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3,800 | 4,416 | Serial left ventricular performance evaluated by cardiac catheterization before, immediately after and at 6 months after balloon aortic valvuloplasty.
Although impaired ventricular function has been shown to improve after aortic valve replacement, there are few data on hemodynamic changes after balloon aortic valvulop... | C14 |
3,801 | 6,181 | Left ventricular asynchrony: an indicator of regional myocardial dysfunction.
There is a marked heterogeneity of myocardial wall thickening within the left ventricle and among different individuals.
It is therefore difficult to detect regional myocardial dysfunction from absolute values of systolic wall thickening.
... | C14 |
3,802 | 3,481 | Nonuniform regional deformation of the pericardium during the cardiac cycle in dogs.
We hypothesized that local contact forces between the pericardium and the heart cause regional variation in pericardial deformation during the cardiac cycle, reflecting volume changes of the underlying cardiac chambers.
To test this,... | C14 |
3,803 | 9,276 | Circulating plasma platelet activating factor in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.
Platelet activating factor (PAF) is an endogenous phospholipid mediator that causes pulmonary hypertension and thrombocytopenia in experimental animal models.
To investigate circulating PAF in persistent pulmonary hyper... | C14 |
3,804 | 6,660 | Hemodynamic determinants of subdiaphragmatic venous return during closed-chest CPR in a canine cardiac arrest model.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the hemodynamic determinates of peripheral subdiaphragmatic venous-to-right-heart return during closed-chest CPR.
MODEL: Seven anesthetized dogs subjected to electrically induced v... | C14 |
3,805 | 600 | Push-enteroscopy for diagnosis of patients with gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure origin.
Push-enteroscopy using a disinfected colonoscope was performed on 39 patients with gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure origin.
Our results show that: (1) A high percentage of patients (38%) have pathological lesions responsi... | C14 |
3,806 | 7,009 | Diffusing capacity of the lung and nifedipine in systemic sclerosis.
Lung involvement in systemic sclerosis may be due in part to a functional abnormality of the pulmonary vasculature.
To investigate the possible role of a pulmonary vasospastic process in this disorder, 21 non-smoking patients who had no evidence of ... | C14 |
3,807 | 353 | Use of a computerized closed-loop sodium nitroprusside titration system for antihypertensive treatment after open heart surgery.
This study evaluates the clinical applicability of administering sodium nitroprusside by a closed-loop titration system compared with a manually adjusted system.
The mean arterial pressure ... | C14 |
3,808 | 8,540 | Immediate and follow-up results of balloon angioplasty of postoperative recoarctation in infants and children.
The purpose of this article is to present immediate and follow-up results of balloon angioplasty of aortic recoarctations following previous surgery in infants and children.
During a 45-month period that end... | C14 |
3,809 | 7,130 | Effect of epinephrine and lidocaine therapy on outcome after cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation.
One hundred ninety-nine patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest persisted in ventricular fibrillation after the first defibrillation attempt and were then randomly assigned to receive either epinephrine or... | C14 |
3,810 | 2,461 | Dialysis considerations in the elderly patient.
This brief review discusses several aspects of dialytic care pertinent to the older dialysis patient.
Heart disease, nutrition, and the quality of life for these patients are considered. | C14 |
3,811 | 6,926 | Acute autonomic neuropathy. Two cases and a clinical review.
Acute autonomic neuropathy is an uncommon syndrome, usually affecting healthy young people.
Presentation is often dramatic and initial misdiagnosis is common.
We describe two young women with acute autonomic neuropathy who presented with gastrointestinal i... | C14 |
3,812 | 6,907 | Malignant thymoma presenting as intracardiac tumor and superior vena caval obstruction.
A case of malignant thymoma with intracardiac infiltration and intrinsic superior vena caval obstruction due to the tumor is reported.
Intracardiac invasion by a thymoma is rare and for this reason is believed worthy of a report. | C14 |
3,813 | 7,125 | Functional chiral asymmetry in descending thoracic aorta
To determine whether rotational blood flow or chiral asymmetry exists in the human descending thoracic aorta, we established the ability of color Doppler ultrasound to detect rotational flow in a tornado tube model of a vortex descending fluid column.
In a mod... | C14 |
3,814 | 2,374 | Documentation of the effective length of action of antihypertensive treatment.
The technique of automated ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring offers an innovative means for measuring BP throughout the 24-hour period.
