Effects of local steroid elution on chronic pacing threshold and impedance of endocardial pacemaker leads.

abstract：:In earlier studies by our group it was shown that the urinary tetrahydroaldosterone excretion is a more reliable test for the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism than aldosterone-18-glucuronide ('urinary aldosterone'). However, in several patients with primary aldosteronism even the tetrahydroaldosterone values remaine...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Abdelhamid S,Lewicka S,Vecsei P,Winter J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accessory mitral valve tissue is a rare anomaly of embryologic development of the endocardial cushion and may cause substantial and progressive obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract. Subaortic obstruction resulting from accessory mitral tissue is most likely due to systolic ballooning of the tissue into th...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Uslu N,Gorgulu S,Yildirim A,Eren M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic hypothermia is currently used to reduce neurological ischemic damage in postcardiac arrest patients. Nevertheless, it has been associated with relevant side effects such as infections, bleeding, hypotension and hyperkalemia. Although hypothermia-induced coronary spasm is rare, its occurrence needs to be co...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Todaro MC,Oreto L,Gupta A,Bajwa T,Khandheria BK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An abundance of clinical trial data indicates that lipid-regulating therapy reduces coronary artery disease morbidity and mortality. In patients with established coronary artery disease, lipid regulation has been shown to attenuate progression of atherosclerosis and extend survival. In primary prevention, a clear bene...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Gotto AM Jr

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 6-min walk test (6MWT) is a simple and inexpensive exercise test to evaluate physical functional capacity that is widely used in heart failure (HF) patients. With the 6MWT, a distance <350 m is associated with increased mortality in patients with HF, and change in walking distance >50 m is considered clinically re...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Sgorbini L,Rossetti A,Galati A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to investigate the feasibility and effects of intramuscular injections of autologous bone marrow cells (BMC) combined with off-pump coronary artery bypass grafts (OPCAB) on improving cardiac function in chronic myocardial infarction patients. METHODS:Ninety patients with chronic myocardial ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Wang H,Wang Z,Jiang H,Ma D,Zhou W,Zhang G,Chen W,Huang J,Liu Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal systolic anterior (SAM) motion of the mitral valve without asymmetric hypertrophy of the interventricular septum was observed in 16 patients (group 1). 5 of the 16 patients had no other evidence of heart disease and the remaining 11 had a variety of cardiac disorders. Left ventricular dimensions, septal and p...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Udoshi M,Shah A,Fisher VJ,Dolgin M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the frequency and outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in patients with a wide spectrum of acute coronary syndromes (ACS). METHODS AND RESULTS:We prospectively enrolled 10,484 ACS patients from 103 hospitals in 25 countries across Europe and the Mediterranean basin. Of the 10,204 pa...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Solodky A,Behar S,Boyko V,Battler A,Hasdai D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Oral reversible platelet P2Y12 receptor inhibitors (ticagrelor and elinogrel) cause double-digit rates of dyspnea, while irreversible oral antiplatelet drugs (aspirin, ticlopidoine, clopidogrel, and prasugrel) or intravenous glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors (abciximab, eptifibatide, or tirofiban) do not increas...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Serebruany VL,Sibbing D,DiNicolantonio JJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary arteries in diabetic patients appear to be narrower than in normal subjects, but this has not been examined systematically. To investigate this hypothesis we reviewed the data of 711 consecutive patients with angiographically 'normal coronary arteries'. Excluded were patients with valvular, myocardial or peri...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Mosseri M,Nahir M,Rozenman Y,Lotan C,Admon D,Raz I,Gotsman MS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electromechanical events occurring during acute myocardial ischemia were assessed in 10 patients who developed spontaneous angina during cardiac catheterization. Aortic pressure and electrocardiogram were recorded, and heart rate and systolic and diastolic time intervals were measured under control conditions, at ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ferro G,Saccà L,Piscione F,Spinelli L,Spadafora M,Duilio C,Chiariello M

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To compare weight loss efficacy, safety and tolerability of sibutramine and placebo in mildly to moderately obese hypertensive subjects; to assess the effect of weight loss on blood pressure. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, parallel-group; 3-week placebo run-in and 12-week treatment phase. SETTING:Nine ho...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Hazenberg BP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possible role of endothelin in coronary vasoconstriction contributing to the development of myocardial ischemia, plasma endothelin concentrations at rest and during atrial pacing-induced myocardial ischemia have been measured in blood samples drawn from the aorta and coronary sinus in 12 patients wi...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Vojácek J,Rohác J,Jindra A Jr,Jáchymová M,Savlíková J,Kmonicek P,Simek S,Horký K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiarrhythmic effects of tiapamil were investigated in 48 patients, mean age 54, with acute myocardial infarction and ventricular arrhythmias. 9 had ventricular tachycardia, 6 ventricular fibrillation, and 33 multifocal premature ventricular contractions. Before and after therapy, ECG parameters, left ventricular...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Lessem J

