Bilateral renal artery occlusion: an unusual presentation of atrial fibrillation and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

abstract：:Embolism of a fragment of a central venous catheter is a serious clinical complication, especially when the fragment cannot be made visible by radiological methods. We report a case where such a fragment could only be localized by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). With combined use of x-rays and TEE, the cathete...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Neumann HP,Hofmann T,Koester W,Billmann P,Kauffmann GW

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, electrocardiogram (ECG) criteria have been proposed for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the presence of left bundle-branch block (LBBB). However, clinical experience indicates that such ECG changes indicative of AMI are occasionally noted in clinically stable patients with LBB...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Madias JE,Sinha A,Ashtiani R,Agarwal H,Win M,Narayan VK

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-acting oral isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) was replaced by Nitroderm TTS, and the utility of this drug in long-term treatment was assessed in 69 patients with angina pectoris. The frequency of attacks (p < 0.001) and the consumption of sublingual nitrate tablets (p < 0.01) were found to be significantly lower at 2 w...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Hayashi H,Ito T,Matsubara T,Watanabe T,Kuzuya F,Mizuno Y,Sotohata I,Fujinami T,Toyama J,Yamada K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a common manifestation of hypertension, coronary artery disease, and dilated cardiomyopathy. The Framingham study showed that the incidence of CHF increases twofold with each decade of age. The presence of CHF increases the age-adjusted death rate 5.5-fold for women and 8-fold for men...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Greene HL

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ventriculophasic response (VR) refers to shortening of atrial cycle length during heart block when a QRS complex is interposed between P waves. No formal quantitative definition has heretofore been proposed, nor have its potential clinical correlations been studied. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that VR is...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dadu RT,McPherson CA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases with acute myocardial infarction are presented. Both had thrombotic occlusion of the infarct-related artery. Following successful thrombolysis with streptokinase, coronary angiography was normal. These cases prove that "myocardial infarction with normal coronaries" can be associated with coronary thrombosis ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fernandez MS,Pichard AD,Marchant E,Lindsay J Jr

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flecainide is reported to be effective in patients with paroxysmal tachycardias, but its effect on rapid ventricular response over accessory atrioventricular pathway during atrial fibrillation is not known. The influence of flecainide on various electrophysiological properties of the accessory pathway with special emp...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kappenberger LJ,Fromer MA,Shenasa M,Gloor HO

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathophysiology of malignant hypertension, of which underlying disease was essential hypertension (EHT) in 33 cases and chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN) in 26 cases, was studied with reference to the renin-angiotensin system. Plasma renin activity (PRA) was significantly higher in the EHT than in the CGN group, and an...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kawazoe N,Eto T,Abe I,Takishita S,Ueno M,Kobayashi K,Uezono K,Muratani H,Kimura Y,Tomita Y

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past, many have avoided nuts because of their high fat content. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, however, recommends regular consumption of this food along with seeds and dried beans (4-5 servings per week) as part of a diet to control hypertension. Nuts are nutrient-dense and most of th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fraser GE

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, catheter ablation techniques and implantable devices have revolutionized the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias, junctional arrhythmias, and atrial flutter. For most patients presenting with atrial fibrillation (AF), the treatment available today is similar to that used a century ago, although no...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gallagher MM,Camm AJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze the paradox of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with an initially normal electrocardiogram (ECG), we reviewed the records of 732 patients discharged with a final diagnosis of AMI over a 2-year period. Twenty-one patient were identified whose initial ECG was normal and who underwent coronary arteriography d...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Caceres L,Cooke D,Zalenski R,Rydman R,Lakier JB

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, instrumenting the pericardium was possible only when a pericardial effusion is present or by surgical exposure of the pericardium. Techniques are now being developed to instrument the normal pericardium. This development will allow clinicians and investigators to study pericardial fluid in health and i...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Shabetai R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Myocardial blush grade (MBG), corrected TIMI frame count (cTFC), and ST-segment reduction are indices of myocardial reperfusion. HYPOTHESIS:We evaluated their predictive value for left ventricular (LV) function recovery by gated single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) after acute myocardial infar...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bellandi F,Leoncini M,Maioli M,Toso A,Gallopin M,Piero Dabizzi R

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Management of cardiac perforation caused by the lead of a cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) is currently unclear. This study evaluated the outcomes of transvenous lead extraction (TLE) in patients with cardiac perforation caused by a transvenous lead. HYPOTHESIS:Removal of perforated lead by tran...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Zhou X,Ze F,Li D,Wang L,Guo J,Li X

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the Rosenblueth-Simeone model, the heart rate (HR) is proportional to the sympathovagal balance. The individual proportionality constant is the intrinsic HR, which can be determined only invasively. The percentage low-frequency spectral HR variability power, relative to the low- plus high-frequency spectr...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bootsma M,Swenne CA,Bruschke AV

