The onset of acute type A aortic dissection following recovery of type B intramural haematoma: a case report.

abstract：BACKGROUND:CYP2C19*2 polymorphism is related to metabolizer phenotypes resulting in reduced effectiveness in converting the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel to active drug. An association of the genotype itself with adverse outcomes is discussed. We investigated the prognostic value of carriage of the CYP2C19*2 allele in ...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Rothenbacher D,Hoffmann MM,Breitling LP,Rajman I,Koenig W,Brenner H

更新日期：2013-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular (LV) rotation is increasingly examined in those with heart disease. The available evidence measuring LV rotation in those with heart diseases has not been systematically reviewed. METHODS:To review systematically the evidence measuring LV rotational changes in various heart diseases compare...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Phillips AA,Cote AT,Bredin SS,Warburton DE

更新日期：2012-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients requiring anticoagulation suffer from comorbidities such as hypertension. On the occasion of INR monitoring, general practitioners (GPs) have the opportunity to control for blood pressure (BP). We aimed to evaluate the impact of Vitamin-K Antagonist (VKA) monitoring by GPs on BP control in patients ...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Streit S,Kaplan V,Busato A,Djalali S,Senn O,Meli DN,FIRE Study Group.

更新日期：2015-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing rates of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and decreasing rates of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery followed the introduction of drug eluting stents in Western Australia in 2002. We assessed the impact of these changes on one-year outcomes for the total population of patients und...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Sanfilippo FM,Rankin JM,Hobbs MS,Nguyen M,Knuiman MW,Berg P,Whitford EG,Hendriks R,Hockings BE,Muhlmann M,Newman M,Larbalestier R,Gilfillan I,Briffa TG

更新日期：2013-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The patient self-management (PSM) is an effective approach for controlling the international normalized ratio, INR, within the therapeutic range. Nevertheless, most of the literature derives from randomized clinical trials, and no from routine clinical practice. The main objective of the present study was to...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Menéndez-Jándula B,García-Erce JA,Zazo C,Larrad-Mur L

更新日期：2019-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the advances in medical and interventional treatment modalities, some patients develop epicardial coronary artery reperfusion but not myocardial reperfusion after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), known as no-reflow. The goal of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of in...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Aksu T,Guler TE,Colak A,Baysal E,Durukan M,Sen T,Guray U

更新日期：2015-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the association between heart rate and its variability with the parameters that assess vascular, renal and cardiac target organ damage. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was performed including a consecutive sample of 360 hypertensive patients without heart rate lowering drugs (aged 56 ± 11 ye...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： García-García A,Gómez-Marcos MA,Recio-Rodríguez JI,Patino-Alonso MC,Rodríguez-Sánchez E,Agudo-Conde C,García-Ortiz L,Vaso-risk group.

更新日期：2012-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Air embolus penetrating into heart chamber as a complication during percutaneous radiofrequency catheter ablation has been infrequently reported. CASE PRESENTATION:A 55-year-old man with dextrocardia who suffered from abdominal pain was suspected to have multiple arterial thromboembolisms, which might have ...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Wang YF,Cen XJ,Yu JW,Qu BM,Wang LH

更新日期：2017-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We characterised the phenotypic consequence of genetic variation at the PCSK9 locus and compared findings with recent trials of pharmacological inhibitors of PCSK9. METHODS:Published and individual participant level data (300,000+ participants) were combined to construct a weighted PCSK9 gene-centric score ...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Schmidt AF,Holmes MV,Preiss D,Swerdlow DI,Denaxas S,Fatemifar G,Faraway R,Finan C,Valentine D,Fairhurst-Hunter Z,Hartwig FP,Horta BL,Hypponen E,Power C,Moldovan M,van Iperen E,Hovingh K,Demuth I,Norman K,Steinhagen-

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left atrial appendage (LAA) closure has been well evaluated in the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. Device embolization remains one of the most common complications. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no reports of late discovery of LAA occluder device embolization at 1.5...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Mansour MJ,Bénic C,Didier R,Noel A,Gilard M,Mansourati J

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Periostin, an extracellular matrix protein, plays a significant role in adverse cardiac remodeling. However, no report has documented the function of periostin in left ventricular remodeling of streptozototin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. The aim of the present study was to observe the expression of periostin...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Guan J,Liu WQ,Xing MQ,Shi Y,Tan XY,Jiang CQ,Dai HY

更新日期：2015-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart valve surgery outcomes are unknown in middle-income countries and thus cannot be used in health system decision making processes. This study estimated in-hospital mortality and medium and long-term survival. METHODS:This was a retrospective study of 78,806 patients who underwent heart valve surgery be...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： de Aquino Xavier RM,Azevedo VMP,Godoy PH,Migowski A,Ribeiro ALP,Chaves RBM,Correia MG,de Aquino Xavier C,de Aquino Hashimoto L,Weksler C,Silva NASE

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular secondary preventive recommendations are often not reached. We investigated whether a nurse-led telephone-based follow-up could improve the implementation of a new guideline within a year after its release. METHODS:In February 2013, a new secondary preventive guideline for diabetic patients w...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Jakobsson S,Huber D,Björklund F,Mooe T

更新日期：2016-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We assessed the degree to which differences in guideline-based medical therapy for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) contribute to the higher mortality associated with kidney disease. METHODS:In the PREMIER registry, we evaluated patients from 19 US centers surviving AMI. Cox regression evaluated the associ...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Peterson PN,Ambardekar AV,Jones PG,Krumholz HM,Schelbert E,Spertus JA,Rumsfeld JS,Masoudi FA

