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3,700 | 7,532 | Third ventricle cavernous angioma: report of two cases.
Cavernous angioma arising in the third ventricle is an extremely rare disease.
We have reviewed five cases previously reported, as well as our own two cases, and discuss the clinical characteristics of and surgical approach to cavernous angioma at this site.
Th... | C14 |
3,701 | 2,143 | Combined orthopedic and vascular injury in the lower extremities: indications for amputation.
A retrospective review was undertaken to determine risk factors associated with amputation after open fractures of the lower extremity that were complicated by vascular injury.
During an 11-year period ending in December 198... | C14 |
3,702 | 3,153 | Possible mechanisms of abnormal norepinephrine sensitivity and reactivity of resistance vessels and the development of hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats. A hypothesis.
This study examined structural and functional changes of mesenteric resistance vessels in early, developing, and established stages of hy... | C14 |
3,703 | 4,387 | Plasma homocyst(e)ine levels in men with premature coronary artery disease.
Plasma homocyst(e)ine (that is, the sum of free and bound homocysteine and its oxidized forms, homocystine and homocysteine-cysteine mixed disulfide) levels were determined in 170 men (mean age +/- SD 50 +/- 7 years) with premature coronary ar... | C14 |
3,704 | 3,554 | The changing clinical spectrum of thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease).
Between 1970 and 1987, 112 patients were diagnosed as having thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO).
The age was 42 +/- 11 years (mean +/- SD; range, 20-75 years); 23% were women, and 7% were more than 60 years old when they were first diagno... | C14 |
3,705 | 780 | Plastic bullet arterial embolization following gunshot injury to the heart. Case report and review of the literature.
A plastic bullet penetrating the heart through the right ventricle embolized to the right profunda.
Suture of the heart and extraction of the bullet resulted in uneventful recovery.
The literature re... | C14 |
3,706 | 5,463 | Serial ultrasonographic evaluation of neonatal vein of Galen malformations to assess the efficacy of interventional neuroradiological procedures.
Two-dimensional echocardiography complemented with color-flow imaging and pulsed Doppler ultrasound was used to evaluate one fetus and five neonates with a vein of Galen mal... | C14 |
3,707 | 6,780 | Effect of intravenous streptokinase on early mortality in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. A meta-analysis by anatomic location of infarction [published erratum appears in Ann Intern Med 1991 Mar 15;114(6):522]
PURPOSE: To determine the effect of intravenous streptokinase on early mortality in pa... | C14 |
3,708 | 3,762 | Mechanism of intermittent preexcitation in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. The concept of electronically mediated conduction across an inexcitable gap.
A man with intermittent preexcitation in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is reported.
Once a sinus impulse was blocked in the accessory pathway, the block (ie,... | C14 |
3,709 | 467 | Effects of fish oil supplements in NIDDM subjects. Controlled study.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a fish oil preparation (MaxEPA) on hemostatic function and fasting lipid and glucose levels in non-insulin-dependent diabetic (NIDDM) subjects.
Eighty NIDDM outpatients aged 55.9 yr (mean SD 11.5 ... | C14 |
3,710 | 3,143 | Calcium and blood pressure. An epidemiologic perspective.
We reviewed the research literature on the epidemiologic relationship between blood pressure levels and calcium, with an emphasis on dietary intake.
A conceptual framework for causal inference is summarized; then the designs and results of observational and in... | C14 |
3,711 | 3,752 | The impact of right ventricular infarction on the prevalence of ventricular arrhythmias during acute inferior myocardial infarction.
To determine the impact of RV infarction on the prevalence and complexity of ventricular arrhythmias during inferior AMI, 57 patients with no prior MI were studied by 24-hour Holter moni... | C14 |
3,712 | 6,238 | Prognosis of acute myocardial infarction complicated by primary ventricular fibrillation. Principal Investigators of the SPRINT Study.
In 5,839 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), hospitalized between July 1981 and July 1983 in 14 coronary care units in Israel, the incidence of primary ventric... | C14 |
3,713 | 2,998 | Financial impact of a rapid CK-MB-specific immunoassay on the diagnosis of myocardial infarction.
The purpose of this study was twofold.
First, we evaluated the financial impact of a rapid, monoclonal antibody-based CK-MB mass assay (Stratus, Dade Division, Baxter Laboratories, Miami, Fla) for the direct measurement ... | C14 |
3,714 | 5,137 | Indirect revascularization of the lower extremity by means of microvascular free-muscle flap--a preliminary report.
