Showing papers in "Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases in 2012"

TL;DR: It is indicated that there is an inverse linear association between birth weight and later risk of hypertension, and that this association primarily exists betweenBirth weight and SBP.

TL;DR: The results of the randomized PARTNER study in the USA recently confirmed the important place of TAVI in non-operable and high-surgical-risk patients.

TL;DR: The biochemistry and biological functions of ACE, ACE2 and renin within and beyond the RAS are discussed to provide a perspective for future bioactives from natural plant and/or food resources related to the three proteases.

TL;DR: The goal of this article is to address valve replacement options for all four valve positions within the paediatric population and review current literature and practice to support preferences.

TL;DR: This text is an extract from thereference ‘‘Good Practice for Cardiac Rehabilitation in adults 2011’’, which is replacing the French Society of Cardiology text of 2002, version 2, establishing recommendations for cardiac rehabilitation in adults.

TL;DR: Current evidence for the existence of diabetic cardiomyopathy is reviewed, focusing particularly on the clinical setting, and the role of insulin and obesity in this 'diabetic cardiopathy' remains controversial.

TL;DR: Careful patient selection, balloon sizing and RVOT preparation with prestenting using the Russian dolls technique and/or the PA jailing technique are required to modify the RVOT for transcatheter valve implantation.

TL;DR: New data pooled from a large population of patients with atrial fibrillation suggests that rate and rhythm control strategies have similar effects on major clinical outcomes, and should be considered when choosing the approach for these patients.

TL;DR: Heart failure therapy guided by a goal to reduce natriuretic peptide concentrations below prognostically-meaningful levels results in more aggressive heart failure care, is well tolerated and is associated with superior outcomes.

TL;DR: These guidelines emphasize the need for a multidisciplinary approach structured in the ‘Heart Team’, which should include cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, imaging specialists, anaesthetists and other specialists, if needed.

TL;DR: Today, transcatheter valve implantation is a technical possibility for the great majority of patients with aortic stenosis, and the next 10 years may well see this become the dominant therapy for aorta stenosis.

TL;DR: The FUTURE survey showed a similar approach to HF treatment irrespective of LVEF and an improvement in the use of recommended HF drugs, especially beta-blockers, however, achievement of target doses could be improved.

TL;DR: The French Societies of Arterial Hypertension, Cardiology and Radiology decided to combine their expertise and propose a consensus document assessing the benefit/risk ratio of this technique in arterial hypertension and required the inclusion of patients experiencing this procedure in an observational study.

TL;DR: In this paper, patient selection plays a crucial role in the success of transcatheter aortic valve implantation and requires meticulous attention to the smallest of details and needs to be performed in a systematic manner for every patient.

TL;DR: Cardiovascular drugs that proved effective in prevention of anthracycline-induced cardiac toxicity in experimental models should be investigated in clinical trials and protective approaches to reduce cardiac toxicity of anticancer drugs should be reconsidered according to the recently restricted approval for use of dexrazoxane.

TL;DR: The data suggest that androgen therapy could play an important role in pathophysiological changes in heart failure and have beneficial effects for its treatment.

TL;DR: The results suggest an additive value of the study of left ventricular myocardial deformation to classical clinical and echocardiographic variables for the prediction of POAF in this setting is suggested.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed typical and atypical myocardial late enhancement in the most common mycardial diseases seen in routine clinical practice and identified several manifestations of late gadolinium enhancement imaging that can confound interpretation of pathology and potentially lead to misinterpretation and subsequently misdiagnosis.

TL;DR: The findings provide strong evidence of ongoing epidemiological transition in Gabon, where CVD prevalence rates increase mainly with hypertension, affecting about one in six individuals aged over 40 years.

TL;DR: This work focuses on three categories of ACHD in which evaluation of the RV is important: repaired tetralogy of Fallot, the systemic RV and Ebstein anomaly, and demonstrates how CMR contributes to decision-making regarding the types and timings of interventions.

TL;DR: Short-term safety and performance analysis of the latest generation of balloon-expandable valve, the SAPIEN XT, seem similar to the previous generation, however, transfemoral implantation is more often possible, related to sheath size reduction.

TL;DR: The physical principles, including the old time domain and newer Fourier domain generations, clinical applications, controversies and perspectives of optical coherence tomography are reviewed.

TL;DR: Identification of work-related psychosocial factors must be taken into account when evaluating cardiovascular risk factors, in order to ensure better prevention of cardiovascular disease.

TL;DR: Owing to geometric changes, presumed contractility pattern shift and retrosternal position, conventional echocardiographic variables are not relevant for RV function assessment and do not permit complete assessment of the systemic RV after atrial redirection.

TL;DR: The case of a child with tuberous sclerosis who was admitted for the resection of a subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, in whom cardiac rhabdomyomas in the right ventricular outflow tract were diagnosed is described.

TL;DR: In patients admitted for ADHF requiring inotrope support, ScvO2≤60% despite optimal treatment is a marker of poor outcome and might be an indicator for considering more aggressive therapy.

TL;DR: The authors' series of 61 patients who underwent transapical implantation of the Edwards transcatheter bioprosthesis shows satisfactory results, similar to other reports, considering the high level of severity of patients referred for this method.

TL;DR: Data is provided on the development of TAVR in the USA, revealing the critical role the USA has played in this extraordinary process.

TL;DR: This strategy of management of patients with pulmonary atresia, VSD, hypoplastic pulmonary arteries and major aorto-pulmonary collaterals (MAPCAs) is described, developed with good results.

TL;DR: Heterozygous and severe heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia should receive more intensive treatment and alternative therapeutic approaches are needed for these high-risk patients.