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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Ausgabe 1/2010

Inhalt (62 Artikel)

Open Access Research article

Apyrase treatment of myocardial infarction according to a clinically applicable protocol fails to reduce myocardial injury in a porcine model

Jesper van der Pals, Sasha Koul, Michael I Götberg, Göran K Olivecrona, Martin Ugander, Mikael Kanski, Andreas Otto, Matthias Götberg, Håkan Arheden, David Erlinge

Open Access Research article

Attenuation of microvascular function in those with cardiovascular disease is similar in patients of Indian Asian and European descent

William D Strain, Alun D Hughes, Jamil Mayet, Andrew R Wright, Jaspal Kooner, Nish Chaturvedi, Angela C Shore

Open Access Research article

Chronic non-transmural infarction has a delayed recovery of function following revascularization

Martin Ugander, Peter A Cain, Per Johnsson, John Palmer, Håkan Arheden

Open Access Study protocol

A mobile phone-based care model for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation: the care assessment platform (CAP)

Darren L Walters, Antti Sarela, Anita Fairfull, Kylie Neighbour, Cherie Cowen, Belinda Stephens, Tom Sellwood, Bernadette Sellwood, Marie Steer, Michelle Aust, Rebecca Francis, Chi-Keung Lee, Sheridan Hoffman, Gavin Brealey, Mohan Karunanithi

Open Access Research article

Duration of clopidogrel treatment and risk of mortality and recurrent myocardial infarction among 11 680 patients with myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention: a cohort study

Rikke Sørensen, Steen Z Abildstrom, Peter Weeke, Emil L Fosbøl, Fredrik Folke, Morten L Hansen, Peter R Hansen, Jan K Madsen, Ulrik Abildgaard, Lars Køber, Henrik E Poulsen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Gunnar H Gislason

Open Access Research article

The influence of heart disease on characteristics, quality of life, use of health resources, and costs of COPD in primary care settings

Javier de Miguel-Díez, Pilar Carrasco-Garrido, Javier Rejas-Gutierrez, Antonio Martín-Centeno, Elena Gobartt-Vázquez, Valentín Hernandez-Barrera, Angel Gil de Miguel, Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia

Open Access Research article

Hemodynamics in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): do they explain long-term clinical outcomes with PAH-specific therapy?

Peter Steele, Geoff Strange, John Wlodarczyk, Brad Dalton, Simon Stewart, Eli Gabbay, Anne Keogh

Open Access Research article

Safety and efficacy of thrombectomy in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for Acute ST elevation MI: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Umesh U Tamhane, Stanley Chetcuti, Irfan Hameed, P Michael Grossman, Mauro Moscucci, Hitinder S Gurm

Open Access Research article

Altered expression of microRNAs in the myocardium of rats with acute myocardial infarction

Bing Shi, Yanhong Guo, Juan Wang, Wei Gao

Open Access Research article

Home care utilization and outcomes among Asian and other Canadian patients with heart failure

Guanmin Chen, Nadia Khan, Kathryn M King, Brenda R Hemmelgarn, Hude Quan

Open Access Research article

Pre-hospital ECG for acute coronary syndrome in urban India: A cost-effectiveness analysis

Joshua Schulman-Marcus, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Thomas A Gaziano

Open Access Research article

Outcome and quality of life after aorto-bifemoral bypass surgery

Fernando J Abelha, Miguela Botelho, Vera Fernandes, Henrique Barros

Open Access Research article

Early atherosclerosis and cardiac autonomic responses to mental stress: a population-based study of the moderating influence of impaired endothelial function

Nadja Chumaeva, Mirka Hintsanen, Taina Hintsa, Niklas Ravaja, Markus Juonala, Olli T Raitakari, Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen

Open Access Study protocol

A population-based lifestyle intervention to promote healthy weight and physical activity in people with cardiac disease: The PANACHE (Physical Activity, Nutrition And Cardiac HEalth) study protocol

Janice Sangster, Susan Furber, Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Marion Haas, Philayrath Phongsavan, Andy Mark, Adrian Bauman

Open Access Research article

Optimal loading dose for the initiation of warfarin: a systematic review

Carl Heneghan, Sally Tyndel, Clare Bankhead, Yi Wan, David Keeling, Rafael Perera, Alison Ward

Open Access Research article

Human macrophage foam cells degrade atherosclerotic plaques through cathepsin K mediated processes

