Association of conventional and exertional coronary heart disease risk factors in 5,000 apparently healthy men.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), despite adequate anticoagulation, ischemic stroke (IS) is an uncommon yet concerning occurrence. HYPOTHESIS:Specific laboratory parameters may affect the efficacy of warfarin despite therapeutic international normalized ratio (INR) in patient with AF who present wi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Aachi RV,Birnbaum LA,Topel CH,Seifi A,Hafeez S,Behrouz R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this editorial, I would like to share some thoughts about clinical studies, including value and limitations using as an example a recently published randomized clinical trial. Randomized and non-randomized clinical trials, epidemiologic studies, and registries guide our clinical practice. They are good but not perf...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Richard Conti C

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:The prognostic value of exercise technetium 99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging in patients with previous bypass surgery is unknown. The aim of our study was to assess the prognostic information obtained with exercise scintigraphy performed for routine foll...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Desideri A,Candelpergher G,Zanco P,Suzzi G,Terlizzi R,Borsato N,Colangeli G,Daskalakis C,Chierichetti F,Celegon L

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients with nonobstructive epicardial coronary artery disease (CAD) remains poorly understood. HYPOTHESIS:Acute coronary syndrome patients with nonobstructive CAD are less likely to receive effective cardiac medications upon discharge from the hospital. METHODS...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Ramanath VS,Armstrong DF,Grzybowski M,Rahnama-Mohagdam S,Tamhane UU,Gordon K,Froehlich JB,Eagle KA,Jackson EA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old housewife was found to have coarctation of the abdominal aorta secondary to Takayasu's arteritis. Since she also had mitral stenosis, possible etiological relation between Takayasu's arteritis and mitral stenosis is suspected. ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Doi YL,Seo H,Hamashige N,Jin-nouchi Y,Ozawa T

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an apparent benefit with extension of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) beyond 1 year after implantation of drug-eluting stents (DES). Assessment by a Double Randomization of a Conventional Antiplatelet Strategy vs a Monitoring-Guided Strategy for Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation, and of Treatment Interruption ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Collet JP,Silvain J,Kerneis M,Cuisset T,Meneveau N,Boueri Z,Barthélémy O,Rangé G,Cayla G,Belle EV,Elhadad S,Carrié D,Caussin C,Rousseau H,Aubry P,Monségu J,Sabouret P,O'Connor SA,Abtan J,Saint-Etienne C,Beygui F,

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiogenic shock usually is the result of marked depression in myocardial function. Rapid recognition and stabilization are essential if the patient is to survive. A variety of cardiovascular conditions can lead to cardiogenic shock; the most common of these is acute myocardial infarction. Once stabilization of the c...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Alpert JS,Becker RC

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors has decreased in the United States in recent years, cardiovascular disparities by sex and race persist. Among the factors contributing to these disparities is the physical environment in which individuals live. Neighborhood characteristics, ranging from air pollution...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Xiao YK,Graham G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently two types of atypical T-wave evolution were recognized as electrocardiographic (ECG) markers of regional postinfarction pericarditis. The sensitivity and specificity of these changes for this condition were 100 and 77%, respectively. The major purpose of this investigation is to show how these ECG changes can...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Oliva PB,Hammill SC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old man was investigated for dyspnea on exertion and the presence of a pansystolic murmur. Physical examination revealed dextrocardia confirmed by chest radiograph, which also showed oligemic right lung field. Subsequent cardiac catheterization revealed secundum atrial septal defect, persistent left sided su...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Yip AS,Chow WH,Lee DF,Cheung KL

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacologic management of the patient post myocardial infarction (MI) aims to achieve several goals. Chief among these is to prevent subsequent events, which include death, reinfarction, and rehospitalization. Secondary goals include preventing arrhythmias, minimizing left ventricular (LV) remodeling, and preven...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Reiffel JA,American Heart Association.,American College of Cardiology.

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auscultation was compared to two-dimensional echocardiography (2D echo) and Doppler ultrasonography in 140 consecutive patients referred for evaluation for suspected mitral valve prolapse (MVP) to asses the precision of the two diagnostic methods. Ninety patients (64%) had midsystolic clicks, of which 42 (47%) had MVP...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Barron JT,Manrose DL,Liebson PR

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Separately, electrophysiologic study (EPS) and placement of a transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) can be performed safely in the majority of patients. The safety and potential cost savings of same-setting procedures have not been evaluated. HYPOTHESIS:Electrophysiologic study and placem...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pires LA,Ravi S,Lal VR,Kahlon JP

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between left atrial (LA) myocardial function and left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction in subjects with preserved LV ejection fraction (LVEF). METHODS:The study included a group of 118 hypertensive patients and normal subjects. LV diastolic...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Guan Z,Zhang D,Huang R,Zhang F,Wang Q,Guo S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography have become extremely useful in the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Echocardiography is noninvasive, relatively inexpensive, and has no known biohazards. It offers unequaled information about cardiac anatomy and function. In the acute setting ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Katz AS,Harrigan P,Parisi AF

