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1. In-Hospital Outcome Comparing Bivalirudin to Heparin in Real-World Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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Kerschner, K., Saleh, K., Steinwender, C., Juhasz, M., Rieschl, J., Buberl, A., Pilshofer, M., Auer, J., Kremser, K., Gratze, F., Zenker, G., Schuchlenz, H., Weihs, W., Pachinger, O., Rab, A., Fleischmann, G., Ovsenk, T., Sykora, J., Wallner, H., Laubreiter, K., Buesel, S., Hoeppel, R., Kofler, R., Kaltenbach, L., Ulmer, H., Christ, G., Norman, G., Weber, H., Lassnig, E., Maurer, E., Piackova, E., Geppert, A., Derntl, M., Hasun, Matthias, Dörler, Jakob, Edlinger, Michael, Alber, Hannes, Von Lewinski, Dirk, Eber, Bernd, Roithinger, Franz Xaver, Berger, Rudolf, Siostrzonek, Peter, Grimm, Georg, Benzer, Werner, Wintersteller, Wilfried, Huber, Kurt, Schuchlenz, Herwig, and Weidinger, Franz

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2017
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4. Clopidogrel pre-treatment is associated with reduced in-hospital mortality in primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction

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Dörler, Jakob, Edlinger, Michael, Alber, Hannes F., Altenberger, Johann, Benzer, Werner, Grimm, Georg, Huber, Kurt, Pachinger, Otmar, Schuchlenz, Herwig, Siostrzonek, Peter, Zenker, Gerald, Weidinger, Franz, Altenberger, J., Pichler, M., Benzer, W., Bonner, G., Weidinger, F., Brunner, T., Gaul, G., Gratze, F., Zenker, G., Juhasz, M., Silberbauer, H., Kerschner, K., Leisch, F., Krappinger, H., Wimmer, H., Laubreiter, K., Grimm, G., Siostrzonek, P., Mayr, H., Neunteufl, T., Maurer, G., Norman, G., Weber, H., Pachinger, O., Dörler, J., Alber, H. F., Roithinger, F. X., Unger, G., Huber, K., Wallner, H., Weihs, W., and Schuchlenz, H.

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2011
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12. Management and outcome of patients with established coronary artery disease: the Euro Heart Survey on coronary revascularization