We describe the treatment of a patient with end-stage peripheral vascular disease and ischemic ulceration of the lower extremity in whom an obliteration of the distal arterial bed precluded conventional ... | C14 |
3,715 | 8,215 | Production of thrombi on intact endothelium by use of antiheparin agents in vivo.
It had been suggested that antithrombin activity on the surface of intact endothelial cells may play a role in inhibiting platelet adhesion and thrombus formation.
The antithrombin activity may be due to thrombomodulin or to activation ... | C14 |
3,716 | 6,185 | Coronary angioplasty in symptomatic patients after bypass surgery.
With the availability of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), the management of patients who present with recurrent angina following coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) has changed.
From January 1987 to December 1988, 149 symptomat... | C14 |
3,717 | 4,427 | Results of the arterial switch operation in patients with transposition of the great arteries and abnormalities of the mitral valve or left ventricular outflow tract.
Between January 1983 and October 1989, 290 patients underwent an arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries; 30 (10.3%) of the pa... | C14 |
3,718 | 6,663 | Survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: recommendations for uniform definitions and data to report.
Survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest vary widely among locations.
We surveyed the definitions used in published studies of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Data from 74 studies involving 36 com... | C14 |
3,719 | 6,677 | Transtelephonic defibrillation.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: This study was undertaken to assess the safety and reliability of a device for transtelephonic defibrillation.
DESIGN: The transtelephonic system consists of a patient unit and a base station.
The patient unit contains a monitor-defibrillator, electrode pads, microph... | C14 |
3,720 | 2,304 | Left ventricular dilatation and pulmonary thallium uptake after single-photon emission computer tomography using thallium-201 during adenosine-induced coronary hyperemia.
This study examined the implications of left ventricular (LV) dilatation and increased pulmonary thallium uptake during adenosine-induced coronary h... | C14 |
3,721 | 2,466 | Prevention of renal disease and conservation of renal function.
In summary, we have reviewed some of the most frequently encountered areas of prevention of renal failure in the elderly.
They include obstruction, hypertension, drug interaction, and inappropriate use of drugs and the silent killer of the elderly, renal... | C14 |
3,722 | 4,414 | Detection of restenosis after successful coronary angioplasty: improved clinical decision making with use of a logistic model combining procedural and follow-up variables.
A prospective study of 111 patients who underwent repeat coronary angiography and exercise thallium-201 scintigraphy 6 +/- 2 months after complete ... | C14 |
3,723 | 2,301 | Sensitivity of a set of myocardial infarction screening criteria in patients with anatomically documented single and multiple infarcts.
A subset of 3 screening criteria (Q wave greater than or equal to 30 ms in lead aVF, any Q or R wave less than or equal to 10 ms and less than or equal to 0.1 mV in lead V2, and R wav... | C14 |
3,724 | 2,308 | Long-term follow-up in patients with incessant ventricular tachycardia.
Seventeen patients with coronary artery disease, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy or no organic heart disease who presented with incessant ventricular tachycardia (VT) were studied and followed for a mean period of 51 +/- 35 months.
In these pat... | C14 |
3,725 | 7,473 | Penetrating aortic ulcers: diagnosis with MR imaging.
The authors studied seven patients with penetrating aortic ulcers with use of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
All patients were evaluated for acute chest symptoms, and the presence of aortic ulcers was confirmed by means of angiography in all seven patients.
Fiv... | C14 |
3,726 | 7,572 | Use of auscultation to follow patients with mitral systolic clicks and murmurs.
Mitral systolic clicks and murmurs together with associated symptoms constitute a major reason for cardiologic referral.
Although echocardiography with Doppler study enables characterization of the mitral valve apparatus and quantificatio... | C14 |
3,727 | 9,655 | Cardiovascular response of a continuous variable rate alfentanil infusion for abdominal aortic surgery.
A prospective study was undertaken to determine the cardiovascular response of a continuous alfentanil infusion during abdominal aortic surgery (AAS).
Each subject (n = 20) received a beta-blocking drug preoperativ... | C14 |
3,728 | 2,569 | Oral contraceptives and myocardial infarction.
The risk of myocardial infarction in contraceptive users is limited to women over 35 years of age who smoke.
The cause of myocardial infarction in oral contraceptive users is thrombotic and not atherosclerotic.
