Impedance cardiography during exercise in patients with coronary heart disease.

abstract：AIMS:Morphological characteristics of non-significant coronary plaques (NSCPs) that develop rapid progression have not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to clarify the morphological characteristics of NSCPs in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) using intravascular optical coherence tomography (O...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Uemura S,Ishigami K,Soeda T,Okayama S,Sung JH,Nakagawa H,Somekawa S,Takeda Y,Kawata H,Horii M,Saito Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Torsade de pointes may occur as a complication of amiodarone therapy. We report a patient receiving amiodarone who was resuscitated from cardiovascular collapse and documented ventricular fibrillation. At subsequent electrophysiology study, while the patient was taking amiodarone therapy, monophasic action potentials ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Morgan JM,Lopes A,Rowland E

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia and one which may cause pilot incapacitation. In many cases there may be no more than one episode and there will be no organic heart disease. Prediction of the risk of recurrence is not possible. Atrial fibrillation in both paroxysmal and persistent forms should be disqualify...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bennett D

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nadolol in modifying the standard deviation of RR intervals (SDRR) and the coefficient of variance (CV) in 47 patients characterized by symptomatic, frequent (> 30 h-1) and reproducible premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). Sixteen patients had suffered a previo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pitzalis MV,Mastropasqua F,Massari F,Totaro P,Passantino A,Rizzon P

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether left ventricular hypertrophy in elite cyclists is associated with functional changes or abnormal energy metabolism. Left ventricular hypertrophy is a powerful risk factor for sudden cardiac death with different prognostic significance among the various geometric forms. Cyclists may have a combi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pluim BM,Chin JC,De Roos A,Doornbos J,Siebelink HM,Van der Laarse A,Vliegen HW,Lamerichs RM,Bruschke AV,Van der Wall EE

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH) is a rare life-threatening condition characterized by markedly elevated circulating levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and accelerated, premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD). Given recent insights into the heterogeneity of geneti...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Cuchel M,Bruckert E,Ginsberg HN,Raal FJ,Santos RD,Hegele RA,Kuivenhoven JA,Nordestgaard BG,Descamps OS,Steinhagen-Thiessen E,Tybjærg-Hansen A,Watts GF,Averna M,Boileau C,Borén J,Catapano AL,Defesche JC,Hovingh GK,Hump

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To test whether N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) was independently associated with, and improved the prediction of, cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a primary prevention cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS:In the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS), a cohort of middle-aged men with hy...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Welsh P,Doolin O,Willeit P,Packard C,Macfarlane P,Cobbe S,Gudnason V,Di Angelantonio E,Ford I,Sattar N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Fetuin-A has been identified as a potent circulating inhibitor of ectopic calcification. We investigated the relationship between baseline fetuin-A serum levels and the rate of progression of aortic valve calcification (AVC) in non-dialyzed patients with aortic valve disease (AVD). METHODS AND RESULTS:Seventy-sev...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Koos R,Brandenburg V,Mahnken AH,Mühlenbruch G,Stanzel S,Günther RW,Floege J,Jahnen-Dechent W,Kelm M,Kühl HP

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims To explore the cost-effectiveness of alternative methods of screening family members for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the most common monogenic cardiac disorder and the most frequent cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young people. Methods and results Economic decision model comparing cascade screening ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wordsworth S,Leal J,Blair E,Legood R,Thomson K,Seller A,Taylor J,Watkins H

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study 27 post-myocardial infarction patients were treated with Persantin capsules (Depot-Kapseln, sustained release form), containing 200 mg dipyridamole, b.i.d. over a period of 3 weeks. Baseline levels for plasma beta-thromboglobulin (BTG), platelet factor 4 (PF4), and serum thromboxane B2 (TXB2) were...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Safai-Kutti S,Kutti J,Vedin A,Wilhelmsson C

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical management of refractory heart failure remains challenging, with a high rate of rehospitalizations despite advances in medical and device therapy. Care can be provided in person, via telehomecare (by telephone), or telemonitoring, which involves wireless technology for remote follow-up. Telemonitoring wireles...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hasan A,Paul V

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe primary mitral regurgitation (MR) has a poor outcome if left uncorrected. Successful mitral valve repair has the unique potential to restore normal life expectancy and is superior to valve replacement. Despite this, mitral repair is performed relatively infrequently and many patients with potentially reparable ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ray S,Chambers J,Gohlke-Baerwolf C,Bridgewater B

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exercise test was performed in 455 patients in the third week after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). One hundred and seventeen (26%) of them were considered as having a complicated AMI. During a follow-up of 4.5 years their mortality was 49% vs 23% in the remaining patients with uncomplicated AMI. The survival of...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Saunamaki KI,Andersen JD

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Transplant-associated coronary artery disease (TxCAD) is a major cause of post-transplant graft failure. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible role of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) deficiency and complement activation in TxCAD. METHODS AND RESULTS:In a prospective study of heart transplant recipients...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Fiane AE,Ueland T,Simonsen S,Scott H,Endresen K,Gullestad L,Geiran OR,Haraldsen G,Heggelund L,Andreassen AK,Wergeland R,Frøland S,Aukrust P,Mollnes TE

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and abnormal non-invasive measures of LV diastolic function are common in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) but their prognostic importance is uncertain. This study aimed to determine whether tissue Doppler measures of LV systolic and/or diastolic function or echocardiogra...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Stewart RA,Kerr AJ,Whalley GA,Legget ME,Zeng I,Williams MJ,Lainchbury J,Hamer A,Doughty R,Richards MA,White HD,New Zealand Heart Valve Study Investigators.

