Ausgabe 1/2014
Inhalt (199 Artikel)
Can cardiac computed tomography predict cardiovascular events in asymptomatic type-2 diabetics?: results of a long term follow-up
Ana Faustino, Rui Providência, Paula Mota, Sérgio Barra, Joana Silva, Andreia Fernandes, Rui Catarino, Susana Basso, Marco Costa, António Leitão-Marques
Association of epicardial fat with left ventricular diastolic function in subjects with metabolic syndrome: assessment using 2-dimensional echocardiography
Hyo Eun Park, Su-Yeon Choi, Minkyung Kim
Regional pulse wave velocities and their cardiovascular risk factors among healthy middle-aged men: a cross-sectional population-based study
Jina Choo, Chol Shin, Emma Barinas-Mitchell, Kamal Masaki, Bradley J Willcox, Todd B Seto, Hirotsugu Ueshima, Sunghee Lee, Katsuyuki Miura, Lakshmi Venkitachalam, Rachel H Mackey, Rhobert W Evans, Lewis H Kuller, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Akira Sekikawa
Use of secondary prevention pharmacotherapy after first myocardial infarction in patients with diabetes mellitus
Casper H Jørgensen, Gunnar H Gislason, Ole Ahlehoff, Charlotte Andersson, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Peter R Hansen
Association of the RYR3 gene polymorphisms with atherosclerosis in elderly Japanese population
Chenxi Zhao, Shinobu Ikeda, Tomio Arai, Makiko Naka-Mieno, Noriko Sato, Masaaki Muramatsu, Motoji Sawabe
Lipid, adipokine and ghrelin levels in myocardial infarction patients with insulin resistance
Olga Gruzdeva, Evgenya Uchasova, Ekaterina Belik, Yulia Dyleva, Ekaterina Shurygina, Olga Barbarash
A Cross-sectional study of stand-alone Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Nigerian Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Adeyemi Johnson, Bode Falase, Ifeoluwa Ajose, Yemi Onabowale
Strategy to recognize and initiate treatment of chronic heart failure in primary care (STRETCH): a cluster randomized trial
Evelien ES van Riet, Arno W Hoes, Alexander Limburg, Henk van der Hoeven, Marcel AJ Landman, Frans H Rutten
Characterization of a calcified intra-cardiac pseudocyst of the mitral valve by magnetic resonance imaging including T1 and T2 mapping
Ursula Reiter, Gert Reiter, Martin Asslaber, Drago Dacar, Ralph Maderthaner, Josepha Binder, Andreas Greiser, Meinrad Beer, Michael Fuchsjäger
Atrial fibrillation alters the microRNA expression profiles of the left atria of patients with mitral stenosis
Hai Liu, Guang-xian Chen, Meng-ya Liang, Han Qin, Jian Rong, Jian-ping Yao, Zhong-kai Wu
Self-reported recall and daily diary-recorded measures of weight monitoring adherence: associations with heart failure-related hospitalization
Christine D Jones, George M Holmes, Darren A DeWalt, Brian Erman, Jia-Rong Wu, Crystal W Cene, David W Baker, Dean Schillinger, Bernice Ruo, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Aurelia Macabasco-O’Connell, Victoria Hawk, Kimberly Broucksou, Michael Pignone
Lactococcus garvieaeendocarditis presenting with subdural haematoma
Magnus Rasmussen, Josefin Björk Werner, Mikaela Dolk, Bertil Christensson
Impact of renal insufficiency on mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Jonas Emil Sabroe, Per Thayssen, Lisbeth Antonsen, Mikkel Hougaard, Knud Nørregaard Hansen, Lisette Okkels Jensen
Aspirin use and knowledge in the community: a population- and health facility based survey for measuring local health system performance
Gregory A Roth, Catherine W Gillespie, Ali A Mokdad, Danny D Shen, David W Fleming, Andy Stergachis, Christopher JL Murray, Ali H Mokdad
Continuing decrease in coronary heart disease mortality in Sweden
Johanna Berg, Lena Björck, Georgios Lappas, Martin O’Flaherty, Simon Capewell, Annika Rosengren
Obstacles and alternative options for cardiac rehabilitation in Nanjing, China: an exploratory study
Hong Jin, Qin Wei, Long Chen, Qin Sun, Yun Zhang, Juan Wu, Genshan Ma, Naifeng Liu
Serum TGF-β1 and SMAD3 levels are closely associated with coronary artery disease
Can Chen, Wei Lei, Wenjiang Chen, Jianfeng Zhong, Xiaoxin Gao, Bo Li, Huailong Wang, Congxin Huang
Differential associations of central and brachial blood pressure with carotid atherosclerosis and microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes
Chan-Hee Jung, Sang-Hee Jung, Kyu-Jin Kim, Bo-Yeon Kim, Chul-Hee Kim, Sung-Koo Kang, Ji-Oh Mok
Phenotype, origin and estimated prevalence of a common long QT syndrome mutation: a clinical, genealogical and molecular genetics study including Swedish R518X/KCNQ1families
Annika Winbo, Eva-Lena Stattin, Charlotte Nordin, Ulla-Britt Diamant, Johan Persson, Steen M Jensen, Annika Rydberg
C-reactive protein levels in patients at cardiovascular risk: EURIKA study
Julian PJ Halcox, Carine Roy, Florence Tubach, José R Banegas, Jean Dallongeville, Guy De Backer, Eliseo Guallar, Ogün Sazova, Jesús Medina, Joep Perk, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, Claudio Borghi
Rheumatic heart disease in Uganda: the association between MHC class II HLA DR alleles and disease: a case control study
Emmy Okello, Andrea Beaton, Charles K Mondo, Paul Kruszka, Noah Kiwanuka, Richard Odoi-Adome, Juergen Freers
Impact of self-management interventions on stable angina symptoms and health-related quality of life: a meta-analysis
Michael McGillion, Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy, Sandra L Carroll, J Charles Victor, Tammy Cosman, Allison Cook, John G Hanlon, E Marc Jolicoeur, Noorin Jamal, Robert McKelvie, Heather M Arthur
Routine angiography in survivors of out of hospital cardiac arrest with return of spontaneous circulation: a single site registry
Vishva A Wijesekera, Daniel V Mullany, Catherina A Tjahjadi, Darren L Walters
Worsened arterial stiffness in high-risk cardiovascular patients with high habitual carbohydrate intake: a cross-sectional vascular function study
Hiu-Ting Chan, Yap-Hang Chan, Kai Hang Yiu, Sheung-Wai Li, Sidney Tam, Chu-Pak Lau, Hung-Fat Tse
Manipulation of valve composition to elucidate the role of collagen in aortic valve calcification
Karien J Rodriguez, Laura M Piechura, Ana M Porras, Kristyn S Masters
Duration of dual antiplatelet therapy following percutaneous coronary intervention on re-hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome
Shih-Chin Chen, Fei-Yuan Hsiao, Chii-Ming Lee, William Wei-Yuan Hsu, Churn-Shiouh Gau
Association between serum uric acid levels and cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and elderly Chinese individuals
Li Qin, Zhen Yang, Hongxia Gu, Shuai Lu, Qun Shi, Yin Xing, Xiaoyong Li, Rui Li, Guang Ning, Qing Su
