Why does atrial fibrillation occur?

abstract：:In order to assess the value of pulsed Doppler echocardiography in detection of valvular regurgitation, 63 patients were evaluated for aortic and/or mitral regurgitation using pulsed Doppler echocardiography and selective cineangiography. The Doppler study was considered as positive when a turbulent flow was detected ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wautrecht JC,Vandenbossche JL,Englert M

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the number of individuals reaching 80 who are considered to be healthy is increasing, the very elderly are likely to have long-term conditions, to report symptoms and/or be taking at least one regular medication. The impact of antihypertensive treatment has to be taken into account in this context. The treatm...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Peters R,Beckett N,McCormack T,Fagard R,Fletcher A,Bulpitt C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac troponins (cTns) I and T have long been the most successful cardiac-specific circulating biomarkers in cardiovascular (CV) medicine, having changed dramatically the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction, while being independent predictors of outcome in several cardiac conditions and non-cardiac conditions. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Farmakis D,Mueller C,Apple FS

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:the prototype of a transoesophageal echocardiographic transducer with a rotatable cross-sectional scanning plane underwent initial evaluation. METHODS:the 5 MHz, phased array, 64 element transducer is incorporated into a 16 by 11 by 40 mm echoscope tip. The instrument also has pulsed wave and colour flow Do...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Flachskampf FA,Hoffmann R,Verlande M,Schneider W,Ameling W,Hanrath P

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Short-term psychological stress is associated with an immediate physiological response and may be associated with a transiently higher risk of cardiovascular events. The aim of this study was to determine whether brief episodes of anger trigger the onset of acute myocardial infarction (MI), acute coronary syndromes...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mostofsky E,Penner EA,Mittleman MA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed Doppler echocardiography was performed in 30 patients to assess the influence of mitral orifice area and velocity on the determination of mitral stroke volume and inflow. Aortic forward stroke volume and outflow were measured at the centre of the aortic annulus, and compared with mitral flow measurements calcul...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Tribouilloy C,Slama M,Shen WF,Choquet D,Delonca J,Mertl C,Dufosse H,Lesbre JP

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Prospective studies indicate that apolipoprotein measurements predict coronary heart disease (CHD) risk; however, evidence is conflicting, especially in the US. Our aim was to assess whether measurements of apolipoprotein B (apoB) and apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) can improve the ability to predict CHD death beyond ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sierra-Johnson J,Fisher RM,Romero-Corral A,Somers VK,Lopez-Jimenez F,Ohrvik J,Walldius G,Hellenius ML,Hamsten A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one consecutive children with the Wolff-Parkinson-White (1-15 years: mean 8 years), 22 symptomatic [including 20 with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and one with ventricular fibrillation (VF) episode--Group A) and 19 asymptomatic (Group B)], underwent transoesophageal electrophysiological examination. The me...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Vignati G,Mauri L,Lunati M,Gasparini M,Figini A

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Raised blood pressure (BP) is the biggest contributor to mortality and disease burden worldwide and fewer than half of those with hypertension are aware of it. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global campaign set up in 2017, to raise awareness of high BP and as a pragmatic solution to a lack of formal screening wo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Beaney T,Burrell LM,Castillo RR,Charchar FJ,Cro S,Damasceno A,Kruger R,Nilsson PM,Prabhakaran D,Ramirez AJ,Schlaich MP,Schutte AE,Tomaszewski M,Touyz R,Wang JG,Weber MA,Poulter NR,MMM Investigators.

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic significance of angina pectoris and the effect of intervention with verapamil on the incidence of angina pectoris were studied in patients recovering from myocardial infarction and included in the Danish Verapamil Infarction Trial II. During the second week after admission patients were doubly-blindly r...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jespersen CM,Hansen JF,Mortensen LS

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 58-year-old man with vasospastic angina, we investigated the relationship between the antianginal effects of isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) and plasma ISDN concentration. Despite adequate plasma ISDN levels, sustained therapy using ISDN tapes and oral ISDN (transcutaneously 160 mg and orally 100 mg ISDN day-1) faile...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hoshio A,Shirota K,Sawada Y,Doi T,Miyakoda H,Kotake H,Mashiba H

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fundamental abnormality in syndrome X (angina pectoris, ischaemia-like stress ECG despite angiographically normal coronary arteries) might be patchily distributed increased tone in pre-arteriolar coronary vessels with compensatory release of adenosine. The aim of this study was to confirm this hypothesis and to ex...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Meeder JG,Blanksma PK,Crijns HJ,Anthonio RL,Pruim J,Brouwer J,de Jong RM,van der Wall EE,Vaalburg W,Lie KI

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:An abnormal left ventricular volume response during dobutamine echocardiography identified patients with severe coronary artery disease. The aim of the study was to assess the prognostic value of left ventricular volume changes during dobutamine stress echocardiography in 136 patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:Endpoin...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Coletta C,Galati A,Ricci R,Sestili A,Guagnozzi G,Re F,Ceci V

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All citizens (N = 22066) aged 16 to 65 of a medium-sized Belgian town were personally invited to CPR training sessions held in their neighbourhood. 1152 responded by attending a training session. Those who did not so respond were surveyed (random sample N = 600) for reasons of their not coming. The sample fitted well ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lejeune PO,Delooz HH

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of 8 hypertensive elderly subjects with atenolol or with labetalol did not affect exercise performance, except after the development of circulatory congestion in 1 patient. Treatment with beta blockers did not alter the response to an exercise training programme in 15 elderly patients with ischaemic heart di...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Fagard R,Reybrouck T,Vanhees L,Cattaert A,Vanmeenen T,Grauwels R,Amery A