Recently available compact monitoring instruments have been shown to be accurate and to provide... | C14 |
3,815 | 9,758 | Increased rat cardiac angiotensin converting enzyme activity and mRNA expression in pressure overload left ventricular hypertrophy. Effects on coronary resistance, contractility, and relaxation.
We compared the activity and physiologic effects of cardiac angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) using isovolumic hearts from... | C14 |
3,816 | 2,824 | Clinical course of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated glomerulonephritis and systemic vasculitis. The Glomerular Disease Collaborative Network
OBJECTIVES: To determine the spectrum of clinical manifestations in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated glomerulonephriti... | C14 |
3,817 | 9,128 | Femorofemoral bypass: a profile of graft failure.
We have reviewed our experience with 71 patients who had a femorofemoral bypass for unilateral iliac artery occlusion or stenosis.
We analyzed morbidity, mortality, initial relief of symptoms, early patency, and long-term primary and secondary patency; and we attempte... | C14 |
3,818 | 8,538 | The estimation of post-test probability of coronary disease following exercise testing using the sequential application of two Bayesian methods.
Recent studies have revealed that Bayesian methods to estimate post-test probability following exercise testing differ in their sensitivity and specificity across the range o... | C14 |
3,819 | 55 | Cardiac catheterisation with 5 French catheters.
From the beginning of November 1987 to the end of January 1989, 526 coronary arteriograms and left ventricular angiograms were performed with 5 French coronary catheters.
In 448 (85%) patients diagnostic pictures were obtained with three standard types of 5 French cath... | C14 |
3,820 | 6,752 | Normal angiograms and carotid pathology.
Nonstenotic ulcerated atherosclerotic plaques of the carotid arteries may be associated with symptoms of transient ischemic attacks, amaurosis fugax, and stroke.
Preoperative evaluation of patients with these symptoms has traditionally included ultrasound and arch aortography ... | C14 |
3,821 | 916 | Changes in left ventricular diastolic performance after aortic balloon valvuloplasty: acute and late effects
To evaluate acute and follow-up changes in left ventricular diastolic performance, simultaneous digital left ventriculography and micromanometry were performed in 49 patients undergoing aortic balloon valvulop... | C14 |
3,822 | 4,077 | Close correlation of intra-abdominal fat accumulation to hypertension in obese women.
The relation between intra-abdominal visceral fat accumulation and blood pressure was investigated in 67 obese women (mean body mass index, 33.6 +/- 3.1; average age, 50 +/- 11 years).
As an index of intra-abdominal fat accumulation... | C14 |
3,823 | 8,551 | Pericardial effusion in primary hypothyroidism.
Pericardial effusion is reported to occur in 30% to 80% of subjects with hypothyroidism.
However, these earlier studies were conducted when the diagnosis of hypothyroidism was only suspected and was confirmed only in the presence of classic clinical features.
In contra... | C14 |
3,824 | 9,823 | Early readmission of elderly patients with congestive heart failure.
Repetitive hospitalizations are a major health problem in elderly patients with chronic disease, accounting for up to one fourth of all inpatient Medicare expenditures.
Congestive heart failure, one of the most common indications for hospitalization... | C14 |
3,825 | 8,541 | Clinical evaluation of high-frequency (ultrasonic) mechanical debridement in the surgical treatment of calcific aortic stenosis.
Repair of aortic valve stenosis due to calcific degeneration may lead to hemodynamic and clinical improvement without the problems inherent with prosthetic valves.
We have evaluated the use... | C14 |
3,826 | 7,973 | Recognition of hypertension and abnormal blood pressure burden with ambulatory blood pressure recordings in type I diabetes mellitus.
Ambulatory blood pressure (AMBP) measurements were obtained at 20-min intervals for 24 h in 25 subjects with insulin-dependent (type I) diabetes mellitus and 21 control subjects.
The d... | C14 |
3,827 | 8,566 | Role of echocardiography in acute myocardial infarction.
Interventional therapies such as thrombolytic agents, angioplasty and surgery have emerged as important options in the management of patients with myocardial infarction.
These therapies are aimed at improving myocardial perfusion with the ultimate improvement o... | C14 |
3,828 | 2,597 | Accelerated arteriosclerosis in heart transplant recipients is associated with a T-lymphocyte-mediated endothelialitis.
Accelerated arteriosclerosis has emerged as a major life-threatening complication in long-term survivors of heart transplantation.