Pattern of blood pressure distribution and prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension among adults in Northern Ethiopia: disclosing the hidden burden
Mekoya D Mengistu
Solitary accessory and papillary muscle hypertrophy manifested as dynamic mid-wall obstruction and symptomatic heart failure: diagnostic feasibility by multi-modality imaging
Kuo-Tzu Sung, Chun-Ho Yun, Charles Jia-Yin Hou, Chung-Lieh Hung
Validation of continuous clinical indices of cardiometabolic risk in a cohort of Australian adults
Suzanne J Carroll, Catherine Paquet, Natasha J Howard, Robert J Adams, Anne W Taylor, Mark Daniel
Comparative effects of recombinant human brain natriuretic peptide and dobutamine on acute decompensated heart failure patients with differsent blood BNP levels
Hai-Yan Pan, Jian-Hua Zhu, Yong Gu, Xiao-Hong Yu, Min Pan, Hong-Yin Niu
Genetic and ElectroNic medIcal records to predict oUtcomeS in Heart Failure patients (GENIUS-HF) - design and rationale
Luciana Gioli-Pereira, Sabrina Bernardez-Pereira, Fabiana Goulart Marcondes-Braga, Joceli Mabel Rocha Spina, Rafael Muniz Miranda da Silva, Noely Evangelista Ferreira, Fernando Bacal, Fábio Fernandes, Alfredo José Mansur, José Eduardo Krieger, Alexandre Costa Pereira
Acute oxygenation changes on ischemic foot of a novel intermittent pneumatic compression device and of an existing sequential device in severe peripheral arterial disease
Fabio Manfredini, Anna Maria Malagoni, Michele Felisatti, Simona Mandini, Nicola Lamberti, Roberto Manfredini, Francesco Mascoli, Nino Basaglia, Paolo Zamboni
British randomised controlled trial of AV and VV optimization (“BRAVO”) study: rationale, design, and endpoints
Zachary I Whinnett, S M Afzal Sohaib, Siana Jones, Andreas Kyriacou, Katherine March, Emma Coady, Jamil Mayet, Alun D Hughes, Michael Frenneaux, Darrel P Francis
Diagonal earlobe crease and coronary artery disease in a Chinese population
Xing-li Wu, Ding-you Yang, Yu-sheng Zhao, Wen-hui Chai, Ming-lei Jin
Point of care platelet activity measurement in primary PCI [PINPOINT-PPCI]: a protocol paper
Thomas W Johnson, Debbie Marsden, Andrew Mumford, Katie Pike, Stuart Mundell, Mark Butler, Julian W Strange, Ruth Bowles, Chris Rogers, Andreas Baumbach, Barnaby C Reeves
Determining the prevalence and predictors of sleep disordered breathing in patients with chronic heart failure: rationale and design of the SCHLA-HF registry
Holger Woehrle, Olaf Oldenburg, Michael Arzt, Andrea Graml, Erland Erdmann, Helmut Teschler, Karl Wegscheider
Possible extracardiac predictors of aortic dissection in Marfan syndrome
Bence Ágg, Kálmán Benke, Bálint Szilveszter, Miklós Pólos, László Daróczi, Balázs Odler, Zsolt B Nagy, Ferenc Tarr, Béla Merkely, Zoltán Szabolcs
Gender-dependent associations between socioeconomic status and metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study in the adult Saudi population
Nasser M Al-Daghri, Khalid M Alkharfy, Omar S Al-Attas, Nasiruddin Khan, Hanan A Alfawaz, Saad A Alghanim, Mansour A Al-Yousef, Abdulrahman S M Al-Ajlan, Majed S Alokail
Major adverse cardiovascular events in adult congenital heart disease: a population-based follow-up study from Taiwan
Yu-Sheng Lin, Pi-Hua Liu, Lung-Sheng Wu, Yu-Ming Chen, Chee-Jen Chang, Pao-Hsien Chu
Urine π-Glutathion S-transferase but not Tamm-Horsfall protein correlates with Carotid artery intima media thickness in childhood type1 diabetes
Peter Holmquist, Petru Liuba
Intermittent short ECG recording is more effective than 24-hour Holter ECG in detection of arrhythmias
Tijn Hendrikx, Mårten Rosenqvist, Per Wester, Herbert Sandström, Rolf Hörnsten
Prognostic significance of heart rate turbulence parameters in patients with chronic heart failure
De-Chun Yin, Zhao-Jun Wang, Shuai Guo, Hong-Yu Xie, Lin Sun, Wei Feng, Wei Qiu, Xiu-Fen Qu
The silent and apparent neurological injury in transcatheter aortic valve implantation study (SANITY): concept, design and rationale
Jonathon P Fanning, Allan J Wesley, David G Platts, Darren L Walters, Eamonn M Eeles, Michael Seco, Oystein Tronstad, Wendy Strugnell, Adrian G Barnett, Andrew J Clarke, Judith Bellapart, Michael P Vallely, Peter J Tesar, John F Fraser
Circulating CD36 and oxLDL levels are associated with cardiovascular risk factors in young subjects
Luz E Ramos-Arellano, José F Muñoz-Valle, Ulises De la Cruz-Mosso, Aralia B Salgado-Bernabé, Natividad Castro-Alarcón, Isela Parra-Rojas
Microvascular obstruction assessed by 3-tesla magnetic resonance imaging in acute myocardial infarction is correlated with plasma troponin I levels
Karine Pernet, Fiona Ecarnot, Romain Chopard, Marie-France Seronde, Philoktimon Plastaras, Francois Schiele, Nicolas Meneveau
Transfers to metropolitan hospitals and coronary angiography for rural Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal patients with acute ischaemic heart disease in Western Australia
Derrick Lopez, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Frank M Sanfilippo, John A Woods, Michael ST Hobbs, Matthew W Knuiman, Tom G Briffa, Peter L Thompson, Sandra C Thompson
Efficacy of N-acetylcysteine in preventing atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of published randomized controlled trials
Xue-Hui Liu, Chun-Yan Xu, Guang-Hui Fan
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Cardioprotective activity of placental growth factor in a rat model of acute myocardial infarction: nanoparticle-based delivery versus direct myocardial injection
Zhe-xin Lu, Li-li Mao, Feng Lian, Jun He, Wen-tian Zhang, Chen-yang Dai, Song Xue, Wei-gen Lu, Hong-sheng Zhu
Predictors of positive response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
Diana Rinkuniene, Silvija Bucyte, Kristina Ceseviciute, Silvijus Abramavicius, Kristina Baronaite-Dudoniene, Jolanta Laukaitiene, Tomas Kazakevicius, Vytautas Zabiela, Vytautas Sileikis, Aras Puodziukynas, Renaldas Jurkevicius
The relation of location-specific epicardial adipose tissue thickness and obstructive coronary artery disease: systemic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Fu-Zong Wu, Kang-Ju Chou, Yi-Luan Huang, Ming-Ting Wu
Financial impact of adopting implantable loop recorder diagnostic for unexplained syncope compared with conventional diagnostic pathway in Portugal
Rui Providência, Rui Candeias, Carlos Morais, Hipólito Reis, Luís Elvas, Vitor Sanfins, Sara Farinha, Simon Eggington, Stelios Tsintzos
Chemerin and CMKLR1 expression in human arteries and periadventitial fat: a possible role for local chemerin in atherosclerosis?
