Trans-septal catheterization for radiofrequency catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. Results and safety of a simplified method.

abstract：AIMS:To investigate personality traits and sympatho-vagal modulation of heart rate variability (HRV) during acute myocardial infarction (AMI), assessing their relationships and their long-term prognostic value. METHODS AND RESULTS:Psychological traits and 24 h HRV were prospectively investigated in 246 patients at dis...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Carpeggiani C,Emdin M,Bonaguidi F,Landi P,Michelassi C,Trivella MG,Macerata A,L'Abbate A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to most prospective epidemiologic studies, an earlier report from the British Regional Heart Study (BRHS) suggested that high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol in men aged 40-59 years was not a significant, independent, predictive risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), controlling for the composite...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Tyroler HA

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aims Epidemiological studies reported two contrasting trends: on one hand, a significant improvement in the use of evidence-based treatments of patients discharged with a myocardial infarction (MI). On the other hand, the increasing number of elderly and co-morbid patients who are usually less treated. The aim of this...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Macchia A,Romero M,D'Ettorre A,Mariani J,Tognoni G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Major guidelines recommend lowering systolic blood pressure (SBP) to <140 mmHg in all hypertensives, but evidence is missing whether this is beneficial in (i) uncomplicated hypertensives, (ii) grade 1 hypertensives, and (iii) elderly hypertensives. Providing this missing evidence is important to justify efforts an...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Zhang Y,Zhang X,Liu L,Zanchetti A,FEVER Study Group.

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS :In the last decade, transcatheter aortic valve (TAV) replacement determined a paradigm shift in the treatment of patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. Data on long-term TAV performance are still limited. We sought to evaluate the clinical and haemodynamic outcomes of the CoreValve self-expandable valv...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Testa L,Latib A,Brambilla N,De Marco F,Fiorina C,Adamo M,Giannini C,Angelillis M,Barbanti M,Sgroi C,Poli A,Ferrara E,Bruschi G,Russo CF,Matteo M,De Felice F,Musto C,Curello S,Colombo A,Tamburino C,Petronio AS,Be

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：Aims:The aim of this study is to develop models to aid the decision to prolong dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) that requires balancing an individual patient's potential benefits and harms. Methods and results:Using population-based electronic health records (EHRs) (CALIBER, England, 2000-10), of patients evaluated 1 ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pasea L,Chung SC,Pujades-Rodriguez M,Moayyeri A,Denaxas S,Fox KAA,Wallentin L,Pocock SJ,Timmis A,Banerjee A,Patel R,Hemingway H

更新日期：2017-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Because benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) appear to be less favourable in non-left bundle branch block (LBBB) patients, this prospective longitudinal study tested the hypothesis that QRS morphology and echocardiographic mechanical dyssynchrony were associated with long-term outcome after CRT. ME...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hara H,Oyenuga OA,Tanaka H,Adelstein EC,Onishi T,McNamara DM,Schwartzman D,Saba S,Gorcsan J 3rd

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Thrombin plays a key role in the clinical syndrome of unstable angina. We investigated the safety and efficacy of five dose levels of efegatran sulphate, a direct thrombin inhibitor, compared to heparin in patients with unstable angina. METHODS:Four hundred and thirty-two patients with unstable angina were enroll...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Klootwijk P,Lenderink T,Meij S,Boersma H,Melkert R,Umans VA,Stibbe J,Müller EJ,Poortermans KJ,Deckers JW,Simoons ML

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common complication in patients with acute myocardial infarction and is associated with an increase in the risk of death. The excess mortality associated with AF complicating acute myocardial infarction has not been studied in detail. Observations indicate that AF facilitates inductio...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Pedersen OD,Abildstrøm SZ,Ottesen MM,Rask-Madsen C,Bagger H,Køber L,Torp-Pedersen C,TRACE Study Investigators.

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One case of unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm causing left coronary artery compression and lethal myocardial infarction in a 39-year old woman is described. In reviewing the literature, 15 previously published cases of sinus of Valsalva aneurysms disturbing coronary flow were found. It is concluded that the mechan...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Brandt J,Jögi P,Lührs C

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical management of refractory heart failure remains challenging, with a high rate of rehospitalizations despite advances in medical and device therapy. Care can be provided in person, via telehomecare (by telephone), or telemonitoring, which involves wireless technology for remote follow-up. Telemonitoring wireles...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Hasan A,Paul V

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a single oral dose of nisoldipine, 10 mg, were investigated in two groups of patients. Firstly, the effects of nisoldipine on exercise left ventricular function were assessed in 20 patients with chronic stable angina and coronary disease. Secondly, the effects of nisoldipine on the left ventricular resp...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Dymond DS,Caplin JL,O'Keefe JC,Banim S

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Older people increasingly constitute a large proportion of the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) population. We examined the relationship of age with receipt of more intensive management and secondary prevention medicine. Then, the comparative association of intensive management (reperfusion/angiography) over a conser...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Zaman MJ,Stirling S,Shepstone L,Ryding A,Flather M,Bachmann M,Myint PK

更新日期：2014-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In a small field with an abundance of journals, the Journal of Interventional Cardiology is carving out its niche with articles about technologies on the horizon. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Taylor J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The presence of residual thrombus following fibrinolytic therapy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) may predispose to greater embolization and microvascular dysfunction. METHODS AND RESULTS:We hypothesized that even in the presence of a patent epicardial artery, residual thrombus would be asso...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kirtane AJ,Vafai JJ,Murphy SA,Aroesty JM,Sabatine MS,Cannon CP,Gibson CM,TIMI Study Group.

