Rapid, sensitive detection of myoglobulinemia by improved counterimmunoelectrophoresis in cases of acute myocardial infarction.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with kidney failure have a heavy burden of coronary artery disease. The results of preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic measures developed in nonuremic populations cannot automatically be extrapolated to this unique group of patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:Articles were reviewed if they contained ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vaitkus PT

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 30 years of follow-up in the Framingham study, routine biennial ECG examinations revealed 315 subjects with ECG-LVH and 164 with unrecognized ECG-MI without previous cardiac explanation. Among subjects initially free of clinically evident coronary heart disease and both ECG abnormalities, the incidence of ECG-LVH w...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kannel WB,Abbott RD

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early lumen loss (ELL) may be detected in patients undergoing coronary interventions for in-stent restenosis. This phenomenon may contribute to recurrences. This prospective, randomized study was designed to determine if repeat stent implantation may prevent ELL in patients with in-stent restenosis. METHODS...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Alfonso F,García P,Fleites H,Pimentel G,Sabaté M,Hernández R,Escaned J,Bañuelos C,Pérez-Vizcayno MJ,Moreno R,Macaya C

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study is to assess trends in evidence-based therapy use and short- and long-term mortality over time among older patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). BACKGROUND:With the prevalence of national quality improvement efforts, the use of evidence-based ther...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Chin CT,Wang TY,Chen AY,Mathews R,Alexander KP,Roe MT,Peterson ED

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial proportion of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy have circulating autoantibodies directed against the cardiac beta-adrenoceptor. These antireceptor antibodies inhibit both ligand binding to membrane beta-receptors and isoproterenol-sensitive adenylate cyclase. The functional consequences of antibody-re...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Limas CJ,Goldenberg IF,Limas C

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intracranial hemorrhage is an uncommon but very dangerous complication in patients receiving thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. Neurosurgical evacuation is often an available treatment option. However, the association between neurosurgical evacuation and clinical outcomes in these patients...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mahaffey KW,Granger CB,Sloan MA,Green CL,Gore JM,Weaver WD,White HD,Simoons ML,Barbash GI,Topol EJ,Califf RM

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:The electrophysiologic characteristics of the denervated human heart were assessed in 14 cardiac transplant recipients. Conduction intervals and refractory periods were measured at pacing cycle lengths of 500 msec and 400 msec. The faster pacing rate caused lengthening of the AH interval (83 +/- 23 msec to 116 +/- 41 ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bexton RS,Nathan AW,Hellestrand KJ,Cory-Pearce R,Spurrell RA,English TA,Camm AJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the frequency and significance of left ventricular wall motion abnormalities in patients without clinical evidence of myocardial infarction, we reviewed the two-dimensional echocardiograms of 252 patients who had no history or electrocardiographic evidence of myocardial infarction and who subsequently und...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lewis SJ,Sawada SG,Ryan T,Segar DS,Armstrong WF,Feigenbaum H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Antiarrhythmic agents enhance maintenance of sinus rhythm (SR) after direct current cardioversion (DCC) for atrial fibrillation but there are few comparative trials. BACKGROUND:The aims of the study were (1) to establish whether patients successfully cardioverted to SR are more likely to stay in SR over 6 m...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vijayalakshmi K,Whittaker VJ,Sutton A,Campbell P,Wright RA,Hall JA,Harcombe AA,Linker NJ,Stewart MJ,Davies A,de Belder MA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compared with men, women have more evidence of myocardial ischemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease. Although low endogenous estrogen levels are associated with endothelial dysfunction, the role of low-dose hormone therapy has not been fully evaluated. We postulate that a 12-week duration of low-d...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Merz CN,Olson MB,McClure C,Yang YC,Symons J,Sopko G,Kelsey SF,Handberg E,Johnson BD,Cooper-DeHoff RM,Sharaf B,Rogers WJ,Pepine CJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship of changes in weight to outcomes in patients after myocardial infarction (MI) is controversial. METHODS:From the ENRICHD trial data, we assessed weight change, and the associations of baseline weight and change at follow-up with outcomes and interactions between psychosocial factors. RESUL...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lopez-Jimenez F,Wu CO,Tian X,O'Connor C,Rich MW,Burg MM,Sheps D,Raczynski J,Somers VK,Jaffe AS

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart rate responses to three different procedures (amyl nitrite inhalation, standing up, and isoproterenol infusion), were studied before and during acute adrenergic beta blockade with intravenous propranolol in three normal and six hypertensive subjects. Propranolol decreased, but did not completely abolish, the hea...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Niarchos AP,Tahmooressi P,Tarazi RC

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late potentials have been shown to predict malignant ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. To determine whether prolonged, strenuous activity is associated with the development of ventricular late potentials, signal-averaged electrocardiography was performed on 30 marathon runners before, immediately after...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Smith GS,Vacek JL,Wilson DB,Hawkins JW,Boyer TA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Valve area and cardiac output were determined with magnetic resonance (MR) velocity mapping in 12 patients with aortic stenosis. Heart catheterization, Doppler echocardiography, and indicator dilution were performed for comparison. Left ventricle could be catheterized in only nine patients; in these cases, MR measured...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Søndergaard L,Hildebrandt P,Lindvig K,Thomsen C,Ståhlberg F,Kassis E,Henriksen O

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular wall shear stress (WSS) has been implied in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and vascular remodeling. Our aim was to calculate WSS after balloon angioplasty and evaluate its predictive value for long-term outcome. METHODS:WSS was calculated proximal to, in, and distal to the lesion after angiogr...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Thury A,van Langenhove G,Carlier SG,Albertal M,Kozuma K,Regar E,Sianos G,Wentzel JJ,Krams R,Slager CJ,Piek JJ,Serruys PW,DEBATE Investigators. Doppler Endpoints Balloon Angioplasty Trial Europe.