Minor lipid changes have no clinical relevance to myocardia... | C14 |
3,729 | 2,408 | Heart weights of white men 20 to 39 years of age. An analysis of 218 autopsy cases.
Review of autopsy data for 218 white men between 20 and 39 years of age who died of injuries or suddenly and unexpectedly indicated a mean heart weight of 371 g.
The mean for those dying of external causes was 364 g whereas the mean f... | C14 |
3,730 | 2,320 | Transient left ventricular filling abnormalities (diastolic stunning) after acute myocardial infarction.
A variety of experimental studies suggest that diastolic left ventricular (LV) function changes after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but limited data exist on these changes in humans.
To assess diastolic filli... | C14 |
3,731 | 8,553 | New calcium antagonists: relevance of vasoselectivity.
The calcium antagonists are a heterogeneous class of drugs used to treat a number of cardiovascular disorders.
A new generation of calcium antagonists under development have a higher degree of selectivity for vascular smooth muscle and coronary vasculature compar... | C14 |
3,732 | 7,739 | Diagnostic echocardiographic features of the sinus venosus defect.
To establish the diagnostic criteria for a sinus venosus atrial septal defect cross sectional echocardiograms, cineangiograms, and surgical notes of all patients with this diagnosis seen at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh between 1986 and 1988 we... | C14 |
3,733 | 7,385 | Scatter photocoagulation restores tissue hypoxia in experimental vasoproliferative microangiopathy in miniature pigs.
Experimental retinal branch vein occlusion using argon laser photocoagulation in miniature pigs induced the development of ischemic retinal territories associated with preretinal neovascularization.
P... | C14 |
3,734 | 2,319 | Anatomic correlations of the long-axis views in biplane transesophageal echocardiography.
The number of views obtainable during transesophageal echocardiography (TE) has been limited by the fixed position of the transducer at the end of the probe.
This has confined standard TE studies to short-axis tomography of the ... | C14 |
3,735 | 2,348 | Percutaneous excimer laser coronary angioplasty.
To determine the efficacy of percutaneous excimer laser coronary angioplasty as an adjunct or alternative to conventional balloon angioplasty, 55 patients were studied in a multicenter trial.
These patients underwent the procedure using a modification of conventional b... | C14 |
3,736 | 3,560 | Right ventricular function and metabolism.
Right ventricular protection may be limited with current methods of cardioplegic delivery.
Sensitive measurements of right and left ventricular function and metabolism were made in 30 patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery with cold cardioplegic arrest.
... | C14 |
3,737 | 4,029 | Atrial fibrillation in the elderly: management update.
Non-valvular atrial fibrillation is associated with a markedly increased risk of embolic stroke in elderly persons.
Evidence is accumulating that anticoagulation with warfarin or aspirin may be effective in reducing this risk. | C14 |
3,738 | 8,032 | Thromboxane A2 and development of genetic hypertension in the Lyon rat strain.
To determine whether the increased renal biosynthesis of thromboxane A2 observed in young genetically hypertensive rats of the Lyon strain could be involved in the development of their hypertension, Lyon hypertensive female rats received ei... | C14 |
3,739 | 6,215 | Application of time series analysis to circadian rhythms: effect of beta-adrenergic blockade upon heart rate and transient myocardial ischemia.
Circadian variations of transient myocardial ischemia and heart rate have been identified, but the rhythms and their response to beta blockade have not been fully characterize... | C14 |
3,740 | 9,493 | Novacor left ventricular assist filling and ejection in the presence of device complications.
In order to better understand the relationship among certain device related complications and Novacor left ventricular assist system (LVAS) pumping parameters, a Mock Circulatory Loop was utilized to simulate the following cl... | C14 |
3,741 | 4,188 | Total knee arthroplasty in obese patients.
We examined 182 patients (257 knees) who had had a total knee arthroplasty two to five six years earlier.
The patients were grouped into five weight classes.
Eighteen patients (twenty-seven knees) were considered moderately obese and twelve patients (twenty-seven knees), se... | C14 |
3,742 | 7,562 | Angiographic progression to total coronary occlusion in hyperlipidemic patients after acute myocardial infarction. POSCH Group.
The progression of coronary artery stenosis to total occlusion was assessed in 413 hyperlipidemic patients with a previous myocardial infarction.
