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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Ausgabe 1/2009

Inhalt (56 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Characteristics of acute congestive heart failure with normal ejection fraction and less elevated B-type natriuretic peptide

Ken Shimamoto, Natsuha Koike, Kiyoko Mizuochi, Miho Honma, Yufuko Kasai, Akiko Sakai, Etsuko Fujita, Masatoshi Kawana

Open Access Research article

The 9p21 susceptibility locus for coronary artery disease and the severity of coronary atherosclerosis

Suet Nee Chen, Christie M Ballantyne, Antonio M Gotto Jr, Ali J Marian

Open Access Research article

Secondary prevention of heart disease – knowledge among cardiologists and Ω-3 (Omega-3) fatty acid prescribing behaviors in Karachi, Pakistan

Saqib A Gowani, Sana Shoukat, Ather M Taqui, Hashim M Hanif, Wasiq F Rawasia, Zeeshan Qadri, Sajid H Dhakam

Open Access Research article

Microvolt T-wave alternans as a predictor of mortality and severe arrhythmias in patients with left-ventricular dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Charlotte J van der Avoort, Kristian B Filion, Nandini Dendukuri, James M Brophy

Open Access Study protocol

Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of telemonitoring and self-management in the control of hypertension: Telemonitoring and self-management in hypertension. [ISRCTN17585681]

Richard J McManus, Emma P Bray, Jonathan Mant, Roger Holder, Sheila Greenfield, Stirling Bryan, Miren I Jones, Paul Little, Bryan Williams, FD Richard Hobbs

Open Access Research article

A-002 (Varespladib), a phospholipase A2inhibitor, reduces atherosclerosis in guinea pigs

Jose O Leite, Ushma Vaishnav, Michael Puglisi, Heather Fraser, Joaquim Trias, Maria Luz Fernandez

Open Access Research article

Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with better endothelial function: a cross sectional study

Keiko Suzuki, Mitchell SV Elkind, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Zhezhen Jin, Grace Berry, Marco R Di Tullio, Ralph L Sacco, Shunichi Homma

Open Access Research article

Functional claudication distance: a reliable and valid measurement to assess functional limitation in patients with intermittent claudication

Lotte M Kruidenier, Saskia PA Nicolaï, Edith M Willigendael, Rob A de Bie, Martin H Prins, Joep AW Teijink

Open Access Research article

ACE inhibition attenuates uremia-induced aortic valve thickening in a novel mouse model

Mikko A Simolin, Tanja X Pedersen, Susanne Bro, Mikko I Mäyränpää, Satu Helske, Lars B Nielsen, Petri T Kovanen

Open Access Research article

Impaired heart rate recovery is associated with new-onset atrial fibrillation: a prospective cohort study

Thomas M Maddox, Colleen Ross, P Michael Ho, David Magid, John S Rumsfeld

Open Access Research article

Inhibition of S6K1 accounts partially for the anti-inflammatory effects of the arginase inhibitor L-norvaline

Xiu-Fen Ming, Angana Gupta Rajapakse, João Miguel Carvas, Jean Ruffieux, Zhihong Yang

Open Access Research article

Spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of refractory angina: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Rod S Taylor, Jessica De Vries, Eric Buchser, Mike JL DeJongste

Open Access Research article

Physical distress is associated with cardiovascular events in a high risk population of elderly men

Gunnar Einvik, Øivind Ekeberg, Tor O Klemsdal, Leiv Sandvik, Elsa M Hjerkinn

Open Access Research article

Right-to-left shunt with hypoxemia in pulmonary hypertension

Jean-Frédéric Vodoz, Vincent Cottin, Jean-Charles Glérant, Geneviève Derumeaux, Chahéra Khouatra, Anne-Sophie Blanchet, Bénédicte Mastroïanni, Jean-Yves Bayle, Jean-François Mornex, Jean-François Cordier

Open Access Study protocol

Randomised controlled trial of a secondary prevention program for myocardial infarction patients ('ProActive Heart'): study protocol

Anna L Hawkes, John Atherton, C Barr Taylor, Paul Scuffham, Kathy Eadie, Nancy Houston Miller, Brian Oldenburg

Open Access Research article

Therapeutic implications of selecting the SCORE (European) versus the D'AGOSTINO (American) risk charts for cardiovascular risk assessment in hypertensive patients

Manuel A Gómez-Marcos, Carlos Martínez-Salgado, Carlos Martin-Cantera, José I Recio-Rodríguez, Yolanda Castaño-Sánchez, Maria Giné-Garriga, Emiliano Rodriguez-Sanchez, Luis García-Ortiz

