Ausgabe 1/2013
Inhalt (123 Artikel)
Integrative pathway dissection of molecular mechanisms of moxLDL-induced vascular smooth muscle phenotype transformation
George S Karagiannis, Jochen Weile, Gary D Bader, Joe Minta
Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on magnesium in addition to beta-blocker for prevention of postoperative atrial arrhythmias after coronary artery bypass grafting
Xiaosan Wu, Congxia Wang, Jinyun Zhu, Chunyan Zhang, Yan Zhang, Yanhua Gao
Low levels of IgM antibodies to oxidized cardiolipin increase and high levels decrease risk of cardiovascular disease among 60-year olds: a prospective study
Jun Su, Xiang Hua, Max Vikström, Karin Leander, Bruna Gigante, Mai-Lis Hellenius, Ulf de Faire, Johan Frostegård
Longer pre-hospital delay in first myocardial infarction among patients with diabetes: an analysis of 4266 patients in the Northern Sweden MONICA Study
Karin Hellström Ängerud, Christine Brulin, Ulf Näslund, Mats Eliasson
Quantification of carbonic anhydrase gene expression in ventricle of hypertrophic and failing human heart
Bernardo V Alvarez, Anita L Quon, John Mullen, Joseph R Casey
Trans-subclavian approach for radiofrequency ablation of premature ventricular contractions originating from subtricuspid annulus: a case report
Teng Li, Xian-zhang Zhan, Ping-zhen Yang, Yu-mei Xue, Xian-hong Fang, Hong-tao Liao, Shu-lin Wu
Gender differences in the association of visceral and subcutaneous adiposity with adiponectin in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study
Aurelian Bidulescu, Jiankang Liu, DeMarc A Hickson, Kristen G Hairston, Ervin R Fox, Donna K Arnett, Anne E Sumner, Herman A Taylor, Gary H Gibbons
The role of the Hsp90/Akt pathway in myocardial calpain-induced caspase-3 activation and apoptosis during sepsis
Xiaoping Li, Rong Luo, Rongjian Jiang, Xianmin Meng, Xiushan Wu, Shu Zhang, Wei Hua
Relationship between postprandial glucose level and carotid artery stiffness in patients without diabetes or cardiovascular disease
Kentaro Watanabe, Tatsuya Suzuki, Motoshi Ouchi, Kazunari Suzuki, Makoto Ohara, Masao Hashimoto, Hidetoshi Yamashita, Masaru Okazaki, Kazuhito Ishii, Kenzo Oba
Circulating cardio-enriched microRNAs are associated with long-term prognosis following myocardial infarction
Olof Gidlöf, J Gustav Smith, Kazuma Miyazu, Patrik Gilje, Anna Spencer, Sten Blomquist, David Erlinge
Identification of effective screening strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention in a developing country: using cardiovascular risk-estimation and risk-reduction tools for policy recommendations
Sharmini Selvarajah, Jamaiyah Haniff, Gurpreet Kaur, Tee Guat Hiong, Adam Bujang, Kee Chee Cheong, Michiel L Bots
Augmentation index and aortic stiffness in bicuspid aortic valve patients with non-dilated proximal aortas
Patrick J Warner, Adeeb Al-Quthami, Erica L Brooks, Alyson Kelley-Hedgepeth, Eshan Patvardhan, Jeffrey T Kuvin, Kevin S Heffernan, Gordon S Huggins
Trial Protocol: A randomised controlled trial of extended anticoagulation treatment versus routine anticoagulation treatment for the prevention of recurrent VTE and post thrombotic syndrome in patients being treated for a first episode of unprovoked VTE (The ExACT Study)
Jayne Tullett, Ellen Murray, Linda Nichols, Roger Holder, Will Lester, Peter Rose, FD Richard Hobbs, David Fitzmaurice
Association of the angiotensinogen gene polymorphism with atherosclerosis and its risk traits in the Saudi population
Mohammed Al-Najai, Paul Muiya, Asma I Tahir, Samar Elhawari, Daisy Gueco, Editha Andres, Nejat Mazhar, Nada Altassan, Maie Alshahid, Nduna Dzimiri
Non-invasive endothelial function assessment in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1: a cross-sectional study