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) often experience recurrent arrhythmias within the first few months post-ablation. We aimed to investigate whether short-term use of amiodarone to prevent early arrhythmias following radiofrequency ablation for AF could reduce later recurrence. MET...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Darkner S,Chen X,Hansen J,Pehrson S,Johannessen A,Nielsen JB,Svendsen JH

更新日期：2014-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient with left atrial ball thrombus which was detected during echocardiographic evaluation of combined mitral-aortic valve disease. Surgical correction was performed entirely on the basis of the echocardiographic diagnosis. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Schäfer RO,Evers G,Morgan P,Thiel H

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient air pollution is a leading cause of non-communicable disease globally. The largest proportion of deaths and morbidity due to air pollution is now known to be due to cardiovascular disorders. Several particulate and gaseous air pollutants can trigger acute events (e.g. myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failu...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Münzel T,Gori T,Al-Kindi S,Deanfield J,Lelieveld J,Daiber A,Rajagopalan S

更新日期：2018-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess compliance to guidelines in the management of patients with atrial fibrillation. METHODS AND RESULTS:A total of 728 questionnaires were mailed to physicians with the intention of studying 'theoretical' compliance to practice guidelines. A retrospective evaluation of 200 records from consecutive patients...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Frykman V,Beerman B,Rydén L,Rosenqvist M,Medical Products Agency.,Swedish Society of Cardiology.

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:There is no cure for pulmonary arterial hypertension, but current approved treatment options include prostanoids, endothelin-receptor antagonists, and phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitors. The effect on survival of these compounds has not been appropriately assessed in individual trials because of small sample size...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Galiè N,Manes A,Negro L,Palazzini M,Bacchi-Reggiani ML,Branzi A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Benefits and complications of postoperative implantable cardioverter-defibrillator tests are controversial matters. This study sought to assess the necessity of defibrillation function tests after implantation. METHODS AND RESULTS:We retrospectively analysed 1007 implantable cardioverter-defibrillator tests in 58...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Brunn J,Böcker D,Weber M,Castrucci M,Gradaus R,Borggrefe M,Breithardt G,Block M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Recent randomized clinical trials have reported a reduction in restenosis with intracoronary stents and have suggested that this restenosis reduction is a result of the higher immediate luminal gain, in comparison to conventional percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The hypothesis of this study i...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Haase KK,Athanasiadis A,Mahrholdt H,Treusch A,Wullen B,Jaramillo C,Baumbach A,Voelker W,Meisner C,Karsch KR

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maximal hyperaemia is paramount in the diagnosis of patients with coronary artery disease. However in these patients, enhanced alpha-adrenergic microvascular vasoconstriction may preclude adenosine to induce maximal hyperaemia. AIM:To assess the presence and the clinical relevance of residual microvascular ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Barbato E,Bartunek J,Aarnoudse W,Vanderheyden M,Staelens F,Wijns W,Heyndrickx GR,Pijls NH,De Bruyne B

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients with an atrioventricular accessory pathway were studied by programmed electrical stimulation to determine if reentrant tachycardia could be prevented by delivery of either a single atrial extrastimulus, applied at a critical time after the tachycardia-initiating stimulus (or stimuli), or a train of sti...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Kuck KH,Kunze KP,Schlüter M,Bleifeld W

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natriuretic peptides are important tools to establish diagnosis and prognosis in heart failure (HF). With application of therapies for HF, changes in both B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and its amino terminal cleavage fragment (NT-proBNP) parallel the benefits of the HF therapy applied. This dynamic nature of BN...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Troughton R,Michael Felker G,Januzzi JL Jr

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 83-year-old man was hospitalized due to general fatigue and dyspnoea. He was diagnosed as having complete atrioventricular (AV) block due to cardiac involvement by a malignant lymphoma. Eleven days after the initiation of chemotherapy, the complete AV block disappeared and only a first degree AV block remained. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Otsuji Y,Arima N,Fujiwara H,Saito K,Kisanuki A,Tanaka H

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Migration, urbanization, and change in socio-economic factors have potentially profound effects on heart disease in low-to-middle income countries. METHODS AND RESULTS:Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa, provides health care to >1 million Africans. We systematically captured data from all de ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Stewart S,Carrington M,Pretorius S,Methusi P,Sliwa K

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Myocardial Infarction Project (E.M.I.P.) participants have evaluated out-of-hospital coronary care services in different cities within the E.E.C. and concluded that these facilities would support a study within these European centres on pre-hospital intervention in myocardial infarction. Based on a pilot ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors：

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Although a recent expert consensus statement has recommended periprocedural uninterrupted (UI) non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) as a Class I indication, there have been no clear randomized trials. We investigated the safety and efficacy of UI...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Yu HT,Shim J,Park J,Kim TH,Uhm JS,Kim JY,Joung B,Lee MH,Kim YH,Pak HN

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nisoldipine is a calcium antagonist with potent coronary vasodilating effects in patients with chronic stable angina pectoris. We studied the acute effects of nisoldipine in six patients within 24 h (mean 14 +/- 4 h) after the onset of myocardial infarction. Nisoldipine was administered as a 4.5 micrograms kg-1 intrav...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Chin JC,van der Wall EE,Manger Cats V,van der Laarse A,Blokland JA,Pauwels EJ,Bruschke AV

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00