Usefulness of Contrast Stress-Echocardiography or Exercise-Electrocardiography to Predict Long-Term Acute Coronary Syndromes in Patients Presenting With Chest Pain Without Electrocardiographic Abnormalities or 12-Hour Troponin Elevation

Dec 22, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Usefulness of Contrast Stress-Echocardiography or Exercise-Electrocardiography to Predict Long-Term Acute Coronary Syndromes in Patients Presenting With Chest Pain Without Electrocardiographic Abnormalities or 12-Hour Troponin Elevation

The evaluation of patients presenting to the hospital with a recent episode of chest pain suggestive of myocardial ischemia, nondiagnostic electrocardiographic findings, and normal 12-hour cardiac troponin levels remains a…

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Relation of Atrial and/or Ventricular Premature Complexes on a Two-Minute Rhythm Strip to the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] Study)

Dec 22, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Relation of Atrial and/or Ventricular Premature Complexes on a Two-Minute Rhythm Strip to the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] Study)

Ventricular premature complexes (VPCs) and atrial premature complexes (APCs) are common findings on routinely obtained electrocardiograms. Despite their common occurrence, the significance of these irregular beats is unclear, especially with…

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Impact of Smoking on Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Coronary Disease Receiving Contemporary Medical Therapy (from the Treating to New Targets [TNT] and the Incremental Decrease in End Points Through Aggressive Lipid Lowering [IDEAL] Trials)

Dec 22, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Impact of Smoking on Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Coronary Disease Receiving Contemporary Medical Therapy (from the Treating to New Targets [TNT] and the Incremental Decrease in End Points Through Aggressive Lipid Lowering [IDEAL] Trials)

To define the incremental risk of cigarette smoking in patients with coronary disease receiving contemporary medical therapy, we performed a post hoc analysis of 18,885 patients by combining data from…

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