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy for acute myocardial infarction has advanced dramatically since the early 1980s with the use of early intravenous fibrinolytic therapy. Combining low-dose fibrinolysis and platelet lysis appears to provide an additional increase in infarct-related artery (IRA) patency, but the large-scale mortality reduction t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gassler JP,Topol EJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

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：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of the patient-based coronary heart disease (CHD) risk management strategy in general practice by analyzing patients who were sent to a specialized center as refractory to conventional treatment. Of the 452 patients studied, 152 were excluded because of seconda...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Leitha T,Staudenherz A,Bachmann B,Dudczak R

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:Acute myocardial infarction can be stratified into electrocardiographic subsets based on the presence or absence of new Q waves. This stratification has important clinical and prognostic utility. Coronary angiography during acute non-Q-wave compared with Q-wave infarction shows much higher infarct-related artery paten...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： O'Brien TX,Ross J Jr

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of transient myocardial ischemia on left ventricular function was examined by digital subtraction left ventricular angiography. Contrast medium was injected into the right pulmonary artery before, at 60 seconds of balloon inflation, and 10 minutes after balloon deflation. A total of 69 patients completed th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kitazume H,Kubo I,Iwama T,Ageishi Y,Suzuki A

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early reperfusion improves left ventricular (LV) function and survival after acute myocardial infarction (MI). Thrombolytic therapy achieves early patency of the infarct artery in about two-thirds of patients. In nearly half of the remaining patients, in whom early reperfusion was not achieved with thromboly...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ishihara M,Sato H,Tateishi H,Kawagoe T,Shimatani Y,Ueda K,Noma K,Yumoto A,Nishioka K

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although optimal pharmacological therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is carefully scripted by treatment guidelines, many eligible patients are not treated with guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) in clinical practice. We designed a strategy for remote optimization of GDMT on a popula...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Blood AJ,Fischer CM,Fera LE,MacLean TE,Smith KV,Dunning JR,Bosque-Hamilton JW,Aronson SJ,Gaziano TA,MacRae CA,Matta LS,Mercurio-Pinto AA,Murphy SN,Scirica BM,Wagholikar K,Desai AS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this editorial, I would like to share some thoughts about clinical studies, including value and limitations using as an example a recently published randomized clinical trial. Randomized and non-randomized clinical trials, epidemiologic studies, and registries guide our clinical practice. They are good but not perf...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Richard Conti C

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Total serum transforming growth factor-beta 1 (tsTGF-β1) is increased in patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS), but it has not been assessed in thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD), Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS), and bicuspid aortic valve disease (BAVD). HYPOTHESIS:tsTGF-β1 is increased in genetic aort...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Hillebrand M,Millot N,Sheikhzadeh S,Rybczynski M,Gerth S,Kölbel T,Keyser B,Kutsche K,Robinson PN,Berger J,Mir TS,Zeller T,Blankenberg S,von Kodolitsch Y,Goldmann B

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence and influence of coronary collateral circulation and obstruction of the supplying coronary arteries on left ventricular contractility, prevalence of myocardial infarction, and bicycle exercise ergometer test were studied in a random sample of 286 patients with angiographically documented coronary artery...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pellinen TJ,Virtanen KS,Toivonen L,Heikkilä J,Hekali P,Frick MH

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cibenzoline, a class Ia antiarrhythmic drug, can be used to relieve left ventricular (LV) outflow obstruction in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). However, the mechanism of this agent in HOCM has been controversial. HYPOTHESIS:This study was designed to investigate the effect of cibenzoline on...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kondo I,Mizushige K,Nozaki S,Hirao K,Iwado Y,Ohmori K,Matsuo H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal strategy for treating late presenters of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains uncertain. HYPOTHESIS:percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has a favorable effect on left ventricular (LV) remodeling and clinical outcomes in late presenters of STEMI. METHODS:Patients with STEMI wh...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fan Y,Bai X,Chen Y,Shen G,Lu Q,Wan Z,Zhou D,Shen Y,Ma A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A significantly lower perioperative mortality has established the nonthoracotomy approach as the preferred technique in implantable cardioverter defibrillation (ICD) implantation. With the currently available transvenous endocardial leads in combination with the expanded use of biphasic ICD devices, the need...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Manolis AS,Vassilikos V,Maounis T,Chiladakis J,Cokkinos DV

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two recent observations based on echocardiographic studies in large population-based studies may have far-reaching implications: The concentric form of left ventricular hypertrophy emerges prominently in white Framingham (MA) men aged 40-49 years, and ten years later in white Framingham women. This parallels the patte...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Savage DD,Watkins LO,McGee DL

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00