Luiza O Rodrigues, Luiz Oswaldo C Rodrigues, Luisa Lima Castro, Nilton A Rezende, Antonio Luiz P Ribeiro
Association of cardiovascular response to an acute resistance training session with the ACE gene polymorphism in sedentary women: a randomized trial
Jéssica Cardoso de Souza, Ramires Alsamir Tibana, Nuno Manuel Frade de Sousa, Vinícius Carolino de Souza, Margô G O Karnikowski, Jonato Prestes, Carmen Silvia Grubert Campbell
Measurement of the ankle brachial index with a non-mercury sphygmomanometer in diabetic patients: a concordance study
Magdalena Bundó, Magali Urrea, Laura Muñoz-Ortíz, Carmen Pérez, Judit Llussà, Rosa Forés, María Teresa Alzamora, Pere Torán
Multi-parametric MRI as an indirect evaluation tool of the mechanical properties of in-vitrocardiac tissues
Delphine Périé, Nagib Dahdah, Anthony Foudis, Daniel Curnier
Prehypertension is associated with increased carotid atherosclerotic plaque in the community population of Southern China
Hua Hong, Hongxuan Wang, Huanquan Liao
Long-term impact of postconditioning on infarct size and left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Peder Sörensson, Lars Rydén, Nawsad Saleh, Per Tornvall, Håkan Arheden, John Pernow
Assessment tools for unrecognized myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional analysis of the REasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke population
Emily B Levitan, Monika M Safford, Meredith L Kilgore, Elsayed Z Soliman, Stephen P Glasser, Suzanne E Judd, Paul Muntner
Microvolt T wave alternans in adults with congenital heart diseases characterized by right ventricle pathology or single ventricle physiology: a case control study
Aleksandra Cieplucha, Olga Trojnarska, Agnieszka Bartczak, Lucyna Kramer, Stefan Grajek
Targets and self-management for the control of blood pressure in stroke and at risk groups (TASMIN-SR): protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Claire O’Brien, Emma P Bray, Stirling Bryan, Sheila M Greenfield, M Sayeed Haque, FD Richard Hobbs, Miren I Jones, Sue Jowett, Billingsley Kaambwa, Paul Little, Jonathan Mant, Cristina Penaloza, Claire Schwartz, Helen Shackleford, Jinu Varghese, Bryan Williams, Richard J McManus
Advanced glycation end products accelerate rat vascular calcification through RAGE/oxidative stress
Qin Wei, Xiaomei Ren, Yibo Jiang, Hong Jin, Naifeng Liu, Jie Li
Thromboembolic event rate in paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation: Data from the GISSI-AF trial
Marcello Disertori, Maria Grazia Franzosi, Simona Barlera, Franco Cosmi, Silvia Quintarelli, Chiara Favero, Glauco Cappellini, Gianna Fabbri, Aldo Pietro Maggioni, Lidia Staszewsky, Luigi Andrea Moroni, Roberto Latini
Cardiovascular fitness associated with cognitive performance in heart failure patients enrolled in cardiac rehabilitation
Sarah Garcia, Michael L Alosco, Mary Beth Spitznagel, Ronald Cohen, Naftali Raz, Lawrence Sweet, Richard Josephson, Joel Hughes, Jim Rosneck, Morgan L Oberle, John Gunstad
An international longitudinal registry of patients with atrial fibrillation at risk of stroke (GARFIELD): the UK protocol
Patricia N Apenteng, Ellen T Murray, Roger Holder, F D Richard Hobbs, David A Fitzmaurice
The relationship between DXA-based and anthropometric measures of visceral fat and morbidity in women
Kenan Direk, Marina Cecelja, William Astle, Phil Chowienczyk, Tim D Spector, Mario Falchi, Toby Andrew
Randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of a supervised exercise training program on readmissions in patients with myocardial ischemia: a study protocol
Núria Santaularia, Josefina Caminal, Anna Arnau, Montserrat Perramon, Jesus Montesinos, Jaume Trapé, Montserrat Abenoza-Guardiola, Pere Guiteras-Val, Tiny Jaarsma
Treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions: stent-covering of the side branch with and without PCI of the side branch: a retrospective analysis of all consecutive patients
Hubertus von Korn, Victor Stefan, Reyn van Ewijk, Kamalesh Chakraborty, Burkhard Sanwald, R Andel, Jan Hemker, Ulrich Hink, Marc Ohlow, Bernward Lauer, Thomas Muenzel
Cost-effectiveness of a coronary heart disease secondary prevention program in patients with myocardial infarction: results from a randomised controlled trial (ProActive Heart)
Erika Turkstra, Anna L Hawkes, Brian Oldenburg, Paul A Scuffham
The effect of Bosentan on exercise capacity in Fontan patients; rationale and design for the TEMPO study
Anders Hebert, Annette S Jensen, Lars Idorn, Keld E Sørensen, Lars Søndergaard
Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-12 in aortic dissection
Yi Song, Yuehui Xie, Feng Liu, Chong Zhao, Rui Yu, Shao Ban, Qiufang Ye, Jianxion Wen, Haibo Wan, Xiang Li, Runwei Ma, Zhaohui Meng
Low sex hormone-binding globulin is associated with hypertension: a cross-sectional study in a Swedish population
Bledar Daka, Thord Rosen, Per Anders Jansson, Charlotte A Larsson, Lennart Råstam, Ulf Lindblad
Tobacco smoking predicts depression and poorer quality of life in heart disease
Lesley Stafford, Michael Berk, Henry J Jackson
Estimate of nocturnal blood pressure and detection of non-dippers based on clinical or ambulatory monitoring in the inpatient setting
Tan Xu, Yongqing Zhang, Xuerui Tan
Comparing the effectiveness of two cardiovascular prevention programmes for highly educated professionals in general practice: a randomised clinical trial
Neree Claes, Nele Jacobs, Els Clays, Ward Schrooten, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Telmisartan protects against microvascular dysfunction during myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
Xiao-Cong Zeng, Xing-San Li, Hong Wen
Screening for atrial fibrillation with baseline and intermittent ECG recording in an out-of-hospital population
Tijn Hendrikx, Rolf Hörnsten, Mårten Rosenqvist, Herbert Sandström
Mean platelet volume is associated with the presence of left atrial stasis in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation
Rui Providência, Ana Faustino, Luís Paiva, Andreia Fernandes, Sérgio Barra, Joana Pimenta, Joana Trigo, Ana Botelho, António M Leitão-Marques
The relationship between training status, blood pressure and uric acid in adults and elderly
Atila Alexandre Trapé, André Mourão Jacomini, Jaqueline Jóice Muniz, Jonas Tadeu Cau Sertorio, José Eduardo Tanus-Santos, Sandra Lia do Amaral, Anderson Saranz Zago
The combination of high sensitivity troponin T and copeptin facilitates early rule-out of ACS: a prospective observational study
Johan Thelin, Catharina Borna, David Erlinge, Bertil Öhlin
Discrete subpulmonic membrane in association with isolated severe pulmonary valvar stenosis
Endale Tefera, Ramón Bermudez-Cañete, Lola Rubio
Benign pericardial schwannoma in a Chinese woman: a case report
Xu-Hui Zhang, Yu Wang, Xian-Yue Quan, Bo Liang
Impact of the introduction of drug eluting stents on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous and surgical coronary artery revascularisation procedures in Western Australia
Frank M Sanfilippo, Jamie M Rankin, Michael ST Hobbs, Michael Nguyen, Matthew W Knuiman, Patricia Berg, Eric G Whitford, Randall Hendriks, Bernard E Hockings, Michael Muhlmann, Mark Newman, Robert Larbalestier, Ian Gilfillan, Thomas G Briffa
EARLY Treatment with azilsartan compared to ACE-inhibitors in anti-hypertensive therapy – rationale and design of the EARLY hypertension registry
Anselm K Gitt, Peter Baumgart, Peter Bramlage, Felix Mahfoud, Sebastian A Potthoff, Jochen Senges, Steffen Schneider, Hartmut Buhck, Roland E Schmieder
