Showing papers in "American Heart Journal in 1982"

TL;DR: Urgent coronary angiography and, when possible, coronary revascularization should be done in patients with unstable angina who show this ECG pattern, suggesting that this finding is not rare.

TL;DR: Pentoxifylline given orally in doses up to 1200 mg/day was significantly more effective than placebo in increasing both the initial and absolute claudication distances in patients with COAD.

TL;DR: The oscillometric method provides accurate, reproducible, and convenient estimates of central Ao SP and DP and may be particularly useful when indirect blood pressure measurements are required for the noninvasive assessment of left ventricular function in patients without aortic stenosis.

TL;DR: In this article, transluminal aortic balloon angioplasty was used to repair the coarctation of the ascending aorta in a 7-week-old male.

TL;DR: Comparisons of active and sedentary groups showed differences in VO2 max and submaximal HR and recovery HR at common minutes; however, the rate of increase in HR and systolic BP during exercise and the rates of decrease during recovery were not significantly different.

TL;DR: It has been implied that myocardial bridging may have the same significant clinical morbidity and mortality as coronary atherosclerosis.

TL;DR: The 2DE EF formulae that utilized biplane areas were generally more accurate than single-plane area or diameter onlyformulae, but were obtainable in fewer patients, while biplane formULae for calculating EF yield better correlations, but are available from fewer patients thansingle-plane formuleae.

TL;DR: Cardiovascular abnormalities are the most common cause of death in patients with the Marfan syndrome, and a variety of lesions have been described in the aorta and heart in such patients.

TL;DR: End-diastolic end-systolic RWT correctly estimated LVSP range in 26 of 27 severe aortic stenosis patients and, combined with echocardiographic aortsic valve calcification, correctly recognized the presence or absence of severe AS in 99% of the series.

TL;DR: Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death among black Americans despite the widely held belief that CHD is not common in blacks, and black women have higher CHD mortality than white women.

TL;DR: DP-thallium201 MPI provides a useful alternative test for potential coronary disease patients unable to perform maximal exercise and appeared more sensitive than exercise-MPI in detecting coronary stenoses in the 40% to 60% range.

TL;DR: The present study examines the etiology of the valvular disease in 97 patients over the age of 30 years in whom MVR was carried out for severe, chronic, pure MR unassociated with MS or aortic valve dysfunction.

TL;DR: The basal supine plasma NE is elevated in patients with CHF, is a marker for the severity of CHF as measured by hemodynamics performed at rest, and is a better predictor of exercise capacity than standard noninvasive and invasive tests performed at Rest.

TL;DR: Holter monitoring during the initial hours of hospitalization in patients with unstable angina pectoris is assessed to identify those with severe coronary artery disease (CAD), variant angina, and/or poor prognosis over the next 3 months to specific predictors of "high-risk" subgroup UAP patients with left main or three-vessel CAD, variant angINA, and-or impaired 3-month prognosis.

TL;DR: Long-term vasodilator treatment with hydralazine alone is not significantly more effective than placebo in chronic heart failure, and patients with class III and IV symptoms while they were taking digitalis and diuretics are treated.

TL;DR: The data indicate that amiodarone is highly potent in suppressing symptomatic life-threatening ventricular tachycardias (PVCs, VEA, VTVF) without always being able to prevent the induction of VT by PES of the heart.

TL;DR: It is concluded that additional investigation is necessary to determine the clinical implications of the findings and to establish better standards for low- and high-frequency cutoffs, flat response within pass band, and phase shift for ambulatory ECG monitoring equipment.

TL;DR: This method of visually estimating the LVEF will enable echocardiographers to easily use 2 DE for a reliable and instantaneous assessment of ventricular function, without the need of sophisticated analytical equipment.

TL;DR: Although considerable information is available about population prevalence of hypertension, smoking, and hypercholesterolemia among blacks, prevalence data are inadequate for most other potential risk factors (type A behavior pattern, physical inactivity, and dietary composition).

TL;DR: Angiographic findings before and after thrombolysis in this preliminary study demonstrate a high frequency of intracoronary thrombus in preinfarction syndromes and suggest a decrease in angina frequency following thROMbolytic therapy.

TL;DR: It is concluded that synchronized transvenous cardioversion by a catheter electrode offers promise as a new therapeutic approach in patients who had recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmias.

TL;DR: The purpose of this report is to critically review data pertinent to questions pertinent to conversion of AF to sinus rhythm in various subgroups of patients.

TL;DR: It is postulate that drugs facilitated initiation of sustained VT by prolonging activation time but only minimally increasing refractoriness of the tachycardia circuit.