Prevention of nitroglycerin tolerance with diuretics.

abstract：:Four hundred and ninety-two patients with coronary artery disease underwent analysis of their electrocardiograms, coronary arteriograms, and ventriculograms. Significant Q-waves were correlated with critical coronary occlusions (greater than or equal 75 per cent obstruction) and ventricular contractility. It was found...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gottlieb RS,Duca PR,Kasparian H,Scariato A,Brest AN

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the cardiac manifestations of Lyme disease may be diverse, in general they are treatable with currently available therapies. A high index of suspicion is required to make a diagnosis, especially for patients who may lack a suggestive history of tick exposure or residence in an endemic region. Lyme disease-rel...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Cox J,Krajden M

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The IMProved Reduction of Outcomes: Vytorin Efficacy International Trial (IMPROVE-IT) is evaluating the potential benefit for reduction in major cardiovascular (CV) events from the addition of ezetimibe versus placebo to 40 mg/d of simvastatin therapy in patients who present with acute coronary syndromes and...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Blazing MA,Giugliano RP,Cannon CP,Musliner TA,Tershakovec AM,White JA,Reist C,McCagg A,Braunwald E,Califf RM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is evidence linking smoking and heart failure (HF), the association between lifetime smoking exposure and HF in older adults and the strength of this association among current and past smokers is not well known. METHODS:We examined the association between smoking status, pack-years of exposur...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gopal DM,Kalogeropoulos AP,Georgiopoulou VV,Smith AL,Bauer DC,Newman AB,Kim L,Bibbins-Domingo K,Tindle H,Harris TB,Tang WW,Kritchevsky SB,Butler J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decreased responsiveness to oral antiplatelet drug therapy has been associated with an adverse outcome after coronary stenting (CS), but more studies are needed. The purpose of the present study was to prospectively evaluate this issue. METHODS:A total of 612 consecutive patients with stable or unstable cor...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Foussas SG,Zairis MN,Patsourakos NG,Makrygiannis SS,Adamopoulou EN,Handanis SM,Prekates AA,Fakiolas CN,Pissimissis EG,Olympios CD,Argyrakis SK

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The inverse relation between alcohol intake and clinical coronary artery disease (CAD) is well established, although the mechanisms remain speculative. We studied the relation between alcohol intake and subclinical CAD to assess the possible role of alcohol in atherogenesis. METHODS:We conducted a prospecti...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Tofferi JK,Taylor AJ,Feuerstein IM,O'Malley PG

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was performed in 110 consecutive patients (111 vessels) with chronically occluded coronary arteries and was successful in 69 patients (69 vessels). Successful initial PTCA was related to the extent of coronary artery disease, the morphology of the proximal surface ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ishizaka N,Issiki T,Saeki F,Ishizaka Y,Ikari Y,Abe J,Soumitsu Y,Hashimoto H,Masaki K,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitation of coronary luminal diameter with a 20 MHz mechanically rotating intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheter was compared with orthogonal-view cineangiography by use of a semiautomated edge-detection algorithm in 48 patients undergoing coronary angioplasty. Quantitative comparison of 196 matched segments was...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： De Scheerder I,De Man F,Herregods MC,Wilczek K,Barrios L,Raymenants E,Desmet W,De Geest H,Piessens J

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary objective of this study was to apply a sophisticated coagulation monitoring system including estimation of the concentration of prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 (PTF 1 + 2) and the activity of prothrombin (coagulation factor II or FII) to cases of stent implantation and to compare the results with those of stand...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Haude M,Hafner G,Jablonka A,Rupprecht HJ,Prellwitz W,Meyer J,Erbel R

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prescribing rate control medications with or without antiarrhythmic drugs is often the first course treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF). Clinical trial data suggest that antiarrhythmic drugs are only marginally effective and have multiple drawbacks, whereas rate control alone is sufficient for most patien...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vaughan-Sarrazin MS,Mazur A,Chrischilles E,Cram P

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to correlate the antiarrhythmic and electrophysiological effects of disopyramide phosphate during acute myocardial ischemia, we performed experiments in 17 mongrel dogs. Refractory periods obtained by the extrastimulus method and conduction times recorded from local electrograms were determined in potentially...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Levites R,Anderson GJ

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of aspirin to prevent ischemic cardiovascular disease has received considerable attention recently. To determine the prevalence of aspirin use for cardiovascular disease prevention, the Minnesota Heart Survey examined population-based samples of Twin Cities' adults in 1981 to 82 and 1985 to 86. Over the 4...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Folsom AR,Iso H,Sprafka JM,Edlavitch SA,Luepker RV

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the common practice of clopidogrel loading for coronary stenting, the time dependence and degree of platelet inhibition after this therapy are not well defined. We sought to establish an optimal clopidogrel dosing regimen for sustained platelet inhibition in stented patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:Pla...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Gurbel PA,Cummings CC,Bell CR,Alford AB,Meister AF,Serebruany VL,Plavix Reduction Of New Thrombus Occurrence (PRONTO) trial.