Christos G Kostopoulos, Sofia G Spiroglou, John N Varakis, Efstratios Apostolakis, Helen H Papadaki
Usefulness of the heart-rate variability complex for predicting cardiac mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Tao Song, Xiu Fen Qu, Ying Tao Zhang, Wei Cao, Bai He Han, Yang Li, Jing Yan Piao, Lei Lei Yin, Heng Da Cheng
Distal end side-to-side anastomoses of sequential vein graft to small target coronary arteries improve intraoperative graft flow
Haitao Li, Baodong Xie, Chengxiong Gu, Mingxin Gao, Fan Zhang, Jiayang Wang, Longsheng Dai, Yang Yu
Right ventricular dysfunction as an echocardiographic prognostic factor in hemodynamically stable patients with acute pulmonary embolism: a meta-analysis
Jae Hyung Cho, Gurusaravanan Kutti Sridharan, Seon Ha Kim, Roop Kaw, Triveni Abburi, Affan Irfan, Abraham G Kocheril
Association of body mass index with risk of acute myocardial infarction and mortality in Norwegian male and female patients with suspected stable angina pectoris: a prospective cohort study
Heidi Borgeraas, Jens Kristoffer Hertel, Gard Frodahl Tveitevåg Svingen, Reinhard Seifert, Eva Kristine Ringdal Pedersen, Hall Schartum-Hansen, Jøran Hjelmesæth, Ottar Nygård
A comparison of risk factors for mortality from heart failure in Asian and non-Asian populations: An overview of individual participant data from 32 prospective cohorts from the Asia-Pacific Region
Rachel R Huxley, Federica Barzi, Jean Woo, Graham Giles, Tai Hing Lam, Kazem Rahimi, Suma Konety, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Sun Ha Jee, Xianghua Fang, Mark Woodward
Rhabdomyomas and Tuberous sclerosis complex: our experience in 33 cases
Pietro Sciacca, Valentina Giacchi, Carmine Mattia, Filippo Greco, Pierluigi Smilari, Pasqua Betta, Giuseppe Distefano
Plasma NT pro-BNP, hs-CRP and big-ET levels at admission as prognostic markers of survival in hospitalized patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: a single-center cohort study
Xiaoping Li, Chengzhi Chen, Feng Gan, Yang Wang, Ligang Ding, Wei Hua
Birth weight and the risk of atrial fibrillation in whites and African Americans: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study
Sherifat O Lawani, Ellen W Demerath, Faye L Lopez, Elsayed Z Soliman, Rachel R Huxley, Kathryn M Rose, Alvaro Alonso
Comorbidity profiles and inpatient outcomes during hospitalization for heart failure: an analysis of the U.S. Nationwide inpatient sample
Christopher S Lee, Christopher V Chien, Julie T Bidwell, Jill M Gelow, Quin E Denfeld, Ruth Masterson Creber, Harleah G Buck, James O Mudd
Prevalence of lower extremity Peripheral artery disease among adult diabetes patients in Southwestern Uganda
Samson Okello, Alexander Millard, Rogers Owori, Stephen Bambeiha Asiimwe, Mark Jacob Siedner, Joselyn Rwebembera, Laurence Anthony Wilson, Christopher Charles Moore, Brian Herb Annex
Percutaneous closure of large VSD using a home-made fenestrated atrial septal occluder in 18-year-old with pulmonary hypertension
Hacer Kamali, Turkay Saritas, Abdullah Erdem, Celal Akdeniz, Volkan Tuzcu
Do gender differences in primary PCI mortality represent a different adherence to guideline recommended therapy? a multicenter observation
Ralf Birkemeyer, Henrik Schneider, Andreas Rillig, Juliane Ebeling, Ibrahim Akin, Stefan Kische, Liliya Paranskaya, Werner Jung, Hueseyin Ince, Christoph A Nienaber
Effect of seasonal variation on hospital admission due to cardiovascular disease - findings from an observational study in a divisional hospital in Bangladesh
Ranjit Chandra Khan, Debabrata Halder
The impact of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on the incidence of cardiovascular events and complications in peripheral arterial disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jennifer E Enns, Azadeh Yeganeh, Ryan Zarychanski, Ahmed M Abou-Setta, Carol Friesen, Peter Zahradka, Carla G Taylor
High-sensitive Troponin T assay for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction: an economic evaluation
Anil Vaidya, Johan L Severens, Brenda WC Bongaerts, Kitty BJM Cleutjens, Patty J Nelemans, Leonard Hofstra, Marja van Dieijen-Visser, Erik AL Biessen
Acute effects of using an electronic nicotine-delivery device (electronic cigarette) on myocardial function: comparison with the effects of regular cigarettes
Konstantinos E Farsalinos, Dimitris Tsiapras, Stamatis Kyrzopoulos, Maria Savvopoulou, Vassilis Voudris
Cardiac tamponade and para-aortic hematoma post elective surgical myocardial revascularization on a beating heart – a possible complication of the Lima-stitch and sequential venous anastomosis
Anna Marcinkiewicz, Ryszard Jaszewski, Katarzyna Piestrzeniewicz, Radosław Zwoliński
Impact of adiposity on cardiac structure in adult life: the childhood determinants of adult health (CDAH) study
Robyn J Tapp, Alison Venn, Quan L Huynh, Olli T Raitakari, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Terence Dwyer, Costan G Magnussen
Effects of weight management by exercise modes on markers of subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiometabolic profile among women with abdominal obesity: a randomized controlled trial
Jina Choo, Juneyoung Lee, Jeong-Hyun Cho, Lora E Burke, Akira Sekikawa, Sae Young Jae
Cardioprotection afforded by exercise training prior to myocardial infarction is associated with autonomic function improvement
Fernando Rodrigues, Daniele Jardim Feriani, Catarina Andrade Barboza, Marcos Elias Vergilino Abssamra, Leandro Yanase Rocha, Nicolle Martins Carrozi, Cristiano Mostarda, Diego Figueroa, Gabriel Inacio Honorato Souza, Kátia De Angelis, Maria Cláudia Irigoyen, Bruno Rodrigues
Cholesterol efflux is LXRα isoform-dependent in human macrophages
A Zhi Sha Ma, Zhi Yuan Song, Qian Zhang
Early decrease in carotid plaque lipid content as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging during treatment of rosuvastatin
Ruixue Du, Jianming Cai, Xue-Qiao Zhao, Qing-Jun Wang, Dan-Qing Liu, Wen-Xiu Leng, Peng Gao, Hong-Mei Wu, Lin Ma, Ping Ye
