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abstract：:Five patients with recurrent tachycardias exhibiting right bundle branch block with left axis deviation were referred for investigation. In each case, a supraventricular mechanism was suspected. During sinus rhythm the QRS morphology and axis (-10 to +60 degrees) and HV intervals were normal. Tachycardia was initiated...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ward DE,Nathan AW,Camm AJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The risk of stroke is greater among women with atrial fibrillation (AF) than men. Warfarin protects against stroke, but treatment-related bleeding occurs more often in women than in men. METHODS AND RESULTS:SPORTIF III (open label, n=3410) and V (double-blind, n=3922) included 2257 women with AF and one or more s...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Gomberg-Maitland M,Wenger NK,Feyzi J,Lengyel M,Volgman AS,Petersen P,Frison L,Halperin JL

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:White matter hyperintensities (WMH) progress with age and hypertension, but the key period of exposure to elevated blood pressure (BP), and the relative role of systolic BP (SBP) vs. diastolic BP (DBP), remains unclear. This study aims to determine the relationship between WMH and concurrent vs. past BP. METHODS ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wartolowska KA,Webb AJS

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Strong experimental evidence links ventricular fibrillation to an increased temporal dispersion of the recovery of excitability. The effect of an overall prolongation of repolarization and an increased basic dispersion of repolarization on premature dispersion was studied on ventricular surface in 10 dogs. Our observa...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Amlie JP,Kuo CS,Munakata K,Reddy PS,Surawicz B

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) produce regenerative effects in the post-infarct setting. However, it is unclear whether CDCs are beneficial in non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). We tested the effects of CDC transplantation in mice with cardiac-specific Gαq overexpression, which predictably develop progr...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Aminzadeh MA,Tseliou E,Sun B,Cheng K,Malliaras K,Makkar RR,Marbán E

更新日期：2015-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Dr Martin Stiles talks about the electrophysiology scene in NZ with Iona MacDonald. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： MacDonald I

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new European Heart Journal, Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, was launched at the ESC Congress 2014 in Barcelona and begins publication in February 2014. ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Ozcan J

更新日期：2014-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic heart failure (CHF) are two major and even growing cardiovascular conditions that often coexist. However, few data are available to guide treatment of AF in patients with CHF. This review summarizes current literature concerning the following topics: (i) prognostic relevance of AF ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Neuberger HR,Mewis C,van Veldhuisen DJ,Schotten U,van Gelder IC,Allessie MA,Böhm M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cardiomyopathy produces significant mortality in patients with Friedreich ataxia (FA), a genetic disorder that produces intra-mitochondrial iron accumulation. We sought to test the hypothesis that abnormal myocardial perfusion reserve and fibrosis represent early manifestations of cardiomyopathy. METHODS AND RESU...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Raman SV,Phatak K,Hoyle JC,Pennell ML,McCarthy B,Tran T,Prior TW,Olesik JW,Lutton A,Rankin C,Kissel JT,Al-Dahhak R

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some studies provide a link between the width of QRS complexes and late potentials occurring at the end of the QRS complex in signal-averaged recordings. The purpose of this study was to compare three methods of QRS duration measurement: the conventional 12 lead ECG, the Frank vectorcardiogram (VCG) and the signal-ave...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Brembilla-Perrot B

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Calmodulinopathies are rare life-threatening arrhythmia syndromes which affect mostly young individuals and are, caused by mutations in any of the three genes (CALM 1-3) that encode identical calmodulin proteins. We established the International Calmodulinopathy Registry (ICalmR) to understand the natural history,...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Crotti L,Spazzolini C,Tester DJ,Ghidoni A,Baruteau AE,Beckmann BM,Behr ER,Bennett JS,Bezzina CR,Bhuiyan ZA,Celiker A,Cerrone M,Dagradi F,De Ferrari GM,Etheridge SP,Fatah M,Garcia-Pavia P,Al-Ghamdi S,Hamilton RM,Al-H

更新日期：2019-09-14 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:Sudden unexplained death syndrome occurs in previously healthy South-east Asian young adults without any structural cause of death. The common electrocardiographic (ECG) change in sudden unexplained death syndrome survivors is right bundle branch block and ST elevations in leads V(1) to V(3), which are similar to ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Sangwatanaroj S,Prechawat S,Sunsaneewitayakul B,Sitthisook S,Tosukhowong P,Tungsanga K

