Antibiotic treatment of streptococcal and enterococcal endocarditis: an overview.

abstract：:Clinical management of refractory heart failure remains challenging, with a high rate of rehospitalizations despite advances in medical and device therapy. Care can be provided in person, via telehomecare (by telephone), or telemonitoring, which involves wireless technology for remote follow-up. Telemonitoring wireles...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hasan A,Paul V

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Coronary plaque characteristics are associated with ischaemia. Differences in plaque volumes and composition may explain the discordance between coronary stenosis severity and ischaemia. We evaluated the association between coronary stenosis severity, plaque characteristics, coronary computed tomography angiograph...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gaur S,Øvrehus KA,Dey D,Leipsic J,Bøtker HE,Jensen JM,Narula J,Ahmadi A,Achenbach S,Ko BS,Christiansen EH,Kaltoft AK,Berman DS,Bezerra H,Lassen JF,Nørgaard BL

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Whereas endogenous carbon monoxide (CO) is cytoprotective at physiologic levels, excess CO concentrations are associated with cardiometabolic risk and may represent an important marker of progression from subclinical to clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS AND RESULTS:In 1926 participants of the Framing...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Cheng S,Enserro D,Xanthakis V,Sullivan LM,Murabito JM,Benjamin EJ,Polak JF,O'Donnell CJ,Wolf PA,O'Connor GT,Keaney JF,Vasan RS

更新日期：2014-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the relation between serum concentrations of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and prognosis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). METHODS AND RESULTS:In total, 847 patients (53 ± 15 years; 67% male) with HCM (28% with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction ≥ 30 m...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Coats CJ,Gallagher MJ,Foley M,O'Mahony C,Critoph C,Gimeno J,Dawnay A,McKenna WJ,Elliott PM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Aortic aneurysm/dissection (AAD) is a life-threatening disorder lacking effective pharmacotherapeutic remedies. Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) polymorphism is tied with various risk factors for AAD including hypertension, atherosclerosis, and hypercholesterolaemia although direct correlation between the two rema...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Yang K,Ren J,Li X,Wang Z,Xue L,Cui S,Sang W,Xu T,Zhang J,Yu J,Liu Z,Shang H,Pang J,Huang X,Chen Y,Xu F

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:There have been no large observational studies attempting to identify predictors of major bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), particularly from a multinational perspective. The objective of our study was thus to develop a prediction rule for the identification of patients with ACS at higher r...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Moscucci M,Fox KA,Cannon CP,Klein W,López-Sendón J,Montalescot G,White K,Goldberg RJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 101 consecutive patients operated on for native infective aortic valve endocarditis (53 males, 48 females, mean age 39 years), 69 presented various forms of infectious extension to the surrounding areas. Twenty-six lesions were noted in the aortic roots: 18 annular abscesses, one abscess of the Valsalva sinus an...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Amrani M,Schoevaerdts JC,Eucher P,Nicolas AL,Dion R,Kremer R

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Intense exercise places disproportionate strain on the right ventricle (RV) which may promote pro-arrhythmic remodelling in some athletes. RV exercise imaging may enable early identification of athletes at risk of arrhythmias. METHODS AND RESULTS:Exercise imaging was performed in 17 athletes with RV ventricular a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： La Gerche A,Claessen G,Dymarkowski S,Voigt JU,De Buck F,Vanhees L,Droogne W,Van Cleemput J,Claus P,Heidbuchel H

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microvascular obstruction (MVO) following primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) contributes to infarct expansion, left ventricular (LV) remodelling, and worse clinical outcomes. The REFLO-STEMI trial tested whether intra-coronary (IC...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Nazir SA,McCann GP,Greenwood JP,Kunadian V,Khan JN,Mahmoud IZ,Blackman DJ,Been M,Abrams KR,Shipley L,Wilcox R,Adgey AA,Gershlick AH

