Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular diastolic function in a normal population and a group of patients with myocardial hypertrophy.

abstract：:Sinus tachycardia is the most common rhythm disturbance encountered in clinical practice. Primary sinus tachycardia without an underlying secondary cause, despite often being associated with troublesome symptoms, is often neglected leading to multiple consultations and frustration on part of both the practitioner and ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yusuf S,Camm AJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current guidelines for the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are broad and significantly increase the cost of caring for patients with heart failure. In an effort to identify the specific subset of patients who benefit from this therapy, the predictive value of numerous echocardiographic ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dorosz JL,Aaronson KD,Good ED,Kolias TJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old female with significant (75%) left main coronary artery stenosis was initially considered to have developed early obstruction of a saphenous vein graft to the left anterior descending coronary artery, because of recurrent postoperative angina. In a second catheterization study, left ventriculography show...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fournier JA,Hernández C,F-Cortacero JA,Piñero C

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stimulated endothelium-derived relaxing factor-mediated vasodilation and conduit artery distensibility are impaired in congestive heart failure (CHF). L-arginine could have a potentially beneficial role in CHF, acting through the nitric oxide (NO)-L-arginine pathway or by growth hormone increment. HYPOTHESI...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bocchi EA,Vilella de Moraes AV,Esteves-Filho A,Bacal F,Auler JO,Carmona MJ,Bellotti G,Ramires AF

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise-based rehabilitation is an important part of treatment patients following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. HYPOTHESIS:To evaluate effect of very short/short-term exercise training on cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters. METHODS:We studied 54 consecutive patients with myo...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Spiroski D,Andjić M,Stojanović OI,Lazović M,Dikić AD,Ostojić M,Beleslin B,Kostić S,Zdravković M,Lović D

更新日期：2017-05-01 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 AND HYPOTHESIS:Genetic influence on development of athlete's heart is uncertain. This study investigated whether angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism influenced development of athlete's heart. METHODS:Forty-three participants in a 100-km ultramarathon were classified on the basis of ACE gen...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nagashima J,Musha H,Takada H,Awaya T,Oba H,Mori N,Ohmiya K,Nobuoka S,Murayama M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pseudoaneurysm is a rare cardiac pathology, in which the left ventricular free wall ruptures and the pericardium surrounds the rupture in combination with thrombus and inflammation and thus prevents the development of a hemopericardium. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm may remain silent unless it gives rise to card...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bildirici U,Agacdiken A,Ural E,Kahraman G,Komsuoglu B

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High dose-dobutamine (DOB) has been previously used as a pharmacological stress test to evaluate wall motion abnormalities. As a result, recent stress echocardiography with low-dose DOB has been reported to be valuable for investigating stunned myocardium after thrombolysis. However, echocardiography requires an opera...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yamaoka O,Fujioka H,Haque T,Nakamura Y,Mitsunami K,Kinoshita M,Murata K,Morita R

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old Caucasian woman suddenly developed substernal chest pain at rest accompanied by pallor, diaphoresis, nausea, and vomiting. Physical examination was otherwise unremarkable. The resting ECG showed T-wave inversion in all anterior leads which returned to normal 24 h after the onset of the symptoms. The pain...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bestetti RB,Finzi LA,Oliveira JS

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The maximal negative dP/dt [max (-)dP/dt] and time constant (T) are useful indices for evaluating left ventricular (LV) relaxation, but they require invasive procedures. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of this study was to obtain max (-)dP/dt and T using the continuous-wave Doppler aortic regurgitation velocity curv...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Honda Y,Yokota Y,Yokoyama M

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lithium has been used for the treatment of bipolar disorder for more than 6 decades. Reports of cardiac side effects resulting in both benign electrocardiographic (ECG) changes and near fatal arrhythmias have been reported in the literature. A systematic literature search was conducted on 2 electronic databases-PubMed...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Mehta N,Vannozzi R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin is integral in the primary and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndrome. Given the high clinical importance of aspirin in the management of coronary artery disease, much attention has been directed towards the concept of "aspirin resistance." Unfortunately, the term aspirin r...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Grinstein J,Cannon CP

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One-third of patients who receive cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) are classified as nonresponders. Characteristics of responders to CRT have been studied in multiple clinical trials. HYPOTHESIS:Independent predictors of CRT response may be identified by studying a series of patients in routine clini...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Park MY,Altman RK,Orencole M,Kumar P,Parks KA,Heist KE,Singh JP,Picard MH

