... 2002, 1283 patients were consecutively admitted to elective coronaryangiography at the Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway At least 214 of the patients were ... the study Clinical examination before angiography All patients underwent a clinical examination before the angiography Before the clinical examination, the patients completed a questionnaire assessing ... that patients with angiographically evident CAD had more angina pectoris and less dyspnea, which are the classic symptoms of ischemic heart disease, than patients without significant narrowing coronary...
... subgroups of high-risk patients, such as patients with diabetes, renal failure, hypertension, age >75 Discussion The main finding of our study is that in patients undergoing coronaryangiography or percutaneous ... CIN CoronaryangiographyCoronaryangiography was routinely performed by the Judkins technique using 6-French right and left heart catheters through the femoral or radial approach Quantitative coronary ... properties, which are both direct and indirect: Please cite this article in press as: Barbieri L, et al., Uric acid levels and the risk of Contrast Induced Nephropathy in patients undergoing coronary angiography...
... serum samples of the patients with acute coronary syndrome Furthermore, using combination of bacteriological and PCR-based methods we show herein that patients with acute coronary syndrome have ... 18 patients with acute coronary syndrome (11 males and females aged from 47 to 68) Once conditions for combined microbiologic and nucleic acid amplification protocol were established, 38 more patients ... 34.2% of the patients with ACS, whereas IgA positive were seen just in 19.7% of the ACS patients Simultaneous detection of increased IgG and IgA took place just in 13.1 % of the ACS patients Control...
... reference coronary angiogram Patients Enrolled A total of 1076 patients scheduled for coronaryangiography were included in the meta-analysis These represented a convenience sample of patients ... including pre-test probabilities for CAD and the coronaryangiography findings from the study patientsAngiography After the MCG test, coronaryangiography was performed at the discretion of the ... of symptomatic patients suspected to suffer from coronary disease/ischemia is discussed Key words: coronary artery disease, ECG analysis, Coronary Artery Stenosis Introduction Coronary artery...
... tests in patients prior to undergoing invasive coronaryangiography In particular, for patients who are subsequently found to have no significant coronary artery disease on coronary angiography, ... patients underwent coronaryangiography as hospital inpatients while 445 patients underwent coronaryangiography as a day-only procedure on an outpatient basis There were no CoronaryAngiography – ... for coronaryangiography (Gray et al., 1990), only 53% of the patients had undergone functional tests prior to angiography In a consecutive series of 3631 patients referred for coronary angiography, ...
... Whichpatients I treat? An experimental study with economists and physicians Marlies Ahlertạ, Stefan ... by an allocator according to his judgment It is therefore important to analyze which allocation is chosen under which circumstances, and, in particular, to evaluate how medical care is allocated ... individuals 0,1, 2, , n , arranged in increasing order The RA prefers distributions which maximize the payoff of the individual which is worst off If there are several individuals 0, the RA compares the...
... beneficial in patients with acute coronary syndromes We prospectively assessed the efficacy and safety of lowering LDL cholesterol levels below 100 mg per deciliter (2.6 mmol per liter) in patients ... treatment targets for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).1-4 The value of reducing LDL cholesterol levels substantially below 100 mg per deciliter (2.6 mmol per liter) in patients with CHD, ... liter) for patients at very high risk for CHD, even if baseline LDL cholesterol levels were below 100 mg per deciliter.7 However, PROVE IT was conducted in a population of patients with acute coronary...
... with patients without initial coronaryangiography The different incidence reached the highest statistical significance when compared group of patients without coronaryangiography with patients ... of indications of coronaryangiography and percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with NSTE-ACS shows figure 18 Fig 18 Consumption of coronaryangiography and PCI in patients with UA / ... conservative treatment These patientsshouldundergo an exercise test before hospital discharge and coronaryangiography in case of inducible ischemia Risk stratification of ACS patients (as recommended...
