Hyperuricemia appears to be related to metabolic syndrome (MS), but its impact on cardiovascular risk in patients with MS is unclear. We evaluated the impact of hyperuricemia on cardiovascular risk…
Risk stratification in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is achieved today by clinical models, “blind” to the prognostic support of imaging methods. To assess the value of simple at…
The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic effect of coronary flow reserve (CFR) on left anterior descending artery (LAD) in women and men with chest pain of…
The aims of this study were to assess the effectiveness of 2 automated electrocardiogram interpretation programs in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome transported to hospital by ambulance in 1…
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction compares favorably to thrombolysis. In previous studies the benefit has been restricted to the early postinfarction period with no additional risk…
We performed a meta-analysis of 6 studies we conducted in the United Arab Emirates from 1995 to 2009. These included 1,262 patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with thrombolytic drugs…
The aim of this study was to investigate gender-specific short- and long-term mortalities after a first acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with and without diabetes mellitus (DM). The study…
The purpose of the present study was to assess the impact of clinical presentation and pretest likelihood on the relation between coronary calcium score (CCS) and computed tomographic coronary angiography…
