Anaemia and Heart failure
Venous Thoracic Outlet Compress ...
Paget Schroetter syndrome, or effort thrombosis of the axillosubclavian venous system, is distinct from other forms of upper limb deep vein thrombos ...
Perforation of the IVC: Rule Ra ...
Purpose This study was designed to assess the incidence, magnitude, and impact upon retrievability of vena caval perforation by Gu¨nther Tulip and C ...
The Role of Stent-Grafts in the ...
Stent graft has resulted in major advances in the treatment of trauma patients with blunt traumatic aortic injury (TAI) and has become the preferred ...
A New Method of an Axial Punctu ...
Purpose The authors devised a new method of an axial puncture approach through the pulmonary apex (PA) for percutaneous catheter drainage (PCD) of l ...
Pure Ethiodized Oil-based Trans ...
Purpose To evaluate the efficacy of ablation with selective arterial injection of pure ethiodized oil followed by arterial occlusion with 9:1 ethano ...
Long-Term Efficacy of Adding Fe ...
long-term efficacy of adding fenofibric acid to moderatedose statin therapy in patients at goal for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) but ...
Cardiac Resynchronization Thera ...
Objective This review aims at updating the results of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in mild heart failure patients, and investigating whet ...
Clinical Trials Update AHA Cong ...
The clinical trials described in this article were presented at the Late Breaking Trials and the Clinical Science: Clinical Reports sessions of the ...
MicroRNA Involvement in Immune ...
Heart failure is one of the common end stages of cardiovascular diseases, the leading cause of death in developed countries. Molecular mechanisms un ...
Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acid f ...
Purpose Experimental and epidemiological studies suggest that omega-3 fatty acids have an antiarrhythmic effect. However, evidence from randomized c ...
Design and Rationale of Japanes ...
Purpose Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are recommended second-line antihypertensives for renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitor-treated patients ...
Evaluation of the Functional St ...
Aims We evaluated a generic quality of life (QoL) Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQ), in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). The FSQ asses ...
Role of MicroRNAs in Cardiac Re ...
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous, short (~22 nucleotide), evolutionarily conserved, non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the posttransc ...
Use of Prolonged Bivalirudin In ...
Introduction Antithrombotic therapy plays an integral role in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Bivalirudin has been evaluated in elective p ...
Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Card ...
Despite recent studies suggesting that the heart has instrinsic mechanisms of self-regeneration following myocardial infarction, it cannot regenerat ...
Rationale for Combining a Direc ...
Inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system has been a highly successful therapeutic approach for the prevention of hypertension-related end organ da ...
Statins in Heart Failure—Where ...
HMG Co-A reductase inhibitors (statins) are a group of drugs which lower cholesterol by inhibiting the conversion of HMG Co-A to mevalonate early in ...
C-Reactive Protein, Statins and ...
The association between C-reactive protein (CRP) and cardiovascular disease has been under investigation for more than sixty years. Lately, findings ...
A short overview of vitamin C a ...
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an essential water-soluble nutrient that primarily exerts its effect on a host defense mechanisms and immune homeostasis ...
RNA interference and its therap ...
RNA interference is a technique that has become popular in the past few years. This is a biological method to detect the activity of a specific gene ...
Epicardial Adipose Tissue and R ...
Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is metabolically active tissue that accumulates around the coronary arteries. Epicardial fat is a rich source of free ...
Predictive values of metabolic ...
Metabolic syndrome is a clinical term encompassing risk factors (obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and hypertension), which yield an increase ...
Anaemia and Heart failure
Anaemia is one of the most frequent co-morbidities in patients with heart failure. Its prevalence increases from 4% to7% in subjects with asymptomati ...
Hemochromatosis gene mutations ...
This is an epidemiologic study of the Slovak population with the aim of determining the frequencies of three hemochromatosis gene (HFE) variants C282 ...
Bilateral lipoma arborescens of ...
Lipoma arborescens, a diffuse articular lipomatosis, is a rare disorder characterized by marked villiform synovial proliferation and diffuse replacem ...