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Double right coronary artery or split right coronary artery?
11 November 2011
Abstract: The prevalence of congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries (CAAs) is reported to be approximately 0.2–1.4% of the general population. Of them, The double right coronary artery (RCA) is ...
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Ying-Fu Chen,
Tsu-Ming Chien,
Chih-Wei Chen,
Ching-Cheng Lin,
Chee-Siong Lee
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243-245
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Ultrafiltration for acute decompensated heart failure: Financial implications
03 June 2011
Abstract: Heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalization in older patients and is considered a public health problem with a significant financial burden on the health care system. Ultrafiltrati...
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Amir Kazory,
Frank B. Bellamy,
Edward A. Ross
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The relationship between early left ventricular myocardial alterations and reduced coronary flow reserve in non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients with microvascular angina
01 November 2010
Abstract: Aims: To evaluate left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic myocardial function, and their relation to coronary flow reserve in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DM) ...
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Antonello D'Andrea,
Stefano Nistri,
Francesca Castaldo,
Maurizio Galderisi,
Donato Mele,
Eustachio Agricola,
Maria Angela Losi,
Sergio Mondillo,
Paolo Nicola Marino,
on behalf of the Working Group Nucleus on Echocardiography of the Italian Society of Cardiology
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250-255
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Clinical impact of screening for sleep related breathing disorders in atrial fibrillation
14 October 2010
Abstract: Objective: The aim of this study was to quantify daytime symptoms in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with and without sleep related breathing disorders (SRBD). Background: SRBD are common ...
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David R. Altmann,
Elke Ullmer,
Hans Rickli,
Micha T. Maeder,
Christian Sticherling,
Beat A. Schaer,
Stefan Osswald,
Peter Ammann
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256-258
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Right ventricular–left ventricular interaction in adults with Tetralogy of Fallot: A combined cardiac magnetic resonance and echocardiographic speckle tracking study
11 October 2010
Abstract: Objectives: To assess ventricular dysfunction and ventricular interaction after repair of Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) employing echocardiography speckle-tracking and cardiac magnetic resonance...
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Aleksander Kempny,
Gerhard-Paul Diller,
Stefan Orwat,
Gerrit Kaleschke,
Gregor Kerckhoff,
Alexander Ch. Bunck,
David Maintz,
Helmut Baumgartner
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259-264
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Minor symptoms of depression in patients with congenital heart disease have a larger impact on quality of life than limited exercise capacity
06 October 2010
Abstract: Objective: In patients with congenital heart disease quality of life is only marginally associated with exercise capacity. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of depression...
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Jan Müller,
John Hess,
Alfred Hager
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265-269
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Outcome of direct current cardioversion for atrial arrhythmias in adults with congenital heart disease
11 October 2010
Abstract: Objectives: We sought to evaluate safety, efficacy, and outcome of direct current cardioversion (DCCV) for atrial arrhythmias in adults with congenital heart disease (CHD). Background: Atria...
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Naser M. Ammash,
Sabrina D. Phillips,
David O. Hodge,
Heidi M. Connolly,
Martha A. Grogan,
Paul A. Friedman,
Carole A. Warnes,
Samuel J. Asirvatham
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270-274
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Timing of events in STEMI patients treated with immediate PCI or standard medical therapy: Implications on optimisation of timing of treatment from the CARESS-in-AMI trial
21 October 2010
Abstract: Objectives: Early angioplasty after thrombolysis is now recommended for ST-elevation myocardial infarction, but the current guidelines propose a wide time-window ranging between 3 and 24h af...
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Konstantinos Dimopoulos,
Dariusz Dudek,
Federico Piscione,
Waldemar Mielecki,
Stefano Savonitto,
Francesco Borgia,
Ernesto Murena,
Antonio Manari,
Achille Gaspardone,
Andrzej Ochala,
Krzysztof Zmudka,
Leonardo Bolognese,
Philippe Gabriel Steg,
Marcus Flather,
Carlo Di Mario,
on behalf of the CARESS-in-AMI (Combined Abciximab RE-teplase Stent Study in Acute Myocardial Infarction) Investigators (All Investigators and Committees are listed in the Appendix)
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275-281
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Clinical and genetic determinants of anthracycline-induced cardiac iron accumulation
25 October 2010
Abstract: Background: The involvement of iron in anthracycline cardiotoxicity is supported by extensive experimental data, and by the preventive efficacy of dexrazoxane, an iron chelator. However, no ...