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Lenzen, M. J., Boersma, E., Bertrand, M. E., Maier, W., Moris, C., Piscione, F., Sechtem, U., Stahle, E., Widimsky, P., De Jaegere, P., Scholte Op Reimer, W. J. M., Mercado, N., Wijns, W., Meier, B., Sergeant, P., Vos, J., Unger, F., Manini, Malika, Bramley, Claire, Laforest, Valérie, Taylor, Charles, Del Gaiso, Susan, Huber, Kurt, De Backer, Guy, Sirakova, Vera, Cerbak, Roman, Thayssen, Per, Lehto, Seppo, Blanc, Jean-Jacques, Delahaye, François, Kobulia, Bondo, Zeymer, Uwe, Cokkinos, Dennis, Karlocai, Kristof, Graham, Ian, Shelley, Emer, Behar, Shlomo, Maggioni, Aldo, Grabauskiene, Virginija, Deckers, Jaap, Asmussen, Inger, Stepinska, Janina, Gonçalves, Lino, Mareev, Vyacheslav, Riecansky, Igor, Kenda, Miran F., Alonso, Angeles, Lopez-Sendon, José Luis, Rosengren, Annika, Buser, Peter, Okay, Tugrul, Sychov, Oleg, Fox, Kevin, Wood, David, Boersma, Eric, Crijns, Harry, Fox, Kim, McGregor, Keith, Mulder, Barbara, Priori, Sylvia, Rydén, Lars, Tavazzi, Luigi, Vahanian, Alec, Vardas, Panos, Wijns, William, Sarkisyan, Karine, Glogar, H. D., Derntl, Michael, Frick, Matthias, Pachinger, O., Zwick, Ralf, Vrints, Christiaan, Van Hertbruggen, Els, Vercammen, Marc, Sysmans, Tineke, Schroeder, E., Domange, Juliette, De Pril, Hilde, De Vriese, Johan, Van Hecke, Tonny, Legrand, V., Gillon, Marie-France, Richardy, Michel, Doneux, P., Petrov, Ivo, Jorgova, J., Starcevic, Boris, Eeckhout, Eric, Berger, Alexandre, Prudent, Veronique, Camenzind, E., Masson, Nicolas, Zambartas, Costas, Kleanthous, Helen, Widimsky, Petr, Stellova, Blanka, Aschermann, Michael, Simek, Stanislav, Kautzner, J., Karmazin, Vladimir, Svab, P., Indrak, Jan, Branny, M., Hladilova, Kveta, Kala, P., Thayssen, P., Cappelen, Helle, Jensen, Lisette Okkels, Gitt, A., Gehrke, Konstanze, Erbel, R., Gutersohn, Achim, Eggebrecht, Holger, Al Khani, Murad, Sechtem, Udo, Rosenberger, Antje, Vogelsberg, Holger, Klepzig, H., Schmidt, Arnold, Silber, Sigmund, Mau, Birgit, Leuner, Christian, Czyborra, Karen, Reuschling, Christina, Muno, Eva, Kleber, F., Rux, Sascha, Zeymer, U., Saad, Aly, Ibrahim, B. S. S., Elabady, Maged, Castro Beiras, A., Fernandez, Jorge Salgado, Navarro Del Arno, Felipe, Iniguez Romo, A., Cruz Fernandez, J. M., Mayoreal, Alejandro Recio, Rebanal, Franciso Javier Rivero, De La Borbolla, Mariano Garcia, Chaparro, Marinela, Brotons, C., Permanyer Miralda, C., Vilai Perez, Srta Irma, Moris, Cesar, Fernandez Aviles, F., De La Fuente Galan, Luis, Vinuela, Paula Tejedor, Malpartida De Torres, F., Mora, Javier, Rodriguez, Ignacio Santos, Bustamante, Itziar Piedra, Sanchez Fernandez, Pedro L., Diago Torrent, J. L., Diez Gil, Jose L., Perpinan, Javier, Palacios Motilla, V., Soledad Alcasena Juango, M., Berjon-Reyero, Jesus, Melgares Moreno, R., Guerrero, Juan Carlos Fernandez, Lehto, S., Savolainen, Kirsti, Nieminen, M. S., Syvanne, Mikko, Cohen-Solal, A., Oboa, Antoine-Sylvain, Bassand, J. P., Espinosa, Denis Pales, Jouet, Veronique, Montalescot, G., Gallois, Vanessa, Daubert, J. C., Clerc, Jean Michel, Machecourt, Jacques, Cottin, Y., Walker, D., Holland, Fhiona, Wood, D., Prosser, Jenni, Muir, Lis, Barber, Kate, Cleland, J. G. F., Cook, Jocelyn, Chapichadze, Zaza, Christos, Ioannis Skoularigisn Athanasiou, Tsiavou, Nastasia, Chrysohoou, Christina, Manginas, Athanassios, Terrovitis, John, Kanakakis, John, Vavuranakis, Manolis, Drakos, Stavros, Farmakis, Thomas, Samara, C., Papakosta, Christina, Bourantas, Christos, Michalis, L. K., Christos, Mpourantas, Foussas, Stefanos, Adamopoulou, Evdokia, Vardas, P. E., Marketou, Mary, Alotti, N., Basa, Anna Maria, Vigh, Andras, Preda, Istvan, Csoti, Eva, Keltai, M., Kerkovits, G., Hendler, Alberto, Blatt, Alex, Beyar, R., Shefer, Arie, Halon, David, Bentzvi, Margalait, Avramovitch, Naomi, Bakst, Avinoam, Cafri, Carlos, Grosbard, Aviva, Margolis, Bella, Suleiman, Khalid, Banai, Shmuel, Meerkin, David, Mosseri, Morris, Guita, Pnina, Jabara, Rifat, Jafari, Jamal, Ben Shitrit, Debi, Ghasan, null, Salameh, null, Brezins, Marc, Van Den Akker-Berman, Lily, Guetta, Victor, Rozenman, Yoseph, Biagini, A., Berti, Sergio, Ferrero, Massimo, Colombo, A., Roccaforte, R., Milici, Caterina, Scarpino, L., Salvi, A., Desideri, Alessandro, Sabbadin, Daniela, Galassi, Alfredo, Giuffrida, Giuseppe, Rognoni, Andrea, Vassanelli, Corrado, Paffoni, Paola, Cioppa, Angelo, Rubino, Paolo, De Carlo, Marco, Petronio, Anna Sonia, Naccarella, F., Saia, Francesco, Marzocchi, Antonio, Maranga, Stefano Sdringola, Presbitero, P., Valsecchi, Fazya, Piscione, Federico, Esposito, Giovanni, Santini, Napoli M., Tubaro, Marco, Erglis, A., Narbute, Inga, Kavoliuniene, Ausra, Zaliunas, R., Navickas, Ramunas, Grabauskiene, V., Luckute, Davia, Subkovas, Eduardas, Wagner, Daniel, Vermeer, F., Lousberg, Aimee, Fransen, Heidi, Breeman, Arno, Tebbe, Henriette, De Boer, M. J., Van Der Wal, Metske, Deckers, J., Vos, Jeroen, Leenders, C. M., Veerhoek, M. J., Jansen, Chris, Bijl, M., Koppelaar, Colinda, Van Den Linden, null, Brons, R., Widdershofen, J. W. M. G., Broers, Herman, Kontny, F., Jonzon, Marianne, Wodniecki, Jan, Tomasik, Andrzej, Trusz-Gluza, M., Nowak, Seweryn, Ruzyllo, Witold, Deptuch, Tomasz, Marques, Jorge, Matias, F., Madeira, H., Oliveira, Joaquim, Sargento, Luis, Ionac, Adina, Dragulescu, Iosif Stefan, Mut-Vitcu, Bogdan, Maximov, Daniela, Dorobantu, M., Apetrei, E., Niculescu, Rodica, Petrescu, Virgil, Bucsa, Adrian, Deleanu, Dan, Benedek, I. S., Hintea, Theodora, Aronov, D., Tikhomirova, Elena, Kranjec, I., Prokselj, Katja, Kanic, Vojko, Sepetoglu, Ahmet, Aytekin, S., Aytekin, V., Catakoglu, Alp Burak, Parlar, Hayri, Tufekcioglu, Suavi, Ozyedek, Zeki, Baltali, Mehmet, Kiziltan, null, Vukovic, Milan, Neskovic, A. N., Lenzen, M. J, Boersma, E, Bertrand, Me, Maier, W, Moris, C, Esposito, Giovanni, Piscione, Federico, Sechtem, U, Stahle, E, Widimsky, P, de Jaegere, P, Scholte op Reimer, W. J. M, Mercado, N, Wijns, W., University of Zurich, Wijns, W, Lenzen, M. J., Boersma, E., Bertrand, M. E., Maier, W., Moris, C., Piscione, F., Sechtem, U., Stahle, E., Widimsky, P., De Jaegere, P., Scholte Op Reimer, W. J. M., Mercado, N., Meier, B., Sergeant, P., Vos, J., Unger, F., Manini, Malika, Bramley, Claire, Laforest, Valérie, Taylor, Charle, Del Gaiso, Susan, Huber, Kurt, De Backer, Guy, Sirakova, Vera, Cerbak, Roman, Thayssen, Per, Lehto, Seppo, Blanc, Jean-Jacque, Delahaye, Françoi, Kobulia, Bondo, Zeymer, Uwe, Cokkinos, Denni, Karlocai, Kristof, Graham, Ian, Shelley, Emer, Behar, Shlomo, Maggioni, Aldo, Grabauskiene, Virginija, Deckers, Jaap, Asmussen, Inger, Stepinska, Janina, Gonçalves, Lino, Mareev, Vyacheslav, Riecansky, Igor, Kenda, Miran F., Alonso, Angele, Lopez-Sendon, José Lui, Rosengren, Annika, Buser, Peter, Okay, Tugrul, Sychov, Oleg, Fox, Kevin, Wood, David, Boersma, Eric, Crijns, Harry, Fox, Kim, Mcgregor, Keith, Mulder, Barbara, Priori, Sylvia, Rydén, Lar, Tavazzi, Luigi, Vahanian, Alec, Vardas, Pano, Wijns, William, Sarkisyan, Karine, Glogar, H. D., Derntl, Michael, Frick, Matthia, Pachinger, O., Zwick, Ralf, Vrints, Christiaan, Van Hertbruggen, El, Vercammen, Marc, Sysmans, Tineke, Schroeder, E., Domange, Juliette, De Pril, Hilde, De Vriese, Johan, Van Hecke, Tonny, Legrand, V., Gillon, Marie-France, Richardy, Michel, Doneux, P., Petrov, Ivo, Jorgova, J., Starcevic, Bori, Eeckhout, Eric, Berger, Alexandre, Prudent, Veronique, Camenzind, E., Masson, Nicola, Zambartas, Costa, Kleanthous, Helen, Widimsky, Petr, Stellova, Blanka, Aschermann, Michael, Simek, Stanislav, Kautzner, J., Karmazin, Vladimir, Svab, P., Indrak, Jan, Branny, M., Hladilova, Kveta, Kala, P., Thayssen, P., Cappelen, Helle, Jensen, Lisette Okkel, Gitt, A., Gehrke, Konstanze, Erbel, R., Gutersohn, Achim, Eggebrecht, Holger, Al Khani, Murad, Sechtem, Udo, Rosenberger, Antje, Vogelsberg, Holger, Klepzig, H., Schmidt, Arnold, Silber, Sigmund, Mau, Birgit, Leuner, Christian, Czyborra, Karen, Reuschling, Christina, Muno, Eva, Kleber, F., Rux, Sascha, Zeymer, U., Saad, Aly, Ibrahim, B. S. S., Elabady, Maged, Castro Beiras, A., Fernandez, Jorge Salgado, Navarro Del Arno, Felipe, Iniguez Romo, A., Cruz Fernandez, J. M., Mayoreal, Alejandro Recio, Rebanal, Franciso Javier Rivero, De La Borbolla, Mariano Garcia, Chaparro, Marinela, Brotons, C., Permanyer Miralda, C., Vilai Perez, Srta Irma, Moris, Cesar, Fernandez Aviles, F., De La Fuente Galan, Lui, Vinuela, Paula Tejedor, Malpartida De Torres, F., Mora, Javier, Rodriguez, Ignacio Santo, Bustamante, Itziar Piedra, Sanchez Fernandez, Pedro L., Diago Torrent, J. L., Diez Gil, Jose L., Perpinan, Javier, Palacios Motilla, V., Soledad Alcasena Juango, M., Berjon-Reyero, Jesu, Melgares Moreno, R., Guerrero, Juan Carlos Fernandez, Lehto, S., Savolainen, Kirsti, Nieminen, M. S., Syvanne, Mikko, Cohen-Solal, A., Oboa, Antoine-Sylvain, Bassand, J. P., Espinosa, Denis Pale, Jouet, Veronique, Montalescot, G., Gallois, Vanessa, Daubert, J. C., Clerc, Jean Michel, Machecourt, Jacque, Cottin, Y., Walker, D., Holland, Fhiona, Wood, D., Prosser, Jenni, Muir, Li, Barber, Kate, Cleland, J. G. F., Cook, Jocelyn, Chapichadze, Zaza, Christos, Ioannis Skoularigisn Athanasiou, Tsiavou, Nastasia, Chrysohoou, Christina, Manginas, Athanassio, Terrovitis, John, Kanakakis, John, Vavuranakis, Manoli, Drakos, Stavro, Farmakis, Thoma, Samara, C., Papakosta, Christina, Bourantas, Christo, Michalis, L. K., Christos, Mpouranta, Foussas, Stefano, Adamopoulou, Evdokia, Vardas, P. E., Marketou, Mary, Alotti, N., Basa, Anna Maria, Vigh, Andra, Preda, Istvan, Csoti, Eva, Keltai, M., Kerkovits, G., Hendler, Alberto, Blatt, Alex, Beyar, R., Shefer, Arie, Halon, David, Bentzvi, Margalait, Avramovitch, Naomi, Bakst, Avinoam, Cafri, Carlo, Grosbard, Aviva, Margolis, Bella, Suleiman, Khalid, Banai, Shmuel, Meerkin, David, Mosseri, Morri, Guita, Pnina, Jabara, Rifat, Jafari, Jamal, Ben Shitrit, Debi, Ghasan, Null, Salameh, Null, Brezins, Marc, Van Den Akker-Berman, Lily, Guetta, Victor, Rozenman, Yoseph, Biagini, A., Berti, Sergio, Ferrero, Massimo, Colombo, A., Roccaforte, R., Milici, Caterina, Scarpino, L., Salvi, A., Desideri, Alessandro, Sabbadin, Daniela, Galassi, Alfredo, Giuffrida, Giuseppe, Rognoni, Andrea, Vassanelli, Corrado, Paffoni, Paola, Cioppa, Angelo, Rubino, Paolo, De Carlo, Marco, Petronio, Anna Sonia, Naccarella, F., Saia, Francesco, Marzocchi, Antonio, Maranga, Stefano Sdringola, Presbitero, P., Valsecchi, Fazya, Santini, Napoli M., Tubaro, Marco, Erglis, A., Narbute, Inga, Kavoliuniene, Ausra, Zaliunas, R., Navickas, Ramuna, Grabauskiene, V., Luckute, Davia, Subkovas, Eduarda, Wagner, Daniel, Vermeer, F., Lousberg, Aimee, Fransen, Heidi, Breeman, Arno, Tebbe, Henriette, De Boer, M. J., Van Der Wal, Metske, Deckers, J., Vos, Jeroen, Leenders, C. M., Veerhoek, M. J., Jansen, Chri, Bijl, M., Koppelaar, Colinda, Van Den Linden, Null, Brons, R., Widdershofen, J. W. M. G., Broers, Herman, Kontny, F., Jonzon, Marianne, Wodniecki, Jan, Tomasik, Andrzej, Trusz-Gluza, M., Nowak, Seweryn, Ruzyllo, Witold, Deptuch, Tomasz, Marques, Jorge, Matias, F., Madeira, H., Oliveira, Joaquim, Sargento, Lui, Ionac, Adina, Dragulescu, Iosif Stefan, Mut-Vitcu, Bogdan, Maximov, Daniela, Dorobantu, M., Apetrei, E., Niculescu, Rodica, Petrescu, Virgil, Bucsa, Adrian, Deleanu, Dan, Benedek, I. S., Hintea, Theodora, Aronov, D., Tikhomirova, Elena, Kranjec, I., Prokselj, Katja, Kanic, Vojko, Sepetoglu, Ahmet, Aytekin, S., Aytekin, V., Catakoglu, Alp Burak, Parlar, Hayri, Tufekcioglu, Suavi, Ozyedek, Zeki, Baltali, Mehmet, Kiziltan, Null, Vukovic, Milan, Neskovic, A. N., Cardiology, Lenzen, Mj, and Scholte op Reimer, Wj