Natasha Barascuk, Helene Skjøt-Arkil, Thomas C Register, Lise Larsen, Inger Byrjalsen, Claus Christiansen, Morten A Karsdal

Open Access Research article

Relation of tricuspid annular displacement and tissue Doppler imaging velocities with duration of weaning in mechanically ventilated patients with acute pulmonary edema

Vasilios E Papaioannou, Dimitrios A Stakos, Christos K Dragoumanis, Ioannis A Pneumatikos

Open Access Study protocol

TRial of an Educational intervention on patients' knowledge of Atrial fibrillation and anticoagulant therapy, INR control, and outcome of Treatment with warfarin (TREAT)

Danielle E Smith, Christian Borg Xuereb, Helen M Pattison, Gregory YH Lip, Deirdre A Lane

Open Access Research article

Increased carotid IMT in overweight and obese women affected by Hashimoto's thyroiditis: an adiposity and autoimmune linkage?

Marco M Ciccone, Giovanni De Pergola, Maria T Porcelli, Pietro Scicchitano, Pasquale Caldarola, Massimo Iacoviello, Guida Pietro, Francesco Giorgino, Stefano Favale

Open Access Research article

Are "functionally related polymorphisms" of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system gene polymorphisms associated with hypertension?

Ines N Hahntow, Gideon Mairuhu, Irene GM van Valkengoed, Richard P Koopmans, Martin C Michel

Open Access Research article

Omega-3 fatty acids in high-risk cardiovascular patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Kristian B Filion, Fouad El Khoury, Michael Bielinski, Ian Schiller, Nandini Dendukuri, James M Brophy

Open Access Research article

Availability, price and affordability of cardiovascular medicines: A comparison across 36 countries using WHO/HAI data

Maaike SM van Mourik, Alexandra Cameron, Marg Ewen, Richard O Laing

Open Access Research article

Difference in the topography of atherosclerosis in the left versus right coronary artery in patients referred for coronary angiography

George D Giannoglou, Antonios P Antoniadis, Yiannis S Chatzizisis, George E Louridas

Open Access Research article

The development of an internet-based outpatient cardiac rehabilitation intervention: a Delphi study

Corneel Vandelanotte, Trudy Dwyer, Anetta Van Itallie, Christine Hanley, W Kerry Mummery

Open Access Research article

Accuracy of advanced versus strictly conventional 12-lead ECG for detection and screening of coronary artery disease, left ventricular hypertrophy and left ventricular systolic dysfunction

Todd T Schlegel, Walter B Kulecz, Alan H Feiveson, E Carl Greco, Jude L DePalma, Vito Starc, Bojan Vrtovec, M Atiar Rahman, Michael W Bungo, Matthew J Hayat, Terry Bauch, Reynolds Delgado, Stafford G Warren, Tulio Núñez-Medina, Rubén Medina, Diego Jugo, Håkan Arheden, Olle Pahlm

Open Access Research article

Establishment of a canine model of cardiac memory using endocardial pacing via internal jugular vein

Li Yue-Chun, Ge Li-Sha, Guang Xue-Qiang, Chen Peng, Wu Lian-Pin, Yang Peng-Lin, Tang Ji-Fei, Lin Jia-Feng

Open Access Research article

In-hospital complications after invasive strategy for the management of Non STEMI: women fare as well as men

Caroline Berthillot, Dominique Stephan, Michel Chauvin, Gerald Roul

Open Access Research article

Ventricular-arterial uncoupling in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction after myocardial infarction in dogs - invasive versus echocardiographic evaluation

Myrielle Mathieu, Bachar El Oumeiri, Karim Touihri, Ielham Hadad, Maryam Mahmoudabady, Philippe Thoma, Thierry Metens, Jozef Bartunek, Guy R Heyndrickx, Serge Brimioulle, Robert Naeije, Kathleen Mc Entee

Open Access Research article

Moxibustion for hypertension: a systematic review

Jong-In Kim, Jun-Yong Choi, Hyangsook Lee, Myeong Soo Lee, Edzard Ernst

Open Access Study protocol

Prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in patients at non-high cardiovascular risk. Rationale and design of the PANDORA study

Claudio Cimminiello, Claudio Borghi, Serge Kownator, Jean Claude Wautrecht, Christos P Carvounis, Stefanus E Kranendonk, Beat Kindler, Mario Mangrella