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes the delayed improvement of left ventricular function by recanalization of an occluded coronary artery in a patient with intractable heart failure and three-vessel disease. The left anterior descending coronary artery was occluded distal to the first septal branch, the dominant right coronary...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Klein HH,Neuhaus KL

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of oral sotalol were compared with the findings obtained in the baseline study of a group of 26 consecutive patients with sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation and inducible ventricular tachycardia. The mean age was 62 years and the mean ejection fraction 33%. The number...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jordaens LJ,Palmer A,Clement DL

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to assess the impact of the new 'Shahal' (pre-hospital cardiac service) on subscribers' 'decision time'. A professional 24-h mobile emergency cardiac service has been set up, monitored by intensive care nurses via a central computerized operation unit. All subscribers carry a cardiobe...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Roth A,Herling M,Vishlitzki V

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is well established as an important diagnostic tool in medicine. However, the presence of a cardiac pacemaker is usually regarded as a contraindication for MRI due to safety reasons. In this study, heating effects at the myocardium-pacemaker lead tip interface have been investigate...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Luechinger R,Zeijlemaker VA,Pedersen EM,Mortensen P,Falk E,Duru F,Candinas R,Boesiger P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical expert consensus statement on takotsubo syndrome (TTS) part II focuses on the diagnostic workup, outcome, and management. The recommendations are based on interpretation of the limited clinical trial data currently available and experience of international TTS experts. It summarizes the diagnostic approac...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ghadri JR,Wittstein IS,Prasad A,Sharkey S,Dote K,Akashi YJ,Cammann VL,Crea F,Galiuto L,Desmet W,Yoshida T,Manfredini R,Eitel I,Kosuge M,Nef HM,Deshmukh A,Lerman A,Bossone E,Citro R,Ueyama T,Corrado D,Kurisu S,

更新日期：2018-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:It is only in the last few years that the broad-spectrum antiarrhythmic properties of sotalol have become increasingly recognized. Racemic sotalol has potent beta-blocking and class III antiarrhythmic properties, and it has been reported that this drug is able to control supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias. R...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Aliot E,Sadoul N,De Chillou C

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) may be difficult in cases without valve obstruction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of 111indium-labelled autologous platelet imaging in the detection of PVT. We studied 41 patients with 45 prostheses, mechanical (37) or biological (8), ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Acar J,Vahanian A,Dorent R,Fauchet M,Mundler O,Michel PL,Roger V,Cormier B

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In experimental studies the recovery of pressure distal to stenotic valve orifices has been well described. We evaluated the extent, determinants, and clinical importance of pressure recovery in patients with aortic valve stenosis. METHODS AND RESULTS:The study was performed in 37 patients with aortic valve steno...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Schöbel WA,Voelker W,Haase KK,Karsch KR

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable effort and large sums of money have been spent on constructing a risk profile for sudden death in the myocardial infarction survivor at the time of discharge from hospital. However, these patients are only a minority among those dying suddenly outside hospital. The majority of sudden death victims cannot ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wellens HJ,de Vreede J,Gorgels AP

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:There are limited data on the clinical implications of total physiologic atherosclerotic burden assessed by invasive physiologic studies in patients with coronary artery disease. We investigated the prognostic implications of total physiologic atherosclerotic burden assessed by total sum of fractional flow reserve...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lee JM,Koo BK,Shin ES,Nam CW,Doh JH,Hwang D,Park J,Kim KJ,Zhang J,Hu X,Wang J,Ahn C,Ye F,Chen S,Yang J,Chen J,Tanaka N,Yokoi H,Matsuo H,Takashima H,Shiono Y,Akasaka T

更新日期：2018-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms of ventricular arrhythmias were assessed by the application of ECG criteria derived from experimental electrophysiology. These interval criteria describe for ideal and modulated parasystole, resetable spontaneous automaticity, early and delayed afterdepolarizations and reentry, how QRS complexes of ectopic ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van Hemel NM,Swenne CA,Robles de Medina EO

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern-day stenting procedures leverage advances in pharmacotherapy and device innovation. Patients treated with contemporary antiplatelet agents, peri-procedural antithrombin therapy and new-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) have excellent outcomes over the short to medium term. Indeed, coupled with the reducing c...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Byrne RA,Joner M,Kastrati A

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:This study aimed to investigate the association between smoking cessation, post-cessation body mass index (BMI) change and risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in men. Methods and results:A prospective cohort study using the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) data set collected from 2002 to 2013 wa...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kim K,Park SM,Lee K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are a subset of lesions that present a considerable burden to cardiovascular patients. There exists a strong clinical desire to improve non-surgical options for CTO revascularization. While several techniques, devices, and guide wires have been developed and refined for use in CTOs, the...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Courtney BK,Munce NR,Anderson KJ,Thind AS,Leung G,Radau PE,Foster FS,Vitkin IA,Schwartz RS,Dick AJ,Wright GA,Strauss BH

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to most prospective epidemiologic studies, an earlier report from the British Regional Heart Study (BRHS) suggested that high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol in men aged 40-59 years was not a significant, independent, predictive risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), controlling for the composite...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Tyroler HA

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00