Issue 1/2012
Content (124 Articles)
Abdominal obesity vs general obesity for identifying arterial stiffness, subclinical atherosclerosis and wave reflection in healthy, diabetics and hypertensive
Jose I Recio-Rodriguez, Manuel A Gomez-Marcos, Maria C Patino-Alonso, Cristina Agudo-Conde, Emiliano Rodriguez-Sanchez, Luis Garcia-Ortiz
Risk of new acute myocardial infarction hospitalization associated with use of oral and parenteral non-steroidal anti-inflammation drugs (NSAIDs): a case-crossover study of Taiwan's National Health Insurance claims database and review of current evidence
Wen-Yi Shau, Hsi-Chieh Chen, Shu-Ting Chen, Hsu-Wen Chou, Chia-Hsuin Chang, Chuei-Wen Kuo, Mei-Shu Lai
Angiotensin converting enzyme DD genotype is associated with acute coronary syndrome severity and sudden cardiac death in Taiwan: a case-control emergency room study
Ying-Hsin Chen, Jui-Ming Liu, Ren-Jun Hsu, Sheng-Chuan Hu, Horng-Jyh Harn, Shee-Ping Chen, Jing-Ren Jeng, Chieh-Lin Wu, Jar-Yi Ho, Cheng-Ping Yu
Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) predicts renal injury in acute decompensated cardiac failure: a prospective observational study
Stephen Macdonald, Glenn Arendts, Yusuf Nagree, Xiao-Fang Xu
QT dispersion in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: the impact of disease activity
Javad Kojuri, Mohammad ali Nazarinia, Mohammad Ghahartars, Yadollah Mahmoody, Gholam reza Rezaian, Lida Liaghat
Ambulatory arterial stiffness indices and target organ damage in hypertension
Manuel Ángel Gómez-Marcos, José Ignacio Recio-Rodríguez, Ma Carmen Patino-Alonso, Leticia Gómez-Sánchez, Cristina Agudo-Conde, Marta Gómez-Sánchez, Emiliano Rodríguez-Sánchez, Luís García-Ortiz
Treatment of thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) with bosentan
Joaquin De Haro, Francisco Acin, Silvia Bleda, Cesar Varela, Leticia Esparza
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with carotid disease according to NHLBI/AHA and IDF criteria: a cross-sectional study
Milos Z Maksimovic, Hristina D Vlajinac, Djordje J Radak, Jelena M Marinkovic, Jagoda B Jorga
The health care setting rather than medical speciality impacts on physicians adherence to guideline-conform anticoagulation in outpatients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a cross sectional survey
Bernhard Gerber, Georg Stussi, Thomas Rosemann, Oliver Senn
Effect of calcification on the mechanical stability of plaque based on a three-dimensional carotid bifurcation model
Kelvin KL Wong, Pongpat Thavornpattanapong, Sherman CP Cheung, Zhonghua Sun, Jiyuan Tu
Arterial dP/dtmax accurately reflects left ventricular contractility during shock when adequate vascular filling is achieved
Philippe Morimont, Bernard Lambermont, Thomas Desaive, Nathalie Janssen, Geoffrey Chase, Vincent D'Orio
Association between bilirubin and cardiovascular disease risk factors: using Mendelian randomization to assess causal inference
Patrick F McArdle, Brian W Whitcomb, Keith Tanner, Braxton D Mitchell, Alan R Shuldiner, Afshin Parsa
Remote noninvasive allograft rejection monitoring for heart transplant recipients: study protocol for the novel evaluation with home electrocardiogram and remote transmission (NEW HEART) study
Lynn V Doering, Kathleen Hickey, David Pickham, Belinda Chen, Barbara J Drew
Correlations between prescription of anti-hypertensive medication and mortality due to stroke
Renata Papp, Albert Csaszar, Edit Paulik, Sandor Balogh
Reduced 30-day mortality in men after elective coronary artery bypass surgery with minimized extracorporeal circulation-a propensity score analysis
Michael Ried, Reinhard Kobuch, Leopold Rupprecht, Andreas Keyser, Michael Hilker, Christof Schmid, Claudius Diez