更新日期：2009-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) originating from the left ventricular summit is a challenge for radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA). The present study aimed to investigate the appropriate RFCA strategy for VAs originating from the left ventricular summit. METHODS:Forty-five consecutive patients with VAs a...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Zheng C,Li J,Li J,Zhou DP,Li XW,Wu SJ,Lin JF

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unhealthy lifestyle factors such as smoking, obesity, inactivity and type 2 diabetes are endemic in the Middle East. The public health consequences might be detrimental; however, local studies on risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) are scarce. METHODS:Patients referred for coronary angiography at...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Al-Shudifat AE,Johannessen A,Azab M,Al-Shdaifat A,AbuMweis SS,Agraib LM,Tayyem RF

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a controversy about the association between vitamin D and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). The effect of serum 25-OH-vitD on the risk of CVDs was evaluated. METHODS:Major electronic databases including Scopus, Science Direct, and PubMed were searched. All prospective cohort studies on the relationsh...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Gholami F,Moradi G,Zareei B,Rasouli MA,Nikkhoo B,Roshani D,Ghaderi E

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate whether screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) has led to a decrease in ruptured AAA (rAAA) incidence. METHOD:The Malmö population was evaluated regarding the incidence of rAAA and elective AAA surgery 4 years before and after start of AAA-screening in 2010. Data...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Otterhag SN,Gottsäter A,Lindblad B,Acosta S

更新日期：2016-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using the current meta-analysis as well as systematic review, to determine the curative effect of Nicorandil in comparison of no Nicorandil after elective percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI) on patients. METHODS:Published literatures were identified via a computerized literature search of CENTRAL, PubMe...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Zhao XT,Zhang CF,Liu QJ

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) uptake and adherence remain sub-optimal despite the apparent health benefits of modifying healthy behavior and slowing disease progression. eHealth is the use of information and communication technology (ICT) for health. eHealth lifestyle interventions and disease management have ...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Su JJ,Yu DSF

更新日期：2019-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prevention and early detection of arterial stiffness are required to avoid severe cardiovascular events. Recently, new noninvasive arterial stiffness indices, the arterial pressure volume index (API) and the arterial velocity pulse index (AVI), have been developed. The purpose of this study was to examine th...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Okamoto M,Nakamura F,Musha T,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2016-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In adults, impaired myocardial repolarization and increased risk of arrhythmia are known consequences of open heart surgery. Little is known, however, about post-operative consequences of cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in children. The aim of this study was to assess ventricular repolarization and coronary p...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Aburawi EH,Souid AK,Liuba P,Zoubeidi T,Pesonen E

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies regarding the association between prehypertension and the structual changes of left heart are scanty. However, which type of the geometrical change of left heart is predominated one in prehypertension and hypertension is controversial. It is therefore important to investigate geometrical and function...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Li T,Yang J,Guo X,Chen S,Sun Y

更新日期：2016-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To help patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) benefit from the positive health effects attained by exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR), adherence to these programmes according to international guidelines is important. Strategies to increase adherence to exercise-based CR are mainly an unexplored...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Borg S,Öberg B,Nilsson L,Söderlund A,Bäck M

更新日期：2017-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) continues to increase among young Chinese adults. Homocysteine (HCY) has been suggested as a promoter of atherosclerosis leading to coronary artery disease (CAD). Yet, it remains uncertain whether HCY is associated with the ACS and the severity of coronary arte...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Sun J,Han W,Wu S,Jia S,Yan Z,Guo Y,Zhao Y,Zhou Y,Liu W

更新日期：2021-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the relationship between triglyceride glucose-body mass index (TyG-BMI) and ischemic stroke. METHODS:Leveraging two Chinese general population surveys, the Northeast China Rural Cardiovascular Health Study (NCRCHS, N = 11,097) and the National Stroke Screening and Intervention Program in Liao...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Du Z,Xing L,Lin M,Sun Y

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To estimate the short- and long-term financial impact of early referral for implantable loop recorder diagnostic (ILR) versus conventional diagnostic pathway (CDP) in the management of unexplained syncope (US) in the Portuguese National Health Service (PNHS). METHODS:A Markov model was developed to estimate...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Providência R,Candeias R,Morais C,Reis H,Elvas L,Sanfins V,Farinha S,Eggington S,Tsintzos S

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased arterial stiffness (iAS) and microalbuminuria (MAU), which may occur simultaneously or separately in the general population and share similar risk factors, are markers of macro- and microvascular injuries. Our research investigated the comorbidity of iAS and MAU in the middle-aged population and ex...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Miao R,Wu L,Ni P,Zeng Y,Chen Z

更新日期：2018-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the leading causes of death and disability in the world. Over 80% of CVD deaths take place in low-and middle-income countries. One-third of the population aged above 40 years suffers from Hypertension (HTN) and this is largely unreported as there is no registry for C...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Khan MA,Javed W,Ahmed M,Walley J,Khan HJ

更新日期：2013-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systolic compression of a coronary artery by overlying myocardial tissue is termed myocardial bridging. Myocardial bridging usually has a benign prognosis, but some cases resulting in myocardial ischemia, infarction and sudden cardiac death have been reported. We are reporting a case of myocardial bridging w...

journal_title：BMC cardiovascular disorders

authors： Akdemir R,Gunduz H,Emiroglu Y,Uyan C

更新日期：2002-09-21 00:00:00