Showing papers in "International Journal of Cardiology in 1985"

TL;DR: It is suggested that chronic Chagas' disease follows an evolutionary course from asymptomatic, normal ECG group I stage to arrhythmic (II) and congestive (III) stages.

TL;DR: Researchers studied the time of onset of chest pain in 1099 patients admitted to a coronary care unit with myocardial infarction using a statistical model and demonstrated an excess of infarcts with time of arrival at 0700 hours and midnight.

TL;DR: Data derived from serial hemodynamic and angiocardiographic investigations on pediatric patients not subjected to intervening intracardiac operations support the view that subaortic stenosis in congenital heart disease tends to be a progressive disorder.

TL;DR: Three hearts from neonates and infants were examined in which the conduction axis continued beyond the point of origin of the right bundle branch as a dead-end tract, of considerable interest in understanding the development of the atrioventricular conduction system.

TL;DR: Intravenous amiodarone appears as a highly effective medication in the conversion or control of new onset atrial fibrillation with fast ventricular response.

TL;DR: An inflatable device has been developed which consists of an inflatable band and a valve which may make banding of the pulmonary trunk a more reliable and effective procedure and may reduce surgical morbidity and mortality.

TL;DR: It is concluded that cross-sectional echocardiography can be used as a screening method to detect impaired left ventricular function and is superior to M-mode echOCardiography.

TL;DR: This series delineates those anatomic and clinical exceptions wherein percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty may be utilized as the primary therapy for left main stem coronary stenosis.

TL;DR: Cardiac catheterization has proved its value as a major tool in the diagnosis of congenital cardiac defects as discussed by the authors, and it is inevitable that better results will be obtained for those defects currently being treated that way, and that the method will be applied to other conditions.

TL;DR: Study of conduction tissues of 8 hearts from the cardiopathological collection of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh found the sinus node and the specialized atrioventricular junctional area was abnormal in 3 of the 4 hearts with absent right superior caval vein, suggesting this may be the key factor in the development of arrhythmias when the right inferior caval vein is absent or abnormal.

TL;DR: There was a marked inverse relationship with foetal age; in early foetuses, less than 25 mm, cardiac malformations were present in 68%.

TL;DR: Prophylactic oral verapamil 40 mg given three times daily after coronary artery bypass surgery failed to decrease the incidence of post-operative supraventricular tachycardia or to significantly influence the ventricular rate if tachyCardia developed.

TL;DR: All stillborn and all deceased children were autopsied during a 27-year period in a given territory with some 1,220,000 inhabitants and found that the most common malformation was ventricular septal defect, followed by hypoplastic left ventricle and complete transposition.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the cushions do not materially contribute to the mature muscular septum in the hearts of human embryos.

TL;DR: Ear acupuncture followed by sepsis caused subacute bacterial endocarditis in a patient with rheumatic valve disease.

TL;DR: Despite both adequate symptomatic treatment of renal failure and few complications of dialysis itself, the prognosis remains poor, even with early treatment, but an aggressive approach is justified because some survivors can be expected.

TL;DR: Clinicians, when preparing infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome for surgical palliation, should always suspect associated aortic arch anomalies, especially when there is severe hypoplasia of the ascending aorta.

TL;DR: A case of Fabry's disease who developed symptoms and signs of heart failure despite successful renal transplantation 14 years ago is reported, with findings in patients with hypertrophic non-obstructive cardiomyopathy.

TL;DR: This study confirmed that failure to show early response to appropriate antimicrobial therapy was an indication to consider immediate valve replacement.

TL;DR: Among 111 hearts with so-called "isolated" ventricular septal defect, 18 specimens were found to have a subaortic perimembranous defect with an overriding aortic valve but without pulmonary stenosis, indicating that this seemingly simple defect is part of a complex malformation involving both septation and valve formation.

TL;DR: A unitary concept is proposed to explain the genesis of the third heart sound and associated "rapid filling wave" of the apexcardiogram in physiological and pathological states including constrictive pericarditis.

TL;DR: Results of segregation analysis suggest a genetic heterogeneity for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in that both autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive mode of inheritance can occur.

TL;DR: Treatment for the older patients with syncope consisted mainly of behavior modification, while 5 out of 6 younger patients required the implantation of a ventricular demand pacemaker to prevent repeated and problematic recurrences of syncope.

TL;DR: It is suggested that an excessive generation of thromboxane A2 is associated with the evolution of transmural myocardial infarction, and that OKY-1581-induced reduction of thROMboxane B2 levels is effective in diminishing creatine kinase release.

TL;DR: This paper reviews what investigators have learned after treating nearly 150 patients with severe chronic heart failure with captopril or enalapril, both in prospective trials and in clinical practice with converting-enzyme inhibitors.

TL;DR: A case of myocardial bridging of the anterior descending coronary artery associated with a non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which was corrected by surgery because of a poor response to standard drug therapy is described.