The prevalence of left ventricular diastolic filling abnormalities in patients with suspected heart failure.

abstract：UNLABELLED:Peripheral vessels provide a useful in vivo haemodynamic model allowing evaluation of local intravascular fluid dynamics. Velocity measurements using a 0.018 inch Doppler-tipped angioplasty guidewire, quantitative angiography and laboratory data were gathered from 45 patients with a total of 48 percutaneous ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wellnhofer E,Biamino G,Sauer HU,Trebeljahr A,Stalke J,Ragg C,Oswald H,Gotze S,Fleck E,Felix R

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was recently shown that streptokinase may induce clot formation in vivo by immunoglobulin G mediated platelet stimulation. We evaluated the in vitro effect of streptokinase on platelet function in 103 subjects, of whom 52 were < or = 30 years and 51 were > or = 50 years old. Although streptokinase inhibited platele...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Terres W,Krüger K,Bleifeld W

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We evaluated the feasibility and the acute performance of the everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) for the treatment of patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS AND RESULTS:The present investigation is a prospective, single-arm, single-centre study,...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Diletti R,Karanasos A,Muramatsu T,Nakatani S,Van Mieghem NM,Onuma Y,Nauta ST,Ishibashi Y,Lenzen MJ,Ligthart J,Schultz C,Regar E,de Jaegere PP,Serruys PW,Zijlstra F,van Geuns RJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive thrombocytosis following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery is generally considered to be a benign condition which is transient and does not require specific therapy. We describe three patients who developed stroke in association with reactive thrombocytosis in the late recovery period following cardiopulmonary b...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Crowley JJ,Hannigan M,Daly K

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Several factors are known to increase risk for cerebrovascular disease and dementia, but there is limited evidence on associations between multiple vascular risk factors (VRFs) and detailed aspects of brain macrostructure and microstructure in large community-dwelling populations across middle and older age. METH...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Cox SR,Lyall DM,Ritchie SJ,Bastin ME,Harris MA,Buchanan CR,Fawns-Ritchie C,Barbu MC,de Nooij L,Reus LM,Alloza C,Shen X,Neilson E,Alderson HL,Hunter S,Liewald DC,Whalley HC,McIntosh AM,Lawrie SM,Pell JP,Tucker-Drob

更新日期：2019-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracoronary blood flow velocity measurements with a Doppler balloon catheter and the radiographic assessment of myocardial perfusion with contrast media, before and after the intracoronary administration of papaverine, have previously been used to investigate regional coronary flow reserve. In the present study we a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Serruys PW,Zijlstra F,Laarman GJ,Reiber HH,Beatt K,Roelandt J

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleic acid-based therapeutics are currently developed at large scale for prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), since: (i) genetic studies have highlighted novel therapeutic targets suggested to be causal for CVD; (ii) there is a substantial recent progress in delivery, efficacy, and safety of ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Landmesser U,Poller W,Tsimikas S,Most P,Paneni F,Lüscher TF

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the subacute effects of a sustained intravenous infusion of urocortin-I (Ucn-I) in experimental heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS:In eight sheep with pacing-induced HF, a 4-day infusion of Ucn-I (0.3 microg/kg/h) induced prompt (30 min) and sustained (4-day) increases in cardiac output (CO, D...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rademaker MT,Charles CJ,Espiner EA,Frampton CM,Lainchbury JG,Richards AM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of measurements of the fibrinolytic factors, tissue plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor, for predicting death and non-fatal cardiovascular events was studied in 213 consecutive patients with angiographically documented coronary artery disease. In the course of 4-year follow-up, 47 patie...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Jansson JH,Nilsson TK,Olofsson BO

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In patients with atrial fibrillation, minor troponin I elevation is regularly detected; however, the prognostic significance of this finding is unknown. We therefore sought to examine the prognostic value of elevated troponin I in patients with atrial fibrillation. METHODS AND RESULTS:A prospective study was cond...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： van den Bos EJ,Constantinescu AA,van Domburg RT,Akin S,Jordaens LJ,Kofflard MJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient, a 74-year-old man, developed a persistent nonparoxysmal junctional accelerated rhythm at rate of 60-75 beats min-1 because of chronic depressed sinus node function. Intravenous atropine resulted in no change of junctional pacemaker rate but i.v. isoproterenol significantly accelerated it suggesting that a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Santinelli V,Chiariello M,Condorelli M

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic stenosis is one of the most common forms of acquired valvular heart disease. The development of symptoms, namely syncope, angina, or heart failure, in patients with severe aortic stenosis predicts a high likelihood of mortality. Aortic valve replacement is the current standard of care. In truly asymptomatic pat...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bhattacharyya S,Hayward C,Pepper J,Senior R

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, two patterns of regional contract on of the left ventricle have been studied: endocardial motion and wall thickening, in order to check which of these was the most affected after myocardial infarction. The clinical relevance of this comparison was to assess which parameter of the regional contraction ab...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Germain P,Roul G,Constantinesco A,Coulbois PM,Baruthio J,Mossard JM,Bareiss P,Sacrez A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity (NPY-LI) is elevated in patients with acute myocardial ischaemia and congestive heart failure (CHF) owing to increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system. The prognostic value of plasma NPY-LI with regard to mortality was studied in 324 random patients admitted to a ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ullman B,Hulting J,Lundberg JM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The vast majority of acute heart failure (AHF) trials to date have targeted dyspnoea. However, they enrolled patients relatively late and did not standardize their methods of dyspnoea measurement. URGENT Dyspnoea was designed to determine changes in dyspnoea in response to initial, standard therapy in patients pre...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mebazaa A,Pang PS,Tavares M,Collins SP,Storrow AB,Laribi S,Andre S,Mark Courtney D,Hasa J,Spinar J,Masip J,Frank Peacock W,Sliwa K,Gayat E,Filippatos G,Cleland JG,Gheorghiade M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Reperfusion injury following acute myocardial infarction impacts not only on the myocardium but also on the coronary microcirculation, and microembolization from the culprit lesion contributes to microvascular obstruction. Prior experimental studies have not accounted for microembolization in ischaemia/reperfusion...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Skyschally A,Walter B,Heusch G

