Pathophysiology of re-entrant dysrhythmias.

abstract：:Out of 84,609 Europeans in the ERICA sample (EHJ 9, Suppl I) 18,931 had adequate 6-year follow-up data so that coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality could be assessed in relation to five risk factors (age, cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, body mass index and cigarette smoking) measured at baseline. In view of kn...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors：

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report of an ESC Study Group reviews current knowledge on myocardial hibernation and relevant imaging techniques, and provides an algorithm for investigation and management when a patient presents with ischaemic left ventricular dysfunction. It covers the definitions of myocardial viability, stunning and hibernat...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Underwood SR,Bax JJ,vom Dahl J,Henein MY,Knuuti J,van Rossum AC,Schwarz ER,Vanoverschelde JL,van der Wall EE,Wijns W,Study Group of the European Society of Cardiology.

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the occasion of a routine medical check-up 256 out of 1100 individuals with an accumulation of coronary risk factors were screened for silent myocardial ischaemia by exercise testing and Holter monitoring. Of these individuals 5.5% had a pathological exercise test, 7.4% had ischaemia-like events on the Holter ECG, ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Osterspey A,Treis-Müller I,Günther H,Eggeling T,Siglow C,Gedicke V,Höpp H,Diewitz M,Osterhues H,Hilger HH

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are the definitive contributors to evidence-based medicine. RCTs assessing serious outcomes in cardiovascular disease have grown, with 'megatrials' becoming more common with the realization that wrong conclusions resulted from random error in inadequately sized trials. Simple design a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hilbrich L,Sleight P

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A new generation of multidetector-row CT (MDCT) scanners allows complete coronary coverage using retrospective ECG gating and 1mm slices. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of high resolution MDCT angiography with retrospective gating for detection of coronary artery stenoses. METHODS AND ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kopp AF,Schroeder S,Kuettner A,Baumbach A,Georg C,Kuzo R,Heuschmid M,Ohnesorge B,Karsch KR,Claussen CD

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the extent of platelet inhibition by prasugrel vs. clopidogrel in a TRITON-TIMI 38 substudy. METHODS AND RESULTS:TRITON-TIMI 38 randomized acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to prasugrel or standard dose clopidogrel. Selected sites prospectively e...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Michelson AD,Frelinger AL 3rd,Braunwald E,Downey WE,Angiolillo DJ,Xenopoulos NP,Jakubowski JA,Li Y,Murphy SA,Qin J,McCabe CH,Antman EM,Wiviott SD,TRITON-TIMI 38 Investigators.

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Exposure of tissue factor (TF) is a critical proximal step in the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndromes. Sunol-cH36, a chimaeric monoclonal antibody to TF, blocks binding of factor X to the TF:VIIa complex. This report describes the first completed trial of Sunol-cH36 in humans. METHODS AND RESULTS:We assessed...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Morrow DA,Murphy SA,McCabe CH,Mackman N,Wong HC,Antman EM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The Pacing to Avoid Cardiac Enlargement (PACE) trial is a prospective, double-blinded, randomized, multicentre study that reported the superiority of biventricular (BiV) pacing to right ventricular apical (RVA) pacing in the prevention of left ventricular (LV) adverse remodelling and deterioration of systolic func...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Chan JY,Fang F,Zhang Q,Fung JW,Razali O,Azlan H,Lam KH,Chan HC,Yu CM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The slope and pressure half-time of the aortic regurgitant velocity spectrum have been used as non-invasive markers of regurgitant severity. Recent in vitro and theoretical work, however, has suggested a confounding effect of systemic vascular resistance and left ventricular compliance on these parameters. To study th...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Griffin BP,Flachskampf FA,Reimold SC,Lee RT,Thomas JD

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Aortic aneurysm/dissection (AAD) is a life-threatening disorder lacking effective pharmacotherapeutic remedies. Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) polymorphism is tied with various risk factors for AAD including hypertension, atherosclerosis, and hypercholesterolaemia although direct correlation between the two rema...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Yang K,Ren J,Li X,Wang Z,Xue L,Cui S,Sang W,Xu T,Zhang J,Yu J,Liu Z,Shang H,Pang J,Huang X,Chen Y,Xu F

