Etiology of valvular heart disease.

abstract：:Primary cardiac tumors are rare clinical entities. Benign tumors are often amenable to surgical excision, whereas malignant tumors are seldom resectable. The literature has reported that 28 patients have undergone orthotopic heart transplantation for inoperable primary cardiac tumors. The results of these transplants ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Gowdamarajan A,Michler RE

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Radiofrequency ablation techniques to cure cardiac arrhythmias have focused on destroying myocardial tissue involved in abnormal excitation or conduction. This review will address recent basic and clinical studies which suggest that targeting autonomic nerves and ganglia on the large vessels and the h...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Scherlag BJ,Po S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:While the prognostic power of adenosine single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging has been validated in multiple patient populations including those with known or suspected coronary artery disease, the utility of this modality in assessing risk after an acute myocardial i...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Dorfman TA,Iskandrian AE

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Patients with tetralogy of Fallot are subject to arrhythmic sequelae that substantially impact morbidity and mortality. This review focuses on recent advances in our understanding of the prevalence and types of arrhythmias encountered. Diagnostic and prognostic tools are considered and therapeutic opt...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Le Gloan L,Khairy P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The focus of this review is the advantages of simultaneously assessing myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function. Nuclear cardiology imaging techniques as well as the development of technetium-labeled perfusion tracers now permit combined myocardial-perfusion and left-ventricular function studies at a single ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Borges-Neto S,Shaw LK

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular remodeling refers to changes in ventricular geometry, volume, mass, and myocellular structure in response to myocardial injury or alteration in loading conditions. Although initially adaptive as a consequence of the initial damage to the myocardium, progressive ventricular remodeling is ultimately a malada...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Bozkurt B

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Diagnostic testing using noninvasive imaging has become an integral part of risk stratification in patients with coronary artery disease. It is important to understand the integral strengths and weaknesses between the different modalities of stress testing and to apply accurately the type of test the ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Maganti K,Rigolin VH

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The goal of this review is to offer an overview of the use of thrombolytic therapy in acute pulmonary embolism. Clinicians including internists, surgeons, pulmonologists, and other specialists continue to face decisions regarding massive and submassive acute pulmonary embolism in their daily routines....

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Tapson VF

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Low cholesterol syndromes were considered curiosities. The present article reviews some hypolipidaemic disorders and the drugs developed from the insights they provided. RECENT FINDINGS:Abetalipopoproteinaemia and hypobetalipoproteinaemia are associated with low cholesterol concentrations and caused ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Handhle A,Viljoen A,Ramachandran R,Wierzbicki AS

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) reduces morbidity and mortality in patients with mild-to-severe heart failure. However, up to 40% of CRT recipients are nonresponders. This review addresses important aspects with regard to the identification and management of CRT nonresponders. RECENT FINDINGS...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Zhang Q,Zhou Y,Yu CM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:For over a decade, vulnerabilities in the healthcare industry have been identified. Medical devices such as cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are particularly concerning because of direct threats to patient safety and protected health information (PHI). Although these vulnerabiliti...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Tomaiko E,Zawaneh MS

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fewer than 50 pediatric lung transplants are performed each year. Surgical advances in the field have resulted in improved operative outcomes and in technical innovations that have broadened both the target population and the donor pool. At the same time, late referral of critically ill patients and shortage of donor ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Bridges ND

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data have emerged to help guide the use of implantable pacemakers and implantable defibrillators in patients who have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Controlled studies of the use of dual chamber pacemakers to treat outflow tract obstruction in HCM have shown little benefit, and have raised the possibility t...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Freedman RA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has been shown to be a genetically heterogeneous disorder, linked to at least four different loci on chromosomes 14, 1, 15, and 11. Thus far, three genes have been identified that harbor mutations leading to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. These genes--cardiac beta myosin heavy chain, alpha tr...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Elstein E

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:It has been more than 4 decades since the development of Fontan operation. With the contemporary surgical strategies to treat the patients with a single ventricle physiology, the medium-term survival of the patients following Fontan operation is excellent. Nonetheless, the Fontan circulation with a pu...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Luo S,Honjo O

