Long-term outcome after drug-el ...
Background The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of drug-eluting stents (DES) compared with baremetal stents (BMS) on all-cause mortality ...
Transcatheter aortic valve impl ...
Objectives Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) promises effective treatment for high-risk elderly patients with symptomatic severe aortic ...
Music in the cath lab: who shou ...
Objectives The ALMUT study wants to evaluate the anxiolytic effects of different music styles and no music in 200 patients undergoing cardiac cathet ...
Blood pressure management in a ...
Background In Germany, an estimated 20–25 million patients suffer from hypertension. Blood pressure control rates are, however, lower than in many o ...
Long-term outcome after sirolim ...
Background Although it is widely believed that patients with diabetes mellitus obtain the greatest benefit from drug-eluting stents, convincing evid ...
The Arg389Gly b1-adrenoceptor g ...
Background The b1-adrenoceptor (b1AR) mediates cardiostimulatory effects of catecholamines in the heart. The Arg389Gly polymorphism of the b1AR gene ...
Time between first symptoms and ...
Background Early diagnosis can be life-saving in acute pulmonary embolism (PE). It is unknown, whether patients with recurrent PE are diagnosed earl ...
Influence of small caliber coro ...
Background and aims Positive predictive value (PPV) of adenosine stress cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) for coronary artery disease (CAD) is unsati ...
Early outgrowth EPCs generation ...
Background Buerger’s disease often shows poor collateral artery generation (i.e. neovascularization) in the ischemic limbs. However, the etiology ha ...
Adherence of hospital-based car ...
Objectives According to various national and international guidelines, the target LDL-C level is\100 mg/dl for patients with established coronary he ...
Appraising the impact of left v ...
Background Despite the well-known prognostic impact of systolic dysfunction in unselected patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PC ...
Assessment of left ventricular ...
The purpose of the study was an assessment of left ventricular diastolic function in children after the successful repair of aortic coarctation (CoA ...
Effect of levosimendan and pred ...
Background Levosimendan is a promising new inodilator agent but its effectiveness in peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) has not been tested in a clini ...
Impact of hyperglycemia at admi ...
Background Blood glucose level at admission in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a predictor of heart failure and mortality. Thi ...
Ivabradine for the treatment of ...
Purpose In patients [80 years (octogenarians), there is an increased incidence of bradycardia due to age-related alteration of the sinus node, AV no ...
Comparison of the new high sens ...
Background We sought to determine the performance of the new high sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay (TnThs) for early diagnosis of myocardial inf ...
Right ventricular function in g ...
Aims We investigated whether a correlation exists between biomarkers of the neurohumoral system and clinical markers in grown-up patients with conge ...
Lack of evidence for pleiotropi ...
Background Recently we have demonstrated a dosedependent improvement of endothelial function after administration of a single loading dose of clopid ...
Impact of smoking on the outcom ...
Background Cigarette smoking strongly increases morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular causes, but the relevance of smoking in patients treated ...
Statin effect on thrombin inhib ...
Objective To determine whether statin therapy influences the efficacy of thrombin inhibitor bivalirudin or unfractionated heparin (UFH) during PCI. ...
Septic cardiomyopathy: hemodyna ...
Introduction In sepsis, severe reduction of afterload may often mask cardiac impairment. By establishing the parameter ‘‘afterload-related cardiac p ...
Poor coronary collateral vessel ...
Background The development of coronary collaterals is crucial to survival through acute ischemia. Mild to moderate loss of renal function has been s ...
Functional effects of b1-adreno ...
Background The relevance of the Arg389Gly- and Ser49Gly-b1-adrenoceptor (AR) polymorphisms for cardiovascular function and pharmacotherapy is contro ...
Direct admission versus transfe ...
Background Guidelines for the treatment of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) recommend primary PCI as first choice therapy. T ...
Impact of minimising door-to-ba ...
Background Guidelines recommend door-to-balloon times (DBTs) below 60 min for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing pr ...