The effect of physical training on the left apexcardiogram.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigates the relationship between post-heparin plasma lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity, chronic inflammation and premature stable coronary artery disease (CAD) in male patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:132 male patients (< 55 years) with documented stable CAD (cases) and 130 male subjects without...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Chen Z,Ma G,Zhang X,Wang J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most decision-support systems in medicine have been developed in hospital environments, but only few are designed for being used by general practitioners. The present work aims to design an expert system for practitioners in chronic heart failure (CHF) treatment. It provides assistance in defining the therapy relying ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Perlini S,Piepoli M,Marti G,Rabino A,Rota P,Compagnoni F,Moroni V,Ponzini D,Pugni M,Bernardi L

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiac rehabilitation programmes result in reduced morbidity and mortality and improvement of functional class. Behaviour of natriuretic peptides coupled to these programmes is not well established. Our study's objective is to evaluate the behaviour of natriuretic peptides in a sample of patients undergoing ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Montiel-Trujillo A,Isasti-Aizpurua G,Carrasco-Chinchilla F,Jiménez-Navarro MF,Gómez-González A,Bravo Navas JC,Jimeno C,De Teresa-Galván E

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that the circulating white blood cell (WBC) and neutrophil counts are related to left ventricular (LV) indices in patients with the same risk area for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), we examined 100 consecutive AMI patients who had the culprit lesion at segment 6 according to the Ame...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Uesugi T,Iwasaki K,Murakami M,Yamamoto K,Kusachi S,Murakami T,Obika M,Kamikawa S,Miyoshi T,Shiratori Y

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few studies detailing the prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension in India. METHODS:Men and women, over 25 years of age were included. After completion of a dietitian-administered questionnaire followed evaluation by a physician, physical examination and blood pressure measurement. Cross-se...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Singh RB,Fedacko J,Pella D,Macejova Z,Ghosh S,de Amit K,Begom R,Tumbis ZA,Haque M,Vajpeyee SK,de Meester F,Sergey C,Agarwalo R,Muthusamy VV,Five City Study Group.,Gupta AK

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis occurred in a young man. On admission, he was in septic shock and the electrocardiogram revealed convex upwards ST-segment elevation in inferior and lateral leads. Rapid and complete normalisation of the ECG was observed and the patient had a favourable evolution with intensive...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Gach O,Lancellotti P,Pierard LA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Cardiovascular rehabilitation and retraining seek to increase cardiorespiratory fitness and to manage certain risk factors such as smoking, hypercholesterolaemia and sedentary lifestyle. Such lifestyle changes can be influenced by a combination of health determinants. Aim: The purpose of this study is to a...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Racodon M,Pezé T,Masson P

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated ventricular noncompaction of myocardium is a rare congenital disease due to an arrest of myocardial morphogenesis during foetal development. It is characterized by a thin compacted epicardial and an extremely thickened endocardial layer with prominent trabeculations and deep intertrabecular recesses. The pers...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Okçün Baniş,Tekin A,Oz B,Küçükoğlu MS

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and Chlamydia pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) have been associated with human atherosclerosis. The reported rates of detection within atherosclerotic lesions by PCR vary widely for all of these pathogens. We investigated their presence in carotid atherosclerot...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Latsios G,Saetta A,Michalopoulos NV,Agapitos E,Patsouris E

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is an autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by extensive mineralization of connective tissues and fragmentation of elastin fibres. PXE patients may sporadically suffer from severe cardiovascular complications caused by accelerated atherosclerosis. Consistent with this find...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Van der Veken B,Roth L,De Meyer GR,Martinet W

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is related to an increased stroke risk. At present, differentiation between patients with paroxysmal AF (pAF) and without is only possible during AF episodes and not during sinus rhythm. If AF could be diagnosed more quickly and reliably, anticoagulation therapy may be administered...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Brasier N,Engelter S,Kolbitsch T,Tabord A,Knobeloch J,Kühne M,Conen D,Traenka C,Kreutzberger T,Völlmin G,Eckstein J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular aneurysms are common in clinical practice. Although their underlying aetiology is generally clear by the clinical context, it can be hard to define the exact cause in some cases. We report a case of a patient in whom cardiac MRI provided important information about the differential diagnosis of a left...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Kaplan A,Aslanger E,Polat N,Dursun M,Umman B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non invasive blood pressure monitoring using an automatic Nippon Colin recorder was performed in 20 hospitalized hypertensive patients every 15 min during a 4-day study period. A chronobiologic analysis of the data was performed in order to test the consistency of the whole-day blood pressure pattern. Halberg's method...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Portaluppi F,Montanari L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The main function of hepatic lipase (HL) with respect to high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is hydrolysis of phospholipids and triglycerides. The -514C-->T polymorphism in the promoter region of the hepatic lipase gene affects HL activity. We aimed to investigate the association between the frequency of the -514C...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Gündoğdu F,Gurlertop Y,Pirim I,Aksakal E,Dogan H,Islamoglu Y,Ozkan A,Senocak H

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells release both relaxing and contracting factors that modulate vascular smooth muscle tone and also participate in the pathophysiology of essential hypertension. Endothelium-dependent vasodilation is regulated primarily by nitric oxide but also by an unidentified endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing fact...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Puddu P,Puddu GM,Zaca F,Muscari A