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The presence of tricuspid regurgitation in the setting of right ventricular dysfunction is associated with poor prognosis. The purpose of this review is to describe the pathophysiology of functional tricuspid regurgitation, summarize the current reports favoring a more aggressive approach toward tricu...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Pinney SP

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimized medical treatment for the non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS) should consist of a combined antithrombotic/anti-anginal regimen. Standard antithrombotic treatment is currently unfractionated heparin and aspirin, and in high-risk patients glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors. However, low-...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Cohen M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the evidence supporting genetic predisposition to coronary artery disease (CAD). Secondly, to elucidate the barriers precluding the identification of genes responsible for CAD. Thirdly, to indicate the new technology now available to overcome these barriers and summarize current progress. R...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Roberts R

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased carotid intima media thickness (IMT) is relatively simple, inexpensive, and reproducible noninvasive marker of global atherosclerotic disease. It is a frequently used experimental tool in epidemiologic studies to identify and follow cardiovascular disease. There is evidence that early detection of atheroscle...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Sinha AK,Eigenbrodt M,Mehta JL

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To compare the potential of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and apolipoprotein (apo) A-I, the major protein in HDL particles, in predicting cardiovascular risk. Pros and cons for using these risk markers are discussed. RECENT FINDINGS:Both HDL cholesterol and apoA-I are in most clinical co...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Walldius G,Jungner I

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) remains a complex and difficult clinical problem. Such acute ischemia is usually either embolic or thrombotic in nature, but other etiologies exist. The diagnosis of AMI is difficult to establish and often delayed, resulting in irreversible bowel injury that requires intestinal resectio...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Vicente DC,Kazmers A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) may undergo revascularization by either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). This review will discuss the use of polygenic risk scores for risk-stratification of patients with multivessel CAD in...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Hui SK,Lindale E,Sun L,Ruel M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:A recently published study has alerted the cardiovascular community to the existence of a significant and previously unrecognized risk of subclinical valve thrombosis following implantation of surgical and catheter-based bioprosthetic valves. The purpose of this article is to review our current unders...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Yanagawa B,Mazine A,Bhatt DL,Clavel MA,Côté N,Cheema AN,Pibarot P,Verma S

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The current article provides a concise summary of the possibilities and limitations of genotype-based risk stratification of cardiac arrhythmias. We will outline the most important findings of the recent years in the light of their chronological and conceptual development. RECENT FINDINGS:Genotype-ph...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Napolitano C,Mazzanti A,Priori SG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of the pulmonary circulation and right ventricular function is a cornerstone in the evaluation of the patient as a potential heart transplant recipient. The importance of pulmonary hypertension is linked to outcomes in the posttransplant period. Preoperative pulmonary vascular resistance is an independent r...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Natale ME,Piña IL

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Pulmonary hypertension is a progressive disease of the pulmonary vasculature characterized by increased vascular resistance and pressure overload of the right ventricle. This review aims to describe the diagnostic and prognostic role of echocardiography in pulmonary hypertension with particular consid...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Bossone E,Ferrara F,Grünig E

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Pericardial diseases are relatively common in clinical practice, either as isolated disease or as manifestation of a systemic disorder. The aim of the present study is to review more recent updates on their contemporary management. RECENT FINDINGS:The cause of pericardial diseases is varied according...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Imazio M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been an intensive effort in the past year to identify immunologic and nonimmunologic factors in the pathogenesis of cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Significant progress has been made regarding cell proliferation and cell death, with particular focus on cell growth factors, cell death factors, and their recep...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Dong C,Redenbach D,Wood S,Battistini B,Wilson JE,McManus BM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of patients present with heart failure. Some of them may qualify for surgical correction of their cardiac condition. Since heart transplantation will always be available to only a small number of patients, several new surgical techniques have been developed for approval in heart failure patients. Clas...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Loebe M,Soltero E,Thohan V,Lafuente JA,Noon GP

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To provide an update of the literature describing the link between lipoprotein a and vascular disease. RECENT FINDINGS:There is evidence that elevated plasma lipoprotein a levels are associated with coronary heart disease, stroke and other manifestations of atherosclerosis. Several mechanisms may be ...

journal_title：Current opinion in cardiology

authors： Tziomalos K,Athyros VG,Wierzbicki AS,Mikhailidis DP

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00