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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Ausgabe 1/2006

Inhalt (49 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Circadian analysis of myocardial infarction incidence in an Argentine and Uruguayan population

Carlos E D'Negri, Leonardo Nicola-Siri, Daniel E Vigo, Luis A Girotti, Daniel P Cardinali

Open Access Research article

Muscle fiber-type distribution predicts weight gain and unfavorable left ventricular geometry: a 19 year follow-up study

Jouko Karjalainen, Heikki Tikkanen, Miika Hernelahti, Urho M Kujala

Open Access Research article

Lipid-soluble smoke particles damage endothelial cells and reduce endothelium-dependent dilatation in rat and man

Jin-Yan Zhang, Yong-Xiao Cao, Cang-Bao Xu, Lars Edvinsson

Open Access Research article

Left ventricular geometric patterns in newly presenting nigerian hypertensives: An echocardiographic study

Akinyemi Aje, Adewole A Adebiyi, Olulola O Oladapo, Adekola Dada, Okechukwu S Ogah, Dike B Ojji, Ayodele O Falase

Open Access Research article

The association between processes, structures and outcomes of secondary prevention care among VA ischemic heart disease patients

P Michael Ho, Allan V Prochazka, David J Magid, Anne E Sales, Gary K Grunwald, Karl E Hammermeister, John S Rumsfeld

Open Access Research article

The reliability of the ankle-brachial index in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study and the NHLBI Family Heart Study (FHS)

Beth D Weatherley, Lloyd E Chambless, Gerardo Heiss, Diane J Catellier, Curtis R Ellison

Open Access Research article

Gender and post-ischemic recovery of hypertrophied rat hearts

Ramesh Saeedi, Richard B Wambolt, Hannah Parsons, Christine Antler, Hon S Leong, Angelica Keller, George A Dunaway, Kirill M Popov, Michael F Allard

Open Access Study protocol

The Finnish Cardiovascular Study (FINCAVAS): characterising patients with high risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality

Tuomo Nieminen, Rami Lehtinen, Jari Viik, Terho Lehtimäki, Kari Niemelä, Kjell Nikus, Mari Niemi, Janne Kallio, Tiit Kööbi, Väinö Turjanmaa, Mika Kähönen

Open Access Research article

Prediction of sinus rhythm maintenance following DC-cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation – the role of atrial cycle length

Carl J Meurling, Anders Roijer, Johan EP Waktare, Fredrik Holmqvist, Carl J Lindholm, Max P Ingemansson, Jonas Carlson, Martin Stridh, Leif Sörnmo, S Bertil Olsson

Open Access Research article

High-grade symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis in the very elderly. A challenge for proponents of carotid angioplasty and stenting

Enzo Ballotta, Giuseppe Da Giau, Carmelo Militello, Bruno Barbon, Aldo De Rossi, Giorgio Meneghetti, Claudio Baracchini

Open Access Research article

ALK1 signalling analysis identifies angiogenesis related genes and reveals disparity between TGF-β and constitutively active receptor induced gene expression

Andreas Lux, Fiona Salway, Holly K Dressman, Gabriele Kröner-Lux, Mathias Hafner, Philip JR Day, Douglas A Marchuk, John Garland

Open Access Research article

Effects of abciximab on key pattern of human coronary restenosis in vitro: impact of the SI/MPL-ratio

Rainer Voisard, Mustafa Alan, Lutz von Müller, Regine Baur, Vinzenz Hombach

Open Access Case report

Percutaneous septal ablation for left mid-ventricular obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a case report

Istemihan Tengiz, Ertugrul Ercan, Emin Alioglu, Ugur O Turk

Open Access Research article

Knowledge of modifiable risk factors of heart disease among patients with acute myocardial infarction in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross sectional study

Muhammad S Khan, Fahim H Jafary, Tazeen H Jafar, Azhar M Faruqui, Syed I Rasool, Juanita Hatcher, Nish Chaturvedi

Open Access Research article

The use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in Iceland: a retrospective population based study

Margret Leosdottir, Gudrun Reimarsdottir, Gizur Gottskalksson, Bjarni Torfason, Margret Vigfusdottir, David O Arnar

Open Access Research article

Under- treatment and under diagnosis of hypertension: a serious problem in the United Arab Emirates

Abdishakur M Abdulle, Nico JD Nagelkerke, Samra Abouchacra, Javed Y Pathan, Abdu Adem, Enyioma N Obineche

Open Access Research article

Overexpression of connexin 43 using a retroviral vector improves electrical coupling of skeletal myoblasts with cardiac myocytes in vitro

Oleg Tolmachov, Yu-Ling Ma, Michael Themis, Pravina Patel, Hilmar Spohr, Kenneth T MacLeod, Nina D Ullrich, Yvonne Kienast, Charles Coutelle, Nicholas S Peters

Open Access Study protocol

Modular prevention of heart disease following acute coronary syndrome (ACS) [ISRCTN42984084]

Julie Redfern, Elizabeth Ellis, Tom Briffa, SB Freedman

Open Access Research article

One year follow-up of patients with refractory angina pectoris treated with enhanced external counterpulsation