Myocardial fibrosis as the first sign of cardiac involvement in a male patient with Fabry disease: report of a clinical case and discussion on the utility of the magnetic resonance in Fabry pathology
Annalisa Sechi, Gaetano Nucifora, Gianluca Piccoli, Andrea Dardis, Bruno Bembi
Scarcity of atrial fibrillation in a traditional African population: a community-based study
Jacob JE Koopman, David van Bodegom, Rudi GJ Westendorp, Johan Wouter Jukema
ACTN3R577X polymorphism and long-term survival in patients with chronic heart failure
Sabrina Bernardez-Pereira, Paulo Caleb Junior Lima Santos, Jose Eduardo Krieger, Alfredo Jose Mansur, Alexandre Costa Pereira
Prevalence of cardiovascular health risk behaviors in a remote rural community of Sindhuli district, Nepal
Raja Ram Dhungana, Surya Devkota, Mahesh Kumar Khanal, Yadav Gurung, Rajendra Kumar Giri, Ram Krishna Parajuli, Anup Adhikari, Suira Joshi, Barsha Hada, Arun Shayami
Congenital coronary anomalies detected by coronary computed tomography compared to invasive coronary angiography
Jelena R Ghadri, Egle Kazakauskaite, Stefanie Braunschweig, Irene A Burger, Michelle Frank, Michael Fiechter, Catherine Gebhard, Tobias A Fuchs, Christian Templin, Oliver Gaemperli, Thomas F Lüscher, Christian Schmied, Philipp A Kaufmann
Statins and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: cohort study using the UK clinical practice pesearch datalink
Ana Filipa Macedo, Ian Douglas, Liam Smeeth, Harriet Forbes, Shah Ebrahim
Resistance to cardiomyocyte hypertrophy in ae3 −/− mice, deficient in the AE3 Cl−/HCO3 −exchanger
Daniel Sowah, Brittany F Brown, Anita Quon, Bernardo V Alvarez, Joseph R Casey
Optimal cutoff of the waist-to-hip ratio for detecting cardiovascular risk factors among Han adults in Xinjiang
Shuang-Shuang Li, Shuo Pan, Yi-Tong Ma, Yi-Ning Yang, Xiang Ma, Xiao-Mei Li, Zhen-Yan Fu, Xiang Xie, Fen Liu, You Chen, Bang-Dang Chen, Zi-Xiang Yu, Chun-Hui He, Ying-Ying Zheng, Nuremanguli Abudukeremu, Jialin Abuzhalihan, Yong-Tao Wang
Increased myocardial dysfunction, dyssynchrony, and epicardial fat across the lifespan in healthy males
Edward Crendal, Fred Dutheil, Geraldine Naughton, Tracey McDonald, Philippe Obert
Genetic deletion in uncoupling protein 3 augments 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose cardiac uptake in the ischemic heart
Sara Gargiulo, Maria Piera Petretta, Adelaide Greco, Mariarosaria Panico, Michele Larobina, Matteo Gramanzini, Gabriele G Schiattarella, Giovanni Esposito, Mario Petretta, Arturo Brunetti, Alberto Cuocolo
Using the LACE index to predict hospital readmissions in congestive heart failure patients
Hao Wang, Richard D Robinson, Carlos Johnson, Nestor R Zenarosa, Rani D Jayswal, Joshua Keithley, Kathleen A Delaney
Comparisons of home and daytime ambulatory blood pressure measurements
Sigrun Chrubasik-Hausmann, Cosima Chrubasik, Brigitte Walz, Jürgen Schulte Mönting, Paul Erne
Managing lifestyle change to reduce coronary risk: a synthesis of qualitative research on peoples’ experiences
Felicity Astin, Judith Horrocks, S Jose Closs
The preventive effect of atorvastatin on atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Qian Yang, Xiaoyong Qi, Yingxiao Li
Clopidogrel discontinuation within the first year after coronary drug-eluting stent implantation: an observational study
Troels Thim, Martin Berg Johansen, Gro Egholm Chisholm, Morten Schmidt, Anne Kaltoft, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Leif Thuesen, Steen Dalby Kristensen, Hans Erik Bøtker, Lars Romer Krusell, Jens Flensted Lassen, Per Thayssen, Lisette Okkels Jensen, Hans-Henrik Tilsted, Michael Maeng
Factors affecting diagnosis and management of hypertension in Mazowe District of Mashonaland Central Province in Zimbabwe: 2012
More Mungati, Portia Manangazira, Lucia Takundwa, Notion T Gombe, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Mufuta Tshimanga
Treatment patterns and their outcomes of acute aortic intramural hematoma in real world: multicenter registry for aortic intramural hematoma
Yoon-Jung Choi, Jang-Won Son, Sang-Hee Lee, Ung Kim, Dong-Gu Shin, Young-Jo Kim, Seung-Ho Hur, Chang-Wook Nam, Yun-Kyeong Cho, Bong-Ryul Lee, Byung-Chun Jeong, Jin-Bae Lee, Jae-Kean Ryu, Hun-Sik Park, Jang-Hoon Lee, Se-Yong Jang, Jong-Seon Park
Quantifying late gadolinium enhancement on CMR provides additional prognostic information in early risk-stratification of nonischemic cardiomyopathy: a cohort study
Pauli Pöyhönen, Sari Kivistö, Miia Holmström, Helena Hänninen
Comprehensive three-dimensional analysis of right-sided aortic arch with multiple vascular anomalies
Chan-Hee Lee, Jang-Won Son, Jong-Seon Park
Differential association between metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease evaluated with cardiac computed tomography according to the presence of diabetes in a symptomatic Korean population
Ki-Bum Won, Hyuk-Jae Chang, Jimin Sung, Sanghoon Shin, In-Jeong Cho, Chi-Young Shim, Geu-Ru Hong, Young Jin Kim, Byung-Wook Choi, Namsik Chung
Assessment of coronary artery intimal thickening in patients with a previous diagnosis of Kawasaki disease by using high resolution transthoracic echocardiography: our experience
Valentina Giacchi, Pietro Sciacca, Ileana Stella, Martina Filippelli, Patrizia Barone, Mario La Rosa, Salvatore Leonardi
Whole-exome sequencing in an extended family with myocardial infarction unmasks familial hypercholesterolemia
Ingrid Brænne, Benedikt Reiz, Anja Medack, Mariana Kleinecke, Marcus Fischer, Salih Tuna, Christian Hengstenberg, Panos Deloukas, Jeanette Erdmann, Heribert Schunkert
Blood pressure values and depression in hypertensive individuals at high cardiovascular risk
Cilia Mejia-Lancheros, Ramón Estruch, Miguel Angel Martínez-González, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Dolores Corella, Enrique Gómez-Gracia, Miquel Fiol, José Manuel Santos, Montse Fitó, Fernando Arós, Lluis Serra-Majem, Xavier Pintó, Josep Basora, José Vicente Sorlí, Miguel-Angel Muñoz
Treatment with betablockers is associated with higher grey-scale median in carotid plaques
Giuseppe Asciutto, Nuno V Dias, Ana Persson, Jan Nilsson, Isabel Gonçalves
