Body surface isopotential maps in old anterior myocardial infarction undetectable by 12-lead electrocardiograms.

abstract：BACKGROUND:A common regimen for patients requiring dual-antiplatelet therapy who are at risk for gastrointestinal complications is the synchronous administration of enteric-coated (EC) aspirin, a proton pump inhibitor, and clopidogrel, although proton pump inhibitors have the potential for pharmacodynamic interaction w...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gurbel PA,Bliden KP,Fort JG,Jeong YH,Shuldiner A,Chai S,Gesheff T,Antonino M,Gesheff M,Zhang Y,Tantry US

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High blood pressure is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality globally. Many patients remain on single-drug treatment with poor control, although guidelines recognize that most require combination therapy for blood pressure control. Our hypothesis is that a single-pill combination of 4 blood pressure...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Chow CK,Atkins ER,Billot L,Chalmers J,Hillis GS,Hay P,Neal B,Nelson M,Patel A,Reid CM,Schlaich M,Usherwood T,Webster R,Rodgers A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) represent an important technologic innovation in the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. We propose the following concept: AEDs are machines with the limited task of ventricular fibrillation (VF) identification, countershock delivery, and defibrillation. They cannot b...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cummins RO,Eisenberg MS,Hallstrom AP,Hearne TR,Graves JR,Litwin PE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiplatelet therapy has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of serious vascular events in high-risk patients, including those with a prior acute ischemic event. The long-term use of antiplatelet agents is a key component of secondary prevention measures following acute coronary syndromes, including ST-segment...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Valgimigli M,Minarelli M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) and double outlet right ventricle (DORV) with normally related great arteries and normal ventricular sizes are associated with a good long-term prognosis after biventricular (BV) repair. The outcome of cases with a borderline small left ventricle (bLV) is unclear. The pu...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Pitkänen OM,Hornberger LK,Miner SE,Mondal T,Smallhorn JF,Jaeggi E,Nield LE

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite known associations between obesity and cardiovascular disease, the relationship between obesity as reflected by body mass index (BMI) and angiographic coronary artery disease (CAD) is not fully understood. Moreover, this relationship has not been adequately defined in black patients, a group demons...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Stalls CM,Triplette MA,Viera AJ,Pathman DE,Cohen MG,Rossi JS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind, randomized crossover study of 12 patients suffering from chronic bronchitis, the comparative influence of equipotent doses of pindolol (5 mg) and metoprolol (100 mg) on the bronchodilatory potential of inhaled fenoterol (0.4 mg), a beta 2-agonist, was investigated by means of body plethysmography. N...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： von Wichert P

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some studies have reported that patients with mitral valve prolapse syndrome (MVPS) also have a disorder in the autonomic or neuroendocrine function, which can cause a host of related symptoms. A potential role of the renin-angiotensin system in the pathogenesis of MVPS has been addressed. However, the role ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Chou HT,Chen YT,Shi YR,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute ventricular septal rupture in the setting of acute myocardial infarction continues to present clinicians with a difficult therapeutic dilemma. The role of surgical intervention and its timing remains unresolved. A collaborative study from three institutions was undertaken to examine various clinical outcomes in ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Held AC,Cole PL,Lipton B,Gore JM,Antman EM,Hockman JS,Corrao J,Goldberg RJ,Alpert JS

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current evidence suggests that the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation (AF) is multifactorial. The observation that AF, once present, alters the electrophysiologic properties of the atrial myocardium causing self-perpetuation of the arrhythmia raised the importance of electrical remodeling in its pathogenesis. Althoug...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kourliouros A,Savelieva I,Kiotsekoglou A,Jahangiri M,Camm J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fractional flow reserve (FFR) has become a gold standard in physiological assessment of coronary artery stenosis. An FFR < 0.75 is considered as a reliable physiological parameter indicating functionally significant lesion. Lesion length (LL) may affect the translesional hemodynamics. However, the effect of ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Brosh D,Higano ST,Lennon RJ,Holmes DR Jr,Lerman A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin, in addition to its known metabolic effects, has sympatho-excitatory and vasodilatory actions on muscular blood vessels. The goal of this study was to evaluate insulin sensitivity in young women with vasovagal syncope and positive tilt test results (HUT+) and to compare it with that in patients with ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ruiz GA,Calvar C,Hermes R,Rivadeneira D,Bengolea V,Chirife R,Tentori MC,Gelpi RJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New postoperative electrocardiographic Q waves have been described in eight of 40 per cent of patients undergoing bypass grafting for coronary artery disease. Various theories have been proposed to explain these new Q waves. Correlations of new Q waves to vein bypass occlusion, prolonged pump time or aortic cross-clam...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Aintablian A,Hamby RI,Hoffman I,Weisz D,Voleti C,Wisoff BG