Open Access Technical advance

A systematic approach to performing a comprehensive transesophageal echocardiogram. A call to order

Avinash A Kothavale, Susan B Yeon, Warren J Manning

Open Access Research article

Blood pressure and body mass index in an ethnically diverse sample of adolescents in Paramaribo, Suriname

Charles Agyemang, Eline Oudeman, Wilco Zijlmans, Johannes Wendte, Karien Stronks

Open Access Research article

Reproducibility of wrist home blood pressure measurement with position sensor and automatic data storage

Sakir Uen, Rolf Fimmers, Miriam Brieger, Georg Nickenig, Thomas Mengden

Open Access Study protocol

The Stroke Outcomes Study 2 (SOS2): a prospective, analytic cohort study of depressive symptoms after stroke

Kate M Hill, Robert M West, Jenny Hewison, Allan O House

Open Access Study protocol

The effect on cardiovascular risk factors of migration from rural to urban areas in Peru: PERU MIGRANT Study

J Jaime Miranda, Robert H Gilman, Héctor H García, Liam Smeeth

Open Access Study protocol

Quick identification of acute chest pain patients study (QICS)

Hendrik M Willemsen, Gonda de Jong, René A Tio, Wybe Nieuwland, Ido P Kema, Iwan CC van der Horst, Mattijs Oudkerk, Felix Zijlstra

Open Access Research article

Profile and predictor of health-related quality of life among hypertensive patients in south-western Nigeria

Michael O Ogunlana, Babatunde Adedokun, Magbagbeola D Dairo, Nse A Odunaiya

Open Access Research article

Activation of calpain-1 in human carotid artery atherosclerotic lesions

Isabel Gonçalves, Mihaela Nitulescu, Takaomi C Saido, Nuno Dias, Luis M Pedro, José Fernandes e Fernandes, Mikko PS Ares, Isabella Pörn-Ares

Open Access Research article

Monocytes and neutrophils expressing myeloperoxidase occur in fibrous caps and thrombi in unstable coronary plaques

Fabio R Tavora, Mary Ripple, Ling Li, Allen P Burke

Open Access Research article

Younger age of escalation of cardiovascular risk factors in Asian Indian subjects

Rajeev Gupta, Anoop Misra, Naval K Vikram, Dimple Kondal, Shaon Sen Gupta, Aachu Agrawal, RM Pandey

Open Access Research article

Increased Mortality among Survivors of Myocardial Infarction with Kidney Dysfunction: the Contribution of Gaps in the use of Guideline-Based Therapies

Pamela N Peterson, Amrut V Ambardekar, Philip G Jones, Harlan M Krumholz, Erik Schelbert, John A Spertus, John S Rumsfeld, Frederick A Masoudi

Open Access Research article

Gender-related differences in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors and their correlates in urban Tanzania

Marina A Njelekela, Rose Mpembeni, Alfa Muhihi, Nuru L Mligiliche, Donna Spiegelman, Ellen Hertzmark, Enju Liu, Julia L Finkelstein, Wafaie W Fawzi, Walter C Willett, Jacob Mtabaji

Open Access Research article

Lack of cardioprotection from subcutaneously and preischemic administered Liraglutide in a closed chest porcine ischemia reperfusion model

Jens Kristensen, Ulrik M Mortensen, Morten Schmidt, Peter Haubjerg Nielsen, Torsten Toftegaard Nielsen, Michael Maeng

Open Access Research article

Financial impact of reducing door-to-balloon time in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a single hospital experience

Umesh N Khot, Michele L Johnson-Wood, Jason B Geddes, Curtis Ramsey, Monica B Khot, Heather Taillon, Randall Todd, Saeed R Shaikh, William J Berg

Open Access Research article

No evidence for an association between the -36A>C phospholamban gene polymorphism and a worse prognosis in heart failure

Diogo GB Santos, Alessandra Medeiros, Patrícia C Brum, José G Mill, Alfredo J Mansur, José E Krieger, Alexandre C Pereira

Open Access Research article

The association of biomarkers of iron status with peripheral arterial disease in US adults

Andy Menke, José Manuel Fernández-Real, Paul Muntner, Eliseo Guallar

Open Access Research article

Association between -T786C NOS3 polymorphism and resistant hypertension: a prospective cohort study

Ignacio Cruz-González, Esther Corral, María Sánchez-Ledesma, Angel Sánchez-Rodríguez, Cándido Martín-Luengo, Rogelio González-Sarmiento

Open Access Research article

Risk-taking attitudes and their association with process and outcomes of cardiac care: a cohort study