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) by early radionuclide exercise test was evaluated for 11 arteries undergoing a successful procedure. Exercise thallium-201 (Tl-201) and radionuclide ventriculography (RNV) were performed within 3 days before and after PTCA and compared to % diameter s...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Legrand V,Aueron FM,Bates ER,O'Neill WW,Hodgson JM,Mancini GB,Vogel RA

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was recently shown that streptokinase may induce clot formation in vivo by immunoglobulin G mediated platelet stimulation. We evaluated the in vitro effect of streptokinase on platelet function in 103 subjects, of whom 52 were < or = 30 years and 51 were > or = 50 years old. Although streptokinase inhibited platele...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Terres W,Krüger K,Bleifeld W

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Growth differentiation factor 11 and/or its homologue growth differentiation factor 8 (GDF11/8) reverses age-related cardiac hypertrophy and vascular ageing in mice. We investigated whether GDF11/8 associates with cardiovascular outcomes, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), or age in humans. METHODS AND RESULTS:W...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Olson KA,Beatty AL,Heidecker B,Regan MC,Brody EN,Foreman T,Kato S,Mehler RE,Singer BS,Hveem K,Dalen H,Sterling DG,Lawn RM,Schiller NB,Williams SA,Whooley MA,Ganz P

更新日期：2015-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Women, particularly younger women, hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction have been found to have poorer prognosis than men. A large proportion of deaths due to myocardial infarction, however, occur in the pre-hospital phase. We set out to analyse age-specific sex differences in survival after myocardial in...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rosengren A,Spetz CL,Köster M,Hammar N,Alfredsson L,Rosén M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to describe the frequencies of various diagnoses in patients admitted with acute chest pain, but without acute myocardial infarction, and to evaluate a non-invasive screening programme for these patients. PATIENTS:A total of 204 consecutive non-acute myocardial infarction patien...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Fruergaard P,Launbjerg J,Hesse B,Jørgensen F,Petri A,Eiken P,Aggestrup S,Elsborg L,Mellemgaard K

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the association between occupational and leisure-time physical activity (PA), ownership of goods promoting sedentary behaviour, and the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) in different socio-economic populations of the world. Studies in developed countries have found low PA as a risk factor for cardiova...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Held C,Iqbal R,Lear SA,Rosengren A,Islam S,Mathew J,Yusuf S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Elevated blood pressure (EBP) is the most prevalent and potentially modifiable risk factor for AF, yet little is known of its atrial effects. We aimed to characterize the atrial electrical and structural changes in a chronic ovine model of EBP after prenatal corticosteroid exposure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Twelve she...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kistler PM,Sanders P,Dodic M,Spence SJ,Samuel CS,Zhao C,Charles JA,Edwards GA,Kalman JM

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opiate agonists were administered into the cisterna magna of normotensive urethane-anaesthetized artificially-ventilated rats. Increases in blood pressure and heart rate were produced by fentanyl (0.3-3.0 nmol). [D-ala]2-met-enkephalinamide (17 nmol), and beta-endorphin (2.9 nmol). On the contrary, ethylketocyclazocin...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Laurent S,Schmitt H

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective serial study of 96 patients with acute myocardial infarction, two dimensional echocardiography identified left ventricular thrombus in 18 patients. The majority of thrombi (15) developed within the first 4 days after admission. In three patients thrombi were identified for the first time 4 months afte...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Visser CA,Kan G,Lie KI,Durrer D

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-nine patients admitted for assessment of chest pain underwent coronary angiography, planar Thallium 201 myocardial scintigraphy after submaximal exercise (TE) and transoesophageal atrial pacing (TAP). Early hypofixation with redistribution after 4 h indicated ischaemia. The criterion for a myocardial infarction ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Le Feuvre C,Vacheron A,Metzger JP,Berdah J,Etienne D,Albarede P,De Vernejoul P

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This ancillary analysis of the GISSI-HF database aims at assessing the effect of rosuvastatin on the occurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with chronic heart failure (HF) who were not in AF at study entry. METHODS AND RESULTS:GISSI-HF was a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial testing n-3 PUFA and ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Maggioni AP,Fabbri G,Lucci D,Marchioli R,Franzosi MG,Latini R,Nicolosi GL,Porcu M,Cosmi F,Stefanelli S,Tognoni G,Tavazzi L,GISSI-HF Investigators.