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Although embolic protection devices reduce complications during saphenous vein graft (SVG) stenting, adverse events still occur in approximately 10% of patients. IIb/IIIa antagonists have not been proven effective during SVG intervention. We hypothesized that adjunctive use of these agents might enhance the effica...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jonas M,Stone GW,Mehran R,Hermiller J,Feldman R,Herrmann HC,Cox DA,Kuntz RE,Popma JJ,Rogers C,FilterWire EX Randomized Evalulation (FIRE) Investigators.

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the moment, the most reliable method for diagnosing right ventricular dysplasia is considered to be angiography. Morphological alterations such as the presence of akinetic/dyskinetic areas, aneurysmatic dilatations and deep anteroapical fissuring, not necessarily associated with an increase in ventricular volume, a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Chiddo A,Locuratolo N,Gaglione A,Bortone A,Troito G,Musci S,Grimaldi N,Rizzon P

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess EuroSCORE performance in predicting in-hospital mortality in on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB). METHODS AND RESULTS:Additive and logistic EuroSCORE were computed for consecutive patients undergoing CABG (n = 3440, 75%) or OPCAB (n = 1140,...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Parolari A,Pesce LL,Trezzi M,Loardi C,Kassem S,Brambillasca C,Miguel B,Tremoli E,Biglioli P,Alamanni F

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed Doppler echocardiography was performed in 30 patients to assess the influence of mitral orifice area and velocity on the determination of mitral stroke volume and inflow. Aortic forward stroke volume and outflow were measured at the centre of the aortic annulus, and compared with mitral flow measurements calcul...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Tribouilloy C,Slama M,Shen WF,Choquet D,Delonca J,Mertl C,Dufosse H,Lesbre JP

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Angiographic studies on the natural course of both focal and diffuse coronary atherosclerosis have not been performed before, but can both be assessed by quantitative coronary angiography. The objective of this study was to describe the natural course of focal and diffuse coronary atherosclerosis over time. METHO...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Vos J,de Feyter PJ,Kingma JH,Emanuelsson H,Legrand V,Winkelmann B,Dumont JM,Simoons LM

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:A genetic variant (rs20417) of the PTGS2 gene, encoding for COX-2, has been associated with decreased COX-2 activity and a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, this genetic association and the role of COX-2 in CVD remain controversial. METHODS AND RESULTS:The association of rs20417 with CVD was...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ross S,Eikelboom J,Anand SS,Eriksson N,Gerstein HC,Mehta S,Connolly SJ,Rose L,Ridker PM,Wallentin L,Chasman DI,Yusuf S,Paré G

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In animal models of obesity and diabetes mellitus, myocardial TG accumulation is associated with decreased myocardial function. In the physiologically ageing heart, myocardial triglyceride (TG) accumulation may also occur due to reduced myocardial fatty acid oxidation. The role of myocardial TG in the ageing human...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van der Meer RW,Rijzewijk LJ,Diamant M,Hammer S,Schär M,Bax JJ,Smit JW,Romijn JA,de Roos A,Lamb HJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electrocardiographic abnormalities and premature ventricular contractions are common in athletes and are generally benign. However, the specific outcome of high-level endurance athletes with frequent and complex ventricular arrhythmias is unclear. Also, information on the predictive accuracy of different inv...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Heidbüchel H,Hoogsteen J,Fagard R,Vanhees L,Ector H,Willems R,Van Lierde J

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the prevalence, incidence rate, lifetime risk and prognosis of heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:The Rotterdam Study is a prospective population-based cohort study in 7983 participants aged > or =55. Heart failure was defined according to criteria of the European Society of Cardiology. Prevalence wa...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bleumink GS,Knetsch AM,Sturkenboom MC,Straus SM,Hofman A,Deckers JW,Witteman JC,Stricker BH

