Abstract More than 1.3 million percutaneous interventions (PCIs) and 400,000 coronary artery bypass graft procedures for cardiac revascularization are performed in the United States annually. Although restoring blood flow is…
Patients with cardiac syndrome X (CSX) have an excellent long-term prognosis, but a significant number show worsening angina over time. Previous studies have found a significant impairment of cardiac uptake…
The authors wish to acknowledge that this study was funded by the National Lipid Association. Jerome Cohen is a member of the speaker’s bureau of Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois;…
Adolescents with congenital heart disease (CHD) must take responsibility for their life and care. This requires that they have sufficient knowledge about their heart disease, treatment, and preventive measures. Thus,…
Aortic valve calcium (AVC) can be quantified on the same computed tomographic scan as coronary artery calcium (CAC). Although CAC is an established predictor of cardiovascular events, limited evidence is…
Poor long-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in chronic total occlusion (CTO) of saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) have been reported. However, limited data are available evaluating the use of…
The present study tested whether in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) the combination of increased waist circumference and increased plasma triglyceride (TG) levels can predict the presence of…
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The Framingham risk score is a validated and composite measurement that predicts the absolute risk of…
Whether prognosis differs in acute renal failure (ARF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with and without recovery of renal function is not known. We studied patients who…
New imaging techniques have been used as surrogate markers of atherosclerotic burden to determine the effects of pharmacologic intervention. The aim of this study was to better determine potential utility…
