Potent statin therapy has been demonstrated to reduce cardiovascular events. Although statins have been considered to stabilize atherosclerotic plaque, this effect has not been well characterized in vivo. We investigated the…
Statins can significantly improve the lipid profile and reduce cardiovascular events. However, beneficial effects of statins on renal function are still controversial. PubMed, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials,…
Depressed baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) is associated with an increased risk of mortality in patients with a known cardiac disease. The prognostic significance of BRS in subjects without history of major…
Despite the usefulness of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the impact of IVUS guidance on clinical outcomes, particularly for chronic total occlusion (CTO) intervention, has rarely been…
Preprocedural statin administration may reduce contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI), but current evidence is controversial. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing preprocedural statin administration before coronary catheterization with standard strategies were…
Differences in enrollment criteria and protocol requirements are believed to affect patient representation and outcomes from premarket and postmarket surveillance (PMS) trials. These differences have not been assessed in studies…
Living alone was reported to be associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. There are, however, limited data on the relation between living alone and all-cause mortality in patients with…
Numerous studies have compared transradial (TR) versus transfemoral (TF) access for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. These studies have focused on clinical efficacy…
The impact of co-morbidity on the cardiovascular risk after single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT MPI) remains unclear. We examined the association between a normal versus abnormal SPECT…
Nonrandomized studies suggested lower mortality rates with statin pretreatment in patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, clinical data are still inconclusive and the mechanisms of these presumed…
