... consisting of Telugas and Tamils from southeastern India and a minority of Sikhs and Pathans from north India and accounts for 7.9% of the Singapore population The immigrant Chinese and Indians ... ethnic Chinese were not different from that in the ethnic Indians, in spite of a much lower CAD incidence in the ethnic Chinese (57) Because of Singapore's multira...
... results of these initial trials indicate that the ZES is safe and reduces the rates of clinical and angiographic restenosis in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD; 4) Also the safety ... Abbreviations ACC: American College of Cardiology; AHA: American Heart Association; CABG: coronary artery binding graft; CK: creatine kinase; MACE: major adverse...
... this article as: Budzyński et al.: Improvement in health-related quality of life after therapy with omeprazole in patients with coronary artery disease and recurrent angina-like chest pain A double-blind, ... outpatients with CAD-11 female (23%) and 37 male (77%)-diagnosed with recurrent stable angina-like chest pain refractory to standa...
... article as: Ababneh et al.: The association of aggressive and chronic periodontitis with systemic manifestations and dental anomalies in a jordanian population: a case control study Head & Face ... Dentistry and JUST Dental Teaching Centre, Irbid, Jordan for facilitating the clinical and radiographic examination of the participants in this...
... this article as: Budzyński et al.: Improvement in health-related quality of life after therapy with omeprazole in patients with coronary artery disease and recurrent angina-like chest pain A double-blind, ... outpatients with CAD-11 female (23%) and 37 male (77%)-diagnosed with recurrent stable angina-like chest pain refractory to standa...
... departmental resources Abbreviations ACC: American College of Cardiology; AHA: American Heart Association; CABG: coronary artery binding graft; CK: creatine kinase; MACE: major adverse cardiac ... before initial and final angiograms to achieve maximal vasodilatation The use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor (Tirofiban) was at the operator’s discretion All patients maintained antipl...
... cardiovascular; Atorva = atorvastatin; Prava = Pravastatin; Simva = simvastatin the EURopean trial On Reduction of cardiac events with Perindopril in stable coronary Artery disease (EUROPA)[34] and the ... with statin use (ALLHAT-LLT) was likely contaminated by very high rates of statin use in the "control" arm of that trial[ 15] A meta-analysis of these t...
... Importance of cumulative exposure to elevated cholesterol and blood pressure in development of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease in systemic lupus erythematosus: a prospective proof -of- concept ... erythematosus, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, risk factors Introduction Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated wit...
... measuring response to aspirin and clopidogrel remains uncertain In light of this, the antiplatelet effects of both aspirin and clopidogrel were studied in patients with coronary artery disease, ... vitro administration of aspirin to help define aspirin ‘resistance’ (88) Dose of aspirin: The dosing of aspirin highlights one of the main difficulties with...
... Singapore Coronary Artery Genetics Study xv SCES: Singapore Chinese Eye Study SCES: Singapore Chinese Eye Study SCHS: Singapore Chinese Health Study SiMES: Singapore Malay Eye Study SINDI: Singapore ... that studies of coronary artery disease in Asia are conducted to address this increasing burden 1.3 Overview of the etiology of coronary artery disease The etio...
... therapy at the early stages of acute myocardial infarction, as in our patient Finally, the therapeutic approach remains complex, especially in recurrent myocardial infarction It is important to ... 1993, 11:183-186 Kawakami Y, Nakayama Y, Nagao H, Hirota Y, Kawamura K: A case of Behcet's disease complicated with acute myocardial infarction Kokyu To Junkan 1991, 3...
... findings of the factor structure of the Chinese version of the HADS in Cantonese-speaking Chinese CHD patients in Hong Kong indicates clear and consistent superiority of three-factor models in ... detection utility and accuracy [16] The present study was designed to examine the underlying factor structure of the Chinese version of the HADS in...
... that the scoring range of the EQ-5D is twice that of the SF-6D The location of the baseline median scores in the scoring range was quite different: in the top quarter for EQ-5D, halfway for the ... were much larger than in the SF-6D (Table 2) There were no floor-effects in the utility scores, with minimum values of -0.32 for the EQ-5D and +0....
... where a model mapping clinical measures on to the EQ-5D index explained 37% of the variability in the EQ-5D index and also performed poorly in individuals with EQ-5D index values of about 0.4 ... predict the EQ-5D index in cases where it was not administered Mapping of the EQ-5D index requires development of multiple variable regression...
... killer cells, macrophages, γδ T-cells and a subset of monocytes Consequently, they may act as susceptibility factors for GCA through a variety of mechanisms, such as an inability to bind IgG2 haplotypes ... study, oversaw all aspects of the laboratory work, analysed the data and prepared the manuscript JIR, AW and SJB undertook the genotyping assays on DNA prepared in the la...