Transthoracic echo/Doppler in the identification of patients with chronic non-valvular atrial fibrillation at risk for thromboembolic events.

abstract：AIMS:Pre-infarction angina is associated with better outcome after myocardial infarction. The aim of this study was to assess whether pre-infarction angina is associated with decreased no-reflow after coronary recanalization. METHODS AND RESULTS:Twenty-three patients underwent intracoronary myocardial contrast echocar...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Karila-Cohen D,Czitrom D,Brochet E,Faraggi M,Seknadji P,Himbert D,Juliard JM,Assayag P,Steg PG

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The 2019 report from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Atlas provides a contemporary analysis of cardiovascular disease (CVD) statistics across 56 member countries, with particular emphasis on international inequalities in disease burden and healthcare delivery together with estimates of progress towards me...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Timmis A,Townsend N,Gale CP,Torbica A,Lettino M,Petersen SE,Mossialos EA,Maggioni AP,Kazakiewicz D,May HT,De Smedt D,Flather M,Zuhlke L,Beltrame JF,Huculeci R,Tavazzi L,Hindricks G,Bax J,Casadei B,Achenbach S,Wrig

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Patients with diabetes are at excessive risk of mortality and cardiovascular morbidity. Previous studies suggest that aspirin may be less effective in diabetic patients. In this multi-centre, randomized, double blind trial picotamide, a dual inhibitor of thromboxane A2 synthase and receptor, was compared with aspi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Neri Serneri GG,Coccheri S,Marubini E,Violi F,Drug Evaluation in Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease in Diabetics (DAVID) Study Group.

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the prototype of a transoesophageal echocardiographic transducer with a rotatable cross-sectional scanning plane underwent initial evaluation. METHODS:the 5 MHz, phased array, 64 element transducer is incorporated into a 16 by 11 by 40 mm echoscope tip. The instrument also has pulsed wave and colour flow Do...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Flachskampf FA,Hoffmann R,Verlande M,Schneider W,Ameling W,Hanrath P

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of quantitative assessment of coronary artery dimensions at the site of the most critical coronary stenosis was assessed by comparison with the correspondent reactive hyperaemia as measured by digital subtraction angiography and with the functional results. Thirty-two coronary lesions were analysed and flow ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Legrand V,Mancini GB,Le Free MT,Vogel RA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study investigated the effects of irbesartan vs. enalapril, with early vs. late treatment, on markers of inflammation and ischaemic heart disease in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS). METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients hospitalized with ischaemic symptoms and evidence of NSTE...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Montalescot G,Drexler H,Gallo R,Pearson T,Thoenes M,Bhatt DL

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The ESC/ACC redefined myocardial infarction as any amount of necrosis caused by ischaemia. The aim of this study was to describe the management and outcomes using 'real-world' data taking the new definition of acute myocardial infarction into account. METHODS AND RESULTS:A total of 2,151 consecutive patients (76....

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Montalescot G,Dallongeville J,Van Belle E,Rouanet S,Baulac C,Degrandsart A,Vicaut E,OPERA Investigators.

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:For clinical prognosis, LV function is best described in terms of ejection fraction (EF) or end-systolic volume (ESV). Because deterioration of LV function is the most important adverse prognostic factor for patients after recovery from myocardial infarction, any agent which improves function should improve long-term ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Norris RM,White HD

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of ventricular rate-adaptive pacing (VVIR) in the elderly was investigated in 12 patients with a mean age of 85 +/- 2 years (range 75-95 years) with implanted activity-initiated VVIR pacemakers. Although four patients had significant extracardiac diseases, all were capable of independent walking and self care...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lau CP,Wong CK,Tai YT,Fong PC,Li JP,Chung FL

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 24 weeks of treatment with simvastatin, a new HMG coenzyme A reductase inhibitor (dosages of 20 and 40 mg day-1) on serum lipid, lipoprotein and apolipoprotein A-I and B concentrations as well as safety parameters and subjective side effects were studied in 11 patients with familial (FH) and 10 patients ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mölgaard J,von Schenck H,Olsson AG

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To define the long-term outcome of patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome [ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), and non-STEMI and unstable angina acute coronary syndrome (ACS) without biomarker elevation] and to test the hypothesis that the GRACE (Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events) r...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Fox KA,Carruthers KF,Dunbar DR,Graham C,Manning JR,De Raedt H,Buysschaert I,Lambrechts D,Van de Werf F

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Determination of the influence of therapy with bisoprolol and nifedipine on the heart rate variability of patients from the Total Ischemic Burden Bisoprolol Study and examination of the prognostic value. METHODS AND RESULTS:Four hundred and twenty-two patients with stable angina were included. The heart rate vari...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Weber F,Schneider H,von Arnim T,Urbaszek W

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Long-term randomized comparisons of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in left main coronary (LM) disease and/or three-vessel disease (3VD) patients have been limited. This analysis compares 3-year outcomes in LM and/or 3VD patients treated with CABG or PCI with TAXU...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kappetein AP,Feldman TE,Mack MJ,Morice MC,Holmes DR,Ståhle E,Dawkins KD,Mohr FW,Serruys PW,Colombo A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old man suffering from effort angina pectoris had an anomalous origin of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) from the right sinus of Valsalva (RSV). The anomalous LAD with a small ostium and without other significant narrowing initially ran into the interventricular septum and subsequently the...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Takenaka T,Horimoto M,Fujiwara M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The optimal timing of intervention in non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) remains uncertain. The aim of this multicentre trial was to assess whether an immediate invasive approach is superior to an early invasive or a selective invasive approach with respect to reduction of large infarction. METHODS A...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Thiele H,Rach J,Klein N,Pfeiffer D,Hartmann A,Hambrecht R,Sick P,Eitel I,Desch S,Schuler G,LIPSIA-NSTEMI Trial Group.