Beta-blockers for the prevention of sudden cardiac death in heart failure patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Muaamar Al-Gobari, Chadia El Khatib, François Pillon, François Gueyffier
A qualitative synthesis of factors influencing maintenance of lifestyle behaviour change in individuals with high cardiovascular risk
Jenni Murray, Grania Fenton, Stephanie Honey, Ana Claudia Bara, Kate Mary Hill, Allan House
The effects of plant stanol ester consumption on arterial stiffness and endothelial function in adults: a randomised controlled clinical trial
Helena Gylling, Janne Halonen, Harri Lindholm, Jussi Konttinen, Piia Simonen, Markku J Nissinen, Aslak Savolainen, Airi Talvi, Maarit Hallikainen
Patient-centered disease management (PCDM) for heart failure: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
David B Bekelman, Mary E Plomondon, Mark D Sullivan, Karin Nelson, Brack Hattler, Connor McBryde, Kenneth G Lehmann, Jonathan Potfay, Paul Heidenreich, John S Rumsfeld
Loss of ectonucleotidases from the coronary vascular bed after ischemia-reperfusion in isolated rat heart
Kaoru Takahashi-Sato, Masahiro Murakawa, Junko Kimura, Masa-aki Ito, Isao Matsuoka
Hypertension awareness, treatment and control in Africa: a systematic review
James Kayima, Rhoda K Wanyenze, Achilles Katamba, Elli Leontsini, Fred Nuwaha
ACE-inhibition, but not weight reduction restores cardiomyocyte response to β-adrenergic stimulation in the metabolic syndrome
Ines Nevelsteen, Virginie Bito, Gerry Van der Mieren, Annelies Vanderper, An Van den Bergh, Karin R Sipido, Kanigula Mubagwa, Paul Herijgers
Economic burden of acute coronary syndrome in South Korea: a national survey
Jinhyun Kim, Eunhee Lee, Taejin Lee, Aeree Sohn
“Rescue” ablation of electrical storm in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in pregnancy
Sebastian Stec, Tomasz Krynski, Jakub Baran, Piotr Kulakowski
Common rs7138803 variant of FAIM2 and obesity in Han Chinese
Cong Li, Xueping Qiu, Na Yang, Jiajia Gao, Yuan Rong, Chenling Xiong, Fang Zheng
Evaluation of a self-management patient education program for patients with chronic heart failure undergoing inpatient cardiac rehabilitation: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial
Karin Meng, Gunda Musekamp, Bettina Seekatz, Johannes Glatz, Gabriele Karger, Ulrich Kiwus, Ernst Knoglinger, Rainer Schubmann, Ronja Westphal, Hermann Faller
Diagnostic value and cost-benefit analysis of 24 hours ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in primary care in Portugal
Paulo Pessanha, Manuel Viana, Paula Ferreira, Susana Bertoquini, Jorge Polónia
Oral anticoagulation and self-management: analysis of the factors that determine the feasibility of using self-testing and self-management in primary care
Eduardo Tamayo Aguirre, Itziar Vergara-Mitxeltorena, Edurne Uranga Saez del Burgo, Aitziber Ostiza-Irigoyen, Alejandro Garcia-Carro, Isabel Lopez-Fernandez, Arrate Galo-Anza
Cytochrome P450 2C19*2 polymorphism in patients with stable coronary heart disease and risk for secondary cardiovascular disease events: results of a long-term follow-up study in routine clinical care
Dietrich Rothenbacher, Michael M Hoffmann, Lutz P Breitling, Iris Rajman, Wolfgang Koenig, Hermann Brenner
Risk factors among people surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and their thoughts about what lifestyle means to them: a mixed methods study
Ann-Sofie Forslund, Dan Lundblad, Jan-Håkan Jansson, Karin Zingmark, Siv Söderberg
Prospective memory and chronic heart failure
Tina Habota, Jan Cameron, Skye N McLennan, Chantal F Ski, David R Thompson, Peter G Rendell
Comparison of 9-month angiographic outcomes of Resolute zotarolimus-eluting and everolimus-eluting stents in a real world setting of coronary intervention in Korea
