Preventable Coronary Heart Disease Events from Control of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in US Adults With Diabetes (Projections from Utilizing the UKPDS Risk Engine)

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Preventable Coronary Heart Disease Events from Control of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in US Adults With Diabetes (Projections from Utilizing the UKPDS Risk Engine)

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) carries significant risks for coronary heart disease (CHD). We examined the potential US population impact of single and composite risk factor control. Among US adults…

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Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (With Drug-Eluting Stents) Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Women With Severe Narrowing of the Left Main Coronary Artery (from the Women–Drug-Eluting stent for LefT main coronary Artery disease Registry)

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (With Drug-Eluting Stents) Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Women With Severe Narrowing of the Left Main Coronary Artery (from the Women–Drug-Eluting stent for LefT main coronary Artery disease Registry)

Women typically present with coronary artery disease later than men with more unfavorable clinical and anatomic characteristics. It is unknown whether differences exist in women undergoing treatment for unprotected left…

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Definitions of Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction as Surrogates for Catheterization Laboratory Quality or Clinical Trial End Points

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Definitions of Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction as Surrogates for Catheterization Laboratory Quality or Clinical Trial End Points

A consensus on what constitutes a clinically meaningful periprocedural myocardial infarction (PMI) remains highly debated. We evaluated the accuracy of 2 PMI definitions currently implemented for quality outcome assessment and…

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Usefulness of the QRS-T Angle to Improve Long-Term Risk Stratification of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Depressed Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Usefulness of the QRS-T Angle to Improve Long-Term Risk Stratification of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Depressed Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

In light of the low cost, the widespread availability of the electrocardiogram, and the increasing economic burden of the health-related problems, we aimed to analyze the prognostic value of automatic…

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Usefulness of the SYNTAX Score to Predict Acute Kidney Injury After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy Trial)

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Usefulness of the SYNTAX Score to Predict Acute Kidney Injury After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (from the Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage Strategy Trial)

The synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with Taxus and cardiac surgery (SYNTAX) score (SS) has prognostic utility for ischemic outcomes in patients undergoing PCI. Acute kidney injury (AKI) after…

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Meta-Analysis of Outcomes After Intravascular Ultrasound–Guided Versus Angiography-Guided Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in 26,503 Patients Enrolled in Three Randomized Trials and 14 Observational Studies

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Meta-Analysis of Outcomes After Intravascular Ultrasound–Guided Versus Angiography-Guided Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in 26,503 Patients Enrolled in Three Randomized Trials and 14 Observational Studies

There are conflicting data regarding the benefit of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)–guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) over angiography-guided PCI. Since the last meta-analysis was published, several new studies have been reported….

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Cost-Effectiveness of Ranolazine Added to Standard-of-Care Treatment in Patients With Chronic Stable Angina Pectoris

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Cost-Effectiveness of Ranolazine Added to Standard-of-Care Treatment in Patients With Chronic Stable Angina Pectoris

Ranolazine has been shown to decrease angina pectoris frequency and nitroglycerin consumption. We assessed the cost-effectiveness of ranolazine when added to standard-of-care (SoC) antianginals compared with SoC alone in patients…

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Predictors of Moderate-to-Severe Pericardial Effusion, Cardiac Tamponade, and Electromechanical Dissociation in Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Predictors of Moderate-to-Severe Pericardial Effusion, Cardiac Tamponade, and Electromechanical Dissociation in Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Occurrence of moderate-to-severe pericardial effusion (PE; ≥10 mm), cardiac tamponade (CT), and sudden electromechanical dissociation (EMD) was investigated in 4,361 patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction from 1993 to 2011 in 3…

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Angiographic Outcomes With Early Eptifibatide Therapy in Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome (from the EARLY ACS Trial)

Dec 1, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Angiographic Outcomes With Early Eptifibatide Therapy in Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome (from the EARLY ACS Trial)

Early administration of glycoprotein IIbIIIa inhibitors results in improved angiographic parameters, including thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) flow grade, corrected TIMI frame count, and TIMI myocardial perfusion grade (TMPG) among…

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