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine men with chronic stable angina pectoris were investigated using stress electrocardiography (ECG) and stress transthoracic echocardiography by means of transoesophageal stimulation of the left atrium. At rest and after each stimulated frequency, ECG and 2-dimensional echocardiography combined with Doppler w...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Meluzín J,Novák M,Julínek J,Rihácek I,Urbánek D,Koukalová H,Toman J

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The present study was done to assess the role of sudden cardiac death (SCD) among the presenting manifestations of and fatalities from cardiac sarcoidosis (CS). METHODS AND RESULTS:We analysed altogether 351 cases of CS presenting from year 1998 through 2015 in Finland. There were 262 patients with a clinical dia...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ekström K,Lehtonen J,Nordenswan HK,Mäyränpää MI,Räisänen-Sokolowski A,Kandolin R,Simonen P,Pietilä-Effati P,Alatalo A,Utriainen S,Rissanen TT,Haataja P,Kokkonen J,Vihinen T,Miettinen H,Kaikkonen K,Kerola T,Kupari M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between pulse pressure (PP) and cardiovascular outcomes in a large, elderly, coronary artery disease (CAD) population with hypertension, and compare the predictive power of PP with other blood pressure measures. METHODS AND RESULTS:In INternational VErapamil...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bangalore S,Messerli FH,Franklin SS,Mancia G,Champion A,Pepine CJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the diagnostic accuracy of 256-row computed tomographic angiography (CTA) in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Non-invasive imaging of the coronary artery by CTA has increasingly been used in recent years. The accuracy of 256-row CTA has not yet been studied. We sought to assess the ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Chao SP,Law WY,Kuo CJ,Hung HF,Cheng JJ,Lo HM,Shyu KG

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After single chamber atrial pacemaker implantation, serial electrophysiologic studies were performed noninvasively at intervals of 3 months over a total period of 3 years in 24 patients with symptomatic sinus node dysfunction. All patients underwent invasive electrophysiologic studies before pacemaker implantation and...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van Mechelen R,Segers A,Hagemeijer F

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The increasing number of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) has prompted the development of recommendations for the management of these patients and for the organization of their healthcare. The aim of this report is to describe the delivery of care in Europe for adults with congenital cardiac anomalies. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Moons P,Engelfriet P,Kaemmerer H,Meijboom FJ,Oechslin E,Mulder BJ,Expert Committee of Euro Heart Survey on Adult Congenital Heart Disease.

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased arteriolar tone is the pathophysiological hallmark of essential hypertension and is determined by the intracellular free calcium concentration in the vascular smooth muscle cell. Calcium influx is an important determinant of vasoconstriction and excess calcium influx-dependent vasoconstriction has been shown...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Erne P,Conen D,Kiowski W,Bolli P,Müller FB,Bühler FR

更新日期：1987-11-01 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：AIMS:Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR amyloidosis) is a heterogeneous disorder with cardiac, neurologic, and mixed phenotypes. We describe the phenotypic and genotypic profiles of this disease in continental Western Europe as it appears from the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Survey (THAOS). METHODS AND RESULTS:THAOS is an ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Damy T,Kristen AV,Suhr OB,Maurer MS,Planté-Bordeneuve V,Yu CR,Ong ML,Coelho T,Rapezzi C,THAOS Investigators.

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial catecholamine concentrations were determined in endomyocardial biopsies from patients with heart failure to assess if tissue catecholamine levels relate to the severity of myocardial damage or the aetiology of the underlying disease. Methodological studies revealed a good reproducibility of catecholamine de...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Regitz V,Leuchs B,Bossaller C,Sehested J,Rappolder M,Fleck E

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis and management of patients with renovascular disease and hypertension continue to elude healthcare providers. The advent of novel imaging and interventional techniques, and increased understanding of the pathways leading to irreversible renal injury and renovascular hypertension, have ushered in commenda...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Baumgartner I,Lerman LO

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding limits the use of antiplatelet and anticoagulant drugs. Risk factors for GI bleeding in post- myocardial infarction (MI) patients have not been well defined. We sought to identify risk factors for GI bleeding in patients following MI. METHODS AND RESULTS:The VALsartan In...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Moukarbel GV,Signorovitch JE,Pfeffer MA,McMurray JJ,White HD,Maggioni AP,Velazquez EJ,Califf RM,Scheiman JM,Solomon SD

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the relations between genetic loci, plasma lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among diabetic patients and compare with the observations in the general population. METHODS AND RESULTS:In two prospective cohorts of patients with type 2 diabetes (n= 2308) from the Nurses'...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Qi Q,Workalemahu T,Zhang C,Hu FB,Qi L

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To estimate the incidence of dementia after the first atrial fibrillation (AF), and its impact on survival in a community-based cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS:Olmsted County, Minnesota adult residents diagnosed with first AF during 1986-2000 were identified, and followed until 2004. The primary outcome was new detec...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Miyasaka Y,Barnes ME,Petersen RC,Cha SS,Bailey KR,Gersh BJ,Casaclang-Verzosa G,Abhayaratna WP,Seward JB,Iwasaka T,Tsang TS

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00