B-type natriuretic peptide predicts long-term prognosis in a cohort of critically ill patients [0.03%]
脑钠肽对重症监护病房危重患者的长期预后价值
Rui Baptista,Elisabete Jorge,Eduardo Sousa et al.
Rui Baptista et al.
B-type natriuretic peptide is an important prognostic marker in heart failure. However, there are limited data for its value in non-cardiac intensive care unit patients, namely regarding long-term prognosis. We investigated the long-term pr...
Baroreflex sensitivity differs among same strain Wistar rats from the same laboratory [0.03%]
同一实验室相同品系Wistar大鼠的主动脉巴反射敏感性不同
Vitor E Valenti,Luiz Carlos de Abreu,Hugo Macedo Junior et al.
Vitor E Valenti et al.
Previous studies showed that a proportion of normotensive Sprague-Dawley rats spontaneously exhibit lower baroreflex sensitivity. However, investigations have not yet been carried out on Wistar rats. We aimed to compare baroreflex sensitivi...
Are there differences in acute phase inflammation markers regarding the type of heart failure? [0.03%]
不同类型心力衰竭患者急性期炎症标志物的差异性研究
Ignacio J Sánchez-Lázaro,Luis Almenar-Bonet,Edelmiro Reganon-Salvador et al.
Ignacio J Sánchez-Lázaro et al.
This study aimed to determine if there are differences in inflammatory markers in the acute phase between systolic heart failure and heart failure with preserved systolic function. One hundred and thirty-one patients with acute heart failur...
Large patent ductus arteriosus in an adult complicated by pulmonary endarteritis and embolic lung abscess [0.03%]
成人持续性动脉导管未闭并发肺内膜炎和肺梗死脓肿
Manoraj Navaratnarajah,Kwabena Mensah,Mahesh Balakrishnan et al.
Manoraj Navaratnarajah et al.
Patent ductus arteriosus in the adult is an extremely rare clinical phenomenon. We report the case of a 34-year old man who developed pulmonary endarteritis and subsequent embolic lung abscess secondary to a large patent ductus arteriosus. ...
Case Reports
Heart international. 2011;6(2):e16. DOI:10.4081/hi.2011.e16 2011
Platypnea-orthodeoxia due to osteoporosis and severe kyphosis: a rare cause for dyspnea and hypoxemia [0.03%]
由骨质疏松和严重驼背所致的platypnea-orthodeoxia：呼吸困难和低氧血症的罕见原因
Claudius H J Teupe,Gerian C Groenefeld
Claudius H J Teupe
Platypnea orthodeoxia is a rare disorder characterized by dyspnea and arterial desaturation, exacerbated by the upright position and relieved when the subject is recumbent. We report the case of a 79-year old woman admitted to hospital with...
Case Reports
Heart international. 2011;6(2):e13. DOI:10.4081/hi.2011.e13 2011
Mild hyperkalemia and low eGFR a tedious recipe for cardiac disaster in the elderly: an unusual reversible cause of syncope and heart block [0.03%]
轻度高钾血症和低肾小球滤过率是老年人心脏灾难的繁琐食谱：晕厥和心脏阻滞的不常见但可逆的原因
Emad F Aziz,Fahad Javed,Aleksandr Korniyenko et al.
Emad F Aziz et al.
Hyperkalemia affects the myocardial tissue producing electrocardiographic abnormalities, such as prolongation of the P-R interval, tall peaked T waves, a reduction in the amplitude and an increase in the duration of P wave, and atrial and v...
Case Reports
Heart international. 2011;6(2):e12. DOI:10.4081/hi.2011.e12 2011
Isolated right ventricular failure in hyperthyroidism: a clinical dilemma [0.03%]
甲亢合并孤立性右心室功能障碍的临床诊治难题
Ryan J McDonough,Marvin S Moul,Darrick Beckman et al.
Ryan J McDonough et al.
We present a unique case of a 42-year-old gentleman with newly diagnosed Graves' disease and isolated right ventricular failure. Extensive evaluation to include echocardiogram and cardiac catheterization were negative for significant pulmon...
A case of circumferential multi-vessel coronary intramural hematoma in a post-menopausal woman [0.03%]
绝经后女性冠状动脉壁内血肿一例报告
Robin Ducas,Davinder S Jassal,Farrukh Hussain
Robin Ducas
Spontaneous coronary dissections are a well described entity which are often difficult to treat. Intramural hematoma is one type of coronary dissection. Previous case reports have described the treatment for angiographically visible dissect...
Case Reports
Heart international. 2011;6(2):e10. DOI:10.4081/hi.2011.e10 2011
Does high-dose metformin cause lactic acidosis in type 2 diabetic patients after CABG surgery? A double blind randomized clinical trial [0.03%]
二甲双胍致2型糖尿病冠脉旁路移植术后患者乳酸性酸中毒吗？一项双盲随机对照试验
Afshin Gholipour Baradari,Mohammad Reza Habibi,Hadi Darvishi Khezri et al.
Afshin Gholipour Baradari et al.
Metformin is a dimethyl biguanide oral anti-hyperglycemic agent. Lactic acidosis due to metformin is a fatal metabolic condition that limits its use in patients in poor clinical condition, consequently reducing the number of patients who be...
Hung Yi Chen
Hung Yi Chen
Both heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate turbulence (HRT) are established tools to study cardiac autonomic activity. Short-term studies of HRV had been reported to be stable for autonomic function assessment. However, there is littl...