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBJECTIVE, DESIGN AND PATIENTS: Between August 1981 and July 1983, 5839 consecutive myocardial infarction patients were hospitalized in 13 coronary care units in Israel. The present study examines 10 year survival among 4037 consecutive patients with a first myocardial infarction with either Q or non-Q waves...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Behar S,Haim M,Hod H,Kornowski R,Reicher-Reiss H,Zion M,Kaplinsky E,Abinader E,Palant A,Kishon Y,Reisin L,Zahavi I,Goldbourt U

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The evidence base for fasting plasma glucose (FPG) in the non-diabetic range as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) is inconclusive. We investigated this question in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS). METHODS AND RESULTS:In WOSCOPS, we related FPG in 6447 men (mean age 55 years) ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Preiss D,Welsh P,Murray HM,Shepherd J,Packard C,Macfarlane P,Cobbe S,Ford I,Sattar N

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS :Individuals with low socioeconomic status (SES) face widespread prejudice in society. Whether SES disparities exist in treatment and survival following in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is unclear. The aim of the current retrospective registry study was to examine SES disparities in IHCA treatment and survival, a...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Agerström J,Carlsson M,Bremer A,Herlitz J,Israelsson J,Årestedt K

更新日期：2020-12-21 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：AIMS:Cardiac hypertrophy is a common and often lethal complication of arterial hypertension. Elevation of myocyte cyclic GMP levels by local actions of endogenous atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) or by pharmacological inhibition of phosphodiesterase-5 was shown to counter-regulate p...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Frantz S,Klaiber M,Baba HA,Oberwinkler H,Völker K,Gaβner B,Bayer B,Abeβer M,Schuh K,Feil R,Hofmann F,Kuhn M

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:Recently, bisoprolol has been investigated regarding its effects on exercise tolerance and the duration of action in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) following single oral administration. It appears, however, that the extent of effects of 5 mg bisoprolol is not fully established yet. Therefore, the effects o...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： de Muinck E,Wagner G,vd Ven LL,Lie KI

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:It has recently been suggested that exercise testing may be more valuable prognostically than it is diagnostically in apparently healthy subjects. We wanted to compare the accuracy of CHD risk assessment based on classical risk factors with an assessment also based on multiple exercise test parameters. METHODS AND...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Erikssen G,Bodegard J,Bjørnholt JV,Liestøl K,Thelle DS,Erikssen J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:There have been no large observational studies attempting to identify predictors of major bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), particularly from a multinational perspective. The objective of our study was thus to develop a prediction rule for the identification of patients with ACS at higher r...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Moscucci M,Fox KA,Cannon CP,Klein W,López-Sendón J,Montalescot G,White K,Goldberg RJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：AIMS:This study evaluated the predictive value of NT-proBNP for patients with diabetes mellitus and compared the prognostic aptitude of this neurohumoral marker to traditional markers of cardiovascular events. METHODS AND RESULTS:A prospective observational study was conducted in 631 diabetic patients. The composite e...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Huelsmann M,Neuhold S,Strunk G,Moertl D,Berger R,Prager R,Abrahamian H,Riedl M,Pacher R,Luger A,Clodi M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We describe a new strategic stepwise mapping approach for fast and accurate identification and ablation of ectopic atrial foci using an electroanatomic mapping system. METHODS AND RESULTS:Mapping procedures started with the acquisition of four points at the superior/septal part of the tricuspid annulus. According...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Wetzel U,Hindricks G,Schirdewahn P,Dorszewski A,Fleck A,Heinke F,Kottkamp H

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To test the hypothesis that diabetic status may be used as a prognostic indicator in heart failure (HF) patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:We studied 1246 consecutive patients with left ventricular dysfunction. All patients had a cardiopulmonary exercise test and an echocardiogram. Cardiac catheterisation was systemat...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： De Groote P,Lamblin N,Mouquet F,Plichon D,McFadden E,Van Belle E,Bauters C

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：: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：:We have conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicentre trial of oral isosorbide 5-mononitrate (ISMN) in 360 patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. Patients were stratified prior to analysis according to the presence or absence of left ventricular failure on admission. ISMN caused a ...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Fitzgerald LJ,Bennett ED

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We investigated the temporal changes in circulating levels of markers of extracellular cardiac matrix (ECCM) turnover and their relationship with infarct size (IS), ejection fraction (EF), and left ventricular (LV) volumes, determined by serial cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in patients with first-time S...

journal_title：European heart journal

authors： Manhenke C,Ueland T,Jugdutt BI,Godang K,Aukrust P,Dickstein K,Ørn S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00