Coronary angiograms were recorded at baselin... | C14 |
3,743 | 6,616 | No finding of increased myocardial ischemia during or after carotid endarterectomy under anesthesia with nitrous oxide.
Nitrous oxide (N2O) has been implicated as a cause of myocardial ischemia.
We investigated whether substitution of N2O for a portion of the anesthesia supplied by isoflurane increased myocardial isc... | C14 |
3,744 | 4,928 | The costs of prevention.
A prevention program is cost-effective if it yields more health benefits than do alternative uses of health care resources.
Some prevention programs meet this standard: either they actually save more health care resources than they utilize, or their net costs per healthy year of life gained a... | C14 |
3,745 | 3,558 | Factors affecting survival in total artificial heart recipients before transplantation.
To identify factors affecting the successful bridge to transplantation, experience with 32 recipients of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart was reviewed.
Between patients with and without a successful bridge, there were no significant ... | C14 |
3,746 | 8,704 | Non-invasive monitoring of finger arterial pressure in patients with Raynaud's phenomenon: effects of exposure to cold.
We studied the effects of exposure to cold on finger arterial pressure (FAP) measured by a finger arterial pressure monitor in 15 patients with Raynaud's phenomenon and in 15 healthy volunteers.
The... | C14 |
3,747 | 9,155 | Recanalization of chronic total coronary arterial occlusions by percutaneous excimer-laser and laser-assisted angioplasty.
A low primary success and high restenosis rate after recanalization of chronic total occlusions by conventional coronary angioplasty have encouraged the application of new interventional technique... | C14 |
3,748 | 9,350 | Pulmonary capillaritis and glomerulonephritis in an antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive patient with prior granulomatous aortitis.
A 59-year-old man showed asynchronous development of noninfectious granulomatous aortitis with aneurysm, followed 9 months later by pulmonary capillaritis and glomerulonephritis i... | C14 |
3,749 | 6,024 | Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating mitral valve replacement in a 4-year-old child with acute bacterial endocarditis.
A 4-year-old child with acute bacterial endocarditis required mitral valve replacement.
A left ventricular pseudoaneurysm developed following surgery.
The etiology and diagnosis of this comp... | C14 |
3,750 | 2,767 | An evaluation of cocaine-induced chest pain
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine if enzymatic evidence of acute myocardial injury is present in patients complaining of chest pain after cocaine use when the ECG is normal or nondiagnostic.
DESIGN: Serial ECG and creatinine kinase (CK) and CK isoenzymes (CK-ISO) determination... | C14 |
3,751 | 4,114 | Effects of supplemental oxygen administration in an infant with pulmonary artery hypertension.
In patients with pulmonary disease, pulmonary artery hypertension often occurs as a result of pulmonary artery vasoconstriction, primarily from hypoxia and alveolar hypotension.
In this report we describe the hemodynamic ef... | C14 |
3,752 | 6,857 | Unusual opening of coronary sinus in atrioventricular septal defects.
The coronary sinus is an important landmark for the position of the atrial component of the atrioventricular conduction axis and, thus, assumes special relevance to the surgeon in the operating room.
We describe here 2 patients with atrioventricula... | C14 |
3,753 | 6,862 | Prolonged extracorporeal life support of pediatric and adolescent cardiac transplant patients.
Options for mechanical support of pediatric patients with severe heart failure who are awaiting transplantation or have undergone transplantation are limited.
This report examines 3 patients placed on extracorporeal life su... | C14 |
3,754 | 2,363 | Comparison of frequency of late potentials in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and ischemic cardiomyopathy with advanced congestive heart failure and their usefulness in predicting sudden death.
Signal-averaged electrocardiograms were obtained in 62 consecutive patients with advanced congestive heart failure (CHF) un... | C14 |
3,755 | 2,317 | Pharmacology of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors as a guide to their use in congestive heart failure.
The pharmacokinetics of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are difficult to assess for several reasons.
First, these compounds exert their influence by inhibiting an intermediary enzyme of a c... | C14 |
3,756 | 5,235 | Studies of controlled reperfusion after ischemia. XVIII. Reperfusion conditions: attenuation of the regional ischemic effect by temporary total vented bypass before controlled reperfusion.
This study tests the hypothesis that total vented bypass can attenuate the regional ischemic effect during a defined time interval... | C14 |
3,757 | 3,786 | Retroperitoneal air after routine hemorrhoidectomy. Report of a case.
