Coronary artery size in mitral regurgitation and its regression after mitral valve surgery.

abstract：:Plasma cholesterol levels were measured in 15,892 participants of a cholesterol screening in Hartford, Connecticut. The screenees were typically health conscious as evidenced by the low prevalence of current cigarette smoking (12%). However, more than 25% of the men and 35% of the women over the age of 50 years had ch...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wynder EL,Harris RE,Haley NJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the frequency and significance of left ventricular wall motion abnormalities in patients without clinical evidence of myocardial infarction, we reviewed the two-dimensional echocardiograms of 252 patients who had no history or electrocardiographic evidence of myocardial infarction and who subsequently und...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Lewis SJ,Sawada SG,Ryan T,Segar DS,Armstrong WF,Feigenbaum H

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined intraindividual variability in serum TC in 2912 men and women having TC measured at each of biennial examinations 2 through 7 of the FHS. RMSE described variability around the linear slope of an individual's TC during the baseline decade. Average biennial difference +/- SD was +3.7 +/- 6.7 mg/dl in men, +6...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kreger BE,Odell PM,D'Agostino RB,Wilson PF

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anemia in heart failure is both common and associated with worse symptoms and increased mortality. Several small randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have assessed erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs), but definitive evaluation and clinical guidance are required. We sought to systematically review the eff...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kotecha D,Ngo K,Walters JA,Manzano L,Palazzuoli A,Flather MD

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We attempted to determine whether exercise-induced silent myocardial ischemia has different clinical implications in patients with and without pathologic Q waves. We studied 152 patients (121 men and 31 women) who had ischemic ST depression (greater than or equal to 0.05 mV) during exercise tests and greater than or e...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ozawa T,Ikeda K,Yamaki M,Kubota I,Tsuiki K,Yasui S

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitors can improve outcomes in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes but raise the risk of bleeding, particularly if dosed in excess. The impact of GP IIb/IIIa dosing feedback on safety and major bleeding is unknown. METHODS:Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa dosi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Mudrick DW,Chen AY,Roe MT,Newby LK,Gibler WB,Ohman EM,Peterson ED,Alexander KP

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Noninvasive estimation of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) with Doppler-derived mitral inflow pattern has been shown to correlate well with invasively measured PCWP; however, it has not yet been determined whether Doppler-derived mitral inflow pattern can be used to estimate PCWP accurately in heart...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Richards DR,Gilliland Y,Bernal JA,Smart FW,Stapleton DD,Ventura HO,Cheirif J

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 127 patients with chronic heart failure referred to our exercise laboratory were studied retrospectively to identify parameters predictive of prognosis. Patients were followed for a mean of 14.6 months. The group as a whole had severe ventricular dysfunction with a median ejection fraction of 17% and a medi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Parameshwar J,Keegan J,Sparrow J,Sutton GC,Poole-Wilson PA

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have explored the systolic time intervals of 52 patients with angina pectoris at the time of their hospitalization in our wards. Our results are in close agreement with published data, essentially indicating prolongation of the preejection time and shortening of the ejection time. These alterations of systolic time...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Randazzo A,Sardella F,Martinotti R,Daffara G,Parziale M,Cremonesi G

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies with dexamethasone-eluting stents could not elucidate the role of dexamethasone in the prevention of neointimal hyperplasia because they did not compare their results with a control group. We prospectively evaluated the clinical and angiographic outcomes of dexamethasone-eluting stents, comp...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Han SH,Ahn TH,Kang WC,Oh KJ,Chung WJ,Shin MS,Koh KK,Choi IS,Shin EK

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Selenium is a central determinant of antioxidative glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPx-1) expression and activity. The relevance of selenium supplementation on GPx-1 in coronary artery disease (CAD) needs to be established. We assessed the effect of selenium supplementation on GPx-1 in cell culture and on endothel...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Schnabel R,Lubos E,Messow CM,Sinning CR,Zeller T,Wild PS,Peetz D,Handy DE,Munzel T,Loscalzo J,Lackner KJ,Blankenberg S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of nadolol (N) and propranolol (P) were studied in atrial and ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Interpretation of the results should take into account the dependence of the arrhythmia on the sympathetic tone, and the drug effect on the sinus node frequency. The day/night ratio of the sinus rate is too sensitiv...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Coumel P,Escoubet B,Attuel P

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred two patients with evolving myocardial infarction of 6 hours' duration were given aspirin and intravenous heparin and randomly allocated to intravenous front-loaded, weight-adjusted rTPA administration over a 90-minute period (52 patients) or to two 15 mg doses of recombinant staphylokinase, 30 minutes apar...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Vanderschueren S,Dens J,Kerdsinchai P,Desmet W,Vrolix M,De Man F,Van den Heuvel P,Hermans L,Collen D,Van de Werf F

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocarditis is a rare manifestation of disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum infection. A 22-year-old man presented with a seven month history of fever, weight loss, and progressive aortic insufficiency. The diagnosis of H. capsulatum was suggested by a diagnostic rise in complement fixation titers and positive echocar...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Blair TP,Waugh RA,Pollack M,Ashworth HE,Young NA,Anderson SE,Bem TP

