Multislice computed tomography versus intracardiac echocardiography to evaluate the pulmonary veins before radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a head-to-head comparison.

abstract：:To compare the benefit of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition and direct vasodilation on the prognosis of advanced heart failure, 117 patients evaluated for cardiac transplantation who had severe symptoms and abnormal hemodynamic status at rest were randomized to treatment with either captopril or hydralazine plu...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Fonarow GC,Chelimsky-Fallick C,Stevenson LW,Luu M,Hamilton MA,Moriguchi JD,Tillisch JH,Walden JA,Albanese E

更新日期：1992-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravascular volume expansion plays a major role in the prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI). Recommended standard amounts of fluid infusion before procedures do not produce homogeneous responses in subjects with different initial hydration status. OBJECTIVES:The goal of this study w...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Maioli M,Toso A,Leoncini M,Musilli N,Grippo G,Ronco C,McCullough PA,Bellandi F

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The American College of Cardiology Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology (ACPC) Section had attempted to create quality metrics (QM) for ambulatory pediatric practice, but limited evidence made the process difficult. The ACPC sought to develop QMs for ambulatory pediatric cardiology practice. Five areas of interes...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Chowdhury D,Gurvitz M,Marelli A,Anderson J,Baker-Smith C,Diab KA,Edwards TC,Hougen T,Jedeikin R,Johnson JN,Karpawich P,Lai W,Lu JC,Mitchell S,Newburger JW,Penny DJ,Portman MA,Satou G,Teitel D,Villafane J,Williams

更新日期：2017-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of local versus systemic treatment of thrombosis with various antithrombotic drugs. BACKGROUND:Local use of low dose antithrombotic drugs has been proposed as being effective and safe. METHODS:Heparin (30 U/kg), an antithrombin agent (argatroban, 0.05 mg/kg ...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Tomaru T,Nakamura F,Fujimori Y,Omata M,Kawai S,Okada R,Murata Y,Uchida Y

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to examine quality of care and warfarin use at discharge in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF). BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation is common in HF, and national guidelines recommend discharge on warfarin for stroke prophylaxis. However, the frequency and factors asso...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Piccini JP,Hernandez AF,Zhao X,Patel MR,Lewis WR,Peterson ED,Fonarow GC,Get With The Guidelines Steering Committee and Hospitals.

更新日期：2009-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulations and restrictions imposed by external agencies are forcing cardiologists into an unnatural self-protective and defensive posture against their patients. The key to breaking the pattern of mutual skepticism and mistrust lies in returning the focus to its rightful place: the patients' needs. Thus, payment sys...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Gorlin R

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular arrhythmia (VA) in structurally normal hearts can be broadly considered under non-life-threatening monomorphic and life-threatening polymorphic rhythms. Monomorphic VA is classified on the basis of site of origin in the heart, and the most common areas are the ventricular outflow tracts and left ventricula...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Prystowsky EN,Padanilam BJ,Joshi S,Fogel RI

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Personalized external aortic root support (PEARS) was introduced in 2004 for prevention of aortic root dilatation in Marfan patients. The individual's aortic root is replicated by 3-dimensional printing. A polymer mesh sleeve is manufactured, which is implanted with the aim to support and stabilize the aorti...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Izgi C,Newsome S,Alpendurada F,Nyktari E,Boutsikou M,Pepper J,Treasure T,Mohiaddin R

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and medical strategies for prevention of arrhythmic events and death. BACKGROUND:The ICD is a potential strategy to reduce mortality in patients at risk of sudden death. METHODS:The MEDLINE, EMBASE, a...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Lee DS,Green LD,Liu PP,Dorian P,Newman DM,Grant FC,Tu JV,Alter DA