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Practice survey, Male, Coronary Stenosi, Coronary angiography, medicine.medical_treatment, Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Artery Disease, Angina, Coronary artery disease, Myocardial Revascularization, Stent, Myocardial infarction, Coronary Artery Bypass, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, CABG, PCI, Professional Practice, Health Survey, Middle Aged, Europe, Treatment Outcome, Epidemiologic Method, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Cardiology, Stents, Female, Guideline Adherence, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, outcome, Euro Heart Survey, 610 Medicine & health, Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex, 142-005 142-005, 2705 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Angioplasty, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Angina, Unstable, cardiovascular diseases, Interventional cardiology, Unstable angina, business.industry, Coronary Artery Bypa, Coronary Stenosis, Percutaneous coronary intervention, Length of Stay, medicine.disease, Health Surveys, Conventional PCI, 570 Life sciences, biology, Epidemiologic Methods, business
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AIMS: The purpose of the Euro Heart Survey Programme of the European Society of Cardiology is to evaluate to which extent clinical practice endorses existing guidelines as well as to identify differences in population profiles, patient management, and outcome across Europe. The current survey focuses on the invasive diagnosis and treatment of patients with established coronary artery disease (CAD). METHODS AND RESULTS: Between November 2001 and March 2002, 7769 consecutive patients undergoing invasive evaluation at 130 hospitals (31 countries) were screened for the presence of one or more coronary stenosis >50% in diameter. Patient demographics and comorbidity, clinical presentation, invasive parameters, treatment options, and procedural techniques were prospectively entered in an electronic database (550 variables+29 per diseased coronary segment). Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) were evaluated at 30 days and 1 year. Out of 5619 patients with angiographically proven coronary stenosis (72% of screened population), 53% presented with stable angina while ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) was the indication for coronary angiography in 16% and non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction or unstable angina in 30%. Only medical therapy was continued in 21%, whereas mechanical revascularization was performed in the remainder [percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in 58% and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in 21%]. Patients referred for PCI were younger, were more active, had a lower risk profile, and had less comorbid conditions. CABG was performed mostly in patients with left main lesions (21%), two- (25%), or three-vessel disease (67%) with 4.1 diseased segments, on average. Single-vessel PCI was performed in 82% of patients with either single- (45%), two- (33%), or three-vessel disease (21%). Stents were used in 75% of attempted lesions, with a large variation between sites. Direct PCI for STEMI was performed in 410 cases, representing 7% of the entire workload in the participating catheterization laboratories. Time delay was within 90 min in 76% of direct PCI cases. In keeping with the recommendations of practice guidelines, the survey identified under-use of adjunctive medication (GP IIb/IIIa receptor blockers, statins, and angiotensin-converting enzyme-inhibitors). Mortality rates at 30 days and 1 year were low in all subgroups. MACE primarily consisted of repeat PCI (12%). CONCLUSION: The current Euro Heart Survey on coronary revascularization was performed in the era of bare metal stenting and provides a global European picture of the invasive approach to patients with CAD. These data will serve as a benchmark for the future evaluation of the impact of drug-eluting stents on the practice of interventional cardiology and bypass surgery.