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim is to compare the coronary risk chart published by the European Task Force for Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease and produced using a Framingham risk function, with a risk function derived from an Italian population study. METHODS AND RESULTS:Coronary risk function in this study was the result of longi...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Menotti A,Puddu PE,Lanti M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of mitral annular motion during diastole in 28 normal subjects, 40 patients with prior myocardial infarction (MI), and 23 patients with coronary artery disease but without prior MI. Mitral annular motion during diastole was obtained from the apex by M-mode ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ohte N,Narita H,Hashimoto T,Kobayashi K,Akita S,Fujinami T

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the accuracy of echocardiography in conjunction with quantitative high-dose dipyridamole technetium-99m sestamibi tomography (SPECT) in detecting coronary allograft vasculopathy. METHODS AND RESULTS:Seventy-eight consecutive heart transplant recipients underwent echocardiography while at rest and high...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ciliberto GR,Ruffini L,Mangiavacchi M,Parolini M,Sara R,Massa D,De Maria R,Gronda E,Vitali E,Parodi O

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial dyssynergy does not necessarily indicate myocardial necrosis in patients with coronary artery disease. The differentiation between viable and non-viable tissue is of great clinical importance in order to make the most appropriate clinical decision in the individual patient. Several techniques are used to as...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Piérard LA,Lancellotti P,Benoit T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Cholesterol Lowering Atherosclerosis PTCA Trial (CLAPT) is a prospective, randomized trial with blinded angiographic end-points to assess the effect of 2-year's treatment with lovastatin initiated 4 weeks prior to PTCA, compared to usual care on non-dilated coronary segments and on dilated coronary lesio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kleemann A,Eckert S,von Eckardstein A,Lepper W,Schernikau U,Gleichmann U,Hanrath P,Fleck E,Neiss A,Kerber S,Assmann G,Breithardt G,CLAPT Study.

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We designed this study in order to determine the effect of insulin on cardiac function in overweight and obese subjects during exercise. METHODS AND RESULTS:The cardiac function of 62 normal glucose tolerant subjects, aged 30-40 and divided into normal weight (group 1, n=22, BMI 20-24.9 kg/m(2)), overweight (grou...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sasso FC,Carbonara O,Nasti R,Marfella R,Esposito K,Rambaldi P,Mansi L,Salvatore T,Torella R,Cozzolino D

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic increases in haemodynamic load modify the expression of cardiac genes, leading to a new phenotype better adapted to the new functional demand. Several mechanisms such as the global activation of genes, the modulation of single genes and/or differential expression of multigene families may account for these mod...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Samuel JL,Dubus I,Contard F,Schwartz K,Rappaport L

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of abnormal gradients between the apical cavity and the subaortic valvular region of the left ventricle in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has traditionally been equated to a dynamic obstruction to left ventricular outflow. To examine this concept in more detail, left ventricular ejectio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Murgo JP,Alter BR,Dorethy JF,Altobelli SA,Craig WE,McGranahan GM Jr

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The impact on mortality outcomes of beta-blockers and calcium blockers in post-myocardial infarction (MI) has been suggested to be related to resting heart rate (HR) reduction. A meta-regression of randomized clinical trials was carried out to assess this relationship using weighted meta-regression of logarithm of...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Cucherat M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MitraClip therapy consists of percutaneous edge-to-edge coaptation of the mitral leaflets that is analogous to the surgical Alfieri technique. The safety profile of the MitraClip device is favourable, and survival outcomes in high-surgical-risk patients are superior to historical controls. However, questions remain re...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Rogers JH,Franzen O

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial abnormalities in patients with progressive systemic sclerosis have not been evaluated in terms of intra-atrial conduction. We hypothesized that a delay in atrial conduction in these patients might produce diastolic abnormalities as well as atrial arrhythmias. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the atrial function...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Mizuno R,Fujimoto S,Nakano H,Nakajima T,Kimura A,Nakagawa Y,Dohi K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In seven patients with re-entry tachycardias and the implanted antitachycardia device Tachylog (Siemens Elema, Sweden) the variation in the termination window related to posture and exertion was investigated. The investigations were performed on an outpatient basis utilizing the interactive pacing mode of the implante...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Schmidinger H,Sowton E

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular flow patterns were studied at rest by colour flow Doppler echocardiography in 33 patients with mitral tilting-disc prostheses (group 1), in 38 patients with mitral tissue prostheses (group 2) and in 18 healthy volunteers (controls). A 'crossed' flow pattern was seen in 14 patients with mechanical (42%...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Maire R,Ikram S,Odemuyiwa O,Groves PH,Lo SV,Banning AP,Hall RJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal began as a journal for cardiothoracic surgery, but joining forces with cardiology has increased the impact factor and number of subscribers. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Taylor J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00