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Almudena Cascales,
Beatriz Sánchez-Vega,
Noelia Navarro,
Francisco Pastor-Quirante,
Javier Corral,
Vicente Vicente,
Francisco Ayala de la Peña
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282-286
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Inflammatory markers and plaque morphology: An optical coherence tomography study
25 October 2010
Abstract: Background: OCT with its unique image resolution is the ideal method to detect culprit lesion characteristics in different clinical presentations. The identification of inflammatory markers ...
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Konstantina P. Bouki,
Mihail G. Katsafados,
Dionissios N. Chatzopoulos,
Stavroula N. Psychari,
Konstantinos P. Toutouzas,
Athanasios F. Charalampopoulos,
Eleni N. Sakkali,
Antonia A. Koudouri,
Georgios K. Liakos,
Thomas S. Apostolou
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287-292
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Intra-aortic balloon pumping recruits graft flow reserve by lowering coronary resistances
25 October 2010
Abstract: Background: The intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is used worldwide as an anti-ischemic strategy and to reduce myocardial workload. However, whether IABP augments coronary flow after coronary...
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Antonino S. Rubino,
Francesco Onorati,
Cristian Scalas,
Giuseppe F. Serraino,
Roberto Marsico,
Sandro Gelsomino,
Roberto Lorusso,
Attilio Renzulli
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293-298
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Randomised trial of ramipril in repaired tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary regurgitation: The APPROPRIATE study (Ace inhibitors for Potential PRevention Of the deleterious effects of Pulmonary Regurgitation In Adults with repaired TEtralogy of Fallot)
25 October 2010
Abstract: Background: Optimal treatment for stable repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF) patients with pulmonary regurgitation (PR) and related right ventricular (RV) dilatation, including timing of val...
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Sonya V. Babu-Narayan,
Anselm Uebing,
Periklis A. Davlouros,
Michael Kemp,
Simon Davidson,
Konstantinos Dimopoulos,
Stephanie Bayne,
Dudley J. Pennell,
Derek G. Gibson,
Marcus Flather,
Philip J. Kilner,
Wei Li,
Michael A. Gatzoulis
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299-305
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A 14-year follow-up study of chest pain patients including stress hormones and mental stress at index event
21 October 2010
Abstract: Background: Knowledge of long-term outcome in chest pain patients is limited. We reinvestigated patients who 14years earlier had visited the emergency department due to chest pain, and were ...
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Inger Bengtsson,
Björn W. Karlson,
Johan Herlitz,
Maria Haglid Evander,
Peter Währborg
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306-311
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“The heart is simply a muscle” and first description of the tetralogy of “Fallot”. Early contributions to cardiac anatomy and pathology by bishop and anatomist Niels Stensen (1638–1686)
21 October 2010
Abstract: Background: Many are familiar with the parotid duct and the Danish physician/anatomist's name associated with it. However, most are unaware of Niels Stensen's life and his significant contri...
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R. Shane Tubbs,
Nicholas Gianaris,
Mohammadali M. Shoja,
Marios Loukas,
Aaron A. Cohen Gadol
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312-315
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Hyperuricemia and increased risk of ischemic heart disease in a large Chinese cohort
22 August 2011
Abstract: Aims: There is an ongoing discussion on whether serum uric acid (SUA) predicts ischemic heart disease (IHD) independently of other metabolic factors, which, if confirmed, would signify a rol...
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Shao-Yuan Chuang,
Jiunn-Horng Chen,
Wen-Ting Yeh,
Chih-Cheng Wu,
Wen-Harn Pan
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316-321
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Erythrocyte aggregation as a cause of slow flow in patients of acute coronary syndromes
25 July 2011
Abstract: Background: There are multiple lines of evidence to suggest the role of erythrocyte aggregation (EA) in microcirculatory dysfunction during conditions of very slow flow. Such conditions migh...