Joo Myung Lee, Tae-Jin Youn, Jin Joo Park, Il-Young Oh, Chang-Hwan Yoon, Jung-Won Suh, Young-Seok Cho, Goo-Yeong Cho, In-Ho Chae, Dong-Ju Choi
Early changes in myocardial repolarization and coronary perfusion after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery for ASD repair in children
Elhadi H Aburawi, Abdul-Kader Souid, Petru Liuba, Taoufik Zoubeidi, Erkki Pesonen
There are considerable drawbacks to oral anticoagulant for monitoring patients at home which should lead family physicians to discuss alternative or enhanced solutions: a cross-sectional study
Jean Yves Le Reste, Benoit Chiron, Bernard Le Floch, Patrice Nabbe, Marie Barrais, Jacques Mansourati, Sébastien Cadier, Pierre Barraine, Claire Lietard
Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on the efficacy and safety of intracoronary administration of tirofiban for no-reflow phenomenon
Tao Qin, Lu Xie, Meng-Hua Chen
Circulating microRNA expression profile and systemic right ventricular function in adults after atrial switch operation for complete transposition of the great arteries
Clare TM Lai, Enders KO Ng, Pak-cheong Chow, Ava Kwong, Yiu-fai Cheung
Long-term results of treatment with bosentan in adult Eisenmenger’s syndrome patients with Down’s syndrome related to congenital heart disease
Roberto Crepaz, Cristina Romeo, Donato Montanaro, Stefano De Santis
The St. Louis African American health-heart study: methodology for the study of cardiovascular disease and depression in young-old African Americans
Robin R Bruchas, Lisa de las Fuentes, Robert M Carney, Joann L Reagan, Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi, Amy E Riek, Chi Charles Gu, Andrew Bierhals, Mario Schootman, Theodore K Malmstrom, Thomas E Burroughs, Phyllis K Stein, Douglas K Miller, Victor G Dávila-Román
Increased urinary IgM excretion in patients with chest pain due to coronary artery disease
Rafid Tofik, Ulf Ekelund, Ole Torffvit, Per Swärd, Bengt Rippe, Omran Bakoush
Hypereosinophilic syndrome masquerading as a myocardial infarction causing decompensated heart failure
Joanna Lim, Alexander Sternberg, Nathan Manghat, Steve Ramcharitar
Delivering enhanced cardiovascular (Hypertension) disease care through private health facilities in Pakistan
Muhammad Amir Khan, Wajiha Javed, Maqsood Ahmed, John Walley, Haroon Jahangir Khan
The impact of the HEART risk score in the early assessment of patients with acute chest pain: design of a stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial
Judith M Poldervaart, Johannes B Reitsma, Hendrik Koffijberg, Barbra E Backus, A Jacob Six, Pieter A Doevendans, Arno W Hoes
The cost-utility of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and critical appraisal of economic evaluations
Mattias Neyt, Hans Van Brabandt, Carl Devos
Explaining significant differences in subjective and objective measures of cardiovascular health: evidence for the socioeconomic gradient in a population-based study
Irene Mosca, Bláithín Ní Bhuachalla, Rose Anne Kenny
Predictors of physical and mental health-related quality of life outcomes among myocardial infarction patients
Anna L Hawkes, Tania A Patrao, Robert Ware, John J Atherton, Craig B Taylor, Brian F Oldenburg
Body mass index in chronic heart failure: association with biomarkers of neurohormonal activation, inflammation and endothelial dysfunction
Heidi M Christensen, Morten Schou, Jens P Goetze, Jens Faber, Jan Frystyk, Allan Flyvbjerg, Caroline Kistorp
The in vivo blood compatibility of bio-inspired small diameter vascular graft: effect of submicron longitudinally aligned topography
Ruiming Liu, Yuansen Qin, Huijin Wang, Yong Zhao, Zuojun Hu, Shenming Wang