Clinical outcomes after treatment of multiple lesions with zotarolimus-eluting versus sirolimus-eluting coronary stents (a SORT OUT III substudy)
Troels Thim, Michael Maeng, Jens Flensted Lassen, Anne Kaltoft, Lisette Okkels Jensen, Jan Ravkilde, Per Thayssen, Søren Galatius, Evald Høj Christiansen, Thomas Engstrøm, Morten Madsen, Leif Thuesen, Hans Henrik Tilsted
Immigrant status and increased risk of heart failure: the role of hypertension and life-style risk factors
Yan Borné, Gunnar Engström, Birgitta Essén, Bo Hedblad
Office and 24-hour heart rate and target organ damage in hypertensive patients
Ángel García-García, Manuel A Gómez-Marcos, José I Recio-Rodríguez, Maria C Patino-Alonso, Emiliano Rodríguez-Sánchez, Cristina Agudo-Conde, Luis García-Ortiz
N-acetylcysteine supplementation for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of eight randomized controlled trials
Wan-Jie Gu, Zhen-Jie Wu, Peng-Fei Wang, Lynn Htet Htet Aung, Rui-Xing Yin
Atrioventricular block of intraoperative device closure perimembranous ventricular septal defects; a serious complication
Qiang Chen, Hua Cao, Gui-Can Zhang, Liang-Wan Chen, Qian-Zhen Li, Zhi-Huang Qiu
The burden of antenatal heart disease in South Africa: a systematic review
David A Watkins, Motshedisi Sebitloane, Mark E Engel, Bongani M Mayosi
Oversized vein grafts develop advanced atherosclerosis in hypercholesterolemic minipigs
Troels Thim, Mette Kallestrup Hagensen, Arne Hørlyck, Ludovic Drouet, William P Paaske, Hans Erik Bøtker, Erling Falk
QRS pattern and improvement in right and left ventricular function after cardiac resynchronization therapy: a radionuclide study
Giulia Domenichini, Haran Burri, Cinzia Valzania, Gilberto Gavaruzzi, Francesco Fallani, Mauro Biffi, Henri Sunthorn, Igor Diemberger, Cristian Martignani, Huberdine Foulkes, Eric Fleury, Giuseppe Boriani
Sidestream cigarette smoke effects on cardiovascular responses in conscious rats: involvement of oxidative stress in the fourth cerebral ventricle
Vitor E Valenti, Luiz Carlos de Abreu, Monica A Sato, Celso Ferreira, Fernando Adami, Fernando LA Fonseca, Valdelias Xavier, Moacir Godoy, Carlos B Monteiro, Luiz Carlos M Vanderlei, Paulo HN Saldiva
Choice of generic antihypertensive drugs for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease - A cost-effectiveness analysis
Torbjørn Wisløff, Randi M Selmer, Sigrun Halvorsen, Atle Fretheim, Ole F Norheim, Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen
Cardiac tamponade related to a coronary injury by a pericardial calcification: an unusual complication
Anne Cypierre, Francis Pesteil, Claude Cassat, François Parraf, Rémy Bellier, Lionel Ursulet, Claire Eveno, Philippe Vignon, Bruno François
Relationship between treatment delay and final infarct size in STEMI patients treated with abciximab and primary PCI
Tim Tödt, Eva Maret, Joakim Alfredsson, Magnus Janzon, Jan Engvall, Eva Swahn
The aging Canadian population and hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction: projection to 2020
Nigel SB Rawson, Rong Chu, Afisi S Ismaila, Jorge Alfonso Ross Terres
Idiopathic premature ventricular contractions and ventricular tachycardias originating from the vicinity of tricuspid annulus: Results of radiofrequency catheter ablation in thirty-five patients
Li Yue-Chun, Zhang Wen-Wu, Zhou Na-Dan, Zhang Teng, Wang Pin-Xiao, Ge Bei, Li Jia, Ji Kang-Ting, Lin Jia-Feng
Do prescription stimulants increase the risk of adverse cardiovascular events?: A systematic review
Arthur N Westover, Ethan A Halm
Age – related treatment strategy and long-term outcome in acute myocardial infarction patients in the PCI era
Petr Kala, Jan Kanovsky, Richard Rokyta, Michal Smid, Jan Pospisil, Jiri Knot, Filip Rohac, Martin Poloczek, Tomas Ondrus, Maria Holicka, Jindrich Spinar, Jiri Jarkovsky, Ladislav Dusek