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Yaron Arbel,
Shmuel Banai,
Jessia Benhorin,
Ariel Finkelstein,
Itzhak Herz,
Amir Halkin,
Gad Keren,
Saul Yedgar,
Gershon Barashtein,
Shlomo Berliner
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322-327
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy has a unique cardiac biomarker profile: NT-proBNP/myoglobin and NT-proBNP/troponin T ratios for the differential diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes and stress induced cardiomyopathy
01 November 2011
Abstract: Background: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) usually is not recognized until heart catheterization reveals typical wall motion abnormalities in the absence of significant coronary artery diseas...
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Georg M. Fröhlich,
Boris Schoch,
Florian Schmid,
Philipp Keller,
Isabella Sudano,
Thomas F. Lüscher,
Georg Noll,
Frank Ruschitzka,
Frank Enseleit
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328-332
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Variability and treatment of high on-prasugrel platelet reactivity in patients with initial high on-clopidogrel platelet reactivity
10 November 2011
High on-treatment platelet reactivity (HTPR) following clopidogrel is a well studied phenomenon associated with prognostic significance post percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PCI). Platelet reactivit...
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Dimitrios Alexopoulos,
Theodora-Eleni Plakomyti,
Ioanna Xanthopoulou
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333-334
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Large and small artery endothelial dysfunction in chronic fatigue syndrome
14 November 2011
There is accumulating evidence that myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is associated with cardiovascular symptoms including autonomic dysfunction , impaired blood pressure reg...
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David J. Newton,
Gwen Kennedy,
Kenneth K.F. Chan,
Chim C. Lang,
Jill J.F. Belch,
Faisel Khan
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335-336
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Winning the war, far, in developing countries. Novel anticoagulants as a new weapon against stroke
16 November 2011
I have just returned from an African mission in Zimbabwe. I am now in the university hospital in Bologna where I work. In the waiting room of the anticoagulation therapy center I see a silent mass of ...
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G.K. Bronzetti,
A. Corzani,
C. D'Angelo,
M. Bonvicini,
G.D. Gargiulo,
G. Boriani
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336-337
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Interaction of anemia and decrease in renal function on survival of patients with heart failure
21 November 2011
Anemia and renal dysfunction are comorbidities commonly associated with heart failure (HF) and appear to be associated with unfavorable outcomes . Despite evidence demonstrating worse prognosis in pat...
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Márcia Olandoski,
Raphael Rodrigues de Lima,
Miguel Morita Fernandes da Silva,
Roberto Pecoits-Filho,
Angela Olandoski Barboza,
Bruna Olandoski Erbano,
Lidia Zytynski Moura,
Paulo Roberto Slud Brofman,
José Rocha Faria-Neto
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338-340
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Myocardial infarction-stroke association
10 November 2011
I have read the interesting article by Sidler et al. regarding post myocardial infarction (MI) basilar artery occlusion and congratulate them for their observation . We have previously demonstrated th...
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Hesham R. Omar
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Systemic administration of bevacizumab increases the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with metastatic cancer
11 November 2011
Bevacizumab, a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), is an anti-angiogenic agent used widely in the treatment of renal, colorectal, lung and br...
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Christodoulos Stefanadis,
Andreas Synetos,
Dimitris Tousoulis,
Eleftherios Tsiamis,
Archontoula Michelongona,
Flora Zagouri,
Aristotle Bamias,
Meletios Athanasios Dimopoulos,
Stella Kyvelou,
Ioannis Kapelakis,
Konstantinos Toutouzas
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341-344
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Relationship of aortic stiffness, central systolic blood pressure and left atrium enlargement in general middle and aged population
24 November 2011
Left atrial enlargement has been proposed as a predictor of atrial fibrillation, stroke, congestive heart failure, and cardiovascular death . Recently, it is reported that left atrial diameter (LAD) i...
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Sheng Kang,
Hui-min Fan,
Jue Li,
Lie-ying Fan,
Ming Chen,
Zhong-min Liu,
Heart Failure Risk Factors Investigation Project collaborative group (HFRFIP collaborative group)
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344-347
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No evidence for an association of AB0 blood group and manifestation of thrombotic microangiopathies
18 November 2011
Since many years, AB0 blood group has been known to influence on the manifestation of arterial and venous thrombotic disease . In particular, individuals carrying a Non-0-blood group (A, B, AB) appear...