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a major independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and diabetic dyslipidemia is a major contributor to cardiovascular risk in these patients. Here we report the rationale and design of a phase 3, double-blind study specifically designed to evaluate the lipid-lowering efficac...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Lorenzatti AJ,Eliaschewitz FG,Chen Y,Fialkow J,Lu J,Baass A,Monsalvo ML,Hsu HC,Somaratne R,Ge J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography have become extremely useful in the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Echocardiography is noninvasive, relatively inexpensive, and has no known biohazards. It offers unequaled information about cardiac anatomy and function. In the acute setting ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Katz AS,Harrigan P,Parisi AF

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inadequate cardiovascular disease (CVD) knowledge has been cited to account for the imperfect decline in CVD among women over the last 2 decades. HYPOTHESIS:Due to concerns that at-risk women might not know the leading cause of death or symptoms of a heart attack, our goal was to assess the relationship bet...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Giardina EG,Mull L,Sciacca RR,Akabas S,Flink LE,Moise N,Paul TK,Dumas NE,Bier ML,Mattina D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most common method of reperfusion in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in the United States. The intersection between processes of care and performance measures such as door-to-balloon (D2B) times and clinical trials evalu...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Jones WS,Clare RM,Chiswell K,Perera D,French JK,Kumar AS,Blaxill J,Pijls N,Mills J,Ohman EM,Patel MR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Checking for lower-extremity edema is important for diagnosing, monitoring, and managing heart failure (HF). However, the characteristics of this sign in the early stages of cardiovascular disease (stage A, as defined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association 2001 chronic HF guidelines...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kataoka H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 15 years, intense interest has focused on various interventional, pharmacologic, and mechanical forms of therapy for the treatment of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Many techniques and devices (dilating balloons, perfusion catheters, thermal probes and balloons, lasers, atherectomy devices, stent...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Waller BF,Orr CM,Slack JD,Pinkerton CA,Van Tassel JV,Peters T

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to the role of the electrophysiological substrate, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation depends on the modulation of the atrial tissues by the autonomic nervous system. Experimentally, models of atrial fibrillation can be based on either adrenergic or vagal stimulations that provoke the arrhythmia by disturbing ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Coumel P

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial bridging (MB) has been associated with cardiac events. Whether coronary spasm is one factor contributing to those events is unknown. HYPOTHESIS:This study investigated whether the likelihood of coronary spasm is increased in patients with MB. METHODS:A spasm-provocation test was performed by inf...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Teragawa H,Fukuda Y,Matsuda K,Hirao H,Higashi Y,Yamagata T,Oshima T,Matsuura H,Chayama K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal human aorta is not a stiff tube but is characterized by elastic properties with a buffering Windkessel function. Aortic stiffening may cause an increase in aortic pulse pressure, left ventricular load, and ultimately left ventricular hypertrophy. This, together with the decreased diastolic transmyocardial p...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nemes A,Geleijnse ML,Forster T,Soliman OI,Ten Cate FJ,Csanády M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The poor clinical outcome in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been attributed to myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (MIRI). OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to identify the predictive factors of MIRI during PCI in Chinese AMI patients w...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Luo Y,Li GL,Pan YZ,Zhou SF

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：: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：:Three cases are presented where acute myocardial infarction occurred in young individuals after an episode of heavy alcohol intake. Subsequent coronary arteriograms demonstrated normal coronary arteries. Several mechanisms by which acute ethanol intoxication might precipitate myocardial infarction are discussed. To ou...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Moreyra AE,Kostis JB,Passannante AJ,Kuo PT

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical ablation procedure can restore sinus rhythm (SR) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing cardiac surgery. However, it is not known whether it has any impact on clinical outcomes. There is a need for a randomized trial with long-term follow-up to study the outcome of surgical ablation in patients ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Straka Z,Budera P,Osmančík P,Vaněk T,Hulman M,Smíd M,Malý M,Widimský P

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:To clarify the clinical significance of the negative U wave during acute myocardial ischemia, the appearance of the U wave and ST-segment elevation on electrocardiography during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of the left anterior descending artery (LAD group: 11 patients) or right coronary arter...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yano H,Hiasa Y,Aihara T,Nakaya Y,Mori H

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00