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2005
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14. Safety and efficacy of femoral artery closure with the FemoSeal® device after coronary angiography using a 7 French sheath

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Pachinger O, Hannes Alber, Maria Wanitschek, N Moes, Jakob Dörler, and Alois Suessenbacher

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Adult, Male, Coronary angiography, Cardiac Catheterization, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, Vessel occlusion, Hemorrhage, Femoral artery, Coronary Angiography, medicine.artery, medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Vascular closure device, Aged, Cardiac catheterization, Aged, 80 and over, Advanced and Specialized Nursing, Hemostasis, business.industry, Percutaneous coronary intervention, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Surgery, Femoral Artery, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Time to hemostasis, Safety Research
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Post-cardiac catheterization femoral artery hemostasis can be accomplished with several mechanisms, including the FemoSeal® hemostasis device which has been designed and approved for closure of 6 French (F) arterial puncture sites. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the FemoSeal® vascular closure device can effectively and safely seal 7F arterial puncture sites after diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterizations. Femoral artery puncture sites of 50 consecutive patients undergoing cardiac catheterization were closed with the FemoSeal® vascular closure device, according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Efficacy endpoints were time to hemostasis and successful ambulation. Safety endpoints included bleeding complications, vessel occlusion and pseudoaneurysms. Mean time to hemostasis was 57.8±26.3 seconds (0-125 seconds). Hemostasis was achieved in 100 percent of the 50 patients. One patient suffered minor bleeding the next day, i.e. local hematoma. This clinical study demonstrates that the FemoSeal® vascular closure device, initially approved for closure of 6F arterial puncture sites, shows promising efficacy and safety to seal a larger (7F) femoral arterial puncture sites after diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterizations.

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2011
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15. Risk Factor Profile for Sudden Cardiac Death During Mountain Hiking

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Hanno Ulmer, Michael Schocke, Pachinger O, and Martin Burtscher

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Ischemia, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Sudden death, Sudden cardiac death, Risk Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Risk factor, Thrombus, Aged, Aspirin, business.industry, Mortality rate, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Mountaineering, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Austria, Cardiology, business, human activities, medicine.drug
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Mountain hiking is associated with a death rate of about 4 deaths per 100,000 hikers annually. About 50 % of all fatalities during mountain hiking are sudden cardiac deaths (SCDs). But there are only few data available regarding risk factors and triggers associated with SCD during mountain hiking. Thus, a case-control analysis between persons who died suddenly during mountain hiking and randomly selected controls was carried out. Risk factor profiles of 179 males over the age of 34 who suffered SCD during mountain hiking were compared to those of 537 matched controls. Hikers who died suddenly during mountain hiking were much more likely to have had a prior MI (17% vs. 0.9%; p < 0.001), known coronary artery disease (CAD) without prior MI (17 % vs. 4%; p < 0.001), diabetes (6% vs. 1 %; p < 0.001), hypercholesterolemia (54 % vs. 20%; p < 0.001), and were less engaged in regular mountain sports activities (31% vs. 58%; p < 0.001) compared to hikers from the control group. Based on the reported relationship between traditional risk factors and coronary plaque morphology, acute plaque rupture with thrombus formation and subsequent lethal arrhythmias may be assumed to be a dominant mechanism precipitating SCD during hiking. In contrast, in skiers especially non-occlusive plaques may precipitate ischemia leading to an imbalance between oxygen demand and supply and subsequent lethal arrhythmias. As preventive measures recommended to hikers at risk, adaptation to regular mountain sports activities by an adequate training program and pharmacological interventions, e.g. lipid lowering drugs, aspirin, and beta-blockers, should be considered.