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Christoph Sucker,
Andreas Fusshoeller,
Firuseh Dierkes,
Bernd Grabensee,
Rüdiger E. Scharf,
Rainer B. Zotz,
Jens Litmathe
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347-348
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Very late stent thrombosis after drug eluting stent: Management therapy guided by intravascular ultrasound imaging
30 November 2011
Very late stent thrombosis (VLST) is a very serious complication of drugs eluting stent (DES) implantation . Several factors triggering DES thrombosis have recently been identified , especially stent ...
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Estelle Vautrin,
Gilles Barone-Rochette,
Benoit Berthoud,
Stéphanie Marlière,
Hélène Bouvaist,
Bernard Bertrand,
Olivier Ormezzano,
Jacques Machecourt,
Gérald Vanzetto
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349-351
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Red Cell Distrubition Width (RDW): A novel risk factor for cardiovascular disease
21 November 2011
The red cell distribution width (RDW) is a marker of variation of the size of the circulating red blood cells (anisocytosis) and is routinely reported as a part of routine complete blood count (CBC). ...
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Huseyin Uyarel,
Turgay Isik,
Erkan Ayhan,
Mehmet Ergelen
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351-352
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C-reactive protein and endothelial dysfunction: The clinicians should have in mind diurnal variations
21 November 2011
We read the article by Forte et al. that the increase in C-reactive protein (CRP) plasma levels across the coronary circulation is associated with a profound impairment in coronary endothelial-depend...
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Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez,
Pedro Abreu-Gonzalez
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353
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Left ventricular functional recovery after intracoronary injection of autologous bone marrow-derived stem cells in patients with acute myocardial infarction: A dose–response pilot study
02 December 2011
Cell therapy based on autologous stem cell transplantation and hope for myocardial regeneration after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been the focus of many clinical trials for more than a decad...
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Johanna A. Miettinen,
Kari V. Ylitalo,
Matti Niemelä,
Kari Kervinen,
Marjaana Säily,
Pirjo Koistinen,
Eeva-Riitta Savolainen,
Timo H. Mäkikallio,
Heikki V. Huikuri
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354-356
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What is the acceptable rate of false positives for STEMI within a primary PCI network? Insights from a metropolitan system with direct ambulance-based access
02 December 2011
In recent years percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become the preferred treatment for patients with ST elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) and regional PCI networks have been widel...
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Enrica Perugini,
Giuseppe Di Pasquale,
Lara Di Diodoro,
Paolo Ortolani,
Gianni Casella,
Nevio Taglieri,
M. Letizia Bacchi Reggiani,
Antonio Marzocchi,
Massimiliano Lorenzini,
Angelo Branzi,
Claudio Rapezzi
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356-358
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Decreased scale-specific heart rate variability after multiresolution wavelet analysis predicts sudden cardiac death in heart failure patients
02 December 2011
In the present study, we aimed to assess whether multiresolution wavelet analysis (MWA) of heart rate variability (HRV) carries significant prognostic information independently from other well estab...
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Petros Arsenos,
Konstantinos Gatzoulis,
George Manis,
Theodoros Gialernios,
Polychronis Dilaveris,
Dimitrios Tsiachris,
Stefanos Archontakis,
Efstathios Kartsagoulis,
Dimitrios Mytas,
Christodoulos Stefanadis
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358-360
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Thinking more before deciding to implant an ICD in LQT3 patients
28 November 2011
Congenital long-QT syndrome (LQTS) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous syndrome, which is characterized by abnormal QT-interval prolongation on the surface ECG and an increased risk of sudde...
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Zhong-le Bai,
Sheng-hua Zhou,
Qi-ming Liu
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360-362
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Impact of long-term Xuezhikang therapy on cardiovascular events in high-risk patients with nonspecific, preexisting abnormal liver tests: A post-hoc analysis from Chinese Coronary Secondary Prevention Study (CCSPS)
02 December 2011
The use of 3-hydroxy-3-methyglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor, or statins has extensively been shown to reduce both primary and secondary cardiovascular risk in the general population ...