Open Access Research article

Continued breathing followed by gasping or apnea in a swine model of ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest

Mathias Zuercher, Gordon A Ewy, Ronald W Hilwig, Arthur B Sanders, Charles W Otto, Robert A Berg, Karl B Kern

Open Access Study protocol

Protocol for Past BP: a randomised controlled trial of different blood pressure targets for people with a history of stroke of transient ischaemic attack (TIA) in primary care

Kate Fletcher, Jonathan Mant, Richard McManus, Sarah Campbell, Jonathan Betts, Clare Taylor, Satnam Virdee, Sue Jowett, Una Martin, Sheila Greenfield, Gary Ford, Nick Freemantle, FD Richard Hobbs

Open Access Research article

Ethnic and sex differences in the incidence of hospitalized acute myocardial infarction: British Columbia, Canada 1995-2002

Aman PK Nijjar, Hong Wang, Hude Quan, Nadia A Khan

Open Access Research article

Increased susceptibility to cardiovascular effects of dihydrocapcaicin in resuscitated rats. Cardiovascular effects of dihydrocapsaicin

Keld Fosgerau, Giuseppe Ristagno, Magdalena Jayatissa, Mads Axelsen, Jacob W Gotfredsen, Uno J Weber, Lars Køber, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Charlotte Videbaek

Open Access Research article

Evaluation of the consequences associated with diffuse vascular disease history in patients diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease: estimates from Saskatchewan health data

Kristen Migliaccio-Walle, Michael Stokes, Irina Proskorovsky, Dan Popovici-Toma, Wissam El-Hadi

Open Access Research article

The GPIIIA PlA2 polymorphism is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular adverse events

Gennaro Galasso, Gaetano Santulli, Federico Piscione, Roberta De Rosa, Valentina Trimarco, Raffaele Piccolo, Salvatore Cassese, Guido Iaccarino, Bruno Trimarco, Massimo Chiariello

Open Access Research article

Mid term results after bone marrow laser revascularization for treating refractory angina

Guillermo Reyes, Keith B Allen, Pablo Álvarez, Adrian Alegre, Beatriz Aguado, MariaJose Olivera, Paloma Caballero, JoseLuis Rodríguez, Juan Duarte

Open Access Research article

Local erythropoietin and endothelial progenitor cells improve regional cardiac function in acute myocardial infarction

Andreas Stein, Martina Knödler, Markus Makowski, Sandra Kühnel, Stefan Nekolla, Alexandra Keithahn, Eliane Weidl, Philip Groha, Maren Schürmann, Atti Saraste, Rene Botnar, Robert AJ Oostendorp, Ilka Ott

Open Access Study protocol

Efficacy of a brief multifactorial adherence-based intervention on reducing the blood pressure of patients with poor adherence: protocol for a randomized clinical trial

Alfonso Leiva, Marta Fajó, Luís Escriche, Francisco J Audera, Sara López, Ma Carmén Martín, Rosa González, Gaspar Tamborero, Elena M García, Rosa Duro, Ramón Orueta, Francisca Serra, Pilar D'agosto P, Jerónima Miralles, Patricia Lorente, Joan Llobera, Ana Aurelia Iglesias, Ruth Fernández, María M Colom, Aina M Buades, Lucía Moreno, Clara Vidal

Open Access Research article

Treatment with the C5a receptor antagonist ADC-1004 reduces myocardial infarction in a porcine ischemia-reperfusion model

Jesper van der Pals, Sasha Koul, Patrik Andersson, Matthias Götberg, Joey FA Ubachs, Mikael Kanski, Håkan Arheden, Göran K Olivecrona, Bengt Larsson, David Erlinge

Open Access Research article

Association of an INSIG2 obesity allele with cardiovascular phenotypes is gender and age dependent

Kimberly A Skelding, Glenn S Gerhard, Helen Vlachos, Faith Selzer, Sheryl F Kelsey, Xin Chu, Robert Erdman, David O Williams, Kevin E Kip

Open Access Study protocol

Hypotheses, rationale, design, and methods for prognostic evaluation in type 2 diabetic patients with angiographically normal coronary arteries. The MASS IV-DM Trial

Whady Hueb, Neuza Lopes, Paulo R Soares, Bernard J Gersh, Eduardo Gomes Lima, Ricardo D´Oliveira Vieira, Cibele Larrosa Garzillo, Rosa Rhami Garcia, Alexandre Costa Pereira, Celia Maria Strunz, Claudio Meneguetti, Jeane Tsutsui, Jose Parga, Pedro Lemos, Alexandre Hueb, Augusto Ushida, Raul Maranhão, Dalton A Chamone, Jose AF Ramires