Comparison of various formulae for estimating low-density lipoprotein cholesterol by a combination of ages and genders in Taiwanese adults
Chung-Huang Tsai, Hsin-Hung Wu, Shao-Jen Weng
Low fasting plasma insulin is associated with atrial fibrillation in men from a cohort study - the Malmö preventive project
Linda SB Johnson, Tord Juhlin, Gunnar Engström, Peter M Nilsson
Use of drug-eluting balloon coronary intervention prior to living donor kidney transplantation
Tobias Kammerer, Andres Beiras-Fernandez, Markus Rehm, Manfred Stangl, Markus Guba, Christian Kupatt-Jeremias, Florian Weis
Effects of reduced β2-glycoprotein I on the expression of aortic matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitor matrix metalloproteinases in diabetic mice
Jun Xu, Penghua Wang, Tong Wang, Meijun Wang, Sisi Chen, Pei Yu, Demin Yu
Trends in treatment delays for patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Salla Helve, Juho Viikilä, Mika Laine, Jyrki Lilleberg, Ilkka Tierala, Tuomo Nieminen
Preoperative risk factor analysis of postoperative stroke after Cox-maze procedure with mitral valve repair
Jun Seok Kim, Song Am Lee, Jae Bum Park, Hyun Keun Chee, Jin Woo Chung
Preoperative serum h-FABP concentration is associated with postoperative incidence of acute kidney injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Mehmet Oezkur, Armin Gorski, Jennifer Peltz, Martin Wagner, Maria Lazariotou, Christoph Schimmer, Peter U Heuschmann, Rainer G Leyh
Regional wall function before and after acute myocardial infarction; an experimental study in pigs
Ulrika S Pahlm, Joey FA Ubachs, Einar Heiberg, Henrik Engblom, David Erlinge, Matthias Götberg, Håkan Arheden
Contractile properties of the right atrial myofilaments in patients with myxomatous mitral valve degeneration
Constanze Bening, Uwe Mehlhorn, Lars Oliver Conzelmann, Nicole Stumpf, Anjuli Sikand, Christian-Friedrich Vahl
Assessment of left ventricular preload by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging predicts exercise capacity in adult operated tetralogy of Fallot: a retrospective study
Jonathan Yap, Ju Le Tan, Thu Thao Le, Fei Gao, Liang Zhong, Reginald Liew, Swee Yaw Tan, Ru San Tan
A retrospective, cross-sectional study of real-world values of cardiovascular risk factors using a healthcare database in Japan
Daisuke Shima, Yoichi Ii, Yuji Yamamoto, Satoshi Nagayasu, Yumiko Ikeda, Yoko Fujimoto
Age-related differences in factors associated with the underuse of recommended medications in acute coronary syndrome patients at least one year after hospital discharge
Hong Jin, Chengchun Tang, Qin Wei, Long Chen, Qin Sun, Genshan Ma, Naifeng Liu
Comparison of lower extremity atherosclerosis in diabetic and non-diabetic patients using multidetector computed tomography
Ci He, Jin-gang Yang, Yun-ming Li, Jian Rong, Fei-zhou Du, Zhi-gang Yang, Ming Gu
Strategies to reduce hospital 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction: a cross-sectional and longitudinal survey
Elizabeth H Bradley, Heather Sipsma, Amanda L Brewster, Harlan M Krumholz, Leslie Curry
Chronic high-fat diet-induced obesity decreased survival and increased hypertrophy of rats with experimental eccentric hypertrophy from chronic aortic regurgitation
Wahiba Dhahri, Marie-Claude Drolet, Elise Roussel, Jacques Couet, Marie Arsenault
Utility of NT-proBNP as a rule-out test for left ventricular dysfunction in very old people with limiting dyspnoea: the Newcastle 85+ Study
Joanna Collerton, Andrew Kingston, Fahad Yousaf, Karen Davies, Antoinette Kenny, Dermot Neely, Carmen Martin-Ruiz, Guy MacGowan, Louise Robinson, Thomas BL Kirkwood, Bernard Keavney
Vagal baroreflex activation resulting in acute coronary stent thrombus associated with myocardial infarction: a case report
Yan-Yan Jing, De-Cai Luan, Liu-Dong Li
Efficacy and safety of alirocumab, a fully human PCSK9 monoclonal antibody, in high cardiovascular risk patients with poorly controlled hypercholesterolemia on maximally tolerated doses of statins: rationale and design of the ODYSSEY COMBO I and II trials
Helen M Colhoun, Jennifer G Robinson, Michel Farnier, Bertrand Cariou, Dirk Blom, Dean J Kereiakes, Christelle Lorenzato, Robert Pordy, Umesh Chaudhari
Association and predictive value analysis for metabolic syndrome on systolic and diastolic heart failure in high-risk patients
Zi-Hui Tang, Lin Wang, Fangfang Zeng, Keqin Zhang
Association of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) with subclinical atherosclerosis: a systemic review and meta-analysis
Jing-Wei Li, Si-Yi He, Peng Liu, Lin Luo, Liang Zhao, Ying-Bin Xiao
Smoking status and survival: impact on mortality of continuing to smoke one year after the angiographic diagnosis of coronary artery disease, a prospective cohort study
Fadi Hammal, Justin A Ezekowitz, Colleen M Norris, T Cameron Wild, Barry A Finegan
Prevalence and risk factors of abnormal left ventricular geometrical patterns in untreated hypertensive patients
Hui Li, Fei Pei, Liying Shao, Jingzhou Chen, Kai Sun, Xinyu Zhang, Channa Zhang, Jibing Liu, Chuanshi Xiao, Rutai Hui
The relation between neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and coronary chronic total occlusions
Kenan Demir, Ahmet Avci, Bulent Behlul Altunkeser, Ahmet Yilmaz, Fikret Keles, Ahmet Ersecgin
A review of valve surgery for rheumatic heart disease in Australia
Elizabeth Anne Russell, Lavinia Tran, Robert A Baker, Jayme S Bennetts, Alex Brown, Christopher Michael Reid, Robert Tam, Warren Frederick Walsh, Graeme Paul Maguire
Impact of psychosocial factors on cardiovascular morbimortality: a prospective cohort study
Cília Mejía-Lancheros, Ramón Estruch, Miguel-Angel Martínez-González, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Olga Castañer, Dolores Corella, Fernando Arós, Enrique Gómez-Gracia, Miquel Fiol, José Lapetra, Lluís Serra-Majem, Xavier Pintó, Emilio Ros, Javier Díez-Espino, Josep Basora, José-V Sorlí, Rosa-Maria Lamuela-Raventos, Valentina Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Miguel-Ángel Muñoz
Association between appropriateness of coronary revascularization and quality of life in patients with stable ischemic heart disease