It has been proposed that accelerated arteriosclerosis is an immune... | C14 |
3,829 | 9,224 | Arterial abnormalities of the hand in athletes.
Vascular lesions of the hand may be seen in athletes exposed to repetitive blunt trauma.
Thirteen athletes seen from 1983 to 1988 experienced symptoms related to hand ischemia.
Nine were professional baseball catchers.
The majority of patients complained of chronic sy... | C14 |
3,830 | 5,186 | Nephron function in the early phase of ischemic renal failure. Significance of erythrocyte trapping.
Trapping of red blood cells (RBCs) in renal medulla vasculature in postischemic acute renal failure (ARF) was found to depend upon the length of the ischemic period.
Thus trapping occurred after 45 minutes but not 25 ... | C14 |
3,831 | 4,084 | Enalapril and renal injury in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Rats of the spontaneously hypertensive strain develop kidney damage that resembles the nephropathy seen in some cases of human essential hypertension.
Previous studies with a triple drug antihypertensive regimen indicated that proteinuria and glomerular h... | C14 |
3,832 | 7,477 | Iliac artery stenosis and occlusion: preliminary results of treatment with Gianturco expandable metallic stents.
Ten patients with atherosclerotic stenosis or occlusion of the iliac artery were treated with Gianturco expandable metallic stents.
In the five cases of stenosis, only balloon dilation was performed prior ... | C14 |
3,833 | 7,617 | Cardiogenic hepatorenal syndrome.
A variant of hepatorenal syndrome occurring in patients with chronic congestive heart failure following an episode of cardiogenic pulmonary edema, and in the absence of hypotension, is described.
This was observed in 13 patients during an eleven-year period.
The clinical picture is ... | C14 |
3,834 | 929 | Myocardial amiodarone and desethylamiodarone concentrations in patients undergoing cardiac transplantation.
Myocardial amiodarone and desethylamiodarone concentrations were measured at multiple sites in the explanted heart in four patients who underwent cardiac transplantation.
Patients were taking amiodarone, 200 to... | C14 |
3,835 | 7,148 | Restenosis after balloon angioplasty. A practical proliferative model in porcine coronary arteries.
A model of proliferative human restenosis was developed in domestic pigs by using deep injury to the coronary arterial media.
Metal wire coils were delivered percutaneously to the coronary arteries of 11 pigs with an o... | C14 |
3,836 | 919 | Natural history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the elderly.
The prognosis of patients diagnosed as having hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at advanced age has not been well defined.
This study details follow-up information obtained for 95 patients initially diagnosed as having hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at age greater... | C14 |
3,837 | 2,124 | Response of spinal cord blood flow and motor and sensory evoked potentials to aortic ligation.
To produce spinal cord ischemia in the lamb, ligation of the thoracic aorta was performed for 15, 30, and 45 minutes in three animals each.
Spinal cord blood flow and motor and sensory evoked potentials were measured before... | C14 |
3,838 | 7,011 | IgG and IgA antibodies to the collagen-like region of C1q in rheumatoid vasculitis.
We investigated the presence of IgG and IgA antibodies to C1q in serum samples from 80 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 31 patients with rheumatoid vasculitis, and 80 healthy controls.
IgG and IgA antibodies to C1q, as measure... | C14 |
3,839 | 8,550 | Effects of xamoterol on inotropic and lusitropic properties of the human myocardium and on adenylate cyclase activity.
The purpose of the present study was to characterize the effects of xamoterol in the human myocardium.
In the presence of forskolin or milrinone, xamoterol increased isometric force of contraction, c... | C14 |
3,840 | 6,852 | Clinical performance of St. Jude and Medtronic-Hall prostheses: a randomized comparative study.
Newer and improved models of mechanical prostheses are regularly added to surgeons' armamentarium.
This study was designed to compare the clinical performance of two of the most used current models of mechanical prostheses... | C14 |
3,841 | 7,183 | Noncoordinate regulation of alpha-1 adrenoreceptor coupling and reexpression of alpha skeletal actin in myocardial infarction-induced left ventricular failure in rats.
To determine the effects of myocardial infarction-induced left ventricular failure on the regulation of surface alpha-1 adrenoreceptors and signal tran... | C14 |
3,842 | 2,617 | Panic disorder and cardiovascular/cerebrovascular problems: results from a community survey.
Follow-up studies of psychiatric patients with panic disorder have shown an abnormally high mortality rate in men due to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events.