Associations among different functional and structural arterial wall properties and their relations to traditional cardiovascular risk factors in healthy subjects: a cross-sectional study
Mojca Lunder, Miodrag Janic, Natasa Kejzar, Miso Sabovic
Patterns of beta-blocker intensification in ambulatory heart failure patients and short-term association with hospitalization
Larry A Allen, David J Magid, Chan Zeng, Pamela N Peterson, Christina L Clarke, Susan Shetterly, David W Brand, Frederick A Masoudi
Relationship between serum uric acid and internal carotid resistive index in hypertensive women: a cross-sectional study
José Alexandre Addeo Cipolli, Maria Carolina Ferreira-Sae, Rafael Prado Martins, José Alexandre Pio-Magalhães, Vera Regina Bellinazzi, José Roberto Matos-Souza, Wilson Nadruz Junior
The effect of cardiac rehabilitation on anxiety and depression in patients undergoing cardiac bypass graft surgery in Iran
Farkhondeh Sharif, Alireza Shoul, Mansour Janati, Javad Kojuri, Najaf Zare
Association of cardiac and renal function with extreme N-terminal fragment Pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels in elderly patients
Hua Cui, Guoliang Huo, Lin Liu, Li Fan, Ping Ye, Jian Cao, Yongyi Bai, Fan Wang, Yixin Hu
Heart Disease and Left Ventricular Rotation – A Systematic Review and Quantitative Summary
Aaron A Phillips, Anita T Cote, Shannon SD Bredin, Darren ER Warburton
A classical phenotype of Anderson-Fabry disease in a female patient with intronic mutations of the GLA gene: a case report
Antonio Pisani, Massimo Imbriaco, Carmela Zizzo, Giuseppe Albeggiani, Paolo Colomba, Riccardo Alessandro, Francesco Iemolo, Giovanni Duro
Association between human cartilage glycoprotein 39 (YKL-40) and arterial stiffness in essential hypertension
Wei-hong Ma, Xiu-ling Wang, Yi-meng Du, Yi-biao Wang, Yan Zhang, De-e Wei, Lin-lin Guo, Pei-Li Bu
Aragon workers’ health study – design and cohort description
José A Casasnovas, Victor Alcaide, Fernando Civeira, Eliseo Guallar, Borja Ibañez, Jesús Jiménez Borreguero, Martin Laclaustra, Montserrat León, José Luis Peñalvo, José M Ordovás, Miguel Pocovi, Ginés Sanz, Valentín Fuster
A mHealth cardiac rehabilitation exercise intervention: findings from content development studies
Leila Pfaeffli, Ralph Maddison, Robyn Whittaker, Ralph Stewart, Andrew Kerr, Yannan Jiang, Geoff Kira, Karen Carter, Lance Dalleck
Trends in the use of electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: influence of major trials and guidelines on clinical practice
Josep M Alegret, Xavier Viñolas, César Romero-Menor, Silvia Pons, Roger Villuendas, Naiara Calvo, Jordi Pérez-Rodon, Xavier Sabaté
Body mass index contributes to sympathovagal imbalance in prehypertensives
Gopal Krushna Pal, Adithan Chandrasekaran, Ananthanarayanan Palghat Hariharan, Tarun Kumar Dutta, Pravati Pal, Nivedita Nanda, Lalitha Venugopal
A net clinical benefit analysis of warfarin and aspirin on stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: a nested case–control study
Laurent Azoulay, Sophie Dell’Aniello, Teresa A Simon, David Langleben, Christel Renoux, Samy Suissa
Applicability of the ankle-brachial-index measurement as screening device for high cardiovascular risk: an observational study
Bianca LW Bendermacher, Joep AW Teijink, Edith M Willigendael, Marie-Louise Bartelink, Ron JG Peters, Machteld Langenberg, Harry R Büller, Martin H Prins
A novel multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for profile analyses of gene expression in peripheral blood
Xingwang Jia, Haiyue Ju, Li Yang, Yaping Tian
Differential effects of the changes of LDL cholesterol and systolic blood pressure on the risk of carotid artery atherosclerosis
