Effects of exercise on plasma viscosity in athletes and sedentary normal subjects.

abstract：:Primum non nocere. Atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs commonly following coronary artery bypass graft surgery, although new onset atrial fibrillation in this setting is usually transient. When AF reverts or is converted to sinus rhythm it is unlikely to recur, whether or not the patient takes preventive medication. As no...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Humphries JO

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the proven benefits of using antiplatelet therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a number of key questions remain to be answered. In recent years, clopidogrel dosing strategies among such patients have evolved considerably, with newer approaches involving loading doses prior t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Braunwald E,Angiolillo D,Bates E,Berger PB,Bhatt D,Cannon CP,Furman MI,Gurbel P,Michelson AD,Peterson E,Wiviott S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-infarction angina, in the absence of coronary artery disease, was found in a 62 year-old man with severe calcific aortic stenosis. After application of intraaortic balloon pump counter-pulsation, the condition was stabilized, and coronary arteriograms were safely carried out. Interestingly, an elevated right atria...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Huang MT,Goodman MA,Delaney TB

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) levels were measured prior to and at 1 and 5 minutes postcontrast left ventriculography with an ionic contrast agent (diatrizoate), and a nonionic agent (iopamidol) and the results were compared. Since ionic contrast agents have been found to cause an increase in left ventricular end-d...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Salvucci TJ,Roman C,Cha SD,Maranhao V

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fulminant psychiatric disturbance, as the sole noncardiac manifestation of digitalis toxicity, emerged in a 85-year-old woman during treatment for congestive heart failure. Described more than a century ago as "digitalis delirium," the disorder is characterized by severe agitation, delusional thinking, assaultive be...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Varriale P,Mossavi A

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) guidelines recognize low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) below 100 mg/dl as an optimal level. Evidence supporting this is scant. Both LDL-C and C reactive protein (CRP) are known correlates of atherosclerosis progression. HYPOTHESIS:We examined t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kent SM,Coyle LC,Flaherty PJ,Markwood TT,Taylor AJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) has been studied in models of different cardiovascular entities. Recently, a beneficial effect of RIPC on incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in postsurgical patients has been suggested. However, the potential impact of RIPC on electrophysiological- and thrombogenesis-related p...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kosiuk J,Milani R,Ueberham L,Uhe T,Stegmann C,Hindricks G,Bollmann A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a family affected by arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) the familial occurrence was investigated. All 14 members of two generations were investigated carefully, and only 2 (father and one son) members were affected. Both subjects had a massive form of the disease with relevant ventricular arrhyt...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Canciani B,Nava A,Toso V,Martini B,Thiene G

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with unstable angina. The coronary arteriography showed the occlusion of the left anterior descending artery and other stenotic lesions. The patient underwent an aortocoronary bypass operation, but unfortunately he did not survive. Surprisingly, the necropsy revealed him ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sciagrà R,Tebbe U,Rahlf G,Neuhaus KL,Kreuzer H

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is the third cause of acute deterioration of renal function in hospitalized patients. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of the study was to compare the efficacy of saline infusion, saline infusion plus N-acetylcysteine (NAC), and sodium bicarbonate (SB) infusion to prevent CIN in pat...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Castini D,Lucreziotti S,Bosotti L,Salerno Uriarte D,Sponzilli C,Verzoni A,Lombardi F

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most antiarrhythmic interventional therapies for atrial fibrillation (AF) have been provided with special focus on the treatment of left-sided valvular disease and enlarged left atrium but few studies have assessed AF associated with congenital heart disease and dilated right atrium. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Vitarelli A,Mangieri E,Gaudio C,Tanzilli G,Miraldi F,Capotosto L

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is a significant condition, affecting major segments of all population groups studied. With the introduction of insulin and oral hypoglycemic therapy, together with better understanding of diet and weight control gained over the past half century, the primary causes of diabetic morbidity and mortalit...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： van Hoeven KH,Factor SM

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous interventions for aorto-ostial narrowing of native coronary arteries are challenging because of early elastic recoil after the procedure and the high restenosis rate. Cutting balloon angioplasty may reduce this complication. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the clinical outco...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nassar H,Gotsman I,Gerganski P,Moseri M,Lotan C,Gotsman M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety of quinapril hydrochloride, a new nonsulfhydryl angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with an intermediate duration of action, has been evaluated in 3,031 patients with hypertension and congestive heart failure (CHF) and has been compared with other ACE inhibitors. A comparison of double-blind studi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Canter D,Frank GJ,Knapp LE,McLain RW