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The European Society of Cardiology designated 2008 as the year of imaging. However, despite the intense focus on the many types of imaging and the relative benefits of each one, the optimal modalityfor the diagnosis of coronary artery disease remains controversial. Among the currently available techniques, co...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Jiang B,Gai L,Sun Z,Gai J,Guan Z,Wang Z,Liu C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiographic findings in a patient with familial amyloidosis. The diagnosis was made by the clinical picture and histologic evidence of amyloid in peripheral nerve biopsy. Though the patient had no clinical sign of heart failure, extensive involvement of the heart was demo...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Piérard L,Verheugt FW,Meltzer RS,Roelandt J

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report nine surgical attempts in ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction and compare their experience with data from the literature. Two of the three long-term successes have been obtained by the association of infarcectomy and myocardial revascularisation to the repair of the septal rup...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： De Roy L,Col J,Cosyns J,Rousseau M,Ponlot R,Kremer R

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The available literature has not been able to demonstrate the exact association between preoperative statin therapy and the reduction in the rates of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE). The aim of this study is to explore these unanswered questions. METHODS:A review of patients having ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Zhang M,Kang JP,Nie SP,Lv Q,Liu XH,Ma CS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left atrial scarring is recognised as a critical component in the maintenance of atrial fibrillation and is associated with the failure of interventional treatment. Diminished bipolar voltage (LV) has been proposed as a useful tool for left atrial scar quantification. We hypothesised that, due to its anatomi...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Attanasio P,Qaiyumi D,Röhle R,Wutzler A,Safak E,Muntean B,Boldt LH,Pieske B,Haverkamp W,Huemer M

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study sought to compare characteristics and management of myocardial infarction in men and women, and whether a difference in management would translate into a difference in in-hospital mortality. METHODS AND RESULTS:Data were prospectively collected in 2,519 patients (801 women) admitted in all hospita...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： de Gevigney G,Mosnier S,Ecochard R,Rabilloud M,Cao D,Excoffier S,Cheneau E,Milon H,Delahaye F,PRIMA Group.

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen asymptomatic patients affected by isolated chronic aortic regurgitation received 20 mg of nifedipine sublingually: the acute hemodynamic effects of nifedipine were evaluated by combined cross-sectional and Doppler echocardiography. To assess variations in the regurgitant flow volume, the flow volume across th...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Gentile F,Ornaghi M,Esposti D,Triulzi MO

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) developed progressive heart failure several years after mitral valve replacement with a Björk-Shiley prosthesis for treating mitral stenosis due to Libman-Sacks endocarditis. She was admitted to the hospital with pulmonary oedema. Transoesophageal echocardiography ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Hoffer E,Itoua M,Radermecker M,Piérard L

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive diagnosis of cardiac rejection before the advent of myocyte necrosis is important in clinical management of cardiac transplantation. Mice with abdominal heart transplants were studied to determine whether a dual scintigraphy using antimyosin and anti-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigen ...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Isobe M,Sekiguchi M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We describe the clinical and echocardiographic features in 12 patients with hydatid cyst of the heart who were screened between 1985 and 2001. Presenting symptoms have a wide variability but the main symptom was precordial pain. The electrocardiogram was always abnormal and showed T wave inversion in 8 cases...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Bouraoui H,Trimeche B,Mahdhaoui A,Majdoub A,Zaaraoui J,Hajri Ernez S,Gouider J,Ammar H

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: AF, anticoagulation, NOACs, changing patterns of prescription. Methods: We describe baseline data and treatment patterns of patients recruited in Belgium in the Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF). Recruitment began when novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) were introd...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Cools F,Wollaert B,Vervoort G,Verstraete S,Voet J,Hermans K,Heyse A,De Wolf A,Hollanders G,Boussy T,Anné W,Vercammen J,Faes D,Beutels M,Mairesse G,Purnode P,Blankoff I,Vandergoten P,Capiau L,Allu J,Bassand JP,Ka

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Residual risk, which cannot be prevented by statins alone, must be controlled for inhibiting the onset of coronary events. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) play an important role in controlling residual risk. The Japan eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) Lipid Intervention Study demonstrated the inhibitory effect o...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Nishizaki Y,Shimada K,Daida H

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The presence of intracoronary thrombus is associated with increased ischaemic complications in patients with NSTEMI. High thrombus burden is an independent predictor of major adverse cardiovascular events, stent thrombosis and no reflow in patients with STEMI. CHA2DS2-VASc score predicts thrombus burden in...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Satılmış S,Durmuş G

更新日期：2020-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Statins are the most widely prescribed class of drugs for coronary artery disease (CAD) patients and yet literature on the prevalence of statin related adverse effects (AEs) and gaps in patient education is quite limited especially in resource-limited settings of developing world. OBJECTIVES:The present stu...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Mulchandani R,Lyngdoh T,Chakraborty P,Kakkar AK

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 57-year-old woman suffering from severe Prinzmetal's angina was treated with a 7-week course of enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP). After completing EECP the angina intensity was reduced from CCS class IV to class I, quality of life was increased and medication was significantly reduced. The number of hospita...

journal_title：Acta cardiologica

authors： Tarpgaard Jørgensen M,Gerdes C,May O

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00