Kuo-Liong Chien, Yu-Kang Tu, Hsiu-Ching Hsu, Ta-Chen Su, Hung-Ju Lin, Ming-Fong Chen, Yuan-Teh Lee
Local electrogram delay recorded from left ventricular lead at implant predicts response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: Retrospective study with 1 year follow up
Rostislav Polasek, Pavel Kucera, Pavel Nedbal, Tomas Roubicek, Tomas Belza, Jana Hanuliakova, David Horak, Dan Wichterle, Josef Kautzner
Common ALDH2 genetic variants predict development of hypertension in the SAPPHIRe prospective cohort: Gene-environmental interaction with alcohol consumption
Yi-Cheng Chang, Yen-Feng Chiu, I-Te Lee, Low-Tone Ho, Yi-Jen Hung, Chao A Hsiung, Thomas Quertermous, Timothy Donlon, Wei-Jei Lee, Po-Chu Lee, Che-Hong Chen, Daria Mochly-Rosen, Lee-Ming Chuang
Rate of cardiac arrhythmias and silent brain lesions in experienced marathon runners: rationale, design and baseline data of the Berlin Beat of Running study
Karl Georg Haeusler, Juliane Herm, Claudia Kunze, Matthias Krüll, Lars Brechtel, Jürgen Lock, Marc Hohenhaus, Peter U Heuschmann, Jochen B Fiebach, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Matthias Endres, Gerhard Jan Jungehulsing
Effectiveness of two intensive treatment methods for smoking cessation and relapse prevention in patients with coronary heart disease: study protocol and baseline description
Nadine Berndt, Catherine Bolman, Lilian Lechner, Aart Mudde, Freek WA Verheugt, Hein de Vries
In vitro and clinical studies examining the expression of osteopontin in cigarette smoke-exposed endothelial cells and cigarette smokers
Emma Bishop, Eugenia H Theophilus, Ian M Fearon
Significance of fragmented QRS complexes for identifying culprit lesions in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a single-center, retrospective analysis of 183 cases
Rong Guo, Yuanmin Li, Yawei Xu, Kai Tang, Weimin Li
Implementation of shared decision making by physician training to optimise hypertension treatment. Study protocol of a cluster-RCT
Iris Tinsel, Anika Buchholz, Werner Vach, Achim Siegel, Thorsten Dürk, Andreas Loh, Angela Buchholz, Wilhelm Niebling, Karl-Georg Fischer
Utilization of evidence-based treatment in elderly patients with chronic heart failure: using Korean Health Insurance claims database
Ju-Young Kim, Hwa-Jung Kim, Sun-Young Jung, Kwang-Il Kim, Hong Ji Song, Joong-Yub Lee, Jong-Mi Seong, Byung-Joo Park
Hypotheses, rationale, design, and methods for prognostic evaluation of cardiac biomarker elevation after percutaneous and surgical revascularization in the absence of manifest myocardial infarction. A comparative analysis of biomarkers and cardiac magnetic resonance. The MASS-V Trial
Whady Hueb, Bernard J Gersh, Paulo Cury Rezende, Cibele Larrosa Garzillo, Eduardo Gomes Lima, Ricardo D'Oliveira Vieira, Rosa Maria Rahmi Garcia, Desiderio Favarato, Carlos Alexandre W Segre, Alexandre Costa Pereira, Paulo Rogério Soares, Expedito Ribeiro, Pedro Lemos, Marco A Perin, Célia Cassaro Strunz, Luis AO Dallan, Fabio B Jatene, Noedir AG Stolf, Alexandre Ciappina Hueb, Ricardo Dias, Fabio A Gaiotto, Leandro Menezes Alves da Costa, Fernando Teiichi Costa Oikawa, Rodrigo Morel Vieira de Melo, Carlos Vicente Serrano Junior, Luiz Francisco Rodrigues de Ávila, Alexandre Volney Villa, José Rodrigues Parga Filho, César Nomura, José AF Ramires, Roberto Kalil Filho
Effect of statin therapy on the progression of coronary atherosclerosis
Jinwei Tian, Xia Gu, Yanli Sun, Xiang Ban, Yun Xiao, Sining Hu, Bo Yu
Higher incidence of death in multi-vessel coronary artery disease patients associated with polymorphisms in chromosome 9p21
Luciana Gioli-Pereira, Paulo Caleb Junior Lima Santos, Noely Evangelista Ferreira, Whady Armindo Hueb, Jose Eduardo Krieger, Alexandre Costa Pereira
Utility of nuclear stress imaging for detecting coronary artery bypass graft disease