Retroperitoneal air as a complication after routine hemorrhoidectomy has not been reported in the literature.
This occurred recently after hemorrhoidectomy in a 34-year-old patient receiving glucocorticoid therapy for rheumatoid arthritis.
Adverse... | C14 |
3,758 | 917 | Coronary angioplasty in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction.
The applications for coronary angioplasty have greatly expanded and the procedure is now increasingly used in complex and potentially high risk conditions.
This report describes the short- and long-term effects of coronary angioplasty in 61 pa... | C14 |
3,759 | 2,421 | Sudden death due to right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
A 21-year-old man died suddenly at a small party.
He had had no clinical signs of cardiac disease except for a slightly abnormal electrocardiogram (occasional premature ventricular contractions) since he was 15 years of age.
Autopsy examination revealed cardiomeg... | C14 |
3,760 | 6,320 | Disproportionate septal hypertrophy associated with erythroblastosis fetalis.
We retrospectively reviewed clinical and echocardiographic data on 10 newborns with erythroblastosis fetalis who were admitted to our nurseries between 1984 and 1988 and who required a double-volume exchange transfusion and neonatal intensiv... | C14 |
3,761 | 4,536 | Ultrasound-Doppler diagnosis of Budd-Chiari syndrome.
We report a case of apparently idiopathic Budd-Chiari syndrome, diagnosed by ultrasound and Doppler sonography, in a patient with latent myeloproliferative disease.
This case proves that Doppler sonography shows in the hepatic veins a flow pattern suggestive of pa... | C14 |
3,762 | 2,332 | Changes in circulating norepinephrine with hemofiltration in advanced congestive heart failure.
In congestive heart failure (CHF), hemofiltration is associated with an obvious decrease in circulating norepinephrine.
This method was used for investigating the mechanisms whereby plasma norepinephrine is increased in ch... | C14 |
3,763 | 2,326 | Early postoperative balloon coronary angioplasty for failed coronary artery bypass grafting.
In a small number of patients, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) fails to relieve anginal symptoms.
The usefulness of coronary angioplasty for the treatment of early (less than or equal to 90 days) recurrent ischemia aft... | C14 |
3,764 | 3,271 | Lobular pattern of choriocapillaris in pre-eclampsia with aldosteronism.
We report a case of geographic or mosaic pattern yellowish opaque foci in the left eye of a 36-year-old woman who suffered from severe pre-eclampsia.
Though the geographic lesions resulted in chorioretinal atrophy, the mosaic lesion led to no si... | C14 |
3,765 | 2,354 | Aortic calcified plaques and cardiovascular disease (the Framingham Study).
The relation between the presence of calcified plaques in the thoracic aorta, as detected on chest x-rays, and the development of cardiovascular disease is examined during 12 years of follow-up of the Framingham cohort (n = 5,209).
The preval... | C14 |
3,766 | 5,392 | Long-term outcome after surgical repair of isolated atrial septal defect. Follow-up at 27 to 32 years
BACKGROUND.
Atrial septal defects have been surgically correctable for more than 30 years.
The long-term survival rates among patients treated in the early era of cardiac surgery are poorly documented, but such dat... | C14 |
3,767 | 9,537 | Early and late tamponade with the Novacor left ventricular assist system.
Cardiac tamponade can be a major complication after implantation of the Novacor left ventricular assist system (LVAS).
Between 1987 and 1989, 14 patients received an LVAS as a bridge to cardiac transplantation: 3 developed early tamponade (33 +... | C14 |
3,768 | 8,563 | The placebo effect in heart failure.
Many patients who are enrolled in controlled clinical trials of new drugs for the treatment of heart failure show favorable hemodynamic and clinical responses to placebo therapy.
This "placebo effect" results from both the creation of a supportive therapeutic environment and the s... | C14 |
3,769 | 6,016 | Arteriovenous malformation of the tongue.
Polyvinyl alcohol particles used to embolize an arteriovenous malformation of the tongue were only temporarily successful.
Additional embolization therapy was necessary and was complicated by ischemic ulcers of the tongue.
We conclude that embolization therapy can be used, b... | C14 |
3,770 | 5,693 | Potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias. Minimizing the danger.
Patients with potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias are at an increased risk of sudden death.
Antiarrhythmic drugs, with the exception of beta blockers and possibly amiodarone, have not been particularly effective in reducing mortality.
