Contrast bidimensional echocardiography in the morphologic and functional postoperative evaluation of the Senning technique for complete transposition of the great vessels.

abstract：:Atherosclerosis and its vascular sequela are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality rates. Several risk factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, and the search for other risk factors continues on the medical horizon. Renin-angiotensin system (RAS), a multienzyme, multilocale a...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Malik FS,Lavie CJ,Mehra MR,Milani RV,Re RN

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) have recently been linked to plaque instability and are increased in acute coronary syndromes. The relation between PAPP-A levels and coronary risk factors, namely blood lipids, has not been studied to date. We have therefore investigated whether...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Stulc T,Malbohan I,Malík J,Fialová L,Soukupová J,Ceska R

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) device technologies are often rapidly adopted into clinical practice, yet few studies have examined the overall impact of these new technologies on patient outcomes in community practice. METHODS:In hopes of determining temporal trends in PCI outcomes, we used da...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rao SV,Hess CN,Dai D,Green CL,Peterson ED,Douglas PS

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding pulmonary vein (PV) anatomy is important for the planning and execution of PV isolation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, screening for PV stenosis after the procedure, and investigating the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation. We hypothesized that significant changes in PV size occu...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hauser TH,Yeon SB,Kissinger KV,Josephson ME,Manning WJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute effects of diltiazem on coronary reactive hyperemia were studied in 12 patients with flow-limiting coronary stenosis. Reactive hyperemia was elicited by injection of 8 ml contrast medium into the left coronary artery, while coronary sinus blood flow and left ventricular and aortic pressures were continuously...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Foult JM,Nitenberg A,Blanchet F,Zouiouèche S

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term treatment with beta-blockers reduces mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Whether beta-blockers exert a class effect is unknown. METHODS:We analyzed mortality after AMI in Canadian patients 65 years or older who were discharged from hospital with a diagnosis of AMI from April 1996 to...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rinfret S,Abrahamowicz M,Tu J,Humphries K,Eisenberg MJ,Richard H,Austin PC,Pilote L

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:False positive rate (FPR) of the current basic life support (BLS) termination of resuscitation (TOR) rule in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients (not witnessed; no return of spontaneous circulation prior to transport; and no shocks were delivered) has been ethically challenging. We validated the c...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Yoon JC,Kim YJ,Ahn S,Jin YH,Lee SW,Song KJ,Shin SD,Hwang SO,Kim WY,Korean Cardiac Arrest Research Consortium KoCARC.

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study of 14 patients hospitalized with a first event of myocardial infarction, maximal ST segment depression in precordial leads V2 and V3 was the sole ECG finding during chest pain in the first 24 hours of evolving posterolateral infarction, based upon further two-dimensional echocardiographic examination and...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sclarovsky S,Topaz O,Rechavia E,Strasberg B,Agmon J

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Moderate alcohol drinking and marine omega-3 fatty acids (omega3) have both been associated with low mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD). However, there is little data evaluating the interactions of wine ethanol drinking with omega3 in CHD patients. METHODS:The relationships between wine drinking an...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： de Lorgeril M,Salen P,Martin JL,Boucher F,de Leiris J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute electrophysiologic effects of a bolus injection of 100 mg. of lidocaine were investigated in 39 patients with impulse formation and conduction defects by means of His-bundle recording and were correlated with plasma lidocaine levels. The effects of therapeutic plasma levels on conduction intervals and refrac...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Roos JC,Dunning AJ

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erythropoietin mitigates myocardial damage and improves ventricular performance after experimental ischemic injury. This study assessed safety and efficacy markers relevant to the biological activity of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEpo) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS:We c...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Tang YD,Hasan F,Giordano FJ,Pfau S,Rinder HM,Katz SD

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental canine model of pericardial effusion was designed to validate previous clinical nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR) studies. Saline (n = 7), serum (n = 4), blood (10% hematocrit [n = 5]; 20% hematocrit [n = 5]), and lipid (n = 4) effusions were chosen to resemble: (1) transudative/exudative, (2) n...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rokey R,Vick GW 3rd,Bolli R,Lewandowski ED

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to assess the relation between the regional work and oxidative metabolism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). By using carbon 11 acetate as a tracer of myocardial blood flow (%A(0)) and oxygen consumption (k value), 12 patients with HCM with asymmetric septal hypertrophy and 10 normal subjec...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ishiwata S,Maruno H,Senda M,Toyama H,Nishiyama S,Seki A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

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：:To assess the effects of standard therapeutic interventions on the total ischemic burden, 86 patients with stable angina underwent 48 hours of ambulatory ST segment monitoring and treadmill exercise testing before and at a mean of 10 weeks after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) (group 1, N = 46) or percutaneous t...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mulcahy D,Keegan J,Phadke K,Wright C,Sparrow J,Purcell H,Fox K

