In patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the diagnosis of periprocedural myocardial infarction is often problematic when the pre-PCI levels of cardiac troponin T (TnT) are…
The southeastern region of the United States is known as the “stroke belt” because of excess stroke mortality in this region compared to the rest of the country. However, whether…
CC chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2), expressed on the surface of circulating monocytes, and its ligand monocyte chemoattractant protein–1 (MCP-1; also known as CC-chemokine ligand 2) are present in atherosclerotic plaques…
The combination of fibrate and statin therapies may be a treatment option for women with multiple lipid abnormalities. We, therefore, initiated the present safety and efficacy analysis to address the…
Chronic kidney disease is a risk factor for cardiovascular events, but how it relates to the prognosis associated with clinical risk factors for thromboembolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation…
Long-term risk prediction is a priority for the prevention of atrial fibrillation (AF). P wave indices are electrocardiographic measurements describing atrial conduction. The role of P wave indices in the…
A growing amount of evidence has supported an association between elevated triglyceride levels and cardiovascular disease. However, little information regarding co-morbidities, levels of other cholesterol types, or medication use among…
Even among asymptomatic persons at low risk (<10%) according to the Framingham risk score, high coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores signify a greater predicted risk of coronary heart disease events….
Guidelines for lipid-lowering therapy recommend intensive low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol lowering for patients with coronary artery disease. Previous studies have found that many high-risk patients are not achieving their LDL…
The aim of the present study was to analyze the effect of drug exposure patterns of clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) on the clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention…