Beta blo... | C14 |
3,771 | 2,742 | Successful direct PTCA on LAD after first episode of acute myocardial infarction: does it improve cardiac function?
Patients who received direct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) after acute mycardial infarction and maintained potency but with unimproved cardiac function were studied.
In 15 patien... | C14 |
3,772 | 4,777 | Resistance to ischaemia of small afferent nerve fibres in diabetes mellitus.
Thermal thresholds were measured in the left forearms of 26 healthy subjects and 10 patients with diabetes mellitus during ischaemic compression block.
During the period when ischaemic block of large fibres caused paraesthesia and loss of to... | C14 |
3,773 | 7,528 | Regional ischemia in cerebral venous hypertension due to embolic occlusion of the superior sagittal sinus in the rat.
To determine the pathophysiological changes in brain tissue that characterize damage following cerebral venous hypertension, a model of cerebral venous hypertension in the rat was devised.
This experi... | C14 |
3,774 | 3,131 | From the parallel group design to the crossover design, and from the group approach to the individual approach.
The consequences of heterogeneity in response to antihypertensive drugs for the clinical development programs of new antihypertensive drugs and for the care of the individual hypertensive patient have not pr... | C14 |
3,775 | 7,332 | Atheroemboli to the lower urinary tract: a marker of atherosclerotic vascular disease--a case report.
Atheroemboli to the lower genitourinary tract may serve as a marker for disseminated atheroembolic disease, a highly lethal condition.
A case presentation and review of our institional experience is presented. | C14 |
3,776 | 2,474 | Diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are chronic medical conditions that frequently coexist.
In the United States, it is estimated that 10 million persons suffer from diabetes mellitus, 60 million from hypertension, and 3 million from the combination of the two.
There may be a causa... | C14 |
3,777 | 7,108 | Resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest by ambulance staff with extended training in West Yorkshire
OBJECTIVE--To investigate the results of resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest by ambulance staff with extended training in West Yorkshire.
DESIGN--Study of all such attempts at resuscitation over 32 mon... | C14 |
3,778 | 2,322 | Functional status after coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
Two cohorts of consecutive patients of comparable age with similar preprocedure cardiac function who underwent either coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG; n = 106) or percutaneous transluminal coronary angiopl... | C14 |
3,779 | 3,124 | Effects of n-3 fatty acids in essential hypertension.
We examined the effects on blood pressure, plasma lipoproteins, and platelet function when marine oil supplements (rich in n-3 fatty acids) or vegetable oil supplements (rich in n-6 fatty acids) were added to the usual diets of patients with mild essential hyperten... | C14 |
3,780 | 8,291 | Hypoplastic transverse arch and coarctation in neonates. Surgical reconstruction of the aortic arch: a study of sixty-six patients.
From Jan.
1, 1983, to Jan.
1, 1988, 66 consecutive neonates with coarctation and severe hypoplasia of the transverse arch underwent coarctation repair by resection of the coarctation an... | C14 |
3,781 | 920 | Prognostic importance of the serum magnesium concentration in patients with congestive heart failure.
Magnesium abnormalities are common in patients with congestive heart failure but the clinical and prognostic significance of an abnormal serum magnesium concentration in this disorder has not been investigated.
There... | C14 |
3,782 | 7,349 | A single cholesterol measurement underestimates the risk of coronary heart disease. An empirical example from the Lipid Research Clinics Mortality Follow-up Study.
In prospective epidemiologic studies of coronary heart disease, a single measurement of cholesterol is made to assess its relationship to the risk of coron... | C14 |
3,783 | 926 | Accuracy of prospective two-dimensional/Doppler echocardiography in the assessment of reparative surgery.
Between January 1987 and January 1989, all 129 patients (aged 11 days to 25 years, median 39 months) undergoing both an echocardiographic examination and cardiac catheterization after reparative surgery were prosp... | C14 |
3,784 | 3,549 | Progressive coronary luminal narrowing after cardiac transplantation.
Accelerated coronary disease is a major factor limiting long-term survival in cardiac transplant recipients.
Coronary angiography was obtained a mean of 5.1 weeks posttransplantation and annually thereafter.
Replicate projections recorded after ni... | C14 |
3,785 | 7,197 | Pathogenesis of hyperadrenergic orthostatic hypotension. Evidence of disordered venous innervation exclusively in the lower limbs.
