International Journal of Cardiology 1992: Vol 37 Table of Contents

4 Pages·1992·1.2 MB·English

International Journal of Cardiology, 37 (1992) 435-438
© 1992 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. All rights reserved 0167-5273 /92/$05.00
Contents Volume 37
Number 1 Reappraisal of electrical cure of atrioventricular
nodal reentrant tachycardia — lessons from a
modified catheter ablation technique, S.-A.
REVIEW
Chen, W.-P. Tsang, H.-I. Yeh, T.-C. Wang,
Mechanism of cyanotic spells in tetralogy of Fal-
lot — the missing link?, S.S. Kothari (India) C.-P. Hsia, C.-T. Ting, C.-W. Kong, S.-P. Wang,
B.N. Chiang and M.-S. Chang (Taiwan, ROC)
ORIGINAL STUDIES
IMAGING
CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION Combined two-dimensional and Doppler echo-
AND INVASIVE TECHNIQUES graphic examination of internal mammary
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing early after artery grafts from the supraclavicular fossa,
catheter-balloon mitral valvuloplasty in pa- R. Krijne, R.M. Lyttwin, R. Holtgen, K.-W.
tients with mitral stenosis, E.£. Martinez, T.L. Heinrich, R. Marx and H. Sons (Germany)
Barros, D.V. Santos, A.C. Carvalho, A.A. Alterations in cardiac diastolic function in pa-
De Paola, J.L. Andrade, J. Angellini, V.C. Lima, tients with ankylosing spondylitis, J.P. Sun,
R.R. Roberti, O.P. Portugal and W. Sherman M.A. Khan, A.Z. Farhat and R.C. Bahler (USA)
(Brazil, USA) Doppler echocardiographic determination of
aortic and pulmonary valve orifice areas in
CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY normal adult subjects, B. Singh and J.C. Mo-
han (India)
Lung function in atrial septal defect after heart
surgery, J. Sulc, M. Samének and A. Zapletal
(Czechoslovakia)
PATHOLOGY
Marked alternans of the elevated ST segment
Surgical pathology of the mitral valve: gross and
during occlusion of the left anterior descend-
histological study of 1288 surgically excised
ing coronary artery in percutaneous translu-
valves, L. Agozzino, A. Falco, F. De Vivo, C.
minal coronary angioplasty: clinical back-
De Vincentiis, L. De Luca T.S., S. Esposito and
ground and electrocardiographic features, H.
M. Cotrufo (Italy)
Okino, S.-i. Arima, H. Yamaguchi, S. Nakao
and H. Tanaka (Japan)
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty PHARMACOLOGY
_in patients more than 75 years old: early and Comparison of acute and steady-state conditions
long-term results, P. Buffet, N. Danchin, Y.
of gallopamil therapy in stable angina pec-
Juilliere, L. Feldmann, P.Y. Marie, C. Selton- toris, F.G. Vilchez, T. Villarroel, J.R. Calvo,
Suty, J. Anconina and F. Cherrier (France)
J.A. Vazquez de Prada, R. Martin-Duran, J.M.
San Jose and A. Pajaron (Spain)
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY Amlodipine in patients with stable angina pec-
Electrophysiological abnormalities of the atrial toris treated with nitrates and beta-blockers.
muscle in patients with sinus node dysfunc- The influence on exercise tolerance, systolic
tion without tachyarrhythmias, O.A. Centu- and diastolic functions of the left ventricle, /.
rion, M. Fukatani, A. Konoe, M. Tanigawa, A. Meluzin, M. Stejfa, M. Novak, K. Zeman, L.
Shimizu, S. Isomoto, M. Kadena and K. Spinarovd, J. Julinek, J. Toman and P. Simek
Hashiba (Japan) (Czechoslovakia)
BRIEF REPORTS Acute myocardial ischemia resulting in dynamic
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and myocardial obstruction to the left ventricular outflow re-
bridging, H. Achrafi (France) lieved by successful angioplasty, C. Martinez-
Mycotic aneurysm of the descending aorta diag- Useros, E. Galve Basilio and G. Oller Cid
nosed by echocardiography, S. Ozkutlu, N. (Spain)
Ozbarlas, A. Bilgic and I. Pasaoglu (Turkey) The impact of thrombolytic therapy on hospital
Giant epicardial lipoma, J. Eng, K. Ruiz and mortality from acute myocardial infarction in
P.H. Kay (UK) the Chinese in Hong Kong, K.S. Woo, K.K.
Radiofrequency ablation of incessant ventricular Tse, Y.K. Mak and H.K. Chung (Hong Kong)
tachycardia to prevent multiple defibrillator Effect of diltiazem on silent ischemic episodes,
shocks, L. Jordaens, P. Vertongen and F. plasma bradykinin and prostaglandin meta-
Provenier (Belgium) bolism, B. Takase, A. Kurita, A. Uehata, T.