Open Access Case report

Ventricular septal defect in a child with Alport syndrome: a case report

Pier Paolo Bassareo, Andrea Raffaele Marras, Giuseppe Mercuro

Open Access Study protocol

Increasing walking in patients with intermittent claudication: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Maggie A Cunningham, Vivien Swanson, Ronan E O'Carroll, Richard J Holdsworth

Open Access Research article

The prevalence of angina symptoms and association with cardiovascular risk factors, among rural, urban and rural to urban migrant populations in Peru

M Justin S Zaman, Christian Loret de Mola, Robert H Gilman, Liam Smeeth, J Jaime Miranda

Open Access Research article

Drug-induced mild therapeutic hypothermia obtained by administration of a transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 agonist

Keld Fosgerau, Uno J Weber, Jacob W Gotfredsen, Magdalena Jayatissa, Carsten Buus, Niels B Kristensen, Mogens Vestergaard, Peter Teschendorf, Andreas Schneider, Philip Hansen, Jakob Raunsø, Lars Køber, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Charlotte Videbaek

Open Access Research article

Limiting esophageal temperature in radiofrequency ablation of left atrial tachyarrhythmias results in low incidence of thermal esophageal lesions

Armin Sause, Osman Tutdibi, Karsten Pomsel, Wilfried Dinh, Reiner Füth, Mark Lankisch, Thomas Glosemeyer-Allhoff, Jan Janssen, Micheal Müller

Open Access Research article

Manual versus mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation. An experimental study in pigs

Qiuming Liao, Trygve Sjöberg, Audrius Paskevicius, Björn Wohlfart, Stig Steen

Open Access Case report

Cor Triatriatum Sinister diagnosed in adult life with three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

Righab Hamdan, Nicolas Mirochnik, David Celermajer, Pierre Nassar, Laurence Iserin

Open Access Research article

Association between different measurements of blood pressure variability by ABP monitoring and ankle-brachial index

Estefânia Wittke, Sandra C Fuchs, Flávio D Fuchs, Leila B Moreira, Elton Ferlin, Fábio T Cichelero, Carolina M Moreira, Jeruza Neyeloff, Marina B Moreira, Miguel Gus

Open Access Research article

Distribution, size, shape, growth potential and extent of abdominal aortic calcified deposits predict mortality in postmenopausal women

Mads Nielsen, Melanie Ganz, Francois Lauze, Paola C Pettersen, Marleen de Bruijne, Thomas B Clarkson, Erik B Dam, Claus Christiansen, Morten A Karsdal

Open Access Research article

The dynamics of mortality in follow-up time after an acute myocardial infarction, lower extremity arterial disease and ischemic stroke

Ilonca Vaartjes, Ineke van Dis, Diederick E Grobbee, Michiel L Bots

Open Access Research article

Association of health behaviour with heart rate variability: a population-based study

Alexander Kluttig, Barbara Schumann, Cees A Swenne, Jan A Kors, Oliver Kuss, Hendrik Schmidt, Karl Werdan, Johannes Haerting, Karin H Greiser

Open Access Research article

The effect of tobacco smoking and treatment strategy on the one-year mortality of patients with acute non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Erlend Aune, Knut Endresen, Jo Roislien, Joran Hjelmesaeth, Jan Erik Otterstad

Open Access Research article

ACE gene insertion/deletion polymorphism has a mild influence on the acute development of left ventricular dysfunction in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary PCI

Jiri Parenica, Monika Pavkova Goldbergova, Petr Kala, Jiri Jarkovsky, Martin Poloczek, Jan Manousek, Krystyna Prymusova, Lenka Kubkova, Daniela Tomcikova, Ondrej Toman, Martin Tesak, Josef Tomandl, Anna Vasku, Jindrich Spinar

Open Access Research article

The impact of a 6-year comprehensive community trial on the awareness, treatment and control rates of hypertension in Iran: experiences from the Isfahan healthy heart program

Alireza Khosravi, Gilda Kiani Mehr, Roya Kelishadi, Shahin Shirani, Mojgan Gharipour, Aliakbar Tavassoli, Fatemeh Noori, Nizal Sarrafzadegan

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