Basel Al Aloul, Mackenzi Mbai, Selcuk Adabag, Santiago Garcia, Hoang Thai, Steven Goldman, William Holman, Gulshan Sethi, Rosemary Kelly, Herbert B Ward, Edward O McFalls
The prognostic importance of a history of hypertension in patients with symptomatic heart failure is substantially worsened by a short mitral inflow deceleration time
Charlotte Andersson, Gunnar H Gislason, Peter Weeke, Jesper Kjaergaard, Christian Hassager, Dilek Akkan, Jacob E Møller, Lars Køber, Christian Torp-Pedersen
Assessment of central haemomodynamics from a brachial cuff in a community setting
David Nunan, Siegfried Wassertheurer, Daniel Lasserson, Bernhard Hametner, Susannah Fleming, Alison Ward, Carl Heneghan
Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis is prevalent in cardiorenal patients but not associated with left ventricular function and myocardial fibrosis as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
Mireille E Emans, Karien van der Putten, Birgitta K Velthuis, Jan JJ de Vries, Maarten J Cramer, Yves GCJ America, Hans L Hillege, Louis Meiss, Pieter AFM Doevendans, Branko Braam, Carlo AJM Gaillard
Relationships between high-sensitive C-reactive protein and markers of arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients. Differences by sex
Manuel A Gomez-Marcos, Jose I Recio-Rodríguez, Maria C Patino-Alonso, Cristina Agudo-Conde, Leticia Gomez-Sanchez, Emiliano Rodriguez-Sanchez, Marta Gomez-Sanchez, Vicente Martinez-Vizcaino, Luis Garcia-Ortiz
Quality of cardiovascular disease care in Ontario, Canada: missed opportunities for prevention - a cross sectional study
Clare Liddy, Jatinderpreet Singh, William Hogg, Simone Dahrouge, Catherine Deri-Armstrong, Grant Russell, Monica Taljaard, Ayub Akbari, George Wells
Immediate and one-year outcome of patients presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome complicated by stroke: Findings from the 2ndGulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-2)
Jassim Al Suwaidi, Khalid Al Habib, Nidal Asaad, Rajvir Singh, Ahmad Hersi, Husam Al Falaeh, Shukri Al Saif, Ahmed Al-Motarreb, Wael Almahmeed, Kadhim Sulaiman, Haitham Amin, Jawad Al-Lawati, Norah Q Al-Sagheer, Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Amar M Salam
Trends in prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension, and the risk of mortality among middle-aged Lithuanian urban population in 1983–2009
Regina Reklaitiene, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Dalia Virviciute, Migle Baceviciene, Dalia Luksiene
Chromosome 1p13 genetic variants antagonize the risk of myocardial infarction associated with high ApoB serum levels
Bruna Gigante, Karin Leander, Max Vikström, Shu Ye, Ulf de Faire
E-Rehabilitation – an Internet and mobile phone based tailored intervention to enhance self-management of Cardiovascular Disease: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Konstantinos Antypas, Silje C Wangberg
Vitamin E and telmisartan attenuates doxorubicin induced cardiac injury in rat through down regulation of inflammatory response
Najah Hadi, Nasser Ghaly Yousif, Fadhil G Al-amran, Nadhem K Huntei, Bassim I Mohammad, Sadiq J Ali
The effect of a comprehensive lifestyle intervention on cardiovascular risk factors in pharmacologically treated patients with stable cardiovascular disease compared to usual care: a randomised controlled trial
Wilhelmina IJzelenberg, Irene M Hellemans, Maurits W van Tulder, Martijn W Heymans, Jan A Rauwerda, Albert C van Rossum, Jaap C Seidell
Dotted collar placed around carotid artery induces asymmetric neointimal lesion formation in rabbits without intravascular manipulations
Antti Kivelä, Juha Hartikainen, Seppo Ylä-Herttuala
