The need for wider utilization of thrombolytic therapy.

abstract：:In order to test the comparative sensitivities of first-pass radionuclide and digital subtraction ventriculography in detecting wall motion abnormalities during exercise, 29 patients referred for coronary angiography were submitted to both types of stress ventriculograms. Resting and exercise ventriculograms by both t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Detrano R,Yiannikas J,Simpfendorfer C,Underwood DA,Salcedo EE,Rollins M

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epicardial placement of the left ventricular (LV) lead via a video-assisted thoracoscopic (VAT) approach is an alternative to the standard transvenous technique. HYPOTHESIS:Long-term safety and efficacy of VAT and transvenous LV lead implantation are comparable. To test it, we reviewed our experience and we...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Marini M,Branzoli S,Moggio P,Martin M,Belotti G,Molon G,Guarracini F,Coser A,Quintarelli S,Pederzolli C,Graffigna A,Penzo D,Valsecchi S,Bottoli MC,Pepi P,Bonmassari R,Droghetti A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the proven benefits of using antiplatelet therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a number of key questions remain to be answered. In recent years, clopidogrel dosing strategies among such patients have evolved considerably, with newer approaches involving loading doses prior t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Braunwald E,Angiolillo D,Bates E,Berger PB,Bhatt D,Cannon CP,Furman MI,Gurbel P,Michelson AD,Peterson E,Wiviott S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic cardiomyoplasty is a new surgical procedure proposed for treatment of the failing heart. Clinically, the latissimus dorsi muscle is raised as a pedicled flap and wrapped around the heart. The skeletal muscle is transformed to produce a myocardium-like fatigue-resistant muscle. It is stimulated to contract in s...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Hill AB,Chiu RC

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:Noninvasive evaluation of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function was performed on 12 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) using posterior aortic wall echocardiogram and a parameter for determining the optimal heart rate in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation was considered. METHODS:...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Nobuoka S,Hatano S,Yoshida A,Nagashima J,Noda K,Takada H,Miyake F,Murayama M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paradoxical interventricular septal motion with right ventricular dilatation has been considered the hallmark of right ventricular volume overload. We report a 43-year-old woman with severe pulmonary hypertension due to pulmonary veno-occlusive disease who exhibited these echocardiographic abnormalities. Right ventric...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Zee-Cheng CS,Gibbs HR

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal-averaged electrocardiograms were obtained in 53 consecutive patients with a first acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who survived the first 10 days of hospitalization. The recording was performed twice, at Day 1 and at Day 10 of hospitalization, in patients without bundle-branch block and who did not receive ant...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Strasberg B,Abboud S,Kusniec J,Sclarovsky S,Agmon J

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Randomized controlled trials showed the nonvitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC) edoxaban was effective and safe for stroke and systemic embolism prevention in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) and for the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE; including pulmonary embolism and deep vein th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： De Caterina R,Agnelli G,Laeis P,Unverdorben M,Rauer H,Wang CC,Nakamura M,Chiu KM,Reimitz PE,Koretsune Y,Chen C,Thee U,Kaburagi J,Kim YH,Choi WI,Yamashita T,Cohen A,Kirchhof P

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pattern of pulmonary venous flow velocity is useful for understanding the hemodynamic relationship between the left atrium and left ventricle in patients with a variety of diseases, and the systolic flow wave, in particular, is considered a clinically important parameter that reflects left atrial filling...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Oki T,Tabata T,Yamada H,Wakatsuki T,Fukuda K,Abe M,Onose Y,Iuchi A,Fukuda N,Ito S

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is highly beneficial in patients with heart failure (HF) and left bundle branch block (LBBB); however, up to 30% of patients in this selected group are nonresponders. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that clinical and echocardiographic variables can be used to develop a sim...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Biton Y,Costa J,Zareba W,Baman JR,Goldenberg I,McNitt S,Solomon SD,Polonsky B,Kutyifa V

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation is a key factor in the development of atherosclerotic disease and acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The P2Y(12) receptor antagonists ticagrelor (AZD6140) and clopidogrel may have anti-inflammatory effects. The objective of this analysis from the Dose Confirmation Study Assessing Anti-Platelet Effe...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Husted S,Storey RF,Harrington RA,Emanuelsson H,Cannon CP

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin resistance is clearly associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) in diabetics. Insulin resistance may also be present in normoglycemic individuals, and some of these patients can be diagnosed as having metabolic syndrome (MS) according to various definitions. However, the relationship between hype...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Deveci E,Yesil M,Akinci B,Yesil S,Postaci N,Arikan E,Koseoglu M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several classifications of antiarrhythmic drugs have appeared and all suffer considerable limitations. Recently a Task Force of the Working Group on Arrhythmias of the European Society of Cardiology proposed a novel classification of antiarrhythmic drugs (the so-called Sicilian Gambit) based on their action on the mos...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Katritsis D,Camm AJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of our reported experience with colchicine for recurrent pericarditis, we administered colchicine to two patients with large pericardial effusions complicating idiopathic pericarditis. The first was a 26-year-old male who showed clinical deterioration following emergency pericardiocentesis and aspirin (3 ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Adler Y,Guindo J,Finkelstein Y,Khouri A,Assali A,Bayes-Genis A,Bayes de Luna A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS:Systemic hypertension is the leading cause of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. The present study aimed to investigate the mechanism of left atrial (LA) enlargement in patients with hypertensive heart disease during cardiac catheterization. METHODS:Data were obtained from eight control subje...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Matsuda M,Matsuda Y