The authors report that in the New Haven portion of the Epide... | C14 |
3,843 | 3,747 | Abnormal hemodynamic response to Valsalva maneuver in patients with atrial septal defect evaluated by Doppler echocardiography.
Hemodynamic responses to the Valsalva maneuver were studied in eight healthy subjects (group 1) and eight patients with ASD (group 2) using Doppler echocardiography.
The acute changes of aor... | C14 |
3,844 | 9,526 | Hemodynamic effects of a new right ventricular assist device.
A right ventricular assist device (VAD) based on the principle of counterpulsation has been developed at our institution.
The device is a valveless, pneumatically actuated, 40 cc, sac-type pump, with a single inlet-outlet port.
For right ventricular suppo... | C14 |
3,845 | 6,070 | Sequential gradient pneumatic compression enhances venous ulcer healing: a randomized trial.
The treatment of venous ulcers has remained largely unchanged for centuries.
The application of properly applied graduated compression bandages, the use of graduated compression stockings, and surgery have been shown to achie... | C14 |
3,846 | 2,327 | Role of alcohol in recurrences of atrial fibrillation in persons less than 65 years of age.
The role of alcohol in recurrences of atrial fibrillation (AF) was assessed in a consecutive series of 98 patients (75 men) aged less than 65 years.
In addition to etiologic assessment using clinical and laboratory methods and... | C14 |
3,847 | 9,817 | Effects of nicardipine, a calcium antagonist, on myocardial salvage and high energy phosphate stores in reperfused myocardial injury.
The current study determined the effectiveness of nicardipine, a 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium antagonist, in preserving reperfused myocardium in a cat model of temporary coronary occlusi... | C14 |
3,848 | 5,124 | Doppler color-flow images from a stenosed arterial model: interpretation of flow patterns.
The capability of the recently introduced Doppler color-flow mapping devices to accurately detect flow patterns in the region of an arterial stenosis was evaluated by use of an in vitro flow model.
Pulsatile flow simulating tha... | C14 |
3,849 | 7,628 | Platelet aggregation is not necessary for occurrence of Raynaud's phenomenon: a clinical history and laboratory results.
"Raynaud's phenomenon (R.P.) is characterized by a spastic vasoconstriction of hand and/or feet extremities leading to painful ischemic attacks.
In the pathogeny of this syndrome the role of a plat... | C14 |
3,850 | 3,171 | Post-transplant hypertension.
Post-transplant hypertension remains an important risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and graft function.
There are multiple mechanisms responsible for post-transplant hypertension.
The details of these mechanisms are poorly understood.
Steroids, acute and chronic rejection, recur... | C14 |
3,851 | 6,865 | Tension pneumopericardium as a complication of single-lung transplantation.
Tension pneumopericardium is distinctly uncommon in the adult population.
We present a case of tension pneumopericardium as a complication of lung transplantation in a 54-year-old woman with thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who underwent... | C14 |
3,852 | 2,731 | Effect of high-dose furosemide in refractory congestive heart failure.
High-dose firosemide is considered effective in primary renal sodium retention but is not generally recommended in congestive heart failure.
In order to evaluate efficacy and safety of high-dose furosemide (greater than 500 mg/day), the authors st... | C14 |
3,853 | 7,233 | Is baldness a risk factor for coronary artery disease? A review of the literature.
A literature search identified eight articles containing data on both baldness and coronary artery disease (CAD).
Three of these articles described case-control studies that showed a positive relationship between baldness and CAD when ... | C14 |
3,854 | 3,137 | Normalization of increased sodium sensitivity by maintenance hemodialysis.
Blood pressure (BP) becomes more sodium and body fluid sensitive as renal function deteriorates.
Thus, hypertension in chronic renal failure is mostly of the sodium sensitive type.
We studied whether the increased sodium sensitivity (SS) can ... | C14 |
3,855 | 254 | A rapid, effective technique for retrograde crossing of valvular aortic stenosis using standard coronary catheters
Retrograde crossing of valvular aortic stenosis can be challenging even to experienced angiographers.
In 446 of 447 consecutive patients with aortic stenosis catheterized during the past 3 years, a tech... | C14 |
3,856 | 4,286 | Endothelin family in human plasma and cerebrospinal fluid.
To clarify whether endothelin may be present in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and, if it exists, to compare its molecular forms with those of endothelin in human plasma, we analyzed pooled human CSF and plasma by high performance liquid chromatography with s... | C14 |
3,857 | 6,860 | Timing of operation for aortic regurgitation: relation to postoperative contractile state.