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2007
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16. Patients enrolled in coronary intervention trials are not representative of patients in clinical practice: results from the Euro Heart Survey on Coronary Revascularization

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Hordijk-Trion M., Lenzen M., Wijns W., De Jaegere P., Simoons M. L., Scholte Op Reimer W. J. M., Bertrand M. E., Mercado N., Boersma E., Maier W., Meier B., Moris C., Piscione F., Sechtem U., Sergeant P., Stahle E., Vos J., Widimsky P., Unger F., Manini M., Bramley C., Laforest V., Taylor C., Del Gaiso S., Huber K., De Backer G., Sirakova V., Cerbak R., Thayssen P., Lehto S., Blanc J. -J., Delahaye F., Kobulia B., Zeymer U., Cokkinos D., Karlocai K., Graham I., Shelley E., Behar S., Maggioni A., Grabauskiene V., Deckers J., Asmussen I., Stepinska J., Goncalves L., Mareev V., Riecansky I., Kenda M. F., Alonso A., Lopez-Sendon J. L., Rosengren A., Buser P., Okay T., Sychov O., Fox K., Wood D., Crijns H., McGregor K., Mulder B., Priori S., Ryden L., Tavazzi L., Vahanian A., Vardas P., Sarkisyan K., Glogar H. D., Frick M., Pachinger O., Zwick R., Vrints C., Van Hertbruggen E., Vercammen M., Sysmans T., Schroeder E., Domange J., De Pril H., De Vriese J., Van Hecke T., Legrand V., Gillon M. -F., Richardy M., Doneux P., Petrov I., Jorgova J., Starcevic B., Eeckhout E., Berger A., Prudent V., Camenzind E., Masson N., Zambartas C., Kleanthous H., Stellova B., Aschermann M., Simek S., Kautzner J., Karmazin V., Svab P., Indrak J., Branny M., Hladilova K., Kala P., Cappelen H., Jensen L. O., Gitt A., Gehrke K., am Rhein L., Erbel R., Gutersohn A., Eggebrecht H., Al Khani M., Rosenberger A., Vogelsberg H., Klepzig H., Schmidt A., Silber S., Mau B., Leuner C., Czyborra K., Reuschling C., Muno E., Nauheim B., Kleber F., Rux S., Saad A., Elabady M., Beiras A. C., Fernandez J. S., del Arno F. N., Romo A. I., Fernandez J. M. C., Mayoreal A. R., Rebanal F. J. R., de la Borbolla M. G., Chaparro M., Brotons C., Miralda C. P., Vila i Perez S. I., Aviles F. F., de la Fuente Galan L., Vinuela P. 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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Randomization, medicine.medical_treatment, Euro Heart Survey, Coronary Artery Disease, Revascularization, law.invention, Coronary artery disease, Randomized controlled trial, law, Internal medicine, Angioplasty, medicine, Humans, cardiovascular diseases, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, Coronary Artery Bypass, CABG, Aged, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, business.industry, Coronary Artery Bypa, Patient Selection, PCI, Health Survey, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Health Surveys, Surgery, Clinical trial, Stenosis, surgical procedures, operative, Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic, Conventional PCI, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Human
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Aims: Revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease changed over the last two decades, favouring the number of patients treated by means of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) when compared with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Many randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been performed to compare these two competing revascularization techniques. Because of the strict enrolment criteria of RCTs in which highly selected patients are recruited, the applicability of the results may be limited in clinical practice. The current study evaluates to what extent patients in clinical practice were similar to those who participated in RCTs comparing PCI with CABG. Methods and results: Clinical characteristics and 1-year outcome of 4713 patients enrolled in the Euro Heart Survey on Coronary Revascularization were compared with 8647 patients who participated in 14 major RCTs, comparing PCI with CABG. In addition, we analysed which proportion of survey patients would have disqualified for trial participation (n = 3033, 64%), aiming at identifying differences between trial-eligible and trial-ineligible survey patients. In general, important differences were observed between trial participants and survey patients. Patients in clinical practice were older, more often had comorbid conditions, single-vessel disease, and left main stem stenosis when compared with trial participants. Almost identical differences were observed between trial-eligible and trial-ineligible survey patients. In clinical practice, PCI was the treatment of choice, even in patients who were trial-ineligible (46% PCI, 26% CABG, 28% medical). PCI remained the preferred treatment option in patients with multi-vessel disease (57% in trial-eligible and 40% in trial-ineligible patients, respectively, P < 0.001); yet, the risk profile of patients treated by PCI was better than that for patients treated either by CABG or by medical therapy. In the RCTs, there was no mortality difference between PCI and CABG. In clinical practice, however, we observed 1-year unadjusted survival benefit for PCI vs. CABG (2.9 vs. 5.4%, P < 0.001). Survival benefit was only observed in trial-ineligible patients (3.3 vs. 6.2%, P < 0.001). Conclusion: Many patients in clinical practice were not represented in RCTs. Moreover, only 36% of these patients were considered eligible for participating in a trial comparing PCI with CABG. We demonstrated that RCTs included younger patients with a better cardiovascular risk profile when compared with patients in everyday clinical practice. This study highlights the disparity between patients in clinical practice and patients in whom the studies that provide the evidence for treatment guidelines are performed. © The European Society of Cardiology 2006. All rights reserved.