Validity, intra- and inter-observer reliability of automated devices for the assessment of ankle brachial index using photo-plethysmography
Andrej Teren, Frank Beutner, Kerstin Wirkner, Markus Loeffler, Markus Scholz
Effects and costs of home-based training with telemonitoring guidance in low to moderate risk patients entering cardiac rehabilitation: The FIT@Home study
Jos J Kraal, Niels Peek, M Elske van den Akker-Van Marle, Hareld MC Kemps
Echocardiographic predictors of exercise capacity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Mikkel Malby Schoos, Morten Dalsgaard, Jesper Kjærgaard, Dorte Moesby, Sidse Graff Jensen, Ida Steffensen, Kasper Karmark Iversen
Incidence of catheter-related complications in patients with central venous or hemodialysis catheters: a health care claims database analysis
Pavel Napalkov, Diana M Felici, Laura K Chu, Joan R Jacobs, Susan M Begelman
Surveillance of ischemic heart disease should include physician billing claims: population-based evidence from administrative health data across seven Canadian provinces
Cynthia Robitaille, Christina Bancej, Sulan Dai, Karen Tu, Drona Rasali, Claudia Blais, Céline Plante, Mark Smith, Lawrence W Svenson, Kim Reimer, Jill Casey, Rolf Puchtinger, Helen Johansen, Yana Gurevich, Chris Waters, Lisa M Lix, Hude Quan
Impact of percutaneous coronary intervention on biomarker levels in patients in the subacute phase following myocardial infarction: the Occluded Artery Trial (OAT) biomarker ancillary study
Mariusz Kruk, Venu Menon, Jacek Kądziela, Zygmunt Sadowski, Witold Rużyłło, Jadwiga Janas, Marek Roik, Grzegorz Opolski, Krzysztof Zmudka, Piotr Czunko, Michal Kurowski, Benita Busz-Papież, Elzbieta Zinka, Wojciech Jablonski, Krystyna Jaworska, Anna Raczynska, Grzegorz Skonieczny, Sandra Forman, Daner Li, Judith Hochman
Perindopril treatment promote left ventricle remodeling in patients with heart failure screened positive for autoantibodies against angiotensin II type 1 receptor
Qian Du, Jinling Wu, Hua Wang, Xin Wang, Lin Xu, Zhiyong Zhang, Jiamei Liu, Juan Zhang, Jin Chen, Hakon Hakonarson, Aihua Hu, Lin Zhang
Cognitive function after cardiac arrest and temperature management; rationale and description of a sub-study in the Target Temperature Management trial
Gisela Lilja, Niklas Nielsen, Hans Friberg, Janneke Horn, Jesper Kjaergaard, Tommaso Pellis, Malin Rundgren, Jørn Wetterslev, Matt P Wise, Fredrik Nilsson, Tobias Cronberg
Association between lowered endothelial function measured by peripheral arterial tonometry and cardio-metabolic risk factors – a cross-sectional study of Finnish municipal workers at risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Jussi Konttinen, Harri Lindholm, Juha Sinisalo, Eeva Kuosma, Janne Halonen, Leila Hopsu, Jukka Uitti
Association between winter season and risk of death from cardiovascular diseases: a study in more than half a million inpatients in Beijing, China
Beibei Xu, Hui Liu, Naifang Su, Guilan Kong, Xiaoyuan Bao, Jiong Li, Jing Wang, Yi Li, Xiemin Ma, Jun Zhang, Guo-Pei Yu, Lueping Zhao
Clinical significance of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis and its relationship with echocardiographic parameters in non-diabetic chronic kidney disease patients
Jwa-Kyung Kim, Young Rim Song, Min Gang Kim, Hyung Jik Kim, Sung Gyun Kim
Rheumatic mitral stenosis in Children: more accelerated course in sub-Saharan Patients
Henok Tadele, Wubegzier Mekonnen, Endale Tefera
Ethnic differences in the occurrence of acute coronary syndrome: results of the Malaysian National Cardiovascular Disease (NCVD) Database Registry (March 2006 - February 2010)
Hou Tee Lu, Rusli Bin Nordin
High pericardial and peri-aortic adipose tissue burden in pre-diabetic and diabetic subjects
