Novel use of coronary artery calcium scoring
No abstract available (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: Images in CAD Source Type: research
Optical frequency domain imaging-guided stent-less percutaneous coronary intervention using rotational atherectomy to the calcified nodule
No abstract available (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: Images in CAD Source Type: research
Lipoprotein(a) as a predictor for the presence and severity of premature coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional analysis of 2433 patients
Background
Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] has been emerged as a risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), but there is currently insufficient data on the relationship between Lp(a) and premature CAD (PCAD). Thus, this study aimed to examine the association between Lp(a) and PCAD in a Chinese cohort.
Methods
Data on 2433 individuals (male (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: Risk Factors Source Type: research
Major acute cardiovascular events in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Conclusions
Among patients with IBD, incidence of acute coronary events did not show a statistically significant difference when compared to the matched cohort. (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: Risk Factors Source Type: research
Internal mammary artery: the primary conduit for surgical revascularization
Internal mammary artery, by far, is the gold standard and first conduit for surgical revascularization especially when it comes to bypassing a lesion in the left anterior descending coronary artery. Several factors behind using this artery have been established, including but not limited to, the anatomical location, the course and flow, the elastic nature of the artery as well as the physiological characteristics that make this conduit to yield excellent long-term patency rates. This review aims to thoroughly examine current literature and establish the facts behind using this conduit in our daily surgical revascularizatio...
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: CABG Source Type: research
Fragmented QRS complexes are associated with postoperative atrial fibrillation development after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
Conclusion
The presence of fQRS on admission ECG was found to be an independent predictor of PoAF in patients undergoing isolated CABG. (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: CABG Source Type: research
Coronary bifurcations treated with thin-strut drug-eluting stents: a prespecified analysis of the randomized BIO-RESORT trial
Conclusions
Three years after stenting all-comers with bifurcation lesions, clinical outcome was similar with the sirolimus-eluting and everolimus-eluting stents versus the zotarolimus-eluting stent. (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: PCI Source Type: research
Prevalence, predictors, prognostic significance, and effect of techniques on outcomes of coronary lesion calcification following implantation of drug-eluting stents: a patient-level pooled analysis of stent-specific, multicenter, prospective IRIS-DES registries
This study sought to determine the incidence and clinical significance of procedural techniques on the outcomes in ‘real-world’ patients with CAC undergoing PCI with drug-eluting stents (DESs).
Methods and results
Using patient-level data from seven stent-specific, prospective DES registries, we evaluated 17 084 patients who underwent PCI with various DES types between July 2007 and July 2015. The primary outcome was target-vessel failure (TVF), defined as a composite of cardiac death, target-vessel myocardial infarction, or target-vessel revascularization. Outcomes through 3 years (and between 0–1 and 1â€...
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: PCI Source Type: research
Characteristics of recurrent in-stent restenosis after second- and third-generation drug-eluting stent implantation
Conclusion
Recurrent ISR of second- and third-generation DES was associated with heterogeneous tissue pattern of first ISR, and high LDL-C level was associated with recurrence. (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: PCI Source Type: research
Antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention; insights from a meta-analysis
Background
The optimal antithrombotic regimen for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in acute coronary syndrome with concomitant atrial fibrillation is largely under investigation.
Method
PUBMED and EMBASE were searched through October 2019 for randomized trials or subgroup analyses of randomized trials investigating different antithrombotic strategies in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. We compared dual antithrombotic therapy versus triple antithrombotic therapy. Dual antithrombotic therapy was defined as vitamin K a...
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: PCI Source Type: research
Safety and efficacy study of prourokinase injection during primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Conclusions
Intracoronary administration of prourokinase via balloon catheter during primary percutaneous coronary interventions effectively improved myocardial perfusion and no increased bleeding in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients. (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: PCI Source Type: research
Association of gender with clinical outcomes of patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction presenting with acute heart failure
Background
There is limited data evaluating the sex differences in outcomes of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction presenting with acute heart failure. We compared the outcomes between women and men with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction presenting with acute heart failure (Killip classification ≥II).
Method
All ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients presenting to the emergency department of a cardiovascular center in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 1 February 2011 to 30 August 2019 were retrospectively analyzed.
Results
Of 6557 patients recorded, 929 were women, and ...
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: STEMI Source Type: research
Clinical features, sex differences and outcomes of myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries: a registry analysis
Conclusion
The incidence of MINOCA was 9.5%. Compared to OACD-MI, patients with MINOCA have less cardiac risk factors. In-hospital outcomes of patients diagnosed with MINOCA were better than OACD-MI. (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: Acute Coronary Syndromes Source Type: research
Vildagliptin vs. insulin treatment alone in diabetic acute coronary syndrome patients
Background
Vildagliptin, an oral antidiabetic of the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor drugs, exhibits an overall low risk of hypoglycemia with less frequent hypoglycemic events in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients than other antidiabetic drugs. We hypothesized that among hospitalized acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients, the addition of vildagliptin to subcutaneous insulin therapy would reduce the risk of hypoglycemic events.
Methods
One hundred ACS T2DM adult patients naive to DPP-4 inhibitors were enrolled during admission to the ICCU. Patients were divided into two randomized controlled group...
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: Acute Coronary Syndromes Source Type: research
Association of social containment on ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction presentations during the COVID-19 pandemic
No abstract available (Source: Coronary Artery Disease)
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - December 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Tags: COVID-19 and CAD Source Type: research