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2006

18. Prior Myocardial Infarction is the Major Risk Factor Associated with Sudden Cardiac Death During Downhill Skiing

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Pachinger O, Hanno Ulmer, Martin Burtscher, and Murray A. Mittleman

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Sports medicine, Myocardial Infarction, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Sudden death, Sudden cardiac death, Coronary thrombosis, Risk Factors, Skiing, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Myocardial infarction, Risk factor, Aged, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Retrospective cohort study, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Physical Fitness, Hypertension, Cardiology, Physical therapy, Myocardial infarction complications, business, human activities
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More than 90% of all sudden cardiac deaths (SCDs) during downhill skiing, the most popular winter sport world-wide, are attributed to men over the age of 34. However, no data exist on additional risk factors and triggers for SCD related to downhill skiing. Therefore risk factor profiles of 68 males who died from SCD during downhill skiing were compared to those of 204 matched controls. Skiers who suffered SCD had much more frequently prior myocardial infarction (MI) (41% vs. 1.5%; p

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2000
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19. Efficacy and safety of tenecteplase in combination with enoxaparin, abciximab, or unfractionated heparin: the ASSENT-3 randomised trial in acute myocardial infarction

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Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Abciximab, Ischemia, Myocardial Infarction, Tenecteplase, Injections, Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments, Reperfusion therapy, Fibrinolytic Agents, Recurrence, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Myocardial infarction, Enoxaparin, Aged, Intention-to-treat analysis, Chi-Square Distribution, business.industry, Heparin, Antibodies, Monoclonal, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Survival Analysis, Regimen, Treatment Outcome, Anesthesia, Tissue Plasminogen Activator, Cardiology, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, business, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, medicine.drug
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Current fibrinolytic therapies fail to achieve optimum reperfusion in many patients. Low-molecular-weight heparins and platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors have shown the potential to improve pharmacological reperfusion therapy. We did a randomised, open-label trial to compare the efficacy and safety of tenecteplase plus enoxaparin or abciximab, with that of tenecteplase plus weight-adjusted unfractionated heparin in patients with acute myocardial infarction. METHODS: 6095 patients with acute myocardial infarction of less than 6 h were randomly assigned one of three regimens: full-dose tenecteplase and enoxaparin for a maximum of 7 days (enoxaparin group; n=2040), half-dose tenecteplase with weight-adjusted low-dose unfractionated heparin and a 12-h infusion of abciximab (abciximab group; n=2017), or full-dose tenecteplase with weight-adjusted unfractionated heparin for 48 h (unfractionated heparin group; n=2038). The primary endpoints were the composites of 30-day mortality, in-hospital reinfarction, or in-hospital refractory ischaemia (efficacy endpoint), and the above endpoint plus in-hospital intracranial haemorrhage or in-hospital major bleeding complications (efficacy plus safety endpoint). Analysis was by intention to treat. FINDINGS: There were significantly fewer efficacy endpoints in the enoxaparin and abciximab groups than in the unfractionated heparin group: 233/2037 (11.4%) versus 315/2038 (15.4%; relative risk 0.74 [95% CI 0.63-0.87], p=0.0002) for enoxaparin, and 223/2017 (11.1%) versus 315/2038 (15.4%; 0.72 [0.61-0.84], p

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2001

20. Clinical presentation of rupture of the left-ventricular free wall after myocardial infarction: report of five cases with successful surgical repair

Author

C. Schwarz, Pachinger O, Ng Ck, C Punzengruber, Schauer N, and Hartl P

Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Chest Pain, medicine.medical_treatment, Hemopericardium, Myocardial rupture, Pericardial effusion, Severity of Illness Index, Pericardial Effusion, Syncope, Pseudoaneurysm, Cardiac tamponade, Cause of Death, medicine, Humans, Myocardial infarction, Aged, Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction, Ultrasonography, Heart Failure, business.industry, Suture Techniques, Mitral valve replacement, Electrocardiography in myocardial infarction, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Surgery, Cardiac Tamponade, Treatment Outcome, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

Rupture of the left-ventricular free wall may not always result in immediate irreversible hemodynamic collapse. We report a series of five patients (4 male, 1 female; age 59-79 years) successfully operated for postinfarction free-wall rupture with good long-term results. Two patients presented with syncopy and acute tamponade three days after an acute myocardial infarction. In two patients with atypical chest pain and congestive heart failure, a large pericardial effusion and an extreme localized thinning of a myocardial scar region was seen several weeks after an uncomplicated myocardial infarct. In one patient a pseudoaneurysm was detected, which developed asymptomatically within three weeks after a posterior myocardial infarct. In all cases myocardial rupture was suspected after an echocardiographic examination. At surgery a hemopericardium and a localized rupture site were found. The surgical procedure included closure of the defect by direct suture or patch, CABG in 3 cases, and mitral valve replacement in one patient. The postoperative course was uneventful, only one patient needed IABP for 24 hours. Three patients returned to NYHA functional class I, one patient to class II, and one patient to class III. The latter patient died of heart failure 17 months postoperatively, and the other patients are still alive 4,18,24, and 26 months postoperatively. Thus clinical representation of left-ventricular free-wall rupture after myocardial infarction can be highly variable. But close cooperation between experienced echocardiographers and surgeons may allow successful corrections with good long term-results.

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1996

21. Warm winter is associated with low incidence of ST elevation myocardial infarctions and less frequent acute coronary angiographies in an alpine country.

Author

Wanitschek, M., Ulmer, H., Süssenbacher, A., Dörler, J., Pachinger, O., and Alber, H.F.

Abstract

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2013
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23. Gamma-glutamyltransferase rather than total bilirubin predicts outcome in chronic heart failure.

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Ess M, Mussner-Seeber C, Mariacher S, Lorsbach-Koehler A, Pachinger O, Frick M, Ulmer H, and Poelzl G

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and total bilirubin (T-Bil) are elevated and of prognostic significance in chronic heart failure (CHF). This study sought to compare these novel cardiovascular risk markers in CHF. METHODS AND RESULTS: We evaluated 1,087 ambulatory patients from our heart failure program. Long-term follow-up was available in 1,056 patients. The combined end point was defined as death of any cause or heart transplantation. Prevalence of elevated GGT was 43% in men and 48% in women, that of T-Bil 17% and 8%, respectively. Both variables were significantly correlated with severity of heart failure. GGT and T-Bil were associated with transplant-free survival in bivariate analysis (P values <.001 and .006, respectively). However, GGT (hazard ratio [HR] 1.28, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.13-1.44; P < .001), but not T-Bil, remained an independent predictor of prognosis in the multivariate model. Also, categorized GGT levels beyond the gender-specific normal ranges were predictive of the combined end point (HR 1.55, 95% CI 1.23-1.95). Elevation of both GGT and T-Bil further increased the risk of reaching the end point (HR 2.57, 95% CI 1.74-3.18). CONCLUSIONS: GGT and T-Bil are associated with disease severity in CHF. However, only GGT is independently associated with adverse outcome. Our findings further highlight the clinical importance of GGT in cardiovascular disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011

25. Value of transesophageal 3D echocardiography as an adjunct to conventional 2D imaging in preoperative evaluation of cardiac masses.