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Jian-Jun Li,
Zong-Liang Lu,
Wen-Rong Kou,
Roberto Bolli,
Zuo Chen,
Yang-Feng Wu,
Xue-Hai Yu,
Yu-Cheng Zhao
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362-365
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Normalization of ejection fraction in subjects with systolic heart failure. Is it really normal? A myocardial deformation study
19 December 2011
Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) has been the main parameter used to guide pharmacological and device based treatment for systolic heart failure (SHF). With advancement of medical treatment f...
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Bryan Wai,
Leighton G. Kearney,
Louise M. Burrell,
Michelle Ord,
Piyush M. Srivastava
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365-367
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The role of Emergency Medical Services in the assessment and management of syncope
22 December 2011
Syncope is defined as a transient loss of consciousness and postural tone followed by prompt spontaneous recovery and is caused by a transient reduction in blood flow to the reticular activating syste...
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Riyaz Somani,
Adrian Baranchuk,
Juan Camilo Guzman,
Carlos A. Morillo
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368-369
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Disrupted circadian rhythm in night shift workers: What can we do?
22 December 2011
Recently, Manfredini et al. commented that disruption of circadian rhythm and clocks would account for the decreased flow-mediated dilation (FMD) and nitric oxide (NO) level in the night-shift workers...
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Weon Kim,
Jong-Shin Woo,
Wan Kim
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369-370
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Left ventricular dynamic gradient and pericardial effusion. A life threatening combination in patients with apical ballooning syndrome
22 December 2011
Although most complications of apical ballooning syndrome (ABS) are known, data regarding its incidence in series of patients is scanty . More accurate knowledge is pertinent, however, to optimize mon...
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Josefa Cortadellas,
Jaume Figueras,
Cinta Llibre,
José Rodriguez Palomares,
Gerard Martí,
Rosa M. Lidon,
José A. Barrabés,
David García Dorado
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370-372
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Does hypoxia directly regulate the natriuretic peptide system?
21 December 2011
We read with great interest the letter by Costantino et al. published recently in International Journal of Cardiology. In the paper they reported the time course of B-type natriuretic peptides after ...
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Olli Arjamaa,
Mikko Nikinmaa
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372
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Response to the letter: How to manage coronary slow flow following PCI?
22 December 2011
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Yaron Arbel,
Shmuel Banai
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373
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Comparison of drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents after rotational atherectomy for the treatment of calcified coronary lesions
26 December 2011
Calcified coronary lesions are a well-known risk factor for short and long-term failure after both bare metal stent (BMS) and drug eluting stent (DES) implantation . Rotational atherectomy facilitate...
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Fabio Mangiacapra,
Guy R. Heyndrickx,
Etienne Puymirat,
Aaron J. Peace,
William Wijns,
Bernard De Bruyne,
Emanuele Barbato
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373-376
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Serum copeptin/NT-proBNP ratio: A more reliable index of absolute endogenous stress and prognosis during the course of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy?
28 December 2011
Diagnostic approaches for the non-invasive differentiation of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) and acute coronary syndromes (ACS) have drawn particular attention in the recent years.These approaches ar...
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Kenan Yalta
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376-377
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Hyperglycemia in patients with hypertensive crisis: Response to “Hypertensive crisis: Comparison between diabetics and non-diabetics”
30 December 2011
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Renan Oliveira Vaz-de-Melo,
José Fernando Vilela-Martin
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Marked lipomatous hypertrophy of the right ventricular wall: A distinct clinicopathological entity from arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy?
28 December 2011
A 21-year-old male was referred to our hospital because of palpitations due to sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) (A) after hitting his chest hard while snow-boarding. Since the VT was resistant t...
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Tadashi Nakajima,
Yoshiaki Kaneko,
Nobuaki Fukuda,
Tadanobu Irie,
Tatsuya Iso,
Masahiko Kurabayashi
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379-380
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Serum uric acid and ischemic heart disease incidence
22 December 2011
Chuang et al. presented a 7-year follow-up study on the effect of uric acid on the occurrence of ischemic heart disease (IHD), adjusted by age, metabolic factors, lifestyles, medication and working ty...
