An evaluation of two-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited information is available regarding outcome of very elderly patients referred for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). PURPOSE:This study aimed to assess acute and intermediate term clinical outcomes among nonagenarians. METHODS:The study included 32 consecutive nonagenarian patients undergoing...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Parikh R,Chennareddy S,Debari V,Hamdan A,Konlian D,Shamoon F,Bikkina M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-vitamin K dependent oral anticoagulants (NOAC) are now widely used in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) for stroke prevention and in patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) for the treatment and secondary prevention of the disease. Among NOAC, edoxaban demonstrated noninferiority to warfarin ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Colonna P,von Heymann C,Santamaria A,Matsushita Y,Unverdorben M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with malignant ventricular arrhythmias, antiarrhythmic therapy is known to carry a substantial risk of proarrhythmia. This risk is usually considered to be low when supraventricular arrhythmias or benign ventricular arrhythmias are considered. We were able to collect data on four patients without a history...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Faber TS,Zehender M,Van de Loo A,Hohnloser S,Just H

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an apparent benefit with extension of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) beyond 1 year after implantation of drug-eluting stents (DES). Assessment by a Double Randomization of a Conventional Antiplatelet Strategy vs a Monitoring-Guided Strategy for Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation, and of Treatment Interruption ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Collet JP,Silvain J,Kerneis M,Cuisset T,Meneveau N,Boueri Z,Barthélémy O,Rangé G,Cayla G,Belle EV,Elhadad S,Carrié D,Caussin C,Rousseau H,Aubry P,Monségu J,Sabouret P,O'Connor SA,Abtan J,Saint-Etienne C,Beygui F,

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study left ventricular diastolic function, digitized M-mode echocardiograms of the free wall endocardium were analyzed. A population of 117 healthy individuals was compared with a group of 22 patients with myocardial hypertrophy due to aortic stenosis (AS), and a group of 21 with hypertrophic cardiomyopath...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bryhn M

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Slow coronary flow in patients without obstructive coronary artery disease is an angiographic finding that could easily be detected by thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame counts. On the other hand, impaired renal function is a frequent problem. We searched the association between the 2 entitie...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yilmaz MB,Yalta K

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2011 Update of the American Heart Association's Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Guideline for Women is designed to help women and their physicians understand cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risks and undertake practical steps that are most effective in preventing heart disease and stroke. Defining a woman's risk st...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wenger NK

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium channel blockers are important drugs for the treatment of chronic stable angina. However, negative inotropic and dromotropic effects may limit their usefulness in patients with atrioventricular conduction abnormalities or left ventricular dysfunction. A new generation of calcium channel blockers will soon be a...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pepine C

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sex-based differences in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) mortality may attenuate with age due to better symptom recognition and prompt care. HYPOTHESIS:Age is a modifier of temporal trends in sex-based differences in ACS care. METHODS:Among 104 817 eligible patients with ACS enrolled in the AHA Get With the ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Udell JA,Fonarow GC,Maddox TM,Cannon CP,Frank Peacock W,Laskey WK,Grau-Sepulveda MV,Smith EE,Hernandez AF,Peterson ED,Bhatt DL,Get With The Guidelines Steering Committee and Investigators.

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research protocols often utilize serial exercise testing to examine the efficacy of anti-ischemic therapies. These tests, however, are prone to multiple sources of bias. This investigation sought to determine the influence of varying precordial electrocardiographic (ECG) electrode placement on the detection of exercis...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bertolet BD,Boyette AF,Mardis M,Hill JA

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Atherosclerosis is widely accepted as a chronic inflammatory disease. Research paid much attention to sensitive specific serum biomarkers for vulnerable plaques. The markers not only serve as diagnostic tools for the identification of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but also help us to identify ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Tan J,Hua Q,Gao J,Fan ZX

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cusp entrapment is a previously unreported mechanism of aortic insufficiency after balloon aortic valvuloplasty. In a patient who developed severe acute aortic insufficiency and expired after balloon aortic valvuloplasty, pathologic evaluation revealed a large, solitary, fractured, calcific nodule in the noncoronary c...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Treasure CB,Schoen FJ,Treseler PA,Bittl JA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is characterized by systolic ballooning of the left ventricular apex. It is triggered by emotional or physical stress, but the exact mechanism through which stress leads to TCM is not known. HYPOTHESIS:Coronary microvessel apoptosis is the missing link between stress and TCM. ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Uchida Y,Egami H,Uchida Y,Sakurai T,Kanai M,Shirai S,Nakagawa O,Oshima T