Author

Müller S, Feuchtner G, Bonatti J, Müller L, Laufer G, Hiemetzberger R, Pachinger O, Barbieri V, and Bartel T

Abstract

Background: This study sought to compare three-dimensional (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to assess intracardiac masses. It was hypothesized that 3D TEE would reveal incremental information for surgical and nonsurgical management. Methods: In 41 patients presenting with intracardiac masses (17 thrombi, 15 myxomas, 2 lymphomas, 2 caseous calcifications of the mitral valve and one each of hypernephroma, hepatocellular carcinoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, lipoma, and fibroelastoma), 2D and 3D TEE were performed, aiming to assess the surface characteristics of the lesions, their relationship to surrounding structures, and attachments. Diagnoses were made by histopathology (n = 28), by computed tomography (n = 8), or by magnetic resonance imaging (n = 5). Benefit was categorized as follows: (A) New information obtained through 3D TEE; (B) helpful unique views but no additional findings compared to 2D TEE; (C) results equivalent to 2D TEE; (D) 3D TEE missed 2D findings. Results: In 15 subjects (37%), 3D TEE revealed one or more items of additional information (category A) regarding type and site of attachment (n = 9, 22%), surface features (n = 6, 15%), and spatial relationship to surrounding structures (n = 8, 20%). In at least 18% of all intracardiac masses, 3D TEE can be expected to deliver supplementary information. In six patients, additional findings led to decisions deviating from those made on the basis of 2D TEE. In 11 subjects (27%), 3D echocardiographic findings were categorized as 'B.' Conclusions: Information revealed by 3D imaging facilitates therapeutic decision making and especially the choice of an optimal surgical access prior to removal of intracardiac masses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2008

26. Impact of exercise capacity on myocardial high-energy phosphate metabolism.

Author

Klug G, Zwick RH, Frick M, Wolf C, Schocke MF, Conci E, Jaschke W, Pachinger O, and Metzler B

Abstract

31-Phosphorous magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P MRS) is a unique tool to investigate IN VIVO high-energy phosphates (HEP) in the human heart. We hypothesized that physical capacity may be associated with myocardial HEP status. Healthy, male volunteers (n = 105, mean age 51 +/- 7 years) underwent bicycle ergometry with a stepwise increasing workload to determine maximal working capacity (MWC). Heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) were measured continuously during exercise and 4 minutes of recovery. Further 31-Phosphorous 2-dimensional chemical shift imaging (31P 2D CSI) MRS was performed to assess myocardial HEP metabolism by determining phosphocreatinine to beta-ATP ratios (PCr/b-ATP) using a 1.5 tesla scanner. Volunteers with MWC > 230 Watt had significantly higher PCr/b-ATP ratios than those with MWC < 200 Watt (1.93 +/- 0.36 vs. 1.59 +/- 0.35; p < 0.001). Additionally, those with a recovery systolic (S)BP < 195 mmHg had significantly higher ratios than those with a recovery SBP > 195 mmHg (1.74 +/- 0.3 vs. 1.51 +/- 0.2; p < 0.05). We observed a linear correlation between the PCr/b-ATP ratio and MWC (r = 0.411; p < 0.001) and recovery SBP (r = - 0.290; p < 0.01). After statistical correction for age, these correlations remained significant. In this study, we observed a correlation of parameters of physical fitness determined by bicycle exercise testing and cardiac PCr/b-ATP ratios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2007
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27. Risk Factor Profile for Sudden Cardiac Death During Mountain Hiking.

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Burtscher, M., Pachinger, O., Schocke, M. F. H., and Ulmer, H.

Subjects
HIKING, MOUNTAINEERING, CARDIAC arrest, CORONARY disease, MYOCARDIAL infarction, ARRHYTHMIA, HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA, DISEASE risk factors, SPORTS medicine
Abstract

Mountain hiking is associated with a death rate of about 4 deaths per 100000 hikers annually. About 50% of all fatalities during mountain hiking are sudden cardiac deaths (SCDs). But there are only few data available regarding risk factors and triggers associated with SCD during mountain hiking. Thus, a case-control analysis between persons who died suddenly during tam hiking and randomly selected controls was carried out. Risk factor profiles of 179 males over the age of 34 who suffered SCD during mountain hiking were compared to those of 537 matched controls. Hikers who died suddenly during mountain hiking were much more likely to have had a prior MI (17% vs. 0.9%: p<0.001), known coronary artery disease (CAD) without prior Ml (17% vs. 4%; p<0.001), diabetes (6% vs. 1%; p<0.001), hypercholesterolemia (54% vs. 20%; p <0.001), and were less engaged in regular mountain sports activities (31% vs. 58%; p <0.001) compared to hikers from the control group. Based on the reported relationship between traditional risk factors and coronary plaque morphology, acute plaque rupture with thrombus formation and subsequent lethal arrhythmias may be assumed to be a dominant mechanism precipitating SCD during hiking. In contrast, in skiers especially non-occlusive plaques may precipitate ischemia leading to an imbalance between oxygen demand and supply and subsequent lethal arrhythmias. As preventive measures recommended to hikers at risk, adaptation to regular mountain sports activities by an adequate training program and pharmacological interventions, e.g. lipid lowering drugs, aspirin, and beta- blockers, should be considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2007
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28. Severe mesenteric and coronary vasculitis: a late and uncommon complication in a patient with chronic discoid lupus erythematosus.

Author

Nguyen, V. A., Pachinger, O., Jaschke, W., Tzankov, A., Semenitz, B., and Sepp, N.

Subjects
*VASCULAR diseases, *LETTERS to the editor, *LUPUS erythematosus complications, *CORONARY arteries, *LUPUS erythematosus, *MESENTERIC artery, *VASCULITIS
Abstract

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article relating to severe mesenteric and coronary vasculitis that was published in a previous issue of the periodical.

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2006
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30. Ventricular late potentials in haemodialysis patients and the risk of sudden death.

Author

Roithinger, F. X., Punzengruber, C., Rossoll, M., Pachinger, O., Kramar, R., and Prischl, F. C.