Kathryn M King, Colleen M Norris, Merril L Knudtson, William A Ghali

Open Access Research article

Left ventricular non-compaction: clinical features and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Zaheer R Yousef, Paul WX Foley, Kayvan Khadjooi, Shajil Chalil, Harald Sandman, Noor UH Mohammed, Francisco Leyva

Open Access Research article

Increased expression of vascular endothelin type B and angiotensin type 1 receptors in patients with ischemic heart disease

Ivan Dimitrijevic, Marie-Louise Edvinsson, Qingwen Chen, Malin Malmsjö, Per-Ola Kimblad, Lars Edvinsson

Open Access Research article

Long term hemodialysis aggravates lipolytic activity reduction and very low density, low density lipoproteins composition in chronic renal failure patients

Khedidja Mekki, Josiane Prost, Mustapha Remaoun, Jacques Belleville, Malika Bouchenak

Open Access Research article

Percutaneous coronary revascularization in patients with formerly "refractory angina pectoris in end-stage coronary artery disease" – Not "end-stage" after all

Thomas W Jax, Ansgar J Peters, Ahmed A Khattab, Matthias P Heintzen, Frank-Chris Schoebel

Open Access Research article

Long-term survival after initial hospital admission for peripheral arterial disease in the lower extremities

I Vaartjes, GJ de Borst, JB Reitsma, A de Bruin, FL Moll, DE Grobbee, ML Bots

Open Access Research article

Declining mortality following acute myocardial infarction in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System

Stephan D Fihn, Mary Vaughan-Sarrazin, Elliott Lowy, Ioana Popescu, Charles Maynard, Gary E Rosenthal, Anne E Sales, John Rumsfeld, Sandy Piñeros, Mary B McDonell, Christian D Helfrich, Roxane Rusch, Robert Jesse, Peter Almenoff, Barbara Fleming, Michael Kussman

Open Access Research article

Safety of percutaneous aortic valve insertion. A systematic review

Hans Van Brabandt, Mattias Neyt

Open Access Research article

Atherosclerosis profile and incidence of cardiovascular events: a population-based survey

Jennifer G Robinson, Kathleen M Fox, Michael F Bullano, Susan Grandy

Open Access Research article

Variation in the human soluble epoxide hydrolase gene and risk of restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention

Silke Kullmann, Priska Binner, Kirsten Rackebrandt, Andreas Huge, Georg Haltern, Mark Lankisch, Reiner Füth, Eberhard von Hodenberg, Hans-Peter Bestehorn, Thomas Scheffold

Open Access Research article

Cardiac insulin-like growth factor-1 and cyclins gene expression in canine models of ischemic or overpacing cardiomyopathy

Maryam Mahmoudabady, Myrielle Mathieu, Karim Touihri, Ielham Hadad, Agnes Mendes Da Costa, Robert Naeije, Kathleen Mc Entee

Open Access Research article

Beta-2 adrenergic receptor gene polymorphisms Gln27Glu, Arg16Gly in patients with heart failure

Alfredo José Mansur, Rosana Seleri Fontes, Regina Airoldi Canzi, Raphael Nishimura, Airlane Pereira Alencar, Antonio Carlos Pedroso de Lima, José Eduardo Krieger, Alexandre Costa Pereira

Open Access Research article

The impact of renal insufficiency and anaemia on survival in patients with cardiovascular disease: a cohort study

Jocelyn Anderson, Liam G Glynn, John Newell, Alberto A Iglesias, Donal Reddan, Andrew W Murphy

Open Access Research article

Characterisation of heart failure with normal ejection fraction in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria

Adedeji K Adebayo, Adewole A Adebiyi, Olulola O Oladapo, Okechukwu S Ogah, Akinyemi Aje, Dike B Ojji, Ayodele O Falase

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of early coronary graft patency after coronary artery bypass graft surgery using multislice computed tomography angiography

Hosseinali Bassri, Farzad Salari, Fereidoun Noohi, Marzieh Motevali, Seifollah Abdi, Nader Givtaj, Kamal Raissi, Majid Haghjoo

Open Access Research article

Visualization of anomalous origin and course of coronary arteries in 748 consecutive symptomatic patients by 64-slice computed tomography angiography

Franz von Ziegler, Marco Pilla, Lori McMullan, Prasad Panse, Alexander W Leber, Norbert Wilke, Alexander Becker

Open Access Research article

Lipids and carotid plaque in the Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS)

Hannah Gardener, David Della Morte, Mitchell SV Elkind, Ralph L Sacco, Tatjana Rundek

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