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multidisciplinary disease management programs (MDMP) have demonstrated reduced hospitalizations in motivated pretransplant heart failure populations, but little is known about their effectiveness in largely indigent patients who are not transplant candidates. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 35 patients with ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： O'Connell AM,Crawford MH,Abrams J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were conducted in 15 patients with coronary artery disease to determine if the type of pacing used to induce an extrasystole had a bearing on subsequent postextrasystolic potentiation (PESP) and if the fact that these were evaluated in jeopardized or nonjeopardized portions of the ventricle altered the ability...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cooper MW,Lutherer LO,Stanton MW,Lust RM Jr

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main threat to patients with mild to moderate hypertension is coronary heart disease (CHD), but controlled trials of antihypertensive drug therapy have given disappointing results: overall, the reduction in CHD mortality (11%) and morbidity (10%) were small and nonsignificant. Recent trials comparing a beta blocke...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rose G

更新日期：1987-10-01 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：:Major depression is a common comorbidity associated with ischemic heart disease (IHD). There is growing evidence that psychological stress in general and depression in particular predispose to cardiovascular disease. Persons who have mental stress during daily life are at twice the risk of myocardial ischemia, and pat...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： O'connor CM,Gurbel PA,Serebruany VL

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a major cause of sudden death in young athletes and one of the most common inherited cardiovascular diseases, affecting 1 in 500 individuals. Often viewed as a disease of the cardiac sarcomere, mutations in genes encoding myofilament proteins are associated with disease p...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Landstrom AP,Adekola BA,Bos JM,Ommen SR,Ackerman MJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In adults with coarctation of the aorta (CoA), hypertension (HTN) is a common long-term complication. We investigated the prevalence of HTN and analyzed factors associated with HTN. METHODS AND RESULTS:In the national register for congenital heart disease, 653 adults with repaired CoA were identified (mean age 36...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rinnström D,Dellborg M,Thilén U,Sörensson P,Nielsen NE,Christersson C,Johansson B

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To observe the stereoscopic structure and the motion of the prolapsing mitral valve and its regurgitant jet in comparison with the normal mitral valve, four-dimensional (or dynamic three-dimensional) echocardiography of mitral valve apparatus was obtained in 20 patients with mitral valve prolapse and 10 unaffected sub...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cheng TO,Xie MX,Wang XF,Li ZA,Hu G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal interventricular septal motion is a frequent finding after cardiac surgery. However, the time course and underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Nineteen patients, mean age 54 years (range 20 to 82 years), were studied with intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography at five specific times: with th...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wranne B,Pinto FJ,Siegel LC,Miller DC,Schnittger I

更新日期：1993-07-01 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:Aggressive management to reduce pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) reduces hospitalization rates and is crucial for patients awaiting transplantation but may require periodic invasive monitoring with right heart catheterization. METHODS:The purpose of thi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sherman HL,Avelar E,Grossman PM,Sachdev V,Oral H,Nicklas JM,Armstrong WF

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More than three fourths of patients with heart failure (HF) are 65 years and older, and older age is associated with worse symptoms and prognoses than is younger age. Reduced exercise capacity is a chief HF complaint and indicates poorer prognosis, especially among elderly persons, but the mechanisms underly...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Forman DE,Clare R,Kitzman DW,Ellis SJ,Fleg JL,Chiara T,Fletcher G,Kraus WE,HF-ACTION Investigators.

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronotropic incompetence and left ventricular (LV) dilatation have both been shown to be markers of an adverse cardiovascular prognosis. Chronotropic incompetence has been described in patients with symptomatic LV dilatation and dysfunction, but the effect of asymptomatic LV dilatation and hypertrophy on ex...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lauer MS,Larson MG,Evans JC,Levy D

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with atrial fibrillation, incomplete adherence to anticoagulants increases risk of stroke. Non-warfarin oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are expensive; we evaluated whether higher copayments are associated with lower NOAC adherence. METHODS:Using a national claims database of commercially-insured pat...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rome BN,Gagne JJ,Avorn J,Kesselheim AS

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and coronary artery disease (CAD) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. METHODS:The NIS database from 1998 to 2006 was used to identify 1,216,759 PCIs performed for ACS and CAD. We sou...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Shivaraju A,Patel V,Fonarow GC,Xie H,Shroff AR,Vidovich MI

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Total Occlusion Study of Canada (TOSCA) is a multicenter, randomized trial evaluating the effect of stenting with > =1 heparin-coated stent on long-term patency after percutaneous coronary intervention by balloon angioplasty of occluded coronary arteries. The purpose of the current study was to compare t...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Dzavik V,Carere RG,Mancini GB,Cohen EA,Catellier D,Anderson TE,Barbeau G,Lazzam C,Title LM,Berger PB,Labinaz M,Teo KK,Buller CE,Total Occlusion Study of Canada Investigators.

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research suggests that after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, women fare worse than men. This study investigates sex differences in depression during recovery from CABG surgery. METHODS:We followed 137 patients (72 men, 65 women) undergoing elective isolated first CABG surgery between J...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mitchell RH,Robertson E,Harvey PJ,Nolan R,Rodin G,Romans S,Abramson BL,Brister SJ,Ivanov J,Stewart DE

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00