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echocardiographic parameters of left ventricular (LV) function were compared with the electrocardiographic findings in 40 patients with chronic severe aortic regurgitation. Total 12-lead QRS amplitude was linearly correlated with LV mass and its 'relative reduction' (less than 250 mm) indicated LV hypertrophy. Patient...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Scognamiglio R,Fasoli G,Bruni A,Dalla-Volta S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct cardioprotective properties of nitroglycerin and nicorandil were compared in regionally ischaemic (45 min), reperfused (24 h) porcine hearts. Intracoronary treatments, which were started 15 min prior to occlusion of the distal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), were continuously administered fo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Klein HH,Pich S,Lindert-Heimberg S,Schade-Brittinger C,Maisch B,Nebendahl K

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the safety and effects of combined treatment with vascular endothelial growth factor-A(165) plasmid (VEGF-A(165)) and granulocyte- colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) mobilization of bone marrow stem cells in patients with severe chronic ischaemic heart disease (IHD). METHODS AND RESULTS:Sixteen patients ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ripa RS,Wang Y,Jørgensen E,Johnsen HE,Hesse B,Kastrup J

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate efficacy and safety of intrapericardial treatment with the crystalloid corticosteroid triamcinolone in autoreactive pericardial effusion. METHODS AND RESULTS:Two hundred and sixty consecutive patients with pericarditis/myopericarditis underwent pericardiocentesis, pericardioscopy (Storz-AF1101B1), and...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Maisch B,Ristić AD,Pankuweit S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the relation between serum concentrations of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and prognosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). METHODS AND RESULTS:In total, 847 patients (53 ± 15 years; 67% male) with HCM (28% with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction ≥ 30 m...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Coats CJ,Gallagher MJ,Foley M,O'Mahony C,Critoph C,Gimeno J,Dawnay A,McKenna WJ,Elliott PM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of diuretic dose on the haemodynamic response to captopril was assessed in nine patients with chronic cardiac failure. Each patient was given an intravenous dose of captopril while maintained on (a) a low dose diuretic regime, and (b) a high dose diuretic regime. Activity of the renin angiotensin aldosteron...

journal_title：European heart journal

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

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular performance at rest and during supine symptom-limited exercise was determined by radionuclide ventriculography (RNV) in 65 subjects of the age of 65 years or older. Eleven subjects had no evidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) by history or submaximal stress ECG. In this control group left ventricu...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pichler M,Mostbeck G,Fridrich L,Eghbalian F,Gassner A

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac output was measured in 11 patients undergoing routine cardiac catheterization using a carbon dioxide rebreathing technique and compared with cardiac output measured by direct Fick and thermodilution. The carbon dioxide rebreathing technique gave consistently lower values for cardiac output than the other two m...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Nugent AM,McParland J,McEneaney DJ,Steele I,Campbell NP,Stanford CF,Nicholls DP

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of catheter ablation of accessory pathways (AP) was studied in 79 children (age, 4-16 years), using DC shocks (n = 25) or radiofrequency energy (n = 54). All patients had documented arrhythmias including ventricular fibrillation in four. Organic heart disease was present in four patients. AP lo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Haissaguerre M,Puel V,Bekheit S,Fisher B,Dartigues JF,Egloff P,Le Metayer P,Clementy J,Warin JF

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological changes in human myocardium associated with pressure overload-induced left ventricular hypertrophy were studied in 22 normal and 21 hypertrophic hearts obtained at autopsy. Samples were obtained from the left lateral ventricular wall, half way between the apex and the base. Myocyte dimensions, polyploidi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Vliegen HW,van der Laarse A,Cornelisse CJ,Eulderink F

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early treatment with ACE inhibitors of even moderate heart failure is clinically beneficial, even though haemodynamic measurements cannot adequately quantitate such improvement. Neurohumoral assessment is, however, supposed to be more accurate. In 55 patients with moderate heart failure (ejection fraction < or = 35%),...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Nussberger J,Fleck E,Bahrmann H,Delius W,Schultheiss HP,Brunner HR

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00