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectral turbulence analysis of the signal-averaged electrocardiogram is a new method for identifying patients prone to sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia. In contrast to analysis in the time domain, it has been claimed to be applicable in patients with bundle branch block. The aim of this study was to asse...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Englund A,Andersson M,Bergfeldt L

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Valve compliance might determine the onset of symptoms better than resting measures of aortic stenosis. This study compared valve compliance measured by dobutamine stress echocardiography with resting haemodynamic variables against the end-point of symptoms at low workload during exercise testing. METHODS AND RES...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Das P,Rimington H,Smeeton N,Chambers J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypokalaemia commonly occurs in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and may be caused by elevated serum levels of adrenaline, allegedly by beta 2-adrenergic mediated influx of potassium (K) into cells. We investigated the effect on serum K of intravenous acebutolol (a relatively beta 1-selective agent) in 50 patients wi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jardine RM,Obel IW,Smith AM

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) concentration may be involved in atherosclerosis. This study examined if serum GGT predicted coronary heart disease (CHD), especially differentiating non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) and fatal CHD event, among the general population or participants with type-2 diabetes. M...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lee DH,Silventoinen K,Hu G,Jacobs DR Jr,Jousilahti P,Sundvall J,Tuomilehto J

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Periconceptional folate supplementation prevents neural tube defects and possibly congenital heart defects (CHD) as well. The search for candidate genes involved in the folate metabolism includes the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) 677C > T polymorphism. We studied the association between MTHFR 677C > ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van Beynum IM,Kapusta L,den Heijer M,Vermeulen SH,Kouwenberg M,Daniëls O,Blom HJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:LV reverse remodelling has been shown to be a favourable response after cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in many clinical trials. This study investigated whether left ventricular (LV) reverse remodelling after CRT has any structural benefit, which include the improvement of LV mass or regional wall thicknes...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Zhang Q,Fung JW,Auricchio A,Chan JY,Kum LC,Wu LW,Yu CM

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Previous studies have reported lifestyle and risk factor deterioration following completion of a cardiac rehabilitation program (CRP). We report the results of a one-year Extensive Lifestyle Management Intervention (ELMI) aimed at preventing these adverse changes. METHODS AND RESULTS:A total of 302 men and women w...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lear SA,Ignaszewski A,Linden W,Brozic A,Kiess M,Spinelli JJ,Haydn Pritchard P,Frohlich JJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and type of arrhythmias has been studied in a representative sample of 2000 Athenians, aged 18-81 years, who underwent exercise testing on a treadmill according to the Bruce protocol. It was found that 121 persons (mean age 55.7 +/- 14.9 years, 31% greater than 65 years), exhibited arrhythmias on the EC...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Diamantopoulos EJ,Anthopoulos L,Nanas S,Maliaras G,Chrisos D,Moulopoulos SD

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycaemic control is an inadequate surrogate marker of cardiovascular event reduction in patients with type 2 diabetes. Clinical trials to date have been unsuccessful in identifying a therapeutic approach that addresses the underlying problem in diabetes (glycaemic control) and reduces cardiovascular risk. The potenti...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Zannad F,Stough WG,Pocock SJ,Sleight P,Cushman WC,Cleland JG,McMurray JJ,Lonn E,Geller NL,Wedel H,Abadie E,Alonso-Garcia A,Pitt B

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:White matter hyperintensities (WMH) progress with age and hypertension, but the key period of exposure to elevated blood pressure (BP), and the relative role of systolic BP (SBP) vs. diastolic BP (DBP), remains unclear. This study aims to determine the relationship between WMH and concurrent vs. past BP. METHODS ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wartolowska KA,Webb AJS

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00