Fei-Shih Yang, Chun-Ho Yun, Tung-Hsin Wu, Ya-Ching Hsieh, Hiram G Bezerra, Chuan-Chuan Liu, Yih-Jer Wu, Jen-Yuan Kuo, Chung-Lieh Hung, Charles Jia-Yin Hou, Hung-I Yeh, Jason Jeun-Shenn Lee, Bernard E Bulwer, Ricardo C Cury
Post-stress left ventricular ejection fraction drop in patients with diabetes: a gated myocardial perfusion imaging study
Adele Ferro, Mario Petretta, Wanda Acampa, Giovanni Fiumara, Stefania Daniele, Maria Piera Petretta, Valeria Cantoni, Alberto Cuocolo
Pre-hypertension in Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Fred Nuwaha, Geofrey Musinguzi
Association of resting heart rate with cardiovascular function: a cross-sectional study in 522 Finnish subjects
Jenni K Koskela, Anna Tahvanainen, Antti Haring, Antti J Tikkakoski, Erkki Ilveskoski, Jani Viitala, Miia H Leskinen, Terho Lehtimäki, Mika AP Kähönen, Tiit Kööbi, Onni Niemelä, Jukka T Mustonen, Ilkka H Pörsti
Resistance exercise leading to failure versus not to failure: effects on cardiovascular control
Jéssica Cardoso De Souza, Ramires Alsamir Tibana, Claudia Regina Cavaglieri, Denis César Leite Vieira, Nuno Manuel Frade De Sousa, Mendes Felipe Augusto Dos Santos, Vitor Tajra, Wagner Rodrigues Martins, Darlan Lopes De Farias, Sandor Balsamo, James Wilfred Navalta, Carmen Silvia Grubert Campbell, Jonato Prestes
Effects of carvedilol treatment on cardiac cAMP response element binding protein expression and phosphorylation in acute coxsackievirus B3-induced myocarditis
Ge Li-Sha, Chen Yi-He, Zhou Na-Dan, Zhang Teng, Li Yue-Chun
Early accelerated senescence of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in premature coronary artery disease patients in a developing country - a case control study
Kranthi Vemparala, Ambuj Roy, Vinay Kumar Bahl, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Neera Nath, Subrata Sinha, Pradipta Nandi, Ravindra Mohan Pandey, Kolli Srinath Reddy, Ajay Manhapra, Ramakrishnan Lakshmy
Copenhagen study of overweight patients with coronary artery disease undergoing low energy diet or interval training: the randomized CUT-IT trial protocol
Lene Rørholm Pedersen, Rasmus Huan Olsen, Marianne Frederiksen, Arne Astrup, Elizaveta Chabanova, Philip Hasbak, Jens Juul Holst, Andreas Kjær, John W Newman, Rosemary Walzem, Ulrik Wisløff, Ahmad Sajadieh, Steen Bendix Haugaard, Eva Prescott
Evaluating the impact of depression, anxiety & autonomic function on health related quality of life, vocational functioning and health care utilisation in acute coronary syndrome patients: the ADVENT study protocol
John C Oldroyd, Sheila Cyril, Bhanuja S Wijayatilaka, Adrienne O’Neil, Dean P McKenzie, Silva Zavarsek, Kristy Sanderson, David L Hare, Aaron J Fisher, Andrew B Forbes, C Barr Taylor, David M Clarke, Ian T Meredith, Brian Oldenburg
Patient perspective on the management of atrial fibrillation in five European countries
Ameet Bakhai, Anna Sandberg, Thomas Mittendorf, Wolfgang Greiner, André MS Oberdiek, Patrizia Berto, Edith Franczok, Trudie Lobban, Jose L Zamorano
Role of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 for diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia after cardiac surgery: an observational study
Alessandra K Matsuno, Ana PCP Carlotti
Association between smoking status and the parameters of vascular structure and function in adults: results from the EVIDENT study
Jose I Recio-Rodriguez, Manuel A Gomez-Marcos, Maria C Patino Alonso, Carlos Martin-Cantera, Elisa Ibañez-Jalon, Amor Melguizo-Bejar, Luis Garcia-Ortiz
Impact of yoga on blood pressure and quality of life in patients with hypertension – a controlled trial in primary care, matched for systolic blood pressure
Moa Wolff, Kristina Sundquist, Sara Larsson Lönn, Patrik Midlöv