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Tomoyuki Kawada
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381
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Safety and positive predictive value of high-dose dipyridamole stress-echocardiography with or without contrast flash-replenishment perfusion imaging in patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease
14 December 2011
A growing body of literature has demonstrated the safety of ultrasound contrast agents in conjunction with low mechanical-index imaging during echocardiography, although most studies reported on contr...
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Nicola Gaibazzi,
Lorena Silva,
Claudio Reverberi
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382-383
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The relationship between minute ventilation and oxygen consumption in heart failure: Comparing peak VE/VO2 and the oxygen uptake efficiency slope
21 December 2011
The assessment of ventilatory efficiency during cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) is now widely recognized for its prognostic value in patients with systolic heart failure (HF) . Of the various w...
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Ross Arena,
Marco Guazzi,
Jonathan Myers,
Paul Chase,
Daniel Bensimhon,
Lawrence P. Cahalin,
Mary Ann Peberdy,
Euan Ashley,
Erin West,
Daniel E. Forman
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384-385
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Acute myocardial infarction and left bundle branch block with changing axis deviation
08 May 2009
Abstract: Changing axis deviation has been reported also during atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. Changing axis deviation has been also reported during acute myocardial infarction associated with...
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Salvatore Patanè,
Filippo Marte,
Giuseppe Dattilo,
Mauro Sturiale
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e47-e49
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Regression of non-compaction in left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy by cardiac contractility modulation
27 June 2011
Research highlights: ► Left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy is potentially reversible. ► Cardiac Contractility Modulation may lead to regression of non-compaction.
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Philip H.C. Wong,
Jeffrey W.H. Fung
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e50-e51
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Usefulness of tissue characterization by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging as a complementary method for evaluation of cardiac malignant lymphoma
04 July 2011
Research highlights: ► Cardiac mass with the manifestation of fetal arrhythmia. ► Myocardial invasion of malignant lymphoma diagnosed by cardiac MRI. ► Late gadolinium-enhanced MRI was homologous to h...
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Kei Sato,
Tairo Kurita,
Shiro Nakamori,
Yasutaka Ichikawa,
Koji Mastuoka,
Takashi Tanigawa,
Katsuya Onishi,
Hajime Sakuma,
Masaaki Ito
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Rescue extracorporeal life support as a bridge to reflection in fulminant stress-induced cardiomyopathy
27 June 2011
Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is increasingly used as rescue therapy in severe cardiogenic shock refractory to medical treatment and intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP). Yet...
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Dirk W. Donker,
Elien Pragt,
Patrick W. Weerwind,
Johanna W.M. Holtkamp,
Jindra Vainer,
Bas Mochtar,
Jos G. Maessen
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e54-e56
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Repeated sudden cardiac death in coronary spasm: Is IVUS helpful to decide treatment strategy?
23 June 2011
Coronary spasm is thought to be the main pathogenic mechanism of variant angina. Despite medical treatment, ischemic events are continued in some patients, often associated with serious complications ...
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Yae Min Park,
Woong Chol Kang,
Kwen-Chul Shin,
Seung Hwan Han,
Taehoon Ahn,
In Suk Choi,
Eak Kyun Shin
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e57-e59
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Sinus venosus defect (SVD) identified in zebrafish Glut1 morphants by video imaging
15 July 2011
Research Highlights: ► Zebrafish is an informative vertebrate model for human cardiovascular development. ► Glut1 is required to maintain the structural integrity of sinus venosus in vivo. ► The findi...
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Ping-Pin Zheng,
Peter J. van der Spek,
Clemens M.F. Dirven,
Rob Willemsen,
Johan M. Kros
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e60-e61
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Cardiac rupture in a patient with an acute myocardial infarction and extensive fatty infiltration of the heart (“adipositas cordis”)
30 June 2011
Research highlights: ► Fatty heart maybe a substrate to left ventricular rupture in ischemic heart disease. ► Excessive intracardiac pressure maybe the cause of cardiac rupture in fatty heart. ► Imagi...
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Victor H. Godinez-Valdez,
Iris Cázares-Campos,
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