Central illustration: geographic distribution of the 49 centres participating in the FRENSHOCK registry (35 academic hospitals, 10 general hospitals and four private clinics). Inclusion per centre varied from 1 to 72 patients.相似文献
Background: Large randomized trials show that in appropriately selected patients with left ventricular dysfunction, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) can improve overall survival at 2–5 years. Since direct implementation of the criteria used in the MADIT II and SCD-HeFT will lead to a marked rise in ICD implants, there is a growing fear that increased use of ICDs may cause a dramatic burden to health care systems. The ICD has traditionally been seen as an expensive form of treatment, which is difficult to accept at the first look. This is mainly due to the nonlinear character of the ICD investment, characterized by high initial expenditure, followed by a deferred pay-off in terms of clinical benefits. Cost-effectiveness analysis may help provide a different perspective on the problem of ICD cost, as may estimation of the daily cost of ICD treatment, assuming a time horizon of 5–7 years—a particularly interesting subject for further registry studies. Methods and Results: Based on real expenditure data from 2002 to 2005, as recorded in the Search-MI Registry-Italian Sub-study of patients implanted on MADIT II indications, we estimated the daily costs associated with the device and leads. Over a 5–7 year time horizon, the average daily cost was estimated to be €4.60–€6.70. Translation of these figures into U.S. market conditions suggests a daily cost of around $7.90–$11.40. Conclusions: These findings appear useful to help evaluate the affordability of ICD in comparison with other therapeutic options in a context of limited available economic resources. 相似文献
The thiadiazinone derivative [+]-EMD 60263 ((+)-5-(1-(α-ethylimino-3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-1,2,3,4- tetrahydroquinoline-6-yl)-6-methyl-3,6-dihydro-2H-1,3,4
-thiadiazine-2-on) is a Ca2+-sensitizing agent with only minor phosphodiesterase inhibitory activity. Our aim was to characterize the inotropic and electrophysiological
effects of [+]-EMD 60263 and its enantiomer [-]-EMD 60264 in several cardiac muscle preparations. The Ca2+-sensitizing activity resided in the [+]-enantiomer only. [+]-EMD 60263 (3 μM) shifted the EC50 of Ca2+ for contractile activation of skinned fibers of pig heart from 2.41 μM to 0.73 μM, whereas [-]-EMD 60264 (30 μM) was ineffective.
In Langendorff-perfused guinea pig hearts, [+]-EMD 60263 and [-]-EMD 60264 induced concentration-dependent positive and negative
inotropic effects, respectively; both enantiomers reduced spontaneous heart rate but did not influence perfusion pressure.
The maximum increase in force of human atrial trabeculae was 35 % of pre-drug control with [+]-EMD 60263 in comparison to
113 % with forskolin. In guinea-pig papillary muscles, [+]-EMD 60263 and [-]-EMD 60264 had opposite inotropic responses, however,
both agents similarly prolonged action potential duration. Both enantiomers concentration-dependently blocked the rapidly
activating component IKr of the delayed rectifier in guinea-pig myocytes. The block saturated at potentials positive to +30 mV, closely resembling
the effects of the antiarrhythmic agent E-4031 which had been originally used to define IKr. It is concluded, that the positive inotropic action of [+]-EMD 60263 can be explained by prevalence of the Ca2+-sensitizing effect. The accompanying prolongation in action potential duration is caused by block of the IKr component of the delayed rectifier. While the inotropic effects are stereoselective, most of the electrophysiological actions
are clearly independent of sterical configuration. The combination of Ca2+-sensitizing with class-III antiarrhythmic action may provide an interesting pharmacological profile of potential therapeutic
use.
Received: 7 January 1997 / Accepted: 25 February 1997 相似文献
We evaluated whether we could predict the neurologic outcome in 55 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients using auditory
brainstem responses (ABR). ABR patterns were classified into one of 3 types by evaluation of 5 components: type 1, with all
5 components; type 2, lack of at least one response between the 2nd and 5th components; type 3, with only the first component
or no response. The relation between the ABR patterns on the 3rd day following resuscitation and the neurologic outcome on
hospital discharge was evaluated. The specificity that the 5 awake patients had type-1 ABR was 38%. The sensitivity that the
10 brain dead patients had type-3 ABR was 60%. In the type-1 ABR patients, the negative predictive value that the patients
were awake was 100%. In the type-3 ABR patients, the negative predictive value that the patients became brain dead was 90.9%.
These results suggest that ABR on the 3rd post-resuscitation day may not be useful for predicting if patients are awake or
become brain dead, although the loss of components may be a sign of morbidity, and the presence of the 2nd or later components
indicates possible future prevention of brain death. 相似文献