更新日期：1992-03-01 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:Analyses of country or regional differences in cardiovascular (CV) trials are based on geographical subgroup analyses. However, apart from map location and related racial, ethnic, and genetic variations, identified differences may also depend on social structure and provision and access to health care, for w...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ferreira JP,Rossignol P,Dewan P,Lamiral Z,White WB,Pitt B,McMurray JJV,Zannad F

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of oral angiotensin-converting inhibition (ACE) with captopril in chronic normotensive congestive heart failure (CHF), acute and cardiocirculatory actions were determined by cardiac catheterization and forearm plethysmography, and ambulatory effects were assessed by echocardiograph...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Awan NA,Evenson MK,Needham KE,Win A,Mason DT

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) is an effective anticancer agent but its therapeutic value is limited by its myocardial cardiotoxicity. To improve early detection of doxorubicin cardiotoxicity, studies were performed in patients with long-term doxorubicin treatment using pulsed Doppler echocardiography to assess the changes ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Marchandise B,Schroeder E,Bosly A,Doyen C,Weynants P,Kremer R,Pouleur H

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new shape-memory coil for transcatheter closure of the PDA was developed and evaluated in a dog PDA model. The coil is sensitive to temperature (composed of thermal shape-memory nickel-titanium). The coil was delivered to and implanted in the PDA model with a 5F catheter through the femoral artery. The PDA model was...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Liu C,Shiraishi H,Kikuchi Y,Yanagisawa M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the contribution of reperfusion injury to final infarct size after a short duration of ischemia, closed-chest dogs underwent 40 minutes of proximal left anterior descending artery occlusion followed by 3 days of reperfusion. Animals randomly received intracoronary adenosine (n = 8) at 3.75 mg/min during the...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Velasco CE,Turner M,Cobb MA,Virmani R,Forman MB

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Red cell transfusions are lifesaving in severely anemic or acutely bleeding patients but may be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events in critically ill patients. The objective of the study was to examine the association between duration of pretransfusion storage of red cells and in-hospi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Eikelboom JW,Cook RJ,Liu Y,Heddle NM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot study was performed to determine the safety and efficacy of coronary pulsed mid-infra-red laser angioplasty. The laser was coupled with a novel 2.0 mm multifiber catheter consisting of 37 optical fibers of 150 microns each arranged concentrically around a 0.018-inch central lumen and a soft leading tapered dis...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Geschwind HJ,Dubois-Rande JL,Zelinsky R,Morelle JF,Boussignac G

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interatrial septal aneurysm (IASA) has been detected with increasing frequency since the advent of two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE). In this study, we investigated the prevalence, characteristics, and predisposing factors in IASA formation in 724 infants, children, and adolescents undergoing 2DE. Among this grou...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wolf WJ,Casta A,Sapire DW

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterize patient profile and hemodynamic profile of those undergoing intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) for cardiogenic shock and define predictors of hemodynamic failure of IABP support. BACKGROUND:Clinical characteristics of IABP support in cardiogenic shock not related to acute myocardial infarction...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hsu S,Kambhampati S,Sciortino CM,Russell SD,Schulman SP

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) dosing algorithms for the prevention of secondary thrombotic events in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients are inconsistent and lack sufficient data support. METHODS:We performed a systematic review of the literature for studies that assessed clinical outcomes in patien...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Berger JS,Sallum RH,Katona B,Maya J,Ranganathan G,Xu Y,Mwamburi M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic effects of dopamine (DPM) and dobutamine (DBM) were compared in 13 patients with acute cardiogenic circulatory collapse. All patients presented with acute pump failure and inadequate systemic perfusion, and most were hypotensive. Nine patients had an acute myocardial infarction (AMI); the other four pa...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Francis GS,Sharma B,Hodges M

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The normal pattern of the myocardial sympathetic innervation was studied in 15 subjects using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) gamma scintigraphy with iodine 123-labeled meta-iodobenzylguanidine (I123MIBG). Seven young subjects (mean age 29.4 +/- 7.5 years SD) with supraventricular tachycardia and ei...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gill JS,Hunter GJ,Gane G,Camm AJ

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the significance and mechanism of dilatation of the left ventricular cavity on dipyridamole thallium-201 imaging, we performed both dipyridamole thallium-201 imaging and dipyridamole radionuclide angiography on 83 patients with known angiograms. The dipyridamole/delayed ratio of the left ventricular dim...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Takeishi Y,Tono-oka I,Ikeda K,Komatani A,Tsuiki K,Yasui S

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a new angiographic score of the extent of coronary disease (extent score), which we compared with conventional stenosis and vessel scores that emphasize the severity of stenosis. Scores were determined in 132 patients (29 women, 103 men with a mean age of 55 +/- 10 years) who underwent elective coronary a...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sullivan DR,Marwick TH,Freedman SB

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00