... BV-25 Gold; Phillips, Netherlands) Coronaryangiography demonstrated left and right coronary arteries with branches The coronary angiograms for the left and right coronary arteries and their branches ... multidetector spiral computed tomography to detect significant obstructive coronary artery disease in patients at high risk for coronary artery disease: patient-versus segment-based analysis Circulation ... Ohnesorge B, Karsch KR, Claussen CD Non-invasive coronaryangiography with high resolution multidetector-row computed tomography Results in 102 patients Eur Heart J 2002, 23, 1714-1725 22 Lee...
... still need to learn more about which factors are facilitators and barriers for work ability in RA patients, but the demonstrated societal influence on work disability should alert not only those ... A, James D, Prouse P, Williams P, Winfield J: Whichpatients stop working because of rheumatoid arthritis? Results of five years’ follow up in 732 patients from the Early RA Study (ERAS) Ann Rheum ... with a lower GDP Generally, better clinical status was seen in those patients still working, but a striking finding was that patients who stopped working in high-GDP countries had better or similar...
... consider the present study by Rao and colleagues [1] which examined the association between blood transfusion and mortality in 24,122 patients with acute coronary syndromes enrolled in three large international ... to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO) IIb investigators N Engl J Med 1996, 335:775-782 Inhibition of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa with eptifibatide in patients with acute coronary syndromes ... hematocrit values in patients with ischemic heart disease The theory underlying this practice is that blood transfusion will increase oxygen delivery and improve outcomes in these patients However,...
... CHUẨN VÀNG? Quantitative CoronaryAngiography (QCA) 227 patients: visual estimates were consistently higher than either caliper measurements or computer-assisted quantitative angiography Folland ED, ... unavailable, FFR should be used to assess the functional significance of intermediate coronary stenoses (50–70%) and more severe stenoses (
... interventions Case studies Who Should Attend • Interventional Cardiologists • Fellows and Drs-in-training • Cardiac Technologists • Nurses • Industry Professionals Who Should Attend • Interventional ... Trial Simple vs Complex in Large Bifurcations N=221 simple N= 229 complex I Kumsars at TCT 2013 Which two stent technique is best? Nordic II: Crush vs Culotte Kari Kervinen - Presented at EBC ... Vs Culotte DK Crush Is better! MEDINA Classification JF Lassen et al EuroIntv 2014; 10: 545-60 Which Stent technique to use? ...
... E (α-tocopherol) in patients with CAD MATERIALS AND METHODS The study population included 30 patients having angiographically demonstrated CAD and 20 patients having normal coronary arteries attending ... patients with CAD and the control group are shown in Table Compared with the control group, serum concentrations of retinol, tocopherol, cholecalciferol and iron were significantly lower in patients ... and Fe were significantly decreased in patients with CAD In addition, while not statistically significant, serum Cu concentrations tended to be lower in patients with CAD, whereas serum Fe concentrations...
... outcomes of unselected patients with CAD treated with either ZES or PES in southern Turkey METHODS Patient Population The study population consisted of 217 patients who had undergone coronary Zotarolimus- ... Abbreviations: Cx, left circumflex coronary artery; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; RCA, right coronary artery a Indicates patients who received zotarolimus-eluting ... activated and clotting time of 250 to 300 s Patients received intracoronary nitroglycerin (0.1 to 0.2 mg) to achieve maximal vasodilatation before undergoing their initial and final angiograms...
... 204 consecutive series of all patients who had undergone coronary stent implantation for coronary artery disease between February 2005 and March 2007; 103 of the patients received the SES (CYPHER; ... Abbreviations: Cx, left circumflex coronary artery; LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; RCA, right coronary artery a Indicates patients who received sirolimus-eluting ... Florida), and the other 101 patients received the PES (TAXUS, Boston Scientific, Natick, Massachusetts) Patients were eligible for enrollment if there was symptomatic coronary artery disease or...
... given to the patients with severe baseline anaemia In our settings, only severely symptomatic anaemic patients are given blood transfusions, and they are not initiated on ART Of the 296 patients ... anaemia in both men and women Outcomes of patients with baseline anaemia Among patients with baseline anaemia who had second Hb tests, 232 (96%) of the 241 patients started on a d4T-containing regimen ... Table Baseline characteristics of patients with second haemoglobin measurement in first six months of ART initiation Characteristic All patients (n = 3105) Patients with early severe anaemia...