Background Recent trials have demonstrated better outcomes with intensive than with
moderate statin treatment. Intensive treatment produced greater reductions in both low-density …

This study was designed to determine prognostic risk indicators of nonischemic dilated
cardiomy-opathy (DC). Sixty-nine patients were studied. Each patient underwent physical …

We studied 30 patients with moderate-to-severe congestive heart failure in a double-blind,
randomized, placebo-controlled trial to determine the acute and long-term effects of …

Objectives. The aim of our study was to determine a superior tbrombolytic regimen from
three: anistreplase (APSAC), frontloaded recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) …

Topics chosen for coverage by Expert Consensus documents are designated because the
evidence base and experience with the technology or clinical practice are not sufficiently well …

Seven women with primary pulmonary hypertension underwent hemodynamic evaluation,
at rest and during exercise, before and after the oral administration of captopril. Dose-…

Objectives : We studied the modifier effect of platelet antigen polymorphism (Pl A2 ) on
platelet inhibition by acetylsalicylic acid (ASA, ie, aspirin), clopidogrel, or their combination in …

Dobutamine was given intravenously for three days to 38 patients with congestive cardiomyopathy.
The patients were followed by serial determinations of functional class and by non-…

The purpose of this study was to identify the histologic characteristics of human myocardium
in congestive heart failure (CHF) by cellular hypertrophy, nuclear area, endocardial …

Although doxorubicin is an excellent tumoricidal agent, it is plagued by cardiotoxicity. Doxorubicin
heavily concentrates in the nucleus but induces tubular and mitochondrial damage as …