A. Barabino, G. Benedetto, N. Musso, C. Vergassola, A. Azzolini, G. Lotti, C. Pizzorni
{"title":"Neurohormonal evaluation and long-term treatment of mild congestive heart failure in elderly patients with ibopamine: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study","authors":"A. Barabino, G. Benedetto, N. Musso, C. Vergassola, A. Azzolini, G. Lotti, C. Pizzorni","doi":"10.1159/000470496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000470496","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":138419,"journal":{"name":"American journal of noninvasive cardiology","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116128436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Voyles, R. Smalling, S. Teague, Jerome L. Anderson, G. Johnsen, U. Thadani
{"title":"Mitral Anular Calcification: An Age-Stratified Case-Control Study","authors":"W. Voyles, R. Smalling, S. Teague, Jerome L. Anderson, G. Johnsen, U. Thadani","doi":"10.1159/000470564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000470564","url":null,"abstract":"Age-adjusted oods ratios, 95% confidence limits, χ 2 values, and power to detect relative risks≥1.5 were used to compare the features of 371 patients with MAC (cases) to 672 age-stratified patients without MAC (controls). The results show a strong association between MAC and chronic renal insufficiency (odds ratio 2.7; 95% confidence limits 1.83 and 3.99; χ 2 24.8; p>0.001). Disproportionately high odds ratios for MAC and chronic renal insufficiency were found for ages 40-49 years (odds ratio 24.00) and 50-59 years (odds ratio 13.80). No association was found between MAC and ischemic cerebral vascular accidents (odds ratio 0.93; 95% confidence limits 0.67 and 1.38; power 0.73) or transient ischemic attacks (odds ratio 0.76; 95% confidence limits 0.42 and 1.38; power 0.76). Similarly, no associations were found between MAC and electrocardiographic diagnosis of myocardial infarction (odds ratio 0.85; 95% confidence limits 0.62 and 1.16; power 0.75), echocardiographic evidence for regional wall motion abnormality (odds ratio 0.83; 95% confidence limits 0.57 and 1.20; power 0.81), or the clinical diagnosis of atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease (odds ratio 1.40; 95% confidence limits 0.98 and 2.00; power 0.73)","PeriodicalId":138419,"journal":{"name":"American journal of noninvasive cardiology","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116264718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Obesity and Subsequent Weight Reduction upon QT Intervals","authors":"A. Hurewitz, W. Lawson, N. Smith, G. Martín","doi":"10.1159/000470619","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000470619","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":138419,"journal":{"name":"American journal of noninvasive cardiology","volume":"268 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114004124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Tilkemeier, D. Burtt, E. F. Lovering, G. Heller
{"title":"Severe Brady arrhythmia and Hypertension Following Dipyridamole Ingestion","authors":"P. Tilkemeier, D. Burtt, E. F. Lovering, G. Heller","doi":"10.1159/000470607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000470607","url":null,"abstract":"We report an episode of severe bradycardia and hypotension following the administration of 400 mg oral dipyridamole in preparation for thallium-201 imaging in 2 patients. The severe effects in both were reversed with aminophylline infusion. Subsequent cardiac catheterization of 1 patient revealed occlusion of the right artery and 80% stenosis of the left main coronary artery. The response to dipyridamole by both patients suggests that careful monitoring should be performed when evaluating patients with a high pretest suspicion of multivessel coronary artery disease","PeriodicalId":138419,"journal":{"name":"American journal of noninvasive cardiology","volume":"195 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122431782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Noninvasive testing of silent myocardial ischemia","authors":"A. Shandling, D. Mulvihill, Myrvin H. Ellestand","doi":"10.1159/000470542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000470542","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":138419,"journal":{"name":"American journal of noninvasive cardiology","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131492451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vectorcardiographic and Electrocardiographic Features of Exercise Stress Test-Induced Reversible Right Ventricular Injury Current in Patients after First Inferior Myocardial Infarction","authors":"W. Carson, N. Soper, B. Rajagopalan","doi":"10.1159/000470363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000470363","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":138419,"journal":{"name":"American journal of noninvasive cardiology","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131559020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. D. Campbell, R. McKelvie, G. Heigenhauser, N. Jones
{"title":"Estimation of Cardiac Output by C0(2) Rebreathing during Incremental Exercise in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease","authors":"R. D. Campbell, R. McKelvie, G. Heigenhauser, N. Jones","doi":"10.1159/000470601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000470601","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":138419,"journal":{"name":"American journal of noninvasive cardiology","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121647793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Left ventricular diastolic function in patients with chronic stable angina: comparison with normal subjects","authors":"D. Hinge, E. Raftery, E. Rodrigues, A. Lahiri","doi":"10.1159/000470695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000470695","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":138419,"journal":{"name":"American journal of noninvasive cardiology","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132748995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diastolic time in patients treated with timolol or placebo after acute myocardial infarction","authors":"O. Brubakk, S. Bergan, T. Pedersen, K. Overskeid","doi":"10.1159/000470283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000470283","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":138419,"journal":{"name":"American journal of noninvasive cardiology","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133316466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Muchada, D. Cathignol, B. Lavandier, J. Lamazou, D. Haro
{"title":"Aortic blood flow measurement","authors":"R. Muchada, D. Cathignol, B. Lavandier, J. Lamazou, D. Haro","doi":"10.1159/000470655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000470655","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":138419,"journal":{"name":"American journal of noninvasive cardiology","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133666272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}