "nontransmural," there is no anatomic evidence to justify this distinction. Nevertheless, a distinction is important, because the two entities have a different prognosis. At the present time, between 25% and 35% of MIs are non-Q wave. They are...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： André-Fouet X,Pillot M,Leizorovicz A,Finet G,Gayet C,Milon H

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myocardial infarction (MI) patients remain at high risk for recurrent events. Cholesterol efflux, mediated by apolipoprotein A-I, removes excess cholesterol from atherosclerotic plaque and transports it to the liver for excretion. Impaired cholesterol efflux is associated with higher cardiovascular (CV) event ra...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gibson CM,Kastelein JJP,Phillips AT,Aylward PE,Yee MK,Tendera M,Nicholls SJ,Pocock S,Goodman SG,Alexander JH,Lincoff AM,Bode C,Duffy D,Heise M,Berman G,Mears SJ,Tricoci P,Deckelbaum LI,Steg PG,Ridker P,Mehran R

更新日期：2021-01-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood cancer survivors are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which may be associated with traditional CVD risk factors. We used CVD risk aggregation instruments to describe survivor cardiometabolic health and compared their results with sibling controls. METHODS:Traditional CVD risk fac...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Landy DC,Miller TL,Lopez-Mitnik G,Lipsitz SR,Hinkle AS,Constine LS,French CA,Rovitelli AM,Adams MJ,Lipshultz SE

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although coronary thrombosis is thought to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of unstable angina and non-Q wave myocardial infarction and antithrombotic therapy is a mainstay in the early management of these patients, the relation between measures of systemic anticoagulation and clinical events has not been defin...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Becker RC,Cannon CP,Tracy RP,Thompson B,Bovill EG,Desvigne-Nickens P,Randall AM,Knatternud G,Braunwald E

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dyspnea is a complex system with multiple etiologies, including myocardial ischemia ("anginal equivalent"). Few studies have examined the utility of stress testing to detect coronary artery disease in this setting. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence, severity, and prognostic value of per...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Balaravi B,Miller TD,Hodge DO,Gibbons RJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we reviewed M-mode and two-dimensional (2DE) echocardiographic observations in 13 patients with pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and in six patients with truncus arteriosus in order to attempt to identify echocardiographic features distinguishing these two abnormalities in which no anato...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vargas Barron J,Sahn DJ,Attie F,Valdes-Cruz LM,Grenadier E,Allen HD,Oliveira Lima C,Goldberg SJ

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:P2Y12 receptor antagonist therapy is recommended in addition to ASA for up to 1 year after acute coronary syndrome to reduce ischemic events. In contrast, the benefit of long-term dual antiplatelet therapy beyond 1 year remains unclear. Ticagrelor is a potent, reversibly binding P2Y12 receptor-antagonist tha...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bonaca MP,Bhatt DL,Braunwald E,Cohen M,Steg PG,Storey RF,Held P,Jensen EC,Sabatine MS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Less than half of patients with cardiometabolic disease consistently take prescribed medications. While health insurers and some delivery organizations use claims to measure adherence, most clinicians do not have access during routine interactions. Self-reported scales exist, but their practical utility is o...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lauffenburger JC,Fontanet CP,Isaac T,Gopalakrishnan C,Sequist TD,Gagne JJ,Jackevicius CA,Fischer MA,Solomon DH,Choudhry NK

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of cross-sectional area narrowing by atherosclerotic plaques in each 5 mm long sement of the left main, left anterior descending, left circumflex, and right coronary arteries was analyzed at necropsy in 15 patients with type II hyperlipoproteinemia (HLP), in 13 with type IV HLP, and in 10 with known normal ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cabin HS,Roberts WC

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:sulfoconjugated dopamine constitutes the major portion of circulating or excreted dopamine, but its physiologic significance is still unknown. To test whether conjugated dopamine serves as a source of free dopamine in response to acute stress, plasma concentrations of free and conjugated dopamine were measured during ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Nakaya Y,Katayama T,Nomura M,Ishimura Y,Ohuchi T,Oka M,Yamamoto M,Mizobuchi S

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of age on the in-hospital mortality of all 30,972 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in New York in 1991 and 1992. Mortality rates were relatively low for patients 40-49, 50-59, and 60-64, 65-69, and 70-74 years old (1.10%, 1.65%, 2.17%...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hannan EL,Burke J

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00