Selective alpha-1 inhibitors: first- or second-line antihypertensive agents?

abstract：:Bromocriptine-induced coronary spasm (BICS) causing myocardial infarction has been reported. Association between BICS and Takotsubo syndrome (TS) has not been described. We report on a 37-year-old woman presenting with a clinical picture of acute coronary syndrome 1 day after initiation of treatment with bromocriptine...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Y-Hassan S,Jernberg T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study aimed to evaluate the hypertension status of community residents, analyze environmental and epigenetic factors, and propose prevention measures for hypertension. METHODS:In our study, different methylation levels were distinguished utilizing melting temperature (Tm) values in both the case...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Lin J,Lin S,Wu Y,Wang X,Wu S,Li H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method is presented for decomposition of 99mTc-DTPA renal transfer functions (TF) into their capillary and tubular parts. Amplitudes and mean transit times of both parts were calculated and used for quantitative evaluation of renal perfusion, extraction and transport in 21 patients with renal artery stenosis. Th...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Szabó Z,Vosberg H,Torsello G,Sandmann W,Feinendegen LE

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:End-stage renal disease is associated with cardiac remodeling, which is partly reversible after kidney transplantation (KT). We aimed to determine the association of cardiovascular comorbidities or kidney-related factors with cardiac reverse remodeling after KT. METHODS:We performed echocardiography in 56 p...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Kobayashi M,Huttin O,Schikowski J,Bozec E,Zohra L,Frimat L,Girerd N,Girerd S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel group study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of selected antihypertensives (doxazosin, amlodipine, enalapril, and bendrofluazide) in maintaining 24-hour control of blood pressure (BP). The predictive value of ambulatory (A)BP versus clinic (C)BP measure...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ebbs D

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of cardiac metabolic intermediates, namely, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), H+, phosphocreatine (PCr), inorganic phosphate (Pi), adenosine diphosphate (ADP), and related functions of these intermediates, Gibbs' free energy of ATP hydrolysis (delta G) and phosphorylation ratio [ATP/(ADP.Pi)], are thought to adju...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Blum H,Ivanics T,Zhang D,Wroblewski K,Osbakken MD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen hypertensive patients and 14 normotensive control subjects were submitted to the oral glucose test and their plasma potassium, glucose and insulin levels were measured. Cardiovascular responses were evaluated by blood pressure and pulse rate measurements. Five of 14 hypertensive patients were hyperinsulinemic...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Muscelli EO,Abdalla Saad MJ,Rocha Gontijo JA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both coronary artery disease and aging produce a similar pattern of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction with increased left atrial (LA) activity. We studied the Doppler left ventricular filling pattern in 75 patients (age 40-91 years) with coronary artery disease. A linear correlation with age was found for isovolu...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Zuccalà G,Cocchi A,Lattanzio F,Bernabei R,Carbonin PU

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Niacin is underutilized due to flushing, which occurs in over 90% of niacin-treated patients. Laropiprant (LRPT) reduces flushing associated with niacin. This study compared flushing with a combination tablet of extended-release (ER) niacin (ERN)/LRPT to niacin ER (N-ER; without LRPT) during the first week of...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Kush D,Hu DY,Ye P,Kim HS,Chen E,Sirah W,McCrary Sisk C,Paolini JF,Maccubbin D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate a polymorphism of the apolipoprotein J (APOJ) gene in relation to coronary artery disease (CAD) and lipid variables in a Chinese male population of genetically unrelated individuals. METHODS:In this study, we recruited 126 control male subjects and 237 CAD male patients. CAD was defined as a ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Pan JP,Wei SL,Chiang SC,Lee-Chen GJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A laminar color Doppler flow was discovered in the pericardial space in a 35-year-old man with postpericardiotomy effusive constrictive pericarditis. The flow was detected by transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography. A further pulsed Doppler study revealed a to-and-fro flow, which was synchronized with the cardi...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Lai LP,Shyu KG,Chang CI,Ko YL,Kuan P,Lien WP

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic valve myxoma is an extremely rare cardiac tumour. We describe a 60-year-old woman found to have an aortic valve myxoma and a patent foramen ovale (PFO) presenting as a stroke. In view of the recurrent cerebral ischaemic events, the aortic valve myxoma was surgically removed and the PFO was closed. To the best o...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Koyalakonda SP,Mediratta NK,Ball J,Royle M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracopagus conjoined twins were delivered at 31 weeks gestation by cesarean section. Although there was a single heart, the possibility of salvaging one twin only was contemplated. Echocardiography revealed an A-V canal and suspected transposition of the great vessels. To determine the possibility of surgery, cardia...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Kaplan M,Glaser J,Eidelman AI

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of the transfemoral left-ventricular assist device Hemopump (HP; 21 Fr outer diameter) was examined in experiments with adult sheep in two different models of cardiogenic shock (tachycardia shock; ischemia shock), and during ventricular fibrillation. During tachycardia (high frequency pacing-induced; n = ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Scholz KH,Hering JP,Schröder T,Uhlig P,Kreuzer H,Hellige G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to determine factors that are related to atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) release in normal subjects, 10 male volunteers were studied at rest supine, sitting and during treadmill exercise. Echocardiography was used to measure atrial volumes, and a Swan-Ganz catheter was used to measure right atrial pressu...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hossack KF,Adair OV,Crowley ST

