Continuous intracoronary nitroglycerin infusion for spasm after angioplasty.

abstract：:In this editorial, I would like to share some thoughts about clinical studies, including value and limitations using as an example a recently published randomized clinical trial. Randomized and non-randomized clinical trials, epidemiologic studies, and registries guide our clinical practice. They are good but not perf...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Richard Conti C

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the prognostic value of early and intensive lipid-lowering treatment on ventricular premature beat or nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) (ST-elevation myocardial infarction [STEMI], non-STEMI, and unstable angina pectoris). HYPOTHESIS:Provided that ea...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： He XZ,Zhou SH,Wan XH,Wang HY,Zhong QH,Xue JF

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within 3 h after the onset of symptoms of myocardial infarction, 64 patients were randomly assigned to receive either a 1-h intravenous infusion of 1,500,000 IU of streptokinase (SK) or a conventional therapy. Infarct size was estimated in CK gram equivalent (CKg) by measurement of CK-MB every 3 hours during a 48-h pe...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Durand P,Asseman P,Pruvost P,Bertrand ME,LaBlanche JM,Thery C

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several classifications of antiarrhythmic drugs have appeared and all suffer considerable limitations. Recently a Task Force of the Working Group on Arrhythmias of the European Society of Cardiology proposed a novel classification of antiarrhythmic drugs (the so-called Sicilian Gambit) based on their action on the mos...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Katritsis D,Camm AJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Health care demand is increasing due to greater longevity of patients with chronic comorbidities. This increasing demand is occurring in a setting of resource scarcity. To address these changes, high-value care initiatives, such as telemedicine, are valuable resource-preservation strategies. This study int...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chorin E,Padegimas A,Havakuk O,Birati EY,Shacham Y,Milman A,Topaz G,Flint N,Keren G,Rogowski O

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter ablation has become an accepted technique for creating complete heart block in patients with drug refractory supraventricular tachycardias. However, it remains experimental for other indications, such as ablation of accessory pathway or ventricular tachycardia. The use of high energy defibrillator discharges ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Cunningham D

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Females with Ullrich-Turner syndrome (UTS) have typical clinical features such as short stature, ovarian failure, visible dysmorphic stigmata, and abnormalities in different organs such as kidney or heart. HYPOTHESIS:The aim of the present study was to analyze the distribution, prevalence, and relative risk...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Völkl TM,Degenhardt K,Koch A,Simm D,Dörr HG,Singer H

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although sudden death (SD) is a rare complication after atrioventricular junction (AVJ) ablation and permanent pacemaker implantation, the risk factors leading to this SD remain unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate SD and its risk factors after ablate-and-pace strategy for rate control in at...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wang RX,Lee HC,Li JP,Hodge DO,Cha YM,Friedman PA,Munger TM,Srivathsan K,Pavri BB,Shen WK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 20 coronary excimer laser angioplasties, two patients presented with a peculiar type of malignant restenosis 6 and 8 weeks after a successful laser angioplasty procedure. One patient had a successful recanalization of an occluded left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery and the second patient had ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Buchwald A,Werner G,Unterberg C,Voth A,Wiegand V

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:Although it is well established that diabetes mellitus (DM) induces more severe coronary artery disease (CAD), it is not known whether it contributes to the development of coronary collateral circulation. The present study examines coronary collateral circulation in diabetic and nondiabetic pa...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Melidonis A,Tournis S,Kouvaras G,Baltaretsou E,Hadanis S,Hajissavas I,Tsatsoulis A,Foussas S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old man was investigated for dyspnea on exertion and the presence of a pansystolic murmur. Physical examination revealed dextrocardia confirmed by chest radiograph, which also showed oligemic right lung field. Subsequent cardiac catheterization revealed secundum atrial septal defect, persistent left sided su...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yip AS,Chow WH,Lee DF,Cheung KL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:Noninvasive evaluation of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function was performed on 12 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) using posterior aortic wall echocardiogram and a parameter for determining the optimal heart rate in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation was considered. METHODS:...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nobuoka S,Hatano S,Yoshida A,Nagashima J,Noda K,Takada H,Miyake F,Murayama M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal approach to electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation includes appropriate patient selection, anticoagulation, careful selection and monitoring of antiarrhythmic therapy, and proper electrical cardioversion technique. The optimal technique requires the use of metal electrodes, with one electrode of a...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ewy GA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myocardial infarction can be stratified into electrocardiographic subsets based on the presence or absence of new Q waves. This stratification has important clinical and prognostic utility. Coronary angiography during acute non-Q-wave compared with Q-wave infarction shows much higher infarct-related artery paten...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： O'Brien TX,Ross J Jr