Recurrent acute myocardial infarction during Nisioka, T. Maruyama, H. Nagayoshi, H. Suga-
sport, R. Ciampricotti and R. Taverne (Nether- hara, K. Mizuno, H. Nakamura and T. Kodaira
lands) (Japan)
Prodromal chest pains: clues to the pathogenesis
of non-Q wave acute myocardial infarction?,
Letter to the Editor, R. Insa and J.M. Sol (Spain)
J.J. Murphy and P.A. Connell (UK)
Reply, F. Bauwens et al. (Belgium)
Thrombolysis following pre-hospital cardiopul-
Letter to the Editor, M. Bobbio (Italy)
monary resuscitation, C.F.M. Weston and P.
Meetings and Courses
Avery (UK)
Information for Authors
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Radiofrequency catheter ablation for treatment
Number 2 of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome — short-
and long-term follow-up, S.-A. Chen, W.-P.
Tsang, C.-P. Hsia, D.-C. Wang, C.-E. Chiang,
ORIGINAL STUDIES
H.-I. Yeh, J.-W. Chen, C.-T. Ting, C.-W. Chiou,
C.-W. Kong, S.-P. Wang, B.N. Chiang and
M.-S. Chang (Taiwan, ROC)
APPLIED CARDIOLOGY
Acute and chronic performance of a steroid elut-
Effects of duration of pressure overload on the
ing electrode for ventricular pacing, W.E.
reversibility of impaired coronary autoregula-
Rhoden, M.J. Llewellyn, S.W. Schofield and
tion in rats, F. Sato, S. Isoyama and T. Tak-
ishima (Japan) D.H. Bennett (UK)
Biophysical parameters of radiofrequency
catheter ablation, E. Hoffmann, R. Haberl, R.
CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY Pulter, M. Gokel and G. Steinbeck (Germany)
Serum cortisol levels predict infarct size and
patient mortality, R.J./. Bain, J.P. Fox, J. Jag-
EPIDEMIOLOGY
ger, M.K. Davies, W.A. Littler and R.G. Mur-
Left ventricular function response to exercise in
ray (UK)
normotensive obese subjects: influence of de-
Non-invasive evaluation of cardiac abnormalities
gree and duration of obesity, G. Licata, R.
in heat stroke pilgrims, S.S. Al-Harthi, M.S.
Scaglione, S. Paterna, G. Parrinello, A. Indov-
Nouh, H. Al-Arfaj, A. Qaraquish, J. Akhter and
ina, M.A. Dichiara, G. Alaimo and G. Merlino
R.M. Nouh (Saudi Arabia)
(Italy)
Right ventricular volumes and hemodynamics
after successful orthotopic heart transplanta-
tion. A comparison to coronary artery disease HYPERTENSION
using thermodilution, W. Burger, A. Hart- Antihypertensive effects of low doses of hydro-
mann, C. Herholz, B. Hummel, H.-G. Olbrich, chlorothiazide in hypertensive black Zimbab-
H. Allroggen, G. Cieslinski, E. Krause, P. Sat- weans, C.M. Stein, P. Neill and T. Kusema-
ter, M. Kaltenbach and G. Kober (Germany) muriwo (Zimbabwe)
IMAGING Effects of dopaminergic agents on cardiac and
Echocardiographic variables affecting surgical renal function in normal man and in patients
outcome in patients undergoing closed mitral with congestive heart failure, D.J. Van Veld-
commissurotomy, K. Prasad and S. Radhakr- huisen, A.R.J. Girbes, P.A. De Graeff and K.1.
ishnan (India) Lie (Netherlands)
Simultaneous measurement of left atrial pres-
sure by Doppler echocardiography and ORIGINAL STUDIES
catheterization, Z. Ge, Y. Zhang, D. Fan, M.
Zhang and C.M.G. Duran (Saudi Arabia, APPLIED CARDIOLOGY
Spontaneous superoxide generation by polymor-
China)
phonuclear leukocytes isolated from patients
with stable angina after physical exercise, C.
BRIEF REPORTS
Guarnieri, G. Melandri, I. Caldarera, V. Cervi,
Left-atrium-to-right-ventricle shunting after
F. Semprini and A. Branzi (Italy)
surgery for atrioventricular septal defect: an
Myocardial inositol and sodium in diabetes, 7-/.
unusual sequel detected by transesophageal
Regan, A. Beyer-Mears, R. Torres and L.D.
echocardiography, F. Chirillo, O. Totis and V.
Fusilli (USA)
Cuzzato (Italy)
Right atrial thrombus in constrictive pericardi-
CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION AND
tis, K.A. Priestley, J. Wallwork and P.M.
INVASIVE TECHNIQUES
Schofield (UK)
Autoperfusion balloon catheter for complicated
Pericardial metastasis and effusion as the initial
coronary angioplasty: a prospective study with
manifestation of malignant thymoma: identi-
retrospective controls, E.D. De Muinck, R.B.
fication by cross-sectional echocardiography,
Van Dijk, P. Den Heijer, J.G. Meeder and K.1.