Harindra C Wijeysundera, Feng Qiu, Paul Fefer, Maria C Bennell, Peter C Austin, Dennis T Ko
Speckle tracking echocardiography in the diagnosis of early left ventricular systolic dysfunction in type II diabetic mice
Rong-juan Li, Jiao Yang, Ya Yang, Ning Ma, Bo Jiang, Qi-wei Sun, Yi-jia Li
An intervention to reassure patients about test results in rapid access chest pain clinic: a pilot randomised controlled trial
Kathryn Hicks, Kim Cocks, Belen Corbacho Martin, Peter Elton, Anita MacNab, Wendy Colecliffe, Gill Furze
Sex-dependent association between coronary vessel dominance and cardiac syndrome X: a case-control study
Zorin Makarovic, Sandra Makarovic, Ines Bilic-Curcic
Lower serum triglyceride level is a risk factor for in-hospital and late major adverse events in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention- a cohort study
Yu-Tsung Cheng, Tsun-Jui Liu, Hui-Chin Lai, Wen-Lieng Lee, Hung-Yun Ho, Chieh-Shou Su, Chia-Ning Liu, Kuo-Yang Wang
Sudden cardiac death in the young (5-39 years) in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Fanny Hofer, Florence Fellmann, Jürg Schläpfer, Katarzyna Michaud
Effect of atorvastatin on the expression of gamma-glutamyl transferase in aortic atherosclerotic plaques of apolipoprotein E–knockout mice
Gang Li, Xiao-wei Wu, Wei-hua Lu, Rong Ai, Fang Chen, Zhong-zhi Tang
Prevalence, associated factors and management implications of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a two-year, two-center experience
Ole De Backer, Philippe Debonnaire, Sofie Gevaert, Luc Missault, Peter Gheeraert, Luc Muyldermans
Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection to superior vena cava that overrides across the intact atrial septum and has bi-atrial connection in a 75-year-old female presenting with pulmonary hypertension
Hong Wang, Hanxiong Guan, Dao Wen Wang
Effects of ACEI/ARB in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies
Guang Hao, Zengwu Wang, Rui Guo, Zuo Chen, Xin Wang, Linfeng Zhang, Wei Li
Hypovolaemia was associated with clustering of major cardiovascular risk factors in general population
Xianglei Kong, Xiaojing Ma, Jing Yao, Shuting Zheng, Meiyu Cui, Dongmei Xu
Relationships between obesity, glycemic control, and cardiovascular risk factors: a pooled analysis of cross-sectional data from Spanish patients with type 2 diabetes in the preinsulin stage
Luis A Vázquez, Ángel Rodríguez, Javier Salvador, Juan F Ascaso, Helmut Petto, Jesús Reviriego
High prevalence of overweight, obesity, and hypertension with increased risk to cardiovascular disorders among adults in northwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Beyene Moges, Bemnet Amare, Bereket Fantahun, Afework Kassu
I(f) current channel inhibitor (ivabradine) deserves cardioprotective effect via down-regulating the expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and attenuating apoptosis in diabetic mice
Shao-Liang Chen, Zuo-Ying Hu, Guang-Feng Zuo, Ming-Hui Li, Bin Li
A randomized control trial to assess the impact of vitamin D supplementation compared to placebo on vascular stiffness in chronic kidney disease patients
Adeera Levin, Taylor Perry, Prathibha De Zoysa, Mhairi K Sigrist, Karin Humphries, Mila Tang, Ognjenka Djurdjev
Contrasting clinical evidence for market authorisation of cardio-vascular devices in Europe and the USA: a systematic analysis of 10 devices based on Austrian pre-reimbursement assessments
Claudia Wild, Judit Erdös, Ingrid Zechmeister
Assessment of vitamin D and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors in an adult migrant population: an audit of patient records at a Community Health Centre in Kensington, Melbourne, Australia
Thilanga Ruwanpathirana, Christopher M Reid, Alice J Owen, David P S Fong, Usha Gowda, Andre M N Renzaho
Association between serum free fatty acid levels and possible related factors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction
Zhi-Hua Lv, Pei Ma, Wan Luo, Hui Xiong, Lu Han, Si-Wei Li, Xin Zhou, Jian-Cheng Tu
Mapping of a blood pressure QTL on chromosome 17 in American Indians of the strong heart family study
Nora Franceschini, Ran Tao, Lan Liu, Sue Rutherford, Karin Haack, Laura Almasy, Harald HH Göring, Sandra Laston, Elisa T Lee, Lyle G Best, Richard Fabsitz, Shelley A Cole, Kari E North
A new method of building permanent A-V block model: ablating his-bundle potential through femoral artery with pre-implanted biventricular pacemaker
Zheng Cheng, Ye Hai-ge, Li Jin, Ye Wan-chun, Wang Lu-ping, Li Yue-chun, Lin Jia-Feng
Validation of the pooled cohort risk score in an Asian population – a retrospective cohort study
Yook Chin Chia, Hooi Min Lim, Siew Mooi Ching
The risk of heart failure associated with the use of noninsulin blood glucose-lowering drugs: systematic review and meta-analysis of published observational studies
Cristina Varas-Lorenzo, Andrea V Margulis, Manel Pladevall, Nuria Riera-Guardia, Brian Calingaert, Lorna Hazell, Silvana Romio, Susana Perez-Gutthann
Cigarette smoke increases cardiomyocyte ceramide accumulation and inhibits mitochondrial respiration
Trevor S Tippetts, Duane R Winden, Adam C Swensen, Michael B Nelson, Mikayla O Thatcher, Rex R Saito, Tyler B Condie, Kurtis J Simmons, Allan M Judd, Paul R Reynolds, Benjamin T Bikman
Balloon expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation with or without pre-dilation of the aortic valve – rationale and design of a multicenter registry (EASE-IT)
Peter Bramlage, Justus Strauch, Holger Schröfel
Idiopathic left ventricular outflow tract ectopy: a single focus with extremely divergent breakouts
Sherif Gouda, Dan Wichterle, Petr Peichl, Josef Kautzner
Clinical course and outcomes of type-2 diabetic patients after treatment intensification for insufficient glycaemic control - results of the 2 year prospective DiaRegis follow-up
Peter Bramlage, Anselm K Gitt, Steffen Schneider, Evelin Deeg, Diethelm Tschöpe
Stable phase post-MI patients have elevated VEGF levels correlated with inflammation markers, but not with atherosclerotic burden
