Left ventricular remodelling and improved long-term outcomes in chronic heart failure.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nadolol in modifying the standard deviation of RR intervals (SDRR) and the coefficient of variance (CV) in 47 patients characterized by symptomatic, frequent (> 30 h-1) and reproducible premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). Sixteen patients had suffered a previo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pitzalis MV,Mastropasqua F,Massari F,Totaro P,Passantino A,Rizzon P

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of the study was to investigate the atrial myocardial deformation properties using ultrasound strain rate (SR) imaging in patients after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) and to compare its prognostic value in maintaining sinus rhythm. METHODS AND RESULTS:A total of 118 patients with AF (74 pa...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Schneider C,Malisius R,Krause K,Lampe F,Bahlmann E,Boczor S,Antz M,Ernst S,Kuck KH

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although indicated by several experimental studies, the presence of a renin-angiotensin system has not been demonstrated in the human heart. The influence of a local renin-angiotensin system on the coronary vessels may be difficult to establish after oral or intravenous administration of an angiotensin converting-enzy...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Foult JM,Tavolaro O,Antony I,Nitenberg A

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no certain way of obtaining one of the European Society of Cardiology grants for research or clinical training offered each year, but Prof. Stavros Konstantinides (Centre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany), who chairs the European Society of Cardiology Credentials C...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors：

更新日期：2014-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight young healthy male subjects, members of a Himalayan expedition, underwent 24 h Holter monitoring before departure, after 1 and 4 weeks at high altitude (5000 m) and after return to sea level. At high altitude, the circadian reciprocal changes in low and high frequency (LF, HF) were absent, with no significant re...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ponchia A,Noventa D,Bertaglia M,Carretta R,Zaccaria M,Miraglia G,Pascotto P,Buja G

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty with the Inoue balloon is conventionally performed with double vascular access: arterial and venous. However, in patients with a good echogenic window it may be performed with venous access only and the procedure monitored by 2D-echocardiography and colour flow mapping. This...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gupta S,Schiele F,Xu C,Meneveau N,Seronde MF,Breton V,Bernard Y,Bassand JP

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Emerging evidence indicates that nuclear receptors play a critical regulatory role in cardiovascular physiology/pathology. Recently, farnesoid-X-receptor (FXR), a member of the metabolic nuclear receptor superfamily, has been demonstrated to be expressed in vascular cells, with important roles in vascular physiolo...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pu J,Yuan A,Shan P,Gao E,Wang X,Wang Y,Lau WB,Koch W,Ma XL,He B

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early termination of clinical trials, for either benefit or harm, often generates undue enthusiasm or alarm. The enhanced publicity attending early termination of a trial promotes inappropriate interpretations because of the inherent difficulty of a prompt and comprehensive data review. Furthermore, the process of...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors：

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims Abciximab has previously been shown to enhance thrombolysis and improve myocardial perfusion when combined with reduced doses of alteplase. The purpose of the reteplase phase of TIMI 14 was to evaluate the effects of abciximab when used in combination with a reduced dose of reteplase for ST-elevation myocardial i...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Antman EM,Gibson CM,de Lemos JA,Giugliano RP,McCabe CH,Coussement P,Menown I,Nienaber CA,Rehders TC,Frey MJ,Van der Wieken R,Andresen D,Scherer J,Anderson K,Van de Werf F,Braunwald E

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Anecdotal observations suggest that sub-clinical electrophysiological manifestations of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) develop before detectable structural changes ensue on cardiac imaging. To test this hypothesis, we investigated a murine model with conditional cardiac genetic deletion of ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gomes J,Finlay M,Ahmed AK,Ciaccio EJ,Asimaki A,Saffitz JE,Quarta G,Nobles M,Syrris P,Chaubey S,McKenna WJ,Tinker A,Lambiase PD

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Chronic kidney disease is directly associated with cardiovascular complications. Heart remodelling, including fibrosis, hypertrophy, and decreased vascularization, is frequently present in renal diseases. Our objective was to investigate the impact of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) on cardiac remodelling and functio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Di Marco GS,Reuter S,Kentrup D,Ting L,Ting L,Grabner A,Jacobi AM,Pavenstädt H,Baba HA,Tiemann K,Brand M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study investigated the effects of irbesartan vs. enalapril, with early vs. late treatment, on markers of inflammation and ischaemic heart disease in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS). METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients hospitalized with ischaemic symptoms and evidence of NSTE...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Montalescot G,Drexler H,Gallo R,Pearson T,Thoenes M,Bhatt DL

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Three methods are used to identify dysglycaemia: fasting plasma glucose (FPG), 2-h post-load plasma glucose (2hPG) from the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and glycated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). The aim was to describe the yield and concordance of FPG, HbA1c, and 2hPG alone, or in combination, to identify dysgl...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gyberg V,De Bacquer D,Kotseva K,De Backer G,Schnell O,Sundvall J,Tuomilehto J,Wood D,Rydén L,EUROASPIRE IV Investigators.