With angiography and pressure measurement, we determined left ventricular volume, wall stress, and systolic performance in 30 patients with aortic regurgitation before and after successful aortic valve replacement.
End-systolic... | C14 |
3,858 | 2,339 | Experimental studies of the physiologic properties of technetium-99m isonitriles.
Recently, efforts have been directed at the development of technetium-99m (Tc-99m)-labeled isonitrile compounds for assessment of regional perfusion and viability after experimental myocardial infarction or ischemia.
One of the most pro... | C14 |
3,859 | 2,310 | Effects of metoprolol on rest and exercise cardiac function and plasma catecholamines in chronic congestive heart failure secondary to ischemic or idiopathic cardiomyopathy.
To define the effects of 2 months of metoprolol therapy on cardiac function, aerobic performance and sympathetic nervous system activity, metopro... | C14 |
3,860 | 9,035 | Delayed detection of coarctation in infancy: implications for timing of newborn follow-up.
During a recent 5-year period, 74 patients younger than 6 months of age were diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta.
Coarctation was correctly diagnosed in only 22% of patients prior to referral despite readily apparent femora... | C14 |
3,861 | 2,307 | Analysis of programmed stimulation methods in the evaluation of ventricular arrhythmias in patients 20 years old and younger.
The purpose of this study was to systematically evaluate programmed ventricular stimulation in patients less than 21 years of age undergoing electrophysiologic testing.
A standardized protocol... | C14 |
3,862 | 382 | Intrapericardial extralobar pulmonary sequestration in a neonate.
A huge pericardial effusion was diagnosed during fetal ultrasound examination performed in the 42nd week of pregnancy on a healthy 25-year-old woman.
Immediately after the birth, a two-dimensional echocardiogram confirmed this finding in the infant, an... | C14 |
3,863 | 7,207 | Mapping of a functional autoimmune epitope on the beta 1-adrenergic receptor in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
The presence and properties of serum autoantibodies against beta-adrenergic receptors in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy were studied using synthetic peptides derived from th... | C14 |
3,864 | 3,196 | Placebo controlled trial of xamoterol versus digoxin in chronic atrial fibrillation.
Thirteen patients in chronic atrial fibrillation with a normal resting heart rate but with exercise tachycardia and episodes of bradycardia were randomised to treatment periods of two weeks on xamoterol (200 mg twice daily), low dose ... | C14 |
3,865 | 2,283 | Similar time course of ST depression during and after exercise in patients with coronary artery disease and syndrome X.
To assess whether the time course of ST segment depression differs in patients with coronary artery disease and patients with angina and normal coronary arteries, the exercise tests of 54 patients wi... | C14 |
3,866 | 8,710 | Preanaesthetic medication with clonidine.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate oral clonidine in a dose of 0.3 mg as a routine premedicant.
Sixty-nine normotensive female patients were studied in a randomized double-blind investigation in which clonidine was compared with an inert treatment.
Clonidine produced ... | C14 |
3,867 | 3,561 | Is adenosine 5'-triphosphate derangement or free-radical-mediated injury the major cause of ventricular dysfunction during reperfusion? Role of adenine nucleoside transport in myocardial reperfusion injury.
The aim of this study was to determine the dual role of ATP as an energy substrate and as a major source of oxyg... | C14 |
3,868 | 9,801 | Decreased operative risk of surgical treatment of mitral regurgitation with or without coronary artery disease.
The consecutive 2 year experience with patients undergoing first-time surgery for mitral regurgitation with and without coronary artery disease was reviewed.
From January 1988 to January 1990, 127 patients ... | C14 |
3,869 | 4,433 | Diagnostic value of a new myocardial perfusion agent, teboroxime (SO 30,217), utilizing a rapid planar imaging protocol: preliminary results [corrected and republished with original paging, article originally printed in J Am Coll Cardiol 1990 Oct;16(4):855-61]
Technetium-99m-labeled agents have advantages over thalliu... | C14 |
3,870 | 5,599 | The prevalence of cardiac valvular pathosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of valvular pathosis in a population of patients with SLE, to assess the candidacy of such patients for antibiotic prophylaxis before dental treatment.
The hospital reco... | C14 |
3,871 | 4,400 | Ventricular arrhythmias after correction of ventricular septal defects: importance of surgical approach.
