Mitral valve replacement in sickle cell disease.

abstract：:Non-vitamin K dependent oral anticoagulants (NOAC) are now widely used in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) for stroke prevention and in patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) for the treatment and secondary prevention of the disease. Among NOAC, edoxaban demonstrated noninferiority to warfarin ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Colonna P,von Heymann C,Santamaria A,Matsushita Y,Unverdorben M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) participates in the recruitment of mononuclear cells to the vessel wall. HYPOTHESIS:The aim of the study was to evaluate the potential association between serum concentration of MCP-1 and risk of future cardiovascular events in patients with chronic coronary heart ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Haim M,Tanne D,Boyko V,Reshef T,Goldbourt U,Battler A,Mekori YA,Behar S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is independently associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and calcific aortic valve stenosis. Elevated Lp(a) affects approximately one in five individuals and meaningfully contributes to the residual cardiovascular risk in individuals with otherwise well-controlled risk factors. Wi...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Berman AN,Biery DW,Ginder C,Hulme OL,Marcusa D,Leiva O,Wu WY,Singh A,Divakaran S,Hainer J,Turchin A,Januzzi JL,Natarajan P,Cannon CP,Di Carli MF,Bhatt DL,Blankstein R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of myocardial ischemia that could present as angina, acute myocardial infarction, or even sudden death. It occurs more commonly in women and it has been associated with autoimmune and collagen vascular diseases. The management and prognosis in these patient...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dakik HA,Nader GA,Arja WA,Sawaya J,Gharzuddine W

更新日期：2010-07-01 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:Limited information is available regarding outcome of very elderly patients referred for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). PURPOSE:This study aimed to assess acute and intermediate term clinical outcomes among nonagenarians. METHODS:The study included 32 consecutive nonagenarian patients undergoing...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Parikh R,Chennareddy S,Debari V,Hamdan A,Konlian D,Shamoon F,Bikkina M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ventriculophasic response (VR) refers to shortening of atrial cycle length during heart block when a QRS complex is interposed between P waves. No formal quantitative definition has heretofore been proposed, nor have its potential clinical correlations been studied. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that VR is...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Dadu RT,McPherson CA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of monotherapy with atenolol or diltiazem-SR on blood pressure, 24-h blood pressure (BP) load, and exercise capacity were tested in patients with mild to moderate (stages I and II) essential hypertension. After 3-week single-blind placebo therapy, patients with sitting diastolic blood pressure (SDBP) of 94...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chrysant SG,Miller E

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognosis for patients with non-Q-wave myocardial infarction (MI) remains controversial, although a number of studies have shown a less favorable outlook after hospital discharge for patients with non-Q-wave than for those with Q-wave infarction. Numerous management strategies are available to the clinician, many ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Boden WE

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Some previous studies have suggested a high prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) during exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ECOPD). The SLICE trial aims to assess the efficacy and safety of an active strategy for the diagnosis and treatment of PE (vs usual care) in patients hospitalize...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Jiménez D,Agustí A,Monreal M,Otero R,Huisman MV,Lobo JL,Quezada A,Jara-Palomares L,Hernando A,Tabernero E,Marcos P,Ruiz-Artacho P,Ballaz A,Bertoletti L,Couturaud F,Yusen R,SLICE investigators.

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary amyloidosis, systemic senile amyloidosis, isolated atrial amyloidosis, and transthyretin isoleucine 122 amyloidosis frequently involve the heart. Amyloid fibrils infiltrate the myocardium, impairing ventricular contraction and relaxation. The clinical manifestations of cardiac infiltration in these disorders a...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： McCarthy RE 3rd,Kasper EK

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiation-treated head and neck cancer (HNC) patients are at high risk for developing radiation vasculopathy, as evidenced by an increased stroke risk. The benefits of screening and assessing the cardiovascular (CV) risk of HNC patients using carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) ultrasound are not known. Ou...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Jacoby D,Hajj J,Javaheri A,deGoma E,Lin A,Ahn P,Quon H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fulminant psychiatric disturbance, as the sole noncardiac manifestation of digitalis toxicity, emerged in a 85-year-old woman during treatment for congestive heart failure. Described more than a century ago as "digitalis delirium," the disorder is characterized by severe agitation, delusional thinking, assaultive be...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Varriale P,Mossavi A

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes 23 patients with aortic valve stenosis who underwent balloon valvuloplasty during life and had subsequent valve tissue examined at the time of aortic valve replacement or at necropsy. Of 23 stenotic aortic valves, 17 were examined within 30 days (early) after balloon dilation. Of these 94% had no...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Waller BF,Dorros G,Lewin RF,King JF,McKay C,van Tassel JW

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) reduce perioperative cardiac events in high-risk patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery. However, there is paucity of data on the role of statins in patients undergoing intermediate-risk noncardiac, nonvascular surgery (NCNVS). HYPOTHESIS:S...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Raju MG,Pachika A,Punnam SR,Gardiner JC,Shishehbor MH,Kapadia SR,Abela GS

