Relation Between Fetuin-A Levels and Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 With the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease Measured by SYNTAX Scores

Dec 5, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Relation Between Fetuin-A Levels and Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 With the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease Measured by SYNTAX Scores

Diagnosis of coronary artery disease requires invasive procedures that are typically not implemented until clinical warning signs are apparent. The goal of this study was to determine the relation between the…

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Prevalence of Troponin Elevations in Patients With Cardiac Arrest and Implications for Assessing Quality of Care in Hypothermia Centers

Dec 5, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Prevalence of Troponin Elevations in Patients With Cardiac Arrest and Implications for Assessing Quality of Care in Hypothermia Centers

The prevalence of troponin elevations in patients with cardiac arrest (CA) using newer generation troponin assays when the ninety-ninth percentile is used has not been well described. We studied patients…

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Positive Predictive Value of Clinically Suspected ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Using Angiographic Verification

Dec 5, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Positive Predictive Value of Clinically Suspected ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Using Angiographic Verification

Fibrinolysis has not been used for the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in Denmark since 2005. We aimed to assess the positive predictive value of clinically suspected STEMI…

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Importance of Total Ischemic Time and Preprocedural Infarct-Related Artery Blood Flow in Predicting Infarct Size in Patients With Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction (from the CRISP-AMI Trial)

Dec 5, 2016 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Importance of Total Ischemic Time and Preprocedural Infarct-Related Artery Blood Flow in Predicting Infarct Size in Patients With Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction (from the CRISP-AMI Trial)

The goal of this study was to characterize determinants of infarct size in the multicenter randomized Counterpulsation to Reduce Infarct Size Pre-PCI Acute Myocardial Infarction (CRISP-AMI) trial. Contemporary determinants of…

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