To compare the prevalence of conduction disturbances and ventricular arrhythmias in cases of postoperative ventricular septal defect, 100 patients (50 with repair by right atriotomy, group 1; and 50 with repair by ... | C14 |
3,872 | 5,241 | Aortic replacement with composite grafts created with a sutureless intraluminal ringed prosthesis.
From 1980 to 1988, 30 patients from a total population of 123 recipients of sutureless grafts (24%) have required aortic reconstruction with a composite ringed graft.
Replacement of the ascending aorta was required in 1... | C14 |
3,873 | 6,195 | Noninvasive assessment of cardiac output in children using impedance cardiography.
This study evaluated the effect of intracardiac shunting on the accuracy of thoracic bioimpedance-derived cardiac output determinations.
Twenty-six patients, ranging in age from 3 months to 17 years, underwent cardiac catheterization d... | C14 |
3,874 | 6,775 | High blood cholesterol in elderly men and the excess risk for coronary heart disease.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether high blood cholesterol is an important risk factor for mortality from coronary heart disease in elderly men.
DESIGN: Cohort study with a mean follow-up of 10.1 years.
SETTING: A health maintenance or... | C14 |
3,875 | 3,439 | Catheterization of coronary artery bypass graft from the descending aorta.
The increasing frequency of reoperation for coronary artery disease has led to the use of a variety of grafts.
This report describes the catheter technique for selective opacification of a saphenous vein graft from the descending thoracic aort... | C14 |
3,876 | 8,567 | Progress in cardioprotection: the role of calcium antagonists.
Calcium antagonists are now widely used for the treatment of clinical hypertension and angina pectoris.
They are efficacious for the treatment of vasospastic, fixed atherosclerotic and mixed angina; they reduce the incidence of silent ischemia; and they h... | C14 |
3,877 | 7,185 | A mutation in the gene for type III procollagen (COL3A1) in a family with aortic aneurysms.
Experiments were carried out to test the hypothesis that familial aortic aneurysms, either thoracic or abdominal, are caused by mutations in the gene for type III procollagen (COL3A1) similar to mutations in the same gene that ... | C14 |
3,878 | 790 | Right coronary artery injury during tricuspid valve annuloplasty.
An unusual complication after tricuspid valve annuloplasty is described where a ring suture ligated right coronary artery and precipitated myocardial infarct and patient death.
The need for caution to prevent this complication with such surgery is emph... | C14 |
3,879 | 4,396 | Determinants of the ventricular rate during atrial fibrillation.
Determinants of the ventricular cycle length during atrial fibrillation were examined in 52 patients.
Thirty-three patients had structural heart disease and none had an accessory atrioventricular (AV) connection.
The AV node effective and functional re... | C14 |
3,880 | 6,062 | Hepatic resection for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with removal of portal vein tumor thrombi.
In 13 of 398 patients who underwent hepatectomy, tumor thrombi of the remnant portal vein was concomitantly removed by the balloon catheter method in 8, an open method under hepatic vascular exclusion in 1, and resection... | C14 |
3,881 | 2,302 | Two-year outcome after angiographically documented myocardial reperfusion for acute coronary occlusion. Thrombolysis and Angioplasty Study Group.
Reperfusion therapy has been clearly shown to decrease the early mortality after acute myocardial infarction, but the impact of this therapy on long-term survival has been l... | C14 |
3,882 | 4,412 | Transesophageal echocardiography to detect atrial clots in candidates for percutaneous transseptal mitral balloon valvuloplasty.
Left atrial thrombi are common in patients with mitral stenosis.
When percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty is performed on such patients, there is a potential risk of thrombus dislodgm... | C14 |
3,883 | 7,511 | Carotid endarterectomy for chronic retinal ischemia.
Carotid arterial disease may result in a variety of ischemic ocular problems that can eventually lead to permanent blindness.
From 1984 to 1988, 18 patients underwent reconstruction of the carotid artery in an attempt to restore normal retinal arterial flow and, th... | C14 |
3,884 | 2,373 | Mechanical factors in large artery disease and antihypertensive drugs.
Hypertension may induce early alterations in large arteries by 2 mechanical stresses: one related to intravascular pressure, the other to blood flow dynamics.
Distending pressure force acts in a circumferential direction, inducing decreased arteri... | C14 |
3,885 | 7,620 | Doppler diagnostics, indications, and control of surgical treatment in patients with carotid pathology.
Major stroke is a relatively common cause of death or disabling invalidism in patients with atherosclerosis.