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past decade, catheter ablation techniques and implantable devices have revolutionized the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias, junctional arrhythmias, and atrial flutter. For most patients presenting with atrial fibrillation (AF), the treatment available today is similar to that used a century ago, although no...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gallagher MM,Camm AJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, which is not fully explained by traditional risk factors; hence, the interest in nontraditional risk factors such as inflammation and insulin resistance (IR). Though IR is shown in nondiabetic CKD, its association wi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Banerjee D,Recio-Mayoral A,Chitalia N,Kaski JC

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a common manifestation of hypertension, coronary artery disease, and dilated cardiomyopathy. The Framingham study showed that the incidence of CHF increases twofold with each decade of age. The presence of CHF increases the age-adjusted death rate 5.5-fold for women and 8-fold for men...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Greene HL

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most antiarrhythmic interventional therapies for atrial fibrillation (AF) have been provided with special focus on the treatment of left-sided valvular disease and enlarged left atrium but few studies have assessed AF associated with congenital heart disease and dilated right atrium. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Vitarelli A,Mangieri E,Gaudio C,Tanzilli G,Miraldi F,Capotosto L

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pseudoaneurysm is a rare cardiac pathology, in which the left ventricular free wall ruptures and the pericardium surrounds the rupture in combination with thrombus and inflammation and thus prevents the development of a hemopericardium. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm may remain silent unless it gives rise to card...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Bildirici U,Agacdiken A,Ural E,Kahraman G,Komsuoglu B

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the foregoing data it is not unreasonable to hypothesize that restoration of flow in the infarct-related artery at a later date might decrease mortality. If that is the case, then a strong argument can be made for coronary angiography in patients surviving acute myocardial infarction. Of course, the ideal way...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors：

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, several treadmill scores have been proposed as means for improving the diagnostic accuracy of the exercise treadmill test (ETT). Questions remain regarding the diagnostic accuracy of treadmill scores when applied to a different patient population than that from which they were derived; furthermore,...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fearon WF,Gauri AJ,Myers J,Raxwal VK,Atwood JE,Froelicher VF

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated admission glucose level is a strong predictor of short-term adverse outcome in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, the prognostic value of diabetic control (ie, hemoglobin A(1c) levels) in patients with ACS is still undefined. HYPOTHESIS:Hemoglobin A(1c) level may predict short-te...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chan CY,Li R,Chan JY,Zhang Q,Chan CP,Dong M,Yan BP,Lam YY,Yu CM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) usually receive acetylsalicylic acid plus an adenosine diphosphate (ADP) receptor inhibitor to reduce the long-term risk of recurrent events. However, patients receiving standard antiplatelet prophylaxis still face a substantial risk of recurrent events. Strategies involving...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Goto S,Tomita A

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although nocturnal pulseoximetry is routinely performed in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), pulseoximetry over a 24-h period has not been studied. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of the study was to determine whether simultaneous 24-h oxygen desaturation and electrocardiographic (ECG) recording might be used...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Noda A,Ito R,Okada T,Yasuma F,Nakashima N,Yokota M

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:Sixteen patients with metastatic carcinoid tumors of ileal or cecal origin were studied in order to evaluate the frequency and degree of cardiac involvement in a nonselected patient group. We have also studied the correlation between plasma hormone levels (e.g., 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and substance P) and the degr...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Törnebrandt K,Eskilsson J,Nobin A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) on the electrocardiogram (ECG) may be masked in the presence of complete right bundle-branch block (RBBB). Left bundle-branch block on the ECG is associated with LVH at autopsy in 93% of hearts studied. However, RBBB does not predict LVH and the usual ECG criteria applied f...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Mehta A,Jain AC,Morise AP,Mehta MC,Billie M

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have suggested that immunoassay of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) provides a more sensitive measurement of myocardial necrosis than creatine kinase MB (CK-MB) mass concentration. HYPOTHESIS:The purpose of this study was to compare the release of cTnT and CK-MB isoenzyme in patients undergoing perc...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Abbas SA,Glazier JJ,Wu AH,Dupont C,Green SF,Pearsall LA,Waters DD,McKay RG

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the immediate and long-term effects of exercise on factors regulating blood flow, we measured plasma viscosity (eta p) and plasma renin activity (PRA) in 17 trained runners and 16 sedentary healthy subjects before and 10 min after graded treadmill exercise. Resting eta p was lower in runners primarily becaus...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Letcher RL,Pickering TG,Chien S,Laragh JH

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00