更新日期：2015-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the diagnostic accuracy of 256-row computed tomographic angiography (CTA) in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Non-invasive imaging of the coronary artery by CTA has increasingly been used in recent years. The accuracy of 256-row CTA has not yet been studied. We sought to assess the ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Chao SP,Law WY,Kuo CJ,Hung HF,Cheng JJ,Lo HM,Shyu KG

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation was undertaken to assess the value of adding streptokinase therapy to standard penicillin treatment of artificially induced infective endocarditis due to Streptococcus sanguis. In pigs a low-grade infection could be induced which closely simulated streptococcal endocarditis in man, but for technical r...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Dewar HA,Jones MR,Barnes WS,Griffin SG

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycaemic control is an inadequate surrogate marker of cardiovascular event reduction in patients with type 2 diabetes. Clinical trials to date have been unsuccessful in identifying a therapeutic approach that addresses the underlying problem in diabetes (glycaemic control) and reduces cardiovascular risk. The potenti...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Zannad F,Stough WG,Pocock SJ,Sleight P,Cushman WC,Cleland JG,McMurray JJ,Lonn E,Geller NL,Wedel H,Abadie E,Alonso-Garcia A,Pitt B

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Growth-differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) has emerged as a biomarker of increased mortality and recurrent myocardial infarction (MI) in patients diagnosed with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome. We explored the usefulness of GDF-15 for early risk stratification in 479 unselected patients with acute chest pa...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Eggers KM,Kempf T,Allhoff T,Lindahl B,Wallentin L,Wollert KC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

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：AIMS:We recently found that resting muscle sympathetic nerve activity is inversely related to peak oxygen uptake (VO(2) peak) in patients with heart failure, suggesting a peripheral neurogenic limit to exercise in heart failure. No such relationship was observed in healthy controls. To determine whether this observatio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Notarius CF,Azevedo ER,Parker JD,Floras JS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the interpretation of the effect of a drug or intervention in a single patient, it is desirable to know the spontaneous fluctuations of the variable under study. A few studies have determined pulmonary haemodynamic variability in acute and short-term intervals. It seems reasonable to adopt a confidence limit of 6 m...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Schrijen F,Jezková J

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical value of QRST isointegral maps (I-maps) for the detection of myocardial infarction (MI) in the presence of left bundle branch block (LBBB) was investigated. We recorded I-maps during sinus rhythm and right ventricular (RV) pacing, which simulated LBBB, in 62 patients with MI (42 patients had at least one ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Suzuki A,Hirai M,Hayashi H,Tomita Y,Ichihara Y,Adachi M,Oguchi S,Takatsu F

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the value of exercise stress testing and of mental stress as predictors of hypertension, we studied 130 normotensive males 14-18 years of age. Sixty-five had at least one hypertensive parent (SHT), while 65 had normotensive parents (SNT). Systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure, rate-pressure produ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Radice M,Alli C,Avanzini F,Di Tullio M,Mariotti G,Taioli E,Zussino A,Folli G

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the effects of the acute administration of intravenous (i.v.) digitalis administration (0.8 mg of digoxin in 5-10 min) on the electrophysiological variables of 12 normal subjects (group 1), 12 patients with asymptomatic sinus node bradycardia (group 2) and 34 patients with symptomatic sinus node dys...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Bolognesi R,Benedini G,Ferrari R,Visioli O

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scientific assessment of diagnostic tests should not be based upon a small series of results published by the best academic institutions, but ought to require large scale, multicentre validation founded on grass roots institutions with real doctors, real patients and real problems. To this purpose, an internationa...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Picano E,Sicari R,Landi P,Raciti M,Pingitore A,Vassalle C,Mathias W Jr,Lowenstein J,Petix N,Gigli G

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Elevated blood pressure (EBP) is the most prevalent and potentially modifiable risk factor for AF, yet little is known of its atrial effects. We aimed to characterize the atrial electrical and structural changes in a chronic ovine model of EBP after prenatal corticosteroid exposure. METHODS AND RESULTS:Twelve she...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kistler PM,Sanders P,Dodic M,Spence SJ,Samuel CS,Zhao C,Charles JA,Edwards GA,Kalman JM

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable effort and large sums of money have been spent on constructing a risk profile for sudden death in the myocardial infarction survivor at the time of discharge from hospital. However, these patients are only a minority among those dying suddenly outside hospital. The majority of sudden death victims cannot ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wellens HJ,de Vreede J,Gorgels AP

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A controversy persists as to whether cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) decreases plasma levels of triiodothyronine (T3), thereby justifying peri-operative administration of T3 to improve haemodynamic recovery. To examine the effects of T3 therapy on post-CPB haemodynamics and to determine whether the potential inotropic ef...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Teiger E,Menasché P,Mansier P,Chevalier B,Lajeunie E,Bloch G,Piwnica A

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We addressed a potential mechanism of myocardial dysfunction following coronary microembolization at the level of myofibrillar proteins. METHODS AND RESULTS:Anaesthetized pigs underwent intracoronary infusion of microspheres. After 6 h, the microembolized areas (MEA) had decreased systolic wall thickening to 38 +...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Canton M,Skyschally A,Menabò R,Boengler K,Gres P,Schulz R,Haude M,Erbel R,Di Lisa F,Heusch G

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired relaxation of the ventricle has been described in hypertrophy and in ischemic heart disease. Some of these abnormalities are transient, but all occur at an early stage of the disease. The underlying mechanisms may vary depending on the etiology of the disease, and, except for ischemic heart disease, true myoc...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Brutsaert DL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the antianginal efficacy and tolerability of felodipine, a new dihydropyridine calcium antagonist, 20 patients with stable exertional angina, not completely controlled by beta-blocker monotherapy, entered a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study. Patients on standard beta-blocker ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sangiorgio P,Di Pasquale G,Savonitto S,Urbinati S,Rubboli A,Cavallotti G,Pinelli G,Bracchetti D

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00