Barbara Eržen, Mira Šilar, Mišo Šabovič
Increased expression of NF-AT3 and NF-AT4 in the atria correlates with procollagen I carboxyl terminal peptide and TGF-β1 levels in serum of patients with atrial fibrillation
Fei Zhao, ShiJiang Zhang, YiJiang Chen, WeiDong Gu, BuQing Ni, YongFeng Shao, YanHu Wu, JianWei Qin
Glucose–insulin–potassium therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Pei-Yin Jin, Hai-San Zhang, Xiao-Yan Guo, Wei-Fang Liang, Qin-Fu Han
Interaction of type 2 diabetes mellitus with Chromosome 9p21 rs10757274 polymorphism on the risk of myocardial infarction: a case–control study in Chinese population
Liu-wei Zhang, Jian-ping Li, Fang-fang Duan, Zhi-ke Liu, Si-yan Zhan, Yong-hua Hu, Jie Jiang, Yan Zhang, Yong Huo, Da-fang Chen
Self-rated health is associated with the length of stay at the intensive care unit and hospital following cardiac surgery
Zsuzsanna Cserép, Eszter Losoncz, Roland Tóth, Attila Tóth, Boglárka Juhász, Piroska Balog, Péter Vargha, János Gál, Richard J Contrada, Paul RJ Falger, Andrea Székely
Trial of a family-based education program for heart failure patients in rural Thailand
Nittaya Srisuk, Jan Cameron, Chantal F Ski, David R Thompson
Biatrial myxoma and multiple organ infarctions combined with Leriche syndrome in a female patient
Seung Yeon Min, Young-Hyo Lim, Hyung Tak Lee, Jinho Shin, Kyung-Soo Kim, Hyuck Kim
Population risk factor estimates for abdominal aortic aneurysm from electronic medical records: a case control study
Diane T Smelser, Gerard Tromp, James R Elmore, Helena Kuivaniemi, David P Franklin, H Lester Kirchner, David J Carey
Finger volume pulse waveforms facilitate reliable assessment of heart rate variability, but not blood pressure variability or baroreflex function
Jonathan R Linder, Harald M Stauss, Holly Gindes, Gary L Pierce, Nicholas H Von Bergen, William G Haynes, Jess G Fiedorowicz
Retrospective review of superficial femoral artery stenting in diabetic patients: thiazolidinedione use may decrease reinterventions
Karen L Walker, Daniel B Walsh, Philip P Goodney, Samantha A Connell, David H Stone, Richard J Powell, Eva M Rzucidlo
Revisiting the J shaped curve, exploring the association between cardiovascular risk factors and concurrent depressive symptoms in patients with cardiometabolic disease: Findings from a large cross-sectional study
Bhautesh Dinesh Jani, Jonathan Cavanagh, Sarah JE Barry, Geoff Der, Naveed Sattar, Frances S Mair
Comparison of clinical outcomes in patients undergoing mitral valve replacement with mechanical or biological substitutes: a 20 years cohort
Angela Henrique Silva Ribeiro, Orlando Carlos Belmonte Wender, Adriana Silveira de Almeida, Luciana Eltz Soares, Paulo Dornelles Picon
Transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation - rationale and design of the multicenter, multinational prospective ROUTE registry
Peter Bramlage, Mauro Romano, Nikolaos Bonaros, Ricardo Cocchieri, Dariusz Jagielak, Derk Frank, Vinayak Bapat
Analysis of risk factors of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in young patients
Wang Yunyun, Li Tong, Liu Yingwu, Liu Bojiang, Wang Yu, Hu Xiaomin, Li Xin, Peng Wenjin, JinFang Li
Implication of plasma intermedin levels in patients who underwent first-time diagnostic coronary angiography: a single centre, cross-sectional study
Aylin Hatice Yamac, Ahmet Bacaksiz, Ziya Ismailoglu, Sitki Kucukbuzcu, Emrah Sevgili, Emin Asoglu, Muharrem Nasifov, Parviz Jafarov, Ercan Erdogan, Omer Goktekin
The correlation between serum lipid profile with carotid intima-media thickness and plaque
Caie Yang, Zhiqiang Sun, Yunpeng Li, Junping Ai, Qiyu Sun, Yaping Tian
Echocardiographic evaluation of thalassemia intermedia patients in Duhok, Iraq
Ameen Mosa Mohammad
Metabolic syndrome among hypertensive patients at University of Gondar Hospital, North West Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Belaynesh Tachebele, Molla Abebe, Zelalem Addis, Nebiyu Mesfin
Visit-to-visit blood pressure variability is a marker of cardiac diastolic function and carotid atherosclerosis
Rieko Okada, Akira Okada, Takashi Okada, Mamoru Nanasato, Kenji Wakai
A pharmacodynamic comparison of 5 anti-platelet protocols in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary PCI
Sasha Koul, Pontus Andell, Andreas Martinsson, J Gustav Smith, Fredrik Scherstén, Jan Harnek, Matthias Götberg, Eva Norström, Sven Björnsson, David Erlinge
Metformin use in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with reduced risk of deep vein thrombosis: a non-randomized, pair-matched cohort study
Dai-Yin Lu, Chin-Chou Huang, Po-Hsun Huang, Chia-Min Chung, Shing-Jong Lin, Jaw-Wen Chen, Wan-Leong Chan, Hsin-Bang Leu
Cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction and oxidative stress induced by fructose overload in an experimental model of hypertension and menopause
Filipe Fernandes Conti, Janaina de Oliveira Brito, Nathalia Bernardes, Danielle da Silva Dias, Iris Callado Sanches, Christiane Malfitano, Susana Francisca Llesuy, Maria-Claudia Irigoyen, Kátia De Angelis
Endurance training or beta-blockade can partially block the energy metabolism remodeling taking place in experimental chronic left ventricle volume overload
Dominic Lachance, Wahiba Dhahri, Marie-Claude Drolet, Élise Roussel, Suzanne Gascon, Otman Sarrhini, Jacques A Rousseau, Roger Lecomte, Marie Arsenault, Jacques Couet
Percutaneous treatment of spontaneous left main coronary artery dissection using drug-eluting stent
Christos Graidis, Dimokritos Dimitriadis, Vasileios Karasavvidis, Georgios Dimitriadis, Efstathia Argyropoulou, Fotios Economou, George Spiromitros, Antonios Antoniou, Georgios Karakostas
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 expression is transiently up-regulated in the acute period of myocardial infarction in rat
Yan Zhang, Jun Liu, Sha Li, Rui-Xia Xu, Jing Sun, Yue Tang, Jian-Jun Li
Prolonged P wave duration predicts stroke mortality among type 2 diabetic patients with prevalent non-major macrovascular disease
Teemu Vepsäläinen, Markku Laakso, Seppo Lehto, Auni Juutilainen, Juhani Airaksinen, Tapani Rönnemaa