Effectiveness of community-based comprehensive healthy lifestyle promotion on cardiovascular disease risk factors in a rural Vietnamese population: a quasi-experimental study
Quang Ngoc Nguyen, Son Thai Pham, Viet Lan Nguyen, Lars Weinehall, Stig Wall, Ruth Bonita, Peter Byass
The role of p21-activated kinase in the initiation of atherosclerosis
K A Jhaveri, P Debnath, J Chernoff, J Sanders, M A Schwartz
Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on the efficacy of thoracic epidural anesthesia in preventing atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting
Wan-Jie Gu, Chun-Yin Wei, De-Qing Huang, Rui-Xing Yin
The effects of Hartcoach, a life style intervention provided by telephone on the reduction of coronary risk factors: a randomised trial
Chantal J Leemrijse, Liset van Dijk, Harald T Jørstad, Ron J G Peters, Cindy Veenhof
Anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries from the opposite sinus: A critical appraisal of risk
Josiah M Peñalver, Ralph S Mosca, Daniel Weitz, Colin KL Phoon
Comparative effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on blood pressure in patients with hypertension
Hisham Aljadhey, Wanzhu Tu, Richard A Hansen, Susan J Blalock, D Craig Brater, Michael D Murray
Influence of time between last myocardial infarction and prophylactic implantable defibrillator implant on device detections and therapies. “Routine Practice” data from the SEARCH MI registry
Giuseppe Boriani, Gianluca Botto, Maurizio Lunati, Alessandro Proclemer, Boris Schmidt, Ali Erdogan, Werner Rauhe, Mauro Biffi, Elisabetta Santi, Daniel Becker, Marc Messier, Massimo Santini
Lipid accumulation product: a simple and accurate index for predicting metabolic syndrome in Taiwanese people aged 50 and over
Jui-Kun Chiang, Malcolm Koo
Serial exercise testing in children, adolescents and young adults with Senning repair for transposition of the great arteries
Roselien Buys, Werner Budts, Tony Reybrouck, Marc Gewillig, Luc Vanhees
Effects of betel nut on cardiovascular risk factors in a rat model
Mohammad Perwaiz Iqbal, Naseema Mehboobali, Ghulam Haider, Shahid Pervez, Iqbal Azam
Combination coating of chitosan and anti-CD34 antibody applied on sirolimus-eluting stents can promote endothelialization while reducing neointimal formation
Feng Yang, Shi-Chao Feng, Xiang-Jun Pang, Wei-Xiao Li, Yong-Hua Bi, Qian Zhao, Shi-Xuan Zhang, Yang Wang, Bo Feng
Downregulation of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in two-kidney one-clip hypertensive rats
Ji-Kuai Chen, Ting Zhao, Min Ni, Dong-Jie Li, Xia Tao, Fu-Ming Shen
Effects of fish oil supplementation on inflammatory markers in chronic heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Wei Xin, Wei Wei, Xiaoying Li
Effects of care pathways on the in-hospital treatment of heart failure: a systematic review
Seval Kul, Antonella Barbieri, Erika Milan, Ilke Montag, Kris Vanhaecht, Massimiliano Panella
Factors associated with presenting >12 hours after symptom onset of acute myocardial infarction among Veteran men
Kelly McDermott, Charles Maynard, Ranak Trivedi, Elliott Lowy, Stephan Fihn
Left atrial endocarditis as a rare complication of mitral valve endocarditis: a clinical case
Ali Hamadanchi, Wolfgang Bothe, Alexander Pfeil, Azita Abdi Rad, Bernhard R Brehm, Hans R Figulla, Thorsten Doenst, Marcus Franz, Christian Jung
Prognosis after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with psoriasis: a cohort study using Danish nationwide registries
Ole Ahlehoff, Jesper Lindhardsen, Gunnar H Gislason, Jonas B Olesen, Mette Charlot, Lone Skov, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Peter R Hansen
RHYTHM-AF: design of an international registry on cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and characteristics of participating centers