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial septal aneurysm in the otherwise normal heart is a very rare and usually asymptomatic condition. A midsystolic click was described as the only clinical manifestation so far. A low-pitched early-to-midsystolic acoustic phenomenon in a 39-year-old woman corresponding with maximal leftward motion of the aneurysmat...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Kautzner J,Bĕlohlávek M,Holm FV,Munclinger MJ

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology affecting adults age > 50 years. GCA (also known as temporal arteritis) is a vasculitis of large and medium-size vessels that involves the extracranial branches of the carotid artery. Common manifestations include constitutional sympto...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Tiosano S,Adler Y,Azrielant S,Yavne Y,Gendelman O,Ben-Ami Shor D,Comaneshter D,Shalom G,Cohen AD,Amital H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiation-treated head and neck cancer (HNC) patients are at high risk for developing radiation vasculopathy, as evidenced by an increased stroke risk. The benefits of screening and assessing the cardiovascular (CV) risk of HNC patients using carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) ultrasound are not known. Ou...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Jacoby D,Hajj J,Javaheri A,deGoma E,Lin A,Ahn P,Quon H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited information exists regarding the association between subjective well-being (SWB) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) among hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). HYPOTHESIS:We tested the hypothesis that there is an association between SBP and SWB. METHODS:We studied 22,576 hyperten...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gong Y,Handberg EM,Gerhard T,Cooper-Dehoff RM,Ried LD,Johnson JA,Pepine CJ,INVEST Investigators.

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has substantial limitations for the study of abnormalities of the coronary tree. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) allows a more complete examination of the coronary arteries, particularly the proximal segments. This report describes the use of TEE after cardiac catheterizatio...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Wolford DC,Jost CM,Madu EC,Walker W,Ramanatian KB

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-infarction angina, in the absence of coronary artery disease, was found in a 62 year-old man with severe calcific aortic stenosis. After application of intraaortic balloon pump counter-pulsation, the condition was stabilized, and coronary arteriograms were safely carried out. Interestingly, an elevated right atria...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Huang MT,Goodman MA,Delaney TB

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians previously perceived heart disease to be a man's disease; yet, since 1984, more women have died of ischemic heart disease. Because women who develop obstructive coronary heart disease and heart failure tend to do so 10 years later than men, cardiology clinical trials that use arbitrary age cutoffs or exclus...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Clayton JA,Arnegard ME

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary tumors of the heart are infrequent at all ages. We present a newborn with hypoxia and a heart murmur, in whom an echocardiogram revealed a large tumor filling the right ventricle and the pulmonary annulus. To maintain pulmonary blood flow, the patency of the ductus arteriosus was achieved by infusion of prosta...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Farooki ZQ,Chang CH,Jackson WL,Clapp SK,Hakimi M,Arciniegas E,Pinsky WW

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with unstable angina. The coronary arteriography showed the occlusion of the left anterior descending artery and other stenotic lesions. The patient underwent an aortocoronary bypass operation, but unfortunately he did not survive. Surprisingly, the necropsy revealed him ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sciagrà R,Tebbe U,Rahlf G,Neuhaus KL,Kreuzer H

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety of quinapril hydrochloride, a new nonsulfhydryl angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with an intermediate duration of action, has been evaluated in 3,031 patients with hypertension and congestive heart failure (CHF) and has been compared with other ACE inhibitors. A comparison of double-blind studi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Canter D,Frank GJ,Knapp LE,McLain RW

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:QT dispersion (QTd = QTmax-QTmin) measured as interlead variability of QT interval reflects the spatial inhomogeneity of ventricular repolarization times, and increased QTd may provide a substrate for malignant ventricular arrhythmias. Ischemia is associated with regional abnormalities of conduction and repo...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Aytemir K,Bavafa V,Ozer N,Aksoyek S,Oto A,Ozmen F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The left ventricular filling and regional wall motion patterns were compared in 6 normal subjects, 20 patients with coronary artery disease, and 10 patients with syndrome X by means of Doppler and two-dimensional echocardiography during high-dose (0.9 mg/kg body weight in 10 min) dipyridamole infusion. During the proc...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nadazdin A,Shahi M,Foale RA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal strategy for treating late presenters of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains uncertain. HYPOTHESIS:percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has a favorable effect on left ventricular (LV) remodeling and clinical outcomes in late presenters of STEMI. METHODS:Patients with STEMI wh...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fan Y,Bai X,Chen Y,Shen G,Lu Q,Wan Z,Zhou D,Shen Y,Ma A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old Caucasian woman suddenly developed substernal chest pain at rest accompanied by pallor, diaphoresis, nausea, and vomiting. Physical examination was otherwise unremarkable. The resting ECG showed T-wave inversion in all anterior leads which returned to normal 24 h after the onset of the symptoms. The pain...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bestetti RB,Finzi LA,Oliveira JS

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Right ventricular dysfunction occurs in many patients with significant pulmonary valve regurgitation late after initial total repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Methods to predict which of these patients are at increased risk of late morbidity and mortality are not yet known. HYPOTHESIS:This study evaluated ele...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Book WM,Parks WJ,Hopkins KL,Hurst JW

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00