Infarct quantification using 3D inversion recovery and 2D phase sensitive inversion recovery; validation in patients and ex vivo
Robert Jablonowski, David Nordlund, Mikael Kanski, Joey Ubachs, Sasha Koul, Einar Heiberg, Henrik Engblom, David Erlinge, Håkan Arheden, Marcus Carlsson
Red cell distribution width is associated with long-term prognosis in patients with stable coronary artery disease
Tadeusz Osadnik, Joanna Strzelczyk, Michał Hawranek, Andrzej Lekston, Jarosław Wasilewski, Anna Kurek, Aleksander Rafał Gutowski, Krzysztof Wilczek, Krzysztof Dyrbuś, Marek Gierlotka, Andrzej Wiczkowski, Mariusz Gąsior, Andrzej Szafranek, Lech Poloński
Uric acid is a risk factor for ischemic stroke and all-cause mortality in the general population: a gender specific analysis from The Tromsø Study
Hilde M Storhaug, Jon V Norvik, Ingrid Toft, Bjorn O Eriksen, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Svetlana Zykova, Marit Solbu, Sarah White, Steve Chadban, Trond Jenssen
Hypotheses, rationale, design, and methods for evaluation of ischemic preconditioning assessed by sequential exercise tests in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with stable coronary artery disease – a prospective study
Paulo Cury Rezende, Rosa Maria Rahmi Garcia, Augusto Hiroshi Uchida, Leandro Menezes Alves Costa, Thiago Luis Scudeler, Rodrigo Morel Vieira Melo, Fernando Teiichi Costa Oikawa, Cibele Larrosa Garzillo, Eduardo Gomes Lima, Carlos Alexandre Wainrober Segre, Desiderio Favarato, Priscyla Girardi, Myrthes Takiuti, Celia Cassaro Strunz, Whady Hueb, José Antonio Franchini Ramires, Roberto Kalil Filho
A comparison of Chinese and non-Chinese Canadian patients hospitalized with heart failure
Darwin F Yeung, Nicole K Van Dyke, Laura C Maclagan, Gordon W Moe, Baiju R Shah, Maria Chiu, Douglas S Lee, Dennis T Ko, Ching Lau, Jack V Tu
Trends in mortality rates from coronary heart disease in Belgrade (Serbia) during the period 1990–2010: a joinpoint regression analysis
Isidora S Vujcic, Sandra B Sipetic, Eleonora S Dubljanin, Hristina D Vlajinac
The FReedom from Ischemic Events - New Dimensions for Survival (FRIENDS) registry: design of a prospective cohort study of patients with advanced peripheral artery disease
Hong H Keo, Sue Duval, Iris Baumgartner, Niki C Oldenburg, Michael R Jaff, JoAnne Goldman, James M Peacock, Alexander S Tretinyak, Timothy D Henry, Russell V Luepker, Alan T Hirsch
Ankle-brachial index and the incidence of cardiovascular events in the Mediterranean low cardiovascular risk population ARTPER cohort
Maria Teresa Alzamora, Rosa Forés, Guillem Pera, Pere Torán, Antonio Heras, Marta Sorribes, Jose Miguel Baena-Diez, Magalí Urrea, Judit Alegre, María Viozquez, Carme Vela
Hemodynamic collapse induced by general anesthesia in a patient with an unruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm: a case report
Oto Inoue, Hisayoshi Murai, Shuichi Kaneko, Soichiro Usui, Hiroshi Furusho, Masayuki Takamura
Acute coronary syndrome in young Sub-Saharan Africans: A prospective study of 21 cases
Moustapha Sarr, Djibril Mari Ba, Mouhamadou Bamba Ndiaye, Malick Bodian, Modou Jobe, Adama Kane, Maboury Diao, Alassane Mbaye, Mouhamadoul Mounir Dia, Soulemane Pessinaba, Abdoul Kane, Serigne Abdou Ba
Transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure versus medical therapy for cryptogenic stroke: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
Irbaz Bin Riaz, Abhijeet Dhoble, Ahmad Mizyed, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, Muhammad Husnain, Justin Z Lee, Kapildeo Lotun, Kwan S Lee
Outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting surgery in Chinese, South Asian and white patients with acute myocardial infarction: administrative data analysis
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