The pathogenesis of hyperadrenergic orthostatic hypotension was studied in eight patients.
Correction of the abnormal orthostatic changes by an inflated pressure suit (MAST) confirmed pre... | C14 |
3,786 | 2,300 | Impact of field-transmitted electrocardiography on time to in-hospital thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction.
To assess the impact of a field-transmitted electrocardiogram (ECG) on patients with possible acute myocardial infarction, randomized and open trials were performed with a portable electrocardiog... | C14 |
3,787 | 361 | Hemodynamic and metabolic effects of dobutamine in 18 patients after open heart surgery.
Low cardiac output syndrome frequently follows cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery.
In the present study, we used dobutamine to increase cardiac index (CI) and oxygen delivery (DO2) in 18 patients after open heart surgery.
Usin... | C14 |
3,788 | 2,342 | Simultaneous measurement of myocardial perfusion and ventricular function during exercise from a single injection of technetium-99m sestamibi in coronary artery disease.
New radiopharmaceuticals permit simultaneous assessment of myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function using a single tracer injection.
The p... | C14 |
3,789 | 8,558 | Regional blood flow supply and demand in heart failure.
Heart failure results not only in a fall in cardiac output but also in a redistribution of blood flow favoring some regional beds (the brain and the heart) at the expense of others (the kidney and working skeletal muscle).
The chronic resting hypoperfusion of st... | C14 |
3,790 | 2,961 | Polytetrafluoroethylene graft for spontaneous coronary dissection: 7-year follow-up.
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection remains an exceedingly rare cause of myocardial ischemia.
The patients are usually young and female, and the dissection is frequently fatal.
The use of polytetrafluoroethylene as an aortocorona... | C14 |
3,791 | 7,121 | Sotalol versus quinidine for the maintenance of sinus rhythm after direct current conversion of atrial fibrillation
This open, parallel-group study compares quinidine and sotalol treatment for maintenance of sinus rhythm after direct current conversion of patients with chronic atrial fibrillation.
The patients from ... | C14 |
3,792 | 4,411 | Direct visualization of ruptured chordae tendineae by transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiography.
To determine the value of transesophageal echocardiography in the detection of ruptured chordae tendineae, 28 patients who had surgical therapy for pure mitral regurgitation were evaluated prospectively by conventio... | C14 |
3,793 | 7,447 | Embolization with particles in thoracic intramedullary arteriovenous malformations: long-term angiographic and clinical results.
To evaluate the long-term results of endovascular treatment with particles in the management of thoracic intramedullary arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), the authors retrospectively review... | C14 |
3,794 | 4,119 | Effect of activity on supraventricular tachyarrhythmias after coronary artery bypass surgery.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate patient activities, professional staff activities, backrest position, and diurnal variations as factors that may contribute to the onset of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias (SVT) aft... | C14 |
3,795 | 5,387 | The agent of bacillary angiomatosis. An approach to the identification of uncultured pathogens
BACKGROUND.
Bacillary angiomatosis is an infectious disease causing proliferation of small blood vessels in the skin and visceral organs of patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection and other immunocompromised h... | C14 |
3,796 | 2,128 | Effect of diltiazem and thromboxane A2 synthetase inhibitor (OKY-046) on vessels following experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage.
In order to examine the functional changes in the vascular smooth muscle, the effects of a thromboxane A2 synthetase inhibitor (OKY-046) and a calcium channel blocker (diltiazem) on vessels ... | C14 |
3,797 | 2,952 | Use of the variable-length intraluminal sutureless graft.
From August 1987 to May 1988 we treated 4 patients with acute ascending aortic dissections with a variable-length intraluminal aortic prosthesis.
This operation uses profound hypothermic circulatory arrest and represents a refinement of existing techniques.
T... | C14 |
3,798 | 7,731 | Streptococcal endocarditis temporally related to transesophageal echocardiography.
A case of streptococcal sanguis endocarditis temporally related to a transesophageal echocardiogram is reported; and the literature on the incidence of bacteremia occurring during transesophageal echocardiography is reviewed.
On the ba... | C14 |
3,799 | 2,942 | Cor triatriatum: clinical presentation and surgical results in 12 patients.
Twelve patients with cor triatriatum have been seen at our institution since 1979.
The clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, and surgical results are outlined in this retrospective review.
Operation is the treatment of choice for thi... | C14 |
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