Harry JGM Crijns, Lori D Bash, François Chazelle, Jean-Yves Le Heuzey, Thorsten Lewalter, Gregory YH Lip, Aldo P Maggioni, Alfonso Martín, Piotr Ponikowski, Mårten Rosenqvist, Prashanthan Sanders, Mauricio Scanavacca, Alexandra A Bernhardt, Sreevalsa Unniachan, Hemant M Phatak, Anselm K Gitt
Predictive factors for pacemaker requirement after transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Ibrahim Akin, Stephan Kische, Lylia Paranskaya, Henrik Schneider, Tim C Rehders, Ulrich Trautwein, Gökmen Turan, Dietmar Bänsch, Olga Thiele, Dimitar Divchev, Ilkay Bozdag-Turan, Jasmin Ortak, Gunther Kundt, Christoph A Nienaber, Hüseyin Ince
High-normal blood pressure and long-term risk of type 2 diabetes: 35-year prospective population based cohort study of men
Christina Hedén Stahl, Masuma Novak, Georgios Lappas, Lars Wilhelmsen, Lena Björck, Per-Olof Hansson, Annika Rosengren
A case report of type VI dual left anterior descending coronary artery anomaly presenting with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Yonggu Lee, Young-Hyo Lim, Jinho Shin, Kyung-Soo Kim
Upstream therapy with statin and recurrence of atrial fibrillation after electrical cardioversion. Review of the literature and meta-analysis
Lorenzo Loffredo, Francesco Angelico, Ludovica Perri, Francesco Violi
Prevalence and severity of atherosclerosis in extra cranial carotid arteries in Nigeria: an autopsy study
Erete I Erete, Olabiyi G Ogun, Olulola O Oladapo, Effiong E U Akang
Comparison of zotarolimus-eluting and sirolimus-eluting coronary stents: a study from the Western Denmark Heart Registry
Michael Maeng, Lisette Okkels Jensen, Anne Kaltoft, Hans-Henrik Tilsted, Evald Høj Christiansen, Per Thayssen, Morten Madsen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Jens Flensted Lassen, Leif Thuesen
Rescue pulmonary vein isolation for hemodynamically unstable atrial fibrillation storm in a patient with an acute extensive myocardial infarction
Itsuro Morishima, Takahito Sone, Hideyuki Tsuboi, Hiroaki Mukawa
Cardiac structure and function in relation to cardiovascular risk factors in Chinese
Yi Zhang, Yan Li, Ming Liu, Chang-Sheng Sheng, Qi-Fang Huang, Ji-Guang Wang
Aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation as predictors of atrial fibrillation during 11 years of follow-up
Veronica Widgren, Magnus Dencker, Tord Juhlin, Pyotr Platonov, Ronnie Willenheimer
Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among adults in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study
Akilew Awoke, Tadesse Awoke, Shitaye Alemu, Berihun Megabiaw
Founder mutations characterise the mutation panorama in 200 Swedish index cases referred for Long QT syndrome genetic testing
Eva-Lena Stattin, Ida Maria Boström, Annika Winbo, Kristina Cederquist, Jenni Jonasson, Björn-Anders Jonsson, Ulla-Britt Diamant, Steen M Jensen, Annika Rydberg, Anna Norberg
The REFER (REFer for EchocaRdiogram) protocol: a prospective validation of a clinical decision rule, NT-proBNP, or their combination, in the diagnosis of heart failure in primary care. Rationale and design
Lynda Tait, Andrea K Roalfe, Jonathan Mant, Martin R Cowie, Jonathan J Deeks, Rachel Iles, Pelham M Barton, Clare J Taylor, Marites Derit, FD Richard Hobbs
Oral anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs used in prevention of cardiovascular events in elderly people in Poland
Beata Labuz-Roszak, Krystyna Pierzchala, Michal Skrzypek, Marta Swiech, Agnieszka Machowska-Majchrzak
Coronary artery calcium findings in asymptomatic subjects with family history of premature coronary artery disease
Catalin Taraboanta, Cameron J Hague, GB John Mancini, Bruce B Forster, Jiri Frohlich
Heart failure among Indigenous Australians: a systematic review
