Surgery of prosthetic valve thrombosis.

abstract：AIMS:The prognostic role of time-to-treatment in primary angioplasty is still a matter of debate. The aim of our study was to evaluate the relationship between time-to-treatment and myocardial perfusion in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by primary angioplasty. METHODS AND RESU...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： De Luca G,van 't Hof AW,de Boer MJ,Ottervanger JP,Hoorntje JC,Gosselink AT,Dambrink JH,Zijlstra F,Suryapranata H

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims Epidemiological studies reported two contrasting trends: on one hand, a significant improvement in the use of evidence-based treatments of patients discharged with a myocardial infarction (MI). On the other hand, the increasing number of elderly and co-morbid patients who are usually less treated. The aim of this...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Macchia A,Romero M,D'Ettorre A,Mariani J,Tognoni G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are established therapy for reducing mortality in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and ischaemic heart disease (IHD). However, their efficacy in patients without IHD has been controversial. We undertook a meta-analysis of the tota...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Shun-Shin MJ,Zheng SL,Cole GD,Howard JP,Whinnett ZI,Francis DP

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:Optimal blood pressure for prevention of cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains uncertain and there is concern for increased risk with low diastolic blood pressure (DBP). This study analysed the association between blood pressure and CV outcomes in high-risk patients wi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bergmark BA,Scirica BM,Steg PG,Fanola CL,Gurmu Y,Mosenzon O,Cahn A,Raz I,Bhatt DL,SAVOR-TIMI 53 Investigators.

更新日期：2018-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension (HTN) is quantitatively the major cardiovascular risk factor and responsible for ∼50% of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Blood pressure (BP) is also a classical complex genetic trait with heritability estimates of 30-50%. Although much is known about BP regulation, the intrinsic origin of essentia...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ehret GB,Caulfield MJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of disorders associated with premature death due to ventricular arrhythmia or heart failure. The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of patients enrolled in the pilot phase of the EURObservational Research Programme (EORP) cardiomyopathy registry. ME...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Elliott P,Charron P,Blanes JR,Tavazzi L,Tendera M,Konté M,Laroche C,Maggioni AP,EORP Cardiomyopathy Registry Pilot Investigators.

更新日期：2016-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 24 weeks of treatment with simvastatin, a new HMG coenzyme A reductase inhibitor (dosages of 20 and 40 mg day-1) on serum lipid, lipoprotein and apolipoprotein A-I and B concentrations as well as safety parameters and subjective side effects were studied in 11 patients with familial (FH) and 10 patients ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mölgaard J,von Schenck H,Olsson AG

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical studies suggest that neutrophil activation during acute myocardial infarction (MI) aggravates tissue injury. Activated neutrophils are an important source of oxygen free radicals (OFR), the injurious effects of which are counteracted by endogenous antioxidants. We have previously shown in healthy subjects tha...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Herbaczyńska-Cedro K,K+osiewicz-Wasek B,Cedro K,Wasek W,Panczenko-Kresowska B,Wartanowicz M

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Inflammatory markers are established risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF), but the role of autoimmune diseases is unknown. The aim of the study was to examine the association between coeliac disease (CD) and AF in a large cohort of patients with biopsy-verified CD. METHODS AND RESULTS:We identified 28,637 pa...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Emilsson L,Smith JG,West J,Melander O,Ludvigsson JF

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Evidence is accumulating that inflammation plays a role in the pathophysiology of heart failure. Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) has pro-inflammatory properties. We investigated whether Lp-PLA2 activity is associated with heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Lp-PLA2 activity was determined in a ra...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van Vark LC,Kardys I,Bleumink GS,Knetsch AM,Deckers JW,Hofman A,Stricker BH,Witteman JC

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:It has recently been suggested that exercise testing may be more valuable prognostically than it is diagnostically in apparently healthy subjects. We wanted to compare the accuracy of CHD risk assessment based on classical risk factors with an assessment also based on multiple exercise test parameters. METHODS AND...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Erikssen G,Bodegard J,Bjørnholt JV,Liestøl K,Thelle DS,Erikssen J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In acute coronary syndromes (ACS), the optimal revascularization strategy for unprotected left main coronary disease (ULMCD) has been little studied. The objectives of the present study were to describe the practice of ULMCD revascularization in ACS patients and its evolution over an 8-year period, analyse the pro...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Montalescot G,Brieger D,Eagle KA,Anderson FA Jr,FitzGerald G,Lee MS,Steg PG,Avezum A,Goodman SG,Gore JM,GRACE Investigators.

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Adenosine stress computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (CTP) is an emerging non-invasive method for detecting myocardial ischaemia. Its value when compared with fractional flow reserve (FFR), a highly accurate index of ischaemia, is unknown. Our aim was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of CTP and it...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ko BS,Cameron JD,Meredith IT,Leung M,Antonis PR,Nasis A,Crossett M,Hope SA,Lehman SJ,Troupis J,DeFrance T,Seneviratne SK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the relations between genetic loci, plasma lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among diabetic patients and compare with the observations in the general population. METHODS AND RESULTS:In two prospective cohorts of patients with type 2 diabetes (n= 2308) from the Nurses'...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Qi Q,Workalemahu T,Zhang C,Hu FB,Qi L