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aldosterone antagonist therapy is recommended for selected patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction. Adherence to therapy in the transition from hospital to home is not well understood. METHODS:We identified patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction who were ≥65 years old, e...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Curtis LH,Mi X,Qualls LG,Check DK,Hammill BG,Hammill SC,Heidenreich PA,Masoudi FA,Setoguchi S,Hernandez AF,Fonarow GC

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Half of patients with hypertension have poor blood pressure (BP) control. Recent models for treating hypertension have integrated disease monitoring and telephone-based interventions delivered in patients' homes. This study evaluated the costs of the Hypertension Intervention Nurse Telemedicine Study (HINTS)...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wang V,Smith VA,Bosworth HB,Oddone EZ,Olsen MK,McCant F,Powers BJ,Van Houtven CH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Troponin level elevations are common in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), yet their prognostic value above and beyond traditional predictors of outcomes in heart failure is uncertain. METHODS:In the EFFECT study, we determined the association between cardiac troponin I and all-cause mo...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： You JJ,Austin PC,Alter DA,Ko DT,Tu JV

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic hallmark of hypertension is increased systemic vascular resistance, although this variable is usually not determined in hypertensive patients because it has generally required invasive procedures to measure cardiac output. Reliable, totally noninvasive methods are now available that measure cardiac out...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Franciosa JA

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heparin is ubiquitously used in cardiac catheterization but predisposes to the development of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. The objective was to examine prospectively the prevalence of anti-platelet factor 4 (PF4)/heparin antibodies and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the population undergoing cardia...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Foo SY,Everett BM,Yeh RW,Criss D,Laposata M,Van Cott EM,Jang IK

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epinephrine increases coronary blood flow but may not improve the balance between myocardial oxygen supply and demand during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The objective of this study was to determine whether this balance can be improved by administering a relatively pure alpha-adrenergic vasoconstrictor, alone ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ditchey RV,Slinker BK

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The acute benefits of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors for non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS) remain unclear. METHODS:In this pilot trial, 311 patients with NSTE ACS were randomly assigned in the emergency department to double-blinded therapy with eptifibatide or placebo f...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Roe MT,Christenson RH,Ohman EM,Bahr R,Fesmire FM,Storrow A,Mollod M,Peacock WF,Rosenblatt JA,Yang H,Fraulo ES,Hoekstra JW,Gibler WB,EARLY Investigators.,Emergency Medicine Cardiac Research and Education Group.

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expansion of antiarrhythmic therapy beyond pharmacologic agents to include surgery, devices, and ablation procedures, plus the reaffirmation by the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST) of the need for concurrent placebo-controlled trials to establish a mortality benefit, have resulted in the need to conside...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Myerburg RJ,Kessler KM,Chakko S,Cox MM,Fernandez P,Interian A Jr,Castellanos A

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Economic assessment can be incorporated into clinical trials to evaluate and compare the costs and benefits of different health care programs. In this article the three main types of evaluation are discussed: cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis, and cost-benefit analysis. The measurement of direct and i...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Bulpitt CJ,Fletcher AE

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Today most patients with congenital heart disease survive childhood to be cared for by adult cardiologists. The number of physicians that should be trained to manage these lesions is unknown because we do not know the number of patients. METHODS:To answer this question, the expected numbers of infants with ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Hoffman JI,Kaplan S,Liberthson RR

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old man with staphylococcal endocarditis of the mitral valve developed an infective aneurysm of the posterior left ventricular wall. Echocardiography revealed an echo-free space posterior to the posterior left ventricular wall. This echo-free space undoubtedly represented the aneurysmal sac, because it could...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Saksena FB,Kramer NE,Towne WD,Khan M,Gamble R,Cruz JB,Gill S

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant (NOAC) alternatives to warfarin are available for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to describe the factors associated with selection of NOACs versus warfarin in patients with new onset AF. METHODS:The ORBIT-AF II study is a national,...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Steinberg BA,Shrader P,Thomas L,Ansell J,Fonarow GC,Gersh BJ,Hylek E,Kowey PR,Mahaffey KW,O'Brien EC,Singer DE,Peterson ED,Piccini JP,Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF) Investigato

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myxomas, the most common cardiac tumor in adults, occur in the atria and are prone to embolization. Obstructive valvular tumors in infants occur in pulmonic and aortic valves and generally have a more benign course. METHODS:We conducted a review of our experience in infants with tumors obstructing the right...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Guntheroth WG,Fujioka MC,Reichenbach DD

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently revised American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for exercise electrocardiography (ExECG) have suggested that ExECG scores be used to assist in management decisions in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS:We used 442 women who underwent both ExE...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Morise AP,Lauer MS,Froelicher VF

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exercise training is now an accepted component of the therapeutic regimen in patients with heart failure and underlying ischemia, but few data are available on the effects of training in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. METHODS:Twenty-four patients (mean age 55 +/- 9 years, mean ejection fr...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Myers J,Wagner D,Schertler T,Beer M,Luchinger R,Klein M,Rickli H,Muller P,Mayer K,Schwitter J,Dubach P

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior studies regarding the effect of racial status on post-myocardial infarction (MI) in subjects with diabetes have yielded conflicting results. We evaluated the effect of diabetes status on racial differences in post-MI mortality and morbidity for a 7-year period, from 1990 through 1997. METHODS:All pati...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kamalesh M,Subramanian U,Ariana A,Sawada S,Peterson E

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four children with cor triatriatum underwent intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. Two patients had cor triatriatum alone and two had associated complex congenital heart disease. Transesophageal echocardiography provided optimal imaging of these defects and provided unique information that facilitated surgi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Shuler CO,Fyfe DA,Sade R,Crawford FA

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00