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to retrospectively analyze risk factors, diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal (GI) complications following cardiac operations. METHODS:Patients who developed GI complications after a cardiac operation were studied. Anesthesia protocols, techniques of cardiac surgery, potenti...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Vassiliou I,Papadakis E,Arkadopoulos N,Theodoraki K,Marinis A,Theodosopoulos T,Palatianos G,Smyrniotis V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a disease of major public health importance among women. In light of this fact, attention has focused recently on the differential expression of the disease in women as compared to men. This review will attempt to describe the characteristics of CAD among women from a population-b...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Pagley PR,Goldberg RJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recently, we reported that low-dose landiolol (1.5 µg·kg(-1)·min(-1)), an ultra-short-acting β-blocker, safely decreased the heart rate (HR) in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and sinus tachycardia, thereby improving cardiac function. We investigated whether low-dose landiolol effective...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Kobayashi S,Murakami W,Myoren T,Tateishi H,Okuda S,Doi M,Nao T,Wada Y,Matsuzaki M,Yano M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular adaptation to the sudden inflation of a balloon in the descending aorta was investigated in intact awake, standing dogs. The balloon inflation raised pressure in the arterial bed proximal from the balloon. Initially, it lowered heart rate and cardiac output. After 4 sec, heart rate and cardiac output be...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ehrlich W,Rodriguez-Lopez E

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protruding aortic plaques--especially those with mobile properties--on transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) are a potential source of stroke and systemic embolism in the elderly. Whether the various morphologies of atheromas with mobile components represent potential differences in the risk for embolic events has no...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Tenenbaum A,Fisman EZ,Schneiderman J,Stroh CI,Shemesh J,Schwammenthal E,Vered Z,Motro M

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure is a huge healthcare issue not only for clinicians but for healthcare managers also, with increasing pressure to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of therapies especially for common chronic conditions. The cost-effectiveness of heart failure treatments relate to their effects on the progression of the d...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Giles T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid-lowering agents are used with the purpose of ameliorating hyperlipoproteinemias, in order to prevent arterial disease. Lipid-lowering drugs can be classified into absorbable agents and into nonabsorbable compounds, acting within the gastrointestinal lumen. Absorbable drugs (fibric acids, nicotinic acid, probucol...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Sirtori CR,Manzoni C,Lovati MR

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old girl presented with incessant ventricular tachycardia complicating acute Coxsackie B3 myocarditis. Electrophysiologic assessment revealed that the tachycardia could not be terminated, overdrive suppressed or accelerated by programmed electrical stimulation, but was transiently slowed by intravenous adeno...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Tai YT,Lau CP,Fong PC,Li JP,Lee KL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since recent studies demonstrated an impaired outcome after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in patients with chronic renal failure but did not address the aetiology of renal failure, we now analysed the outcome of patients with diabetic nephropathy in 721 consecutive patients undergoing PCI. Diabetic nephrop...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Reinecke H,Matzkies F,Fobker M,Breithardt G,Schaefer RM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with coronary artery disease can exhibit substantial vascular involvement; and vascular patients have a high incidence of coronary disease. Combined coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and treatment of extracranial cerebrovascular disease was performed in 52 patients, presenting strong indications for surg...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Carrel T,Stillhard G,Turina M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in echocardiography have made possible simple, noninvasive evaluation of the heart. We report the echocardiographic findings in a case of intrapericardial bronchogenic cyst. The patient, a 36-year-old woman, was hospitalized because of pericarditis. Echocardiography revealed a large unilocular cystic structur...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Shimizu M,Takeda R,Mifune J,Tanaka T

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:β-Thalassemias are inherited hemolytic anemias with a broad phenotype and an increased rate of vascular complications despite a near absence of coronary artery disease. METHODS:We investigated the presence of endothelial dysfunction and subclinical atherosclerosis in non-transfusion-dependent patients with ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hahalis G,Kalogeropoulos A,Terzis G,Tselepis AD,Kourakli A,Mylona P,Grapsas N,Alexopoulos D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:CHADS(2) score predicts embolic risk in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), but also bleeding risk in patients receiving oral anticoagulation (OAC). Our objective is to analyze the effectiveness and safety of OAC in patients with NVAF in daily clinical practice, according to embolic risk ev...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ruiz Ortiz M,Romo E,Mesa D,Delgado M,Anguita M,Castillo JC,Arizón JM,Suárez de Lezo J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiomyopathy (CMP) in children is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders. Disease-associated mutations have been identified in more than 50 genes. Recently, mutations in the mitochondrial tRNA processing gene, ELAC2, were reported to be associated with the recessively inherited form o...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Shinwari ZMA,Almesned A,Alakhfash A,Al-Rashdan AM,Faqeih E,Al-Humaidi Z,Alomrani A,Alghamdi M,Colak D,Alwadai A,Rababh M,Al-Fayyadh M,Al-Hassnan ZN

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Assuming an immune component in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, we have investigated a possible association between coronary artery disease (CAD) and the acid phosphatase locus 1 (ACP1) genetic polymorphism, which has previously been found to be associated with immune disorders. METHODS:226 subjects ad...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Banci M,Saccucci P,D'Annibale F,Dofcaci A,Trionfera G,Magrini A,Bottini N,Bottini E,Gloria-Bottini F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00