W.-H. Chow, T.-C. Chow and S.-W. Chiu
Lie (Netherlands)
(Hong Kong)
Hypoplastic right ventricle with mild pulmonary
CARDIOLOGY IN THE YOUNG
stenosis in an adult, K. Prasad, M. Singh and
Surgical treatment in tetralogy of Fallot diag-
S. Radhakrishnan (India)
nosed by echocardiography, M. Saraclar, S.
Multichamber intracardiac thrombi in a patient
Ozkutlu, §. Ozme, A.Y. Bozer, Y. Yurdakul, I.
without any predisposing cardiac or non-
Pasaoglu, M. Demircin, K. Baysal and E. Gil
cardiac disease, S.B. Siwach, A. Dua and D.
(Turkey)
Sharma (India)
Editorial comment: tetralogy of Fallot, S. Cullen
and A. Redington (UK)
Book Reviews
Meetings and Courses
CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
Information for Authors
Myocardial vitamin E is consumed during car-
diopulmonary bypass: indirect evidence of free
radical generation in human ischemic heart,
Number 3
R. Barsacchi, G. Pelosi, S. Maffei, M. Baroni,
L. Salvatore, F. Ursini, F. Verunelli and A.
Publisher’s Note Biagini (Italy)
EDITORIAL CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY
Thromboembolism in nonvalvular atrial fibrilla- Microalbuminuria and other cardiovascular risk
tion: the answer may be in the ventricle, 5S. factors in nondiabetic subjects, J. Woo, C.S.
Rosenthal and J.L. Halperin (USA) Cockram, R. Swaminathan, E. Lau, A. Chan
and R. Cheung (Hong Kong)
REVIEWS Early diastolic left ventricular function as a
Efficacy and safety of sotalol in patients with marker of acute cardiac rejection: a prospec-
complex ventricular arrhythmias, $.H. Hohn- tive serial echocardiographic study, J/.-W.
loser, M. Zabel, A. Van de Loo, T. Klingen- Park, H. Warnecke, M. Deng, S. Schiiler, K.W.
heben and H. Just (Germany) Heinrich and R. Hetzer (Germany)
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Accuracy of percussion of the left cardiac bor- treatment with enalapril or placebo after acute
der, J.N. Karnegis and N. Kadri (USA) myocardial infarction, L. Frost, M. Bottcher,
H.E. Botker, §.D. Kristensen and A. Norgaard
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY (Denmark)
Anatomical origin of pressure-related ventricular Calcitonin gene-related peptide: a haemody-
ectopic rhythms, D.A. Sideris, S.T. Toumani- namic study of a novel vasodilator in patients
dis, T.N. Stringli, A. Kontoyannis, G.S. Spy- with severe chronic heart failure, R.N. Steven-
ropoulos and §.D. Moulopoulos (Greece) son, R.H. Roberts and A.D. Timmis (UK)
HYPERTENSION BRIEF REPORTS
Blood pressure changes during pregnancy in Arrhythmias during dipyridamole test. Report of
Nigerian women, F.E. Okonofua, J.A. Balo- 3 cases, F. Arrigo, S. Patané and G. Quattroc-
gun, N.A. Amiengheme and S.P.M. O’Brien chi (Italy)
(Nigeria, USA, UK) Myocarditis: a rare complication during Le-
gionella infection, S. Armengol, C. Domingo
IMAGING and E. Mesalles (Spain)
Assessment of spatial and temporal velocity pro- Multiple intracavitary cardiac masses; an un-
files distal of normally functioning Bjork-Shi- common presentation of African Burkitt’s
ley prosthesis by the Doppler method, K.H. lymphoma, /. Zyssman, A. Cantor, M. Steyn
Henneke, A. Melling, Z. Wang, F. Durst, B. and T. Meyer (South Africa)
Kunkel and K. Bachmann (Germany)
Letter to the Editor
Assessment of cardiac adrenergic supply in mi-
Book Reviews
tral valve prolapse using m-['**I]iodoben-
Meetings and Courses
zylguanidine scintigraphy, K.H. Henneke, G.
Information for Authors
Pongratz, H. Feistel, B. Kunkel, F. Wolf and K.
Contents Volume 37
Bachmann (Germany)
Subject Index Volume 37
Author Index Volume 37
PATHOLOGY
Persistent truncus arteriosus — an autopsy study
of 16 cases, J. Deshpande, M. Desai and S.
Supplement 1
Kinare (India)
PHARMACOLOGY Cholesterol Consensus: a Trans-Atlantic Per-
Enalapril and exercise-induced hyperkalemia. A spective, Proceedings of a round-table confer-
study of patients randomized to double-blind ence, Amsterdam 31 October—1 November 199] Sl