更新日期：2010-06-01 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:The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is the most effective treatment available for terminating potentially life-threatening ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation and reducing the risk of mortality. Despite its established health benefits, ICD therapy is accompanied by a unique arra...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Stutts LA,Cross NJ,Conti JB,Sears SF

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an important component in the continuum of care for patients with cardiovascular diseases, including the older population. Benefits of CR which include mortality benefit, decreased hospitalizations, increased functional capacity all extend to an older population. In Medicare beneficiarie...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kumar KR,Pina IL

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More women than men die each year of cardiovascular disease, which remains the leading cause of death in the United States. Sex-specific factors, including pregnancy-related disorders, should be considered when assessing cardiovascular (CV) risk in women. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy have been associated with C...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Valdiviezo C,Garovic VD,Ouyang P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fluoroscopy has been an essential part of every electrophysiological procedure since its inception. However, till now no clear standards regarding acceptable x-ray exposure nor recommendation how to achieve them have been proposed. HYPOTHESIS:Current norms and quality markers required for optimal clinical r...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kosiuk J,Fiedler L,Ernst S,Duncker D,Pavlović N,Guarguagli S,Stegmann C,Miskowiec D,Garcia R,Russo V,Yakushev A,Szegedi N,De Potter T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is a significant condition, affecting major segments of all population groups studied. With the introduction of insulin and oral hypoglycemic therapy, together with better understanding of diet and weight control gained over the past half century, the primary causes of diabetic morbidity and mortalit...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： van Hoeven KH,Factor SM

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old man presented with cardiogenic shock secondary to rheumatic mitral stenosis. Despite aggressive medical treatment he continued to deteriorate. This report describes the successful use of the metallic valvulotome technique for mitral commissurotomy in the context of a critically ill patient. ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ward DE,Tanner MA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subaortic stenosis has been described with increasing frequency as an ominous feature of atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD), especially following surgical correction of the anomaly in non-Down's syndrome patients. In order to study the surgical anatomy of the left ventricular outflow tract in this malformation, 48 ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gallo P,Formigari R,Hokayem NJ,D'Offizi F,D'Alessandro,Francalanci P,d'Amati G,Colloridi V,Pizzuto F

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, insulin resistance (IR), and obesity frequently coexist with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), but it is uncertain whether these risk factors for vascular disease contribute to a change in atherosclerosis over time, independently of DM status. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sung KC,Ryu S,Lee JY,Lee SH,Cheong ES,Wild SH,Byrne CD

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An acute-phase response in patients with acute myocardial infarction could contribute to the development of anemia. HYPOTHESIS:An association may exist between symptom duration, hemoglobin (Hb) concentration and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) values in patients presenting to an emergency department (ED) wit...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Shacham Y,Leshem-Rubinow E,Ben-Assa E,Roth A,Steinvil A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coronary artery thrombus that causes acute myocardial infarction can be lysed, and reperfusion can be achieved, in the first few hours after infarction. However, the infarct vessel will reocclude in 15-30% of patients, and this event is frequently associated with pain, reinfarction, arrhythmias, or death. The risk...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Goldberg RK,Levine S,Fenster PE

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The noninvasive assessment of the severity of aortic stenosis is difficult. A recent description of systolic flutter of aortic valve leaflets as a screening test for severe aortic stenosis was applied to a group of patients who had undergone catheterization. As opposed to the previous report, we found this an inaccura...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Vacek JL,Phelix J,Rycyna JL

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether more severe coronary atherosclerosis is a prerequisite to an initial acute coronary event in women vs men. HYPOTHESIS:Women may have more severe coronary atherosclerosis than men in patients with acute coronary event. METHODS:We used intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) to...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sun R,Sun L,Fu Y,Liu H,Xu M,Ren X,Yu H,Dong H,Liu Y,Zhu Y,Tian J,Yu B

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Hemophilus influenzae infections have long been considered to be a disease of childhood, recent reports have demonstrated an increasing frequency of serious Hemophilus influenzae infections in adults. A case of purulent H. influenzae pericarditis in a previously healthy adult without evidence of concurrent H....

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sink JD,Spray TL,Rankin JS

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac dysfunction, including mitral valve regurgitation and congestive heart failure, can occur in patients with sickle cell disease. However, major surgery poses a greater risk in this population. This paper reports on the management of a patient with sickle cell disease who underwent successful replacement of the ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sgambati MT,Kon ND,Cruz JM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00