更新日期：1990-06-01 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:For decades, fasting for 8 to 12 hours has been recommended for measurement of lipid profiles. The effect of fasting on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglycerides (TG) has been described in healthy cohorts and those with stable disease states. Recently, guidelines suggested that fasting ma...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Steen DL,Umez-Eronini AA,Guo J,Khan N,Cannon CP

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Echocardiography plays an important role in the diagnostic work up of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). We sought to determine the left ventricular (LV) diastolic profile by echocardiography in patients diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to PH-HFpEF. HYPOTHESIS:The study of...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Raeisi-Giglou P,Lam L,Tamarappoo BK,Newman J,Dweik RA,Tonelli AR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Contraction-excitation feedback, that is, electrophysiologic changes that are caused or preceded by mechanical changes of the myocardium, has been extensively studied in the ventricles. The role of contraction-excitation feedback in the atria, and more particularly in the genesis and maintenance of atrial fi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Antoniou A,Milonas D,Kanakakis J,Rokas S,Sideris DA

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Although suppression of premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) is not a predictor of mortality over the long term, the extent of PVC suppression is an important characteristic of any antiarrhythmic drug. HYPOTHESIS:This study was undertaken to determine whether intravenous (i.v.) dofetilide has the abili...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pool PE,Singh SN,Friedrich T

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More women than men die each year of cardiovascular disease, which remains the leading cause of death in the United States. Sex-specific factors, including pregnancy-related disorders, should be considered when assessing cardiovascular (CV) risk in women. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy have been associated with C...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Valdiviezo C,Garovic VD,Ouyang P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The severity and site of hypertrophy is important in determining the clinical picture and the natural history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). We evaluated left ventricular hypertrophy by means of two-dimensional echocardiographic score and score index, and correlated these findings with symptoms, electrovector-c...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Melacini P,Fasoli G,Canciani B,Buja G,Mammola C,Volta SD

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) pose a major burden in Africa, but data on temporal trends in disease burden are lacking. We assessed trends in CVD admissions and outcomes in central Ghana using a retrospective analysis of data from January 2004 to December 2015 among patients admitted to the medical wards of a tertiar...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Appiah LT,Sarfo FS,Agyemang C,Tweneboah HO,Appiah NABA,Bedu-Addo G,Opare-Sem O

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histories, rest, and exercise ECG results of 60 patients without myocardial infarction complaining of chest pain were submitted to 6 physicians (3 cardiologists and 3 noncardiologists) who were unaware of the angiographic findings. The physicians were requested to estimate the probability of coronary artery diseas...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Schmoliner R,Dudczak R,Kronik G,Mösslacher H,Zangeneh M,Pollak C,Schurz B,Schoberwalter A

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women's health and well-being are shaped by a combination of healthcare policies that impact the type of health insurance coverage they benefit from, as well as access to preventive, screening, and treatment services. Furthermore, more distal policies, such as those that pertain to housing, education, and employment, ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Brindis CD,Freund KM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The normal and dilated heart behaves as a single functional unit during preload reduction: volume unloading in the setting of diastolic ventricular interaction allows for increased left ventricular (LV) filling. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that reduction of venous return induced by a physiologic stimulus (ti...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pepi M,Tamborini G,Maltagliati A,Guazzi M,Berna G,Susini F,Muratori M,Celeste F

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:The aim of this study was to assess whether drinking social amounts of alcohol impairs myocardial contractility in normal humans. To that end, 17 healthy volunteers performed isometric handgrip exercise before and 60 minutes after an intake of 1 g/kg body weight of ethanol within 60 minutes. Left ventricular M-mode ec...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kupari M,Heikkilä J,Ylikahri R

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A space-occupying mass of the right atrium was found by two-dimensional echocardiography and angiography in a 68-year-old woman whose clinical diagnosis indicated multiple pulmonary emboli. Since right heart myxomas frequently cause pulmonary thromboembolism, the patient was initially diagnosed by noninvasive and inva...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Buckingham TA,Williams GA,Aker UT,Kennedy HL

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess right ventricular (RV) diastolic filling in coronary artery disease (CAD), with special reference to the involved lesions of the coronary arteries and left ventricular (LV) systolic function, gated radionuclide ventriculography was performed at rest in 106 patients with single-vessel CAD. Based on the site o...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yamagishi T,Matsuda Y,Nakatsuka M,Maeda J,Matsuda M

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00