Thomas Pettersson, Susanne Bondesson, Diodor Cojocaru, Ola Ohlsson, Angelica Wackenfors, Lars Edvinsson

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of CXCL9 and CXCL10 as circulating biomarkers of human cardiac allograft rejection

Kristjan Karason, Margareta Jernås, Daniel A Hägg, Per-Arne Svensson

Open Access Research article

An examination of factors influencing the choice of therapy for patients with coronary artery disease

Shashivadan P Hirani, Jonathan A Hyam, Shahzad Shaefi, John M Walker, Robin K Walesby, Stanton P Newman

Open Access Research article

Edge restenosis: impact of low dose irradiation on cell proliferation and ICAM-1 expression

Rainer Voisard, Jochen Höb, Regine Baur, Tina Herter, Andreas Hannekum, Vinzenz Hombach

Open Access Research article

A new efficient trial design for assessing reliability of ankle-brachial index measures by three different observer groups

Heinz G Endres, Christian Hucke, Tim Holland-Letz, Hans-Joachim Trampisch

Open Access Research article

Funnel plots, performance variation and the Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project 2003–2004

Christopher P Gale, Anthony P Roberts, Phil D Batin, Alistair S Hall

Open Access Research article

Endothelial dysfunction is associated with carotid plaque: a cross-sectional study from the population based Northern Manhattan Study

Tatjana Rundek, Rameet Hundle, Elizabeth Ratchford, Romel Ramas, Robert Sciacca, Marco R Di Tullio, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Yumiko Miyake, Mitchell SV Elkind, Ralph L Sacco, Shunichi Homma

Open Access Research article

Heritability and major gene effects on left ventricular mass in the Chinese population: a family study

Kuo-Liong Chien, Hsiu-Ching Hsu, Ta-Chen Su, Ming-Fong Chen, Yuan-Teh Lee

Open Access Research article

Homocysteine, vitamin B12 and folate levels in premature coronary artery disease

Saeed Sadeghian, Faramarz Fallahi, Mojtaba Salarifar, Gholamreza Davoodi, Mehran Mahmoodian, Nader Fallah, Soodabeh Darvish, Abbasali Karimi

Open Access Study protocol

Amlodipine versus angiotensin II receptor blocker; control of blood pressure evaluation trial in diabetics (ADVANCED-J)

Ryuzo Kawamori, Hiroyuki Daida, Yasushi Tanaka, Katsumi Miyauchi, Akira Kitagawa, Dobun Hayashi, Junji Kishimoto, Shunya Ikeda, Yutaka Imai, Tsutomu Yamazaki

Open Access Research article

Estrogens, selective estrogen receptor modulators, and a selective estrogen receptor down-regulator inhibit endothelial production of tissue factor pathway inhibitor 1

Anders EA Dahm, Nina Iversen, Baard Birkenes, Anne Hansen Ree, Per Morten Sandset

Open Access Research article

The impact of diabetes on one-year health status outcomes following acute coronary syndromes

Pamela N Peterson, John A Spertus, David J Magid, Fredrick A Masoudi, Kimberly Reid, Richard F Hamman, John S Rumsfeld

Open Access Research article

Smoking status and common carotid artery intima-medial thickness among middle-aged men and women based on ultrasound measurement: a cohort study

Amy Z Fan, Maura Paul-Labrador, C Noel Bairey Merz, Carlos Iribarren, James H Dwyer

Open Access Research article

Mitochondrial oxidative stress and nitrate tolerance – comparison of nitroglycerin and pentaerithrityl tetranitrate in Mn-SOD+/-mice

Hanke Mollnau, Philip Wenzel, Matthias Oelze, Nicolai Treiber, Andrea Pautz, Eberhard Schulz, Swenja Schuhmacher, Kurt Reifenberg, Dirk Stalleicken, Karin Scharffetter-Kochanek, Hartmut Kleinert, Thomas Münzel, Andreas Daiber

Open Access Research article

Social and demographic predictors of no transport prior to premature cardiac death: United States 1999–2000

Elizabeth Barnett, Steven Reader, Beverly G Ward, Michele L Casper

Open Access Research article

Cardiac involvement in Beagle-based canine X-linked muscular dystrophy in Japan (CXMDJ): electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and morphologic studies

Naoko Yugeta, Nobuyuki Urasawa, Yoko Fujii, Madoka Yoshimura, Katsutoshi Yuasa, Michiko R Wada, Masao Nakura, Yoshiki Shimatsu, Masayuki Tomohiro, Akio Takahashi, Noboru Machida, Yoshito Wakao, Akinori Nakamura, Shin'ichi Takeda

Open Access Research article

Adherence to cardioprotective medications and mortality among patients with diabetes and ischemic heart disease

P Michael Ho, David J Magid, Frederick A Masoudi, David L McClure, John S Rumsfeld

Open Access Research article

Human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 is present in atherosclerotic plaques and induces death of vascular smooth muscle cells: a laboratory study

Cristina D Ciornei, Hans Tapper, Anders Bjartell, Nils H Sternby, Mikael Bodelsson

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