An unusual coexistence presenting with retroaortic anomalous coronary sign: left main coronary artery from the non-coronary sinus and accessory circumflex artery from the right coronary sinus
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Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Images in Coronary Artery Disease Source Type: research
Concomitant acute myocardial infarction and stress cardiomyopathy
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Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Images in Coronary Artery Disease Source Type: research
Factors associated with participation in a short-term dietary intervention study among patients with established coronary artery disease: insights from the EVADE CAD trial
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Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research Communications Source Type: research
Standard vs. double dose of intravenous nicorandil in preventing contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with coronary heart disease undergoing elective coronary procedures
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Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Research Communications Source Type: research
Advances in revascularization of the left coronary artery
Ischaemic heart disease is the most common cardiovascular disease worldwide, and it contributes to a significant source of morbidity and mortality internationally. It can be asymptomatic for many years and present suddenly with acute coronary syndrome or can be progressive with angina and eventual acute myocardial infarction. Diseases of the left coronary system can be drastic and fatal if not managed correctly. With ongoing increase in the practice of percutaneous intervention; patient demographics for conventional coronary artery bypass grafting surgery have more risk factors than before. Conventional bypass surgery has ...
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Reviews in Coronary Artery Disease Source Type: research
Safety and efficacy of coronary laser ablation as an adjunctive therapy in percutaneous coronary intervention: a single-centre experience
Conclusions
Our preliminary experience reveals the safety and efficacy of the current modality of coronary laser as a coadjuvant therapy in PCI with a low rate of adverse cardiac events in 1-year of follow-up. Further studies are needed to establish more precisely the contribution of laser application in different contexts of coronary artery disease. (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Invasive Angiography and Intervention Source Type: research
Prognostic value of SYNTAX score and SYNTAX score II in an ‘all-comers’ population treated with angoplasty
Objectives
The SYNTAX score and SYNTAX score II have a high predictive capacity for adverse cardiovascular events. We aimed to demonstrate that both scores were good predictors of long-term adverse outcomes in an ‘all-comers’ population treated with a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Methods
In the study, we included 785 patients who received an angioplasty at our center between January 2011 and December 2012. The patients were distributed in tertiles according to the SYNTAX score and SYNTAX score II values; for the SYNTAX score – low ≤6.5 (n = 225); mid >6.5, 20.5, (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Invasive Angiography and Intervention Source Type: research
Temporal trends in referral patterns for invasive coronary angiography – a multicenter 10-year analysis
Aim
To assess the temporal trends in the usage pattern of non-invasive testing before invasive coronary angiography (ICA) and its diagnostic yield in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD).
Methods
Cross-sectional observational multicenter study of 4805 consecutive patients (60% male, mean age 66 ± 10 years) with suspected CAD undergoing elective ICA due to angina pectoris in two centers, from 2008 to 2017. The use of noninvasive testing and the proportion of patients with obstructive CAD (defined as the presence of at least one ≥50% stenosis on ICA) were assessed.
Results
There were 403...
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Invasive Angiography and Intervention Source Type: research
Outcomes in prediabetes vs. diabetes in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous intervention
Conclusion
In this study, patients with NSTEMI and MVD who underwent successful implantation of newer-generation DES and were prediabetic had worse outcomes compared to normoglycemics and comparable to those with diabetes. (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Myocardial Infarction Source Type: research
Safety and efficacy of intracoronary thrombolytic therapy via a new infusion catheter in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with large thrombus burden: a pilot study
Conclusions
In patients with STEMI presenting with a large thrombus burden, all patients regained myocardial perfusion immediately after the infusion catheter crossed over the thrombus, and low doses of intracoronary thrombolysis could significantly reduce the thrombus burden and improve the coronary flow without major bleeding. (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Myocardial Infarction Source Type: research
Likelihood of myocardial infarction, revascularization and death following catheterization laboratory activation in patients with vs. without both chest pain and ST elevation
Background
Emergent cardiac catheterization laboratory activation (CCLA) for patients with suspected ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is employed to expedite acute revascularization (AR). The incidence of false-positive CCLA, in which AR is not performed, remains high. The combination of chest pain (CP) and electrocardiographic ST elevation (STE) are the hallmarks of STEMI. However, CCLA is sometimes initiated for patients lacking this combination. The study objective was to quantify the difference in likelihood of AR and mortality in patients with vs. without both CP and STE.
Methods
Retrospective ana...
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Myocardial Infarction Source Type: research
C-reactive protein-to-serum albumin ratio as a novel predictor of long-term outcomes in coronary artery disease patients who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention: analysis of a real-world retrospective cohort study
Background
C-reactive protein (CRP) has been proposed as a contributor to the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease (CAD) and inflammatory reactions, which are associated with a decrease in serum albumin, and it has been reported that the CRP-to-serum albumin ratio (CAR) can predict CAD severity in inpatient ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) patients. However, the relationship between the CAR and long-term adverse outcomes in CAD patients after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is still unknown.
Methods
A total of 3561 CAD patients enrolled in the Outcomes and Risk Factors of Patients with Coronary Heart Di...
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Biomarkers in Coronary Artery Disease Source Type: research
Appropriate use of multimodality stress testing for chest pain in new patient referrals to cardiologists
Conclusion
Most patients referred to cardiologists for evaluation of chest pain or angina had nonanginal chest pain and an intermediate pretest probability of CAD. Stress testing was ordered in about half of these patients and the majority were considered appropriate by AUC. These findings suggest that indiscriminate use of CDSMs may not be warranted. (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Imaging of Coronary Disease Source Type: research
Prevalence of noncalcified plaques and coronary artery stenosis in patients with coronary calcium scores of zero
Conclusions
In patients with a high clinical suspicion of CAD, the absence of coronary artery calcification does not rule out CAD; up to 6.4% of these patients have early CAD as evidenced by NCP detected by CCTA, and none have more than 50% stenosis, However, future prognostic and long-term follow-up studies are needed to determine prognostic value of NCP in patients with 0 CACS. (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Imaging of Coronary Disease Source Type: research
Left ventricle lateral wall calcified aneurysm
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Source: Coronary Artery Disease - February 7, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Images in CAD Source Type: research