更新日期：2003-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to investigate the effect of both history of intermittent atrial tachyarrhythmias (IAT) and in-trial IAT on the risk of heart failure (HF) or death comparing cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) to implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) treatment in mildly sympt...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Ruwald AC,Pietrasik G,Goldenberg I,Kutyifa V,Daubert JP,Ruwald MH,Jons C,McNitt S,Wang P,Zareba W,Moss AJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The failure of exercise-induced ST segment depression to consistently predict prognosis in patients after myocardial infarction could be a result of population differences and the rest electrocardiogram (ECG). These hypotheses were tested by studying 198 veterans who survived a myocardial infarction, underwent a subma...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Klein J,Froelicher VF,Detrano R,Dubach P,Yen R

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with coexistent Mahaim and Kent accessory connections are described. Two had left nodoventricular Mahaim connections, the first reported cases demonstrating these findings. In neither were the left-sided Mahaim connections components of a tachycardia and their presence was incidental. In two of four with ...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Abbott JA,Scheinman MM,Morady F,Shen EN,Miller R,Ruder MA,Eldar M,Seger JJ,Davis JC,Griffin JC

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the endothelial and vascular smooth muscle function in patients with chronic severe anemia to determine whether increased basal nitric oxide levels contribute to the systemic vasodilation and high cardiac output seen in these patients. BACKGROUND:Patients with chronic severe anemia have a high ...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Anand IS,Chandrashekhar Y,Wander GS,Chawla LS

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to assess the dynamic temporal course of conduction recovery during and after radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation of the cavotricuspid isthmus. BACKGROUND:Although cavotricuspid isthmus block is accepted as the best end point of ablation for typical flutter, conduction recovery is thought to und...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Shah DC,Takahashi A,Jaïs P,Hocini M,Peng JT,Clementy J,Haïssaguerre M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify predictors of the success or failure of medical therapy in chronic recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia, univariate and multivariate statistical techniques were used to retrospectively analyze data in 84 patients with this arrhythmia. By univariate analysis, four factors were associated with success...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Spielman SR,Schwartz JS,McCarthy DM,Horowitz LN,Greenspan AM,Sadowski LM,Josephson ME,Waxman HL

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of oral nadolol in supraventricular tachycardia were evaluated prospectively in 27 children (median age 5.5 years). Fifteen patients had an unsuccessful trial of digoxin therapy. Intravenous nadolol was given to seven patients during electrophysiologic study; five of these had an excellent resp...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Mehta AV,Chidambaram B

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies from Asia have suggested that the risk of ischemic stroke for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) with a "low-risk" congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75, diabetes mellitus, prior stroke or transient ischemic attack, vascular disease, age 65 to 74, female (CHA2DS2-VASc) score of 0...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Chao TF,Wang KL,Liu CJ,Lin YJ,Chang SL,Lo LW,Hu YF,Tuan TC,Chung FP,Liao JN,Chen TJ,Chiang CE,Lip GY,Chen SA

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was performed to describe the initial experience and follow-up of ultrasound-guided compression of pseudoaneurysms in patients receiving systemic anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy, or both, after recent cardiac catheterization or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. BACKGROUND:Femo...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Agrawal SK,Pinheiro L,Roubin GS,Hearn JA,Cannon AD,Macander PJ,Barnes JL,Dean LS,Nanda NC

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study sought to analyze the outcomes of revascularization procedures in the treatment of allograft coronary disease. BACKGROUND:Allograft vasculopathy is the main factor limiting survival of heart transplant recipients. Because no medical therapy prevents allograft atherosclerosis, and retransplantatio...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Halle AA 3rd,DiSciascio G,Massin EK,Wilson RF,Johnson MR,Sullivan HJ,Bourge RC,Kleiman NS,Miller LW,Aversano TR

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of heart rate variability, ambulatory electrocardiographic (ECG) variables and the signal-averaged ECG in the prediction of arrhythmic events (sudden death or life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias) was assessed before hospital discharge in 416 consecutive survivors of acute myocardial infarction. During t...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Farrell TG,Bashir Y,Cripps T,Malik M,Poloniecki J,Bennett ED,Ward DE,Camm AJ