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the Myocardial Ischaemia Reduction with Aggressive Cholesterol Lowering (MIRACL) study had diminished cardiovascular events after 16 weeks of treatment of atorvastatin 80 mg daily. We determined whether plasma lipoproteins at baseline and then at 6 weeks after randomi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Olsson AG,Schwartz GG,Szarek M,Sasiela WJ,Ezekowitz MD,Ganz P,Oliver MF,Waters D,Zeiher A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study investigated the functional outcome of wall-thinned, akinetic myocardium after revascularization and evaluated the accuracy of dobutamine echocardiography in predicting post-revascularization functional recovery with the assessment of end-diastolic wall thickness in chronic ischaemic patients. METHODS ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Furukawa T,Haque T,Takahashi M,Kinoshita M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) was determined in a general population sample of 9141 Icelandic men aged 34-79 years, and the prevalence of four different forms of CHD was estimated separately: symptomatic infarction fulfilling WHO-MONICA criteria for definite myocardial infarction; myocardial infarctio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sigurdsson E,Thorgeirsson G,Sigvaldason H,Sigfusson N

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study investigated the relationship between right ventricular (RV) structure and function and survival in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH). METHODS AND RESULTS:In 64 patients, cardiac magnetic resonance, right heart catheterization, and the six-minute walk test (6MWT) were performed at basel...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van Wolferen SA,Marcus JT,Boonstra A,Marques KM,Bronzwaer JG,Spreeuwenberg MD,Postmus PE,Vonk-Noordegraaf A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension induced in rats by suprarenal banding has a blood pressure elevating effect that is accompanied by the occurrence of cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. This phenomenon is already present at 2 weeks after banding and persists up to 1.5 years. The increase in cardiac weight is mostly due to the development o...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Nagasawa K,Zimmermann R,Münkel B,Linz W,Schölkens B,Schaper J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverse cholesterol transport is a multi-step process resulting in the net movement of cholesterol from peripheral tissues back to the liver via the plasma compartment. Cellular cholesterol efflux is mediated by HDL, acting in conjunction with the cholesterol esterifying enzyme, lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Tall AR

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This investigation was set up to study the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in a hypertensive population with reference to a normotensive control group. From the general population 3498 men and women aged 35, 45, 55 and 65 years old were invited to a health examination. Participants with blood pressure a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Tingleff J,Munch M,Jakobsen TJ,Torp-Pedersen C,Olsen ME,Jensen KH,Jørgensen T,Kirchoff M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Emerging evidence indicates that nuclear receptors play a critical regulatory role in cardiovascular physiology/pathology. Recently, farnesoid-X-receptor (FXR), a member of the metabolic nuclear receptor superfamily, has been demonstrated to be expressed in vascular cells, with important roles in vascular physiolo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pu J,Yuan A,Shan P,Gao E,Wang X,Wang Y,Lau WB,Koch W,Ma XL,He B

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Valvular heart disease is a significant, global cause of morbidity and mortality. In the ageing population of industrialized nations, degenerative aortic stenosis has become the most common native valve disorder. Although surgical aortic valve replacement is associated with excellent clinical outcomes, a large number ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Schoenhagen P,Tuzcu EM,Kapadia SR,Desai MY,Svensson LG

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inventory has been made of the practice of angioplasty in 14 European countries from 1985 onwards. The numbers of procedures performed varied in 1985 from 3 to 186 per million inhabitants, in 1991 from 52 to 716. All countries showed a steady increase, but the highest performer. Belgium, achieved only 55% of the nu...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van den Brand M

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired left ventricular (LV) filling is known to be a major determinant of non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Seventeen patients with non-obstructive HCM (mean age 71 years) were investigated by Doppler echocardiography, before and after oral treatment with verapamil (mean daily doses: 335 mg). Diagn...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Friart A,Stamatakis L,Philippart C

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the diagnostic utility of circulating angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1) and its antagonist angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) as potential biomarkers of disease severity or response to treatment in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH). Imbalances in angiogenic factors including vascular endothelial cell growth ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kümpers P,Nickel N,Lukasz A,Golpon H,Westerkamp V,Olsson KM,Jonigk D,Maegel L,Bockmeyer CL,David S,Hoeper MM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The L-arginine pathway within endothelial cells in the blood vessel wall is the source of production of the endogenous nitrovasodilator, nitric oxide (NO). NO is released under basal conditions and in response to various stimuli such as shear stress and in response to platelet-derived products, coagulation factors and...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lüscher TF

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nadolol in modifying the standard deviation of RR intervals (SDRR) and the coefficient of variance (CV) in 47 patients characterized by symptomatic, frequent (> 30 h-1) and reproducible premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). Sixteen patients had suffered a previo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pitzalis MV,Mastropasqua F,Massari F,Totaro P,Passantino A,Rizzon P

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine very long-term survival and incidence of recurrent interventions following aorto-coronary bypass surgery using venous grafts. METHODS AND RESULTS:A group of 1041 consecutive patients operated upon between 1971 and 1980 were followed for a median of 19 years (range 13-26). Peri-operative mortality was...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Veldkamp RF,Valk SD,van Domburg RT,van Herwerden LA,Meeter K

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbutamine (Gensia, Inc., San Diego, CA) is a newly-developed sympathomimetic agent specifically designed for cardiovascular stress testing. It has been successfully used for the detection of coronary artery disease in conjunction with electrocardiography, echocardiographic and radionuclide techniques. Arbutamine incr...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Armstrong WF,Bach DS

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00