1999 05 - 11 articles
Modern evaluation of mitral regurgitation with echocardiography: detection of concomitant coronary artery disease. In patients with severe mitral regurgitation, concomitant coronary artery disease is a major prognostic determinant besides age and lef...
Mitral valve repair provides substantial advantages over mitral valve replacement in patients with severe mitral regurgitation. However, valve repair is more demanding than valve replacement. Because of the possibility of persistent regurgitation, in...
Radiation exposure for patients during invasive cardiological examinations. In 260 diagnostic coronary angiographies, 119 PTCA and 12 electrophysiological examinations the radiation to which patients were exposed was recorded and analysed. The examin...
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Die Arteriosklerose bleibt der wichtigste Krankheitsprozess in der Kardiologie und in der Medizin überhaupt […]
For years, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in the setting of structural heart disease has been identified as an independent predictor of sudden death. The MADIT trial showed a clear superiority of prophylactic defibrillator (ICD) compared to con...
During the last decade many infectious aetiologies of coronary heart disease have been suggested. Beside viruses such as CMV, HIV and Kawasaki disease, the greatest attention has been given to Chlamydia pneumoniae as a positive role. Five arguments a...
Atherosclerosis is initiated by endothelial dysfunction caused by multiple types of endothelial injury, among them notably hemodynamic wall stresses. It progresses under the influence of atherogenic lipoproteins. Although Chlamydia pneumoniae has une...
There are still controversies regarding the mechanisms and optimal treatment of ischaemic mitral regurgitation. Coronary heart disease is the third most important cause of mitral regurgitation (10%), after myxomatous degeneration (45%), and rheumatic...