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:ST-segment depression during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is known to herald serious hemodynamic complications. Since the mechanism of this dependence is not clear, we reinvestigated the old concept of papillary muscle infarction (PMI) as a cause of marked ST depression. METHODS:Autopsie...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dabrowska B,Walczak E,Prejs R,Zdzienicki M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previously, the high maternal mortality in cardiac patients who became pregnant prompted the assertion: Women with an abnormal heart should not become pregnant. This long-standing notion needs to be revised today. HYPOTHESIS:The study was undertaken to ascertain the experience with a large series of pregnan...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Avila WS,Rossi EG,Ramires JA,Grinberg M,Bortolotto MR,Zugaib M,da Luz PL

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been suggested that an oxidative mechanism is involved with the impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilatation that occurs after a high-fat meal. HYPOTHESIS:The study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of a single oral dose of vitamin C (2 g) on postprandially impaired endothelium-dependent vasodil...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ling L,Zhao SP,Gao M,Zhou QC,Li YL,Xia B

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicardipine a second-generation dihidropyridine calcium antagonist, has been approved in oral formulation for use in the United States, and is under review for parenteral use. Nicardipine is the most vascular-selective agent of this class currently approved and should, on theoretical grounds, be ideal for combination ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Lambert CR

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, catheter ablation techniques and implantable devices have revolutionized the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias, junctional arrhythmias, and atrial flutter. For most patients presenting with atrial fibrillation (AF), the treatment available today is similar to that used a century ago, although no...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gallagher MM,Camm AJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A community-wide study of patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction in metropolitan Baltimore was conducted to examine socio-demographic and clinical characteristics in association with ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest (VF/CA). Multivariate analyses revealed that variables significantly associa...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Tonascia J,Szklo M,Goldberg R,Kennedy H

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C; <40 mg/dL) are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events, but it is unclear whether lower thresholds (<30 mg/dL) are associated with increased hazard. HYPOTHESIS:Very low levels of HDL-C may provide prognostic information in acute coro...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Hagström E,Roe MT,Hafley G,Neely ML,Sidhu MS,Winters KJ,Prabhakaran D,White HD,Armstrong PW,Fox KA,Ohman EM,Boden WE,TRILOGY ACS Investigators.

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, there is an exponential use of new interventional techniques whose proper role and value have not yet been defined. The intracoronary stent is just one example. There is no doubt that stents can be implanted with a high technical success rate associated with highly predictable immediate angiographic result...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： de Jaegere PP,de Feyter PJ,van der Giessen WJ,Serruys PW

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperkalemia was associated with complete heart block in one patient that resolved by first showing right anterior hemiblock). Then the right bundle branch block resolved, leaving the marked left axis deviation that was present before the hyperkalemic episode. Another patient with hyperkalemia had right bundle branch ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ohmae M,Rabkin SW

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac injury is common in COVID-19 patients and is associated with increased mortality. However, it remains unclear if reduced cardiac function is associated with cardiac injury, and additionally if mortality risk is increased among those with reduced cardiac function in COVID-19 patients. HYPOTHESIS:The ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chen LQ,Burdowski J,Marfatia R,Weber J,Gliganic K,Diaz N,Ramjattan N,Zheng H,Mihalatos D,Wang L,Barasch E,Leung A,Gopal A,Craft J,Ren X,Stergiopoulos K,Jeremias A,Petrossian G,Robinson N,Levine J,Shlofmitz RA,Gu

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiarrhythmic drugs are an essential tool in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF). Although we are already on the threshold of a large expansion in the use of ablation therapies, these will not, however, be appropriate for all patients, and pharmacological therapies will continue to have an important place in t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Savelieva I,Camm J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When evaluating patients with possible coronary artery disease, it is necessary to combine physiologic assessment (measurements of ischemia) with anatomic pathologic assessment (coronary angiography). Coronary angiography currently is the only way to assess the anatomic pathology of the coronary circulation with preci...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Conti CR

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular interactions between leukocytes and the endothelium are critical events in vascular biology, such as atherosclerosis and acute coronary syndrome. When monocytes and endothelial cells are activated via direct cell-cell interaction, both types of cells express several biologically active molecules such as adhes...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ikeda U,Takahashi M,Shimada K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary artery disease (CAD) risk is not fully revealed by traditional risk factors. Identification of a simple, noninvasive tool that allows for detection of high-risk CAD patients and can be applied in large populations and clinical settings would prove valuable. HYPOTHESIS:We sought to test the hypothes...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Heffernan KS,Karas RH,Patvardhan EA,Jafri H,Kuvin JT

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ventricular arrhythmias are the most common consequences of structural and functional heart diseases, but cases with no evident pathology are also observed. A parameter indicating asymptomatic circulatory failure could support decisions related to possible treatment of ventricular arrhythmias. HYPOTHESIS:Th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Mazurek B,Szydłowski L,Giec-Fuglewicz G,Markiewicz-Łoskot G

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two patients in whom spontaneous angina following acute myocardial infarction (postinfarction angina caused by coronary artery spasm) and worsening angina were successfully eliminated after clinical dosage of oral diltiazem, while marked sinus node suppression developed and temporary pacing was performed. ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ishikawa T,Imamura T,Koiwaya Y,Tanaka K

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00