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We performed Holter monitoring on days 4 and 7 after acute myocardial infarction in 109 patients to assess whether ST segment shift would identify those with more severe coronary artery disease, left ventricular dysfunction and unfavorable prognosis. BACKGROUND:Silent myocardial ischemia is a frequent and p...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Langer A,Minkowitz J,Dorian P,Casella L,Harris L,Morgan CD,Armstrong PW

更新日期：1992-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Infarct expansion after myocardial infarction results in early ventricular enlargement and distortion of ventricular geometry. To characterize the components of late volume enlargement, biplane left ventriculography was performed in 52 patients 3 weeks and 1 year after a first anterior myocardial infarction. Biplane d...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Mitchell GF,Lamas GA,Vaughan DE,Pfeffer MA

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) is a syndrome in which the sinus heart rate is inexplicably faster than expected and associated symptoms are present. The heart rate at rest, even in a supine position, can exceed 100 beats/min; minimal activity accelerates the rate rapidly and substantially. Patients with IST may...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Olshansky B,Sullivan RM

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine the impact of valve prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) on pulmonary arterial (PA) pressure after mitral valve replacement (MVR). BACKGROUND:Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a serious complication of mitral valve disease, and it is a major risk factor for poor outcome after MVR. We hy...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Li M,Dumesnil JG,Mathieu P,Pibarot P

更新日期：2005-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to examine the association of diabetic retinopathy with incident heart failure (HF). BACKGROUND:Microvascular disease might play a more prominent role in the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy, a major cause of HF in diabetes. Whether diabetic retinopathy, a microvascular ...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Cheung N,Wang JJ,Rogers SL,Brancati F,Klein R,Sharrett AR,Wong TY,ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) Study Investigators.

更新日期：2008-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise intolerance is the cardinal symptom of heart failure (HF) and is of crucial relevance, because it is associated with a poor quality of life and increased mortality. While impaired cardiac reserve is considered to be central in HF, reduced exercise and functional capacity are the result of key patient characte...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Del Buono MG,Arena R,Borlaug BA,Carbone S,Canada JM,Kirkman DL,Garten R,Rodriguez-Miguelez P,Guazzi M,Lavie CJ,Abbate A

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine whether the induction at electrophysiologic study of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardias with multiple QRS complex configurations predicted failure of subsequent serial electrophysiologic study guided antiarrhythmic drug testing. BACKGROUND:Ventricular t...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Mitrani RD,Biblo LA,Carlson MD,Gatzoylis KA,Henthorn RW,Waldo AL

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is widely believed that a reduced cardiac index (CI) is a significant contributor to renal dysfunction in patients with heart failure (HF). However, recent data have challenged this paradigm. OBJECTIVES:This study sought to determine the relationship between CI and renal function in a multicenter populat...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Hanberg JS,Sury K,Wilson FP,Brisco MA,Ahmad T,Ter Maaten JM,Broughton JS,Assefa M,Tang WHW,Parikh CR,Testani JM

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The symptoms of chronic heart failure (CHF) are predominantly shortness of breath and fatigue during exercise and reduced exercise capacity. Disturbances of central hemodynamic function are no longer considered to be the major determinants of exercise capacity. The two symptoms of fatigue and breathlessness are often ...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Clark AL,Poole-Wilson PA,Coats AJ

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal timing of intervention in patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS) remains controversial. OBJECTIVES:This multicenter study sought to test and validate the prognostic value of the staging of cardiac damage in patients with asymptomatic moderate to severe AS. METHODS:This study ret...

journal_title：Journal of the American College of Cardiology

authors： Tastet L,Tribouilloy C,Maréchaux S,Vollema EM,Delgado V,Salaun E,Shen M,Capoulade R,Clavel MA,Arsenault M,Bédard É,Bernier M,Beaudoin J,Narula J,Lancellotti P,Bax JJ,Généreux P,Pibarot P

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00