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) substantially improves the early detection of myocardial injury, it lacks specificity for acute myocardial infarction (MI). In suspected non-ST-elevation MI, invasive coronary angiography (ICA) remains necessary to distinguish between acute MI and noncorona...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Smulders MW,Kietselaer BL,Das M,Wildberger JE,Crijns HJ,Veenstra LF,Brunner-La Rocca HP,van Dieijen-Visser MP,Mingels AM,Dagnelie PC,Post MJ,Gorgels AP,van Asselt AD,Vogel G,Schalla S,Kim RJ,Bekkers SC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with diabetes have an increased incidence and severity of ischemic heart disease, which leads to an increased requirement for coronary revascularization. Comparative information regarding mode of revascularization--coronary artery bypass graft surgery surgery (CABG) or percutaneous coronary interven...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Kapur A,Malik IS,Bagger JP,Anderson JR,Kooner JS,Thomas M,Punjabi P,Mayet J,Millane T,Goedicke J,Jamrozik K,de Belder MA,Hall RJ,Beatt KJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present experiments were conducted on isolated dog hearts to demonstrate that conduction disturbances can be induced in the bundle branches by transection of about 50 per cent of the cross-sectional area of the His bundle on the right or left side. The His bundle, the posterior and anterior divisions of left bundl...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Fabregas RA,Tse WW,Han J

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess whether pharmacologic preconditioning by exogenous or endogenous adenosine prevents the deterioration of hemodynamic function and left ventricular performance during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Ischemic preconditioning renders the heart more ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Heidland UE,Heintzen MP,Schwartzkopff B,Strauer BE

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research has shown that vaccination with Streptococcus pneumoniae reduced the extent of atherosclerosis in experimental animal models. It is thought that phosphorylcholine lipid antigens in the S. pneumoniae cell wall induce the production of antibodies that cross-react with oxidized low-density lipoprotein,...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Ren S,Hure A,Peel R,D'Este C,Abhayaratna W,Tonkin A,Hopper I,Thrift AG,Levi C,Sturm J,Durrheim D,Hung J,Briffa T,Chew DP,Anderson P,Moon L,McEvoy M,Hansbro P,Newby D,Attia J,AUSPICE study group.

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study is to assess incidence and risk factors for severe renal dysfunction in patients requiring oral anticoagulation to help guide initial drug choice and provide a rational basis for interval monitoring of renal function for patients prescribed non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants. METHOD...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Fanola CL,Mooney D,Cowan AJ,Ko D,Sisson EK,Henault LE,Tripodis Y,Hylek EM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the role of oxidative stress in exercise intolerance in patients with heart failure, a symptom-limited exercise test was performed with a bicycle ergometer in 12 patients with heart failure and in 7 members of a healthy control group. Level of plasma malondialdehyde, a marker of lipid peroxidation, at rest w...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Nishiyama Y,Ikeda H,Haramaki N,Yoshida N,Imaizumi T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study were to determine the specificity of the head-up tilt test in normal subjects when a graded isoproterenol infusion is used, and to evaluate the role of dynamic ventricular volume change during head-up tilt as a mechanism of syncope. We prospectively studied 12 normal volunteers, each of whom ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Nwosu EA,Rahko PS,Hanson P,Grogan EW Jr

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More than three fourths of patients with heart failure (HF) are 65 years and older, and older age is associated with worse symptoms and prognoses than is younger age. Reduced exercise capacity is a chief HF complaint and indicates poorer prognosis, especially among elderly persons, but the mechanisms underly...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Forman DE,Clare R,Kitzman DW,Ellis SJ,Fleg JL,Chiara T,Fletcher G,Kraus WE,HF-ACTION Investigators.

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite a survival benefit and guideline recommendation for beta-blockers in left ventricular systolic dysfunction, beta-blockers are underused in clinical practice. METHODS:Medical practices with > or = 15 patients with heart failure (HF) in the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease (DDCD) were identifi...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： LaPointe NM,DeLong ER,Chen A,Hammill BG,Muhlbaier LH,Califf RM,Kramer JM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even mild depressive symptoms during hospitalization are an independent risk factor for mortality after acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The mortality risk is highest for patients whose depressive symptoms persist after ACS. Low adherence to medications that reduce the risk of subsequent cardiac events may be...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Rieckmann N,Kronish IM,Haas D,Gerin W,Chaplin WF,Burg MM,Vorchheimer D,Davidson KW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the relation between the angiographic collateral grade (Rentrop's classification) and the collateral flow velocity pattern in 43 patients with angina pectoris. Collateral flow velocity was measured with a Doppler guide wire during balloon occlusion in coronary angioplasty. Collateral flow was detected ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Yamada T,Okamoto M,Sueda T,Hashimoto M,Kajiyama G

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamic and echocardiographic data from 33 consecutive patients undergoing cardiac transplantation were correlated with endomyocardial biopsy results to determine whether reversible restrictive hemodynamics accompany histologic evidence of transplant rejection. During the study period 251 biopsy specimens were obt...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Wilensky RL,Bourdillon PD,O'Donnell JA,Sharp SM,Armstrong WF,Fineberg NS,Himes V,Waller BF

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peak exercise oxygen consumption (peak VO2) is an important discriminator of survival in patients with systolic heart failure and is used to select ambulatory patients for transplantation. The major trials assessing the relationship between peak VO2 and survival have used a variety of low-level exercise prot...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Strzelczyk TA,Cusick DA,Pfeifer PB,Bondmass MD,Quigg RJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antihypertensive efficacy, safety, and lipid effects of doxazosin, a selective alpha 1-inhibitor, were assessed in a general practice setting. Three hundred twenty-six patients were entered into the study, which involved three phases: (1) a 2-week baseline period, (2) an 8-week period in which patients received 1 ...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Naber FB

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cytochrome C, an electron carrier in the process of oxidative phosphorylation, on infarct size and regional left ventricular function after a coronary artery occlusion were investigated. Thus, in 30 dogs, 1 minute after left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion, 99mTc-labeled albumin microspher...

journal_title：American heart journal

authors： Zalewski A,Goldberg S,Krol R,Maroko PR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00