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Constrictive pericarditis is a fibrotic process involving both layers of the pericardium and is known to give rise to obstruction to blood flow in the right heart. We report a patient with constrictive pericarditis who had echocardiographic features of mitral stenosis caused by a fibrocalcific mass lesion involving th...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Pai RG,Tarazi R,Wong S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] concentrations were determined in 365 patients undergoing coronary angiography for stable angina (n = 159), unstable angina (n = 99), recent myocardial infarction (n = 45), and nonischemic heart disease (cardiomyopathy or valvular disease, n = 62, non-IHD). Mean +/- SD and median Lp(a) concentr...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Brunelli C,Spallarossa P,Bertolini S,Balbi M,Barbara C,Masturzo P,Lantieri PB,Pastorini C,Caponnetto S

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rarely occurring in the pediatric and adolescent population, aortic dissection is a condition with many predisposing factors. Previous studies have suggested that congenital cardiovascular disorders are the most common predisposing conditions. Trauma-associated aortic dissection is considered a rare occurren...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Fikar CR,Fikar R

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of smoking on prognosis among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is controversial, and data on the importance of smoking cessation or reductions were lacking. HYPOTHESIS:Smoking cessation or reductions could reduce the risk of adverse outcomes in patient after PCI. METH...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Chen T,Li W,Wang Y,Xu B,Guo J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, yet patient risk stratification may be difficult. Prevention or treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) may be an important strategy in these patients that could positively affect their outcome. It has been demonstrated that in patients with syst...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Gigliotti JN,Sidhu MS,Robert AM,Zipursky JS,Brown JR,Costa SP,Palac RT,Steckman DA,Malenka DJ,Kono AT,Greenberg ML

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial echocardiographic findings in a patient with an Omniscience mitral prosthesis presenting progressive perivalvular pannus ingrowth are described. The first echocardiographic study was carried out one year after prosthesis implantation and showed decreased prosthetic opening velocity. As prosthetic thrombosis was...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Evangelista Masip A,Bruguera Cortada J,Serrat Serradell R,Robles Castro A

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology affecting adults age > 50 years. GCA (also known as temporal arteritis) is a vasculitis of large and medium-size vessels that involves the extracranial branches of the carotid artery. Common manifestations include constitutional sympto...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Tiosano S,Adler Y,Azrielant S,Yavne Y,Gendelman O,Ben-Ami Shor D,Comaneshter D,Shalom G,Cohen AD,Amital H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, insulin resistance (IR), and obesity frequently coexist with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), but it is uncertain whether these risk factors for vascular disease contribute to a change in atherosclerosis over time, independently of DM status. HYPOTHESIS:We hypothesized that t...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Sung KC,Ryu S,Lee JY,Lee SH,Cheong ES,Wild SH,Byrne CD

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) therapy and coronary plaque stability assessed by optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) has not been thoroughly described. HYPOTHESIS:EPA therapy is associated with decreased plaque instability in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Konishi T,Sunaga D,Funayama N,Yamamoto T,Murakami H,Hotta D,Nojima M,Tanaka S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital coronary-pulmonary fistulas (CPFs) are commonly unilateral, but bilateral and multilateral fistulas may occur. In multilateral CPFs, the value of a multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) imaging technique as an adjuvant to coronary angiography (CAG) is eminent. The purpose of this study was to d...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Said SA,Nijhuis RL,Akker JW,Takechi M,Slart RH,Bos JS,Hoorntje CR,Houwelingen KG,Bakker-de Boo M,Braam RL,Vet TM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a complex cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice with increasing incidence. However, the effects of statins on patients with AF are not quite clear. HYPOTHESIS:To investigate the protective effect of calcium channel blocker (CCB) and valsartan combined fluvastatin on hypertensio...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Zhao Z,Yang Y,Wang J,Dong Z,Niu X,Liu E,Liu T,Li L,Liang Y,Li G

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs frequently in patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), strategies for prevention of thromboembolic complications are poorly characterized. HYPOTHESIS:We sought to examine exposure to warfarin and P2Y12 inhibitors and clinical outcomes among patients ...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Jones WS,Mi X,Patel MR,Mills R,Hernandez AF,Curtis LH

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the changes induced in atherosclerotic arteries by a CO2 laser beam delivered through a silver halide optical fiber. We found that the crater depth and diameter correlate with the total energy delivered and with the mode of delivery. Short-duration high-power pulses caused shallower and narrower crater...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Eldar M,Battler A,Gal D,Rath S,Rotstein Z,Neufeld HN,Akselrod S,Katzir A,Gaton E,Wolman M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conventional approaches to management of congestive heart failure (CHF) rely on drugs that increase myocardial contractility or reduce ventricular afterload. These approaches often improve cardiac symptoms and survival, but may be associated with significant deleterious effects. An alternative approach is to...

journal_title：Clinical cardiology

authors： Lewis JF,DaCosta M,Wargowich T,Stacpoole P

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00