August 10, 2013

The onset mechanisms of ventricular tachycardia

• Taner Ulus,
• Gulmira Kudaiberdieva,
• Bulent Gorenek

The preventive effect of statin therapy on new-onset and recurrent atrial fibrillation in patients not undergoing invasive cardiac interventions

A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Casper N. Bang,
• Anders M. Greve,
• Jawdat Abdulla,
• Lars Køber,
• Gunnar H. Gislason,
• Kristian Wachtell

World scientific collaboration in coronary heart disease research

• Qi Yu,
• Hongfang Shao,
• Peifeng He,
• Zhiguang Duan

Tuberculous Endocarditis

• Alexander Liu,
• Edward Nicol,
• Yanmin Hu,
• Anthony Coates

HDL-C: Does it matter? An update on novel HDL-directed pharmaco-therapeutic strategies

• Ramprasad Gadi,
• Aman Amanullah,
• Vincent M. Figueredo

Residual atherothrombotic material after stenting in acute myocardial infarction — An optical coherence tomographic evaluation

• Michael Magro,
• Evelyn Regar,
• Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Chico,
• ...
• Felix Zijlstra,
• Patrick W. Serruys,
• Robert Jan van Geuns

Anabolic androgenic steroid use is associated with ventricular dysfunction on cardiac MRI in strength trained athletes

• Tim Luijkx,
• Birgitta K. Velthuis,
• Frank J.G. Backx,
• ...
• Rienk Rienks,
• Willem P.Th.M. Mali,
• Maarten J. Cramer

QTc prolongation is associated with impaired right ventricular function and predicts mortality in pulmonary hypertension

• Jonathan D. Rich,
• Thenappan Thenappan,
• Benjamin Freed,
• ...
• Ronald A. Thisted,
• Rory Childers,
• Stephen L. Archer

Protective effects of valsartan against cigarette smoke-induced left ventricular systolic dysfunction in rats

• Xiang Zhou,
• Chao Li,
• Weiting Xu,
• Jianchang Chen

Acoustic cardiography helps to identify heart failure and its phenotypes

• Shang Wang,
• Yat-Yin Lam,
• Ming Liu,
• ...
• Jing-Ping Sun,
• John E. Sanderson,
• Cheuk-Man Yu

Early and mid-term cardiovascular outcomes following TAVI: Impact of pre-procedural transvalvular gradient

• Nicolas Amabile,
• Ramzi Ramadan,
• Said Ghostine,
• ...
• Xavier Troussier,
• Remi Nottin,
• Christophe Caussin

Age-dependent care and long-term (20 year) mortality of 14,434 myocardial infarction patients: Changes from 1985 to 2008

• Sjoerd T. Nauta,
• Jaap W. Deckers,
• K. Martijn Akkerhuis,
• Ron T. van Domburg

Heart failure-induced skeletal myopathy in spontaneously hypertensive rats

• R.L. Damatto,
• P.F. Martinez,
• A.R.R. Lima,
• ...
• R.F. Carvalho,
• K. Okoshi,
• M.P. Okoshi

The shape and function of the right ventricle in Ebstein's anomaly

• Christopher M. Lee,
• Florence H. Sheehan,
• Beatriz Bouzas,
• Sylvia S.M. Chen,
• Michael A. Gatzoulis,
• Philip J. Kilner

Prognostic value of plasma renin activity in heart failure patients with chronic kidney disease

• Roberta Poletti,
• Giuseppe Vergaro,
• Luc Zyw,
• Concetta Prontera,
• Claudio Passino,
• Michele Emdin

Bivalvular transcatheter treatment of high-surgical-risk patients with coexisting severe aortic stenosis and significant mitral regurgitation

• Volker Rudolph,
• Johannes Schirmer,
• Olaf Franzen,
• ...
• Hermann Reichenspurner,
• Stefan Blankenberg,
• Stephan Baldus

Impact of intravascular ultrasound guidance in routine percutaneous coronary intervention for conventional lesions: data from the EXCELLENT trial

• Kyung Woo Park,
• Si-Hyuck Kang,
• Han-Mo Yang,
• ...
• Bon-Kwon Koo,
• In-Ho Chae,
• Hyo-Soo Kim

