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Vulnerability of the right ventricle to cathodal, anodal, and bipolar stimulation at double diastolic threshold strength
The repetitive ventricular response (RVR) to three stimulation techniques (bipolar, cathodal and anodal) was investigated in 35 patients. 26 patients suffered from coronary heart disease and 9 patients from di...
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Effect of tetrodotoxin, lidocaine, and quinidine on the transient inward current of sheep Purkinje fibres
The effect of tetrodotoxin (TTX), lidocaine, and quinidine on the transient inward current (TI) was studied in voltage-clamped sheep cardiac Purkinje fibres. The TI was induced by elevation of extracellular Ca...
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Dopexamine in congestive heart failure: how do the pharmacological activities translate into the clinical situation?
Dopexamine is a newly developed sympathetic catecholamine which combines dopaminergic (DA-1) andβ 2-adrenergic agonist activity with only minorβ 1-adrenergic action...
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Östrogene zur Prävention der koronaren Herzkrankheit?
In den letzten Jahren werden zunehmend Frauen in der Menopause mit Östrogenen behandelt. Dies geschieht nicht nur zur Therapie klimakterisch bedingter Beschwerden oder zur Behandlung der Osteoporose, sondern a...
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Impact of intravascular ultrasound guidance on directional coronary atherectomy
Im Gegensatz zur Koronarangiographie kann mittels intravaskulärem Ultraschall (IVUS) neben dem Lumen auch die Gefäßwandstruktur dargestellt werden. Die direktionale Koronaratherektomie (DCA) führt zu einer Lum...
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Open Access1120 Detection of mechanical ventricular asynchrony by cine-MRI
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Diastolic dysfunction in exercise and its role for exercise capacity
Diastolic dysfunction is frequent in elderly subjects and in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy, vascular disease and diabetes mellitus. Patients with diastolic dysfunction demonstrate a reduced exerci...
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Frequency and covariates of fear of death during myocardial infarction and its impact on prehospital delay: findings from the multicentre MEDEA Study
Fear of death (FoD) is an exceptionally stressful symptom of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), which received little scientific attention in recent years. We aimed to describe the prevalence and fact...