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The severe teratogenic side effects of thalidomide led to its well-publicized withdrawal in the 1970s, but as it is cautiously being reintroduced into clinical use, new adverse effects are being described. A 65-year-old male with multiple myeloma received chemotherapy which included cyclophosphamide, thalidomide and d...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ali A,Hothi SS,Thompson A,Malik N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to elucidate the mechanism that induces an improvement in exercise capacity by nitrates in patients with stable effort angina pectoris. The study population was composed of 19 patients: group A, 10 patients with chronic stable effort angina who had a well-developed coronary collateral cir...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ohno A,Fujita M,Miwa K,Ejiri M,Asanoi H,Sasayama S

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A smooth muscle layer exists in the parietal endocardium. Notwithstanding previous pioneer work, little has been known on the phenotypes of these smooth muscles. In humans as in animals, smooth muscles show two distinct phenotypes, the 'synthetic' and 'contractile' states, which can be differentiated on the basis of t...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Suzuki T,Aikawa M,Kuro-o M,Watanabe M,Kimura K,Yazaki Y,Nagai R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the role of platelet-derived growth factor-B (PDGF-B)/platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β (PDGFR-β) signaling in chronic atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS:Thirty-nine AF patients and 33 patients with sinus rhythm (SR) were enrolled. Twenty canines were randomized into 5 groups: control, sham...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Jiang Z,Zhong G,Wen L,Hong Y,Fang S,Sun P,Li S,Li S,Feng G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to assess the contribution of clinical, electrocardiographic and exercise hemodynamic variables to the prediction of normalization on resting reinjection scintigraphy of persistent thallium-201 (201Tl) myocardial perfusion defects seen with exercise and 2- to 4-hour delayed (redistribution) ima...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Shammas NW,Schwartz RG,Pomerantz RM,Murphy GW,Hall WJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute stent thrombosis (AST) is a rare but life-threatening complication of coronary artery stenting. AST remains a challenging task for cardiologists, despite the application of modern procedural techniques and dual-antiplatelet therapy strategies as well as improved understanding of the underlying pathophysiology. T...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ge J,Yu H,Li J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The D1790G mutation was found in all 24 patients of an extended long QT family but not in 200 chromosomes carried by healthy individuals. We describe a 37-year-old man presenting with a typical spontaneous type 1 Brugada pattern who in electrophysiological testing had easily inducible ventricular fibrillation. At the ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Blich M,Efrati E,Marai I,Suleiman M,Gepstein L,Boulous M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Electrocardiographic (ECG) ST segment elevation lasting 2 or more weeks following Q wave myocardial infarction has been associated with 'ventricular aneurysm' and absence of tissue viability. Regional systolic dysfunction may reflect either viable myocardium or scar. Positron emission-tomographic (PET) imaging ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Saber W,Nishime EO,Brunken RC,Apperson-Hansen C,Mills RM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrovasodilators relax vascular smooth muscle by stimulating soluble guanylate cyclase (GC). The resulting rise in cGMP probably initiates Ca extrusion from the smooth muscle cell which causes relaxation. Since repeated administration of organic nitrates, particularly nitroglycerin, leads to tolerance, i.e. a decreas...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Kukovetz WR,Holzmann S,Romanin C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We undertook this study to assess the relationship between presentation pattern and mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. METHODS:This registry included 10,455 patients with ACS, of whom 2,853 patients had ST-segment elevation myocardial infa...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Ndrepepa G,Mehilli J,Schulz S,Iijima R,Keta D,Byrne RA,Pache J,Seyfarth M,Schömig A,Kastrati A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water immersion-induced skin wrinkling (WISW) is dependent on intact peripheral sympathetic function. WISW was hypothesized to reflect autonomic function in subjects without peripheral neuropathy. We prospectively studied 70 healthy subjects (aged 31 ± 8 years, 63% females) without cardiovascular risk factors or neuro...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Win S,Salciccioli L,Kamran H,Baweja P,Stewart M,Lazar JM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Risk factors like hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and smoking contribute to the pathogenesis of atherothrombosis. We investigated whether the multiplicity of risk factors for atherothrombosis is associated with leukocyte activation. METHODS:We examined the availability of CD11b/CD18 antigen on ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Berliner S,Rogowski O,Rotstein R,Fusman R,Shapira I,Bornstein NM,Prochorov V,Roth A,Keren G,Eldor A,Zeltser D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) report an association of valvular heart disease (VHD) with cerebral infarcts and central neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE). However, TEE cannot be routinely used. AIM:To determine if VHD detected by transthoracic echocardiogra...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Roldan CA,Gelgand EA,Qualls CR,Sibbitt WL Jr

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports documented the inhibitory efficacy of different doses of aspirin on arachidonic acid (AA)-induced platelet aggregation, however, the sensitivity of platelets toward other agonists as well as the effects of aspirin on platelet and plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) release and levels were...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Mousa SA,Forsythe MS,Bozarth JM,Reilly TM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a patient with transient WPW syndrome the electrocardiographic pattern of preexcitation could repeatedly be induced by carotid sinus massage during isoprenaline infusion. Adrenergic and cholinergic discharge may favor the conduction of the impulse over an accessory nonfunctional A-V bundle. ...

journal_title：Cardiology

authors： Gavrilescu S

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00