Implications of pre-procedural TIMI flow in patients with non ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary revascularization: Insights from the ACUITY trial

• Giuseppe De Luca,
• Sorin J. Brener,
• Roxana Mehran,
• ...
• Ecaterina Cristea,
• Martin Fahy,
• Gregg W. Stone

Trends in stroke incidence after hospitalization for atrial fibrillation in Sweden 1987 to 2006

• Lars G. Olsson,
• Karl Swedberg,
• Georg Lappas,
• Simon Stewart,
• Annika Rosengren

Comparison of various methods for quantitative evaluation of myocardial infarct volume from magnetic resonance delayed enhancement data

• N. Baron,
• N. Kachenoura,
• P. Cluzel,
• ...
• P. Grenier,
• G. Montalescot,
• F. Beygui

Effects of Vitamin D supplementation on markers of vascular function after myocardial infarction—A randomised controlled trial

• Miles D. Witham,
• Fiona J. Dove,
• Faisel Khan,
• Chim C. Lang,
• Jill J.F. Belch,
• Allan D. Struthers

Atrial fibrillation management, outcomes and predictors of stable disease in daily practice: Prospective non-interventional study

• Ralph F. Bosch,
• Wilhelm Kirch,
• Juergen-Detlef Theuer,
• ...
• Annette Kohlhaußen,
• Stefan N. Willich,
• Hendrik Bonnemeier

Antiplatelet theRapy after Genous EPC-capturing coroNary stenT implantatiOn

The ARGENTO Study: a prospective, multicenter registry

• Salvatore Cassese,
• Gennaro Galasso,
• Alessandro Sciahbasi,
• ...
• Ernesto Lioy,
• Sebastiano Marra,
• Federico Piscione

Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia in Hong Kong Chinese. Study of 252 cases

• Miao Hu,
• Wei Lan,
• Christopher W.K. Lam,
• Ying Tat Mak,
• Chi Pui Pang,
• Brian Tomlinson

Homocysteine predicts increased NT-pro-BNP through impaired fatty acid oxidation

• R.M. Guéant Rodriguez,
• R. Spada,
• S. Pooya,
• ...
• J.M. Alberto,
• Y. Juillière,
• J.L. Guéant

Type 2 diabetes and the progression of visualized atherosclerosis to clinical cardiovascular events

• Christoph H. Saely,
• Philipp Rein,
• Alexander Vonbank,
• Kurt Huber,
• Heinz Drexel

The research collaboration in Chinese cardiology and cardiovasology field

• Qi Yu,
• Hongfang Shao,
• Zhiguang Duan

Double product and end-organ damage in African and Caucasian men: The SABPA study

• A.J. Schultz,
• A.E. Schutte,
• R. Schutte

Static magnetic fields increase cardiomyocyte differentiation of Flk-1⁺ cells derived from mouse embryonic stem cells via Ca²⁺ influx and ROS production

• Mohamed M. Bekhite,
• Hans-Reiner Figulla,
• Heinrich Sauer,
• Maria Wartenberg

Diagnostic accuracy of 320-slice computed-tomography for detection of significant coronary artery stenosis in patients with various heart rates and heart rhythms compared with conventional coronary-angiography

• Masae Uehara,
• Hiroyuki Takaoka,
• Yoshio Kobayashi,
• Nobusada Funabashi

Mirror image atrial dilatation in adult patients with atrial fibrillation and congenital heart disease

• Judith Bouchardy,
• Ariane J. Marelli,
• Giuseppe Martucci,
• Natalie Bottega,
• Judith Therrien

Body mass index and the development of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis in adults with congenital heart disease—A cohort study

• Marius N. Stan,
• Naser M. Ammash,
• Carole A. Warnes,
• ...
• Prabin Thapa,
• Michael R. Nannenga,
• Rebecca S. Bahn

Increased risk for ascending aortic dilatation in patients with complex compared to simple aortic coarctation

• Paul Luijendijk,
• Rutger J. Franken,
• Joris W.J. Vriend,
• ...
• Maarten Groenink,
• Berto J. Bouma,
• Barbara J.M. Mulder