Study of adherence to exercise in heart failure: the HEART camp trial protocol
Bunny J Pozehl, Kathleen Duncan, Melody Hertzog, Rita McGuire, Joseph F Norman, Nancy T Artinian, Steven J Keteyian
Unanswered clinical questions in the management of cardiometabolic risk in the elderly: a statement of the Spanish society of internal medicine
Ricardo Gómez-Huelgas, Vicente Giner-Galvañ, José M Mostaza, José I Cuende, Jose M de Miguel-Yanes, Eduardo Rovira, Demetrio Sánchez-Fuentes, Carmen Suárez Fernández, Pilar Román Sánchez
Left ventricular filling pressure assessed by exercise TDI was correlated with early HFNEF in patients with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Guodong Ma, Ming Xu, Wei Gao, Zhaoping Li, Weihong Li, Baoxia Chen, Jieli Feng, Hongyan Wang, Wenying Ma, Hui Chen, Aidong Shen, Xinheng Feng, Yongzhen Zhang
Plasma calprotectin and its association with cardiovascular disease manifestations, obesity and the metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
Lise Pedersen, Mads Nybo, Mikael Kjær Poulsen, Jan Erik Henriksen, Jordi Dahl, Lars Melholt Rasmussen
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are associated with carotid atherosclerosis in normotensive and euglycemic Chinese postmenopausal women: the Shanghai Changfeng study
Hui Ma, Huandong Lin, Yu Hu, Xiaoming Li, Wanyuan He, Xuejuan Jin, Jian Gao, Naiqing Zhao, Zhenqi Liu, Xin Gao
Ability of ambulatory ECG-based T-wave alternans to modify risk assessment of cardiac events: a systematic review
Xiao-Qing Quan, Hong-Lian Zhou, Lei Ruan, Jia-Gao Lv, Ji-Hua Yao, Feng Yao, Kui Huang, Cun-Tai Zhang
Repeated epinephrine doses during prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation have limited effects on myocardial blood flow: a randomized porcine study
Henrik Wagner, Michael Götberg, Bjarne Madsen Hardig, Malin Rundgren, Jonas Carlson, Matthias Götberg, David Zughaft, David Erlinge, Göran K Olivecrona
Should we look for silent pulmonary embolism in patients with deep venous thrombosis?
Maria José García-Fuster, Maria José Fabia, Elena Furió, Gernot Pichler, Josep Redon, Maria José Forner, Fernando Martínez
LC-REHAB: randomised trial assessing the effect of a new patient education method - learning and coping strategies – in cardiac rehabilitation
Vibeke Lynggaard, Ole May, Alison Beauchamp, Claus Vinther Nielsen, Inge Wittrup
Metabolic syndrome is associated with a poor outcome in patients affected by outflow tract premature ventricular contractions treated by catheter ablation
Celestino Sardu, Giovanni Carreras, Spyridon Katsanos, Vasileios Kamperidis, Maria Caterina Pace, Maria Beatrice Passavanti, Ilaria Fava, Pasquale Paolisso, Gorizio Pieretti, Giovanni Francesco Nicoletti, Gaetano Santulli, Giuseppe Paolisso, Raffaele Marfella
Secondhand smoke exposure toxicity accelerates age-related cardiac disease in old hamsters
Jia-Ping Wu, Cheng-Hong Hsieh, Tsung-Jung Ho, Wei-Wen Kuo, Yu-Lan Yeh, Chien-Chung Lin, Chia-Hua Kuo, Chih-Yang Huang
Effect of statins on cardiovascular events in patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
Xiao Zhang, Chun Xiang, Yu-Hao Zhou, An Jiang, Ying-Yi Qin, Jia He
Determinants of exercise peak arterial blood pressure, circulatory power, and exercise cardiac power in a population based sample of Finnish male and female aged 30 to 47 years: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study
Janne Hulkkonen, Heikki Aatola, Kristiina Pälve, Terho Lehtimäki, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Jorma SA Viikari, Olli T Raitakari, Mika Kähönen
Clinical predictors of a positive genetic test in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the Brazilian population
Julia Daher Carneiro Marsiglia, Flávia Laghi Credidio, Théo Gremen Mimary de Oliveira, Rafael Ferreira Reis, Murillo de Oliveira Antunes, Aloir Queiroz de Araujo, Rodrigo Pinto Pedrosa, João Marcos Bemfica Barbosa-Ferreira, Charles Mady, José Eduardo Krieger, Edmundo Arteaga-Fernandez, Alexandre Costa Pereira
Simvastatin down-regulates the production of Interleukin-8 by neutrophil leukocytes from dyslipidemic patients
Franca Marino, Andrea Maria Maresca, Luana Castiglioni, Marco Cosentino, Ramona C Maio, Laura Schembri, Catherine Klersy, Christian Mongiardi, Laura Robustelli Test, Anna Maria Grandi, Luigina Guasti
A cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between uric acid and coronary atherosclerosis in patients with suspected coronary artery disease in China
Yujiao Sun, Xin Yu, Ying Zhi, Song Geng, Hua Li, Ting Liu, Ke Xu, Ling Chen, Chunwei Wu, Guoxian Qi
The prevalence of coronary anomalies in a single center of Korea: origination, course, and termination anomalies of aberrant coronary arteries detected by ECG-gated cardiac MDCT
June Namgung, Jeong A Kim
Left ventricular torsional mechanics and myocardial iron load in beta-thalassaemia major: a potential role of titin degradation
Mei-pian Chen, Shu-na Li, Wendy WM Lam, Yuen-chi Ho, Shau-yin Ha, Godfrey CF Chan, Yiu-fai Cheung
Systematic study of the effects of lowering low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol on regression of coronary atherosclerotic plaques using intravascular ultrasound
Wen-Qian Gao, Quan-Zhou Feng, Yu-Feng Li, Yuan-Xin Li, Ya Huang, Yan-Ming Chen, Bo Yang, Cai-Yi Lu
Effective dosing of L-carnitine in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ruiping Shang, Zhiqi Sun, Hui Li
The Alberta Heart Failure Etiology and Analysis Research Team (HEART) study
Justin A Ezekowitz, Harald Becher, Israel Belenkie, Alexander M Clark, Henry J Duff, Matthias G Friedrich, Mark J Haykowsky, Jonathan G Howlett, Zamaneh Kassiri, Padma Kaul, Daniel H Kim, Merril L Knudtson, Peter E Light, Gary D Lopaschuk, Finlay A McAlister, Michelle L Noga, Gavin Y Oudit, D Ian Paterson, Hude Quan, Richard Schulz, Richard B Thompson, Sarah G Weeks, Todd J Anderson, Jason RB Dyck
BRG1 overexpression in smooth muscle cells promotes the development of thoracic aortic dissection
Yang Yuan, Chong Wang, Jibin Xu, Jin Tao, Zhiyun Xu, Shengdong Huang