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little data exist to assist to help those organizing and managing heart failure (HF) disease management (DM) programs. We aimed to describe the intensity of outpatient HF care (clinic visits and telephone calls) and medical and nonpharmacological interventions in the outpatient setting. METHODS:This was a p...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Shah MR,Whellan DJ,Peterson ED,Nohria A,Hasselblad V,Xue Z,Bowers MT,O'Connor CM,Califf RM,Stevenson LW

更新日期：2008-04-01 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:Pregnancy is increasingly common in women with congenital heart disease (CHD), but little is known about long-term cardiovascular outcome after pregnancy in these patients. We studied the incidence of cardiovascular events 1-year postpartum and compared cardiac function prepregnancy and 1-year postpartum in ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kampman MA,Balci A,Groen H,van Dijk AP,Roos-Hesselink JW,van Melle JP,Sollie-Szarynska KM,Wajon EM,Mulder BJ,van Veldhuisen DJ,Pieper PG,ZAHARA II investigators.

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred twenty-four patients underwent ventricular programmed stimulation (VPS) without prior documentation of the clinical occurrence of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation-flutter (VF). Indications for VPS were: palpitations or nonsustained VT during ambulatory monitoring (85 patie...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： DiCarlo LA Jr,Morady F,Schwartz AB,Shen EN,Baerman JM,Krol RB,Scheinman MM,Sung RJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transluminal coronary recanalization, a new therapeutic procedure used in acute myocardial infarction, offers significant reduction in mortality, as well as more effective limitation of the zone of infarction than has been possible with other pharmacologic treatment employed in the past. The risk of coron...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rutsch W,Schartl M,Mathey D,Kuck K,Merx W,Dörr R,Rentrop P,Blanke H

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study aimed to compare the short-term costs and long-term cost-effectiveness of 2 antithrombotics, fondaparinux and enoxaparin, for non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome in the United States. METHODS:It was based on a large randomized trial of 20,078 patients Fifth Organization to Assess Strategies i...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Sculpher MJ,Lozano-Ortega G,Sambrook J,Palmer S,Ormanidhi O,Bakhai A,Flather M,Steg PG,Mehta SR,Weintraub W

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine the impact of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) on the outcomes of death, myocardial infarction (MI), and late coronary revascularization procedures. METHODS:In patients undergoing exercise-stress MPI (January 1, 2003-March 31, 2007), we determined the impact of summe...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lee DS,Verocai F,Husain M,Al Khdair D,Wang X,Freeman M,Iwanochko RM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of age on the in-hospital mortality of all 30,972 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in New York in 1991 and 1992. Mortality rates were relatively low for patients 40-49, 50-59, and 60-64, 65-69, and 70-74 years old (1.10%, 1.65%, 2.17%...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hannan EL,Burke J

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise stress testing is a well-established method for the diagnostic, prognostic, and functional assessment of patients with known or suspected CAD. A variety of alternative tests have been described in patients unable to perform leg exercise. Atrial pacing and dipyridamole imaging have been evaluated most extensiv...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Stratmann HG,Kennedy HL

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tamoxifen has mixed estrogen agonist and antagonist properties in estrogen-regulated tissues. Its effect on the cardiovascular system is not well defined. We carried out a study to investigate the effect of tamoxifen on peripheral vascular endothelial function. METHODS:Three groups of postmenopausal women (...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ong PJ,Linardou H,Graham HA,Savage P,Hayward CS,Coombes RC,Collins P

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present experiments were conducted on isolated dog hearts to demonstrate that conduction disturbances can be induced in the bundle branches by transection of about 50 per cent of the cross-sectional area of the His bundle on the right or left side. The His bundle, the posterior and anterior divisions of left bundl...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Fabregas RA,Tse WW,Han J

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with syndrome X have been found to have an abnormal coronary blood flow reserve. The physical performance during exercise, however, has been incompletely investigated. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) is a reliable noninvasive method to provide indexes of lung, heart, circulation, and muscle functions. ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Montorsi P,Agostoni PG,Annoni L,Vincenzi P,Guazzi MD

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited information is available on the health behavior profile of patients with premature acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The purpose of this study is to desribe the health bahvior of young patients with ACS at the baseline and 1 year post-ACS and examine sex differences. METHODS:GENESIS-PRAXY is a prospect...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Leung Yinko SS,Maheswaran J,Pelletier R,Bacon SL,Daskalopoulou SS,Khan NA,Eisenberg MJ,Karp I,Lavoie KL,Behlouli H,Pilote L,GENESIS-PRAXY investigators.

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent developments have provided a unique opportunity for the organization of regional ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) receiving center (SRC) networks. Because cumulative evidence has demonstrated that rapid primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most effective reperfusion strategy for acu...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rokos IC,Larson DM,Henry TD,Koenig WJ,Eckstein M,French WJ,Granger CB,Roe MT

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00