Abnormal right atrial and right ventricular diastolic function relate to impaired clinical condition in patients operated for tetralogy of Fallot

• Saskia E. Luijnenburg,
• Rosanne E. Peters,
• Rob J. van der Geest,
• ...
• Barbara J.M. Mulder,
• Hubert W. Vliegen,
• Willem A. Helbing

Disease targeting therapies in patients with Eisenmenger syndrome: Response to treatment and long-term efficiency

• Gerhard-Paul Diller,
• Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez,
• Konstantinos Dimopoulos,
• ...
• Philip S. Marino,
• Stephen J. Wort,
• Michael A. Gatzoulis

Acute effect of sildenafil on central hemodynamics in mechanically ventilated patients with WHO group III pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure necessitating administration of dobutamine

• Dimitrios Karakitsos,
• John Papanikolaou,
• Andreas Karabinis,
• ...
• Cynthia Jumper,
• Dimitrios Alexopoulos,
• Periklis Davlouros

Heart Rate Variability is Associated with Glycemic Status After Controlling for Components of the Metabolic Syndrome

• Marc N. Jarczok,
• Jian Li,
• Daniel Mauss,
• Joachim E. Fischer,
• Julian F. Thayer

A Poiseuille-based coronary angiographic index for prediction of fractional flow reserve

• Ronen Jaffe,
• David A. Halon,
• Ariel Roguin,
• Ronen Rubinshtein,
• Basil S. Lewis

The prognostic impact of in-hospital worsening of renal function in patients with acute coronary syndrome

• Hussam F. AlFaleh,
• Abdulkareem O. Alsuwaida,
• Anhar Ullah,
• ...
• Tarek Kashour,
• Mohammed A. Balghith,
• Waqar H. Ahmed

Positive remodeling is associated with vulnerable coronary plaque components regardless of clinical presentation: Virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound analysis

• Young Joon Hong,
• Myung Ho Jeong,
• Yun Ha Choi,
• ...
• Jeong Gwan Cho,
• Jong Chun Park,
• Jung Chaee Kang

Cardiac troponin I: Prothrombotic risk marker in non-valvular atrial fibrillation

• Rui Providência,
• Luís Paiva,
• Ana Faustino,
• ...
• João Casalta-Lopes,
• José Nascimento,
• António Manuel Leitão-Marques

Relationship between myocardial bridges and reduced coronary atherosclerosis in patients with angina pectoris

• Sandra N. Verhagen,
• Annemarieke Rutten,
• Matthijs F. Meijs,
• ...
• Maarten J. Cramer,
• Yolanda van der Graaf,
• Frank L.J. Visseren

Comparison of left ventricular reverse remodeling induced by cardiac contractility modulation and cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients with different QRS durations

• Qing Zhang,
• Yat-Sun Chan,
• Yu-Jia Liang,
• ...
• Karl Chi-Yuen Chan,
• Eugene B. Wu,
• Cheuk-Man Yu

Changes in cardiorespiratory fitness in cardiac rehabilitation patients: A meta-analysis

• Gavin Sandercock,
• Valentina Hurtado,
• Fernando Cardoso

Improved fitness as a measure of success of cardiac rehabilitation: Do those who get fitter live longer?

• Chetan Shenoy,
• Mahesh J. Patel

Moderate dietary weight loss reduces myocardial steatosis in obese and overweight women

• Wolfgang Utz,
• Stefan Engeli,
• Sven Haufe,
• ...
• Michael Boschmann,
• Jens Jordan,
• Jeanette Schulz-Menger

Cilostazol promotes angiogenesis after peripheral ischemia through a VEGF-dependent mechanism

• Federico Biscetti,
• Giovanni Pecorini,
• Giuseppe Straface,
• ...
• Flavia Angelini,
• Giovanni Ghirlanda,
• Andrea Flex

Radial artery pulse wave analysis for non-invasive assessment of coronary artery disease

• Dipak Kotecha,
• Gishel New,
• Peter Collins,
• ...
• Henry Krum,
• John Pepper,
• Marcus D. Flather