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), left ventricular (LV) systolic function, and mitral filling pattern (MFP) are prognostic indicators in patients with heart failure (HF). This study evaluated the potential role of E/Ea for predicting cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with suspected HF. This non-invasive measur...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Whalley GA,Wright SP,Pearl A,Gamble GD,Walsh HJ,Richards M,Doughty RN

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of investigators met for two days in Santorini, Greece, to discuss progress in the field of identification and treatment of high risk/vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques and patients. Many differences in the manner in which terms are being utilized were noted. It was recognized that increased understanding of t...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Schaar JA,Muller JE,Falk E,Virmani R,Fuster V,Serruys PW,Colombo A,Stefanadis C,Ward Casscells S,Moreno PR,Maseri A,van der Steen AF

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary factors may have a part to play in the development of bicuspid aortic valve. This report concerns a pair of identical twins, probably monozygotic, who required aortic valve replacement as a result of aortic stenosis occurring in bicuspid aortic valves. This supports the contention that there may be a geneti...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Godden DJ,Sandhu PS,Kerr F

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of adenosine Tc-99m sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in the detection of jeopardized myocardium early after acute myocardial infarction. Coronary arteriography and myocardial scintigraphy were performed in 50 consecutive patients with a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Claeys MJ,Vrints CJ,Krug B,Bosmans JM,Blockx PP,Bossaert LL,Snoeck JP

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial comparing the antiarrhythmic effects of lidocaine (given intravenously as a bolus injection of 100 mg followed by an infusion of 2 mg min-1) and propafenone (given as a bolus of 105 mg followed by 300 mg orally every 8 h) was conducted in the first 24 h following acute myocardi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Touboul P,Moleur P,Mathieu MP,Vrancea F,Ferry S,Kirkorian G,Atallah G,Marchand A,Stahl C,Zoheir F

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding limits the use of antiplatelet and anticoagulant drugs. Risk factors for GI bleeding in post- myocardial infarction (MI) patients have not been well defined. We sought to identify risk factors for GI bleeding in patients following MI. METHODS AND RESULTS:The VALsartan In...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Moukarbel GV,Signorovitch JE,Pfeffer MA,McMurray JJ,White HD,Maggioni AP,Velazquez EJ,Califf RM,Scheiman JM,Solomon SD

更新日期：2009-09-01 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 endothelium may play a role as a target and mediator of hypertension. Due to its anatomical position, it is very exposed to mechanical forces; as a source of vasoactive material it may participate in increasing peripheral vascular resistance and in promoting local ischaemia in the heart and brain. Morphological an...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Lüscher TF

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with a large intramyocardial hydatid cyst lying in the postero-lateral segment of the left ventricle near the atrioventricular groove level which ruptured into the pericardial sac, resulting in cardiac tamponade. Cross-sectional echocardiographic examination from a modified four-chamber apical vi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： De Martini M,Nador F,Binda A,Arpesani A,Odero A,Lotto A

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AIMS More intense platelet-directed therapy for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) may increase bleeding risk. The aim of the current analysis was to determine the rate, clinical impact, and predictors of major and fatal bleeding complications in the PLATO study. METHODS AND RESULTS PLATO was a randomized, double-blind, ac...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Becker RC,Bassand JP,Budaj A,Wojdyla DM,James SK,Cornel JH,French J,Held C,Horrow J,Husted S,Lopez-Sendon J,Lassila R,Mahaffey KW,Storey RF,Harrington RA,Wallentin L

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the impact of surgical myectomy on ventricular arrhythmias in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) correlates with adverse outcomes, including sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with HCM. Surgical myectomy is the primary treatment strate...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： McLeod CJ,Ommen SR,Ackerman MJ,Weivoda PL,Shen WK,Dearani JA,Schaff HV,Tajik AJ,Gersh BJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate whether Atorvastatin (Ator) treatment improves the cardiac micro-environment that facilitates survival and differentiation of bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) implanted in the post-infarct myocardium. METHODS AND RESULTS:Myocardial infarction was created by coronary ligation and im...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Yang YJ,Qian HY,Huang J,Geng YJ,Gao RL,Dou KF,Yang GS,Li JJ,Shen R,He ZX,Lu MJ,Zhao SH

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:We have shown that extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted by embryonic stem cell-derived cardiovascular progenitor cells (Pg) recapitulate the therapeutic effects of their parent cells in a mouse model of chronic heart failure (CHF). Our objectives are to investigate whether EV released by more readily available ce...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： El Harane N,Kervadec A,Bellamy V,Pidial L,Neametalla HJ,Perier MC,Lima Correa B,Thiébault L,Cagnard N,Duché A,Brunaud C,Lemitre M,Gauthier J,Bourdillon AT,Renault MP,Hovhannisyan Y,Paiva S,Colas AR,Agbulut O,Hagège

更新日期：2018-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibody prevalence data indicate that C. pneumoniae infections are common worldwide and more frequently occur in middle-aged and elderly males than in females. C. pneumoniae infections are first acquired in childhood in heavily populated areas, whereas in northern countries, first infections are generally at teen...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Leinonen M

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of the concept of pacemaker dependence, 86 patients who had permanent ventricular demand (VVI) pacemakers implanted for more than six months and were in predominantly paced rhythm underwent repeated interruption of pacing both abruptly and after gradual reduction of paced rate. Non-invasive pace slowing was...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Crick JC,Rokas S,Sowton E

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00