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases account for ∼50% of deaths in patients on chronic haemodialysis. Therefore we prospectively studied 54 consecutive patients on dialysis for the presence or absence of ventricular late potentials (LP). LP, i.e. low-amplitude potentials in the terminal part of the QRS complex, have been shown to be highly indicative of life-threatening arrhythmias and sudden death. The results were correlated with echocardiographic studies and the clinical outcome during a follow-up period of 18 months. Fifty patients were suitable for evaluation (29 males, 21 females; mean age 55 years; mean time on dialysis 32 months; coronary artery disease present in 5) Our analysis revealed LP in seven of 50 patients only. Left ventricular hypertrophy, i.e. mean wall diameter > 12 mm, was present in 78%, a compromised left ventricular function, i.e. shortening fraction <28%, was found in 28% of the patients. With respect to echocardiographic parameters, patients with and without LP were similar. During follow-up, sudden cardiac death was observed in three of 11 patients deceased. LP were detectable in one of the three only. From the remaining six patients with LP, four are still alive, and two patients died due to atherosclerosis and pulmonary embolism. Our data underline the crucial role of sudden cardiac death in dialysis patients. Ventricular late potentials, however, are of no prognostic relevance with respect to identification of dialysis patients at risk of sudden death. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
1992

31. Radionuclide methods for the evaluation of ventricular function.

Author

KNAPP, W. H., DYMOND, D. S., MALFANTI, P. L., OGRIS, E., PACHINGER, O., SOCHOR, H., VYSKA, K., and WALTON, S.

Abstract

The recent and rapid development of cardiovascular nuclear medicine has resulted in a large number of major technological advances which have made possible the accurate evaluation of cardiac function by isotope methods. This review has been prepared in an attempt to summarize the typical and most salient features of the currently available techniques. The relative advantages and disadvantages of first pass, gated equilibrium and single probe studies are discussed. In addition, an attempt has been made to outline the clinical significance and relevance of some of the techniques in modern day cardiological practice. The aim is to help cardiologists to decide which methods are the most suitable for individual diagnostic and research requirements. All the methods discussed may be performed on commercially available detecting devices. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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1981
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32. Assessment of left ventricular performance and myocardial viability using quantitative radioisotope techniques.

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Pachinger, O, Ogris, E, Probst, P, Joskowics, G, Sochor, H, and Kaindl, F

Abstract

The diagnostic value of a combined radionuclide technique was compared with conventional angiocardiographic techniques in 60 patients with coronary artery disease. Quantitative 201Tl myocardial imaging combined with radionuclide angiocardiography using 99mTc-HSA provided a safe and accurate method for the assessment of left ventricular performance. The defects on the 201Tl images correlated with the severity of asynergy seen on the contrast ventriculogram. Static imaging alone distinguished hypokinetic from akinetic or dyskinetic areas. However, using both tracer techniques, akinesis could bedistinguished from dyskinesis. In patients with disturbed left ventricular function, cardiac transit times correlated with haemodynamic changes, and left ventricular ejection fraction was the most sensitive index. Thus, this combined radionuclide approach provides data for the evaluation of overall and regional wall function. A major advantage of this non-invasive auantitative technique is its applicability to the critically ill patient at the bedside. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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1979
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35. Radionuclide imaging after coronary vasodilation: Myocardial scintigraphy with thallium-201 and radionuclide angiography after administration of dipyridamole.

Author

SOCHOR, H., PACHINGER, O., OGRIS, E., PROBST, P., and KAINDL, F.

Abstract

Tl-201 imaging was performed in 194 patients who had undergone coronary angiography which had demonstrated coronary artery disease in 149 and normal coronary vessels in 45. 91 patients had had previous myocardial infarction. Sensitivity for dipyridamole stress imaging was 92% for all 149 patients, 79% for the patients without previous infarction. Specificity was 81%. In a subgroup of 40 patients (32 patients with reversible Tl-201 defects and 8 normals), an additional dipyridamole wall motion study was performed in order to evaluate the correlation of Tl-201 perfusion abnormalities and ventricular function after dipyridamole. Only 19% of the patients had a dipyridamole-induced drop of global left ventricular ejection fraction, 31% showed dipyridamole-induced wall motion abnormalities; the predictability of specific vessel involvement by regional wall motion and regional ejection fraction assessment was 26% as compared with 70% for thallium imaging. Tl-201 perfusion defects after dipyridamole administration can also occur independent of ischaemia-induced changes in global and regional ventricular function. Coronary vasodilation with dipyridamole using Tl-201 imaging is a reliable alternative method in patients with coronary artery disease with an accuracy comparable to exercise studies with the advantage of not necessarily needing ischaemia as an endpoint of the test. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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1984
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37. Current Management of Unstable Angina.

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Kaindl, F., Pachinger, O., and Zilcher, H.

Subjects
ANGINA pectoris, MYOCARDIAL infarction, HEART diseases, MORTALITY, BLOOD circulation disorders, CORONARY arteries
Abstract

The article discusses ways for the management of unstable angina. In dealing with unstable angina, the first problem is the terminology: The lack of clear objective criteria for a precise diagnosis of this syndrome is the major reason for the tremendous differences in mortality rates, infarction rates, and therapeutic implications reported in the literature. Unstable angina can develop to stable angina, myocardial infarction, or sudden death, or the patient can become asymptomatic. In principle the clinical picture can develop from any course in a patient with coronary artery disease: without preceding angina, with preceding angina, and after myocardial infarction.

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1980
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46. Myocardial infarction after chronic ergotamine abuse.

Author

ROITHINGER, F. X., PUNZENGRUBER, C., GREMMEL, F., HINTERREITER, M., HOLZNER, F., and PACHINGER, O.

Abstract

As a result of chronic ergotamine abuse, reversible arterial narrowing has been document angiographically in peripheral, but not in coronary arteries. We report on a patient with no cardiovascular risk factors, but because of chronic ergotamine abuse suffered an acute myocardial infarction, complicated by ventricular fibrillation. Coronary angiography performed 3 days after resuscitation revealed a distal occlusion of the left anterior descending artery. Three months later, spontaneous recanalization had occurred, and no residual narrowing was seen angiographically. Thus, surveillance of patients with migraine headache to avoid chronic ergotamine abuse is recommended to prevent cardiovascular complications. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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1993
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