John A Woods, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Patricia M Davidson, Sandra C Thompson
A systematic review of patient reported factors associated with uptake and completion of cardiovascular lifestyle behaviour change
Jenni Murray, Cheryl Leanne Craigs, Kate Mary Hill, Stephanie Honey, Allan House
Prognostic value of admission heart rate in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Role of Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Zhang Han, Yang Yan-min, Zhu Jun, Liu Li-sheng, Tan Hui-qiong, Liu Yao
The in vivo performance of small-caliber nanofibrous polyurethane vascular grafts
Zuo-jun Hu, Zi-lun Li, Ling-yu Hu, Wei He, Rui-ming Liu, Yuan-sen Qin, Shen-ming Wang
Prevalence of arterial stiffness in North China, and associations with risk factors of cardiovascular disease: a community-based study
Jin-Wen Wang, Zi-Qiang Zhou, Da-Yi Hu
Family history as a risk factor for recurrent hospitalization for lone atrial fibrillation: a nationwide family study in Sweden
Bengt Zöller, Henrik Ohlsson, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist
Left atrial volume index and aortic stiffness index in adult hemodialysed patients - link between compliance and pressure mediated by endothelium dysfunction; a cross-sectional study
Tomasz Zapolski, Andrzej Wysokiński, Andrzej Książek, Andrzej Jaroszyński
SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging as an adjunct to coronary calcium score for the detection of hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis
Franz von Ziegler, Michaela Brendel, Christopher Uebleis, Susanne Helbig, Martin Greif, Janine Ruemmler, Christoph Becker, Marcus Hacker, Gerhard Steinbeck, Alexander Becker
Assessment of left ventricular geometrical patterns and function among hypertensive patients at a tertiary hospital, Northern Tanzania
Lairumbe Korduni Silangei, Venance Philis Maro, Helmut Diefenthal, Gibson Kapanda, Matthew Dewhurst, Hery Mwandolela, Ben Hamel
Incidence of hypertension in a prospective cohort study of adults from Porto, Portugal
Marta Pereira, Nuno Lunet, Cristiana Paulo, Milton Severo, Ana Azevedo, Henrique Barros
Morbidity and mortality of nonagenarians undergoing CoreValve implantation
Ibrahim Akin, Stephan Kische, Lylia Paranskaya, Henrik Schneider, Tim C Rehders, Gökmen R Turan, Dimitar Divchev, Gunther Kundt, Ilkay Bozdag-Turan, Jasmin Ortak, Ralf Birkemeyer, Christoph A Nienaber, Hüseyin Ince
Association between hyperuricemia, prediabetes, and prehypertension in the Croatian adult population - a cross-sectional study
Jasna Vučak, Milica Katić, Ivan Bielen, Davorka Vrdoljak, Dragica Ivezić Lalić, Ksenija Kranjčević, Biserka Bergman Marković
Obesity, metabolic syndrome, impaired fasting glucose, and microvascular dysfunction: a principal component analysis approach
Diogo G Panazzolo, Fernando L Sicuro, Ruth Clapauch, Priscila A Maranhão, Eliete Bouskela, Luiz G Kraemer-Aguiar
Heart rate variability and target organ damage in hypertensive patients
Paolo Melillo, Raffaele Izzo, Nicola De Luca, Leandro Pecchia
Rheumatic Fever Follow-Up Study (RhFFUS) protocol: a cohort study investigating the significance of minor echocardiographic abnormalities in Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander children
Marc Gerard Wootton Rémond, David Atkinson, Andrew White, Yvonne Hodder, Alex DH Brown, Jonathan R Carapetis, Graeme Paul Maguire
Dosing practice of low molecular weight heparins and its efficacy and safety in cardiovascular inpatients: a retrospective study in a Chinese teaching hospital
Huimin Xu, Hongwen Cai, Zhongshu Qian, Geng Xu, Xiaofeng Yan, Haibin Dai
QTc interval prolongation in HIV-infected patients: a case–control study by 24-hour Holter ECG recording
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