In a large percentage of cases it is caused by stenotic/thrombotic processes in carotid arteries and this... | C14 |
3,886 | 6,386 | Beta 2-microglobulin predicts survival in primary systemic amyloidosis.
PURPOSE: The study assessed whether beta 2-microglobulin levels predict survival or response in patients with primary systemic amyloidosis without associated multiple myeloma.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study group consisted of 131 untreated patie... | C14 |
3,887 | 405 | Severe aortic regurgitation as a late complication of temporal arteritis.
Two patients with a remote history of pathologically documented giant cell arteritis developed severe regurgitation.
The first patient developed severe aortic regurgitation five years after the pathologic documentation of giant cell arteritis o... | C14 |
3,888 | 2,321 | Role of beta-adrenergic blockers after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
Restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) cannot currently be prevented.
Different medical regimens have been largely unsuccessful.
Experimental studies suggest roles for beta-adrenergic blockers and c... | C14 |
3,889 | 2,313 | Mechanisms in heart failure and the role of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition.
The four major diagnostic criteria for the syndrome of congestive heart failure are left ventricular dysfunction, exercise intolerance, pulmonary congestion or edema and ventricular arrhythmias.
Activation of norepinephrine, angiote... | C14 |
3,890 | 6,665 | Prehospital cardiac arrest: the impact of witnessed collapse and bystander CPR in a metropolitan EMS system with short response times.
OBJECTIVE: Numerous studies have shown initiation of bystander CPR to significantly improve survival from prehospital cardiac arrest.
However, in emergency medical services (EMS) syst... | C14 |
3,891 | 8,834 | Evidence for abnormal Na+/H+ antiport activity detected by phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in exercising skeletal muscle of patients with essential hypertension.
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Exercise-induced pH changes in skeletal muscle were studied in a group of eight subjects with essential hypertension by using 31P n.m.... | C14 |
3,892 | 4,137 | Left ventricular asynchrony in patients with pulmonary hypertension.
Left ventricular regional wall motion was evaluated in 11 patients with pulmonary hypertension and 18 control subjects.
All 11 patients had secondary pulmonary hypertension and less than 20% measured diameter stenosis in any vessel.
This study util... | C14 |
3,893 | 3,729 | Bronchial hyperreactivity in patients with mitral valve disease.
To elicit the mechanism of bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) in chronic heart failure (CHF), a methacholine inhalation test, pulmonary function test, and cardiac catheterization were performed in 19 patients with mitral valve disease (MVD), and the change ... | C14 |
3,894 | 2,740 | Effects of diltiazem on the functional recovery of the myocardium at organ and cellular level during prolonged hypothermic ischemic cardiac arrest.
The effectiveness of diltiazem on the functional recovery of the heart, calcium (Ca++) uptake and binding, Ca++ ATPase of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), and MB fract... | C14 |
3,895 | 6,639 | Effects of thoracic epidural anesthesia on coronary arteries and arterioles in patients with coronary artery disease.
The effect of cardiac sympathetic blockade by high thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) (T1-T6, bupivacaine) on the luminal diameter of normal and diseased portions of epicardial coronary arteries was de... | C14 |
3,896 | 2,699 | Changes in cerebral blood flow velocity after release of intraoperative tourniquets in humans: a transcranial Doppler study.
The effect of release of intraoperative thigh tourniquets on velocity of blood flow in the middle cerebral artery was examined in five patients given general anesthesia with controlled ventilati... | C14 |
3,897 | 8,474 | Cardiac calcific deposits in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: preliminary results of a prospective echocardiographic study.
To explain the incidence and significance of mitral and aortic valve calcification and calcific deposits in the myocardium, a prospective echocardiographic study was performed with 21 c... | C14 |
3,898 | 701 | A kallikrein-like enzyme in blood vessels of one-kidney, one clip hypertensive rats.
Active and inactive kallikrein or a kallikrein-like enzyme are found in the aorta, vena cava, and tail artery and veins of the rat.
We studied the concentration of vascular kininogenase in rats with one-kidney, one clip renovascular ... | C14 |
3,899 | 3,944 | Insulin and hypertension. Relationship to obesity and glucose intolerance in Pima Indians.
The relationships among blood pressure, obesity, glucose tolerance, and serum insulin concentration were studied in 2873 Pima Indians aged 18-92 yr (mean 37 yr).
Age- and sex-adjusted to the Pima population, the prevalence of h... | C14 |
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